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to her husband , -consented , to add herself to her 400 / ., and . went off with the robher to Australia .
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Sarah Smith , of Vincent-street , Shoreditch , had an altercation with her husband , in the course of which she caught up a sharp-pointed knife and flung it at him . She missed him , but the knife struck into the thigli of her child , five years old , who was lying asleep near at hand . The boy's life is in danger , and she is in custody . Margaret Thomas , a girl of eighteen , but of abandoned life , was on her way from Newport to Carmarthen . Before she reached her destination a ruffian made proposals to her of an improper character , which she rejected . He attacked her in the most savage manner , knocked her down with Ms fists , and then kicked her , leaving her drenched in blood and apparently dying . She remains in a precarious state . The man has not been found .
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A Catholic priest , the Rev . Mr . Singleton , has had to meet and rebut a serious charge at Stockton . Miss Jane Jones , daughter of a clergyman of the Church of England , left her family , became a Roman Catholic , lived in several families as a governess , and finally took up her abode in Mr . Singleton ' s house . On her oatli , she deposed that he had criminal intercourse with her on several occasions , told her she would have a child , and insinuated an attempt at causing abortion . Slie had a child , and sought to affiliate it on Mr . Singleton . Evidence against her case was produced , showing that her account of the affaii was not correct , that she had offered to compromise for a sum of money , and that she-was not a very hnmaculate person in her general conduct . The case was dismissed , and proceedings threatened against Miss Jones .
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THE OATH SCRUPLE . At the Middlesex Sessions the names of the jurors fined for non-attendance at the previous Session were called over—one of them stepped forward and was about to make a statement to induce the Court to spare the fine , when : he was requested to take the oath . He said he objected to do so on conscientious grounds , believing that it was prohibited by the word of God . In answer to the Court , he said he -was neither a Quaker , a
Moravian , ' nor a Separatist . The Assistant-Judge said there was a new act on the subject of enths , but it could not be applied to this case , as it did not come into operation until the 24 th of October . He could not legally ] iear what tlie juryman had to say unless ho took the oath . Therefore he must take his choice , pay the fine or be sworn . The juryman said he had not the means of paying the fine ylvj . ) The Assistant-Judge said he could not help him unless lie ¦ was swoin . The juryman then l «! ft the Court .
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DEATH OP COLONEL BOYLE , M . P . Tins mortality in the airmy of the East continued up to the time of th-e embarkation from Varna . Among the moat recent deaths reported is that of Colonel Boyle , of tho 'Guards , and M . P . for JVome . Ho was a well known member < of tho House of Commons , being a constant attendant , and ¦ vra s always moving afcout . His small , neat figure , in a remarkably spruce dress , was to bo seen flitting in and out of the door , and loitering about tho lobby during tho greater
fart of the time tho House was sitting , nnd lio always presented an appearance of great energy and activity . He was . appointed Secretary to tho Master-General of the Ordnance ; after resigning the secretaryship of the Order of St . Patrick , which appointment was , in 1852 , held by an olectivo comnnitteo , to have voided his scat for Frome . Ho did not go T > ut with the first part of the nnny of the East ; but joined ¦ soon nftor tho recent brevet had caused several oilkers of lib regiment lo como liomo on promotion , lie sank under a severe foyer at Varna , and was buried in tho sen .
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THE BIBLE IN A THEATRE , Tiusxinhns hecn a warm dispute in tho Town Council of Sheffield about the licensing i > f tho theatre . Tho proprietor Jet the house some time ago to a lecturer on tho divine authority of the Bible . When a renewal of th o license was applied for tlioro was u demur on the part of tho magistrates , on tho ground that the lotting of tho theatre for such lectures was calculated to " injure tho morals of the youths of tho town , find tho application was adjourned forn fortwgut . A liberal member of the council made n motion ^ xpreasivo of tho regret of that body at ob-^ TI ™ » I * U > 0 boxo"Bl » boiwh of mngistrntea luul JS * lm t a 8 t ° P t () Ul ° ftt > 0 « q > n- '' »»» n "I opinion on speculative subject ^ l , y n .. f tisiiiff to grnni flinZ'tn ?^ " ?' . " ' > «» o -Adelphl Theatre , on iMnon h n , ° - hllrt lot tUo theatre for a seno * of leoturoa on tho « Uvino authority of the Bible , T | U motion wue , however , lost b y 20 to 4 ,
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MISCELLANEOUS . Glasgow . and Architecture . —An Architectural Exhibition will s 3 iortly be opened in Glasgow . The principal object aimed at is the improvement of the tastes of the citizens by bringing under their notice the productions of artists and manufacturers of different countries , and the illustration of the progress and improvement in art-manufacture which has taken place of late years . It is , intended to illustrate these by exhibiting the past and present state of home and foreign art-architecture by means of pictures , drawings , sculpture , photographs , casts and models , and specimens of articles of house decoration in furniture or otherwise . The architects of the city and their friends have shown their sincerity in the prosecution of this most laudable object by purchasing and fitting up at their own cost a commodious bxiilding in Bath-street , for the purpose of the exhibition . Members of the committee are at present on the Continent selecting works of art and architectural specimens . ¦ ¦
Tiik ¦ . Bedford . Bell . —The bell which the Duke of Bedford , head of the Russell family , bestowed on the Church of Rosel , in the canton deTilly-sur-Seulles , has been landed at Caen , and is at this moment at Mr . Barrow ' s the English Consul , whence it is to be shortly * transferred to Kosel . The church of this comriiuuo was built by the family of Lord John Eussell . Riiuvat Gapitj . u / ax » Loans . —From a parliamentary paper recently printed it appears that the total capital and Wans " which the various , railway companies of the United Kingdom wore authorised by Acts of Parliament to raise up to the 81 st of December last , amounted to no less a sum ' than 366 , 769 , 732 ? las . Of this 274 , 3 G 9 , 932 ri 7 s . 4 d . was
by capital , arid 92 , 809 , 799 / 17 s . 8 d . by loan . The total amount actually raised by the 'various companies up to the 31 st of December last was 273 , 324 , 510 / Cs . i ) d ., of which G 5 , 072 , 958 Z 12 s , lid . was liy loan , and 208 , 251 , 557 / 13 s . lOd . by share capital . Oft his last , 164 , 724 , 177 / ISs . lOd . neither received , nor ivas entitled to receive , preferential dividend or inteiest . The railway companies still retained power at the end of 1853 to raise 91 , 289 , 840 / 17 s ., either by existing or new shares , or by loans . The totnl length of railway open ior traffic at the end of 1853 was 7 GSG miles 45 ^ chains , of ¦ which 5987 miles 22 £ chains were as double lines , and 1 G !) 9 miles 22 . J chains as single lines ; S 83 miles 60 chains were in course of construction at that time , and 407 !) miles 493 chains had been authorised , but had not been commenced .
Cultivation of Flax . —At a vece ' nt meeting of the Leeds and Yorkshire Flax Society , Mr . Eddison ( the secretary ) said lie had heard from many persons that they had been able to cultivate flux with astonishing success , and he thought this subject ought to meet with attention nnd « onsiucration from all fanners . Mr . Wilkinson , flax spinner , mentioned two or three instances which had come under his notice of a most splendid crop of wheat after a crop of flax , and his opinion that the best crops of wheat could be obtained where flax liacl been sown the year before was corroborated by one or two otlmr gentlemen . Aisandosmisst or run Eitirssox Caloric Phojkct-—The calorie engine invented by Cuptain Ericsson has been finally abandoned , and is to be taken out of the t . hip bearing his namo , ht cam-bailors being substituted . From tho beginning this result has liecn foreseen by practical and si-ientilic men , notwithstanding tho alleged complete success of the experiment . —North American .
1 ' kiksts and Nuitsiitnr-. MAips . —A Bristol pnpvr indignantly tells a . . story communicated by a correspondent , " who was walking along tlio private road lending by tho sido of Kudland-court to Uodliuid-green and Chapel , wIumi he saw before him n mnn with i \ long black coat reading out of a book to some nursery . inuidrj and children . As the gentlemen drew near tlio man closed tho hook nnd walked away mpiuly . This excited , their suspicion , and when tliuy overtook tho young women , they inquired who ho was ? upon which n man , who wivt working i-loao t > y , iinRvvcrcd that he believed lie was a priest , and timt he was in tlio habit of iruquontiog those , roaai nnd tho green , and ' ronding Catholic books' to such of thn jnnrserv-nmi . ls and children that lie met . This
further nidumed tho curiosity of the gentlemen , ho they started at » quick pace after him ; but hin rcveraico , ifsucli ho were , guvo tlioin a apociimm of what Laurio Twlu calls * mighty tall walking , ' and wan soon out of M ^ lit . " Dicatii ov a WcorrirtU 1 ' okt . —AVonro informed by a Scotch pniiur " ol tlio death of old Walter Wataon , tho |> i > ot . of Kirkimilloclt . lie died on the 18 ; b . iuat ., in thu 7 . "> tli vtMr of hirt age . About tlio beginning of Hie present century , ho nppeart'ti before the public n » a poet , in the , unnj ^ .-i ' . IocIuo ' h hw Awa ' , ' ' Suo Will we Yol , ' anil oiliern , wiiioli Inuo uiuuu then uciiuiiod great , popul . uity . "Walter wiih an IiuiiiIjKi weaver to trndo . In thu eaiiior part ot bin lil ' n ho nitvixI for tbivo yearn in tho » Scolt » Oi-oyh , Jndcprmlunl of hit * merit . ih dim ! of thu bust of our minor Suotliali potitt * , ho wn » a good iind worthy man , rovured and buloveit by ulinoat all who knew him , "
A Railway Tunnki . Fau . s in , —On tho I . enlrt Northern Itailway , oil Tuesday , n train was leasing llirouuli a tunnul at Urauiliopi ' , ul ) o \ it miwn uiilen from Ltfeil . s , i-iii-rymg between 200 and IJOO | insnen « cis . Ono nido of tli « tunnel fell in , Movuriul thti train in two , and Iniriinl two of tho enrriaf ; " * . Tho uiiginv , \ yiih part of thu carria ^« . i , got thrtxigh , nml run back , vthun it caine h \ <; outiu : t \\ i ( . l | \ i Uiuk lull of Irioli
reapers . The guard was injured , but with the exception ot one lady , who had her leg broken , no one was seriouslv hurt . Tiik Cakadoiii Cask . —The indictment of the carpenter of Drury I . ane Theatre for perjurj-, in an affidavit under which Madame Caradori was arrested , has been tried , aritl endfd in the acqiiittal of the accused , who trusted to hib attorney , arid swore whatever he told him . The _ E *\ ki , op Elgin * . — One of the " Garters" now vacant is io be bestowed on the Karl . of Elgin . As Sir Edmund Head has been gazetted Governor-General of Canada , Lord Elgin has probably some more substantial recompense in view than the " Garter . "
Refokm : in Iukkev . —The Turkish Government has promulgated a hatti _ scl : eiiff , branding with reprobation tho corruption of certain , functionaries , and ordering a better * execution of the laws . The execution of the tanzimat is placed tinder the surveillance of a special council , composed of five Mussulmans , four Greek and Armenian Schismatics , three Catholics , and one Jew . A Lord and a Newspaper . —The printing press and types of the Dundalk Democrat , together wit h sundry other goods and chattels of the proprietor , have been seized at the suit of Loid Clermont for the eum of 330 J ., the amount of the verdicb obtained by his lordship , and of the bill of costs in the late action for libel against that iouraal .
Trials without a Jury . —A new feature in the law with respect to trials will commence from and after the 24 th October , when the Common Law Procedure Act will come into operation . It is "provided that a judge by consent may try questions of fact without a jury , provided the court , tipon a'rule to sliow cause , or a judge shall think fit to allow such trial , and the verdict ' of the judge is to be of the same effect as the verdict of a jury , save that it shall not be questioned upon the ground of befng . against the weight of evidence ,, and the proceedings upon and after such trial , as to the power ot the court or judge , the evidence and otherwise , shall be the same as in the case of trial by jury . Counsel on each side are also * to have a speech more apiece . The evidence is to be summed up on both sides . . As Honourable Stokkr . — -The Hon . E . G . Pefcre is appointed the locomotive superintendent of the North British Railway .
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THE PKIXCIl'AMTIKS . Viminii , Friday , Sept . 22 . Tho -Aufitrinn Govornniont sent n ikupiiteli yestor day to Baron Hess , ordering him to concede tlu occupation of Giilatsc and Ibraila to tho Turks , i Oiikt Viu-Aux . dCTilrod it . Thus all dWIbroncoa nn handsonicly sottlofl . . 7 « . t « y , . Sept . lo . l'rlnco Gortauhulcoir loft on tlio KHli for Slculaui Jasay is coinplutely ovneunted . TUu bi idjjy over th I ' ruth in to be removed to-uiyrrov ,
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THE WAR—TO THE MINISTRY . There are to 1 ) 0 further demonstrations against the Ministry and their conduct of the war , besides the meeting at Newcastle . A requisition has been presented to the Mayor of Sheffield , desiring him to call a public meeting for the " purpose of considering the propriety of sending an address to her Majesty expressive of a want of confidence in the present Ministry and their mode of dealing with the war . " The meeting * is to be held on Monday evening , and the resolutions and addresses are to be of a very vigorous character .
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Leadei : Office , Saturday , Sept . 23 . THE EXPEDITION TO THE CRIMEA . Constantinople , Sept . 15 , By an English "boat arrived from the Crimea Iiord Raglan writes , on . the 12 th , that the coast was not seriously defended , and that he had faith in . the success of the debarkation . The weather was fine and favourable . All the vessels had arrived without accident . The captain added that he had set off on the 13 th , that on the evening of the same day three regiments had disembarked and taken possession of liupatoria without si blow being struck , and that the landing of the entire army ought to have taken place on the next day , about twenty miles to the south of that town . The weather here is magnificent .
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Vienna , Friday , Sept . 22 . Trom Russian sources it has been learned that th < Russians did not oppose the landing of the Englisl and French troops , because thoir entire force in tin Crimea numbers only 38 , 000 men , besides the gar risonof Sebastopol , 12 , 000 strong—viz ., 8000 cavalr between Eupatoria and Simferopol , and on tin heights from St . Crimea to Sevastopol 30 , 000 mei and 48 guns . Tho Kuasinns will defend their heights to tho utter most .
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THE BALTIC . DunUic , Thursday , Sept . 21 . Tho Bulldog hna arrived , having left the fleet ; a Ledsuncl on tho 10 th . Tho JTronoh Hoot hail lef ! Tlio AuHtorlitz got on the Stockholm rocks on th 20 th , but Aviis got off with the loss of l » or guns .
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September 23 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . £ 97
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 23, 1854, page 897, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2057/page/9/
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