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"GREEN; VERY GREEN." It is not often tha...
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RAILWAY COLLISIONS. A passenger train, c...
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MURDER BY POISON. A Coi/MEit, named Nich...
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1TEW BRITISH EXPOET. Birmingham, great o...
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MISCEIiLANEOUS. ~ Count D'Orsay has at l...
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Mr, N. S. Dodge, who has arrived by tho ...
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Thomas Francis Meagher. Tho Most Eloquen...
irate gave it up as a bad case , and rode immediately to another station in search of police . Meantime the Irish chief of police set out for the mines , and thought he could make more money in digging gold than in arresting brave Irish patriots- Such is one of the first fruits of the gold discovery in Australia—the escape of the brilliant Meagher . Goldj after all , is useful in its way . Meagher waited for six hours after the time , in order not to give the British authorities any excuse for . saying he had violated hisjpledge . He was accompanied and assisted by three young English settlers , who supplied him with horses arid had horses themselves . They proposed to wait till the police came ,
and kill them . But Meagher thought it unnecessary to shed blood , but waited till the police came , and kept his friends waiting at a short distance . The moment the police entered the house , he passed out at another door , and ; mounting his horse , came round to the front of the house , and within pistol-shot of them , and told them to arrest him if they could . In the next moment he put spurs to his horse , and , with his friends , was soon out of sight . " They travelled over 180 miles without halt , having relays of horses on the way . They at length reached unmolested a lonely spot upon the sea-coast , where , according to previous arrangements , a whale-boat was in waiting , and bore him off in safety . "
When it became known in New York that Meagher was there , detachments of the Irish militia regiments , accompanied by their bands , inarched up to his residence in succession , and serenaded him .
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"Green; Very Green." It Is Not Often Tha...
" GREEN ; VERY GREEN . " It is not often that a story illustrative of human simplicity in all its purity comes before us * . But here is one , the hero of which is an extremely verdant Cantab . Edwin Ricketts and George Shaw , two respectablydressed men , were placed at the bar befpre Mr . D'Eyncourt , on Thursday , charged with the following extraordinary robbery upon Mir . William Ellice East , a graduate of St . John ' s College , Cambridge : ~ The prosecutor stated—I reside at Cambridge , but on Monday , the 10 th inst ., I came to London upon business , after the completion of which I returned towards the Shoreditch station of the Eastern Counties [ Railway , in order to
return home by the train . While walking along bhoreditchj at twenty minutes to the time that the tram would start , I met the prisoner Shaw , who stopped me , and placing his hand upon my shoulder mysteriously whispered in my ear , " Would you like to buy some good cigars ? I can show you some very nice ones that are not often to be met with . " I told him I did not want any , but he persisted in his importunities , and I at length consented to purchase some , and went with him for a distance , perhaps , of a hundred yards , when he pointed out a beershop to me , and said , " That is where I am in the habit of keeping them . " He then took me into the house , and showed mo into a room upon the ground-floor , and having asked me to drink with him , inquired what I would take . I did not altogether like the look either of him or the place , and
decisively declined his invitation ; upon which he took me kindly by the hand , and said , " Don't bo afraid of me , sir ; I am not going to harm you j" nnd again pressed me to drink with him , but nothing was brought into the room , and I again declined to drink , as before . He then intimated that he also dealt privately in gloves and handkerchiefs as well as cigars , and saying that ho would go and fetch them , left the room , and , to my surprise , locked tho door after him . I waited for a -Jew minutes without his coming back , when a second man came into tho room through another door , who had three playing cards and some books in his hand . Three other men then como in—Rickotts was one of them . The first man
then spoke to tho others , and wanted them to buy his books ; he spread out his thrco cards upon tho table , and said that any ono who guessod right should have one of his books for sixpence Somo betting then Avent on between them , and I saw money pass from ono to tho other , but I was not spoken to by any of them . Ricketts then took a chain resembling gold of ? his neck , which ho deposited with tho man with tho cards , and soon after somo gold was paid to Bicketts by tho man with tho cards . Ono of tho men first put down a silver watch and chain to tho card-man , and speedily lost it . This waa an old man , and when ho lost ho stampod his foot violently in aggravation , and Bcomod very much vexed . Uicketts seemed pleased with for
his success , and asked mo if ho should play mo : Ins words wore , " Will you try yourself , or shall I try for you P" I said , " No , certainly not , for I must bo off b y tho train , if tho man witli tho cigars is not back quickly . " Riekctts thon went on playing , nayijig , " I shall win somo monoy for tho gentleman I kn ow , but I said nothing , as I was u ' neoriain whether ho meant mo . Jlo won monoy at first , but Baid nothing to mo , nor did ho offer what ho had won to mo . Ho thon vent on and lost oomo . I then lookod at my watch , and finding it near four o ' clock , whon tin train wont , I Raid , " I must bo going now , " and rose for that purpoHO . Tho man with tho cards then demanded tho monoy ho had won from Hickotts , amounting , as they said , to 1 HI . or 201 ., upon which lliekotts turned to mo and Haul , " Now , sir , you , must pay up . " I said I should certainly
do nothing of tho kind , and ho replied , that if I had won from him ho should have paid mo , and that as I had lost I jnuflt pay him . I thon bocamo very much alarmed , and moved towards tho dooj * to got out , whon Kickotts and tho others surrounded mo , including tho old man who had lost , and all oxeluimod togothor , " You must pay—you must pay , sir . " I thon bocamo very much . frightened , and unro-« istingly gave up my gold watch and chain from my nock , tho rings ofF my fingers , and upwards of 21 . in gold and silver . Riokottu himself took my watch out of my waistcoat pockot , and gave it to tho man with tho cards . I . pormitted tho old man to strip tho rings IVom my firigors , which went tho pome way , and then ono of tho men took my purse out of my pocket , omptiod tho contonts out into his hand , and thon coolly restored mo tho empt y puree , which I nowjproduco , Tho whole of thorn thon loft tho place ,
Ricketts alone remaining ; I was so alarmed that I can't say whether the door was locked or not , but they all went out by the one I came in at . As soon as they had got out Ricketts laid hold of my arm , and expressed his regret that he had been eo unfortunate as to lose for ine , and said if I would wait he would show me where the men were . He still kept his hand upon me , although I tried all I could to get away from him after the others who had got my property . We at last went out into Shoreditcl v and , not seeing anything of the igaeti , I asked him where they were , upon which he pretended to . treat me as an' entire straneer , and coolly asked ine what I was talking about .
I then left him arid went to the station , where I gave information of the manner in which I had been robbed , and an accurate description of all the men * X saw the two-prisoners yesterday at the Hampton Races , just as they came on- the heath , with , I believe , one of the other men I mentioned . I had just before seen the card-man , playing on the back of a board on the racecourse , not far from where I saw the prisoners . I knew them at once , and fave them into the custody of an officer ,, who took them , ut I have not seen either my watch , chain , or rings since . The men were remanded by Mr . D'Eyncourt , in order that the evidence against them may be completed .
Railway Collisions. A Passenger Train, C...
RAILWAY COLLISIONS . A passenger train , consisting of four carriages , left Aylesbury on Friday afternoon , at a-quarter to two o ' clock , to meet the " London train at Cheddington , on the London arid North Western railway . The train was proceeding at a pace of between twenty-five and twenty-eight miles an hour , when , on approaching within a mile-and-a-half of Cheddington , the engine , from some cause not yet ascertained , suddenly ran off the line , breaking away from the tender and tearing up the rails , and after running about a hundred yards , it passed through a hedge into a field , where it fell on its side . The tender and twO foremost carriages ran off the line on the other side . The guard , George Allen , was thrown from his seat , and died in a Bhort time , having sustained internal injuries- beyond any remedy . The engine driver kept his place On the engine till it overturned , and seems to have escaped unhurt . There were fifteen passengers in the train , none of whom were seriously injured . , ; . There seems to be sufficient reason for believing that the accident arose from some obstruction placed upon the rails . Two or three times chains have been laid over the rails in this neighbourhood , for the purpose of throwing trains off the line , which attempts have been frustrated by the vigilance of the engine drivers . Some time ago , a man who is now in Aylesbury gaol undepsentence of two years impr isonment , placed ' sixteen chains and a rail upon this line , apparently for the purpose of stopping the goods train , to give an opportunity for plunder . It go happened that an express train passed the spot firstj at a rate of abOut
fifty or sixty miles an hour , the speed of which was sufficient to sweep off the obstacle . The jury before whom this matter was investigated returned the following special verdict : — " We find that the deceased , George Allen , came by his death on Friday , June the 11 th , by accidental circumstances , in consequence of the engine of the train of which he was the guard jumping off the line of tho Aylesbury railway . The jury think that , owing to tho clay subsoil , the rails and sleepers require constant attendance and care , and that it appears from the evidence that there is not in places sufficient ballast above tho clay . That the bearings are too far apart , the iury considering that there should be another
sleeper under each rail . That no satisfactory reason appearing in tho evidence for tho engine getting off the rails , the jury are vmable to come to any other conclusion than that there was some defect connected with the rails or the sleepers in tho neighbourhood of the accident . " A ballast train from Birmingham passed the Rugby station about eleven o ' clock on Monday morning , and was followed in half-an-hour by a coal train , which overtook tho former in tho Kilsby tunnel . From somo cause yet unknown , tho signals which are usually given by tho policemen
stationed at this tunnel , whoso duty it is to prevent any train entering the tunnel befovo a preceding train has left it , wcro omitted . Tho coal train accordingly ontored the tunnel at its usual pace , and camo upon tho other train , scarcely allowing time for . the engineer and stokor to rovorso tho engine and jump . off . A number of plate-layers were seated upon Homo ot tho trucks of tho former train , moat of whom were thrown off and more or less injured . Ono man , named Williams , was found jambed in between two of tho carriages and terribly mutilated . Ho died soon after . Tho two constables stationed at the tunnol aro both in custody .
Murder By Poison. A Coi/Meit, Named Nich...
MURDER BY POISON . A Coi / MEit , named Nicholls , was married oighteon ^ rearfl ngo to a woman numed Elizabeth Lawrenson , now called Bet Brush , who is still living / They separated soon after , nnd about ton years ago Nicholls married a widow named Ann Connolly ; for which act of bigamy ho was sentenced to six months' imprisonment . Sinco tho expiration of this torm ho has lived with Mm Connolly as her husband , and they have had tliroo children , two of whom aro still living . last Saturday Nicholls , on returning from his work , produced , from " his pockot two cakos , saying to his wife ( his second wifo ) , " Sco , Nancy , I , found two very nico cakes thin morning . " Tho cakes had a tempting look , and wore dividod among , tho family , including Sarah and Ann , tho two children above mentioned , and a daughter of Mrs . Connolly by a former husband , named Mary . Mrs . Connolly and hor daughter Mary afterwards loft tho houso to make some purchase . On thoir return in about half an hour they mot N ioholls , who oamo towards thom , " Htaggoring , and looking quite wild . " Mr « . Connolly 6 xolaimcd , " Oh dear , Mary , does ho not look as if ho wore drunk P" On mooting them , ho told thom ho had boon poisoned by eating too cakes , as well as Sarah and Ann , and another child named Broxon , who eooma to havo had
apiece of the cakefrom p rie of the children . Mary went home to look after the children , while Mrs . Connolly went with Nicholls to the surgery of Mr . Fisher . Mr . Fisher at once recognised the symptoms denoting the presence of arsenic , and sent the woman home with . medicine for the children , while he administered a strong antidote to Nicholls . Ori visiting the 'houses-Mr ; Fisher found the girls , Sarah arid Ann , as well as the child Broxen , all sick . A woman of the name of Morris and Uer child , who happened to get some of the cake , were both taken sick , but soon after recovered ^ . , '¦; ' : Towards the night Nicholls arid the two little girls grew worse , and Mrs . Connolly and Mary also were taken ill . Early on Sunday morning Nicholls rapidly became worse ' and died about half past four . " ¦ Broxen died durin g the same day . In the evening of Sunday Mrs . Connolly and
the three girls were recovering , though the two youngest were still very weak . . Nicholls , up to the time of his death , had a conviction on his mind that his former wife was the cause of the mischief . The account he gave Mrs . Connolly during his illness was this : ^ -As he was going to his work on Saturday morning about half-past four , he found the cakes lying in his path , wrapped in a piece of clean white calico . At that moment there were but two persons in the street besides himself , a man about thirty yards before him , and a woman midway between , them on the opposite side of the street . He thought that the woman must have dropped the cakes , as it seeiried that the man could not well have walked Over them without noticing them . She looked over her shoulder twice , and he thought it was " Bet . " He followed her about a hundred and fifty yards , when she turned off another way > and he thought no more about it .
Elizabeth Nicholls , alias Bet Brush , has been apprehended , as well as -a man named ¦ Thomas Hughes , with whom she has been cohabiting , and who is believed to be the man seen by Nicholls when he found the cakes . A few days before these events a woman applied to a druggist in the neig hbourhood for some arsenic , which he refused to sell her . The druggist believes this wom an to have been Bet Brush , but cannot positively identify her .
1tew British Expoet. Birmingham, Great O...
1 TEW BRITISH EXPOET . Birmingham , great officina of-the most .- genuine and the most spurious , carries out the " genius of the epoch" in devising a new export . Considerable cargoes of " gold dust " are going out , as ballast , to Australia , for re-exportation to this country . The Brummagem gold will yield profitable returns .
Misceiilaneous. ~ Count D'Orsay Has At L...
MISCEIiLANEOUS . ~ Count D'Orsay has at length been suitably provided for , by an appointment to the highly responsible oiffice of Sivperintendent of Fine Arts " to Louis Napoleon UmselJ , " at a salary of 1000 Z . per annum , and Board and Lodging to boot . His onerous duties will consist in spending 12 , 000 ? . a-year on pictures , statues , and other refined sources of-enjoyment—all strictly moral , of course ! It has been asked , whether the Count ' s office will include the purchase of lay figures , and tho engagement of models ?
Mr, N. S. Dodge, Who Has Arrived By Tho ...
Mr , N . S . Dodge , who has arrived by tho Baltic from New York , has brought two packages for Her Majesty ' s Board of Ordnance / containing somo guns and pistols ot American manufacture . A passenger fell from St . Paul ' s wharf on Saturday afternoon as ho waa stepping to the pier . Tho Reverend James O'Kcilly , of St . Peter ' s , Walworth , seeing that tho poor man was being fast carried down by tho tide , gallantly leaped into the water and hold him up until tho hle-buoy waa thrown to their assistance . In a Convocation held , on Tuesday , at Oxford , it was mninimoiislv resolved to accent tho donation , proffered by
Mrs . Fielding , of Lancaster , of the very valuable herbarium collected by tho late Henry Borrow Fielding , Esq ., togethor with Ids botanical library ; it was agreed also todovoto a sum not exceeding 200 OJ . for tho maintaining and adding to tho collection , and an additional sum not exceeding 1250 Z . for providing a suitablo building in tho liotanicni garden for the reception of tho herbarium and books connected with it . /> < . „ Tho Hahnomann Hospital will havo its first Concert on Monday next . This establishment , having its origin in tho persevering exertions of Lord Robert Grosvenor , its president , and in W . Leaf , Esq ., appoara to bo ma prosporing condition , and well supported by tho public , a school of medicino has boon this year attached to it ; ana &
tho Concert announced for Monday , patromzca uy « »•"' numbor of distinguished persons , and having the assistance of tho best artiats , promises a brilliant attendance . It has boon arranged that tho mooting ot tho imu ™ Association for tho Advancement of Scionco is to commonco on tho 1 st Soptombor , at Bolfast . All tho Boctio ? n into which the Association divides itself for convomonco oi diHCuasion , will hold their sittings under ono root , tho oxcollont building of Quoon ' e Colfego , which , as w . . ' tho public buildings in Bolfast likoly to bo useful in tnw groat gathering of British soionco , has boon placed at inu disposal of thp managing committee . , , ¦ At a mooting of the friends and admirers ot Uio law Thomas Mooro , hold at Lanadowno-houso , on Tuesday lasj » W < v . » -urau rniifl fWwn TnrA filinrlnmnnt . stating Wiat , »« »
, provioufl mooting , it had boon resolved to erect a puu « u monument to tho memory of . tho poet in hia ; native cm , Dublin . It was thon resolved that a subacriptJon shot bo raiaed in Great Britain in furtherance of tho object , oh j tho following noblomon arid gontlomon wcro ftW ' " ™*' oommittoo to carry it out : — -Lords Lansdowne , CUiu-onu <" , Fortosouo , Wioklow , Carlisle , Sholburno , John Russell , an Montoaglo , and Messrs . Macaulay and Longman- J *»' Longman consontod to not as treasurer .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 19, 1852, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19061852/page/12/
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