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Leader (1850-1860), 24th September 1853, Edition Country of 2, Page 10, 922 THE LEADER. [Saturday,

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      C It Iminal It K C O R 1) . Tina Maid-Se...

      admit the body of a child . A person of small stature was lifted through ' the hole , and opened the outer door . The thieves , having obtained admission into the parlour , forced open an inner door and thus got into the shop . Their subsequent conduct is inexplicable . They were literally surrounded by valuable property of the most easily portable nature , spread out in tempting array , and yet not a tithe of it did they , in the least disturb . They " stole from the shop window 19 silver and 12 gold watches , a tray of gold

      seals , keys , and chains , and containing upwards of 60 gold pencil-cases ; and another tray bearing a gold bracelet , three carbuncle drops , and a quantity of gold brooches . Several rows of watches equal in value to those taken away were allowed to iem ^ u in the window . In the money drawer , which was not locked , there was a sum of 61 . in silver . That also was left untouched . The burglars conducted their operations so adroitly that none of the inmates of the house were disturbed , and they got away from the premises unobserved .

      Mrs . Catherine Grieve , a lady of fortune living at Camberwell , came home drunk , and then took a pint of gin . She fell on her face on the bed , and was suffocated , being too drunk to get up . In the cottage she occupied there formerly lived a foreigner , who cut the throats of" his three children arid then cut his own . So that the little cottage has two tales of horror attached to it . The Globe—evening organ ' of the Ministry and of the Chelsea Ghost—should take possession of the place . A young woman named Brown went to Surgeon

      Hamilton , 3 , King William-street , Strand , for advice . He told her she was enceinte , and after making inquiries , which she evaded , as to the young man who had kept her company , he made improper overtures , telling her at the same time that it was necessary for lier cure . He then committed an indecent assault . In evidence the woman and her young man" contradicted one another ; and Hamilton asserted that the young man called on him and endeavoured to extort money . He has been committed for trial .

      John "Wright was robbed of his watch . "Walking through Petticoat-lane—a bad place—he saw it hanging for sale , and insisted Upon having it . The shopkeeper demurred , but the Lord Mayor , on hearing the case , awarded the watch to the owner , advising the shopkeeper—amid the laughter of the court—to keep a book of the names and addresses of those who sold him watches . Henry Cunliffe , a labourer , was a drunkard , and his wife was for ever raving about religion , saying her soul would be lost , and other nonsense of the kind . Her little child slept with her : she cut its throat , and then tried to cut her own . -A woman who came to the bed in the morning said , " The child was lying on the pillow quite dead , but not cold . I saw a large M'ound in its throat , as

      if a piece had been cut out . The mother was besmeared with blood , and had a night-dress on and two petticoats . She was bleeding from a large gash in her throat , and I heard the wind rattle in the wound . I found an open razor sprinkled with blood beneath her pillow . The blood appeared dry . I said to her , ' Oh ! Elizabeth , what hast thou been doing ? and who has done this ? ' She opened her eyes , which before had been Bhut , and 6 nid , ' What is to do ? ' I replied , ' There is plenty to do . "Who has done this ? ' She whispered , ' Myself . ' She intimated that she had something to say to me . When I listened , she said , c I must be hanged on a tree . I must bo cut in lumps and whipped . God will not look upon me . ' " A " crowner ' s quest" verdict of " wilful murder" has been returned against the poor wretch .

      Some additional evidenco has been given respecting tho murder of his wife by . Tamos Hayes . The sister of tho deceased woman said , — " My sister had not lived with her husband for the last eighteen months . When they lived together they lived within two doors of tho Star ami Garter , in Earl-street . After that they went to live at Kensington . She had not received a penny from Hayes since they parted . He took her clothes away from her , and left her without anything . I knew that ; the accused was living with another woman at , Notting-lnll . Ho often ill-used both me and my sister . He never struck mo , but ho often threatened to kill his wife—The Coroner : Do

      you blame any ono on account of the death of your sister , JClizabeth Hayes?—Witness ( emphatically ) : Yes , I do . I am Hiiro Hayes wns tho murderer of my sister ; and I blame the woman ho was living with , for she incited him . " After tho inquest , tho witnesses attended to givo the same evidenco before tho magistrate . Ilnye . s himself wan also brought up . Ho said , in defence , that lie was so tipsy on tho night of tho murder that he did not , know what , ho Avas doing : ho remembers nothing of what occurred . He has boon committed for trial on tlio wilful murder of his wife . He is described by tho reporters a « " a good-looking , fresh-cornplexipned man , with light bluo eyes and fair hair , apparently about fhirly-fivo years of age . "

      An Italian organ-grinder occupied Chelsea , and , as ob . stinato as tho Czar , refused ( o evacuate , playing dentllylively tunns opposite people ' s windows . Tho police had at length to urmst him . Mr . Rufisoll , nn old / j ; cntlernan , lately objected to tho " music" of the Italian , and shortly after received tho following " note , " which looks very liko an ultimatum : — " Signior RurhoII—You are ono vory great viekod oh ; man—you aro ono vory rechfed jninemhle man . Why you will horf , Iho poro horgan man that , trys to get a honest living for you havo plenty yourself money . Why you stop

      t ho poor horgan man to get . a little money . \ on are a very olefeehlo man and cniihof , HfoimiMli longer—when you < lio where will your guilty solo go to—you havo no charity for tho poor l \ o ' rg ; -. « man what charity will God have for you in tho next world what , morey will ho liavo for you ; ho will bo an linn I <> yon j n i , ] w next world , no you aro to the poor man in thin . " You will go to purgatory and stop for over and ever if you do not , roponfc of your wickedness you brown hnmclutri , bluo coated brito button old Hcareorow . ! Now in oonduHion tliroo or four of xw truo hoiih of Italy have sworn by tho Holy Virgin to uuiko of you rito ovor

      upon the top of your own dore steps one pitefullest to martyr . " Sined Antonio G . " Gxjido R . " Juan B . " Opposite the names were three daggers , and then followed a postscript . —" The Capitaine and the ladies at number 4 are very goot to us . " . Poor Mr . Russell is nearly dead with fright . The organ-player has been fined seven shillings . Pardington and Woods , the driver and stoker of the express train which caused the Hornsev accident , have been held to bail to appear at the Central Criminal Court .

      Things were mysteriously stolen for some time from the " Eastern Counties" carriages , and a guard was concealed in the luggage van to detect the thief . One night , " a man jumped up from the line into the van . " On being tried , this man confessed that he had been in the habit of springing into the vans of luggage-trains , from which he flung out packages at spots which were agreed upon between him and his confederates , and that when the train reached the station , he contrived to escape . Cotterill , jun ., was one of the warders whose cruelties were investigated lately at Birmingham . He was to have

      been examined before the Commissioners , but he got excited , and died from nervous debility , brought on by mental anxiety . Freer , the chief warder , has been dismissed by the Justices , and it is said that the surgeon , Mr . Blount , has resigned . An advertisement for a new governor , and new chief warder , appear in the Birmingham papers of Monday . A respectable stranger , on crutches , g ave a Windsor shopkeeper a 101 . Bank of England note m payment of a 31 . silver watch . He got 71 . change , and immediately left in a cab . The note was forged .

      Kirwan , the Irish " artist , " convicted of murdering his wife , has been found out as a bad man in many ways . At the late auction of his property , it was found that many of the books had been stolen , and that many of the drawings with 7 ns name inscribed as " artist , " were stolen drawings done by other persons—some by painters of eminence . The mean tone of the man ' s mind is also shown by his possession of several valuable books given as College premiums to other persons , but with Kirwan ' s own name substituted for the rightful owner of the

      pre-. Edward Rutter made a murderous assault on the mate of a steamer at Woolwich . He pitched him over the side rail , and tried to throw him over a lower rail into deep water . Rutter has been acquitted of intent to murder , but sentenced to a year ' s imprisonment for a common assault . The Jewess , Sarah Liepman , accused of killing her newborn baby , has been found guilty , with a recommendation to mercy . She was subject to hysterics . A surgeon swore his belief that the child was born dead .

      The charge against Mrs . Kelly , related in our " Story of a Will" last week , has been further investigated this week . The evidence for the prosecution seems to establish the facts that the letters were written by her , and that through Mr . Despard Taylor and Colonel Smith she paid Malone to allow their destruction .

      922 The Leader. [Saturday,

      922 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,

      M 18cellane0us. The Queen Htis Passed An...

      M 18 CELLANE 0 US . The Queen htis passed another quiet week at Balmoral , She dined with her mother on Sunday last nt Abergeldio , and has taken drives about the neighbour hood of Balmoral almost every day . Lord Palmerston has relieved Lord Granville in attendance . On Friday evening of last week , the Queen and her family were startled by a fire , in one of the mason ' s cottages , near the royal home . The flames were quickly put down , without serious injury . Prince Albert is said to have worked " shoulder to shoulder with a sturdy Highlander , " in conveying water to the building , and tho Queen herself directed the operations . Tlio boy princes also willingly gave what help they could . Our pictorial cotemporary has thus got a good subject for an " illustration , " to relieve the usual sameness of its pictured " fires . "

      Sheffield Has .Spoken Out On The Eastern...

      Sheffield has . spoken out on the Eastern question . It held a public meeting of some importance on Tuesday evening , in the Town Hall . Tho Mayor had called the meeting , on a rcquiBition signed by 140 persons , Leaded by Mr . Overend , Deputy-Lieutenant of the West Riding . Mr . Isaac Ironside was tho chief . speaker , and his speech was well toned and well worded . A memorial to Lord Clarendon was adopted , calling on the Government to tako stops towards compelling Russia to quit ; the Diumbiiui Provinces .

      I ho evidenco taken before tho Coinmissionor-H appointed to inquire into tlio management of Leicester gaol , shown that what was < lono in Birmingham through personal partiality han beon done in Leicester nn part of a By stem . Tho crank labour appears to lmvo been very severe , but regularly and impartially imposed . I ( a man would not work ho got nothing to oat . Ono mail was kepi ; strapped to tlio wall for thirty-threo days ! Tho results of the IJnrnstaple inquiry would be surprising if any exposure of doctoral corruption could now surprise any person . Tlicro woro 250 electors bribed ; 1 . 40 freemen and 110 householders . Ah tho freemen number entirely l » ufc 202 , wo thus sou that mom than ono-half of thorn aro corrupt . Tho Ijoiihclioldoi-H nuinbor 510 , ho ihnt ; only on o in fivo wcr o bribed . Lord Ebringtou upon !; 10 / . J » bribory , done

      through an unauthorized agent ; the Tories spent 2400 ? ., exclusive of the costs of defending the seats

      Lord Brownlow Died Last Week At His Hous...

      Lord Brownlow died last week at his house near Or tham . JETe was an old man of seventy-five . He was r ' ema V able as a supporter of the Pimlico Puseyism practise i St . Barnabas by the Reverend Mr . Bennett , ffis S . H son , a bay of eleven , is now Earl Brownlow , and is aW the inheritor of the vast property settled by the late A cision in the strang e will case of Lord Brid gwater . On "Wednesday a Court of Directors was held at th East India-house , when Mr . Frederick James Hallida was appointed a provisional member of the Council of India . Sir James A . Gordon , the present Lieutenant-Governor of Greenwich Hospital , has been mentioned as the provable successor of the late Governor , Sir Charles Adam

      The East India Directors have commissioned Mr . Noble of Bruton-street , to make a statue of " the Duke" in the finest marble . The site of the statue hasnotbeen announced The proposed Lawson University still wants 3200 ? " public subscriptions . Government has promised to procure a grant of 2000 ^ . from Parliament . The agricultural dinners , once banquets eaten to the sound of a political tocsin , have now settled down into useful meetings of farmers and their friends . At Watford on Wednesday , the Herts Agricultural Association thus met . Mr Mechi attended , and spoke at length on the practical points of agriculture . He more especially emphasized the advantages of machinery , pointing out that by steam-ploughs alone the agriculture of the kingdom mig ht save nearly 10 , 000 , 000 ? . sterling .

      Much Interest Exists At Lloyd's, The Jer...

      Much interest exists at Lloyd ' s , the Jerusalem , and . other coffee-houses , in reference to the race now pending between the British clipper-built ship Stornoway and the American ship Challenge . The Stornoway , while und er the command of Captain Robertson ( now of the Cairngorm ) , made some extraordinary passages , beating on one occasion this very vessel , the Challenge , —which , however , is three times her tonnage , and consequently spreads an . enormous quantity of canvas . The Stornoway , under her present commander , Captain Hast , has made the quickest passage of the season from Bombay to China ; and it is therefore hoped that , although the Challenge had the start of him from Macao Roads , he will yet overhaul his colossal competitor , and make his appearance off tha English coast as the winner of the match .

      Tho Wyvern R . Y . S . schooner yacht ( 205 tons ) j belong , ing to the Duke of Marlborough , has sailed for Australia , having Lord Alfred Churchill , and Captain Cathcart , late of the 10 th Hussars , on board . The R . Y . S . cutter . Corsair ( 87 tons ) , so celebrated at Cowes for her sailing qualities , has reached Australia after an excellent passage , making good weather of it all the way out . The Solent , new steam-ship , has run from Southampton to Carshot Castle , seven miles , in twenty-eight minutes . We lately described this vessel as a new timber ship , built on diagonal lines . It has other improvements . Tho engines are built with oscillating cylinders , and tubular boilers , and Lave attached paddle-wheels constructed upon the feathering principle . Owing to the valves being laid with India rubber , as well as tho ship being of its peculiar construction , the vibration usually felt in paddle-wheel renders thia

      vessels is entirely prevented , and therefore vessel moro easy and comfortable in every respect . Tliero is an additional advantage in the construction of these ships beyond that of saving about half tho amount of fuel required in working ships of equal tonnage ; they aro rendered equal , as far as room is concerned , to iron-bunt ships , without tho connecting disadvantages . Tho ironbuilt ships in hot climates feel so intensely the heat ot the atmosphere , that it has become necessary to provide them with an inside lining of wood , leaving a space of about nine inches between that and their outward sides . A his lining not only encourages damp , which is detrimental to the health of those on board , as well as to the room aflortlca , but from tho condensation which naturally takes placobotween tho double bides , that lining soon becomes rotten , and is therefore obliged to bo rep laced by new , -wtiieu causes no inconsiderable amount of expense ana delay .

      Tho Queen, While In Iroland, Spent 8000*...

      Tho Queen , while in Iroland , spent 8000 * . m tho purchaso of Irish fabrics . Sho has sent through . Lorci a aimoraUni this week another official letter , expressing . wu « a warmth and nt a length unusual in official docuinen ¦ , her entire satisfaction with her lato visit , and Jici miration of tho . Exhibition . rr Tlio tliroo Queen ' s Colleges of Ireland form ono u versify , called tho Queen ' s University . Tho Sonnto ot mi University has ordained an examination for tloff rc ^ Art and Medicine , and tho examination has ™' t () n ' , - ' this wook , with somo state , in St . Patrick a Hall , Vixo Castle . About sixty students liavo been oxamincu . v / usiie . jvwuii mxiy hmiuuium h » vu w" > f Mnvinto the Hlirto o j

      Tho CommiHsioimrH for inquiring ^ ( nooth College , mot , for tho first time , on Iuot * Ift - _ ;) r , l Dublin Castle . Thoro aro fivo Commissioners , llarrowby , the Lord Chief Baron , Mr . J ° K" o' ^ rnll , niissionor of Jtincuinborod Estates ) , Mr . James * ¦ and Mr . Twins . Mr . West , and Mr . O'Hagnn , »» g rintei-H , tho one being I ' rotostant and t » o oM" -- Catholic , havo been appointed secretaries . ... jj , o An Order in Council has been passer , pw h „ , „ Nuisance Removal Act ; of 1848 'in force tliruuM ifltio wholo of Ireland for fiix months . - No ciwo . jthoufi li cholera has m yot been reported from Jroian , | onljo thero havo boon many cases of tlio common

      cholera . . , r : ] , p « porn , A roligiouH " jnirnclo" is reported m tlio xi '

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 24, 1853, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24091853/page/10/