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fctwbj ect he was never able to cany expressive of regret at the loss of iuJira 1 ; ion of hi ^ wartnes , having iiieeting , and ¦ L ord Ebririgton , hs , Zaba ( a Pole ) , Mitchell , spoken in favour of them , amidst much applause , and that animals , by natural instinct , very often perceived a physical danger which no human philosophy could see . Just so , mankind was endowed by the Creator with natural instinct of a higher order ; and some men marked out from the rest saw the results of oppression and dangerous governments more clearly and more wisely than all the wisdom of wily politicians and all the secrecy of cunning diplomatists enabled them to detect . This latter class were sometimes disposed to think that events directly affecting the . freedom and national existence of a particular people did not necessarily ]
influence the condition of other nations . These miserable votaries of a miserable expediency shrugged their shoulders with indifference , being under the influence of a self-conceited conscience , exclaiming , ' What are these things to us ? We are not our brother ' s keeper . ' There was a community in nations , and liberty was the common good of the great human family . Whenever that received any detriment , a shock -was given to every member of that family , and the liberty of every one became less in amount , or deficient in security . However isolated nations might appear , there were always two principles struggling in every political jtorm- —namely , freedom and oppression—and what was gained by one
principle was lost by the other . Hence they saw that whenever a gallant people had fallen down victims to oppression , the agony of their falling brethren struck like a thunderbolt at the heart of good men . Directly a nation fell , a shout of indignation arose from the best part of humanity ; a yell of horror from the noblest of human hearts , because a sense of the imminent danger was brought home to the instinct of self-preservation . There was ji universal cry of sympathy and horror at the tidings of the fall of Poland and Hungary ; for tlie danger resulting therefrom was not one of ordinary dimensions . There was an agglomeration of slumbering lava in the womb of that volcano , and * fce cry that
had been raised at the fall of those nations was a cry attested by inspired prophecy . How slow was the progress of the logic of events ? The . steps of history completely baffled the expectations of the measurers by the yard . Poland and Hungary fell ; and , because the heavens did not break down instantly—because the stars did not fall from their accustomed spheres , and because the earth continued to go round—the horror subsided and universal sympathy went away . He did not complain of that , for such was the nature of man . But whilst such an experience attested the general weakness of human nature , a bountiful Providence chose some special instruments , and the men so selected were raised above the ordinary level of man ' s nobility . With those
few characters success did -net . excuse-crime . — They , had not two sets of measures—one for ragged robbers in the highway , and another for robbers set over them in purple —one punishment for a briber at a borough election , and another for a royal robber who might obtain the sympathy of a nation . Those few characters knew that morality was not excluded from politics ; they had compassion for the unfortunate , sympathy for the suffering , and a sentiment of fraternity towards all who were oppressed . With such characters those were not passing emotions caused by sudden emergencies , but principles of their whole lives . One of the noblest and purest of those characters was the man whose memory they had that night assembled to honour . "
M . Kossuth concluded by remarking that some philanthropic institution , such as the chairman had suggested , would bo more in accordance with the benevolent nature of Lord Dudley Stuart than any mere statue . The two resolutions already adverted to were carried unanimously , and also one appointing a committee to carry out the object of the meeting . A subscription was then opened , the chairman heading it with fifty guineas ; and the proceedings terminated .
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OUR CIVILISATION . MANSLAUGHTKR Am > MUBUKttOVH AsflAUI / T . —The tWO following cuacs were heard on the same day at Bowstrcct : —William Dean waa charged with killing Joseph William Hart . The deceased was a carpenter nt the Olympic Theatre , and lived in Drury-lano with a young woman named Elizabeth Itowuon , who passed as hla wife ; and the prisoner occupied an adjoining room in the snmo house . Coming home between twelve and one j ' clock on the night of tho 2 nd of April , tho deceased had reason to suspect that ho had interrupted ah improper intimacy botweon tho prisoner and tho w ' omon Rowson . Ho accordingly dragged tho prisoner into his ) wn room to accuse him boforo tho woman ' s fare , and then struck him a violent blow . A savage altercation then ensued between the two men , during which tho deceased waa struck on tho temple with some instrument , which inflicted a terrible wound , and loft him insensible
on the ground . Hart was conveyed at once to Kiijg ' s College Hospital , where the wound -was . dressed ; but erysipelas ensued a few days nfter , and the unfortunate man died cm the 8 th . The only witness to the assault was the woman Rowson ; and , although she denied that there had been any ground for the jealousy of the deceased , she gave her evidence against the prisoner with evident reluctance . The prisoner , "however , had admitted to Inspector Mitchell that he struck the deceased : with the heel of a boot ; but the bouse surgeon considered that the -wound must have been caused ~ by some
more formidable instrument . The prisoner said he should reserve his defence . On a later day , he was committed for trial . —Ann Brennan was charged with throwing a brickbat at the head of George Wilson , and causing him serious injury . The woman , who lodged in a room opposite the complainant ' s residence in Half-moon-court , Clare-market , deliberately threw down the brick from an upper window , and laid open his head'in a frightful manner . The prisoner , who said her sleeve caught the brick as she was shaking her fist at him , was fined 5 Z ., or six weeks' imprisonment in default .
Savage Attacks by Militiamen . —John Tahan , belonging to the City of London Militia , was brought up at Clerkenwell , on Monday , charged with a murderous attack on James Neville , a policeman . The prisoner had been seen by a constable , in-the dead of the night , lurking in a dark place . Upon the officer turning his light upon him , he endeavoured to pick a quarrel , and significantly touched the hilt of his bayonet ; but the police having received orders to avoid , if possible , any collision with the militia , he was not then taken into custody . About twenty minutes after this , the policeman , Neville , passed by , when the prisoner , with a very foul expression , said , " I ~ am waiting for you ; I have got a bit of cold steel for you . " He then rushed at the
constable with his bayonet , and stabbed at him , the thrusts taking effect on the fingers , palm , and thumb of the left hand , and on the right ear and the upper lip . Neville called for assistance , and the prisoner ran away , but was stopped and secured by another constable . In his flight , he threw away his bayonet , and , " on being taken to the station-house , he said he did not mean the attack for Neville ; he meant it for another policeman . Before the magistrate , he said he had been drinking ; but he was committed for trial . The magistrate made some severe but just comments on the fact of such men being allowed to carry their bayonets , a liberty which is not even allowed fo the household troops . —At Worshipstreet , on the same day , another private in the City of
London Militia was . charged with a dreadful outrage upon Joseph Towers , a potman . The occasion of the quarrel did not appear ; but a witness deposed to seeing Harrington , the accused , strike Towers two frightful blows in the face . The injured man fell to the ground , and struck his head against a piece of granite in the carriage way . Blood streamed forth in profusion , and he was conveyed insensible to the hospital . The magistr ate , hearing that Towers was in a highly dangerous state , said it would be necessary to take his deposition ; but"a * policeman , ~ having- made" inquiry at the hospital , returned , and said , " The surgeon expresses his belief that it would be quite useless attempting to take the man s deposition in his present condition . I saw his
face ; and his eyes , which are filled with a yellow fluid , emitting blood , appear to be quite , gone . By speaking loudly at his ear , he seemed to understand , but uttered only indistinct sounds . " The prisoner appealed for a character to his sergeant . That officer , however , said that Harrington was one of the worst characters in the regiment . He was remanded for a week . —Assaults by militiamen have latterly become very frequent . Tho dregs of London , in fact , are swept into the metropolitan regiments ; and to arm such dangerous characters with a deadly weapon is a scandalous outrage upon the public safety . It does not appear that in the latter case the bayonet was used ; but it was in the former , and in some other instances which havo recently come before
the public . Brutality to a Wife . — George Bliss , a master painter , was sentenced on Tuesday , at Worship-street , to six months imprisonment and hard labour for an assault upon his wife . Coming home drunk about one o ' clock in the morning , ho was not admitted as soon as ho desired , his wife being nt the top of tho house . He , therefore , dragged her down stairs by tho hair of tho head , and kicked her about the face . At tho same time , ho sworo ho would kill her , saying ho should got off as Mrs . Kamsbotham did . She was rescued at length by a policeman . Tho prisoner said ho had found his wife on tho stairs with a young man ; but this was emphatically denied . Ho was , therefore , committed .
Tuisft MY A Bank CLERK . —Percy Burt , a clerk in tho Bank of England , was charged at Southwnrk with stealing a gold watch from a woman of tho town . Tho prisoner said tho watch was lent to him , and that ho full y meant to return it , but wna called into tho country on business , and on coming back could not see tho woman . Ho was arrested at tho Holborn Casino . After , 1 ijh examination at tho police oflipo , ho wrote to his mother for tho watch which waa then at his house ; and Mr . Solomon , his counsel , said , \\ pan his being again brought beforo tho magistrate , that it was ready to be given up . Ho was remanded , however ; but tho
magistrate consented to take bail . Ori'Tjiuraday lie was again brought up , when one of the officers , of the Bank of England came forward and said tliore was no such name asSRuft . ataong the eight hundred clerks of that Establish merit . Updn this , the young-man , admitted that he had " told a falsehood , aud that he was a clerk in " the National Provincial Bank of England . " After a good deal of fencing with , the prisoners counsel , it came out that Burt had pledged the watch for 21 . 10 s ., and that his mother , upon receipt of his note , redeemed it . The magistrate , havibgv some doubt whether tlie prisoner couifl be convicted of stealing the watch , convicted him
of unlawfully pledging it , and fined him 5 / . As Odd Case . —Mr . William Bishop , gunmaker , of New Broad-street , was brought up at Marlborough-sta-ept charged with unlawfully receiving the sum of 4 / . for the restoration of a dog which was in the possession of a man who was not the owner . The curious part of the case was that the prisoner was charged under the very act which he was mainly instrumental in procuring some years ago , in consequence of the systematic robberies of dogs by dog'Stealers , and the large sums of money they sometimes succeeded in obtaining from the owners . —Evidence of the fact having been given , Mr . Bishop entered into recognizances to appear again next Tuesday . More Militxa . Brutality . —At Hammersmith , on Wednesday , two men belonging to the West Middlesex Militia were committed for trial on a charge of violating a girl sixteen years of age .
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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . ( . From the Registrar-General's ¦ Report . ') Lv the week that ended last Saturday , the deaths of 1347 persons ( 715 males and 632 females ) were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 , the average number was 1035 , which , if raised by a tenth part for increase of population , becomes 1138 . Hence it appears that a high rate of mortality still prevails , the excess of deaths in the present return over the estimated number being 209 . Of the total number of last week ' s deaths 638 , or nearly a half , occurred under 20 years of age ; and of these 262 were the rfnaths of children who had . not
completed their first year . Sixty persons died who had attained the age of 80 years and upwards ; during the 15 weeks of this year , the greatest number of octogenarians who died in any week was ~ 95 , when the mean temperature , which has now risen to 47 * 2 deg ., was at 80 deg . The weekly number of deaths from bronchitis observes a remarkable uniformity ; in the last five weeks it has been successively 163 , 146 , 149 , 155 , and 153 . Pneumonia is less regular in its effect , the cases in which it was fatal in the same weeks having been 135 , i > 0 , 113 , 98 , and 92 . There is now a decrease in the mortality of hooping-cough . From six zymotic diseases
—small-pox , measles , scarlatina , hooping-cough , dinrrhcea , and typhus—there were altogether 191 deaths last week , of which only 18 occurred in the central districts , 29 in the western , 42 in the northern , the samo number in the eastern , and in the southern districts GO , 17 ~ of-which-were caused by-scarlatina . — .. Pour .. deaths from scarlatina -were in the sub-district of St . Paul , Deptford , and -3 in that of Woolwich Arsenal . Out of 13 deaths from diarrhoea , 8 occurred in the southern districts—viz ., those lying on the southern side of tlie river , the population of which is more than a fourth of the entire population of London . Last week the births of 912 boys and 80 G girls , in all 1718 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-5-A , the average number was 1411 .
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STATE OF TRADE , LABOUR , AND THE TOOK . The condition of tho chief manufacturing districts continues , on the whole , satisfactory . From Manchester , under date of April 19 , we hear that the market is qiiito firm , though the fabrics suited to the Eastern markets are not much in request . Some of the American hoiu-os are doing rather more business . In tho lace trade of Nottingham there has been a still further improvement , principally in the homo market , for the foreign order : ! come in slowly . Tho prices of silk materials havo not rallied much ; but the hosiery trade has decidedly improved , both homo and American buyers acting with increased spirit . Tho labour market is consequently moro active . There is a fair seasonable demand for cloth in the markets of Leeds ; and tho sales of wool « t Liverpool have been brink , with an unusually largo attendance ot foreign buyers . For East India wools the . ii ; was < : » " ¦ Hiderablo competition and improved price * . The leather trade of Bristol has exhibited considerable activity . Reports from the North of Ireland state that tho demand for cotton is dull ; but that in tho eulos . of linen , Has , and flax-Heedthere has been a great improvement . turn
, From these comparatively cheerful account * , we with pain to the gloomy condition of the iron ami niiniii « districts . The quarterly meeting * of tho iroinnn ^ ti-w havo boon held , and tho tone of business is hy I 1 U 11 )( ' "" favourable . ' Several of tho first makers reiuso to * eii ai a lower figure than tho 20 h . decline : but tho lower | i « - orlntlons of iron havo dipped considerably under uini price . Indeed , in many instances tho selling price u uio
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Leader (1850-1860), April 21, 1855, page 370, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2087/page/10/
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