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Ddiy ackn 6 wl * dged . The ^ TheEno ^ N « thingsr SSwer ) -aTO > rei » I * ed t ) to oppose , though onlyvia a awfal « an » e »* the . exorbitant pretensions , and unwrxaniable political iaeiiQ » of the Roman Catholics . ? he manifesto * says : — « The instinctive sense of the nation , brought into etive resolve by this emergency , has proclaimed-the ecessity for a great American , party . la obedience , te iiat call , the- party has . already come forth , and has tttered upon Ae theatre of its duty . It comes to silence be clamour of faction , to check the career . of pernicious movationsr to * ebuke * he busy intrigues of selfish poh \ is to recal the
cians . Its great purpose government > its tune-honoured and approved principles of adminis-• ation , and to . express the authentic voice of the jnerican . people in favour . , of a thorough American aUcy- We mean , that henceforth , in the face of all ^ positi on and all combinations , Americans shall govern ieir own country , and that every genuine American iterest . shall . take its paramount place in the counsels gd thoughts of those to whom the management of the iiblic affairs shall be entrusted . "We desire to see our iternal resources improved , our labour rewarded , our enius fostered , our agriculture , manufactures , and com- ; lerce guarded and sustained ,, by an intelligent American ; atesmanship . "We desire to see the children of our Republic eduited in . American sentiment and principle , . and fortified y the wisdom of that sacred . book from which our aciestors drew their inspiration of the moral and regioua . freedom . which they infused into our civil institur
ons .. . " "We , desire to see the right of suffrage consecrated in . ie veneration of the people as the bulwark of liberty , id protected by laws which shall for ever preserve it ilihe ' peculiar medium through which none but genuine mgrican opinions and sympathies shall find expression l the functions of government . " We desire to see the federal constitution faithfully Imjnistered in strict accordance "with the views of its lundqrs , all usurpations of power checked , all encroachlents upon the rights of the States rebuked , all forced ) UStructions disavowed . "
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OUB ; CIVILISATION . t-Mother -Starvixg hub Infast . —An inquesTThas Ben-held oS the body of an infant about three lonths old , the illegitimate offspring of a woman l thfe workhouse of St . Mary , Newington . The [ Other , it appeared , had taken an unnatural dislike ? hep child * had been heard to say " she wished ie little devil was dead ; " and had not only refused ? suckle it , but-had beaten it with great violence , ^ verdict ofYS ^ ul 'Mar der has been returned against
Superstition and Brutality . —During an affiMaon case recently heard at the Hull police-court , it ime out that the young woman who made the aplication had caused a toad to be roasted alive , in r ^ er- that she might-pound it into a powder and mix ijreith : herr seducer ' s _ food ? which she believed would aare the- effect of ^' making liin £ " 16 ye ' her . - ~ :---Death from . Ill-treatment . —Samuel Kelland , iptata of rtlie schooner Caroline , and Hugh Dunlop , ie mate of the > same vessel , ' which trades between ondon and Demerara , were charged at the South - ark police-court on Saturday with causing the eath of Samuel Sullqck , the cabin boy . The chief ¦
ndence was that of the cook and steward of the easel ,, a German named Karl Henry Kuoff , _ who are his testimony ! through the medium of an interreter * He stated that the captain and mate beat leboy , sometimes with a rope and sometimes with stick . A great deal of work had to be done owing ) one hand being short ; but , although tho boy did 1 ho could , the captain * waa not satisfied , but on one jcasion broke a broomstick over him , and afterarda , beat him . with the handle of a shovel ovep the sad ,, until bkx > d flowed from his nose and ears , and La , head . was shockingly swollen . Kuoflf interred , and said ,. " Don ' t beat the poor lad like that ; ju'H murder rhimk" Dunlop then came up , kicked ie boy , and threw him on the deck . When the boy ft the ship on - ita arriving nt London , he waa ' co-> rcd with bruises , and reeled like a drunken man .
rom . the other evidence it appeared that ho was knitted into Guy ' s Hospital , aud died after a few lyeu The prisoners were remanded until after tho iqucst , at which a verdict of Manslaughter was reira « d againat them , and they were committed to ewgate . It came , out on the inquest that tho lad etdt slept , imvery sovere weather , on a box in , tho ureoaatle , whore , liowever , it appeared there was a E * Tuorewas . ua bed for him ; and he had but one Bit * £ clothes ^ which he never changed . Notwith ' Mu * dingythi « evidence , the surgeon of Guy's lloapiil said ho thought tho boy had nut received any in * i * ta « from which lie might not have recovered . He ttrifouted th » death . ' to . bronchitis ; but admitted lAfe : the injuries might have ronderod tlic disoaso tore dangaroufl ^ - ^ Oa tho rO'Cxaniination of the primers before th ^ megiatrate , their legal advisor eon-> uditfithata . Uu& » boy . hAd , ontarecoired proper
correction for certain . dirty habits which he had ; but they- were committed for . 'trial : The Cask-of Mks . Ramsbotham . —This lady ( who was bailed out of prison on Friday week , a medical certificate having been obtained , stating that her health' would be > endangered by further confinement ) " was re-examined on Monday .- After a little bickering , between the magistrate and Mr ; Ballantine , Mrs . RamsbotFiam ' s counsel , as > to whether the accused should be allowed to sit with her veil down , the shopman who had served her gave evidence to the same effect as the preceding witnesses . In the course of his examination , the fact was extorted from him that the handkerchiefs , though described as " French cambric , " were not in reality so . In
crossexamination , Mr . Ballantine endeavoured , but ineffectually , to make it appear that Mrs . Ramsbotham had said to the shopman , " Make out a bill for what I have had ; " and in his address to the magistrate he besought that she might riot be sent to trial . Mr . Broughton ( the magistrate ) observed that lie had received a letter in which the writer mentioned that he was a friend of Lord Palmerston , and threatened Mr . Broughton with some vague punishment if he sent the case for trial . Mr . Moule had also received several letters from persons stating that they should cease to deal with him if he went on with the prosecution . Nevertheless , the magistrate felt it his duty to commit Mrs . Ramsbotham for trial ; but he accepted the same bail as before .
John Manly , the shoemaker , whose brutal treatment of his apprentice we noticed some weeks back , has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment at the Middlesex Sessions . The indentures were cancelled . Alleged Entrapping of a French Girl . —A handsome French girl appeared at Marlborouglistreet on Tuesday , to complain that she had been induced to come to London under the pretence of a situation being found for her , and had been taken to a notorious house in Newman-street , from which , upon discovering its true character , she contrived to make her escape . The magistrate feared that , as the girl had not received personal contamination , he
could not do anything in the matter ; but , upon . the complainant stating that the lady who brought her to England had rudely exposed her bosom , he said that he would grant a warrant against the woman . Euphrosyne Croissey , otherwise Madame la Comtesse de Croissey , was accordingly brought up on Wednesday ; and Madeleine Amuret , the complainant , gave a detailed account of the exposure of her bosom and of other parts of her person , and repeated the indecent comments by which the act was accompanied . Her evidence was supported by a
Frenchwoman who accompanied her . Upon being crossexamined , however , it appeared that the girl had waited for a week after the assault before complaining to the magistrate—a delay which she accounted for by saying that she was a stranger and did not know the laws . It also came out that she had by herself visited a man whom she knew at his lodgings ; but she denied that anything improper had taken plaee . - Under , these circumstances , the magistrate thought that no jury would convict if he serrtftlie case for trial ; and he therefore discharged Madame de Croissey .
The Case of Mr . Philip Herring—It will be remembered that a Mr . Herring was recently brought before the magistrate at Marylebone , charged with cutting the throat of a woman with whom he lived ; and that , as there was a strong presumption of the woman's insanity , it was thought necessary to make an inquiry . The result of this has been that the woman has been found of a disordered intellect , and that she will shortly be removed to a proper asylum . Assaults . —On Tuesday , several cases of assault came before the police magistrates . At Westminster , an Irish labourer was committed to the House of Correction , for three months , for kicking and biting a , policeman while drunk . —Joseph Smith ,
a private in the Middlesex Militia , was committed for trial at Bow-street for stabbing a man with a bayonet . He wus also drunk . — Charles Meredith , - a " respectable" man , likewise drunk , was committed to x > ri 80 ii for a month , for a savage and unprovoked attack upon a policeman—William Smith , also " respectable , " was brought up at Marlborough-street , and remanded for a week , on a charge of shooting at a woman of the town in a house of ill-fame . He , too , was drunk . —At Worshipstreet , William Ball , a glass-blower , was sentenced to four months' imprisonment , with hard labour , for boating his wife with a crutch until sho was covered with bruises . —Various other cases of assault and
woman-boating have been heard during the week . Barijakity by a Lady . — Miss Emilia Frances , a young lady , stated to be the daughter of a Scotch baronet , was summoned before the petty sessions , at Kingaclore , Hampshire , for torturing a pony . It appears that , the , pony not going fast enough to suit her caprice , she beat tho animal with a thick stick , and thrust the end into its mouth and up its nostrils ; that she tied it to a gate in deep snow , and left it there for a couple , of hours without any covering ;
that she -afterwards took * - a- knife-and ' stabbed the pony several times ; and that , - upon-returning home ; she desired the stable-boy to hold its head while shsr drew a clasp-knife , and "jobbed" ' it-intothe animal ' s mouth and- nostrils , causing- the blood -to flow pror ? fusely . Miss-Gordon , in extenuation-, declared that her pony- being a confirmed "jib , " she 'had been told of two cures : the one was to apply ; a hot iron to the . animal's hocks / and the other to cut the animal slightly near the flank , and apply a little turpentine
to the wounds . She admitted ' she had cut the pony , and thai it was her intention to apply some turpentine next day ! If it was wrong she was sorry , and would undertake not to do so again . She concluded by remarking that she was prepared to pay any finethat might be inflicted upon her . A fine of 5 ? . was imposed ; and the aecused , throwing down a 10 / .-note , took the change up jauntily * and left" the court . That is to say , this " lady" received no punishment whatever .
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ASSIZE CASES . A DISPUTED WILL . THE EARL OF SEFTOKT V . HOPWOOD , AND THE EARL OF DERBY V . HOPWOOD . The first of these cases was an issue directed by Vice-Chancellor Wood to try the validity of the last will of the late Robert Gregge Hop wood , Esq ., of Hopwood Hall , Lancashire , who died in 1854 . The second case was an issue directed by-Vice-Chancellor James from the Cliancery Court of the County Palatine of Lancaster ; and it had been , arranged by consent of all parties that the verdict on the first action should be conclusive on the second case .
The circumstances were very singular as well as very painful . From the introductory statement ( supported by evidence ) of Sir Frederick . Thesiger , the counsel for the prosecution , it appeared that the late Mr . Hopwood was a gentleman of large property , and had made a will , bequeathing , all his-estates to his eldest son , aud leaving legacies of 50001 . to each of his younger children . In 1853 he had an attack of paralysis , from which his speech suffered ia some degree , though his mind remained perfectly ; unimpaired . Nevertheless ^ Captain Edward HJopwood , the eldest son ,-aud . the . defendant in thia action , considered that his fajher was incapable of managing his own affairs , —and therefore as- «
suiiied to himself the most absolute control over his parent ' s estates , property , and ^ household * to the extent even of directing the bankers not _ to pay any cheques of his father ' s without haying his ( the captain ' s ) signature . He then _ took a document to Mr . Hopwood , sen ., " consisting of an order to the bankers to that effect , and , having " read it over in a very hurried and indistinct manner , so that it was impossible that Mr . Hopwood , who was deaf , could hear , requested him to affix his signature to it . Mr .-Hopwood became confused at his son ' s imperative manner , and was about to sign , when Mrs . Harvey Hopwood , the wife of his third son , Colonel Hopwood , interposed , and said , " You must not sign it
until it is explained to you . " Captain Hopwood then-became -very- angry , , and ., quitted the house . Upon the return of Colonel Hopwood , who had been absent , he thought it right to inform his father of his brother ' s conduct ; upon which' Mr . Hopwood exhibited great distress , and subsequently forbade Captain Hopwood his house . Through the medium of Mr . Slater ^ his solicitor , various communications , with reference to a written apology , took place between them ; and at length-, one morning , the wife of Captain Hopwood appeared at the Hall , and Wont into tlio drawing-room with Mr . Hopwood , sen ., and Mr . Frank- Hopwood , the second son . A very painful scene then ensued ; which ia thus detailed by Sir Frederick Thesiger : —
" Mrs . Edward Hopwood , addressing Mr . Hopwood , said that her husband had always been his attached son , as ho had been an affectionate father ; that Mr . Hopwood had been deceived ; that the truth had been kopfc from him ; and that ho was surrounded by baso , very base , people—looking at Mr . Frank Hopwood and hia wife , Lady Eleanor Hopwood ( a daughter of tho lute Lord Derby ) . Mr . Hopwood ' a answer was , ' Let him write the facts—let him writo as I told him . ' Ho became extremely distressed at the importunities of Mr * . Edward Hopwood ; for at thia time sho knolfc before him , and entreated him to rcceivo her husband . Mr . Jlopwood rocked himself on hw chnir , as if in distress . Ho put 1 rank
hishiindtohishead . a . sifho felt pain ; and , upon Mr . < Hopwood inquiring if ho wim in pain , ho told lain ho was , upon which tho butler was called in , and applied a liniment usual upon such occasions when Mr . Jlopwood was ailiiiR . After this , Mrs . Edward Hopwood renewed her importunities ; ami Mr . Frank Hopwood , approhonsivo of . his father ' health , immediately sent for Mr . Woo ^ tho medical attendant . Home short time after that , Mr . Hopwood said ho desired to leave tho room . Mr . I tank Hopwood took him into tho adjoining room , and before long ho rniw , Captain Hopwood with a friend of hb coming ueross tho lawn , aud iiiuking , towards tho library-window Mr . Frank Hopwood asked his father whether ho wldlicd to see Edward ; und ho mud , No ; ' upon which .
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J&nmr 7 i 1855 . ] TttB EBA . PEB . 3 * 9
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Leader (1850-1860), April 7, 1855, page 319, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2085/page/7/
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