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942 T HE LEADER. [Saturday,
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GALLANT CONDUCT OP A POLICEMAN". About h...
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LONDON LODGING-HOUSES. In carrying out t...
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The members of the Anti-Corn-Law League ...
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Telegraphic despatches, announcmg the ar...
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The new Sheriffs of London were sworn in...
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942 T He Leader. [Saturday,
942 T HE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
Gallant Conduct Op A Policeman". About H...
GALLANT CONDUCT OP A POLICEMAN" . About half-past ten o ' clock on Saturday night , a policeman was walking quietly along the road near Highgate , having been only a short time on his beat , . when he saw a tall , powerful looking man approaching him , carrying a bundle , and trying to avoid him , as if in haste . This excited the constable ' s suspicions , who stopped him and required to know what ho had , at the same time discovering a gun under his arm ; the answer given not being satisfactory , the officer desired him to proceed to the policestation , which the other demurred to , witli imprecations , and endeavoured to pass on ; but the officer seized the property and the man , the latter in turn laying hold of the policeman , and swearing that if not permitted to go on unmolested the constable's days were numbered . A iight commenced , the policeman managing to disarm him of his gun , but being at the same time prevented himself from giving an alarm . They fought and wrestled for a considerable time , frequently rolling about the road , without much advantage on either side , until the burglar , getting hold of the constable ' s head , made the most determined and inhuman attempts to gouge out his eyes , by forcing the thumbs into the sockets . Fortunately at this juncture the constable was enabled to get his truncheon into use , and struck his murderous assailant over the arm with such force as to paralyse him for the moment , and so prevent the horrible attempt on his eyes . Following up the advantage , he soon put him completely hors de combat , and some assistance arriving , both men were conveyed to the station-house at Highgate . Upon examining the
property , it was found to consist of wearing apparel and other articles , whilst the gun , upon being proved , was found to be charged with heavy shot . It has since been ascertained that the articles were actually the produce of a robbery which had been committed at a gentleman ' s house in the neighbourhood that very evening . On looking to both the policeman and the robber , it was discovered that they were considerably beaten , the former having suffered extensively about the eyes by the brutal attempt at gouging ; he has been placed under the care of the divisional surgeon , whilst his antagonist was immediately conveyed , in the custody of two constables , to University College Hospital , one of whom remained with him , and he will be removed , if practicable , to-the Infirmary of the House of Detention , Clerkenwell , until they can both a 23 pear before the magistrate .
He has given his name as C . Johnson , is about forty years of age , and says he came from Manchester a few days ago . It is thought by the police that he is one of the gang recently known as the " Northern Banditti , " consisting of seven armed desperadoes , three of whom were apprehended last week , one each in the towns of Bradford , Liverpool , and Manchester , and Johnson makes the fourth . He in dangerously ill , from the blows of the policeman's staff about the head . We have not learned the name of the gallant fellow who so courageously risked his life in doing his duty ; but his number is 233 S ., and he well deserves a handsome reward .
London Lodging-Houses. In Carrying Out T...
LONDON LODGING-HOUSES . In carrying out the Lodging Houses Act , statements o ( the most horrible description havo become public . Inspector Reason , of the A division , the officer appointed by the Commissioners of Police to carry out the provisions <> i the Common Lodging-house Act , is continuing his useful , but very dangerous and unpleasant labours ; and attended on Monday before Mr . Vardley to support several informations against the proprietors of lodging-houses in tho neighbourhood of Rosemary-lime , alias Jloyal Mint-street , Whitechnpel , for neglecting to register their houses , and to comply with the requirements of the statute . The defendants were all Irish , and ( lie first , who answered to hi . s name was Richard Nowlan , who has lately conic from Ireland , and who did not understand many words of Knglish . It was therefore found necessary to mvear in Roche , the gaoler of the court , as an interpreter .
11 , appeared from the evidence of Inspector Reason and 1 ' olice-sorgoant I ' rice , No . I f > II , appointed to carry out . the provisions of the act . in tho Whitechapel district , that , the defendant was served with a . notice on tho 2 Ol . li <) i . Inly last , to register bis plaeii wit Inn 11 month from that t ime , and failed to do no . On the 21 st , inst ., between the hours of twelve and one o'clock , the officers visited the defendant ' s room , in a dilapidated tenement in SlaLor ' srourt , Ro . senmry-huie . There wen ; lour beds on ( he lloor , and no bedsteads . The first contained the defendant and his sister , 11 woman about . 'JO years of age , who said she had occupied the same bed mh her brother for some lime ; tint second contained Daniel 1 \ 1 urley , who said be paid (> .
per "week ; the third . John I trow lie and John Sweeney , who said they paid Is . per week each ; and I he Court h , Mary Hurley , n , girl aged 1 !> , who paid ' . ) . per week . There wen ? no partitions for I lie separation of the ncncs , no bedsteads , and the beds consisted of a lot of filthy rags . The room wns in u filthy state , and the stench was dreadful . Sergennl . I ' riee described the state of Slnter ' s-eoiirt . There were 10 houses i" it . They were inhabited solely by tho poorer Clausen of Irish . There was one retiring place in a corner of the court for the uso of tho numerous occupants of the 10 houses . Kover and cholera had abounded in the court . The tenements were lot , out . to various persons in separate apartments , and sublet to others .
Tho defendant stilted , in Irish , Hint he could not road ( bo notice , and it was not properly explained to him , and that ' whon he went to Scotland-yard to obtain a , register for bin room , no one could understand him , but . he wus told that nothing would lie done with him . Mr . Reason exp lained that the room could not be registered till it wan cleaned luid whitewashed , Hn < l if pornonrt
of both sexes be taken in , there must be partitions six feet high between the beds . The defendant must also provido bedsteads . Mr . Yardley asked how many persons would he allowed to sleep in the room , by the regulations . price . —Four onlyj s ' h \ It is a small room . There were a dozen men , women , and children in it when I first saw it . The defendant said he could not afford to purchase bedsteads , and promised to do everything which the magistrate ordered him to do .
Mr . Yardley said , the peculiarity in this case was that the defendant only spoke Irish , and most probably did not understand the notice served upon him . He could not , however , help expressing his disgust and abhorrence of a man who occupied the same bed as his sister . Nothing could be more filthy and revolting . _ It was abominable , horrifying , and must not happen again . The defendant said it was an accident that his sister slept with him , and it was only for a night or two . Mr . Yardley then directed Roche to explain to the
defendant that before he could be registered or allowed to receive any more lodgers , his room must be cleansed and lime-washed , bedsteads must be provided , the water laid on , and proper retiring places erected . The defendant must not allow persons of different sexes to sleep in the same bed unless they were man and wife , and there must be partitions for the separation of the sexes . He would adjourn the case for a month if the defendant would promise not to receive any more lodgers until he had complied with all the provisions of the statute , and registered bis room .
The defendant made the required promise . Mr . Yardley . —Very well , then ; I will adjourn this case for a month ; but if his promise is not kept I shall inflict a heavy fine upon him , and if it is not paid he will be sent to gaoi , rely upon it . Morgan Callaghan , the occupier of two rooms in a house in Slater ' s-court , was the next defendant . He had received notice to register , but had not done so . Mr . Yardley consented , on the promise of the defendant to comply with the requirements of the act , to adjourn the ease for a month .
Jeremiah Bryan was the third defendant . He also occupied a room in a tenement in Slater's-court . When Sergeant Price gave him notice to register , his room was crowded with men , women , and children , sleeping on the floor . On a second visit , the defendant was sleeping in the same bed with his cousin , a young woman , and upon a bundle of straw alongside of him there was another couple , who paid Is . per week . The defendant said his cousin officiated , in the absence of his wife and family in the country "hopping , " to clean up the place ; and that he would not take in any more lodgers . —Inspector Reason said the room was very dark and dirty , and could not be registered for lodgers in its present condition . — Bryan said when his family returned he would not take in any more lodgers , and would dismiss his cousin ; but until his wife ' s return it was iieccssax'y , for his comfort and happiness , that his cousin should occupy part of his bed and cook his meals .
Mr . Yardley , on his promise to clean his room , and take in no more lodgers , adjourned the summons for a month . Tho next case , against Margaret Hart , was a most extraordinary one . The defendant , a widow , who did not appear , hail received a notice to register , and had failed to to do so . The room which she occupied was over the one rented by Brian , and was in a most filthy condition , and had not been cleaned for many years ; it was full of vermin . Sergeant I ' rice visited the dark and dismal hole on the morning of the 21 st inst . The diluvium was intolerable . The sergeant discovered four beds on the lloor in this room . The first contained Mrs . Hart and a newly-horn
infant , to which she had given birth an hour before m the presence of all her lodgers . The second bed contained IMury Coghlan , I ' '" from Ireland , and her two children , who ' paid KW . per week . The ( bird bed contained two adults , named Henry Moon ; and Ann Fitzgerald , who paid or / , per week each ; and the fourth bed , Dennis Murphy and his son , aged five years , who paid bV / . per week . Sergeant I ' rice added , that the men , women , and children were indiscriminately huddled together , and some of them were in a state of nudity . The stench was horrible , and when he reached home ho was very ill , and obliged to change his clothes . Mr . Yardley . —They were covered with vermin , I suppose P Price .- They were , sir . I beg leave to state to your worship that I have removed many cases of fever and cholera from Slater ' s-court . It is in a most , awful state .
Mr . Yardley . I shall inflict a fine of 4 ()« . and costs m thin ease ; but , as the woman is in her confinement , I shall not levy n . distress-warrant or send her to prison at . present ; and if she discontinues taking in lodgers I . will remit , the line . Margaret , Farrell , tho occupier of a room in Shitor ' scourt , sublet to various persons , was the last , defendant . She did not , appear . Mr . Ingluim indicted a nominal lino and cautioned her a month ago . Since then she has received lodgers , and the woman and her two daughters were removed from the room , while labouring under fever , by Sergeant I ' rice . They were cured at . the expense of tho parish , and Mrs . l '' arrell returned to her miserable apartment , and received lodgers again . They slep t , ou the lloor on dirty rags .
Mr . Vardley . I shall in / liet a fine of 4 O . v . and contain this case , and ' if it . is not paid the defendant will bo commit led to prison . M I SC K MiAN 10 () If S . The . Queen in expected to lenvo liuluiunil on the lOLh of < ) ctober . Mr . In ^ ersoll , the new Minister from the United Slates to this country , arrived , in tho Arctic on Wednesday .
Lord Elgin has been recalled from the Governorship of Canada ; his successor is Lord Harris . But th Pimes of yesterday , discredits the report , saying « v ^ have reason to believe that the statement of some of the Canadian and American papers , that Lord Eljr lias been recalled from the Governor-Generalshi p of British North America , and that he is succeeded bv Lord Harris in that office , is unfounded , or at least premature /' The Consuls General of France and England at Ha vannah have written to their respective Governments for an armed force , to protect French and English interests in Cuba . It is stated that Sir Emerson Tennent , M . P ., is t 0 be appointed to the office of Joint Secretary to the ' Board of Trade , vacant by the decease of Mr . G . R Porter .
The Members Of The Anti-Corn-Law League ...
The members of the Anti-Corn-Law League resolved on Tuesday , to have a great banquet in the Free-trade Hol ' l rm the 9 th of November . n The "West Middlesex Agricultural Association held its anniversary meeting on Tuesday , near Harrow . Ti ^ object of the Association is the distribution of prizes to labourers and servants for superior work and good conduct . Mr . Henley and Colonel North were the chief guests at the annual festival and distribution of prizes of the Watlington Agricultural Association last Wednesday week . There was little political speaking . Mr . Henley hoped and believed that the yeomanry would stick to their friends now in power , and not throw themselves into the hands of men who never had done them . good and never would .
Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Sir Edmund Grooch were entertained by their constituents at Framlingham , in Suffolk on Friday week . The notable point in the after-dinner speaking was a strong recommendation from Sir Fitzroy to the farmers to trust to their own energies for success in their business , and not to rely too much upon her Majesty ' s Ministers .
Telegraphic Despatches, Announcmg The Ar...
Telegraphic despatches , announcmg the arrival of the overland mail at Trieste , reached town yesterday . The dates are , Bombay to September 1 st . " The Governor-General returned to Calcutta on the 6 th of August . Commodore Lambert , accompanied by Captain Rundall , of the Engineers , had gone up to Prome in the Fhlegethon steamer , to reconnoitre : it was understood that she would be speedily followed by other vessels , and that Prome would be occupied by an advanced force , consisting of the 18 th Royal Irish and the 40 th Native Infantry . Iffwas also believed that a general advance would be made as soon as four or five fresh regiments had reached Rangoon . "
The channel fleet , under tho command of Admiral Corry , arrived at Queen " s-tovm , uu BunJaj . According to a statement made before tho Lord Mayor on Saturday , the number of men required to make up tho City Militia have been nearly obtained . The Master-General of the Ordnance has desired that the Isle of Wight shall be put in a proper state of defence , and strongly fortified . This undertaking will cost the country at least sixty thousand pounds . — Kentish Mercury .
The New Sheriffs Of London Were Sworn In...
The new Sheriffs of London were sworn in on Tuesday at Guildhall ; they are Mr . Alderman Carter and Mr . Augustus Croll . A pension of ]()()/ . a year has also been conferred , according to the Guardian , on the widow of Mr . Wei by Pug '" , tho architect . The Queen , by her warrant of the Oth of August last , has granted to Caroline Southey , the widow of tho lato poet , laureate , a yearly pension of 200 / ., " in consideration , an in the warrant is set forth , " of her hito husband ' s eminent literary merits . " A . like warrant of the Uth of tho snmo month ' confers n pension of 757 . a year on Miss Louisa NtuurlCostello , "in consideration of " her merits as an authoress , and hor inability , from the state of her health , to continue her exertions for u livelihood . " - — Standard .
Cardinal Wiseman wns at Plymouth on Wednesday week ; on Saturday he went on board tho Queen , ami was shown over this lrugo war-engine . ; and on Sunday «<> preached at St . Mary ' s , Stonohouse , on behalf of tho poor . Colonel Colt has received a silver medal from the Institution of Civil Kngineors , in England , for a paper n-iia before that body , on revolving fire-arms . The P'jP /' ' " Colonel Colt was a very able one ; it went into the hlHl ( "J and improvements on revolving fire-anna n < " - 1 I 1 ( W ' thorough manner . _ _ _ _ , ,,.., _ Natural IIiHlory
The Somersetshire Archaeological and . Society met , this week at , Hath . From the report it appeiiKthat for , new members have been added to the Society m » < tho hist , published list , and that , tho affairs of the none . . y nro progressing very satisfactorily . Tho e \ cavatiou « < Worlehill , near Weston-super- Mans are being . " , , | by the kindness of M r . I'igotf , the proprietor ol th < 1 | U ' under 1 . 1 m direction of the Rov . V . Warro , and some ™ « : oins have been discovered . Several papers lmv < j rend and excursions made after the manner of arelueolotf - MOCiotlCH . ) u
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 2, 1852, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02101852/page/10/
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