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THE THAW . The great frost with-which we have been recently Tisited , began to break up on Friday last week , and Se thaw Steadily continued . The thermonieteivat the RoyalHumane Society ' s receiving-house in Hydepark during Saturday night stood at 34 deg ., being 2 deg . above freezing point . At nine o clock on Sunday morning it rose to 43 deg ., and at noon it indexed 47 deg . At six Vclock on Sunday evening the mercury stood at 45 deg ., being a considerable rise from the preceding day . The wind in the morning being in the south-west , rain set iu , and the sheets of water in the parks began to melt rapidly . Crowds of people , however , ventured on the ice , and two nearly lost their lives
by falling in . On Saturday night another grand display of fireworks , fire-balloon ascents , and torchlight skating and sliding matches took place on the Serpentine . Another life has been sacrificed in St . James'spark , making a total ^ of five persons who have perished in that place during the present season . The River Thames , which on Saturday was completely blocked up by immense fields of floating ice , is now comparatively free .
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THE LATE MR . CHARLES DOD . Thb Parliamentary Companion is known to most politicians ; its author , as the Father of " the Gallery , " was known to a smaller number , but wherever known , he was respected and liked . "We copy a biographical sketch from the paper he so well served—the Times : — - " Mr . Dod was the only son of the Rev . Roger Dod , who was vicar of Drumlease , in the county of Leitrim . Inheriting a small patrimony , of which actual possession was only acquired after a Chancery suit , Mr . Dod turned his early attention to the bar as a profession , and with that view entered at King'sinns , Dublin . But the rewards of journalism detached
him from legal studies , and before long he devoted to literature an undivided attention . After having been part proprietor and editor of a provincial journal , he eventually settled in London , where for thirty-seven years Jus pen has been unceasingly employed ; for a considerable portion of that period—namely , twentythree years—this journal has had the benefit of his services . To the members of both Houses of Parliament he is best known in the position which he last occupied before his fatal illness developed itself . Under his guidance the debates in Parliament were presented for public perusal in the shape which the exigencies of a newspaper require ; and , as manager or superintendent of the corps of gentlemen who report these debates , he had a delicate
and anxious duty to perform towards them , towards the public , and towards speakers in Parliament . He had long previously secured the willing attention of the public by merits of a different and a superior class . For very many years , and until disabled by illness , his pen had contributed to these columns many of the memoirs of distinguished'persons ~ who have-died-within the-period . To sharp powers of observing character , and long opportunities of studying politics and public men , he added talents for literary composition which can only be estimated by those who know how rapidly these memoirs were produced . Rarely was it necessary to allow public curiosity to' flag before all that a statesman had done to earn fame and honours was pictured to the
world . In another capacity many thousands of the public know Mr , Dod's name , on the title-pages of the * Parliamentary Companion' and the ' Peerage , Baronetage , and Knightage , ' which publications wholly owe their origin to him . For many years , however , his increasing duties in connexion with this journal prevented his actual execution of any portion of their contents . They have for more than twelve years been in the hands of his son , with whom of course they still remain . In closing this brief account of one who , in various ways , has been a faithful servant of the public , we cannot omit to record that in every private relation of life he was an example to all around him . Ho passed a life crowded with domestic virtues , and leaves a name of unspotted integrity . "
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MELANCHOLY DEATH Ol ? AN OFFI CER FROM THE CRIMEA . Major Charles Colvilujj Young , an officer of the Royal Artillery , who had recently returned from before Sobastopol , where he received a flesh-wound in the leg , mot with his death at Portsmouth , on Saturday last , under lamentable circumstances , as . stated at the inquest held on the body : — " Major Young arrived on the previous day ' at the Fountain Hotel , on his way to Kydo , in the IhIo of Wight , whore his wife and family reside . Shortly after his arrival , ho sent a rather incoherent letter to u friend , Captain Savage , ' stating that ho had been travelling almost incessantly since ho left tho trenches , to command a troop of horso artillery . ' Ho expressed a wish to see Captain Savage ; « but , ' ho added , 'do not como till I send word—rather lot mo find you out , for I want to see the dentist some where in this street . ' Major Young directed tho waltoj at tho hotel to bo very
particular in calling him at seven the next morning ; and the waiter states that ' he was sharp spoken and rather excitable , ' but not apparently from the influence of . wine . At about 2 o ' clock in the morning , the policeman on duty saw the deceased leaning out of his bedroom window ( which w ' as in the top story ) , with his hat on , and dressed , and he asked the policeman what time he could go to the Isle of Wight . The constable told him' that he would call a waterman if he wished it , but that it was a dark night , and would pot he a pleasant journey . Major Young said ' he was not afraid , as be had Colt ' s revolvers with him . ' The policeman " went away , but returned in . a few minutes , and found a light burning in the room . Major Young then asked him to call up the chemist opposite , as he did not feel well ; and remarked , ' I want to' get out of the house quietly , without disturbing any one . ' The policeman went to
consult the- inspector , but immediately after heard a loud cry of ' Help ! ' On returning with another constable , he found Major Young stretched on the pavement , bleeding . A police-inspector , who had directed the constable to look after Major Young , stated that he could see the whole of his body to the waist as he stretched himself out of the window ; and the probability seems to be that he overbalanced himself , or was seized with vertigo , and fell . The police aroused the inmates of the hotel , and Major Young was conveyed to his room , where he died at a quarter to 4 o ' clock in the morning . The bed had previously been lain in by the unfortunate gentleman , and he had apparently lighted some wax-tapers . Death , according to the testimony of the medical attendant , appeared to arise from excessive hemorrhage , caused by the injuries sustained in the fall . The jury found a verdict of death by accident . "
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TOBACCO SMUGGLING BY MEANS OF FOREIGN WOMEN . Mahtulde VanderplA-AS , a Belgian woman , aged 35 , Catherine Mohler , 40 , a German , and Janet Moulton , 24 , also a German , were charged at the Thames Police-office with smuggling 120 pounds of foreign manufactured tobacco , by which they had incurred penalties Of 1001 . each . The prisoners arrived at Blackwall from Ostend on Saturday morning , and , as they presented a very bulky appearance , a tidesurveyor asked them if they had any goods liable to duty about them . They replied they had not ; but the officer handed them over to a female searcher , who found under the ^ gown of each woman a large petticoat , very ingeniously made , and containing upwards of 40 pounds weight of "tobacco . The petticoats were divided into compartments , and were partially supported on the shoulders by means of a kind of stays , and partly by straps fastened round the loins . The women stated that they had been met in the streets of Ostend by a man who promised to pay their passage to London and back , and to give them five francs ( 4 s . 2 d . ) each , if they would carry the petticoats containing the tobacco . The same man also said he would meet them in London . Mr . Yardley observed , that similar cases of heartless entrapping-had come before his notice ; - and that , there appeared to exist a regularly organised system of smuggling by means of miserable dupes . He advised the prisoners to confess everything ; in which case , although he was obliged to fine each 100 / ., or , in default , to sentence them to six months' imprisonment , the punishment would no doubt be partially or wholly remitted . In the mean while the gaoler was directed to take every care of them . The eldest of the women said that if she could find the person who had deceived them , she would kill him .
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A MURDER BY A BOY . Thomas Monroe , a minor , aged eighteen , and presenting a very boyish appearance , was tried at Carlisle , before Mr Baron Parke , for tho murder of Isnac Turner , of Lampleigh , on the 4 th of November last . The trial occupied two whole days , and a large mass of evidence was produced . From this it appeared that Turner , who was about fifty-eight years of age , was in the employ of some Jarge iron ore merchants , and that he was in the hnbit of paying tho wages of the men , for which purpose it was necessary for him to proceed some way across country . On the morning of the 4 th of November , he set out on this business with the sum of 10 / . in his pocket ; and at about a quarter past 11 o ' clock
was seen going in tho direction of a field called Hull ' s Acre . A quarter of tin hour later , his lifeless body was found at the entrance of the field by tho man who had seen him walking in that direction . Tho windpipe was severed from car to car , and the head and face were much gashed . Tho deceased's pockets were turned out and rifled , and near the place a few shillings and a hnlf-sovcroign were found . Very soon after tho murder hud been committed , a man was seen proceeding from tho spot whoro tho body was found , apparently fearful of pursuit , as ho constantly glanced over his shoulder , and stooped his head under the hedge . Ho was shortly afterwards seen wiping his face with a handkerchief , as if in a great heat , and still creeping stealthily along tho hedge . The
prisoner was absent , both from his work and from hi home , at the time the murder must have been com ' mitted ; his clothes were found spotted with humar blood ; certain footprints near the scene of the tra gedy corresponded with the shape and size of hii shoes ; and other circumstantial evidence tended tc fix suspicion upon him . No witnesses we're , called by the counsel for the defence , who confined himseli to commenting on the above fao-t 2 ; —i t « e jury found a veraict ot guin-jr , * , Tnn a recommendation to mercy Ou account of the prisoner's youth . The Judge , however , implored Munroe not to place too much reliance on the recommendation .
Speaking of the passing of the sentence of death ] the Times reporter observes : —" There Avas something singularly affecting in this solemnity—the very long and protracted trial that had taken place , a densely crowded court—all heightened by the glare of lights upon wearied and anxious countenancesand the circumstance of the Court-house clock striking the midnight hour of twelve just at the instant the learned judge pronounced the last words of the awful sentence of the law . "
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THE COLD SHADE . Sevastoj ? oi / 1 Sevastopol ! So vast a pall those fields hath shrouded—The trench , the tent , the hosp ital , With victims of supineness crowed—Lordly misdeeds so vast appal The souL The Cold Shade withers all ! B .
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MISCELLANEOUS . The King of the Sandwich Islands , KamehameLu III ., died on the 15 th of December , aged 42 . He is succeeded by his nephew , ; Prince Liholiho , who has taken the name of Kamehameha IV . Accident on the North Western Railway . —On Sunday morning last a second-class carriage belonging to a mail train in the above line ran off the rails , and proceeded for three ;_ or four miles in that way . — The passengers were not hurt . The wheels of the carnage had collapsed , owing , probably , to the sudden change of weather , which has acted considerably on the metals of the line . Assistant-Surgeon Dr . Edmund Sidney Wason died at Scutari on Febuary 8 , of typhoid fever .
We are requested by the Royal Commission of the Patriotic Fund to state thal ^ lthough the circular of the honorary secretaries to the local committees of the Patriotic Fund pointed out national schools for the orphans , this was only as an example , and the orphans of Roman Catholics and Dissenters may , of course , be placed in their own schools , and will be paid for by the committee upon the same scale as the other children are to be paid for . —Times . Army Before Sebastopol . —The committee nominated by the House of Commons met for the first time on Monday , to choose a chairman and consider the course of ' tiieir proceedings . - "BrTrl" Roel ) ucTc ~ wlite"Wm ~ alnim' 6 ttBly ' chosen chairman , the other members being Mr . Drummond , Sir J . Pakington , Colonel Lindsay , Mr . Layard , Mr . Ellice , Lord Seymour , Sir George Lewis , General Peel , Mr . Bramston , and Mr . J . Ball .
Death of Professor Gauss .- —Letters from Gottingen announce that Professor Gauss , of that University , died on Friday last , the 23 rd ult . Jack Frost Salmon-fishing . — On Sunday last , while several persons were standing on tho ice in the vicinity of tho Cutts , a large salmon leaped out of the Bann and fell , very much to their astonishment , and at the same time their no small delight , close at their feet . We need scarcely say that ho was at once secured , and prevented from again getting back to his native element . He was a fine plump fish , and weighed about 301 bs . — Coleraine Chronicle . The vacancy in tho House of Lords , caused by the death of the late Viscount Lorton , has been filled up by tho election of tho Earl of Portarlington [ to be the new Representative Peer for Ireland .
Mons . Soykr left London on Tuesday morning for Scutari , at tho desire of Government , for tho purpose of superintending the dietary at the hospital there . An alteration of tho City police duty took place on Monday morning . In future tho men will bo placed on day duty for four hours , bo relieved for four hours , and then commence their second four hours ; thus affording thorn more relief than by tho old system , that of having every other day a long duty of nine hours , llio mgut officers will be placed on duty for eight , and not mno hours , as heretofore . , Likutjsna ^ t - C 01 . 0 NK 1 . Dicamuui , the well-known historiographer of tho Hanoverian German Lotfion , is now engaged in compiling a new work on tho same
On tho 28 th January , railway carriages passed over tlfo road that connects tho Atlantic and the Paalic , tt the Isthmus , tliuH marking tho year 1855 as . tho beginning of a now era in tho history of tho American Continent . A Uhkvvl Pukokoknt . — A correspondent of tho Times quotes tho subjoined circular addressed by tho Govorumont of tho English CommonwealtU in 166 . ) , to
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March 3 , 1855 . ] THE I . EADEE . 201
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Leader (1850-1860), March 3, 1855, page 201, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2080/page/9/
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