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The King of Prussia intends to erect a monument to the late M . Hinckeldey , opposite the police hotel at Gene £ d Williams has arrived in the Prussian capital . It has often been remarked ( says the Times Berlm correspondent ) what a fondness the Germans have for crabbing in the ashes of the past , and indulging m profitless speculations as to principles and all manner ot abstractions , instead of devoting themselves to the study of the present with a view to the future . The following is a flagrant proof of this tendency , as well as of bad taste ;_ One of these microscopical students of history usual for the de
has detected that Saturday is the day - cease of the monarch in England , and adduces the death of William III ., on Saturday , March 18 , 1702 ; of Queen Anne , Saturday , August 1 , 1714 ; of George I ., Saturday , June 10 , 1727 ; of George II ., Saturday , October 25 , 1760 ; of George III ., Saturday , January 30 1820 : George IV ., Saturday , June 26 , 1830 ; and William IV ., Saturday , June 20 , 1837 . The inference that is drawn from this repeated coincidence is , that it is a part of court etiquette in England for the kings to depart this life on a Saturday . The statement with respect to William IV . is incorrect . The Emperor of Russia has arrived in Berlin .
DEKMARK . The United States ( says a Berlin despatch ) have declared that they will consent provisionally to allow the Sound dues to continue , yet that they cannot recognize them in principle , but , according to the latest information from Washington , Mr . Marcy , the Secretary of State , has refused to give the American shipping any instructions respecting the payment of the Sound dues , leaving it to the discretion of every master passing the Sound , or the Belts , to pay the dues or not .
HOLLAND . An attempt by a husband at Zevenhiuzen to poison his wife has resulted providentially for the intended victim , but fatally to the author of the crime- The assassin ( says a letter from the Hague , in the Brussels Infapendance ) seized a moment at dinner , when the wife was absent , to throw poison into her plate . The woman had no sooner returned than the husband , on some frivolous pretext , left the room . The wife was about to resume her meal , when she perceived a spider fall from the ceilinginto her plate . She took the insect out , but a whim , not difficult to understand , decided her to change her plate for that of her husband . The poisoner , returning in a minute or two , ate the food , and some hours afterwards expired in agony , but not before making a complete avowal of his crime .
RUSSIA . The Emperor of Russia has written a letter of cenaure to General Grabbe , commanding the militia of Saratoff , on account of his having allowed his division to suffer for want of provisions . A new Russian loan will very soon be offered . The principal bankers of Hamburg have been called to Berlin by Baron de Stieglitz to take part in it . The baron ' s negotiations with the Parisian Credit Mobilier have led to no result . He has now entered into relations with the chief bankers of Cologne .
Vice-Admiral Wassilieff has been appointed military governor of Astrakan , and cominander-in-chief of the Russian fleet in the Caspian Sea . This fleet is to be greatly increased . Two new divisions , composed entirely of gun-boata , will be created , and a part of the old Sebastopol ships of the line have been placed at the disposal of Admiral Wassilieff , to be incorporated in the fleet . General Edgar Ney , the French representative at St . Petersburg , is said to have been received by the Emperor Alexander with marked coldness .
The Czar , in his recent visit to Warsaw , addressed a deputation of the inhabitants , and assured them that his 41 line of policy towards their country " was , " absolute forgetfulnese of the past . " He said he felt grateful to the Poles for the bravery with which they had fought in his armies , « nd added— " I have tbem all in my heart , and shall not cease to love the Poles as my own children . Tell this , messieurs , I pray you , to your fellowcountrymen ; but toll them also that the time for idle dreams is at an end . No more reveries . Gentlemen , I wish Poland to be happy , and she can only be so by her union with Russia . "
ITALY , A Florentine , named Fojani , ia about to be tried for the murder of a Mr . Corry , a Scotchman . Corry possessed a sum equal to 100 / . sterling , which lie carried about his person in a leather belt , and was foolish enough to let every one know the fact . He also incautiously kept company with Fojani , though the man was kqown to bo a desperate character , and was under the survtUlonce of the police . One day he took Fojani home of
with him to Via lodgings and played a ^ garue dominoes . It would appear that at length the ruffian atood up , and , inducing Cyrry . to turn h | s head , seized him by tho hair , and ont IiU threat from ear to oar . He then ripped open tho leather belt , fibstracted tine money , washed l » is handa , and departed . He Mra « captured in tho course of four days ; but , though these circumstances happened as far back as the ltith of last October , Fojani is only just ko » t to k ° tried . It ie said ho haa coufoaased to huving cotjmntted throe ulmilar murders . THoMnrquia Alflcrf , President of tho Sardinian Senate ,
is said to have refused the mission of representing the King at the coronation of the Emperor of Russia . Great excitement , chiefly with reference to the Austrians , has lately prevailed in Genoa and Turin . On the walls of the latter city have appeared the words— " Down with Austria ! Long live Victor Emmanuel , King of Italy !" SPAIN . The Democratic Deputy Figueras , with several of his colleagues , moved a vote of censure against General Zabala in the Spanish Cortes on the 20 th inst . The vote was rejected by 178 to 18 . The French Republican Barbes , having been told that he could not remain in Spain , left Barcelona for Portugal on the 15 th inst .
TURRET . Seventeen thousand more Tartars are about to emigrate to the Dobrudscha . Many of them will enter the Turkish army , and 9000 are to be employed on the lateral canal of the Danube . The Circassian deputation is about to return , the Divan having refused to recognize their nationality in consequence of the Treaty of Paris . Marshal Pelissier will embark so as to reach Paris in time for the baptism of the Imperial Prince .
THE DANUBIAAPRINCIPALITIES . The General Divan of Moldavia , which closed its session on the 24 th inst ., offered its congratulations to Prince Ghika , upon his having demanded of the Congress of Paris the union of the Principalities of WallacMa and Moldavia . This manifestation of opinion has occasioned great joy at Jassy . The Hospodar Stirbey is taking steps to prolong his power and to continue the Austrian occupation .
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OUR CIVILIZATION . ^
FRAUD , REMORSE , AND GENEROSITY . A strange Stohy was unfolded in a case which has come before the Bow-street magistrate . Thomas Benson , describing himself as a shoemaker , was charged , on his own confession , with having committed a forgery some thirteen years ago . At that time , he was employed as a clerk to Mr . Frederick Barlow , a solicitor at Cambridge ; and he was induced by an acquaintance to forge his employer ' s name to a cheque for 15 / . This he got cashed by a publican . The money he gave to his friend , who promised to return it next day ; but it was
never returned , and Benson , who meant to restore the cash to the publican , redeem the cheque , and destroy it , was unable to do so , as in a few days the publican had paid it away .. Discovery being imminent , the culprit absconded , and has contrived ever since to elude detection . He had obtained very good employment , as a shoemaker , under an assumed name ; but his conscience was for ever upbraiding him , and , being unable to make up the 151 . to return to Mr . Barlow , he had lived a life of continual misery . At length , he was unable to endure his mental anguish , and therefore gave himself up to the police .
When first brought before the magistrate , he said he hoped that Mr . Barlow ( who was a very kind-hearted man ) would take pity on him , and , remembering his general good conduct , to which this was the only exception , would recommend him to mercy at the trial . He was remanded in order that Mr . Barlow should be communicated with , and it was ascertained that his story was perfectly true . Mr . Barlow , however , declined to proceed against him , as so long a period had elapsed . Benson , on being placed at the bar for the second time , and informed of Mr . Barlow ' s decision , exclaimed , " Thank God for that ! It will relieve my mind from tho weight that is on it . Now I shall go back to my work with fresh spirit , and try to earn money to repay Mr . Barlow . " He was then discharged .
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A Romance of the Sea . —William Lewis , a seaman , described as a native of Chatham , twenty-six years of ago , was charged nt the Thames police-office with conspiring to murder the captain and officers of the ship Stebonhcath , and piratically to run away with that ship on tho high seas . Tho vessel was bound for Mclbourno with a cargo of gold , valued at 244 , 0002 . Lewis conducted himself ill from the very day ho went aboard at Melbourne ; and he attempted , though unsuccessfully , to rob a fellow-sailor of a chest belonging to him . After this , while the vessel was on the high seas , tho ruffian proposed to throe othcru of tho crew , named Thonia Whittington , Walter Belitho , and Hugh Kent , to assist him in murdering the officers , throwing tho passengers
overboard ( with tho exception of the young women ) , and then sailing to Peru , where they could take tho gold out of tho ship , scuttle her , and send hor to the bottom of the sea with all tho women on board . Whittington , Belitho , and Kent , however , informed tho captain of tho plot , and Lewis was immediately arrested and put in irons . Tho ship ' s company wan thus saved ; and tho passengers , in gratitude for tho hodost conduct of tho three Bailors who' wero ineffectually toinpteil by tho desperado , subscribed 115 / ., wliich they presented , with u very nattering letter , to tho men , among whom tho money yfaa divided . Several deadly weapon /) , and property of a character which ho was not likel } ' to huvc coinu l > y honostly , wore tumid on tho man Luwiu when
he waB arrested . The consideration of the case was adjourned till a future day , when the accused was committed for trial . Forged Swedish Bank-notes . —William Foster and Charles Christian Moller , the men charged with procuring the forging of Swedish bank-notes , have been committed for trial . They are both well , known to the police . An Irish Mubdkk . —Two Irishmen having quarrelled at Stow Fair , Newport , went out into a field to fight .
At the commencement of the fourth round , O'Donnell one of the men , struck his adversary a blow with a knife , from the effect of which the wounded man immediately dropped to the ground , and expired in about a quarter of an hour . O'Donnell , directly he had struck the blow , ran off , shouting out to the bystanders that he would serve in the same way any one who attempted to stop him ; but he was at length arrested . The coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of manslaughter onl y ; but the magistrates committed O'Donnell for trial on a charge of murder .
Ckueltv to Children . —Apsley Guise , a village near Woburn , Bedfordshire , has been the scene of a series of atrocious cruelties practised on four female children , named Barratt , by their parents and eldest sister . The youngest of the children who was twelve years of age , died under the severity of her treatment ; and the father , mother , and eldest sister , have been committed for trial . Of the three remaining victims , one , who was twenty-two years of age , did not look above fourteen ; the two others also looked much younger than their years , owing to the starvation and hard work to which they had been subjected . They -were kept at work fourteen hours a day , lace-making , with gruel , bread , and dripping , and some garden stuff for their food when their work was finished ; but , if not done , they were sent to bed without supper , and were obliged to get up early
next morning , standing naked at their work , in the cold , until they had completed it . Their breakfast was coffee " grouts" and a piece of bread two inches square . The eldest sister had held them while the mother put filth in their mouths ; and the children were also made to sit with their bare flesh on thistles and nettles placed in their chairs . The one who died was kept two or three days without food . She was kept at work constantly up to five o ' clock on the evening before her death . She had nothing to eat all day , and was sent supperle = s to bed , her mother beating her all the way up-stairs with her stays , because she asked for something to eat . The poor child made a noise in the night , and was again beaten by her mother , and told to lie still . She then attempted to sing a hymn , and her last words were , " Lord , Jesus ! let me do my work next week . " Her face after death appeared shrivelled , idiotic , and
monkeylike . Forgeries . —A young man named Christopher Evans has been charged at Guildhall with having defrauded several commercial firms in the City of various Mima of money by means of forged letters . A partner in the firm of Messrs . Trueman , Hitchcock , nnd Co ., warehousemen of Wood-street , Cheapsido , stated that on the 2 ith of April he received by post a letter purporting to come from Messrs . Pearce and Price , drapers at Abergavenny , with whom they had frequently had business transactions , but whom they had not heard from for several years . The letter requested that a cheque for ' 2 «/ . its . till , might be forwarded to one of their men in town , at Deacon ' s Coffee-house , Walbrook , in order that he might pay it in to a certain insurance company . This money , the letter stated , would be refunded by Mr . Pearce of Abergavenny , who would be in town at the end of the week . As Messrs . Trueman and Co . believed that the letter camo from the firm in whoso name it was signed , the ad
they sent a cheque for tho amonnt requested to - dress mentioned ; but it was shortly after returned to them by Evans , who Btated that the insurnnco company would not take tho cheque because it was crossed , ami he therefore requested to have cash instead , which was accordingly given him . Besides thin , Evans fraudulently obtaimed at different periods twelve yards of broad clotli and a cheque for 11 Z . l (> s . from another warehouse in the City by means of two letters , likewise forged , in the nuincs of Messrs . Pearce and Price of Abergavenny . He was subsequently arrested at Bradford , in Yorkshire , on another charge , and conveyed to London . Mr . l ' eurcu of Abergavenny identified tho letters an being m tlio handwriting of Evans , whom ho knew , as the net-used had served an apprenticeship to him and his partner , and had afterwards boon an assistant to thorn in th « ir business . Two other cases of forgery were brought iorward against Evans , but wero not gone into . 11 " W fltJ committed for trial on the two first charges . ha
Child Muudisu i » y " Mohal and Kiu-ioioua c - ractbus . "—Misa Jonos , undcr-uiatron of tho deal «»< i dumb institution at Swansea ; Mr . Joseph Maslon , assistant-master of the institution ; and a girl lwnneu Margaret Hagart }' , have been arrested on a charge " Hiuotuoring an infant , and afterwards throwing it down a water-closet . The child w « u tho illegitimate oil ^ ni'M of Jono » and Muslcii . A daily paper states that ' tn « parties concerned weve considered Htriotly moral and n . ~ ligiouu character ,, "—as if tins writer thought that accounted for tho act . . i A London Hnnum Mysticky . — William May , « v " > " litfrd-iuarker , was on Tuesday brought up at tho rtiiiuhom 11 oust ) , upon tho . extraordinary charge ot Inning
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^ THE LEADER . [ No . 323 , Saturday ,
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Leader (1850-1860), May 31, 1856, page 514, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2143/page/10/
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