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THE PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY'S FARM SCHOOL....
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The Zoological Society. The Annual Meeti...
to the student of natural history , but conducive to the healthful preservation of the specimens . The principal works executed during the past year have been the completion of the new portion of the aviary , the house for reptiles , a large inclosure for grallatorial birds , the erection of a wing at the east end and the commencement of one at the west end of the giraffe house , and the repair of other buddings connected with the gardens . With regard to the menagerie , the council have obtained much valuable aid . The collection of valuable animals presented by the late Pasha of Egypt , and by the governor of
Singapore , having been safely brought to this country about the same time , the menagerie might be considered as having reached its highest point of value in July last ; and it is worthy of remark that the number of visitors in that month far exceeded the average number of the last ten years . Abbas Pa-ha has obtained for the society a hippopotamus which he had consigned to the care of the Honourable Charles Augustus Murray ; in a recent despatch Mr . Murray described him as in good health , and as ' tame and playful as a Newfoundland puppy . This animal may be expected to arrive in the course
of May , and is an important immigrant , no specimen having been seen in Europe from the earliest periods . The Queen has presented to the society the principal portion of a present received from the Emperor of Morocco , consisting of a lioness , leopard , two ostriches , and two gazelles . . During the past year the female aurochs and three bisons were carried off by pleuropneumonia , the scourge of horned cattle . The rhinoceros and African buffalo have also died , but as the former had been upwards of fifteen years in the menagerie , and the latter nearly as long , their longevity rather than their decease was to be noted . The health of the other animals is very good ; only
one death having occurred amongst the carnivorathat of the black leopard , who had been in the gardens upwards of six years . During the past year seventeen varieties of quadrupeds , three of reptiles , and twenty-one of birds , bred in the gardens . Notwithstanding the long list of additions to the animals , in the gardens , published in 1848 and 1849 , the Society has been able to obtain upwards of seventy new species during the past year .
In the course of a short conversation it was stated that the gardens will be opened throughout Whitsun week to the public at the reduced price of 6 d ., and that the' band will play in the gardens on Saturdays during the months of June and July . The report was adopted , and a special vote of thanks was given to the chairman for his exertions in obtaining a reduction of the rent .
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The Philanthropic Society's Farm School....
THE PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY'S FARM SCHOOL . The first anniversary of the establishment of the Philanthropic Farm School at Redhill was celebrated by a banquet at the London Tavern on Saturday . Sir John Pakington , M . P ., presided ; he was supported by a considerable body of the friends and subscribers to the institution : among them were Mr . Freshheld , high sheriff of Surrey , Mr . Monckton Milnes , M . l . Mr . Headlam , M . P ., Mr . Sergeant Adams , Mr . Moxon , Mr . II . Ricardo , Mr . Pakington , the Reverend J . Jackson , rector of St . James s . M . Ducpetiaux , inspector-general of prisons in Belgium , was also present .
From the report of the Philanthropic Society , it appears that since the opening of the establishment at Redhill , on the 13 th of April , 1849 , sixty- five boys have been admitted , and forty-six placed out . Of the sixty-five , the majority had been frequently in prison ; but in thirteen cases the cause ot their offences was utter destitution rather than vicious or criminal inclination , their convictions being for begging , or vagrancy , or some similar misdemeanors arising from a distressed and friendless condition . Ten lads of this class were lately sent from Westminster Bridewell by Sir George Grey , and a few more are about to be selected from
Colclbatlifieltls House of Correction , aa deserving of an opportunity to break from their former habits and associations . ' With respect to the boys placed out , the report gives a favourable account ; and states that happily the adoption of the present system of agricultural training has been accompanied by facilities for the emigration of the boys to the colonies , an opening having been made for the older and more improved of the class to be sent as farm apprentices and servants in British North America . At the dinner , alter the usual toasts had been given , the chairman proposed Prosperity to the Philanthropic Institution , " and commented at some length upon the difficulties of meeting the various evils arising from juvenile delinquency :-
—11 He had had an opportunity of inspecting the premises at Redhill , and lie bore testimony to the utility of the system of agricultural training , and to the manner in which it was carried out upon the society ' s farm . He was extremely Kind to find that Sir G . Grey , in his public capacity , was disposed to muke use of the Philanthropic Society ; this shows that the utility of industrial employment and domestic organization , combined with religious instruction , as a weans of reformation and moral
training , is acknowledged by the Government . He congratulated the society on being the first to establish a system of agricultural training in England , with a view to sending the boys as labourers to the colonies ; out , though an admirer of the Ragged School system , he could not concur in the suggestion of a fusion between the two institutions . There can be no fusion between those who are merely objects of charity and those wno are the objects of punishment and reformation . M . Ducpetiaux expressed his satisfaction at being present upon an occasion so interesting to his feelings , and his admiration of the system pursued at the Farm , which , though yet in its earliest infancy , had produced very excellent results : —
" The principle of agricultural training-schools , as agents of reformation , has been tested by experience . It has been eminently successful at Mettray ; nor is it surprising when it is considered that agriculture is the primary spring of riches , of health , and of happiness . Such schools are , in fact , the only safe and effectual means for reforming young criminals ; and this conviction is rapidly spreading not only in England but in France and Germany , as well as Belgium . His official experience has been quite sufficient to show him that punishment only would never effect the work of reform . Young offenders must be won over by the law of Kindness , shown in imparting religious instruction to thpm , and in placing them in circumstances calculated to create or restore self-respect and the good opinion of society . "
Seizure Of A British Subject. At The Tha...
SEIZURE OF A BRITISH SUBJECT . At the Thames Police-office , on Monday , the master of the bark Mary Ann , appeared for the second time before Mr . Yardley , to show cause why he refused payment of £ 17 16 s . 8 d ., the wages of Isaac Bowers , a coloured native of Antigua , who had been his steward from Glasgow to Boston and Charleston , and thence back to London . The master , when he was first before the magistrate , refused payment on the ground that the complainant , who is a British subject , had been taken out of the ship at Charleston by the authorities there because he was a coloured man , and imprisoned for two months in the common gaol , to prevent his having any communication with the slave population , and that he had been charged £ 20 by the sheriff for the maintenance of the seaman while he was in gaol . Expressing his surprise at such an outrage on the liberty of the subject , Mr . Yardley said the wages must be paid notwithstanding the man had been taken to prison , and the expenses incurred , because there was no stipulation in the articles to exempt the ship from the liability . The master now offered to pay the wages , but complained that he could not go back to any slaveholding state in America , without the risk of having his " ship scuttled or the masts taken out . " After considerable dispute as to the exact value of certain dollars which he had paid to the complainant , and as to the number of days for which he could claim remuneration , the master , in spite of his offer to pay , seemed so little * disposed that way that the solicitor threatened to " obtain a distress warrant and seize the ship . " Mr . Waddington then took up his papers , and as he was going away said , " D n it , I wish we were all slaves , seamen , magistrates , and all . " An order was made for the payment of £ 11 14 s . 6 d ., giving the captain credit for advances .
Progress Of Incendiarism. Nonfolk.—About...
PROGRESS OF INCENDIARISM . NonFOLK . —About one o ' clock in the morning of Sunday last , a fire broke out on the farm in the occupation of Mr . William Turnbull , farmer , of West Dereham ; and , in spite of the exertions of the inhabitants and police , a wheat stack , a barley stack , about a ton of hay , and a whole range of sheds were consumed . —Norfolk Chronicle . Oxfordshire . —A . stack of barley straw , in the rickyard of Mr . Rowles , of Weston-on-the-Green , was discovered to be on fire , on Friday evening , and it quickly communicated to a stack of bean-straw near , both , of which were consumed . By prompt exertion the fire was soon got under , and prevented from spreading to the corn-ricks near . —Oxford Journal . Esskx . —A cart-shed , hen-house , and other small outbuildings on the farm of Mr . Edward Mills , of Wimbush , near Saffron Walden , were burnt down , on Monday together with a quantity of straw , about a dozen hens , and two guinea-fowls . The damage , estimated at from £ 50 to £ G 0 , is covered by insurance in the Norwich Union Office . Mr . Mills is described as a good master , and no motive can be assigned for the act of incendiarism . Essex Standard . Bkukshihk . —Afire was discovered in a rick of hay on the f . trm of Mr . T . Hcwctt , at Goring , ashortdistance from the station of the Great Western Railway , on Monday afternoon . An alarm was speedily raised , and the fire extinguished after burning a few tons of hay . The incendiary then proceeded to a stack of wood in the neighbourhood and attempted to fire it , but did not succeed . A search was immediately instituted , and suspicion fell uponamanofbad character , namedElderfield , and the track of shoes of a peculiar form having been compared with this man's , he was taken into custody . Upon his examination before W . II . Stone , Esq ., of Streatly-house , a magistrate for Berks and Oxon , he at length admitted his guilt , and was committed to Oxford Castle for trial at the next assizes . —Berks Chronicle . Cornwall . —A furze-rick , on Trevethan farm , the property of Mr . John Jago , was set on fire by some incendiary , on Monday evening . Fortunately , although some corn-stacks were near , the wind took the flames in a contrary direction , or the loss would have been much greater . —Cornwall Gazette .
Northamptonshire . —A stack of straw and a wheatrick in the farm-yard of Mr . James Mather , of Irchester , were fired on Saturday night last . The stack of straw was destroyed , and the wheat-rick partly destroyed and much damaged . The engines from Wellingborough , were quickly on the spot , and by the exertions of the firemen and others the surrounding buildings were preserved . The property destroyed was insured- —Northampton Herald . Huntingdonshire . —An incendiary fire was discovered on the premises of Mr . Meadows , farmer , on Saturday morning . It appears to have originated amongst some reed lying in the close at the back of the
farm-buildings , several of which were undergoing the process of being fresh thatched . From thence it communicated to the cow-house and to the wheat-barn and another building , all of which , were consumed , together with several implements of husbandry and a small quantity of corn . By this time plenty of assistance had arrived , and water being abundant , those assembled succeeded in arresting the progress of the flames , ere they extended to the farm-yard and the buildings on the opposite side of it . The extent of loss on the buildings will be about £ 150 , insured in the Sun Fire Office ; and of the farming stock about £ 160 , insured in the Royal Exchange . —Cambridge Chronicle .
Murders And Murderous Assaults. Another ...
MURDERS AND MURDEROUS ASSAULTS . Another murderous assault by a drunken husband on his wife , such as we have so frequently to record , took place on Sunday morning in the neighbourhood of Drury-lane . Donovan , the well-known pugilist , who lived at No . 17 , Short ' s-gardens , Drury-lane , had been drinking at some public-house in the neighbourhood , along with his wife , on Saturday night , and returned home soon after midnight . She happened to say something which displeased him , upon which he struck her on the face and head . The last blow knocked some of her teeth out ; but this did not satisfy him ; he called for the poker , with which he was in the habit of beating her in a most unmerciful
manner ; and , in a state of terror , she pushed the window up to call for assistance : he flung her over . She fell head foremost ; by which her skull was fractured , her forehead completely beaten in , and several ribs were broken . The poor woman was taken to King ' s College Hospital , with little hope that she could possibly survive . Donovan was taken into custody , and on Monday was brought up for examination at Bow-street , but was remanded for a week , in order that further evidence might be obtained . To screen her husband the poor woman says she either fell or threw herself over the window . Her own daughter , however , a little girl , states positively that her father lifted her mother up and threw her over the window .
A murder , accompanied by circumstances of a very mysterious character , took place in Clapham last Sunday , at the time of the morning service . Mr . John Maddle , residing at Claremont-place , Wands worth-road , returned from church at one o ' clock , and , after ringing the bell at the gate several times without any one answering , went round to the garden gate , which , to his surprise , was unfastened . On entering the house he found the washhouse door open , and also that of the back kitchen * and in the front kitchen was his housekeeper lying on her back , her legs extending over the threshold of the door , and her head lying towards the French windows that open into the area in front of the house . Mr . Maddle felt the body , and , seeing that life was extinct ,
rushed out and alarmed the neighbourhood . So horrified were the neighbours that none of them would go into the house . At last two of them went in , and found the body strangely disposed ; the right leg was partly drawn up under the body , and entangling the foot , which was without a shoe ( which is missing ) , was a coil of rope used in hanging out clothes ; her head rested on six or seven folds of carpeting , and within six inches of the head was a basin containing about a pint of clean water . The face , hands , and other parts of the body were cold . There was not the smallest contortion of features , nor any marks of personal violence . The eyes were closed as if in sleep , and but for the ghastly expression of the face it could have hardly been imagined but that she slept . The police attended promptly , with Mr . Parrott , jun .,
the surgeon to the police force , who examined the body , and pronounced life to have been extinct some time . He could detect no outward marks of violence , nor was there any mucus flowing from the mouth or nostrils . On looking round as to the state of the house , it was found to be in very great disorder , and Mr . Maddle soon discovered that a gold watch , some jewellery , rings , plate , & c , had been carried off . Mr . Coleman , the inspector of police , having communicated with Mr . Bicknell , the superintendent of the V division , made an examination , of the premises , and found that every drawer , box , and even the iron chest had been opened and ransacked , and that a small box , in which thehousekeeper kepther money , was emptied of its contents . A very great deal more labour appeared to have been expended in opening the the various drawers , cupboards , & c , than would have been used by an expert thief . Subsequently the police learned that two men had been seen in a bye-road near
the rear of the house at about twenty minutes past noon . Between eleven and twelve o ' clock a man was looking about the bye-lane , and lay down in the grass in the rear of the house . Another man , about the same time , was seen near the spot . On Monday evening an inquest was held , at which the surgeon and Mr . Maddle gave evidence to the effect stated above . Mr . Parrott was asked by a juror if he would have detected chloroform had any been applied . Mr . Pwrrott could not say , as he did not suppose that there has been any case where a post mortem examination has taken place after chloroform has been applied . He was quite unable to account for the cause of death , Mr . Maddle said : — " I am an independent gentleman . The
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Leader (1850-1860), May 4, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04051850/page/6/
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