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!Nb. 436, Juxt 31,1858.] THE LEADER. 739
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OBITUARY. The late Dk, Dunham.—The paper...
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NAVAL AND MILITARY. Colonet, C. P. Aixsu...
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MISCIILANEO US. The Cotjkt.—The visit of...
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The Assizes. James Seam Lias Been Tried ...
principal of which were that the plaintiff had not performed the duties of tie office of secretary in a proper manner , and that , owing to his neglect , Leopold Redpath had heen enabled to commit frauds to a large amount upon the company ; and they also alleged that , through the negligent manner in which the plaintiff had performed the office of secretary , they had sustained losses to the amount of 100 , OOOZ . The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 2 OOZ ; and at the same time said they were of opinion that there was no justification of his dismissal . '
An ac tion has been brought at York by a Mrs . Hardcastle to recover damages from the South Yorkshire Kailway- and River Dun Company , for the death of her husband , a gentleman well known in Sheffield in connexion , with the press of that town . From the reports which lave appeared in the daily papers we learn that , on the evening of the 13 th of last May , Mr . Hardcastle had travelled to RotheTham to see his son , Mr . John Hardcastle , who resided there as a newspaper reporter . After they had transacted some business together , th ey walked to the station at Masbro ' , Mr . Hardcastle the elder
intending to return to Sheffield by the mail train . They were too late , however , and the deceased consequently determined , contrary to the advice of his son and of two policemen , whom they met near the station , to -walk back to Sheffield by "what is called the Field-road . This Field-road is a public footwajv which passes for some distance between a canal and an " overflow " channel belonging to the defendants , to a point within five yards of a large and deep reservoir of water , also belonging to the company . At this latter point , the path was turned by the defendants some twenty-four years ago , and carried at a right angle by a bridge over the channel ; but at the turn no railing or other protection had been erected , nor had anything been done to -warn persons using the footway by night of the dangerous nature of the neighbourhood . What considerably increased the danger was the proximity of a large blast
furnace , which , upon tlie night of the 13 th of last May , was blazing up from time to time , and throwing * a momentary and uncertain light on all the surrounding objects , thus rendering the prevailing darkness of the nigh t all the more perplexing 1 . Mr . Hardcastle walked safely along the path leading between the canal and the " overflow" channel , until he arrived at the point at which the path had been turned by the defendants , where , instead of turning off by the bridge , he seems to have walked straight on into the reservoir , and so to have been drowned . It was proved that in 1840 another gentleman met with his death at the same place , under somewhat similar circumstances . The Coroner ' s jury had in that case sent a . warning to the defendants of the dangerous nature of the locality * but the company had neglected to provide any additional protection for foot passengers . A . verdict was now found for the plaintiff ; damages , 207 . 2 s .
An action to recover 27 . 10 s . was brought at the Chelmsford Assizes last Saturday by a Mr . Parry , a farmer , of Debden , Essex , against a certain Dr . Watters , of Spring-gardens , London . The doctor professes to cure deafness ( from which Mr . Parry is a sufferer ) by a peculiar process discovered bj' him in China ; and some time ago the plaintiff called at his house , and made inquiries as to the mode of cure . He saw some , one who represented himself as Dr . Watters , and who agreed to send him an apparatus for 21 . 10 s ., relying on his honour forthe payment of another 2 / . 10 s . at a . subsequent period . Sir . Parry alleges that ho directed that the
apparatus should be sent to the cloak-room of the Eastern Counties Railway ; but it was not so sent , and he therefore wrote to the doctor , and , after a delay of some daya , received some medicine and a lotion , which Were of no use to him . Being unable to get any satisfaction , he brought this action . The defence was that the person seen at the house of Dr . Watters was not the doctor himself , but one of his assistants , named Allen , and that Mr . Parry directed that the apparatus should be sent to the cloak-room , not of the Eastern Counties Railway , but of the South-Western , which was done . This was emphatically denied by the plaintiff , in whose favour the jury found their verdict .
Van Popler , the Dutch burglar whose story we related at full last week , was on Saturday found GruM ^ jr at the Chelmsford Assizes , and was sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude , LukeRiley , a deaf and dumb mnn , has been tried at Stafford on a charge of assaulting Thomas Wheeldoii , and robbing him of a watch , on the high road , after they had been drinking together at a public house . The interpreter was also de af and dumb , and seemed to have a Byfttem of signs different from those understood by tlu > prisoner ; so that some difficulty was experienced in making him understnnd . Ultimately , ho was found Guilty , and sentenced to four monthtj' hard labour .
Kbonezer Cherrington was found Guilty on Wednesday , flt Ipswich , of the murder of Mrs . Studd , the wife of a bdkor , with whom ho had formerly lived . Chnrimgton and the woman had for some timo carried on an illicit intercourse ; but at last there was a quarrel between them , nndMrs . Studd forbade the young man the house . On the 29 th of April he remained in her room 1 " night ; threatening her and her daughter , nnd in the morning he fractured her skull with a poker . Ho was
now sentenced to death . Lord Campbell , who tried him , had the utmost difficulty in . pronouncing sentence , so strong was his emotion . ; but the prisoner , who all along anticipated a conviction , learnt his fate with apparent insensibility . Judgment of death has been recorded at Exeter on John Biekle , for a murderous assault on a girl against whom he had conceived some offence . The real punishment will probably be transportation for life . George Hanmer , a convict at Chatham , has pleaded guilty at Maidstone to a charge of murderously assaulting a warder with an iron belt . He assured the Judge that he only regretted hot having succeeded iu killing his victim ( which he was not far off doing- ) , and he was sentenced to penal servitude for life , with an intimation that , if he committed such an act again he would be hanged .
Thomas M'Carthy has been found Guilty at Maidstone of an assault , with , intent to do grievous bodily harm , on James Gornell . The prisoner was a sergeant of the North Cork Rifle Militia Regiment , nnd Gornell was a private in the West York Militia . Between these two regiments there was some feud , and , one night , without any provocation , M ' Carthy and four of his comrades attacked Gornell and one of his comrades at a beersliop . The prosecutor was so seriously wounded by a bayonet that it was found necessary to amputate one of his legs , and for a long timo his life was despaired of . M'Carthy was sentenced to six years' penal servitude .
James Morris , a young man of twenty , was on Wednesday found Guilty at the same Assizes of the manslaughter of Philip Redwood . The case arose out of a prize fight in the Essex marshes on the 26 th of last May . Morris was sentenced to two months' hard labour . The miseries of convict life have been illustrated in a case tried at Maidstone . A convict , named Hayn . es , was indicted for escaping from the hulks at Deptford . He said that the horrors of Pentonville mo > del prison had had such an effect on his mind that , when removed to Deptford , he in some degree lost his reason from the sheer sense of relief , and . that he then ran away . Baron Brarawell thought the act but natural , and merely added to the original term , of the man ' s punishment the few mouths he had subtracted from it by his escape .
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! Nb . 436 , Juxt 31 , 1858 . ] THE LEADER . 739
Obituary. The Late Dk, Dunham.—The Paper...
OBITUARY . The late Dk , Dunham . —The papers announce the death , on the 17 th , of S . Asley Dunham , LL , I > ., with whose name the public are familiar , and whose works will long survive . Dr . Southey , we know , spoke of his knowledge as marvellous , and that , too , in a department where Southey himself was considered especially informed—the history of the middle ages . His History of Spain and Portugul . woni the admiration of distinguished Spanish scholars ; and we have heard learned Spaniards speak with amazement of the great original research by which it was distinguished—not to be surpassed even by their own standard historians . —¦ Athencenm .
Naval And Military. Colonet, C. P. Aixsu...
NAVAL AND MILITARY . Colonet , C . P . Aixsue , 14 th Light Dragoons , commanding : at Kirk « e , has been ordered lo proceed immediately to Gwalior , to assume command of the Second Urigade of the Central IndiaField Force under Sir Hugh Rose , in consequence of the retirement of Colonel Charles Steuart , the same corps , from , ill-health . The latter officer is now on his way to Calcutta from Calpee , on the way to England , on medical certificate . Thk Income-tax at Woolwich Arsenal . —For some weeks past , a large proportion of the men ' s wages iii the Royal Gun Factory Department of Woolwich Arsenal has been withheld for income-tax stated to bo due on over-work , & c , during the past three years . The men , whose weekly pay amounted to 85 s . nnd * 28 s .,
wore accordingly allowed but 8 s . and 7 s . for nine consecutive weeks , which has caused considerable inconvenience , and in some casos severe distress , A statement of the circumstances having been laid before General Sir William Codrington , one of the members of the borough , by Mr . G rnham and some other members of the local bourd of health , a notice has been posted in the Royal Arsenal stating the amount of monoy received from that department in liquidation of the claim , amounting in some cases to 13 / . per man . The notice concludes by informing the mon that , pending instructions from the Wur-olfico , no further sum will bo doducted on that hend , and if it should bo proved that any overplus had been received it will be refunded . — Times ,
CiiisATiNG at Portsmouth .- —The contractor for meat to the troops ia Portsmouth garrison , who had already been convicted twice of cheating the soldiers in their weight , hus again beun sentenced to a fine for the like ouonco , anil for using unstamped weights . Admihal Loun Lyoks , G . C . U ., & c , accompanied by Mr . Algernon Lyons , his flag lieutenant , returned to Portsmouth on Tuesday , but not to his flngriliip . His Lordship has eng »| j ; cd a suite of rooms at the Portland Hotol , Southsen , whoro ho will sojourn for the present . Marshal tho Duko of Malakhoff hue visited his Lordsliip there .
Akmt Kitchens . —jr . Soyer , on Wednesday , opened his model kitchen for the army , one of which is built at the Wellington-barracks , in the presence of General Lot ! Rokeby and numerous other military authorities . Experiments were made with the rations of the troops , with . a highly satisfactory result , as M . Soyer produced , out of the usual amount of rations , the following bill of fare , viz .: —semi-stewed mutton and soup , pea-soup , stewed beef and pudding , salt pork with cabbage , salt beef , stewed beef with dumplings , roast mutton , roast beef , fried potatoes , saute" beef , sautd mutton , saute * liver , rice pudding , and plain boiled rice . M . Soyer has been , directed to cook a dinner for a battalion of Guards on . his improved system .
Misciilaneo Us. The Cotjkt.—The Visit Of...
MISCIILANEO US . The Cotjkt . —The visit of the Queen and Prince Albert to their daughter at Potsdam is now announced in the Court Circular , which states that " her Majesty and his Royal Highness will leave England upon the 10 th of August , and cross to Antwerp , whence they will proceed by railway to Potsdam , sleeping one night on the journey- On account of the state of the health of the King of Prussia this visit will be entirely of a private and domestic character , and no festivities or Royal visits wUl take place , " The Queen and Prince Consort , accompanied by Prince Arthur , Prince Leopold , Princess Alice , Princess Louisa , and Count MensdorfF , embarked on board the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert on Monday afternoon , and cruised to Spithead . — -The Queen will arrive at Leeds on the 6 th of September , and open the new Town Hall on the 7 th .
Lady Morgan . —The Atkenceutn states that this distinguished authoress is not only out of danger , but actually well . Mat > agasca . b . —The crew of the French vessel , the Marie Caroline , of Nantes , have been massacred at Madagascar , at the instance of the King . The vessel was afterwards pillaged and burnt . Only three of the crew escaped . The City CHAMBERLAiNaHnp . —Robert Scott , Esq .
was last Saturday elected to the office of Chamberlain of the City of London , in the room of the late Sir John Key , Bart . There was no other candidate , Mr . Scott ' s opponents having withdrawn . —At a Court of Common Council held on the previous day , the various changes proposed in the office of City Chamberlain , including 1 the reduction of the salary from 2500 L to 15001 . a year , were unanimously agreed to . It was also decided that the Chamberlain shouM not be allowed to engage in any other business .
The Serpentine . —A deputation of medical men and others waited upon Lord John Manners on Tuesday , to complain of the impure state of the Serpentine , which was described as extremely injurious to both bathers and pedestrians . Lord John Manners gave some hope that measures would be adopted to abate the nuisance . The Good-wood Races have taken place during : the week . Thursday was " the Cup Day , " when the grand prize- —consisting of two massive silver tankards—was won by Mr . J . Merry ' s Saunterer . Mr . G . P . E . James , the novelist , who has been for several years her Majesty's Consul at Richmond , Virginia , has been appointed Consul at Venice ; and Mr . Barbar , whose conduc t as Acting Vice-Consul at Naples during the cessation of diplomatic intercourse with the court of the Two Sicilios has been so frequently approved , will succeed Mr . James as Consul at Richmond . The
appointment is worth about 700 ? . a year . —Idem . Great Meeting of Roman Catholics in the North . —During the past week , there has been a great gathering of Roman Catholic ecclesiastics and influential laymen at Ushaw College , about five miles from Durham . St . Paul ' s . —The Bishop of London has received an intimation from the Queen that her Majesty will contribute 100 ? . to the improvements in St . Paul ' s for the services . The Herring Fishing . —A couple of British gunboats are cruising oft ' the Northumberland coast ? protecting the English fishermen engaged in the herring fishing . Le Corse , French war steamer , ia also looking after the French iishcrmca who are following the same employment .
Ax ExTUA-ORDiNAiiY TRAVELER . —A few days since , a young lady , with a foreign accent and rather eccentric manners , dressed all in white , with yellow boots , alighted at the Peterborough Itailway-station . Her luggage was addressed as follows : — " Her Divine Majesty , TheZion Holy Ghost , Empress of the Universe , Ucloved Bride of Heaven , passenger to Silvordale , near Lancaster . " She stated that she was « n angel from Heaven , and presented one of the clerics with a tract , written partly in
Latin , partly in French , and partly in English . Fiur . 8 . —The- premises of Mr . Saunderd , carver and gilder , Foley-streof , Great Portlnnd-stroet , Marylobone , were burnt down late on Monday night , and one of the inmates has boon killed . Mr . JHinindert ) , jun . was aroused by « strong smell of fire , and on opening hia bedroom door wna met by such a dense body of emoko that it drove him buck into the room . He then opened his bedroom window , on the third floor back , got on the waterspout , reached the roof , . and began . to pull off the
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Leader (1850-1860), July 31, 1858, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31071858/page/11/
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