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Continental Notes. ' . . . ' ¦ France;. ...
It appears that tie number of medals called Medadles de Sainte-Helene already distributed to those who served under the Empire amounts to no less than The Directors of the Bank of France last Saturday reduced the rate of discount on commercial bills one per cent . The rates now are—six per cent , en bills haying thirty days to lun ; sBven per cent , on bills at sixty days ; and eight per cent , on bills at ninety days . The Emperor has paid a visit to Queen Christina at Malmaison , probably to congratulate her on the birth of the Prince of Asturias . The Empress met the Spanish Queen-Mother at the Palais Koyal . PORTUGAL .. The fever at Lisbon seems to be diminishing . Several shocks of earthquake were felt on the 19 tu ult ., both at Lisbcn and other parts of the country . The unpleasant sulphury flavour given to wines which have been made from grapes taken from vines sprinkled with brimstone on account of the oidium , is now said to be removed by the use of pulverized charcoal . PRUSSIA . ' The police of Berlin lately discovered a slaughterhouse in which dogs were killed for the purpose of salt as butchers' meat . Suspicions of the existence of sucli an establishment had for same time been excited in consequence of the disappearance of great numbers of dogs of large size . Kaucb , the sculptor , died at Dresden , on Thursday week . He had nearly completed his eighty-first year . ¦ ¦ ' . : ¦ . " ¦ ' ¦' . ' ¦ ¦ ' KCSSIA . - ¦ ¦• . ' ¦' :.. '
The St . Petersburg journals affirm that there has been a reduction in the army of 3000 officers and 200 , 000 men . In order to appreciate the real bearing of this measure ( observes a contemporary ) , it must be remembered that Russia has two kinds of army—her real effective force , and the nominal one , which is to be found on paper only . It is in this latter that has taken place the reduction of wliich the Russian journals speak . The result of the modification -will be the suppression of a certain number of sinecures and a corresponding economy in the war budget .
. v : . ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦; ¦¦ . ¦ Austria . ;¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ;¦ ; . . Miss Nightingale has been in Vienna for some time . She frequently visits th . e hospitals , and is treated with great respect . SWEDEN . The Government has granted to MM . Westenholz the concession of a submarine telegraph between the eastern coast and Russia . " The accounts , " says a letter from Stockholm , of the 2 nd , " which reach this city daily from the principal commercial towns in the interior , and from the ports in the Baltic , are most deplorable . " DENMARK . The Minister of Finance ha 3 made over to the National Bank of Copenhagen the sum of 1 , 500 , 000 rixdollars , to be advanced to the commercial world byway of loan on securities of valeurs or goods . The National Bank at the same time raised its rate of discount for bills from six to seven per cent . It has also notified that it grants a renewal for three months to all Hamburg bills which it has in its hands , and which are due .
HAMBURG . The Senate has been , called together on account of the commercial crisis . " Tha object , " says a letter from Hamburg , " was the renewal of the Bankrupt Xaw of 1799 . It was further thought advisable that the Senate should be empowered to appoint an extra aiumber of Judges of the Court of Commerce , to meet the vast accumulation of business which will be brought lefore it , and an extra number of clerks in the public offices would also have to be engaged for the same purpose . These proposals were sanctioned by the meeting . " After some collision between the Senate and the As-Bembly of Burgesses , it has been decided to create a State Discount Bank , and tliat a Bum of 15 , 000 , 000 marks banco shall be granted to it .
TUttKBV . The Commission of tha Four Powers signed , on the 5 th inet ., at Constantinople , the final act of the rectification of the Russian frontier in Asia . rr * u . ~ «> w / % ^ frliA . aiil % n 3 + nm nflinAra , lti + ti n urnnv HaaTftOAYI
augmented by an Imperial ordinance . ITALY . ' The King of Sardinia has issued a . decree « stablishing a council for the settlement of disputed points within the range of diplomacy , viz ., such as relate to emigration , extradition , interpretation of treaties , levies of troops , questions of nationality , international law , & c . The matters to bo decided on are to bo referred to > the council by the Minister for Foreign Affairs . The council to do iuo i
is formed of Devon members nameu uy ^»« , and its powers aro purely consultative . Count . Frederic Sclopis ,. * member of the . extreme Right , is appointed presidents swrrmttijANi > . M . Enrxer haa been elected President of the- Swiss Con & dMfttiaa . awl Bfc . Stoamfli Vio * -I ? cosid « nt .
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Our Givilization. The Confessions Of A L...
OUR GiVILIZATION . THE CONFESSIONS OF A LONDON THIEF . An extraordinary light has been let in upon the robbery of the Countess of Ell « smere ' s jewels , dresses , & c , when property to the amount of 15 , 000 ? . was appropriated by a , company of thieves . For some time past , a tradesman named Jackson has been under remand at the Worship-street police-court , on a charge of purchasing the things with the knowledge that they had been stolen . ; and now one of the confederate thieves , who is at present in prison for another oftence , has made a statement to the police , divulging all the facts of the case . His story is of a roost singular kind , and has been so amusingly retoltl in a leading article of the Times that we here repeat it as it there appears : — " On the 22 nd of January of last year , Mr . Attwell ( the informer ) , in company with his two friends , Messrs . Saint and AVhitty , set out upon a little excursion from 1 London-bridge to the West-end , to see if anything could be done in the line of their peculiar profession . When in the neighbourhood of Grosvenor-square , they saw a carriage drawn by two Iiorses , and immediately preceding [ it two .-cabs . On one of these was placed a large black J portmanteau , with a smaller one by its side . Mr . Whitty ^ hereupon remarked ' There go Port St . Peter , ' which , expression , being interpreted , means ' trunks . ' The friends 3 were instantly fired with a noble ardour . ' May I be lagged , ' exclaimed Mr . Whitty , full of noble enthusiasm , 7 ' but I'll have the big one . " They accordingly gave chase , and , when the carriage and the two cabs parted company , Mr . Whitty jumped up behind the vehicle their tmia uoiu
closed with them for 31 . The jewels were disposed of for suius of the like amount , with the exception , perhaps , of the emerald and diamond , necklace , which , according to Jackson ' s account , was sold to a Jew for 300 ? . When the reward for the apprehension of the thieves was offered , the confederates seem to have taken aljirm , ancl niany articles of great value "were thrown away , lest they should lead to their detection . Tlie emerald drop and diamond bow were thrown away in Spitaliields , awl a pair of diamond earrings was flung into a iield near Whitechapel . The gold articles were in great part melted down , and altogether it is to be feared that there is but little chance that Lady Ellesmerc will recover any portion of her property . We are not , however , at the cud of the inquiry yet , for Whitty jmd Saint , two of the chief actors iu the robbery , are still ' wanted . '" The three thieves sold the whole of the property to Jackson for AOL ; but , on discovering , after the often of . a reward , that the worth of the jewels , & c , was infinitely greater than"tliey bad supposed , they went to Jackson , and threatened to ' round' on him if lie did not give them more . He asserted that he had been as . ignorant as they of the real value , and had . resold the property for only a few more pounds . than . he Lad given them . However , aft « r a good deal of haggling , the receiver , evidently under the influence of fear , gave the thieves 21 . apiece more ; so that 46 / ., divided among the three , was all they got for articles valued at 15 , 000 (? . ! ' Jackson was again brought up on Monday before Mi . : D'Eyncourt , at ' Worship-street , upon several fresh , charges , and was committed for trial for receiving jewels i and property stolen from a Miss Manloy .
which was the object ot especial pursui , of the rail with one hand , and with the other dragged the big portmanteau off into the road . It was so heavy that ,-we are told , Whitty , being then somewhat out of condition , fell with it . The horse in the cab—so violent . was the jerk—reared up , but the driver was not ' tumbled : ' in other words , had not taken alarm . The three friends endured some moments of intense anxiety as they watched to see if the two > eheers , ' or cabs , proceeded quietly on their way . They did so , and it was only discovered at tlie railway ' terminus that Lady Ellesratn uuiut
mere s jewei-DOX , or er jewei- , uuu ainjaicimj melteil into empty ' air .. The trunk was conveyed to the I shop of Mr . Edward Jackson , oil and cojourinan , Leonardstreet , Shoreditch , and deposited under his counter , as though it had been forwarded to him in the regular course of business . The confederates soon assembled in Mr . Jackson ' back parlour . They consisted of the three friends , Messrs . Whitty , Attwell , and Saint already named ,, and of Mr . and Mrs . Jackson . To give an idea of what followed , it will be proper to mention what was the real nature and what the value of the property which was soon to be tossed from liand to hand in the little back parlour of tlie Suoreditch oil-shop . We take at random , from the detailed account , a pearl necklace , a diamond necklace , an emerald and diamond necklace , a pair of diamond earrings , a pair of emerald and diamond earrings , a large pair of diamond branches , a small pair of diamond branches , au emerald and diamond bracelet , . and so on throughout . Besides the jewellery there were ; I lace diesses , China shawls , velvet cloaks , Indian scarfs , . and other articles such as might naturally be supposed 1 to form part of the wardrobe of Lady Ellesmerc when on her way to Windsor Ca 6 tle . i street
! " The back parlour , then , n Juconara- , onoroditch , soon presented the appearance of Aladdin ' s Cave ; but , like so many ignorant Alacldins , the confederates conceived that the jewels were only so many bits of coloured glass or stone . Mr . AttwelL indeed , appears ] to have had some dim suspicion of the reality , for , as he took up a diamond coronet , ho exclaimed , ' Why , them things are sparks !' meaning diamonds ; but the better opinion among the party was , that the fire of tlie splendid jewels was a mere sham . Mrs . Jackson , who might be supposed to be better informed than her male com-I pauiona as to such feminine my 3 teries , gave it as a suggestion , ' that the lady who owned the articles must be a kind of fashionable woman . ' 13 ut it was necessary to proceed to business , that is , to divide tlie spoil , and to soki uiamonu uuiier
convert it into money , wmtty a - fly which had fallen to liis share for 2 s . to Mrs . Jackson , and also a lace shawl at tho same figure . The real value of the article was about 501 . Other smaller portions of the property were disposed of at similar prices ,
and in the same way . Whitty , among his share of the I spoil , obtained a . pair of Lady Ellesmere ' a stays and linen , which were all given by him to a lady named Polly Gentleman . ' The more serious discussion , however , was as to the value of tho great bulk of the spoil . I Jackson believed the jewela to bo worth about 10 Z . ( lie I should have said 14 , 000 ? . ); the others were completely I ia tho dark upon tho subject . They finally resolved to go and consult a man niuned Sam Britton , who seoms to have beon considered by them as a kind of authority I 1 !• * A * m __ - Til — 1 . . £ . — ^ A ~ M . *^ s- A X 1 ^ A . . such to tnc jlu uih huuod lh
^ upon auDjects , as uroasoa . ^ j wevo conducted by a gentloman named ' California ;' buty unfortunately , Mr- Britton waa not at homo , and it I wob not until » later period of tho evening that they were » blu to commence tlieir negotiation . They asked ' i X 51 . for Lady Elleam « r « * a wardrobe , but Mr . Britton I ertaadHy m & tse & torgiva « e rabvbitnnt » sum , and finally
The Assizes. The Most Important Trial Th...
THE ASSIZES . The most important trial this week has been that of James Henderson for the murder of his father . Our readers are already in possession of the facts , which we need not here repeat . The evidence was of a grave ¦ ' complexion , but , us it left some doubt as to the guilt of the accused , the .. judge summed up ¦ with an evident leaning in ¦ favour of an acquittal , and the jury ( after a [ trial'of ' three days ) gave' in a verdict of Not Guii / rr ¦ ' I—a decision which was rece ived with loud applause . I Tim nt-ico \ rna' f-fiuil lit : C ' . VlPSter . |
There have been two trials for child murder by tlie mothers tliis week—one at Winclwster ,- the other at Liucoln . In the first , Fanny Harris has been condemned to death , though it would seem that she was driven by want into the commission of the crime ; in the second , where the woman had cut off the kend of her infant with a hatchet , a ' verdict . of Not Guilty has been returned on ' the ground ' of insanity . ¦ A youth named Joseph Bagnall lias been found Guilty ,. at York , of the manslaughter of another youth at whom , in a fit of passion , he threw a pair of tongs . He was sentenced to ji week ' s imprisonment . Charles Holloway , a respectable-looking young man , has been found guilty at Maidstone of forging ' -and uttering a navy bill for 4 GI . He was sentenced to six years penal servitude . Frederick John Bushell was tried at the same place on a charge of wounding his wife with intent to murder her . He got up in the course of the night , took his razor , and approached tlie bed with it . The wife , anticipating his design , caught up a shawl which was lying on the bed , and twisted it round her throat . Bushell pulled her out door
of bed , and she struggled with him to tlie , ana men fell down stairs . He followed her , and cut her throat through the shawl . In endeavouring to seize the razor , I several of the woman ' s lingers were cut ; but at length . she got away , and ran to the police-office . On the police going to the house , they found that the man had cut his own throat , lie was removed to the hospital , and said he was sure his wife would die , us lie ' had given her a good cutting . ' Sueh in fact was the ease , as a small branch of the jugular vein had been severed , , hail the wound gone any further , it would have been fatal . BusIhjII appears to have been jealous of his wife , and slic had been living away from him at hur mother ' s for some time . She had returned , of her own accord , ou the very day of tlie attempted murder , and she and her husbaiiu I ! .. ; , ! U « ,, « -, rr .,., r IVi iirwl Ur 1111 tl \ t . hft 1 ) 111111 'lit of tllC nttttClC .
I 11 ( 114 ULU 1 I V \ j * Ji * l * v » iwij M l . I ' ll He -was givcu to habits of intoxication ; hid mother uku in a lunatic asylum ; and his father at the sanio tgew affected with similar suspicions as to the ndolily ot n . ¦ wife as tho . se under which the accused seems to iu-n e t . ¦ i rm . _ . i _ p . ~ :. « n . « .-. I + ir l \ nf I wislielL V % as 111311111
lUDOUlCU . I HO UUldlwu > v » ia 1 . / , " » - found Guilty , and sentenced to pentil servitude for We . John Ackroyd has been tried at York fi > r cutting and wounding an old man numed Jonathan H oldswortli , on the 17 th of July , with intent to murder . Tlie facts uu \ l already appeared in these columns . Ackroyd was oxaspcrated at n scamlal which ho supposed had becu »*< - scnunatud to the discredit of his ( Ackroyd ' d ) wife , ana no therefore wounded him with a Hhoe-inukor ' s k mle . * iwas found Guilty , and Bontence of death was recorded . A . thrrfl onan ni' vnUinrr « ui < l wnillldillir llU . i beCll tlKU |
at Liverpool . James Farraday lived with one . Agues Lakeman , tho sister of Iuh deceased wife , and a nuitrieu woman separated from her huab « nd . They frequently quarrelled , und slie often threatened to leave him- uu tho 14 th of September , a neighbouring woman saw something oo atrango In Farraday ' a wppcaruuco that auo uwa
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 12, 1857, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12121857/page/6/
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