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The French and German Socialists at New ...
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An Electric Telegraph Is Now Being Laid ...
site , for a new metropolitan cattle market , without due inquiry being previously made as to its fitness as regards the public health . Mr . Secretary Walpole said he had already given his consent to the site in consequence of the representation made to him by the Corporation of London , and upon the belief that nothing more than his nominal consent was required . If the memorialists could induce the corporation to reconsider the matter , he would also bo most happy to entertain any objections which might be raised . The London . Philanthropic Society held its anniversary festival at the London Tavern on Tuesday . The chair was taken by Lord Stanley . This Society was established in the year 1841 , for the object of providing the poor with bread and coals throughout the metropolis , each subscriber
being supplied with tickets for these articles . The Chairman , in proposing " Prosperity to the Society , " quoted a statement that he had met with , that the various metropolitan charities have among them a fixed income of 750 , 000-7 per annum , and that , in addition to this sum , they receive casually above 1 , 000 , 000 / . annually . His lordship remarked that this amounted to the revenue of a second-rate European power , and was sufficient to maintain an army of sixty thousand men . He proceeded to state that he found that of this gross sum , the provision for the aged and the infirm amounts to little short of a quarter of a million ; medical relief , by voluntary contributions , little short of another quarter of a million ; the sum for education and religion exceeds a million ; and the remaining quarter of a million is applied to miscellaneous purposes .
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The French And German Socialists At New ...
The French and German Socialists at New York en . tertained M . Cabet at a banquet on the 8 th inst . Judge Betts of New York has confirmed the decision of Commissioner Brigham respecting Kaine , the Irishman , accused of murder in Ireland , and whose extradition was demanded by the British Government , and consented to by the _^ Commissioner . _Wenave advices from Boston of a destructive conflagration at Montreal . The fire burst out at 9 a . m . on the 8 th , in a small building at the corner of St . Lawrence and St .
Catherine-streets , extending its ravages through the latter to St . Denis-street , and destroying in its progress a number of buildings in St . Constance , Mignone , and Elizabethstreets . In these localities some 300 dwellings were consumed , including Cornwall-terrace , the Bishops' Church , tho palace in St . Denis-street , Viger-square , the market , and the cattle market . Up to 4 a . m . on the 9 th , the fire was still raging : and if was rumoured , that the barracks , officers' quarters , the Hayes-house , Donegana ' s Hotel , the theatre , and Dalhousie-square had been destroyed .
A Large Range Of Cowhouses At Hampstead,...
A large range of cowhouses at Hampstead , belonging to Mr . Pickett , were _jmrtly burned down on Monday morning . During the tempest of Friday night , the tower and spire of Woolpit Church , in Suffolk , ' were almost destroyed . Mr . Blacklock , one of the sufferers in the disastrous railway accident in the Claycross tunnel , in 1851 , lias _brousht . an action against the Midland Railway Company , and obtained 800 ? . damages . On Friday , the 16 th inst ., the Viyilant revenue cutter captured , off the Isle of Shoppy , a large river skiff , filled with half ankers of foreign spirits of Geneva and brandy , 84 in number .
During the thunder-storm in the south of England on Friday last ; the lightning entered the Electric Telegraph office at Southampton on the wires , and played round the instruments in such an alarming manner that tho telegraph clerks rushed from the ofiice in a fri ght . A man died from ihe pressure of the atmosphere the same night in Birdcage-walk . In Ihe afternoon of that same Friday , the heat was so great that it fired ( he grass on the side of the . 'Hull ' s Pond embankment , of the . India Dock railway , running from Blackwall fo Camden Town . We learn from Corfu , under dale of Ihe Oth of July , that fhe smallpox had nianif ' esled itself in ihal , island , and wa . s making much ravage , chiefly among- the lower classes . There had been as many as two hundred cases reported in tho course of a few days .
Ihe Pacha of lOgypt has put on board the Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s steamship the Itipou , Captain Moresby , several lions and panthers , besides some very envious _soid rare animals from the Nubian desert , as a _present to the London Zoological Society . A cricket mutch was commenced on Wednesday , at Copenhagen House , between the Albion nnd United Amateur's Clubs , but was broken off about two o ' clock , by a member of the . former club , Mr . . lohn Dewdney , suddenly falling down , just , as he was about , to run after having made his lirst , stroke . He died in a few minutes . He was about < $ ( ) years of age , and was much rospeclcd by the members of his club . He had suffered from a sun-stroke during the last week . Then * i . s n * i doubt that he died from disease of tho heart .
The Yachting Season Has Commenced At The...
The Yachting season has commenced at the various _stations with great i-tdat . This week t ho h ' oyal Victoria Yacht Club have held ( heir Regalia . On the first day , Tuesday , the 50 / . Cup for _siuall-class / schooners , was sailed for by the llianca , J'riueess O / t / a , and _lA'slal . The last named gave up the contest when it threatened to become a drifling-niafcb ; and the llianca was the winner by an hour and eleven minutes . On Wednesday , the only match was for a 50 / . cup for cutter-yachts ol' any Royal Club , of 20 tons , or above , being under ftO feel in length : the course , what is called the V ictoria < 'ourso , about 2 _f > miles , round the Nab , fhe ( ailshof Lightship , and the UraiublcH . Three vessels entered-1 \ Ml _# Ij « J Owners . Tons . rT % _^ _W _^ n T . i - tnd . / . N . Wanhill , _Vmt [ _VH . ... _^ SBB _^ _WWv , W . XI . W oodh ouac . _Eno _- , waa _cntcivd ,
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but did not arrive in time for the start , when the committee allowed the Antagonist to be substituted for her . The race between the two former was very excitingthe Sea Serpent winning by one minute and 15 seconds only . The entries for the Queen ' s 100 Guinea Cup were—Yachts . Owners . Tons . Vestal B . G . Rowles , Esq . 74 Mosquito Lord Londesborough 50 America Lord de Blaquiere ... _„ 180 Princess Olga .. Thos . Rutherford , Esq . 102 Brilliant G . H . Ackers , Esq 393 Aurora Le Marchant Thomas , Esq 48 _Zephyretta H 7 B . Webster , Esq 180 The course round the Isle of Wight . The America arrived only a few days since from a winter cruise in the Mediterranean . The abstract of her
log , sent by her owner to the Times , is the best testimony to her sailing and seaworthy qualities ; and is an example to our yachtsmen who hug the shores of the Solent .
Daniel Ward, A Clerk In The General Mana...
Daniel Ward , a clerk in the General Manager s office of the Eastern Counties Railway , left London by that railway on the 5 th of this month , at five minutes past eleven . As the train was about to stop at the Broxbourne station , he jumped upon the platform , but in consequence of the train being still in motion he fell on to the rails , and the carriages passed over his left leg , and fractured it horribly . He was conveyed to the London Hospital , and the leg was amputated , but he died on the 18 th inst . from exhaustion and secondary hemorrhage . A jury have returned a verdict , of " Accidental death . "
An engine driver , named Stanley , got off the Saturday evening train , at the Gobomen station , on the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway . While the stoker was putting in a fresh supply of water , Stanley put his arm through one of the wheels , to ascertain whether a portion of the machinery inside had become overheated . Suddenly the train was shunted down an inclined plane , and Stanley's arm was torn off and his heart torn out , and thrown on the road . An inquest was held , and a verdict returned of " Accidental death . "
Daniel Walter , the man who so singularly and wantonly murdered an old lady , named Fox , at Sawley , in Derbyshire , and who declared that his name was Caesar , who went about half-naked , and behaved in a very extravagant manner , has been found guilty of wilful murder by a jury at Derby , with a recommendation to mercy , on the ground of imbecility . Mr . Justice Coleridge commented with great severity upon the conduct of the officers of the Ashby Union for aliowing the prisoner to go at large after the caution they had received .
The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the three persons who were drowned last week at Blackfriars-bridge , was resumed on Tuesday . The evidence given was slightly contradictory on some points , but on the whole went to prove that those in charge of the shallop were incapable of properly managing it , and that its overturning was in great measure attributable to the persons in it standing up . At the same time , there did not appear sufficient ground for attributing any negligence to Maddox , in the management of the steamer , which was proved to have been stopped before the collision . The jury gave the following as their verdict : — " Accidental death ; at the same time the jury are unanimously of opinion that a sufficient look-out was not kept on board tho steamer , and recommend that in future arrangements be made by tho steamboat company that will secure the public from accidents as far as possible , during the present crowded state of the
river . " Richard Roe and Frances Roe wero tried at the Winchester assizes on the 19 th of this month , before Mr . Baron Piatt , for the murder of Alfred Roc . A coroner ' s jury had previously investigated the circumstances , and returned a verdict , of murder ; but the indictment for this crime was ignored b y the grand jury . The child was six years old ; Richard Roe was his father , and married I ' rances , fhe step-mother of the child , in last March . It was proved that the child had been for some time in a state of debility , and had died in a very emaciated condition . There wero several marks of severe bruises , but it seemed that , these might have been occasioned by falls . The two surgeons Avho gave evidence could not decide upon fJw . .. nun ., _., r iiu . .. _liil . _l'r . . _lffitli . One of ihotu considered
that his emaciation was caused by the want oi sufucient food , but the other inclined t <> Mm opinion that bo had had nuitable nourishment . Koine of the neighbours stated that the child bad begged food of them , anil that he had been cruelly treated , and one of them , who lived next door , had heard blows through the wall day after day . There seemed sufficient evidence that fhe child was of dirty habits . A servant girl , who had lived with the prisoners for two days , but whose evidence was very contradictory , stated that the child had had no food from " early one morning- fill seven o ' clock the next evening . Mr . Baron Piatt said he thought they could not convict the male prisoner , since , having provided ( sufficient food , he was not responsible for the mot tier ' s neglect in administering that food to the child . As regarded the woman , if the jury believed the evidence , they must lind a verdict against her . The jury returned a verdict , of Not , ( _luiltti as to both prisoners .
Thomas Witcher , a builder in the Westminster-road , was indicted at fhe Middlesex sessions on Wednesday , for assaulting George Thomas M inor , a linen-draper of Soinerstown , and also for beating and wounding him . Minor Hinted that his wife had come home one morning a little after one o ' clock , in a cab with Witcher . On their arrival , Minor rushed out , and found Witcher and the lady much excited with drink . Minor had succeeded in getting his wife inside his house , when Witcher rushed up to the door and insisted on entering . A _houIHo ensued , in which Mr . Minor received a blow on the mouth and one on tho chest . The latter then ( railed a policeman , and gave Witcher into custody . The policeman Hinted that he found Minor bleeding al , the mouth . The cabman entirely contradicted Minor ' a _ntuvomont . but tho jury _discredited hia evidence ,
Daniel Ward, A Clerk In The General Mana...
and found Witcher guilty of the assault . The _Assi t Judge strongl y reprobated the conduct of the cabmn '" committing wilful perjury , and of the defendant in 6 yLZ ing him , and sentenced the latter to three months ™* " pnsonment . Joseph Brown , a policeman , was tried " the same day , for an assault and an attempt to viol *?* Elizabeth Smith , a girl of twenty years of age . She _statiri that , about a quarter to nine , on the 20 th of June she _w *« sent out by her mistress , Mrs . Morgan , of Maida Hill o her way she met the prisoner , and asked which was ft Finchleyrroad . After giving her two or three false d ire tions , he went with her some distance , pretending to sho " her the way . He then put his arm round her waist and on her praying him . to let her go , he seized her bv tt
_. wrists and dragged her to the gate of an empt y Bouse where he committed the assault . When she screamed h ' threatened to murder her . She resisted , but he was ' too powerful for her . She tried unsuccessfull y to mark Ha face . She at last got away from him , and ra n till s he found a cab , when she drove home . She swore positively to the identity of the prisoner . Mrs . Morgan , and Mrs Wood , who resided at the house of the former , confirmed part of her evidence , and testified as to her disordered an . pearance on her arrival at home . A surgeon gave evidence that the capital offence had not been committed . Tie prisoner had a good character from his inspector . Th «
jury gave a verdict ot guilty , with a recommendation to mercy on account of the prisoner ' s previous good conduct . The Assistant-Judge agreed with the verdict , and _seai tenced the prisoner to four months' imprisonment .
The Following Charm Was Practised A Few ...
The following charm was practised a few weeks since in the village of Newport , Essex , on a poor lad subject to epileptic fits . Nine sixpences were procured from nine virgins ( " for which they were to be neither asked nor thanked" ); the money was then made into a ring , which the child wore ; but with no satisfactory result , possibly from some flaw in the primary condition . _—JTrom "Notes and Queries . " A correspondent of the Daily News says , that the staff of the Tithe Office amounted at one time to 130 officials , consisting of commissioners , clerks , and surveyors . At the present tune it does not amount to a tenth of that number . There are three commissioners , with salaries of 1500 / . a-vear each . Owing to a personal quarrel among- them , one
of them at one time never went near the office for three or four years . Another of the commissioners is absent about six months in the year , personally superintending a pottery which he possesses in the west of England . A short time since the Government ordered a reduction of the staff of the Tithe-office , and after it was done the commissioners assured the clerks who were retained , that no further alteration would take place . To the surprise of the latter , however , a short time afterwards their salaries were considerably reduced . Many who had worked hard for a series of years , and whose salaries had been raised from 80 / . to 200 _Z . a-year , found them reduced to 150 _? . ; a
respectful memorial was addressed to the commissioners , but no redress was obtained , and nearly all the clerks resigned . Not the slightest reduction has taken place in the commissioners' salaries , nor have the labours been increased . Soon after the resignation of the clerks some of them wero solicited to return , as it was found then services could not be dispensed with . The conduct of the Tithe Commissioners will be brought before Parliament next session . The whole of the tithe documents , which have cost tho country a million of money , are now so carelessly attended to that they will shortly be seriously injured , if not wholly destroyed .
Electricity has lately been applied successfully in killing whales . The invention is duo to a Bremen gentleman named Heineken . He sent out a ship last July , having on board three rotation machines of various sizes , in order to ascertain the degree of power necessary to secure sperm or right whales ; ono machine containing one magnet , another four , and another fourteen . Captain Georken , in a letter dated New Zealand , Dec . Ill , 1851 , writes as follows : " The first experiment wo made with tho now invention was upon a shark , applying tho electricity from tho machine with one magnet . Tho fish , after being struck , instantly turned over on its side , and after wo had poured in upon him a stream of electricity for a few momonlH , by turning the lia »« u <> _«* c t > _i » o _xnaahiv _* _Uw _« ij » tx _bwwmi ' " _ns a piece of wood . Wo next fell in with a bluckfi . sh . As hooti nn tbe whale-iron was thrown into him and the
machine handle turned tho fish began to sink . The operator then ceased turning tho machine , and the fish immediately rose , when the machine was again set in motion , upon which the fish lay stiff on the surface of tho wator , and was taken idongaido of tho whip . At thin Hint ) we wade use of the i ' our-mugnet machine . We saw sperm and other _whules , and lowered our boats , but were unsuccessful in getting fast to them , as they disappeared on our approaching them ; while at all other times tho weather wu _«
too boisterous to permit iih to lower our boats . Thus we had but one chance to try the experiment upon a whale , which was made with the four-magnet machine . The whale , upon being struck , made one dash onward , then turned on his side , and was rendered perfectly powerless . Although I hnve , as yel , not been fortunate enough to _teiit the invention in more instances , I have the fullest confidence in the name , and doubt not to be able to report the most astonishing results on my return from tho Arctic _hc iih , where 1 mil now bound . " _Siminol ' nur renders will
doubtless remember that Franklin killed small animals hy fn " find , experiments with the electric fluid . It has taken seventy years to atop from chickens to whales !
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It appears from a return just issued , that the surp lus public income over tho expenditure was in 1849 2 , 0 I ) 8 , 12 (>/ _- ; m 1850 , 2 , 578 , 801 )/ . ; ami in 1851 , 2 , 72 <) , ; ... ( i / . A return obtained from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners , by Sir Benjamin Hull , was printed on Tuesday , from which it appears that the incomes assigned to the bishop " are as follow :---The Archbishop of Canterbury , 15 , 000 _? . ; the Archbishop of York , 10 , 000 / . ; the _Hishopof Durham , t ) 000 / .: _Biuhop of Bath _mul Wollw , 00001 , ; tho Biahup ol
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Leader (1850-1860), July 24, 1852, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24071852/page/12/
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