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a seat , where it -was found dead . Mrs . Butler denied the truth of the girl ' s statement as to her conduct towards her , and said : — * ' I wish to state thai I have been much harassed by a third party , a respectably dressed man , who called upon me , arid said that I had been an accessory to a crime , and that if I paid him 20 / . he would make the matter secret , and would send the girl to < Juernsey . A watch , was on the mantelpiece , and he took out his own , and said : ' The magistrates are sitting at one o ' clock
you have not a moment to lose ; you had better give me the 20 ? ., and I will get the girl away . ' He also said that if the jury found mo guilty , which they would do , I should have two years' imprisonment . He stopped more than an hour , and said if I had not the 20 ^ . in the house I could make it . He vent away , and came again next morning in a cab . I as ] ced if he was an official , and he replied in the negative . He said a child had been found in the Green-park , which child had come from my house , and if I gave him 20 / . he would evade justice , and get me clear off . Of course I did not give him the 20 / . "
A coroner's jury did not find the girl guilty of killing the child , but she will have to answer for the offence of concealing its birth .
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At the Hull Petty Sessions Christian Schanto'tf , a ( Jerman , was charged with having abducted Augusta Maria Haworth , a young German girl , by false - pretences , and for immoral purposes . The evidence of the girl-went to show that the prisoner had induced her to leave Altona , in order 3 o come to England to live as his servant in a public-house which he-was to buy . She fame and acted as his servant for six days , after which ho forced her into prostitution . The girl was not crossexamined by the counsel for the defence , and the appearance of things at tlie trial seems not to have justified a belief in very enormous deception oii the part of the prisoner ; but he was found guilty , and sentenced to two years' imprisonment .
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THE CAMBRIDGE ASYLUM . Tub English public at present is discrediting some of the reports as to the state of its purse , by a splendid spirit of bounty . The meetings for the Patriotic Fund « are attended by numbers , in a state of active anxiety for the object . Special funds are also invented—there is the Central Association , for assisting the wives and families , as well as the widows and orphans , of soldiers on active service ; there is the Peel-77 / Mes Fund , for sending nursing aid and comforts to the sick ; there is the London Orphan Asylum , throwing open its doors to the
children of deceased soldiers ; and amongst all these we see , is not forgotten the Cambridge Asylum . "Sow we do not a ; j ; reo that any one of these objects is superfluous . If we might object , it is that the Official Fund is too narrow in its scope , since the lielpless dependants of living soldiers often require assistance as much as if the men were dead . The Central Association , therefore , deserves till the support that it can have ; there will bo more orphans than the London Asylum can admit , and the Cambridge . Asylum will need additional endowments to fulfil its excellent intention . ¦
It is , indeed , a well-designed institution . Its purpose is to aflTord a Uonie for the widows of non-commissioned officers and privates in her Majesty ' s land forces , married in accordance with tlie rules of the service ; the private soldiers b eing of fourteen years ' standing , and the women not less than fifty years of ago . Such was the original design ; nuil originally also , the asylum ( 11 ( 3 not admit more than one widow from each regiment , or battalion of a regiment , at a time , " unless mules extraordinary circumstances of
u case possessing stronger claims than that of other regiments . " A new impulse has been given to the funds of this institution , and a new extension ia propoaod for its operation . The land upon which the present building is situated lic . i at Kingston-on-Tlmmcs ; it is about four to live acres in extent , and it wns given to the Association by the present Duke of Cambridge , who not only serves his country actively in the Held , but also remembers tho wants of his humble lullow-soldiur . It ia proposer ! by n veteran whose hourt is devoted to this excellent
inthis distinction of soldiers in their corporate as well as their individual capacity . An Alma- fund would be requisite to increase the building and endowm ent , but there are already signs that the Cambridge Asylum has not been forgotten . The public subscriptions for the general purpose will evidently be in excess of the immediate object , and we can see no reason why portions of the surplus should not be devoted to the extension of this Institution , already established as one of the best military asylums in the country .
HtUution that admission should be given to ten or twelve poor t / ouny widows whoso husbands hnvu died on the heights of th < o Alma—a very fitting oxteuHion of the institution . It id proponed that preference ahull bu given to tho wivua of men in thoao regiments which lost most men at the battle of the Alum , thu { Sovonth Fusiliers , tor instance , and the Twonty-tliinl . Nothing , ve beliovo , cun bo hotter In its effect than
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THE LOSS OF THE STEAMER ARCTIC . The fate of the Arctic steamer seems to have created an absorbing interest in New York , where , however , it was not heard of until fourteen days after her loss occurred . A correspondent of the Morning Chronicle says : — " Never do I remember an event that created a greater sensation . The entire community was in . a moment plunged into grief and sorrow . The courts were closed , business at the Exchange was suspended , and the flags of all the shipping in the harbour were at half-mast . Many families mourn the loss of near relatives , and even up to to-day the offices of the Messrs . Collins and Co . are besieged by
bereaved fathers , mothers , sisters , wives , and children—all anxious to learn whether any hope remains of the safety of those who were so near and dear to them . The Arctic left Liverpool with 256 passengers and a « rew of 175 men , making 431 souls . According to the reliable accounts thus far received ^ more than 300 would appear to be certainly lost , 64 of whom were swept by the sea from a hastily constructed raft . But as there are t ^ vo , if not three , boats yet to be heard of , there is a possibility that more may have lieen saved than we have now any idea of . The hope is faint ; still , it may be cherished . Here I would remark thafgroat
bhime is -justly attachable to all the steamers , in consequence of their going at speed across the ever foggy banks of Newfoundland , without the ringing of bells , the screaming of the steam vessel , or the firing of minute guns . The consumption of a few hundred-weight of gunpowder would save life and prevent disaster . But all precautions of the kind appear to have been neglected , while , instead , a spirit of racing across the Atlantic has been indulged in , to the utter disregard of human life . Again , wlhen the collision occurred , the crew soon became unmanageable , and , in most cases , thought only of saving their own lWes , without even an attempt to rescue the passengexs .
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lt&RMIGRATION FROM AMERICA . Ouit astounding Transatlantic contemporary , the JVew York Hcruld , Announces a re-emigration from America to the United Kingdom or Europe , hi the proportion of ten per cent to the emigration outwards . If the re-emigration were to continue at the rate of development that it lias already enjoyed in the view of the Herald , it would soon exceed the outward emigration , and we should have to fear that
the Republic would be depopulated for the advancement of the Old World ! 1 low many conseexuences would be involved in such a process ! Does it indicate that the Republic is so repulsive that emigrants from Europe cannot endure to remain ? That they regurgitate in the simple impulse of revived royalty , and that they fly as penitent children to the arms of Queen Victoria—arms of course always open to tliem , and wide enough to encircle any number .
" \ V « j invite our pathetic contemporary , 1 ' uncFi , to give us that sublime and historical picture—tha penitent British multitude coming back in revulsion from the American liepublic , and throwing itself , with tears , into th « arms of Queen Victoria , Prince Albert standing by , and not jealous in the least degree , nor tho l ' rhice of Wales astoni . shod at thu naturally affectionate capacity of bia parent , although the move timid lMncoss lloyal may sing , " God huvo Man mm !"
There is a apic « j of truth in tho fact whicli the Jlcvald hus found to aina / . e its readers for twentyfour hours . Peoplu me returning from Ainericu , or nro coming over in larger numbers than they once did ; and some of our correspondents may perhaps add to the half dozen reasons for this return of which wo arc awiu'u . Some go out originally who ought not to go , find tlmt they cannot make three guineas » day by liunuicrafi labour , or by handicraft no-laboui ' -nt-ull , and return in disgust , Jndignnnt at " tho lies that are told about American proupoTlty . " Some uoHiu back to fetch their relatives , instead of simply sending for them . Sumo out of mere
restlessness . Some because they have heard wonderful stories as to the rise of wages in Ireland , and they wish to he there betimes . Some because they cannot get rid of their love for the " ould country . " Add to these an unusual number of Americans even ia the condition of working men , who have come over to Europe bent upon travelling in order to gain their experience . Men of this class find work when they can , as a means of supporting themselves and of eking out their travelling funds . They do it apparently on the same ground that the working men of France travel by the help of their " compagnonnage , " only the "working traveller of America has no such assistance , and relies upon himself instead of a freemasonic guild .
These facts would go far to explain a re-emigraiion whicli does exist to some extent , though we believe it has no characteristics of endurance or magnitude equal to those assigned to it by our contemporary . If there were such a great exodus of Americans to Europe we believe that the Kings of the Continent ought to look about theni ; that the Thirty Tyrants of Germany ought to tie on their heads very tight at night with their night-cap strings , and that Europe had "better begin to prepare itself for undergoing : thu process of annexation to the Union . For emigration is tlve usual prelude to that process . . English scicneu talks of spanning the Atlantic under Water with the electric chain : does the Herald of New York mean that American liepublicanism is about to bridge ! the Atlantic by annexation ?
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Lkapkk Oi-i-km-:, Saturday , October 28 . . TUB EAST . Vienna , Wednesday . The 3 rd and (> th corps of the Austrian army , stationed respectively at Treviso and Gratz , have bcL-n placed upon the war footing , preparatory to their marching into Galieia . Advices have been received here from Constantinople of the lGth of October .
The Himalaya had arrived there on the 15 th , with wounded . lieport says that tlie Allies will take up their winter quarters at Scutari , after the fall of Sevastopol . Lord Raglan has prohibited Russians and Greeks from residing at Ualaklava . A Council for carrying the Tnnzinnit into execution sits daily at Constantinople .
Keport says that General I aiders lias brought 13 , 500 men to Sevastopol . Others , 12 , (> 0 () KusBinus hold the heights of Bclbek . Thirty thousand French , under the orders of Gl neral Bosquet , have buen ordered to cut oil" the communication between the north and south sides of Sebnstoi > ol . tiix thousand Turks have just been sent to IJ 11-laklixva .
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IIA V A III A . I '/ u-l . t , l- ' riilav , Ootolmr H 7 . Advicud from . Munich of thu tfiilli nunouueu tl » o death on that morning of tho Queen Dowuu-or ot Uurnriu , from choluru .
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Captain ltichard Hawkins , R . N ., appeared ( with a pair of black eyes ) at a police court to complain that Mr . and 3 Mrs . Parkin had assaulted him . He stated that Mr . Parkin had asked him whether he had not attempted to seduce Mrs . Parkin ' s sister , wldch he denied ; whereupon both lady and gentleman made a desperate attack on " 'him . ' On cross-examination , the captain still denied any design on the " sister , " but admitted having taken hw to a theatre ; and also—that he had been convicted of bigamy , and confined in the House of Correction . His case against the Parkinses was dismissed .
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Trwbi / . uinln , < . > e , tol >« r '•> . The Ahasian chiefs have refused to receive Sclmmyl ' n envoy , Haiti / , l ' aalui ban consequently cut oil all communication with thu coast of Abasia .
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Merlin , I'Yidiiy , October 27 . Tho following despatch bus been roeoivod here dated St . Petersburg , : 2 < 5 th inst .: — " , S < "lnt .-i (< i | Kil , < Mo \ mr 121 " The operations of the Ih ' sKw-th continue . Their Jlru " im ufl ' eutivoly answered , " The fortification . - ) aro little diunuyi : « J . "
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October 28 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . 1017
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 28, 1854, page 1017, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2062/page/9/
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