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September 24/1853.] THE LEADER. 921
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ENGLISH INNS. The magnificent charges wh...
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THE HIGHLAND COTTIERS. The following sto...
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THE WORKING CLASSES. The " strikes" sire...
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THE STRAND ACCIDENT. Mouk facts about th...
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CURIOSITIES OP JUSTICE. " Form years of ...
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A DUBLIN TRAGEDY. A stranger in Dublin h...
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C It IMINAL It K C O R 1) . Tina maid-se...
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"Three Courses Open" To Australia Southa...
point of departure . At an expenditure of upwards of a quarter of a million , the company have built and are equipping five screw steain ships , destined to run monthly from Australia vid New Zealand to Panama , and , connecting with the steam ships of the Royal West India Mail Steam Packet Company on this side , to maintain a x-apid and regular monthly steam service between Southampton and Australia . The steamers prepared specially for this enterprise are the Kangaroo , Emu , Slack Swan , Dinorius , and Menura—each of about 1600 tons burden , supplied with auxiliary screwmachinery of 300 horse power , and fitted with propellers
patented by Griffiths . These vessels are represented as combining in every degree the requisites of speed , either by wind or steam propulsion ; and possess all the improvements both of form and equipment yeb introduced in the steam marine . To these five ships will be added a sixth , the JPeliean , of 1100 tons , and 220 horse power , destined to run between Sydney and Port Phillip , in correspondence with the main line ships , and to be additionally available for any casualty that may occur on the trans-Pacific service . The Kangaroo and Emu are both launched , and are receiving their machinery ; the remainder are in a forward state . But for the strikes
in the north , and the feverish state of the labour market in the Clyde , they would have been ready some months since . It is now , however , anticipated that the Kangaroo will be despatched froin Southampton in November direct for Sydney , there to commence the regular service to Panama . The Kangaroo will be followed by the other ships in quick succession . The proposed route is from Sydney to Wellington , New Zealand , through Cook's Straits , keeping along the 40 th parallel of south latitude , until about the 100 th parallel of west longitude , thus taking advantage of the strong west winds generally prevailing in the Pacific- —thence
a northing to Panama will be made . The outward or return course is intended to be from Panama in nearly a direct line to the north of New Zealand , calling at Auckland . It is not at present contemplated to touch at Tahiti , although a coal depot is to be established there , to be available if required . A large supply of coals has already been sent forward to Panama and New Zealand , and the company fully expect to effect the voyages through from Southampton to Sydney in 55 days , the steamers in the Pacific being calculated to perform their work at an average speed of nine knots an hour .
Geographically , the Panama route to Australia is the best . It is the most direct and the shortest , and to this may be added the well-acknowledged fact that the navigation of the Pacific Ocean is the most favourable for auxiliary screw-steamers of any ocean in the world . A straight line may be drawn on Mercator ' s Chart from Southampton to Sydney , which would very nearly intersect the American continent at the Isthmus of Darien , and this will be sufficient to show that the Panama
route is the shortest means for approaching our Austra lian possessions . It is , in fact , the natural ocoan high way from Europe to the South Pacific .
September 24/1853.] The Leader. 921
September 24 / 1853 . ] THE LEADER . 921
English Inns. The Magnificent Charges Wh...
ENGLISH INNS . The magnificent charges which an English host can make are still the subject of lotters in the loading journal . One gentleman , writing from tho Athenaeum Club , suggests a reformed hotel : —¦ " Tho scale which I would suggest is somowhat of this kind : —Largo beds for two , Is . Gd . ; singlo persons , Is ., with Gd . extra if tho parties only remain one night , on account of tho waiting ; plain tea , Is . ( Gd . or 9 d . for a famil y ); breakfast , Is . Gd ., or Is . each if for a party , without meat , for which nay Gd . extra ; plain dinner , 2 . s ' . Gd . and 2 s . if for moro than ono ; alo , Gd . per quart ( and horo lot mo suggest tho importance of providing wholesome ( -able-beer as well for children and thoso who wo not istrong enough for ale ) ; wine , 5 s . per bottlo ( full bottles , six to tho gallon—not innkeoper ' a nihos ) . I drink oxeollont port and sherry hero ( tho Afchennoum ) for 4 > s . por bottlo . Let tho innkeeper furnish tho same at 5 s ., which gives him , if ho buys it tho day boforo , 25 por cont . pi'olit , without risk or loss of interest . Sitting-room , if required , 2 s . per day ; moro for largo room ; firo , Gd . ; camllos in sitting-room , Gd . each , and not chargod for "gain till burnt out ; and , above all , lob thoro bo a good fft ltd- ( i .. . jtia'Hffer as well an drawing-room , in which thoso who li |{ 0 ji ^ ] ndiefl as well ns gentlemen , can sit and take "heir inoals without , tho oxponso of private eitting-rooma n all i ( lH abominations . "
Of nil tho instances of extortion rapidly done , tho fol lowing , at Leamington , is tho most audacious : — ' "lie Hum total for three of , u » wiih upwards of 40 * . for hod , breakfast , and luncheon of broad and cheese , with two Htnall jugs of boer . The bods woro 15 s . ; apartment , firo , and li ghlH , ( in . ; luncheon , 4 s . Gd . ; beer , 2 , v . ; and attondanoo , ( 5 » . Wo arrived late in the evoning of Saturday , January 22 nil last , and loft at 3 i » . m . on Sunday . It waa alter a vigorous remonstrance on our part that tho waiter refon-od the hill to some unseen manager or proprietor , who oonfoHNod the grows imposition attempted to bo prao-MHod ou us hydeduoting 10 s . from tho amount , accompanied l > y < ho rauiark of tho waiter , that tho Clarendon " noto " m modified would do no ono injury .
The Highland Cottiers. The Following Sto...
THE HIGHLAND COTTIERS . The following story of a Highland eviction is very simple but very touching : — Many poor crofters or cottier tenants lived on the estate of Knoydart , in Glengarry , owned by Mrs . Macdonnell . For a long while the crofters , for the most part have been unable to pay their rents , and many of them were in heavy arrears . To clear the way for a more profitable class of tenantry the proprietress resolved to clear the estate ; but in order that the crofters might be placed in circumstances which , in her judgment , would be for their benefit , she offered them a choice of emigration to America or Australia , undertaking to engage a vessel at her own expense , to provide them with suitable clothing , to let them sell
their little stock , and forgive them all arrears of rent . The proposal appeared to be accepted by the crofters generally , and they preferred Canada to Australia , a colony of Glengarry men having been established there for half a century . A vessel was then engaged and sent to the Isle of Ornsey in Skye , where the emigrants were to be shipped , but when the hour of trial came about sixty persons who had agreed to the terms of removal refused to leave their crofts , and the vessel had to sail without them , taking out two hundred and eighty emigrants in all . In these circumstances summons of removal were served on the refractory crofters and cottars , but they were unheeded . Notices to quit in forty-eight hours were then given , and these also failinsr in effect , the lesral officers were instructed to eject
the people . They met with no forcible resistance . First , the little furniture the crofters had was taken out . The officers , with their assistants , next proceeded to unroof the cottages , and then to pull down the mud walls . The scene now was truly a painful one . So long as there was a hope of being left with a covering over their heads the cottars were comparatively quiet , but now that they were homeless many of them became frantic with grief , and were driven to seek shelter in some of the neighbouring quarries , where some are now living , and others among the caves of the rocks with which this wild district of the Highlands abounds . The crofters who were on the poor roll were allowed to remain , but the others are all
scattered . The weather has been fine since their ejection , and thus far they have been supported by the benevolence of their poor neighbours , and what little they can do at fishing ; but unless something is done for them before long there can be little doubt but starvation will ensue ; the wives and children are most to be pitied . They all admit that their proprietress was liberal in fulfilling her engagement ; and they seem conscious that they are legally in the wrong ; but they cling to the home of their fathers with desperate tenacity , and , judging from their conduct in preferring ejection to emigration , and the strong feeling which they show , it is clear that they look on their case as one of expatriation . "
It is said as an excuse for Mrs . Macdonnell and others who act like her , that sheep-walks and shooting grounds are more profitable than farms with peasants , but it is a mean policy that i-efuses to improve men and strives only to increase cattle .
The Working Classes. The " Strikes" Sire...
THE WORKING CLASSES . The " strikes" sire increasing in importance . At Wigan , 5000 colliers refuse to work unless at an advance of twopence in the shilling ; and nearly all the coal-pits in the district lie idle . The cardroom hands at Wigan are also on strike , for an advance of 2 s . and Is . per week , according to classes . At Preston , the weavers , nided with money from the men at work , still demand 10 per cent . ; but the masters threaten , in revenge , to " lock up" tho mills . At Manchester there are two strikes—that of tho weavers , whose funds are getting low , and of the fustian dyers , who now , at tho end of eleven weeks idle , seem firm , and arc very bitter in
spirit . They have committed some assaults . The Birmingham nailers ask an advance of 10 per cent . The Wolvorhampton carpenters demand Gd . per day addition to their present wages . The London carpontors demand 6 d . a day advance ; and other workmen in London have joined tho general movement towards a rise . Tho bricklayers are " ntrikirig" at the muatcrs , ono by one , and thus compelling concessions . Tho seamstresses and slopworkera have adopted the novel course of taking to the hills of Kent and Sussex , and there getting better pay for picking hops than in town for making shirts . Tho bakers and baskctnmkers aro also " on the move . "
The Strand Accident. Mouk Facts About Th...
THE STRAND ACCIDENT . Mouk facts about the Strand homo which foil and killed four persons have como out on inquiry . On the day before the accident Mr . Stiuulfonl , nn architect , observed the house , and considered tho excavation dangerous . " There were no shores about tho lower part ot tho wall . " I To " would never buvo excavated in that form ; would have secured the walk boforo he excavated . Ho should have carried a pier to tho bottom or footing
of tho wall without removing tho earth , and then ho should continue to remove small portions at n time , mid carry tho foundations from front to back in thai , manner . " Thin gentleman told theso things to tho surveyor ' s olork on the day heforo tho accident ,. Thomas Tutuin , a doalor in building materials , said— " If tho house had been proporly whored from the inside , and tho fhroo raking shores w oro carried hi gher up , tho building would ho wtandinof now . " Georuro Covo » u elork livinir
in the Strand , gave similar evidence . The district surveyor was examined . The act requires that he should have got notice of the operations , but such notice was not given of the works in the Strand . Had he known of the , works having been commenced he would have visited them without having received notice ; but , said the surveyor , " I think the district purveyor has not any jurisdiction as to the taking down of houses or digging out of the ground . "
Curiosities Op Justice. " Form Years Of ...
CURIOSITIES OP JUSTICE . " Form years of penal servitude , " a sample of the new style of punishment , has been allotted to Samuel Elian , forger of a Bank Post Bill endorsement . The drunken man who got into the break-van of tho carriages of the Blackwall Railway , and put on the break to the danger of the train , has been sentenced to " a month in Newgate . " The Company ' s servants who allowed a stranger to act thus have been punished—not at all .
A Dublin Tragedy. A Stranger In Dublin H...
A DUBLIN TRAGEDY . A stranger in Dublin has acted most mysteriously . Fanny Steuart , proprietress of a house in French-street , has made a statement . The stranger came to her house late on the night of the 30 th of August , the day after the arrival of the Queen -T he Avas shabbily dressed , and seemed to have been some time under the rain which fell during the night ; he asked for something to eat , and went down to the kitchen , where he saw a gentleman sitting at the fire , to whom he said— "I suppose you are on the spree to-night ; if you want money I can give you some , as I have a hundred sovereigns . " Miss Steuart did not think this statement was correct , as she only saw eight or nine sovereigns in his purse when he drew it out . He attached himself to Emma Fawcett , and remained until five o ' clock in the morning , when he went out , but returned in about five or ten minutes , and said he would not go , as he thought
he was late for the train . He lived with the same girl ever since , seldom going out at first , and latterly not at all , and whenever he did it was in a covered car . On the 31 st of August he went to the King ' s-bridge terminus for some portmanteaus he had left there , and in two or three days after he brought in more luggage , including a large trunk , which he never opened in the house , and which is still corded , and so great is its weight that two men can scarcely carry it ; he appeared to have a considerable sum of money —all in gold—which he spent in the most lavish manner , purchasing for the females in the house , and particularly for Emma Fawcett , various and costly articles of dress . He was frequently questioned as to where he came from , and who he was , but his replies were often evasive , always unsatisfactory and contradictory . The night of his arrival he said he was a veterinary surgeon attached to the Queen ' s establishment , and subsequently he stated that he had been some time in Australia . The name
he gave was Webster , which , if not his real name , was one he appears to have travelled under , for on the railway labels pasted on his luggage is " Daniel H . Webster , passenger to Dublin . " Miss Steuart stated , in reply to the inspector , that she never saw the deceased drunk , nor did she ever know him to have any quarrel with Emma Fawcett ; that , on tho contrary , he seemed very much attached to her . Ho bought her several dresses , and , amongst other articles , an accordion , upon which ho waa teaching her to play . Emma Fawcett , the girl referred to , now takes up tho story . On Sunday evening she left the stranger sitting in the bedroom to go down to the drawing-room , and had been absent but a short timo when she heard him calling
her on tho stairs . Sho went out , and saw him on tho landing beside the lobby-window , looking towards tho drawing-room , door . Sho was going up to him , and bad ascended some three or four steps , when ho stopped forward with a pistol in his right hand , and instantly fired at her , tho charge , which appears to have been of small shot , striking her m a slanting direction downwards . Sho immediately turned and rushed back into tho drawing-room , exclaiming , " Oh , I am shot , " and then became unconscious . Tho people in tho house screamed ; a second shot was hoard , and tho constable went up stairs , and , on entering tho room , was horrified at seeing tho body of a man stretched at full length on the floor , and bleeding slightly from a bullet wound in the left breast . Life was extinct .
Tho girl Fawcett was examined , and it was found that sho waa not wounded dangerously . She now lies at the hospital . Tho mystery which shrouded tho stranger still remains . Tho police found on tho dressing-table several pistols , and beside them a bag of bullets , together with a quantity of powder . Tho pistols are quite new , and of a very superior description ; tho maker ' s namo is " . Richardson , Lord-streot , Liverpool . " A considerable quantity of wearing npparol , of the best style and quality , was lying about . Tho stranger was of the middlo size , slightly made , and ot and would
a sallow complexion ; his face was much worn , indicate a life of hardnhip or dissipation ; lie might havo boon about thirty-five yearn of age , but looked somewhat older , from having lost «> rno of his teeth , and wearing a wig ; his hair , which was dark brown , was slightly grown , having been recently shaved , which he accounted for to Faweottby stating Hint it had been done in hoBmt . d whoro bo wad treated for an attack of glanders , winch ho took from contact , with a diseased horso . A miniature ot himself , ' enclosed in a handsome morocco loot her cano , which he presented to the girl Kawcotl , in a faithful likeness .
C It Iminal It K C O R 1) . Tina Maid-Se...
C It IMINAL It K C O R 1 ) . Tina maid-servant at Mr . flohon ' fl , watchmaker in Bhoffiold , inadvertently left the window-shutter of a parlour on tho ground-ffoor ( an outside shutter ) unfastened . Some burglnrtt removed two panes <> 1 ffliuut , anil cut away tho vertical bar of wood that had divided them . Tho aperture thus formed was only » J inches from top to bottom , and IB inches wide , but it wan largo enough to
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 24, 1853, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24091853/page/9/
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