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OBITUARY. Me, James Jabjodie, G E., is d...
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MISCELLA^EOTIS. The Oouroj.—The Duke and...
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NAVAL AND MILITARY. The StMTEi Trade.—On...
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Criminal Record. Muitdicns My Maniacs.—A...
t ^ ZZX SZXar repU that " -- « , r ^ that t here was no necessity to be alarmed . Th « ' nrnnent the rtaa approached them he began beating-Sisa Butler about the face and head w » th a bludgeon , win -she fell senseless , when he walked away . Mrs , Bwve was bo terrified that she could not raise any aWm ; but a man who came out of a cottage aMn . e iini « went in pursuit of the maniac , accompanied by-a , mliceman . When taken to the police station at Updtfesden , Arnold seemed quite calm and collected , and said he-knew he had been hitting- a woman about tbe bead , but hoied he had not hurt liter . The poor young lady died the same night . An inquest w ^ s held on Friday week , when a verdict of Wilful Murder was returned , in order that the case may go for trial y but « t coarse Arnold will be Acquitted on the ground ^ of insanity . — Robert Powell , an inmate of Mr . Armstrong : s X « n » iic Asylum , High-street , Peckham , has murdered Another of Ihe inmates—a boy twelve years of age—an * sudden access of fury . The poor lad was found an one of the cupboards with bis skull fractured . Powell bad previously been much attacted to him ; and , on beingTasked wby he had killed tlie boy , replied , " It ' s all right , doctor ; there ' s an angel coining from Heaven with 10 , 000 * . for me . " The coroner ' s jury , as in tlie other case , brought in a formal verdict of Wilful Hurder . , ¦ ' •¦/; .. ¦ ¦ , - \ . : /¦• . ¦ - ¦ - ¦ , " JiiDDtEsex . Sessions . —A rather singular case ofioT > ¦ fcery was tried at the Middlesex Sessions on Monday ¥¥ * O »\» » v- »« - — — — — — — — —
_ JPJHJ ¦ UlUfiv ^ V ^ ' * < «* * V . »*< - »^* - * » - y —• - - « n whose premises in St . John-street , Clerkemwell , a fire broke out on the night of the 31 st . Latchford , the pii- ] goner , who . was one of the crowd , pretended to assist in ^ stingui » hinig the fire , and , suddenly . seizing ' . 'hold of Tfix . 3 haw ' a hand , he wrenched a gold ring off the little linger , with somuch violence as to give great pain . Mr . IShaw called out ; and a policeman stopped Latchford , % h 6 : dropped the ring , which was then picked up and restored to the owner . The accused was found Guilty . Ex-Inspector -Brennan proved that in . 1848 the prisoner was convicted of burglary , and sentenced to twelve months' bard labour . Since then , he had been suniia ior
maialyconviptea , ana . paa Deen cuaiouy Buauujg ** cab and horse . He was a regular and constant ass-opiate of thieves . The witness added , that he thought it -lwrt . just to the prisoner to add that he had been of assistance to him on several occasions . / .. ¦ w ith- respect io other persons . Latchford afterwards stated to the court ( which was very unwilling to hear him ) the nature of the services rendered to Brennan . That officer , lie said , gave him a shilling to go with anotler convicted i man to drink at a public-house , and then he had the landlord up . for it . This , however , was'denied by Brennan , arid tne Assistant-Judge refused to bear anything more of the affair . —Previous to a case of theft from a militiaman , tried on Tuesday , the prosecutor , another Tniiifiama-n twn Rn » n 1 < imA ^ . and a sertreant of the
Grejiadiers w « re in court some time before the evidence was taken , and-, on being requested fcy the crier to take off £ heir caps , they refused , under tlie direction of the aer-, geant , to do so , that officer stating that it was contrary to military . regulations for soldiers to uncover before a . . jjivjl tribunal . This having been commnnicated to ihe £ encb , tte Chamnaa ordered the soldiers to remove their cups or leave the court . "As several of them were / witnesses , * ' he , observed , " they would bo called in , and , if then they refused to remove their caps , ho should commit them to prison for contempt of court . " The
. soldiersthien went outside , refusing : to uncover ; but , on JbVurig flgNun . . called , in , they complied with the directions . —The Grand . Jury , on being discharged , landed in the following ( iresentment , some bills on the subject alluded ; io having been . preferred before , them : — " The Grand .. jjjur , y oaimot separate without expressing to the court > heir diajjuat at the means taken by parish authorities to . ensure convictions against the keepers of disorderly iousea . They believe that engaging a man for a paltry . Mlpend to come Forward andswear that he has person-. irfly vi & ited tbo house with a woman is unnecessary as it Ib revolting . to . iho feelings of those who aro obliged to evidenceino uiruier to iuui
Drear aucu . urana jury oeg < feir re ^ re-t that aornc stfipa have nob been t ake n by the i ypelatarfi to render such prosecutions wholly unneces- ' _ . jfiy & l & xx . >» p SuiqiOE yx A PoLuqj Xa » t . —The . widow of a 1 ? olwh refugee , earned Mary Ann Bruncl-. ftidaka , has put a period to h-er own and her son's life / lp . ' a v « ry horrible manner . Her husband bad forrperly % een awl officer in the Polish army , but lie died an oxile '\ jjd London about four years ago , since . which time his ^ yldow , though . a highly educated nnd accomplished lady , W » x reduced almost to a suite of beggary , and compelled to cam a minernblo subsistence Tor herself and her child by doing needlework . During the last fow mouths , ishe had lodged at a baker's shop in th « nuighbowrhood of Iho Gray's Inn-road ; but for several days bIio and her ctiilrt wore mi « seil , in coiisccjucuco of which tl » o people « . if the house at lust burst opon the door of her room , and found both the mother and son lying dead ' , upon the floor . ' The bodies -were quite black , aud in a very putrid and decomposed state . A pan of burnt charcoal was likewise- found in the room , which waa tfloao etiut up , and it appears thnt tho woman luul de'ttborately smotlierod herself nnd her son In tho hot nnd
j ¦ close atmosphere of the apartment . An inquest was held on the bodies , and the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful" Murder" against Madame Brandwidska , and of Telodesei as applied to the destruction of herself . A Domestic Tragedy . —A terrible story came out in evidence on Monday before the Worship-street . magistrate . Charlotte Morris , a woman of thirty , who appeared in a state of wild excitement , was charged w * th makin" a disturbance arid attempting suicide . She had been for some time past in the habit of going , whfle intoxicated , to the lodgings of her mother , who refuses to see her , and creating a great noise . The nuisance at length grew to so great a bead that the owner of the house gave the young woman into custody . While in the police-cell during the night , she made four attempts to strangle herself with portions of her clothing , and ¦ nearly succeeded in doing so . On being brought before ' Mr . D'Eyncourt , the magistrate asked her : " What is , the meaning of this ? " She replied , looking fixedly at the magistrate : " Itmeans that I will destrroy myself . ± sut " , from wbatmotive ? " Prisoner ( bitterly ) : "Iwas taken [ I away from my husband by a gentleman—no , no , man , [ I mean , for a gentleman he was not—who ran away with and then abandoned me , and I am now resolved to i destroy myself . " Sergeant Heath : "I will explain what she means , Sir . Some months ago , a person named , Best ra-n away with this-woman from the house of hex [ husband , and Best deserted his own -wife to enable him to do bo . Best was subsequently brought here foi . abandonwg his wife , and sentenced for that offence to e month ' s imprisonment , and during his incarceratior ' I Best ' s wife , in her grief , destroyed herself with poison . '
Mr . P'Eyhcourt : " What is the prisoner s husband ? I Prisoner : " He is a clerk in Chancery-lane . " Serjgeant Heath : " The prisoner , I believe , Sir , is now j without a home , as Best refuses to have anything more to say to her . " She was remanded for a week . Attempt to Poison . —A servant girl , fourteen years of age , has : been examined before a bench of magistrates at Leeds on a charge of attempting ; to murder her mistress by administering arsenic to her in a cup of tea . The act was done in revenge for hex mistress charging her with a theft . The girl has been committed for ¦ trial .:... ¦ : ¦' : ¦ _; ' ¦ ' ¦ . ¦ : ¦ ¦ ' / :- ¦ . : - .. - . ¦' . . ¦; ' ¦ ' .,
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Obituary. Me, James Jabjodie, G E., Is D...
OBITUARY . Me , James Jabjodie , G E ., is dead . He introduced the Crawley water into Edinburgh , constructed the Union I Canal , was the engineer of the Dalkeith Railway , and drained Loch Leven . He was bom in 1786 at Applegarth , in Dumfriesshire . The Eajrl , of ' Glenoall died on Tuesday morning , rather suddenly , at Cowes , Isle of Wight . He was the author of the popular farce of tUe Irish Tutor , and other dramatic works . The Hon . Arthur THELX . USSON , youngest and last surviving son of the late Lord Rendlesham , died a few days ago at Bath , in the fifty- eighth year of his age .
Miscella^Eotis. The Oouroj.—The Duke And...
MISCELLA ^ EOTIS . The Oouroj . —The Duke and Duchesa of Brabant went last Saturday rnojning to the Tower of London . The Duke afterwards inspected the East India Docks and the Royal Mint . In the afternoon , the Duke and Duchess of Bra bant Land , the Count of Flanders visited the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland ut Stafford House . —The Prince . Consort went in the afternoon of Wednesday to the Licensed Yietuallerd' Aaylum , Aaylum-road , Old Kent-road , for the purpose of laying the foundatioastone for the erection of additional habitations on the cronndsof the institution to be styled the " Albert
¦ Wing . " / ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ : ¦ . - ¦ . ¦ ¦ : . ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ . . ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . The National Portrait Gallery . —The first reportof the trustees of the new National Portrait Gallery to the Lords of tlie Treasury , w ; as published on Monday , by command of Parliament . The donations include portraits of Shakspeare ( the Chandos picture in the Stowe collection J , presented by Lord EUesmere ; William Wilbtrforce , Lord Sidmouth , Mr . P-erceval ( the assassinated Minister ) , Thomson , the poet ; Fox , tbe Martyrologist ; Nollekens , Wright , of Derby , Sir Francis Burdett , Lord Chancellor Talbot , and Mr . T . Stothard , the Royal Academician . The . purchased pictures include portraits of Raleigh , Handel , Dr . Parr , A . Murphy , Speaker Lenthall , Home Tooke , Dr . Mead , Robert rl ot wbivaiuiukii
JHarley , JSa wyiuuiam , me , » . _> - Earl of Cadogan , Richard Cunvberlarid , " La Belle Hamilton , " Mr . Huslusson , Archbishop Wake , Bishop Warburton , Sharp , the engraver ; Captain Cook , Chambers , tlve architect ; Elizabeth Carter , Bishop Hoadley , - Cardinal Wolsey , and Ireton . The cost of the purchases is not stated . The Westminster 'Bjblls . —AH the bells for the Clock Tower of the new Houses © f . "Parliament have been sent to their place of destination . Big Ben arrived some few weeks ago , and the four . quarter bells were •* i « _ _ _ _ i i ma ^™ tTr .. . » » M Ai f 1 * a P *» rtf /\ f fhn ToWCC
on Friday week . All tho . bells are highly approved of , except the thind or E bell , which will be recust . rn ^ i however , will only take a .-few weik ^ and in ttie meanwhilo the hoisting of the others will be proceeded with . A Fortunate Pubcuajm :. —A lew weeks since , a furniture dealer at Strutford disposed of a chest of drawers . The purchaser , some days after , in searching tho d ™ " ™ " ^ discovered to fcis great surprise And -satisfaction a \ v \) i . Bonk of England note . During tlie last fortnigtit , tne person who suriorrntetfda the . sklo department at , thosamc place of business discoveted in another chest . °£ i ! ? nnAfh ^ inn ) nHto -nrttSflh-4 m now * ii » the Bank or England
the following day , artd received in exchange one hundred sovereigns . It would seem that < ho prioT owner ot tnc drawers was a person possessed of considerable property , and -was in the habit of depositing money in vnrious places abont the lionsc . —CTiWnuf / brrf Chronicle . The KKNsrsGTon M . xrmxrn ~ Tho Marquis of »«» sbury , as Lord President of the Council , held ft «> " " . vorsaziono at tho South Kensington Museum ia-t C , t , I ^ n ,-nr , ln ., + « -. uUIoi . « hn xvlinln < if tho n > CinDc [
of both Houses of Parliament were specially invitedwas very numerously attended . Fiitics . —An unusually largo fire nncVserious conl'ngrntion burst out at LimohoiiHe last Saturday nifi lit . It ot .-gnn on tho | ircmises known ns tholife-bo « t inanurnctoi ) of Messrs . Forrest nnd Co ., situnted fcctwreii thoStop " ) and Limchouso Btationn of tho Blnckwall Itiulwaylurge amount of timber was hero stotved a \ v !» y ' ' " '_ " buiidings , resting on brick walls nnd piers ; and the men . covered by thm burning muss in estimntod nt moro tnn four acres . Another timber yard bounded th « preniiscs of Mossrrt . Forrest on tho oust , nnd tho oak tirnbor lying nbont there frpcedily caught lire from the adjoining conflagration . The nlnrm 6 f fire Vns first given nt ten
Naval And Military. The Stmtei Trade.—On...
NAVAL AND MILITARY . The StMTEi Trade . —On the 14 th of last September , as the Bloodhound , paddle-wheel steamer , Lientenaht Commander Charles R . Roijson , was riding at anchor in British water on ? Quilta , a black man was observed Bwimming towards the vessel . A boat with four hands was Bent ont towards him , as tlie water was full of sharks at the time ; and , on being brought on board , the negro said that his name was Johnson , that he was a -native of Cape Coast Castle ( a British settlement ) , that hnact iro
her Majesty ' s ship Excellent ; Captain . ' Jerningham , if her Majesty ' s ship Cambridge ; and Commander M'Kenzie , of her Majesty ' s ship Excellent , sit daily a ' t the Koyal Naval College , Portsmouth , to revise the book of instructions for naval gunnery arid to take into consideration several other important matters connected with the efficiency of the naval service in that and similar branches . Reinforcements for Ihdia . —Orders were issued : on Tuesday for reinforcements , . givipg an aggregate of 5000 men of , all ranks , to ormbark for India . Other reinforcements have also been ordered . Coukt Martial . — -Mr . Jonathan "Tanner Sparke , paymaster of the steam-sloop Hecate , was tried bycourt martial on Tuesday , on board the flagship Waterloo , at Sheerness , for drunkenness and insubordination . The charges were declared to ho proved ; but , in consideration of the high testimonials produced in favour of the prisoner , ho was only adjudged to be dismissed the service . The Duke of Cambridge inspected , the troops for India at Chatham , on Thursday , after which he rnircutely examined the arrangements of the camp . On the same day Major-General the Hon . Sir James Yorke Scarlett , K . C . B ., commanding the South-west district , had a grand lield day at Portsmouth , comprising a mock siege of that fortress . General . Sik W . F . Williams and the officers of the Royal battery entertained on Thursday night Major-General Sir Archdale Wilson at a banquet at their messi } room at Woolwich . There was also a review on the ' common , and a saam battle .
e ueen smuggiea m snore oy vapiam v > uuseua , of trie American barque Thomas "Watson , that he had heard the captiiin sell him as a slave , and that he had been beaten and otherwise ill-treated on asking to go on shore , until he had resolved on escaping . Having made this statement , the negro ' s back was examined , and marks of ill-treatment were discovered . Commander Robsonand one of'his officers accordingly went on board the Thomns Watson ,. the captain of which at frrst consented to pay Johnson the wages-due to him , but on the ¦ following morning refused , and demanded that 'Johnson I should be returned . Of course , Commander Robson jl i a j x _ . jA * . l »* . _ M . AM ^ rkrl 4 tiat < fka'TKnmn-An vO a 4- arm
l should be Bent to the Judge-Advocate of Sierra'Leone for Ilia opinion ; but that officer declined to interfere , in consequence of the vessol being an American , adding that , had slie been a Spanish or Portuguese ship , tho cubo might have boon different . The Thomas Wat * eon was then allowed to proceed to her port of destination . On a -representation being made by the American Consul to tho Commander-in ^ Chief , the Bloodhound was SV «» rf A ** n / 1 IvAtwa + * -v I > a *^ nwl < -wA ? rPI % n oiiniirnilVrC /^ I if tllft
Thomas Watson was a Portugnoao , nnd slio had na pnsson . gers tho crews of two slavers which had been condemned , both Bailing under American colours . Several Americans , were tnken in each of the alavers , with Portuguese and Spaniards . Major-Genkrai , Viscount Mkxviixk , K . C . IV , tho General CommandinR tho troops in'Scotlnnd , and Governor of Edinbnrgh Castle , hns buun appitinted Colonclin-Chief of tho 100 th ( or Priwce of Wnles ' a Royal Canadian ) Regiment , recently added to th « rogiinontsof the line . Navat . GuNNEitv . —A commission , consisting of Renr-Admirnl Sir Tliomas Muitlnnd , C . B ., Rear-Adminil ; George EUiot , C . B ., Cnptnin R . 11 . Hewlett , C . B ., of
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Leader (1850-1860), June 26, 1858, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26061858/page/10/
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