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174 THE LEADER. [No. 309, Saturday,
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THE PEACE. Toe Conferences will open on ...
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PUBLIC MEETINGS. THE HUME TESTIMONIAL. A...
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OUR CIVILISATION. MURDER, OF A GIRL BY A...
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Lords Cardigan And Lucan. Lord Cardigan ...
succeeded in stabling all their horses , when in the French army at the same time , whatever may have since happened , not one horse was under cover . " In answer fct > an accusation made by the Commissioners , touching an interview he had with Colonel Griffiths , commander of the Scots' Greys , Lord Lucan relates that , after the storm of the 14 th of November , 1854 , Colonel Griffiths visited his lordship , and complained to him that hia men and horses were greatly suffering . Forniany days -previous to this , Lord Lucan had been in constant communication with Lord Raglan and the Quartermaster-General , representing to them both the miseries that the horses were then undergoing , and strenuously urging them to endeavour to place the beasts
in more comfortable quarters . His Lordship adds that , before any stables could be built , the establishment of a permanent winter camp would have to be decided upon , " which would depend upon the state of the siege of Sevastopol , and the means of defence Lord Raglan had at his disposal to protect the rear of his position . Both Lord Raglan and General Canrohertfelt that they could not spare the cavalry at that time , and detained them accordingly . " It was determined , however , at the end of ten days , to fix a permanent winter camp in the neighbourhood of Kadikoi . lord Lu « an accuses Colonel Griffiths of . using disrespectful language to him on receiving his answer to fclte complaint about the sufferings of hia men and horses , in eon . equence of which his lordship threatened ip place the colonel under arrest if he persisted in addressnig . him in that manner . "If Colonel Griffiths
lu his evidence ( writes Lord Lucan ) intended to say th & t he was threatened with arrest for expressing any anxiety about his horses , and not on account of his disrespectful manner in the conversation which follo ^ ecL ; he has stated that which is as unworthy of him as it is Untrue . At this time , no horse of nay own , of niy staS , nor do I believe of any of the regimental pfncers / was stabled . " His Lordship rather warmly censui-es Colonel Tulloch and Sir John M'JS ' eil ] , especially the latter , for forming hasty judgments , and casting upon him . imputations without investigating whether they were well founded or not ; and he says in conclusion : — " I think it my duty to tender myself as a witness . No officer , so far as the Cavalry Division is concerned , can speak with equal knowledge and autho-; ii'b y of all the circumstances and facts , arid this report mjist continue very incomplete without my evidence . "
174 The Leader. [No. 309, Saturday,
174 THE LEADER . [ No . 309 , Saturday ,
The Peace. Toe Conferences Will Open On ...
THE PEACE . Toe Conferences will open on Monday . The PlenijROtentkiies continue to arrive , and the political world holds its breach with expectation . Count Camillo Rensode-Caywii ^ representing Sardinia > reached Paris 6 tt : ] Fnday . ' \ vree ^ Count Orloff arrived on : Thursday night , and AaliPacha has reached Marseilles . The Sa ^ diman ; envoys will attend on an equal footing with those of Austria ; and the Plenipotentiaries will sit in ijhe ^ prder . suggested by the alphabetical sequence of their countries—Count WalewsM presiding . The Porte , it is stated _ , will / demand that the Principalities shall remain distinct , while admitting for each of them the establishment of a hereditary Hospodar . Lord Clarendon is reported to be very well satisfied with the French Eniperor ; and matters for the present look smooth . The fear that France is inclined to
peace at any sacrifice , hns also been in some measure dispelled by a significant press iticident . The Debats Published a strong pro-Russian article , showing that we cannob demand the destruction o" Niqholaieff , because it is not on the Black Sea . To this , the Siecle replied by arguing that "it is not only the shores of the Black Sea that are to be liberated , but the Black Sea itself is to be emancipated , and , above all , the Ottoman Empire is to be placed beyond attack . " Thesejjbj eels , it contends , cannot be effected unJee ^ tha Bug be closed ; and the closing of the Bug * £ ill ye a mere mockery , if Nioholaieff " remain erect with jibs menacing arsenals . " This article created much talk ; and still greater wa 3 the sensation when the Monitew reproduced it .
Baron Bruno w , since his arrival in Paris , has admitted , says Rumour , that Russia stands in need of ppaco . The Czar has just given his approbation to the fouagefc of tho navy . It is remarked that it ia only those portions of it which apply to the ports of the Baltioy the White Sea , and the Caspian Sea , that are provided for . The ports of the Black Sea and the Soa of Azofare not mentioned in the budget . Soino diplomatic papers , jnst published , show that Austria haa done her beet to introduce Prussia , into the . Conferences . Count Buol , in writing on the 20 th of January to Count Esterhaay at Berlin , says , spoakm . * lxo directions given to the Austrian ministers atitfaria and London with respeot to the approaching peacoi ^ ogotjations :- — "We , on our part , also coneiaeiwMtou . 1 ? duty , in submitting these oonjwiuniootions i ? ^' " von Hubnox- and Count Gollorado , to direct
3 \&& ' P P ° ao to *&« cabinets of Paris and London + 7 * 5 ^^ W to Prussia on the part of thothreo powers * toJ &?^ tUe Conferences . Wo lml l not fail ToS ? iur ^ ^ thifl oourao of proceeding , and Tm ^ Z ^ " ^ certainty on -lbs being adopted , as
SUICIDE OFJVIR . JOHN SADLEIR , M . P . The body of Mi * . John Sadleir , M . P . for Sligo , was discovered on Sunday morning on a small mound on Hampstead Heath near the Jack Straw ' s Castle Tavern . It waa first perceived by a donkey-driver , who informed the police . Lying by his side , the officers discovered a silver cup , together with a largesized bottle , marked " Poison ; " and in his pockets they found money , in gold aend note 3 , a case containing two razors , several lumps of sugar , which he had probably intended to take with the poison , and a slip ofjpaper containing his name and address written in a firm hand— -the latter apparently placed there with a view to the body being identified . The bottle which
had contained the poison was not only labelled in several places , but the leather covering over the stopper was written thrice across with the same word . Mr . Sadleir was at his club ( where nothing peculiar in his manner was noted ) till half-past ten on Saturday night ; after which he went to his residence in Gloucester-square , Hyde-paxk , ordered some coffee , and sat drinking it , while his servants went to bed . From the appearance of the bed-clothes , it is certain that he did not go to bed that night , but must have walked up towards Hampstead , and put an end to his existence . He was largely concerned with the Tipperary Joint-Stock Bank , which has failed ; and this appears to have been the cause of suicide .
% From the inquest which has been opened ( but which stands adjourned till next Monday ) it appears that Mr . Sadleir , about seven o ' clock on Saturday evening , gave the butler a paper on -which was written : — " Get from MaitLand ' s a bottle of the essential oil of bitter a lnxonds ; I don't know the quantity wianted , but—but Kenyon writes to me to bring £ 1 worth . Pay my bill at Maitland ' s . " Kenyon was stated by a gentleman present to be Mr . Sadleir ' s groom ^ andtohave . the careof his stud of hunting horses at Leighton Buzzard . Mr . Maitland was a chemist and druggist . Mr . Sadleir subsequently inquired about the poison , and it was at length brought by the kitchen maid , with " a notefromMr . Maitland ' s assistant , request
ingMi \ Sadleirnot toletitlie about . Theamountinquantity wasabout half a pint . In the course of the evening , a letter to Mrs . Sadleir , a cousin of Mr . Sadleir , directed to Clonmel , was put in the post by the kitchen-maid . As late as eleven o ' clock on Saturday night , Mr . N ~ orris , s solicitor who was very intimate with Mr . Sadleir , called on him , and found him haggard and excited , with bloodshot eyes , and an appearance of great restlessness , as if he was borne down with excess of business . He also seemed to have been weeping , and he frequently put his hand to his head .
On going to hia house on Sunday morning , Mr . Norris found a letter for himself ; but he did not produce it on the inquest . The surgeon-who made the post-mortem examination said he took about two ounces of oil of almonds from . the stomach of Mr . Sadleir . Embedded in thecoatsof the stomach were numerous black particles , which he believed to be powdered opium . There was a degree of congestion of some of the organs ; but for the most part they were healthy . The inquiry was adjourned , that tho letter to Mrs . Sadleir might be produced .
In tho course of the inquest , Mr . Maitland remarked that the essential oil of almonds is sold by every confectioner in the kingdom ; to which Mr . Wakley the coroner , rejoined : — - '' A pleasant reflection for those who eat confectionery . Some custards that I have seen i know have eontaned the essential oil of bitter almonds in poisonous quantities . "
Public Meetings. The Hume Testimonial. A...
PUBLIC MEETINGS . THE HUME TESTIMONIAL . A crowded meeting of uoblemon and gentlemen , momberB of both brauchos of tho Legislature , took place on Saturday at Willis's Rooms , to consider tho best moans that could be adopted for raising a fitting memorial to tho late Josej )!* Hume . Earl Forteaoue was in tho chair . Tho meeting was addressed by Lord Panmuro , Sir Bonj . Hall , M . P ., Mr . Wall ( Secretary to the Working Men ' u Hume Memorial Association ) , Colonel Sykbs , "tho Duke of Somerset , Mr . Ewart , M . . P ., Mr . Edward Ellico , M . P ., Lord Hatherton , Earl Granvillo , Lord Robert Grosvonor , M . P ,, and Mr . William Williams , M . P . Ifc was decided that a subscription , limited to sums not exceeding £ 10 for each Biibsoribor , should bo opened for the erection of
some publio monument to Mr . Hume , and that a copy of the resolutions should l ) o forwarded to tho chairman of the Working Men's Committee upon the salfro subject , with tho expression of a liopo of their union and oo-oporation . Several noblemen and gentlemen wore named an members of thoooinmittoe , with power to add to thoir number . In tho couvbq of hia address , Six * Joshua Walnxsloy said it had boon abated at another public mooting , with respeot to the Humo Testimonial , that Mr . Humo had Bought , or covofcod tho offico of Privy Councillor . This , Sir Joshua Bald , ho was in a poaition to deny . Mr . Ewarfc remarked , that ho , in common with many other members of tho Houbq of ComiuonH , had boon under a . n impression that a monument within tho wiiIIm of tho House would bo ereotod to thoir lmnontqd friend . Ho might
perhaps be allowed to add that he trusted the day waa not far distant when they would see the great hall at Westminster surrounded by the statues of those who have deserved well of their country . —At this , a voice in the body of the meeting exclaimed , " And Cromwell among them . "
Our Civilisation. Murder, Of A Girl By A...
OUR CIVILISATION . MURDER , OF A GIRL BY A WOMAN . The homicidal niania continues , and the week j ust concluded has brought to light a murder of a very singular character . Charles Somner , an engraver , aged twenty-nine , and Celestina Somner , las wife , aged twenty-six , resided in Linton-street , Islington ; and , about four o ' clock last Sunday afternoon , Inspector Hutton and Sergeant Townshend went to this house , in consequence of information they Lad received , and asked the servant girl who opened the door the name of her master and mistress , of which they were then ignorant . Being informed , they proceeded into the passage , and , at that moment , Mrs . Somner came up the kitchen stairs and asked what they wanted . The policemen replied that they would tell her after they had looked into her cellar ; on which she exclaimed , " Good God ! what do you want to do that for V At that moment , Mr . Somner came out of the parlour , and received similar answers to the questions he put . The police , in company with the man and woman , then went down to the kitchen ; a light was procured , and Sergeant Townshend went into the cellar underneath the street pavement . The inspector remained in the kitchen , and shortly afterwards the sergeant returned , saying " It is quite light ; tlie body is there . " On going into the cellar , the inspector saw the dead body of a female child , tyith its throat cut , and quite dead . The woman was then told she must consider herself in
custody on suspicion of the niurder ; to which she rejoined , "Me ? I did not do it ; I know nothing about it . " After a short pause , she added , "Oh , yes , I heard a noise outside the area railings last night ; but , " she continued , addressiug her husband , " . I did not tell you , dear , as I thought it would make you timid . " The woman and her husband were removed to the station-house , and a search was subsequently made at their dwelling , where an old black gown , a lucifer-match box , a pair of women ' s stockings , and the pillow of the bed on which the servant
girl slept , were found spotted with blood . The woman , on being taken into the searching room at the station-house , said , " What do you bring me here for ? Is it to search me ? " She -vyas told yes , and then added , " Oh dear ! that foolish girl has been talking . I have a cellar in niy house without a . plate . A girl was found there , stabbed with a knife . I c « iuuot think how she came there , for my house was fastened up at ton o ' clock last ( Saturday ) night . " While the woman waa searching , she discovered that the petticoat of Mrs . Soniner was covered with blood . This
tho prisoner explained by saying , "I am subject to bleading from my nose . I use my petticoat to it . My husband can tell you that lie lent mo a silk handkerchief . " Somner and his wife were examined at tho Clovken well police-office on Monday , whon the man was discharged , and the woman was remanded tilL next Monday . Tho evidence of tho servant girl who lived in the house—Rachael Mont , about fifteen years of age—was so extraordinaxy that it must bo given entire . She said : —
"lama servant-girl , living in tho houso N ~ o . 18 , Linton-strcet , LI ugtou . I went into tho service on the 15 th of last Septombor . On Saturday niyUt my midtross went out about ton o'clock , but beioro who did so sho canto and said I was to go to bed . I did not go to bed , but sat up making myself « n apron . That was in the kitchen . After my miatross hud boon out flomo time , I hoard the koy put into tho ntroot door , and then I put out tho caudlo and gut into bod . I hoard my mistress como into the passage , iiucl she hod a person with her . Sho came to tho tup of tho stairs and said , ' Aro you abed , Rachel V I mado no answer . Sho then wont up-staira , and afterwards oamo down and drow tho Idtchon blind down . Sho thon left tho lutchou , and said to a little ^ irl , ' Como down horo . ' Tho , girl did ho , and thon my mistress
wont into the collar and told tho girl to cuino to hor , but tho girl stopped at tho lutohon door . Miatross aaicL' Como horo ; what aro you afraid of V They both oamo into the kitchen . Tho girl thon mud , ' 1 um not afraid , but it is a strange plaao to me —J Iihto not boon horoboforo . ' They thon wont out , into llm aroa , whon tho Httlo girl uaid , ' Somo one wivuln to u-ut my throat j' whomny mistress mud , ' Suppimo 1 wnntoout it't' Tho girl said , « Oh , you aro going to kill mV and thon oallod out ' Murder ! ' This who culled out wovoral tlinoB , and Haid , ' Tho Devil will taku you ; tlio Dovi . 1 will take you ; you -will kill mo : you will kill » no ; } am dying ; I tun dyingi' Tho girl thon raudu u horrid noiso , oh if aho wan breathing hard , and my mintronn aaid ' Hunh . I' uovor . il timow . JMy njiwtroHH then put Uio oandlo out , oamo into tho kltohon and walked » ip wid
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 23, 1856, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23021856/page/6/
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