On this page
-
Text (6)
-
August 27, 1853] T H E L E A D E R. 823
-
CRIMIIAL BECOBD. Old tales aro being rep...
-
MISCELLANEOUS. Coubt life at Osborne has...
-
The Admiralty has been down at Deptford ...
-
The fleet, which looked so well en masse...
-
Another old soldier is gone: Lord Saltou...
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Curiosities Op Justice. Tub Olden Court ...
four years . Instead of any term of transportation exceedinff seven years , and not exceeding ten years , the penal servitude is to be not less than four and not exceeding six years ; instead of transportation exceeding ten , and not ex ceeding fifteen , penal servitude for not less than six , and not ex ceeding eight years ; where it exceeds fifteen 'years the penal servitude to be not less than six , and not exc eeding ten years j and instead of transportation for life , the penal servitude to bo for the term of life . There are three clauses in the act with respect to tickets-of-leave in the United Kingdom , and the system is to be tried for the first time in this country . It is now declared to be
lawful for her Majesty to grant to any convict now under gentenee of transportation , or who may hereafter be sentenced to transportation , or to any punishment substituted for transportation by this act , a license to be at large in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands , or in such parts thereof respectively ^ as in such license shall be expressed , during such portion of his * or her term of transportation or imprisonment , and upon such conditions in all respects , as to her Majesty shall seem fit ; and it shall be lawful for her Majest y to revoke or alter such license by a like order , at her Majesty ' s pleasure . The functionaries hitherto called " Masters Extraordinary in Chancery" are now called " Commissioners to Administer Oaths in Chancery in England . " The Act for the Suppression of Betting Houses comes into operation on the 1 st of December .
August 27, 1853] T H E L E A D E R. 823
August 27 , 1853 ] T H E L E A D E R . 823
Crimiial Becobd. Old Tales Aro Being Rep...
CRIMIIAL BECOBD . Old tales aro being repeated every day . Among the shipp ing and business paragraphs of the Times?—among long statistics of large quantities of gold sent to India and China ( such as " for Alexandria , 40 , 590 ? . in gold ; Hong-Kong , 9820 Z . in silver , and 2 O , O 65 Z . in gold" )—we find a story—not strange or singular—of a woman . A young lady , very pretty and of good family , was seduced . To avoid , the embarrassments of an exposure , the ruffian who seduced her—a person evidently wealthy and' moving in fashionable society—took a passage for India on board the JEtixine . Hearing of his intended departure , the young lady came to Southampton , and sought an interview with her former lover , at an hotel where he was stopping with an uncle , who had come down to see him off . This being refused , the lady posted herself during the whole of Saturday on _ the deck of the Muxlne , in the expectation of inducing a reconciliation with her faithless friend ; On the departure of , the vessel she had to be removed by force , _ the services of the police being called in by the officials of the company for this purpose . In the meantime , the gentleman , under the advice of his uncle , and to avoicl an unpleasant scene , had engaged a boat to convey him a considerable distance down , the river , where he leisurely awaited the coming of the vessel , and secured an uninterrupted embarkation . Finding herself defeated at every point , the poor girl flung herself into tho water , in a paroxysm of disappointment and despair , there , if possible ,
to drown her sorrows and her shame . A seaman , who happened to be upon the jib-boom of tho JSuxine preparing to set the canvas , instantly let go his hold and dropped into the water for the purpose of rescuing the lady . This ho effected , having managed to lay hold of her , notwithstanding her struggles , and to keep her above water till a boat came to her assistance , into which she was hauled , and by it taken on shore , where the necessary attentions brought about a gradual recovery . She is now lying at the Canute Hotel , and will bo taken before the magistrates on Monday , on a charge of attempting selfdestruction .
Lord Denman has been robbed of the gold box in which the freedom of the city of London was presonted to him for hia noble defence of Queen Caroline , and of tho testimonial from all tho judges , presented on his retirement from tho Bench . Othor things were taken from tho house ( Middloton Hall ) at the samp time . Tho thiof , a wandering mason , has been arrested at York . Tho interior of a bad heart lias boon exposed in tho confession of Flack , tho murderer of tho old housekcepor nt Bacton . Some curious points turn up . Ho details with plainness his crime . " I took a enso-knifo . I cut lior throat with it I think in two places ; at loast , I cut twice . " In such stylo tho confession proceeds ; but tho following passage betrays a poculiar tendency in some minds . " I had thought of doing tho deed some days , oven a fortnight before . I several times dreamt about < loing it ; nnd onco that I had done it , and that I was not
found out . I wont to tho houso with tho full intention of murdering Mrs . S toggles , and to get what money I could find . I had been to tlio house boforo on a Sunday , oither a fortnight or three weeks boforo , intending to do it , but «> ul < l not . I do not know that I had any apito against Mrs . Stogglos , but there always appeared sornothing on J » y mind until I hud done it . " Tho dreaming rominrls ono of that fatality in gambler ' s droaniB—they invariably nucceod in thoir imaginary contests . A deserving young noldior—Corporal Brown , of the 12 th Foot—reported Privatb O'Neill for so mo slight broach of discipline ) . O'Neill vowed rovongo . In a few days , tho young Corporal , who won an export poninan , was engaged writing at a inblo in one of the barrack-rooms , at tho nouth ond of tho HqHare , and two or three othor soldiers woro variously employed in tho apartment , wIion . O'Noill flntorod . It should bo atatod that in this room wero
Hituntod O'Noill ' fl quartern , ns well aH thoao of tho men proaont—l , ho entire party , including O'Noillnnd deceased , numbering ( ivo pommn . Tho deceased continued to write ; one of the mon , after O'NcHI ' h ontranco , loft tho 1 'oom , another stretched himself on a " bunk" to rest , and a third was employed for a time arranging Homo of bin accoutrements at anothor part of the room , and during this time O'Neill had hia musket on his knee , and appeared to ho engaged in cleaning it . Suddenly , without attracting tlio observation of any one in tho room—who nevor dreamt <> l' the dreadfulinurpoHO he had in view—O'Neill rh ' ovod muldonly towards the doorway , levelled his pieeo , took delib erate aim , and poured tho contents of tho muskob into
the unfortunate man sitting at the table . The flash from the musket was the first intimation those in the room , received of what was going on , but it was too late for them to do aught to rescue the life of their comrade . Brown , after receiving the fire , uttered a slight cry , and dropped his head on the table , and his murderer ran . down the steps leading to the barrack square . He was of course instantly pursued , and on his reaching , the square , he was called on to stop , when he turned round with great coolness , and said , " Oh , I'll stop ; 'twas I shot him j" and afterwards expressed himself as happy as if he were in heaven that he had done the deed . Brown was shortly after removed to the hospital . He spoke but little , said he was getting very cold , and died in a few hours . Greenock
Hum and true religion flourish in Scotland . At the pious people use sticks to enforce Sunday quietness , and meet in noisy mobs to beat their neighbours for the love of God . The Glasgow folk , who don ' t drink whiskev , or like dirt , went out on Sunday last to enjoy the fresh air on the Clyde , and on their return they were assailed by a crowd of those who think such conduct disgraceful . The affair ended in a riot , in which the offensive promoters of the Sabbath were beaten . The wife beating makes way . John Flaherty beat his wife most brutally with a poker on the head , and flung her from the top to the bottom of the stairs . Mobbs , a wine cooper , had a brutal quarrel with his wife , cut her in the neck and killed her . He then cut his own throat , but is not dead .
A curious application of evidence character was made on Tuesday at the Worship-street Police-court . Joseph Mull , Scripture reader and organist to che district church of St . Thomas , Bethnal-Green , behaved in a most infamous manner in the presence of a young nursemaid and some children . The charge was clearly proved , and the testimony of the witness could not be shaken in cross-examination . But" the Reverend Mr . Williams , one of the curates of St . Thomas ; Mr . Carter , the organist at the old church ; and several respectable inhabitants of the parish , some of whom had known the defendant for a period often years , were severally examined , and spoke in the highest terms of his general good conductand morality . " This inconclusive defence was useless ; the man was sentenced to three months imprisonment and hard labour .
Miscellaneous. Coubt Life At Osborne Has...
MISCELLANEOUS . Coubt life at Osborne has been enlivened by that pleasant incident , the annual fete , on the occasion of Prince Albert ' s birthday . The labourers and workmen employed at Osborne ; the seamen , marines , and boys of the Royal yachts j tho non-commissioned officers and men of the detachment of the 23 rd Royal Welch Fusileers ; the Trinity Houso men , and the Coast Guard stationed at East Cowes , amounting in all to about five hundred persons , dined together in a tent on the lawn at Osborne , on . Saturday . Tho Queen was a spectator of the procession to the banquet , and afterwards witnessed the games and dances that succeeded .
Mr . J . R . Ingersoll delivered his letters of recall as United States Minister , and Mr . Buchanan was presented by the Earl of Clarendon on his appointment to succeed Mr . Ingersoll , on Tuesday .
The Admiralty Has Been Down At Deptford ...
The Admiralty has been down at Deptford and Woolwich , inspecting ships , machinery , and men . The Globe discovers , also , that they " eat at tho public expense , " after tho manner of tho notorious Stafford . " But while Sir James Graham and Sir Baldwin Walker regaled themselves on mouthfuls of sea-biscuit , Mr . Stafford took his friends to a tavern , joyfully partook of the best , and magnanimously sent in tho " bill to head-quartere . " Tho Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses ( Scotland ) have made their annual inspection . They looked well at
all tho lighthouses in tho Firth of Clyde , and thon "judicious drank , and greatly daring dined . " The Shipping Gazette asks , " At whoso expense P" Really , if this habit of inquiry is continued , things mustcomo to such a " low " state that every man shall have to pay for his own dinner . Major Bcrosford and hia fellows are to be tried in tho Court of Queen ' s Bench , on the ground that difficult questions of law aro likely to arise on the trial , and that a special jury is less ^ likely to bo influenced by political prejudice than tho jurors of the Criminal Court .
Mr . Beamish , " Liberal Protestant , has been returned for tho city of Cork , defeating hia opponent , Colonel Chatterton , Derbyito , by 1183 to 1003 . Mr . Starkie , Conservative , has been returned for Clithoroo , boating Mr . Jonathan Peel , Liberal , by 210 to 205 . Lord Robert Gascoyno Cecil , of politics " decidedly Conservative , " has boon roturned for Stamford , in room of Mr . Henries . The Scotch seem contented with tho legislation for their country , carried in the late session . There were sovon Government Bills : —1 . Sheriff Courts ; 2 . University Tests ; 3 . Bankruptcy ; 4 . Entails ; 5 . Burgh Harbours ;
O-Shoriffflhipa Consolidation ; 7 . Evidence ( winch was a measuro of tho Lord Advocate , though adopted by Lord Brougham ) . The Scotsman naya : — " What , then , is tho Hum of tho wholo cession as regards Scotch business P < That no bill especially affecting Scotland has boon carried or ovon introduced , but such as liad tho support of tho Scotch representatives ; and that ovory Scotch bill which they supported lias beconio law . If , thorofore , Scotland has not got' justice' this year , it is entiroly her' own fault . No Englishman has rofunod anything she asked , nor meddled with anything that belonged to her . Can Ireland , with her special officers of dtato , and doublo tho number of representatives , say half as muchP " " Man preys on man , " and ovon big bishops con swallow up littlo bishops , after tho npprovod fashion of Aaron's rod or Joseph ' s loan kino . An educational squabble among tho guardians of tho South Dublin Union tho othor day
elicited a curious revelation with regard to Mr . Secretary Stanley ' s celebrated measure for the reform of the ^ rish branch of the established church by the lopping off of ten of its bishoprics . It transpired , on the high authority of Captain Lyndsay , eon of the late and last Bishop of Kildare , that this bold step was taken by the advice and with the sanction of the present Primate , Lord John Beresford . In order that there might be " no mistake " about tho matter , Captain Lyndsay stated that when Lord Derby ( then Mr . Stanley ) brought forward the Church Temporalities Act he proposed to reduce the salaries of those bishops , but the Primate objected , and recommended that the sees should be suppressed .
The Fleet, Which Looked So Well En Masse...
The fleet , which looked so well en masse at Spithead , is . being . sent-to sea , or Other ports , in squadrons or singly . Rear-Admiral Corry ' s and Commodore Martin ' s squadrons are to cruise separately at sea until the 17 th of Sep tember , when they are to assemble at Queenstown , to meet the Lords of the Admiralty , who will inspect them . The Ijondon , 90 , Captain Charles Eden , only awaits the payment of wages to her crew to leave and join the sailing squadron under Bear-Admiral Corry . The Odin 3 16 , paddle-frigate , Captain F . Scott , left Spithead on Thursday for Lisbon . The Vesuvius , 6 , paddle-sloop , Commander Powell , is under orders to sail on foreign service .
Another Old Soldier Is Gone: Lord Saltou...
Another old soldier is gone : Lord Saltoun died on Thursday last . He served in the Peninsula , defended Hougoumont , and was , said the Duke , " a pattern to the army , both as a man and a soldier . " He was sixty-nine years old , and was Major-General , and the Colonel of the 2 nd Regiment of Foot . The gallant wife of a brave soldier is another of the distinguished persons who , this week , have gone into the " remarkable retirement of the grave . " Lady Sale died at Cape Town on the 6 th of July . The United Service Gazette says :- —" Though not a highly-accomplished or even well-educated woman , she had quick perceptions and a strong mind , readily adapting herself to her position as her husband advanced in rank and consequence . The journal which she kept of the unfortunate occurrences afc . Cabui , and of the subsequent treatment which she and
her fellow-captives experienced at the hands of Mahomed Akbar Khan , - sufficiently demonstrated the masculino quality of her understanding and the firmness of her heart . In the 13 th Light Infantry , in which Sale rose , and of which he died the colonel , she was much respected , and many officers and men to this hour remember her unvarying kindness . Since her return to India , after paying a visit to this country on her release from captivity , Lady Sale resided on the hills in a state of comfort , her Majesty having granted her a pension of 500 £ . a-year , as a mark of her approbation of her own and her gallant husband ' s conduct . " An old sailor of repute has also lately died . Sir George Cockburn , aged 82 , died on the 19 th , at Leamington . Sir George , early in his eventful career , attracted the notice of Lords Hood and Hotham . He commanded the
Minerva frigate , attached to the fleet of Sir John Jervis , previous to the battle of Cape St . Vincent , in which ho Eerformed an extraordinary exploit . Having shortly efore tho engagement fallen in with the Spanish fleet , ho was immediately chased by the whole force . In crowding all sail to get away from their pursuers a man was carried overboard ; and , contrary to the opinion of most men , when three hundred and fifty lives were at stake against one , the high minded captain determined " to wear ship . " He succeeded in picking up his man , ran through tho enemy ' s line , with several of whom ho exchanged broac ! - sides , and continued his course in triumph . Ho was subsequently Nelson ' s Commodore in the Mediterranean off Sicily and Naples ; but his greatest services to his country
woro those which he rendered in tho American war . Arriving in tho Chesapeake on March 3 , 1813 , tho Rear-Admiral commenced a desultory modo of warfare by clearing tho river James of its vessels , and carrying consternation into the heart of Virginia , llo next penetrated to tho upper part of Elk river , at the very head of tho Chesapeake waters ; landed and partially destroyed the town of Havre do Grace , tho settlements of Georgetown and Frederickstown , as well as many other places , inflicting incredible losses upon tho enemy . In pursuance of a bold plan which ho had formed , tho ltear-Admiral , joining an army of 4000 men under Major-General ltoss at Marlborough , now advanced upon Washington , tho capital of tho United States itself , which ho hoped to take by a coup de main .
. ¦ Reaching Bladensburg on tho 24 th of tho same month , tho British encountered tho enemy ' s army , of about 8000 strong , which , although firmly posted , was attacked and completely routed . Thus encouraged , tho victorious troops pushed forward without loss of time , and on tho flaino evening entered Washington . The wholo of that night and of tho following day woro devoted to tho work ot destruction ; and by tho evening of tho 25 th , when tho British commenced thoir retreat , public property to tho value of between two and three millions sterling hod been
demolished . After conducting many othor operations on tho southern coasts of t » io United States , he hoisted his flag in tho Northumberland , 74 , as Coininiuu or-in-clnof at St . Helena , It was his fortune to !><> selected to convey tho ox-Emperor Napoleon to St . Helena , and his tact and delicacy in discharging this critical duty wero such , that tho ex-Emperor , who at that time wm not one to be easily pleased or propitiated by any ollicor wearing tho British uniform , emphatically pronounced Captain Cockburn " a gentleman . " At bin death , Sir Oeoreo Cockburn was Admiral of tho Fleet , Major-General of Marines , nnd Rear-Admiral of tho United Kingdom .
Mr . Roebuck is grently unproved in health . Ho is to attend tho Cutler ' s Vaunt tins yonv at Miefliold . Major-General Slavoly , O . B ., has boon appointed Commandor-in-Chiof cf the Company h iorcoa on the Madras establishment . . Tlio Polish Historical Society or Fans baa presented medals to Lord Fnliworaton , aa " tho protector of tho rights
-
-
Citation
-
Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 27, 1853, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27081853/page/7/
-