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January ,24,1857.] TEE LEAPEB, 81
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NAVAL AND MILITARY. A Noble Reward-for a...
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Townsend Saward , the men accused of various extensive forgeries and frauds on . several banks , were again examined at the Mansion House on Wednesday , when a great many witnesses gave evidence more or less confirmatory of the statements of Attwell , the convict and approver . One of the witnesses haying said that he had often seen Saward " as a man about town , " that person , ¦ 1-rith great warmth , asked , " What made you take so much notice of me as to enable you to say that you have known me as a man about town ? " The -witness made no reply to this question , and Saward was proceeding to follow up his question , when he was prevailed upon by his solicitor to desist . Another remand for a week was agreed to .
Ah Opening for Destitute Boys . —An agriculturist has offered to take into his service the boy Lock , who last week stole & skittle-ball from sheer destitution , after trying in vain to get into the West London Union . The same gentleman also says that he will receive any other lads found destitute in the City of London . Lock , however , at present , is too ill to be remoYedfrom the Union , into which , as will be recollected , tie was finally admitted , after the matter had been taken up by Alderman Carden . Conflict with Poachebs .- —A desperate struggle between a gamekeeper and two poachers took place last
Sunday morning on the estate of Mr . A . R . Drummond , of Cadlands , Hampshire . Dean , the keeper , closed with one of the men , but was shot through the side , and fell . He crawled towards a mastiff which he had with him , unmuzzled the animal , and set him on Blow , the poacher who had fired the gun , and who now 3 hrieked for mercy . Tho keeper , though nearly exhausted , released the poacher , but the dog burst away , and again seized Blow . The beast was then securely muzzled by Dean ; and , assistance having arrived , the keeper wa 3 taken home , where he lies in a very precarious state . Blow , also , is not expected to recover . A man has beea arrested oa a charge of aiding Blow .
The Double Murder in ¦ Waiavorth . —Mrs . Martha Bacon , who is charged with the murder of her two children , was again examined on Wednesday at Lambeth . After her husband had been questioned with respect to the contradictory statements he had made to the police , the gaoler handed to Mr . Elliott , the magistrate , a paper which , the woman desired to have read . It ran thus : — " Sir , —I must confess lam an innocent person , and he who committed the dreadful deed is my husband ; and there was no money on the drawers . He took the little boy down stairs , put him in a chair , and there cut his throat . He then went up-stairs and cut the little baby's throat . —Martha Bacon . " The reading out loud of this statement caused a burst of horror
throughout the court , and Bacon , suddenly recoiling , would have fallen , bad he not been supported by the dock , in which he was standing . When order was in some degree restored , Mr . Elliott ordered Bacon into custody . He was at once taken to the police-station to be charged , and on his way there would have been killed by the mob but for the protection of the police . Having been brought back , the depositions , as far as they concerned him , were read over , and he was remanded . After his removal , Mr . Elliott gave directions to Mr . Inspector Young to write by that night ' s post to the authorities at Stamford , and state that it was his ( Mr . Elliott ' s ) -wish that the body of Bacon ' s mother , buried there last May twelve months , should be at once
exhumed , and subjected to a regular medical inquiry , as there were very strong reasons to suspect that she came unfairly by her death . It appeared that she dined with her son ( the prisoner ) on a certain Sunday , and was at once seized with illness , such as that produced bv the administration of arsenic , and that she died on the following Tuesday . Mrs . Bacon is also remanded . —Some further particulars cf the murders have been given to the gaoler by Mrs . Bacon . Her husband , she said , got up about six o ' clock , and lit the fire , leaving her in bed . She flaw him take the little boy down stairs , and , hearing the child cry , she jumped out of bed , thinking something shocking had happened , and saw her husband with a bloody knife in his right hand . He immediately
rushed at her , and made several cuts at her throat , and wounded her as she had been afterwards found , but she kept him off as well as she could , and caught hold of the wrist of his right hand , and in some measure overpowered him ; and it was while endeavouring to cut her throat that he cut his finger and inflicted the wound before spoken of . The knife he used , she . said , was one of tho two produced by tho officer on the first examination , and , after cutting tho throats of both children , and partly cutting her own , he wiped tho knife on a dishcloth , throwing the latter into a basin in which there waa no water . She adds that she screamed out , but to ¦ no purpose , and , after he left the house , she was so frightened that she did not know what to do .
A FiaHT with this Police . —A strange scene , arising out of tho disturbed stnto of Nottinsr-hill , occurred on Tuesday might . Several constables " were despatched to tho neighbourhood in the hope of bagging' several of tho burglars who infest tho locality . fho officers stationed themselves at Weatbonrno Tarktoad and Villas , in tho rear of some of tho houses . About three o ' clock , tho rattle of ono of the constables was hoard , a man having been seen to get over a wall at tho back of some premises . Tho other officer * went to
the spot , and had a severe struggle with the burglar who used a piece of iron "with great freedom . Eventually , he was secured , and near the spot were discovered several instruments of his craft . Another burglar was also apprehended after a fight . Much alarm was caused during the affray . Many gentlemen got up , and though only half-dressed , came out of their houses , and fired off pistols , to the danger of the police . One gentleman , who had a life-preserver , was about to strike a constable , who "was in plain clothes , as he was getting over a wall , bat happily all passed off without any casualty .
Embezzlement . —Henry Wulliam Scott , cashier to Messrs . Yeats , Acocks , and Co ., of Old Fish-street , provision merchants , was brought before the Lord Mayor , charged with having embezzled 250 ? ., the property of that firm . He has admitted , his embezzlements , and his fellow-clerk , whose name is Samuel Hardcastle , was committed to Newgate on Wednesday for trial for embezzling 78 / ., and other sums , the property of the firm , which had not been handed over to the caBhier . Scott was committed for trial on Thursday .
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January , 24 , 1857 . ] TEE LEAPEB , 81
Naval And Military. A Noble Reward-For A...
NAVAL AND MILITARY . A Noble Reward-for a Noble Action . —M . Edouard Pecher , Consul-General of the King of the Belgians at Rio Janeiro , has most munificently rewarded Henry Bath ., chief boatman of the Coastguard service , in charge of the St . Albaa ' s station , for his brave conduct in proceeding to the assistance of the Tyne , which ran aground last -week not far from Southampton . We append M . Pecker ' s letter to Captain Eden , Controller-General , Coastguard-office , London :- — " Sir , —I was passenger on board the Royal Mail'Steam-packet Company ' s steamer Tyne , Commander Valler . While the steamer was bumping violently on the beach , Henry Bath , chief boatman , Coastguard station , St . Alban ' s Head , came
on board to render assistance . On . seeing our critical position he might have returned immediately on shore , but lie remained with us , and all the passengers admired his manly behaviour . By his presence he gave confidence to all . I happened to be saved in the lifeboat steered by Henry Bath , and on reaching shore I promised him 500 ? . as a token of my admiration at his noble conduct and of my gratitude for the service he had rendered me . It is " my duty to add that this noble heart refused the sum I offered him , finding it too great , and out of proportion with the merit of his conduct ; but , knowing that he is the father of four children , I persevere the more in my first intention , and beg to inform you , Sir , that I have instructed my bankers ,
Messrs . Frederick Huth and Co ., in London , to pay to him , or to the Coastguard-office for account of Henry Bath , the said sum of 500 ? . I must add that the men rowing the boat which brought Henry Bath , on board the Tyne showed much courage and devotedness : they saved a great number of passengers , and the Coastguard-office may be proud of having such noble servants . I would in no manner have it that the expression of ray gratitude towards Henry Bath might appear as a sort of blame for worthy and respectable Captain Valler and his A-aliant officers . They and the crew did their duty manfully . The greatest order reigned on board , and never shall I think with , soreness ( sic ) on those courageous but unhappy men . "
Mutiny 02 * Board an American Ship at Liverpool . —Soon after ten o ' clock on Monday morning ( says a Liverpool correspondent of the Morning Post ) , the report of firearms was heard to proceed , from the American ship John L . Bogart , lying in the river , and cleared for sea ; shortly afterwards , a flag of distress was hoisted . The commander of the vessel , Captain Conway , who was on shore at the time , hastened to the American consul ' s office in order to procure assistance , and immediately afterwards proceeded on board . The consul at once communicated with . Mr . Clough , the indoor superintendent of police , and the latter despatched detective officers Scott and Eaton , with two others of that department , and they , taking with them ten other
officers , proceeded to board the sliip . On approaching the aide they perceived a regular battle going on on the deck , and even the bulwarks of the ship bore traces of the contest , being largely dabbled with blood . On going on board , the deck round the forecastle presented a horrible nppenrance , being covered witli pools of gore ; the men showed shocking proofs of savage treatment , and the first mate had his licad nearly cloven , and lay on the deck . One of the crew was in front of him , also on the floor of the ship , having been wounded in the thigh by a pistol fired at him , as he states , by the second mate . Tho officers immediately stayed the tumult , and then
proceeded to muko prisoners . Tho captain and officers charged tho crew with mutiny , and the latter accused the officers of brutally ill-treating them . Sixteen of the crew wore placed in custody for mutiny and injury to the officers ; and the second mate was arrested for shooting ; at and wounding James Christie , nn able seaman on board . —Two of the alloged mutineers * have been discharged by tho Liverpool magistrates ¦ a third hna been admitted to bail ( tho sureties being found by a gentleman , out of philanthropic feelings ) , and tho rest have been discharged , there being no cuso against them . It socma . that Bomo of tho met } wero fraudulently talcon into tho James L . liogurt , though they had shipped for
the Robin Hood ; and , when they complained , it would seem that they -were attacked . Gale at Malta . —There has been a very serere gale at Malta , only a day or two before the violent storms of wind which ravaged our own coasts . Several vesaela were wrecked , and some lives have been lost . Loss of the Asia . —The Lloyd ' s steamer Asia , on her way from Trieste to Constantinople , -was lost off Velona , on the coast of Albania , on the 12 th inat . The passengers , mailbags , and remittances , were saved . Outrages by Discharged Artillerymen . Several
artillerymen , some of very doubtful character , have recently been discharged from the service , and outrages have in consequence been of common occurrence . , On Tuesday night , a party of six , all of whom -wore the uniform of gunners of the Royal Artillery , attacked a private of one of the field batteries stationed at the cantonment at the extremity of Woolwich-common , and robbed him . of the contents of his pocket—namely , 5 s . lOd . and a pocket-knife . The poor fellow reached his quarters with much difficulty , his head and face presenting a frightful spectacle .
Reward and Punishment . —A presentation of silver medals and a money gratuity was made on Wednesday at Chatham to two colour-sergeants , one corporal , and one private , of the Royal Marines , for long service and meritorious conduct . This was done in the presence of all the troops ; and Colonel Philips , the commandant , having addressed them , fastened the medal to each man ' s breast . —On the same morning , at Woolwich , a , gunner belonging to the 12 th battalion Royal Artillery was drummed out of the service for stealing a comrade ' s boots and other disgraceful conduct , for which he had previously received fifty lashes . He will also > be imprisoned for six months . When in the Crimea , he received corporal punishment for stealing a horse .
Miscellaneous. The Court.—The Queen And ...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —The Queen and Prince continued ) receive the best accounts of the health of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred from Geneva , wheTe he has beea residing for some weeks . Theb ; Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Nemours , the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury , the Earl and Countess of Derby , the Right Hon . Sir George and Lady Grey , and Lieutenant-General Sir George Bowles , arrived on Wednesday afternoon on a visit to her Majesty . —The second dramatic performance at the Castle took place on Thursday evening , when the performances consisted of Our Wife , or the Rose of Amiens , and Deaf as a Post .
The Adulteration of Flour and Bread .- —The Lancet has just commenced a new series of reports under the old title of the "Analytical Sanitary Commission on the Adulteration of Food and Medicine . " That contained in the Lancelot the 17 th inst . is upon the adulteration of flour and bread . It appears that there is an article in common and daily use by bakers denominated " Cones , " or Cones' flour ; " this , when genuine , consists entirely of the flour of a particular kind of wheat , denominated " Rivit wheat . " It is used by bakers to dust the boards upon which the dough is made into bread , as -well as the dough itself , the object being to prevent the dough from adhering to the boards , or the loaves to each other ; but it is likewise emploved for other purposes . Of
twentytwo samples of Cones' flour subjected to examination , five only were genuine , and the other seventeen adulterated , consisting of mixtures of rice , bean , barley , rye flour , and Indian corn meal , together with , in one or two cases , salt and alum . Cones' flour is , therefore , subject to an enormous amount of adulteration , the object of the various additions made to it being to cheapen the artiele as well as to adapt it for adulteration . That Cones' flour is frequently employed in the adulteration of bread is shown in some enses by the character of some of the adulterations to which it is subject , as those by admixture with bean flour , alum , and salt . Now , bean flour is actually of a more glutinous nature than pure wheat flour of good quality , and therefore its presence in Cones" flour tends
to unfit it for the . very purpose for which it is alleged that it is designed . Some bakers have even acknowledged to the employment of Cones ' flour for the purpose of adulteration . In the article Cones * flour , prepared by the miller .- ) , bakers ( states the report ) " are furnished with a material avowedly wheat flour , but winch , consisting of mi xturcs of different and cheaper flours , is in overy way suited for tho adulteration of bread , and that it is extensively used for this purpose cannot be doubted . The public know nothing of this article ; tho master bakers themselves arc ignorant of its real composition ; while the journeyman , in most cases , when ho adds , by his master ' s directions , a bushel of Conca to a sack of flour , has no idea that he is adulterating the bread . "Times .
Mir Bishop ok Expon . —Tho confirmation of tho election of tho Rev . R . Bickcrstcth , D . D ., tho newlyappointed Bishop of Ripon , took place nt York Cathedral last Siiturdaj ' , with tho accustomed ceremonies . Paul BicoFoni ) on Danokiv-Signaia—Tho popular favourite of ' tho gods' who frequent the Parnassus of tho Adclphi has stepped out of his usual paths to make A suggestion to the Times on tlio subject of dangcr-flujnals on railways—a suggestion which , ho says , arose from the saving of a ship and crow , at the back of tho Isle of Wight , by tho burning of bluo lights and tho firing of ailarni rockets , This contrivance uo conceives
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 24, 1857, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24011857/page/9/
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