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;" ,--. THE ) DANUBIANTRINCIPAlXnES . Hie international commission for the regulation of the Bessarabian frontier held its first meeting on the 19 th nit The persons present were—for Turkey , Dervish and Muchlis Pachas ; for Russia , General Fonton , Baron Stackelberg , and the Russian Consul Cola ; for France , Colonel Besson ; for England , Colonel Stanton ; and for Austria , Colonel Kalik . After a few preliminary sittings , the commission will leave for the neighbourhood of the Sasik Lake . The Russian Commissioner , appointed to act with the Commission charged to settle the questions relating to the Danubian Principalities , has exhibited the instructions which direct him to retire , if Moklir Pacha ( formerly Prince Stourdza ) should be admitted to take part in the deliberations of the Commission . The Russian representative , nevertheless , remains at Galatz to await farther instructions .
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and cried loudly . He was afterwards taken before the magistrates on shore , by whom he was remanded and sent to prison . Medical assistance was immediately rendered to the wounded man , but he is still in a precarious condition . If the confessions of some of the prisoners on board the Stirling Castle are to be depended upon , there would seem to b ' e an organized band of ruffians in the vessel , who have sworn to murder every officer on board , one after another ; yet none of the officers are allowed to be armed , even with a staff , and there is not a . soldier on board to quell any riot -which may break out . The ship is an hospital depot for the convict prison ; 80 ' that prisoners have no work : in fact , they have
Attempt at Muedee on Board the Stirling Castle . —A second murder has been attempted by one of the convicts on board this vessel . About seven o ' clock in the morning , John Howarth , one of the warders , was letting out the prisoners from their cells to go on to the upper deck , when a convict , named Macdonald , rushed suddenly behind Howarth and stabbed him in the neck at precisely the same place where Mr . Hope received his death-wound . After this , the man ran on deck ; but Howarth raised an alarm , and Macdonald , being pursued , was taken into custody and brought before Captain Warren , the governor of the ship . When interrogated , Macdonald did not deny what he had done , but confessed it ,
nothing to do but to hatch conspiracies . . Railway Thefts . —William Gallents , a young man , calling himself a teacher of music , and Mary Ann Clemson , who acknowledged herself to be a woman of the town , were charged at Lambeth with picking pockets at th ~ e Crystal Palace . A police sergeant who saw the pifr at work in the building took the man into custody , tlte woman for the time escaping by the train to London . On the way to town , the culprit sought to corrupt the officer by telling him to take the money which had been fbtmtl on him ( Gallents ) , coolly adding that for himself "he could soon go and get more . " The woman was afterwards apprehended in town . She and her companion were remanded .
* A Business-like Pickpocket . — George Thompson , a flashily-dressed young man , was charged at Guildhall with stealing a railway wrapper . Michael Haydon , a detective officer , had been watching the man about for two hours on Saturday afternoon , during which time he saw him trying a great many ladies' pockets , by tapping them on the outside , and lifting the dresses to ascertain if there were anything available in the contents . Ultimately ho went into Dolly ' s Chophouse , in Q ueen ' s Hoad-passage , Newgate-street , and in about five minutes camo out with a railway wrapper folded up under his arm . Haydon followed and accused him of stealing the wrapper ; but Thompson said it was his own property , and volunteered to go back with him to Dolly ' a Chophouse . They accordingly returned , and ascertained that the wrapper belonged to a gentleman who was staying A ^ . A Fill . _ _ - H ! n — w * -- * » m * r a n wt < r ^ 1 A * rt /¦ £ \ I I
tU 13 n 2 * X 11 U pi irWJUUJL TYWD iUUIUliu ^ u . Privileged Communications . — The verdict for tho plaintiffs in two actions , Manby >\ Witt , and Eastmado v . Witt ( narrated in tho Leader of May 17 th ) , has been set aside in tho Court of Common Plcn . s , the Court being of opinion that Mr . Justice Willos was wrong in not having nonsuited the plaintiffs . A rule absolute for a nonsuit was then entered . Adulteration . — Messrs . Whito and Fairchild , of High-atrcet , Borough , wholesalo grocers , have betsn fined 1 O , W . for adultoruting coffoo with caramel , or burnt sugar . Mr . Whito said lie bud for many years been in the habit of using caramel in rousting coffee , without tho slightest notion that ho was acting contrary to law . Ho also concluded that tho estimate wan erroneous — there was only ton per cent , of caramel . He produced two samples of coffee to show how the colour was affected by tho caramel , and maintained that its use improved tho coffee , giving it moro strength and body , and was not injurious , but ' advantageous to tho Excise , on account of the quantity of sugar used .
Cruelty to a Hoksic . —At tho instance of tho Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to animals , a lad named Isaac Shepherd , a driver , wan summoned at Uowstroot , on a cbargo of ill-using a horse . Tins animal was . in a shocking state of emaciation , but was put to
very hard and distressing work . It was fastened to the back of a heavily-laden dust-cart , for the purpose of pulling against the weight as the vehicle desended a steep lane going down to the river opposite to Southampton-street , Strand , in order that the impetus might be moderated , and the shaft-horse eased of a part of the load . Evidence was given to show that the horse suffered greatly . As it appeared the boy was not to blame , the summons was withdrawn , and Westfold , the foreman of the dust-contractor , was charged with the cruelty . He was adjudged to pay five shillings fine and costs .
Cruelty to a Bullock . —John Norton , a drover , has been summonted at Marlborough-street for cruelty to a bullock . The animal was over-driven , and so lamed that one of its hoofs dropped off , and another hung by a piece of skin . It fell down , and an endeavour was made to drag it up by ropes ; but finally it was found necessary to put the poor beast out of its misery by slaughtering it . The case " # as adjourned . Murder at Strotjdwater . —A mason , named Joseph Hatherill , has been murdered on the high road near the town of Stroudwater . The body was found on Sunday morning lying in a pool of blood by the wayside , gashed with two stabs , from one of which , in the thigh , it would seem the man had bled to death . William Hoskins , a man living in the neighbourhood , has been apprehended under suspicion . His clothes were found to be bloody , and he had a blood-stained knife in his possession . He states that he encountered the murdered man on the road
at night ; that they quarrelled , and fought with knives ; . and that he left the man in the road . This story , however had every appearance of improbability ; and he has been committed for trial by the magistrates on a charge of Wilful Murder , but by the coroner s jury only on accusation of Manslaughter . The Drink-Mania . —John Conden was charged before Alderman Cardcn with an aggravated assault on Hannah Howell , an unfortunate creature with whom he cohabited . He had frequently ill-used her before , and
it appeared he was a confirmed drunkard . He was committed to the House of Correction for three months with hard labour . —Mr . Jardine , the Bow-street magistrate , in the case of a prostitute charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct , advised her in a kindly tone to avoid a habit which brought upon persons in her unhappy position much additional misery ; but the woman , interrupting him , exclaimed , in a loud tone , " I'll have it as long as I can get it . I like it . L-shall drink as much as ever I can get . " She was sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment .
A Frenchman ' s Device . —Among the night charges brought before the Bow-street magistrate on Tuesday was one agaiust a woman of notoriously bad character , named Mary Daly , for robbing Eugene Tilquin , a Frenchman , whose evidence was interpreted to the court by a friend . The robbery was effected with peculiar audacity . The prisoner and one of her depraved companions meeting M . Tilquin in Oxford-street at a late hour at night , seized him , one by each arm . The prisoner thrust her left hand into his waistcoat pocket and took out a handful of loose cash—about thirty shillings . Upon his seizing that hand , and trying to take the money from her , she , with her right hand , drew his watch from his fob , and handed it to her companion . He endeavoured to detain her ; but finding , after a severe strugglo , that she and her companion together were likely to overpower him , he adopted the singular expedient of biting her in the cheek and on one finger of the
left baud , in order to mark her , that she might afterwards bo identified . Sho was apprehended in the morning by the police , upon M . Tilquin ' s description , and , though no mark was obsorved on her face , that on her hand was distinctly perceptible . She was remanded . A Waudkr in Tkouijlk . —John Payton , one of the warders of the Stirling Castle convict-ship at Portsmouth , has been charged at Worship-street with knowingly receiving a watch , part of tho produce of an extensive burglary at the hou . se of an elderly lady named Humphrey * , at Stamford-hill , when tho servant girl was tied by the burglars to a chair with ropes , and tho lady herself was so injured and terrified that her life has been in danger over since . Tho evidence went to show that Pay ton received tho watch from a man who had been a convict , on board the Stirling Castle , but who had been discharged a littlu before the burglary , and had afterwards lodged at Payton ' a house . Tho
acsort of character the prisoner was ; but the Court woul < prevent his keeping what appeared to be his engage ments for the season . The sentence upon him was tei months' hard labour . Mutilating a Body . —Edward Thomas , formerly j surgeon , but recently an inmate of Clerkenwell work house , has pleaded Guilty at the Middlesex Sessions t the charge of mutilating a dead body related in our las week ' s paper . He urged , in extenuation , that thi offence was committed for the benefit of science , as h ( wished to examine the cause of the deceased ' s imperfection of speech . He was sentenced to eight months imprisonment .
Balancing Accounts . —John Kill , a Scotchman , has heen found guilty , at the Middlesex Sessions , of stealing some iron from a shop , and has been sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour . The case was curious from a species of palliation put forward by the prisoner in a paper which he handed up , and in which he stated that he had been educated in strict religious observance of the Sabbath ; that his mother had deeply impressed upon him the necessity of regarding the Lord ' sday and keeping it holy : and that he had , in his own
country , been a regular attendant at church . The Assistant Judge remarked that these facts were no justification of theft . It may be added , however , that it is among the commonest of evasions of what is right , to consider that accounts are balanced by what is called " godly" behaviour , and " regular attendance at church . John Kill i 3 only the exemplar of a large class , who do tlieir best to corrupt social honesty . A better palliation in the present case was that the man was in distress ; but the Sabbath excuse is an insult to all genuine reli gious feeling .
An Insolent Cabman . —Henry Wootton , a cabdriver , was summoned at Bow-street for exacting more than his fare from , and using abusive language to , Mrs . Mark Lemon . He had to give change , and retained more than he was entitled to . Being remonstrated with , he poured forth a copious flood of abuse , adding that " he did not care if he got six months for it , and never drove a cab again . " Mrs . Lemon ' s solicitor intimated that the language was in fact much worse than Mrs . Lemon could possibly repeat . The cabman , when questi oned by the magistrate , evasively denied all knowledge of the offence imputed ; but , ' . in default of payi ng the fine imposed on him , he was committed to prison for a month .
An Unlicensed Drinking House . —The police have recently had occasion to complain of the unlicensed shops for the sale of beer , spirits , &c ., which lurk in disreputable corners of the town , and lead to great debauchery and vice . Mary Phelps , the keeper of one of those places in Golden-lane , St . Luke ' s , has been brought before the Clerkenwell magistrate , and sentenced to one month ' s imprisonment , with hard labour , not being able to pay a fine of 40 s . Burglary . —A cab-driver , named Robert Lister , and another man , named Alfred Jackeon , have been brought before Mr . Tyrwhitt , at the Clerkenwell police-court , charged with stealing 2301 . worth of silk from the warehouse of Mr . William Cook , a silk-manufacturer , in Banner-street , St . Luke ' s . A little before five , one morning , a policeman on duty in Essox-street , Bethnnl Green-road , saw a cab drive rapidly up to tho Barley Mow beer-shop , both the prisoners being seated on the
box . Ho watched them , which being observed by tho men , they drove away from tho beer-shop , but presently returned , " when the policeman ran alongside of the cab , and , seeing several large bundles of raw silk inside , he culled to the driver to stop . The cabman said , in answer to a question from the policeman , that the prisoner Jackf-on and another man had hailed him in St . Luke ' s , and told him to drive to the Bethnal Green-road . Tho constable then took tho men into custody , and afterwnrds went with the cabman to tho house of Mr . Cook , whom he informed of the robbery that had been committed that morning on his premises Several houscbrculting implements had boon previously discovered in the hoii . su by another policeman on duty near tho spot . The thieves had effected an entrance to the warohouso through the area-grating , and had afterwards broken open tho door . They likewise tried to forco tho iron wifebut failed . The prisoners were remanded .
, . Static ok tiih IIousics in Pmjmtrick-court . — lwo landlords of houses in Plumtree-court , 11 olborn , were summoned , together with their tenants , before Sir R . W . Ourdflii , at Guildhall , in consequence of tho recent compluints of tho overcrowded and unhealthy state of their dwellings . Dr . Lutheby stated that in May last ho inspected several houses in Plum tree-court , ond in the groiiuu-lloor room of one of them , which had no ventilation , and was very dilapidated , he found that not less thnu twelve persons , men , women , and children , had
cused was remanded . A Tuner s Mhmokandum Book . —William O'Brynn , a young man of two-and-twenty , was found Guilty at . the Middlesex Sessions of stealing a silver watch , ut the Hhorediteh station of tho Eastern Counties Railway , as a npocial tr : iin was about to loavo with persons who wore going to attend a prize fight . Tho counsel for the prosecution handed to tho Court a papor found upon the prisoner , which shoved the p laces ho intended , probably , to favour with a visit . It was as follows : — " Meetings
slcjit in three beds . Tho landlord told him that ho had lut the room to a man named Collins , and bis wife , with strict injunctions to them not to take in any other l ( > dfr «» " « - Mrfl - ColliiiH , in the absence of her husband , stated to Sir K . W . Cardcn that there were only throo niu ^ lo women iu tho room besides themselves ; these , howovor , were uiHmiHscd the moment her husband received notice . In another house in the court , as many us Hovunty people , of different ages and of both Boxes , lodged together , some of whom slept on tho iloor without beds . Iu tho first instance the accused was lined 2 f ., or a month ' s imprisonment , and similar lines were likewise
iu August and May : —York , on tho 20 th of August ; Manchester , on tho 14 th of May . Races for May : — Bath and . Somerset , on tho 20 th of May ; Ilarpemlen , on tho 2 ! trd of May ; tho North HertH Yeomanry will bo held on Uoyston-heath on the 22 nd of May . Market Woiffhton annual mooting , on the 28 th of October ; Lanarkshire Coursing Club , on tho 3 rd of September ; Royal St . George ' s Yacht Club Kegutta , in Dublin Bay , on tho 2-1 tli of Juno ; York August Meeting . Mr . Crousy ( tho Assistant . Judgo ) said it was clear of what
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j trNE 14 , 1856 ] THE LEADER . 561
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Leader (1850-1860), June 14, 1856, page 561, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2145/page/9/
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