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No. 436, July 31,1858.] , THE LEADEB. 73...
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OBITUARY. The late Dr. Donijam. —-The pa...
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NAVAL AND MILITARY. Colonel, C. P. Ainsl...
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MISCELLANEOUS. The Court.—The visit of t...
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. The Assizes. James Seaus Lias Been Tri...
principal of which were that the plaintiff had not performed the duties of the office of secretary in a proper manner , and that , owing to bis 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 Lad performed the office of secretary , they had sustained losses to the amount of 100 , 0007 . The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff— damages 2001 ; and at the same time said they were of opinion that there was no justification of his dismissal .
. An action has been "brought at Yoik by a Mrs . Hardcastle to recover damages from the South Yorkshire Railway 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 have appeared in the daily papers we learn that , on the evening of the 13 th of last May , Mr . Hardcastle had travelled to Rotherbam to see his son , Mr . John Hardcastle , who resided there as a newspaper reporter . After they had transacted some business together , tbey walked to the station at Masbro ' , Mr . Hardcastle the elder intending to return to Sheffield by the mail train . They were t oo late , however , and the deceased consequently determined , contrary to the advice of his son and of two policemen , whom tbey met near the station , to walk back to Sheffield by what is called the Field-road . This Field-road is a public footway , 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 proximityof a large blast furnace , which , upon the night of the 13 th of last 3 Vf ay , was blazing up from time to time , and throwing a momentary and uncertain light on all the surrounding objectSjthus rendering the prevailingdarkhess of the night
all the more perplexing . Mr . Hardcastle walked safely along the path leading between the canal and the " overflow" channel , until le 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 bis death at the same place , under somewhat similar circumstances . The Coroner ' s jury had in that case sent & warning to the defendants of the dangerous nature of th & locality ; but the company had neglected to provide any additional protection for foot passengers . A verdict was now found for the plaintiff ; damages , 20 Z . 2 s .
An action to recover 21 . 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 by 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 htm an apparatus for 2 £ 10 s ., reiving on his honour for the payment of another 21 . 10 s . at a subsequent period . Mr . Parry alleges that he 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 days , received aome medicine and a lotion , which were of no tise to him . Being unable to get any satisfaction , ho brought this action . The defence was that the person seen at the house of Dr . Watters was not the doctor himsel f , but one his assistants , named Allen , and that Mr . Parry directed that the apparatus should b « sent to the cloak-room , not of the Eastern Counties Railway , but of the South-Westcrn , which was done . This \ tas emphatically denied by tlio 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 Guilty at the Chelmsford Assizes , and was sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude , LukeRUey , a deaf and dumb mnn , has been tried at Stafford on n charge of assaulting Thomas Wheeldon , and robbing him of a watch , on the high road , after they had been drinking together at a public -house . The interpreter was also deaf and dumb , and scorned to have " a system of signs different from those understood by the prisoner ; so that eomo difficulty was experienced in making him understand . Ultimately , lie was found lauilty , and sontonced to four months' hard labour .
Ebenezer Chcrrington was found Guilty on Wednesday , at Ipswich , of the murder of Mrs . Studd , the wife of a baker , with wliom ho had formerly lived . Chcrrington and the woman had for aome time carried on an illicit intercourse ; but at last there was a quarrel botween them , nnd Mra . Studd forbado tho young man the houso . On tho 2 i ) tti of April ho remained in her room wl night , threatening her and her daughter , nnd in the mominrr lm < Yn » f ¦¦•• cul im . uL-.. ll ,., !(¦! , ^ i , n _ 11 „ ......
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 Bickle , 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 not having succeeded in 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 Buch an act again he would be hanged .
Thomas M'Carthy has been found Gnilty 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 , and Gornell ¦ was a private in the West York Militia . Between these two regiments there was some feud , and , one night , without any provocation , M'Garthy and four of his comrades attacked Gornell and one of his comrades at a beershop . The prosecutor was so seriously wounded by a bayonet that it was found necessary to amputate one of his legs , and for a long time 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 hist Way . 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 Haynes , was indicted for escaping from the hulks at Deptford . He said that the horrors of Pentonville model prison had lad 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 Sramwell thought the act bat 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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Obituary. The Late Dr. Donijam. —-The Pa...
OBITUARY . The late Dr . Donijam . — -The papers announce the death , on the 17 th , of S . Asley Dunham , LL . D ., with Tffhose 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 Portugal won 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 . —Athenceum .
Naval And Military. Colonel, C. P. Ainsl...
NAVAL AND MILITARY . Colonel , C . P . Ainslie , 14 th Light Dragoons , commanding at Kirkee , haa been ordered to proceed immediately to Gwalior , to assume command of the Second Brigade of the Central India Field Force under Sir Hugh Rose , in consequence of the retirement of Colonel Charles Steuart , of the same corps , from ill-health . The latter officer is now on tis way to Calcutta from Calpee , on the -way to England , on medical certificate . The Income-tax at Woolwich Arsenal . —For some weeks past , a largo proportion of the men ' s wages in the Royal Gun Factory Department of Woolwich Arsenal has been withheld for income-tax stated to be due on over-work , & c , during the past three years . The men , whose weekly pay amounted to 35 s . and 28 s .,
were accordingly allowed but 8 s . nnd 7 s . for nino consecutive weeks , which has caused considerable inconvenience , and in some cases severe distress . A statement of the circumstances having been laid before General Sir William Codrington , one of the members of the borough , by Mr . Graham and some other members of tho local board of health , a notice has been posted in tho Royal Arsenal stating the amount of money received from that department in liquidation of the claim , amounting in some cases to 13 / . per man . The notice concludes by informing the men that , pending instructions from the Wur-ofiice , no further Bum will be deducted on that head , and if it should be proved that any overplus had been received it wilL be refunded . — Times .
CiircATiNa at Portsmouth . —The contractor for meat to tho troops in Portsmouth garrison , who had already been convicted twice of cheating tho soldiers in their weight , hns again been sentenced to a fine for tho like offence , and for using unstamped weights . Adbhral Loud Lyonh , G . C . I ) ., & c , accompanied by Mr . Algernon Lyons , his flag lieutenant , returned to Portsmouth on Tuesday , but not to his flagship . His Lordship has engaged a suite of rooms at the Portland Hotel , Southson , where ho will sojourn for tho present . Marshal tho Duke of Mnlukhoff hna visited his Lordship
Aemy Kitchens . —M . Soyer , on Wednesday , opene d his model kitchen for the army , one of which is built * t the Wellingtou-barracts , in the presence of General Lord 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 , saute 1 mutton , saute" liver , rice pudding , and plain boiled rice . M . Soyex has been directed to cook a dinner for a battalion of Guards on his improved system .
Miscellaneous. The Court.—The Visit Of T...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —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 o 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 will take place . " The Queen and Prince Consort , accompanied by Prince Arthur , Prince Leopold , Princess Alice , Princess Louisa , and Count Mensdorff , embarked onboard the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert on Monday afternoon , and cruised to Spithead , —The Queen will arrive at Leeds oa the 6 th of September , and open the new Town Hall on the 7 th .
Lady Mokgan . —The AtheiKBum states that this distinguished authoress is not only out of danger , but actually well . Madagascar . —The crew of the French , vessel , the Marie Caroline , of Mantes , 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 Crrr Chamberlainshdp .- —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 the reduction of the salary from 25002 . to 15007 . a year , were unanimously agreed to . It was also decided that the Chamberlain should 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 Goodwood 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 . R . James , the novelist , who has been f or several years her Majesty's Consul at Richmond , Virginia , has been appointed Consul at Venice ; and Mr . Barbar , whose conduct as Acting Vice-Consul at Naples during tho cessation of diplomatic intercourse -with the court of the Two Sicilies has been so frequently approved , will succeed Mr . James as Consul at Richmond . The
appointment is worth about 700 / . a year . — Idem . Git EAT MEETtNO OP ROMAN ' C / ATHOLXCS IN THE NojtTit . —During the past week , there has been a great gathering of Roman Catholic ecclesiastics and influential laymen at Ushaw College , about fivo 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 FisniNO . —A couple of British gunboats are cruising off the Northumberland coast , protecting the English fishermen engaged in the herring fishing . Le Corse , Frencli war steamer , is also looking after the French fishermen who are following tbe same employment .
An Extraordinary Traveller . —A few days since , a young lady , with a foreign accent and rather ec & entrie manners , dressed all in white , with yellow boots , alighted at the Peterborough Railway-station . Her luggage was addressed as follows : — " Her Divine Majesty , The Zion Holy Ghost , Empress of the Universe , Beloved Bride of Heaven , passenger to Silverdalo , near Lancaster . " She stated that she was an angel from Heaven , und presented one of the clerks with a tract , written partly in
Latin , partly in French , nnd partly in English . Fiuks . —Tho premises of Mr . Snundero , carver and gilder , Foley-strcot , Great Portlund-streot , Marylebone , were burnt down lato on Monday night , and one of tho inmates has been killed . Mr . Saundera , jun ., was aroused by a strong sinoll of fire , and on opening his bedroom door wan met by such a dense body of sraoko that it drove him back into tho room . He then opened his bedroom -window , on tho third floor back , got on tho
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Leader (1850-1860), July 31, 1858, page 739, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_31071858/page/11/
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