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Townaend Saward , tbe men accused of various extensive forgeries and frauds on several banks , were again examined at the Mansion House on Wednesday , when a great many -witnesses gave evidence more or less confirmatory of the statements of Attwell , the convict and approver . One of the -witnesses having said that he had often seen Saward " as a marabout town , " that person , frith great warmth , asked , " What made yoa take so much notice of me as to enable you to say that yon have known me as a man about town ? " The witness made no reply to this question , and . Saward was proceeding to follow up his question , when he was prevailed upon by his solicitor to desist . Another remand for a week was agreed to .
Ax Opening for Destitute Boys . —An agriculturist has offered to take into his service the boy Lock , who last week stole a skittle-ball from sheer destitution , after trying , in vain to get into the West London Union . The same gentleman also says that he will receive any other lads found destitute in the City of London . Lock , however , at present , is too ill to be removed from the Union , into which , as will be recollected , he was finally admitted , after the matter had been taken up by Alderman Carden . Conflict with Poachers . —A . desperate struggle between a gamekeeper and two poachers took place last
the spot , and had a severe straggle with the burglar who used a piece of iron with great freedom . Eventually , he was secured , and near the spot were discovered several instruments of his craft . Another burglar was also apprehended after a fight . Much alarm was caused during the affray . Many gentlemen got up , and though only half-dressed , came out of their houses , and fired off pistols , to trie danger of the police . One gentleman , who had a life-preserver , was about to strike a constable , who was in plain clothes , as he was getting over a wall , but happily all passed off * without any casualty .
Embezzlement . —Henry Willliam Scott , cashier to Messrs . Yeat 3 , Acoclcs , and Co ., of Old Fish-street , provision merchants , was brought before the Lord Mayor , charged with having embezzled 250 / ., the property of that firm . He has admitted his embezzlements , and his fellow-clerk , whose name is Samuel Hardcastle , was committed to Newgate on Wednesday for trial for embezzling 78 / ., and other sums , the property of the firm , which had not been handed over to the cashier . Scott was committed for trial on Thursday .
Sunday morning on the estate of Mr . A . R . Drummond , of Cadlands , Hampshire . Dean , the keeper , closed with one of the men , but was shot through the side , and fell . He crawled towards a mastiff which , he had with him , unmuzzled the animal , and set him on Blow , the poacher who had fired the gun , and who now 3 hrieked for mercy . The keeper , though nearly exhausted , released the poacher , but the dog burst away , and again seized Blow . The beast was then securely muzzled by Dean ; and , assistance having arrived , the keeper was taken home , where he lies in a very precarious state . Blow , also , is not expected to recover . A man has been arrested oh a charge of aiding Blow .
The Double Murder in Walworth . — -Mrs . Martha Bacon , who is charged with the murder of her two children , was again examined on Wednesday at Lambeth . After her husband had been questioned with respect to the contradictory statements he had made to the police , the gaoler handed to Mr . Elliott , the magistrate , a paper which the woman desired to have read . It ran thus : — Sir , —I must confess I am an innocent person , and he who committed the dreadful deed is my husband ; and there was no money on the drawers . He took the little boy down stairs , put him in a chair , and there cut ; his throat . He then went up-stairs and cut the little baby ' s throat . —Martha Bacon " The reading out loud of this statement caused a burst of horror
throughout the court , and Bacon , suddenly recoiling , would have fallen , had he not been supported by the dock , in which he was standing . When order was in some degree restored , Mr . Elliott ordered Bacon into custody . He was at once taken to the police-station to be charged , and on his way there would have been killed by the mob but for the protection of the police . Having been brought back , the depositions , as far as they concerned him , were read over , and he was remanded . After his removal , Mr . Elliott gave directions to Mr . Inspector Young to write by that night ' s post to the authorities at Stamford , and state that it was his ( Mr . Elliott ' s ) wish that the body of Bacon ' s mother , buried there last May twelve months , should be at once
exhumed , and subjected to a regular medical inquiry , as there were very strong reasons to suspect that she came unfairly by her death . It appeared that she dined with her son ( the prisoner ) on a certain Sunday , and was at onco seized with illness , such « s that produced by the administration of arsenic , and that she died on the following Tuesday . Mrs . Bacon 13 also remanded . —Some further particulars of the murders have been given to the gaoler by Mrs . Bacon . Her husband , ehe said , got up about six o ' clock , and lit the fire , leaving her in bed . She saw him take the little boy down stairs , and , hearing the child cry , she jumped out of bed , thinking something shocking had happened , and saw her husband with a bloody knife in his right hand . He immediately
rushed at her , and made several cuts at her thront , and wounded her as she had been afterwards found , but she kept him off as well as she could , and caught hold of the wrist of his right hand , and in some measure overpowered him ; and it was while endeavouring to cut her throat that he cut his finger and inflicted the wound before spoken of . The knifo he used , she said , was one of the two produced by the officer on the first examination , and , after cutting the throats of both children , and partly cutting her own , he wiped the knife on n dishcloth , throwing the latter into a basin in which there iraa no water . She adds that she screamed out , but to no purpose , and , after ho left the house , she was so frightened that sho did not know what to do .
A Fight with tub Pouoa—A strango scene , arising out of the disturbed state of Notting-hill , occurred on Tuesday night . Several constables wcro des patched to the neighbourhood in the hope of ' bagging ' several of the burglars who infest tho locality . Ihe officers stationed themselves at W&itlwurno Parkroad and Villas , in the rear of " name of tho house * . About three o ' clock , tho rattle of one of tho constables was hoard , a man haying been seen to got over a wnll at ur o $ ack of eowe preoriuoa . Tho other officers wont to
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . A Noble Reward tor a Noble Action . — -M . Edouard Pecher , Consul-Gen « ral of the King of the Belgians at Rio Janeiro , has most munificently rewarded Henry Bath , chief boatman of the Coastguard service , in charge of the St . Alban ' s station , for his brave conduct in proceeding to the assistance of the Tyne , which ran aground last week not far from Southampton . We append M . Pecher ' s letter to Captain Eden , Controller-General , Coastguard-oflice , London : — " Sir , —I was passenger on board the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company ' s steamer Tyne , Commander Valler . While the steamer was bumping violently on the beach , Henry Bath , chief boatman , Coastguard station , St . Alban ' Head , came
on board to render assistance . On seeing our critical position he might have returned immediately on shore , but he remained with us , and all the passengers admired his manly behaviour . By his presence he gave confidence to all . I happened to be saved in the lifeboat steered by Henry Bath , and on reaching shore I promised him 500 / . as a token of my admiration at his noble conduct and of my gratitude for the service he had rendered me . It is my duty to add that this noble heart refused the sum I offered him , finding it too great , and out of proportion with the merit of his conduct ; but , knowing that he is the father of four children , I persevere the more in my first intention , and beg to inform you , Sir , that I have instructed my bankers ,
the Robin Hood ; and , when they complained , it would seem that they weTe attacked . GaliG at Malta . —There has been a very severe gale at Malta , only a day or two before the violent storms of wind which ravaged our own coasts . Several vessels were wrecked , and some lives have been lost . Loss of the Asia . —The Lloyd ' s steamer Asia , on her way from Trieste to Constantinople , was lost off Velona , on the coast of Albania , on the 12 th inst . The passengers , mailbags , and remittances , were saved . Our rages by Discharoes Ajrtillertmen . —Several
artillerymen , some of very doubtful character , have recently been discharged from tbe service , and outrages have ia consequence been of common occurrence . On Tuesday night , a party of six , all of whom wore the uniform of gunners of the Royal Artillery , attacked a private of one of the field batteries stationed at the cantonment at the extremity of Woolwich-common , and robbed him of the contents of his pocket—namely , 5 s . lOd . and a pocket-knife . The poor fellow reached his quarters with much difficulty , his head and face presenting a frightful spectacle .
Reward and Punishment . —A presentation of silver medals and a money gratuity was made on Wednesday at Chatham to two colour-sergeants , one corporal , and one private , of the Royal Marines , for long service and meritorious conduct . This -was done in the presence of all the troops ; and Colonel Philips , the commandant , having addressed them , fastened tbe medal to each man ' s breast . —On the same morning , at Woolwich , a gunner belonging to the 12 th battalion Royal Artillery was drummed out of the service for stealing a comrade ' s boots and other disgraceful conduct , for which be had previously received fifty lashes . He -will also be imprisoned for six months . When in the Crimea , he received corporal punishment for stealing a horse .
Messrs . Frederick Huth and Co ., in London , to pay to him , or to the Coastguard-office for account of Henry Bath , the said sum of 500 / . I must add that the men rowing the boat which brought Henry Bath on board the Tyne showed much coarage and devotedness : they saved a great number of passengers , and the Coastguard-office may be proud of having such noble servants . I would in no manner have it that the expression of my gratitude towards Henry Bath might appear as a sort of blame for worthy and respectable Captain Valler and his valiant officers . They and the crew did their duty manfully . The greatest order reigned on board , and never shall I thinlc with soreness ( sic ) on th . > sc courageous but unhappy- men . "
Mutiny on Board an American Ship at Liverpool . —Soon after ten o ' clock on Monday morning ( says a Liverpool correspondent of the Morning Post ) , the report of firearms was heard to proceed from the American ship John L . Bogart , lying in the river , and cleared for sea ; shortly afterwards , a flag of distress was hoisted . Th « commander of the vessel , Captain Conway , who was on shore at the time , hastened to the American consul ' s office in order to procure assistance , and immediately afterwards proceeded on board . The consul at once communicated with Mr . Clough , the indoor superintendent of police , and the latter despatched detective officers Scott and Eaton , with two others of that department , and they , taking with them ten other
officers , proceeded to board the ship . On approaching the side they perceived a regular battle going on on the deck , and even the bulwarks of the ship bore traces of the contest , being largely dabbled with blood . On going on board , the declc round the forecastle presented a horrible appearance , being covered with pools of gore ; tho men showed shocking proofs of savage treatment , and tho first mate had his head nearly cloven , and lay on the deck . One of the crew was in front of him , also on the floor of tho ship , having been wounded in tho thigh by a pistol fired at liim , as he states , by the second mate . Tho officers immediately stayed tho tumult , and then
proceeded to make prisoners . Tho captain and officers charged tho crow with mutiny , and tlio latter accused the officers of brutally ill-tr « nting them . Sixteen of tho crew wore placod in custody for mutiny and injury to tho officers ; and the second mate was arrested for shooting at and wounding James Christie , nn able aoarnan on board . —Two of the alleged mutineers have been discharged by tho Liverpool magistrates ; a third has boon admitted to bail ( the sureties being found by a gentleman , out of philanthropic feelings ) , and tho rest have boon discharged , there being no case against them . It scepsis \\ yni aomo of tho men were fraudulently tak ^ n Into , t |\ e James L . Bogart , though they had shipped , for
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MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —The Queen and Prince continue to Teceive the b « st accounts of the health of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred from . Geneva , " where he has been residing for some weeks . Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Nemours , the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury , the Earl and Countess of Derby , the Right Hon . Sir George and Lady Grey , and Iaeutenant-Genftral Sir George Bowles , arrived on "Wednesday afternoon on a visit to her Majesty . —The second dramatic performance at the Castle tooi place on Thursday evening , when the performances consisted of Our Wife , or the Rose of Amiens , and Deaf as a Post . The Adulteration ok Flour and Bread . —The Lancet has just commenced a new series of reports under the old title of the " Analytical SanitaTy Commission on the Adulteration of Food and Medicine . " That contained
in the Lancet of the 17 th inst . is upon the adulteration of flour and bread . It appears that there is an article in common and daily use by bakers denominated "Cones , " or "Cones' flour ; " this , when genuine , consists entirely of the flour of a particular kind of wheat , denominated " Rivit wheat . " It is used by bakers to dust the boards upon -which the dough is made into bread , as well as the clough itself , the object being to prevent the dough from adhering to the boards , or the loaves to each other ; but it is likewise employed for other purposes . Of twentytwo samples of Cones' flour subjected to examination , five only -were genuine , and the other seventeen adulterated , consisting of mixtures of rice , bean , barley , rye flour , and Indian corn meal , together with , in one or two cases , salt
and alum . Cones flour is , therefore , subject to an enormous amount of adulteration , the object of the various additions made to it being to cheapen the article as well as to adapt it for adulteration . That Cones' flour is frequently employed in the adulteration of bread is shown in some enses by the character of some of the adulterations to which it is subject , as those by admixture with bean flour , nlum , and salt . Now , bean flour is actually of a more glutinous nature than pure wheat flour of good quality , and therefore its presence in Cones' flour tends to unfit it for tho very purpose for which it is alleged that it is designed . Some bakers have even
acknowledged to the employment of Cones' flour for the purpose of adulteration . In the article Cones' flour , prepared by tho millers , bakers ( states the report ) " are furnished with a material avowedly -wheat flour , but which , consiHtin # of mixtures of different and cheaper flours , is in every way suited for tho adulteration of bread , and that it is extensively used for this purpose cannot bo doubted . The public know nothing of this article ; the master bakers themselves are ignorant of its real composition ; while tho journeyman , in most cases , when he adds , by bia master's directions , a bushel of Conea to a . sack of flour , lias no idea that he is adulterating tho broad . "Times .
Tub Bishop of Ripont . — Tho confirmation of tho election of the Rev . R . Bickerstcth , !> . •!) ., tho newlyappointed Bishop of Ripon , took place at York Cathedral last Saturday , with tho accustomed ceremonies . 1 ' aui , Bicdkokd- on Danokh-Siomai-s . —The popular favourite of ' tho gods' who frequent tho Parnassus of the Adelphi lu \ s Btcppcd out of his usual paths to make a Buggestion to tho Times on tho suliject of dangor-flig - nals on , railway a—a miggoation which , ho says , aroso . com tho saving of a ship and crew , at the buck of tho I lalo of Wight , by tho burning of blue lights and tho 1 firing of alarm rockets , This contrivance ho conceives
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January 24 , 1857 . ] THE LEADER . 81
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 24, 1857, page 81, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2177/page/9/
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