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1232 T H E L EADEB, __ [No. 353, Saturda...
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS. WoRCKkTisn ...
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STATE OF TRADE. The trade reports from t...
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returned to their old associations and habits , and to make them serve the remainder of their sentence . AH ticket-6 f-leave convicts who have removed from the lo- i cality to which their license restricts them are to bo sent back to their cortvict prisons . " Treatment of Children at Boarding-schools . — Mr . Carter , coroner for East Surrey , concluded on Tuesday an adjourned inquest respecting the death of the I child named Maria Bailey , which , as alleged , had been | caused by ill-treatment ami starvation at a school kept by Mrs . Mears , or Myers , at Battersen . The general evidence , confirmed by that of Mr . Richardson , a surgeon of Battersea , proved that the cause of death -was insufficient and improper food , wnnt of clothing , and neglect of cleanliness ; The j ury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against the mistress of the school . The Holt Rabbit Case . —Lord Hastings and the Holt magistrates ( with one exception ) - appear to be still unaware of the real character of the position they have chosen in relation to the rabbit warren called the " Lows . " On Saturday , two men named John Hacon and Francis Dusgate were charged -with trespassing in cearcb of rabbits on the ground in question , and fined Is . each and costs—12 s . 3 d . each—with fourteen days' imprisonment in default of payment . About 1-1 / . has been received for the benefit of the families of the men first convicted . " Lord Colvill" again . —Colvill George Colvill , the man who , about a year ago , created for himself great notoriety by pretending to be Lord Colvill , was chaTged at Guildhall on Tuesday with illegally convey ing a pint of gin into Whitecross-street prison . He was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment . The Bal Masque . —Several ' gentlemen' have been fined for drunkeaness and disorderly conduct at Jullien ' Masqued Ball on Monday evening . ¦ A Brave Wojlvs . —An extraordinary instance of courage exhibited byawoman has occurred at Great llor ton , near Bradford , Yorkshire . The house of Mr . Samuel Blaniires , a farmer and a feeble old man of seventy , was attacked by a gang of burglars last Saturday night Miss Blamires , having received notice that some suspici ous characters were hanging about the premises , had recently been in the habit of setting up late at night and on Saturday ' night she did not go to bed till one o ' clock . ; Shortly after she had entered her room , she heard a noise inT the parlourbeneath , andj arming her self with an iron bar , she descended . A small amount of gas was burning in the room , by means of which Miss Blamirea saw some one trying to enter through window . She turned the gas on fully , and advancing towards the head of the man , which was already throug the aperture , dealt it five blows with the bar . The man ¦ was completely jammed in the window , so that it - some time before he could be drawn off . In the mean while , one of the men was heard to exclaim , " Damn thee , Jack ! cudgel her !" . Next morning , a great deal of blood was found about the place , and portions of hair and scalp were seen adhering to the iron bar . An Encouxteh with Highwaymen . — 'Mr . Ward , innkeeper of Sheilield , was on his Avay home on Tuesday evening , about five o ' clock " , when he was stopped by man who asked if he had any money . He said he had when the man rejoined , " You must give it to me . " Ward said he would , if he was not ill-used . The promised , and Mr . Ward proceeded to unbutton his outer coat ; but this was merely to divert attention , for suddenly struck the fellow a heavy blow on the with a " stick , bringing him senseless to the ground Another man then hurried up , and a struggle followed in which Mr . Ward subdued his antagonist , and , leasing himself , got safely away . Highway Robberies in Yorkshire . —Several hig way robberies , accompanied by violence , in the W Riding of Yorkshire , are reported in the local papers . Abduction in Ireland . — Three men have charged at the Carlow Petty Sessions with carrying a young woman , named Catharine Hurrihan , from parents . From the evidence of the girl herself , who only eighteen , it appeared that last Saturday morning about six o'clock , she was proceeding to Carlow in donkey-carr , accompanied by her mother and grand mother . When a short distance from Carlow , attention was arrested by observing a covered secreted under a railway bridge , near which were men . On coming near to the vehicle , one of prisoners ( Dunne ) , who was a servant in her father employment , approached and dragged her oiF the In his efforts to do so , she pulled her grandmother along with her . She screamed for help , but her parents , being overpowered by tho other men , they were unable to give any assistance . Dunne was unable by himself to force her into tho car , but was assisted by a , person whose name she did not know . When flung into the car , Dunne followed her , closing tho door beliind him , whereupon the driver , whoso namo is Keofe , drove iff as faat aa he could , the third peraon holding back her mother and grandmother . She remained insensible until they arrived in Athy , a distance of ten miles . Her clothes were much torn and injured in tho struggle . When they drove into Stradball j ' , thrco miles from Athy , Dunno and tho car-driver , Keefe , partook oi some breakfast , but sho refused . Dunno , on her recovering her self-possession , frequentl y asked her to marry ¦
him reqv pns miti * ana cha 185 scss j cus « ofJ -1 pea of , sen coh me ! tai | wo j of wh .-coi j ab < i Tli na oe | th j sa cr , - be of q » fe s in ¦ . ¦ : tt . . iii - h nr tl . c < - t : a ; p r - I r I the " * f h I s was < - < < 1 ^ - an ] i a i ; Mr . thief he head . , rehest been off her is , a - her car three the ' s car . him ; but sh . e declined indignantly to comply with hia request . —The case not being clear against the third prisoner , he was discharged ; the other two were com- ¦ mitted for trial . ' - ¦' .. ¦ The Great Bullion Eobbery . —Pierce , Burgess , and Tester , were on Wednesday committed for trial on the charges arising ont of the great bullion robbery of May , 1855 . It is intended to petition in favour of a special session of the Central Criminal Court for trying the ac- ! cuscd . They will probably be brought upon the 12 th 1 of January . The Condemned Convict , Hannah . —Earnest ap- peals have been addressed to Sir George Grey in favour of sparing the life of John Hannah , now lying under | sentence of death for killing a woman with whom he had ! cohabited , but who had left him . The ground on which 1 mercy is solicited is that Hannah is insane ; and ccr- | tainly a great deal of the evidence received at the trial ! would seem to warrant that opinion . A correspondent I of the Times makes a similar plea fr-r Mansell , the soldier | who shot a comrade . I Highway Robbu ; ky and Mukdeh . —A murder was ! committed on the highway near Wiveliscombc , Somerset , I about a dozen miles from Tauntou , on Tuesday night , j The fact was discovered about eleven o'clock by a man I named Haves , ' who , while walking home on the road I between Langley and Ford , observed a horse and cart in , 'l the road without any . attendant . On nearer , approach , 5 ic r saw the feet of a person hanging over the front of the i ' cart , ' and further examination resulted in his finding the - body of Thomas A |> lin , a young mail twenty-two years 3 of age , employed as an agricultural labourer . He was quite dead , '¦ his" throat having been cut so as nearly to i sever the head from the body . A carpet-bag was found s in the cart undisturbed ; but the pockets had been turned out , and money carried away , A young man f named Nation , has been arrested under suspicion . He - . ' had been drinking with Aplin on the evening of the > l murder , till the latter . Was dfunfct ; and they then left j 3 the tavern together , Aplin having previously showed his t . companions change for a ' . M . note . When Nation was i- taken into custody , his clothes were found to be bloody d and a bloody stained clasp-knife was discovered in liis ; pocket . ¦ .- ¦ ' ¦ . ' Le Highwa y Robbery and Assault . — Four men ie named respectively Charles AVilliamsj Denis Folcy , John r- Bryant , and John 'brine , were charged at the Southwark it police-court with committing a murderous attack on Mr ss Hogari , a government clerk , and stealing from him his ie watch and money- Mr . Hogan was returning home i < r from Deptford , where he had been to transact some > -h business connected with the Board of Works . When in arrived at the corner of the New Kent-road , he inquired as cf two women , whom he met , the nearest wayto Lon n- don-bridge , promising to ' treat' them if they would in direct him . The women consented , and he therefore al took them into a public-house , where they all had some tir wine and cakes . After they came out again , one of Mr Hogan ' s companions pointed down Kent-street , telling in him that that war the way to London-bridge , and iv immediately proceeded in that direction , but had not a gone far , when he suddenly felt some one grasp him by d ; the neck from behind , and forcibly drag him backwards , fr . At the same time another caught hold of his amis and ief pinioned him , while a third planted his knee on his ter chest and pressed his throat with his hand , forcing his he tongue out of his mouth . Seeing this , one of the ruflians ad cut his tongue . Having completely disabled their vicid . tim , the men rifled his pockets of all the money they ed , contained ( about fifteen shillings ) , and stole his watch , re- They then made off , and when Mr . Hogan had sufficiently recovered from their attack , about twenty ; h- minutes afterwards ! , to proceed on his way , he gave incst formation of the circumstance to the inspector at the lk-rmondsey station-honsc , as did likewise the two cen women whom he had previously met . The latter also off corroborated Mr . Hogan's evidence before the magistrate her in every respect , and one of them stated that Williams o is had threatened to stab her , upon hearing which the ing , ruffian , who had formerly been a soldier in the Royal ii a Artillery , but was drummed out for desertion , and was nd- likewise suspected of being a ticket-of-leave man , imhcr mediately exclaimed , This woman is in tho robbery , car and may the first drop of water I drink turn . to aquaxree fortis if she did not receive 6 s . out of it . " This statcthe ment the woman denied . Mr . Burcham discharged lct ' b Orme , hut remanded tho other three prisoners for a car . week .
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Accidents And Sudden Deaths. Worckktisn ...
ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . WoRCKkTisn Cathedral has been for some . time under repair by tho Dean and Chapter , and very extensive works are being carried on there for the purpose of strengthening and restoring tho eacred edifice . Oil Friday week , three men were engaged in one part of the work —repairing the south transept—when n terrible accident happened , being the second fatal occurrence nt the cathedral within a few weeks . They had raised a scaffolding to a height of forty-five feet , and were occupied in . raising it still higher . Short polea had been fixed into tho wall , and upon these were rested a number of planks forming the scaffolding . The men wero at work upon thia scaffolding when one of tho supporting polea suddenly broke , and tho poor fellows fell to the
groi It vi was One oth < inj u T pert are The twc wor mir rap the the let ) fire mei aln the oth mo jur Dii He wli ac < ; M < spi oil pr Tl to , B N of se ai j fl ; . " ' , ft tl h . h h u t he t i - v \ a a . i c he t ground , the planks and other timbers falling upon them . It was not until some little while after that the accident was discovered ; but the men were then speedil y rescued . One man died in the course of an hour or two , and the others are still lingering : under the effect of very severe injuries . The ' * refinery' of an iron foundry at Leeds , the property of Mr . James Kitson , blew up last Saturday with a report which was heard at a distance of several miles . The building , at the time of the accident , contained about twenty-five cwt . of metal in a molten state , and the work appeared to have progressed satisfactoril y until five minutes to eight , ' when two explosions were heard in rapid succession , and in a moment the brick chimney , the burning cinders , and boiling metal , were hurled into the air to a great height . Edward Dickenson ( of Hunslet ) , -who was at the moment engaged in stirring tlie fire , was thrown some distance by a quantity of molten metal striking him upon the face and breast . He fell ; almost instantly rose ; but was knocked down again by the descending bricks and rubbish . Robert Barlo-w , another man working at the refiner )' , was scalded by the molten metal about the hands and thigli 3 ; but his injuries were not very serious , and lie walked home . Dickenson , howeS-er , was found to be dreadfully hurt . He was conveyed as speedily as possible to the infirmary , where he lies in a precarious state . The cause of the accident is not precisely known . While the Persia was coming to her moorings in the Mersey last Saturday afternoon , the capstan suddenly spun round , and one of the bars struck the second i officer , Mr . George Downing Stanley , in the abdomen , i producing injuries of which he died on Sunday night . 1 The deceased was one of the picked men of the service ; i to which his death is a great loss . , A painful accident has befallen , M . Nothomb , the j Belgian Minister of Justice , and his wife . Madame s Nothomb having occasion to use a flask of ether , some t of the liquid was spilt , took fire , and burnt her face s severely , as well as her infant , whom she had in her s arms . ' M . Nothomb , in attempting to extinguish the / flames , was also much burnt . s The people of Edinburgh were startled on Wednesday morning by hearing of the sudden death of Mr . Hugh i , Miller , the well known writer on geology and editor of ii the 11 it 7 iess newspaper . Mr . Miller had been found k lying dead on the floor of his bedroom , shot through the r . -heart with a pistol bullet . That he died by his own is hand there seems to he no doubt , but the circuni 5 tances ie under which the melancholy event happened do not lead ie to the supposition that his death was an act of intenie tional suicide . For some time past , Mr . Miller had boon id in a somewhat indifferent state of health , brought on , i- we believe , by over-study in the preparation of a new Id work on geology . He suffered from nervous exeitemer . r . re and was under continual apprehension of his house being ie attacked by thieves . On this account he kept a pistol r . in his bedroom . Latterly , also , he had been -unable to i « - obtain any refreshing sleep ; and the general opinion is , ie that his death resulted from accident . nt ¦ ¦ ' ' _ . ' : ¦ ' ' ¦
State Of Trade. The Trade Reports From T...
STATE OF TRADE . The trade reports from the manufacturing towns for the week ending last Saturday are all favourable . At Manchester , the transactions have been considerable , and quotations have been stimulated by the advance in cotton . At Birmingham , an improvement has occurred in the iron trade , owing to the export demand for railroad purposes , which seems to have removed all doubt ol the existing scale of prices being maintained . In the general occupations of the place there has also been full employment , and in several instances much animation . The Nottingham advices state that the purchases , although limited , have been beyond the average usual at this season . In the woollen districts , there Lave been active requirements both on home and foreign account . and rates continue firm . — Times . In tlie general business of the port of London during the same week there has been increased activity . 1 H « total number of vessels reported inward was 271 , showing an increase of 94 over tho previous week . Among these , were 10 with cargoes of gugar , and 5 G wit . li cargoes of corn , rice , and flour . Tho number of ships cleared outward was 112 , including 16 in ballast , suowing a decrease of 5 . Tho total of vessels on tlie bertn loading for the Australian colonies is ( 53 , being 13 more than in the last account . Of these , 7 are for Adelaide , 5 for Geclong , 2 for llobart Town , 4 for Launcestou , 2 for Melbourne , 1 for Moreton Bay , 8 for New / . caland , 18 for Port Philip , 1 for Portland Bay , and is tor Sydney . —Idem . > ., . In consequence of the course pur .-ucd by tlje ureai Northern Railway with reference to some of their «» nr ? - > the committee of the Stock Kxchango have adopted tut following resolution , which will be brought forward tor confirmation next Monday : — " Tho committee liavint , received evidence that tho Great Northern KuiUWiy Company have refused to register transfers of stock accompanied by coupons officially signed by the registerin g clerk of the company and by tho secretary , and lor wlu <» etock certificates of duo registration in the names ol t » c aellera havo boon issued by tho company ' s wjorotorj , resolved unanimously , —That , there being no security . _ .
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 27, 1856, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27121856/page/8/
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