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STATE OF TRADE . The accounts from the manufacturing towns for the week ending last Saturday , continue to show great steadiness in every quarter , although the rate of discount new causes all parties to confine their operations as much as possible to the requirements of the moment . At Manchester therehas been a moderate extent of business , and stocks are sufficiently low to prevent any permanent depression . The Birmingham advices describe little alteration in . the iron-market , but such as is noticeable is rather in the direction of improvement . In the general trades of the place there is satisfactory employment , and in some branches considerable activity . A Mr . Jbbson , of Wordesley Works , has suspended , with liabilities for 25 , 000 ? ., and has proposed an unsecured composition of 12 s . 6 i ., running over two years . The
and-by be made also to remember that you are playing with the stake of starving families , ruined tradesmen , and defrauded creditors ; and for what ? For per centages and costs ; and public opinion , and not myself , -will hurl upon you and your advisers the bolts of Its "wellmerited indignation . " Mr . Wyld appeared in the Vice-Chancellor ' s court on Tuesday , at the head of a deputation from the creditors of the Royal British Bank , for the purpose of presenting a memorial to his Honour , praying that be -would give speedy judgment in the case . The "Vice-Chancellor refused to receive the statement , it "being ear parte , and denied tliat there was any delay , as he could , not give a rash judgment on so important a case .
arrangements in connexion with the liquidation of Messrs . Fox , Henderson , and Co . are in regular progress , and their works are . going forward as usual . At Nottingham , the hosiery demand has been good , at full prices . The business in the woollen districts has been equal to a full average , and the Irish linen-markets are without any material change . — -Times . In the general business of the port of London during the same week there ha 3 been increased activity . The number of ships reported inward was 229 , being 53 more than in the previous week . These included 3 with cargoes of sugar , 12 with cargoes of fruit , and thus very large number of 67 laden , with grain and flour . The total number of vessels cleared outward was 128 , showing a decrease of 9 , those in ballast being 13 . — Idem . '" . ' .,. ' .. ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . " . ' ¦ .- ¦' ...
A petition was presented last Saturday , before Tice-Clancellor Kindersley , on "behalf of Mr . Wallis , a shareholder in the Newcastle Commercial Banking Company , praying that it might be wound up Under the older of the court . The purchase of this concern by James Saileir , and by Messrs . Kennedy and Law , and its subsequent connexion with the Tipperary Bank , will be fresh in the recollection of our readers . After considerable discussion , tke Vice Chancellor ordered , by consent , that the petition stand over until the second petitionday , next Hilary Term .
Some correspondence between Mr . ' It . P . Ilardinge anl Mr . James TVyId , with reference to the affairs of the British Bank has been published . On the 18 th instant , Mr . Hardiuge writes to Mr . ' Wylcl : — " I beg to inform you , as the . chairman of the Committee . ' of . Depositors , that I was yesterday in a position , to declare a dividend at the rate of 4 s . in the pound ' upon the debts proved in this matter ( amounting to upwards of 553 , 0 00 / . ) , and that the payment of Such dividend Is delayed only by the proceedings in bankruptcy , -which you are supporting . " To tliis , Mr . Wyld rejoins , under date , November 14 th : — " In reply to ; your letter , I beg to inform you that your statement that the payment of the dividend is delayed by the proceedings in bankruptcy , which and
I the other , members of the Committee of Depositors are supporting , is not true . The Committee of Depositors saw from the commencement that tho interest of the creditors would be best consulted by upholding the bankruptcy , because they could thereby obtain a speedy and equal distribution of the available assets amongst the creditors , at a cost infinitely less tlan the enormous expense of the Court of Chancery , to say nothing of its delays . If you consent to the funds being handed over to tho official assignee , a dividend will be made under the bankruptcy -within three weeks . " Further on , Mr . IVyld says : — " If you had strictly confined yourself to the legitimate means of protecting your ovn personal interest , I should have less to complain of ; but when I findtliat you and your advisers have urged
tie directors to appeal against the confirmation of the bankruptcy by the commissioners , and have actually applied to the Vice-Chancellor ' s clerk for leave to enable them to do so . at tho expense of the estate , although you were informed by the solicitor of the bank that they did not wish to do so , you cannot bo surprised that I should express my unmitigated indignation that you utterly disregard the interests of tho creditors , and are guilty of the liypociisy of pretending to benefit them , ¦ whilst you arc doing all in your power to create and prolong litigation , and tlien , having yourself been the cause of locking up tho money of tho creditors , you seek to malto them believe that tho delay is caused by the proceedings in bankruptcy . You know that is untrue . Sou say in your letter that you arc ready to divide the
Bioney in . tho bank amongst tho depositors . Allow me to ask if you have yet obtained the authority of the Vice-Chancellor to part with a shilling of that money , ana whether there is any portion of it under your own control ? You know that tho Bank of England has roused to allow the money to bo drawn out except upon iiio authority and signature of tho Vice-Chancellor himseit , the amount having been lodged in his name and your own . And yet you have dared to mock tho S £ \ S ? . ' by llol < 1 Ln e to them that you nrc ready to Ojvido the money . The assignees are also ready to Thn mon ° y immediately , unless you prevent them . fitnw may , Vo somo excuse for your y . cnl in tl 10 great nuco for winch you aro playing , as I timl that accord-GOO n ° / iS Ct , of PnrliaiMnt » y ° » r remuneration upon Son " r 0 UUl b ° ° lcss i «««> 21 . 00 O / ., besides tho SE i ° * , ° llr d 0 vks lU 1 ( l othora > ^ vhidl c ' ™" b 0 estimated at loss than $ 00 Ui , jnoro but yoinrill by-
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HOVE AND SUICIDE . A . YOtnrG servant girl , named Caroline Hobbs , has poisoned herself under very melancholy circumstances . From tie evidence given at the inquest , it appeared that she had formerly been in the service of a gentleman in Burlington-gardens , by whose wife she -was greatly esteemed . A connexion between her and some young man , a former acquaintance , arose , which ended in her seduction . In order to hide her shame , she left her situation , and took lodgings in the house of a Mr . Maskell , in Augusta-street , Regent ' s Park . As she was a very wellconducted young woman , Mrs . Maskell became interested in her . She had no visitor of any kind , except an elder sister , during the time she lodged there . On the
morning of Tuesday week , between nine and ten o'clock , this sister -was with her , and Caroline was very IoV in spirits , and said , she could " never live separated from him" ( her seducer ) . She went out afterwards , and returned at half-past eleven o'clock , when she cooked some beefsteak ' and ate a portion . About two hours after tills , she was found to have poisoned herself in her room . Two phials—^ one labelled " Laudanum , " the other , "Essential Oil of IBitter Almonds "—were found on a table , together with a wine-glass which had been recently used . She was still living , but died about two hours afterwards in University College Hospital . She had apparently taken both poisons , and the one seems to have retarded the action of the other .
Shortly before she swallowed the poisons ^ she wrote two letters , addressed to her mother and Mrs . Maskell . The letter to Mrs . Maskell said : — " I am greatly obliged to you for your kindness to me since I have been -with you . God will reward you an d your children . If you will go to 3 ay mother at G , Polygon , Clarendon-square , she will-tell you-what to do with . me . I have been driven to despaiT , My sister will be up at five o ' clock . ' The letter to her mother began by saying that her case-was a fearful one , 'Vfor you don't know half my sufferings . . . . Don ' t fret for me ; I will go before and be ready to receive you . Give my love to my father and brother , and I hope they will be good to you . I hope rny poor dear sister -will - be well provided for ; I beg you -will not scold
my dear Harry ; it is not his fault , and I love every hair of his head . Write to him , and he will pay my funeral expenses . Pray don't wrong him for my sake . Don't scold him . I could not die happy if I thought you would do so . My dear Jane ( her sister ) will give my love to Mrs , and tell her all about it . . . . I am not yet nineteen years of age , and don't forget my birthday ( the 2 6 th of " December ) . Tell my Harry I love him , and can't bear to be separated from him . " She then alludes to some one who has spoken against her to a former employer , but does not intend to retaliate , as it
would "do her no good , " and she wxmld " not hurt a hair of anybody ' s head but her own . " Sic thus concludes : — " I havo put all my things right for you to lay me out in , which you will see , and-I have sent you my likeness . I have only my clothes to leave you ; I wish I had more . Good bye ! God bless you !—Your affectionato daughter , —Caroline . " The reading of these letters caused great emotion on the part of all who were present , and the young woman's sister fainted away . A simple verdict of Death from swallowing poison" was returned .
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THE GREAT BULLION KOBBEEY . A furtiiek examination of Pierce and Burgess , the two men charged -with participation in the great robbery of gold on the South-Eastern Railway , took place before the Lord Mayor on Monday , when the evidence of Agar , the convict approver , was continued . He stated that one hundred ounces of the bar gold were disposed of before the rest was melted . " We took the bar into the ¦ yyashhouse , " he said , " and cut it off -with a chisel and a heavy hammer . We took it off a long bar of Australian gold . It took us about fifteen minutes to cut it off . The gold was very tough and very hard . The hammer I bad at the time was too light , and Pierce bought a heavier one at & ¦ toohnaker ' s named Buck in the Totten-Iiam-couit-road . Fanny Kay was in the house at the
time the hundred ounces were cut from the bar . The \ yindows were whitened so that nobody could see what we were doing in the washhotise . Fanny Kay knocked at the door several time 3 for a saucepan and other things , which we handed out to her ; but we did not let her in , and she did not know what we were doing . Pierce sold the hundred ounces at &L per ounce , and brought back the 300 / ., and I took possession of it . The remainder of the gold was then melted by Pierce and myself . We first of all cut the gold into small pieces . We then took the stove out of tl * e grate in the back room on the first floor and built a iurnace . I told Pierce I should want some lirebricks , as a strong Leat would be required in the process of melting-, and he
purchased four iirebricks and brought them to my house in a large canvas bag in a cart . " Mr . Bodkin here showed a firebrick to Agar , who continued : — " The brick shown to me is ono of those -which we used in the furnace . That ( pointing to the side of the brick ) was tho side of tho brick next tho fire . " Some particles of gold were still sticking to tho bricks . AgaT afterwards went on : — " We used charcoal and coke for the melting , and we procured it at a place in St . Jokn's-street , Wilderness-row . We melted the gold in fivoor six . crucibles , which Pierce and I bought in St . John's-square , Clerkenwell . We wore engaged three or four days in the melting . Fanny Kay was in the house on somo occasions while this operation was going on , but on ono occasion I sent her away to see her child . Pierce usod to como in the morning and go away in the evening . We nover
admitted Fanny Kay into the room whero -we were melting . Tho action of the furnace- created a very great heat . Fanny Kay made tho remark that tho place was very hot , and that we appeared to be ia a great perspiration , and she wanted to know what wo were doing . Tho bricks got so hot on ono occasion that we were afraid the house would catch fire , and we were obliged to extinguish it in order that tho bricks might get cool . Eventually we succeeded in molting tho whole of tho gold . During tho process , however , an accident occurred to ono of tho crucibles . In lifting it out of tho fire , tho bit of tho pot of which tho tongs had hold broke ofli and the crucible fell , part of the liquid gold falling into a tub of water , and part running over tho floor , which it burnt . Wo melted tho gold into bars weighing-about ono hundred ounces each . Tho bars were then placed in my trunk in tho bedroom , were- they remained for some little
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officer and inspector of the poor were immediatel y sent for j and , shortly after their arrival , the aid of the pariah surgeon was obtained . The children wew then sent to the workhouse infirmary , while the surgeon applied strong stimulants to the mother , and tried all in his power to rally her , remaining by her side for considerably upwards of an hour , and endeavouring to restore animation , but in vain . She was afterwards removed to the infirmary , -where , notwithstanding every effort that was made to save her , she gradually sank , and di « d the " following day . The children are doing well , with the exception of the two eldest , who still remain in a precarious condition .
The whole family had teen previously inmate ? of the workhouse which the mother had voluntarily left in September last . She had been supplied by the parish officers with bread , meat , tea and sugar , money , and numerous household conveniences , at the time of her dismissal , and she had never applied for relief or readmission . When first discovered , the children said that they had had nothing to eat for five days , and the eldest girl stated that she had lately been compelled to sell all her clothes with the exception of an old black skirt , to buy food for herself and the others .
husband , who was at his tea , and the child was brought in and received gome bread , for which lie evidently craved . Having told tho man and his wifo that lio had a mother aud sisters up-stairs , they wont to tho first-floor back room on entering which , they beheld strctchod on an old and dirty mattress , tho emaciated and inanimato body of a muldlo-agcd woman , while , in a comer of tho room lay throo naked and famished children huddled together . Tho oldest girl was quite doubled up , lier head leaning on her foot . There- was not an article of furniture in tho room except the mattress already mentioned , and no clothes of any kind were to bo seen . The relieving
STARVATION OF A FAMILY . Considerable horror has been created in Marylebono by the discovery , in a house in Walraer-plaee , Crawfordstreet , of a whole family , comprising a motiicr and four children , in a state of utter nudity , and dying from starvation . ^ The facts would not perhaps havo then come to light had not somo persons occupying tho ground-floor of the house , and who believed themselves to bo Its only tenants , seen one day bychuuicea little naked and wretched-looking boy run hastily down tho stairs into the yard , pick up a . few crumbs of bread , and oat tlicm . Ono of tho lodgers ( a woman ) told nor
One of the children , a girl ten years old , was examined at the inquest on Monday . She said that " her father was a carpenter , and sometimes brought them money for food . Her mother did not get tipsy , but had complained for a long while of pains in the head . Herself atid her sisters and little brother had cried to her mother for bread , but her mother had not spoken a word for a fortnight before they were found . When found on the Thursday , they had not had any food since the Monday before . Her eldest sister got that . Her mother would not go to the workhouse , because she said she had bo clothes . " From the ; evidence of the workhouse surgeon , who made apost mortem examination of the woman , it appeared that her brain was diseased . A tumour , about the size of a walnut , was found on the third ventricle at the base of the brain . \ The inquiry terminated in a verdict of " ISTatnral Death . "
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November 22 , 1856 . ] THE LEADER . 1107
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 22, 1856, page 1107, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2168/page/3/
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