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lady , vrho soon discovered his name and the reason of his entering the house . The furious mob rushed in af ter him , threatening to do for the ** Austrian Butcher ; " but , fortunately for him , the house is very old-fashioned , and contains a vast number of doors , which were all forced open , except the room in which the marshal was concealed . The mob had increased at that time to several hundreds , and from their excited state Mrs . Benfield became
alarmed about her own property as well as the marshal ' s life . She accordingly despatched a messenger to the Southwark police-station for the assistance of the police , and in a short time Inspector Squires arrived at the George with a number of police , and with great difficulty dispersed the mob and got the marshal out of the house . A policegalley was at the wharf at the time , into which he was taken , and rowed towards Somerset-house , amidst the shouts and execrations of the mob .
Messrs . Barclay have suspended all hands , in order to discover the principals in the attack . It appears that the two attendants of the marshal were an aidede-camp and an interpreter . He had presented a letter of introduction from Baron Rothschild , who had therein described him as " his friend Marshal Haynau . "
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LOVERS' QUARRELS . An action for trover was brought on the 522 nd August in the Lincoln County Court , the plaintiff being a Miss Hawson , pawnbroker , and the defendant a gentleman named Pickering , whose inconstancy had led to the proceedings . Plaintiff and defendant both resided in the Strait , Lincoln . Defendant having returned from a long residence abroad , formed an attachment , in December , 1848 , to Miss Hawson , or
rather ( so said her counsel ) to Miss Hawson ' s worldly goods , some considerable portion of which he contrived to possess himself of , under the name of love-gifts . The attachment having been broken off , Miss Hawson demanded the restoration of her goods , which being denied her , the present action was brought . The lady ' s complaint was that the articles had been given at different times under the assurance of the defendant that he intended
marriage ; but as he had disclaimed all purpose of fulfilling his engagement , she considered that the law ¦ would enforce a generally received rule in respect to presents under such cases . In a letter to defendant ' s mother , written by the plaintiff a week before the trial , some very " good feeling appeared . She was willing to restore her former confidence to him , although it must have been evident that he had trifled with her feelings for sordid ends . A point in reserve was happily hit by Mr . Quilter , the counsel for the plaintiff . "On going abroad , "
said he to Pickering , " did you pay your own expenses ? " An evasive reply was offVred . " For how many years did you continue to reside abroad ? " enquired the insatiable Mr . Quilter , " Was it for seven , fourteen , or twenty-one years ? " Whereupon the unpleasant fact was elicited that Mr . Pickering had sojourned at a penal settlement for fourteen years , having been transported thither , but only tor dining off an appropriated chicken in rather dubious company . The conclusion of this dramatic affair , does credit to the common-sense of a Lincolnshire jury .
After a very brief consultation , the verdict for the full amount claimed , was given in , and received with loud applause .
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THE VERITABLE SEA SERPENT . The people of Ireland seem determined to prove that the famous monster of the deep which has played its pranks along the American coasts , for so many years , has at last taken up its quarters in the vicinity of Ireland . We lately gave the evidence of two parties who affirmed that they had seen " the Icthcns Megacoddensis , " as it has been christened by a member of some learned society , and wo have now much pleasure in corroborating their testimony by the evidence of another eye-witness .
The following letter has been addressed to the Cork Constitution by a gentleman , who , sailing in his own yacht , had the apocryphal pleasure of seeing the monster solacing his idle moments by a comfortable scratch against a neighbouring lighthouse , with a view , it would seem , of ridding itself of its old and useless scales : — " Ccmrtmasherry , August 29 , 1850 . "Sin . —The following particulars , the accuracy of which need not bo questioned , will , 1 doubt not , interest many of your readers :-
—" The different Ashing establishments on the shorn of this extensive bay . extending from the Old Head of Kinsalo to the Seven" Heads , have been within the last few days abundantly supplied with fish of every description , and the greatest , activity prevails to profit by the bounty which has been thus sent to us literally in shoals . It has been noticed too , that « omr description of fish , haak for instance , been have captured further within the limits of the inner harbour than wan over known bofore . In fact , as 1 heard it observed , the fish was literally leaping ashore .
*• I hese nnvel appearances , however , it was my lot to see full y accounted for yesterday . At about one o ' clock a . m ., when Bailing in my yacht , with a slight breeze off shore , about two miles to the south of the beacon erected on the Barrel rocks , one of the party of four gentlemen
on board ( Mr . B ., of Bandon ) drew attention towards the structure mentioned , with the interrogatory of ' Do you see anything queer about the Barrels ? ' In an instant the attention of all on board was rivetted on , an object which at first struck me as like the upheaved thick _ end of a large mast , but which , as it was made out plainer , proved to be the head of some huge fish or monster . On bearing down towards the object we could distinctly see , with the naked eye , what I can best describe as an enormous serpent without mane or fur or any like appendage . The portion of the body above water , and which appeared to be rubbing or scratching itself against the beacon , was
fully thirty feet long , and in diameter I should say about a fathom . With the aid of a glass it was observed that the eyes were of immense size , about nine inches across the ball , and the upper part of the back appeared covered with a furrowed shell-like substance . We were now within rifle-shot of the animal , and , although some on board exhibited pardonable nervousness at the suggestion , it was resolved to fire a ball at the under portion of the body whenever the creature ' s unwieldy evolutions would expose its vulnerable part . The instant the piece if
was discharged the monster rose as impelled by a painful impulse to a height which may appear incredible , —say at least thirty fathoms , and , culminating with the most rapid motion , dived or dashed itself under water with a splash that almost stopped our breaths with amazement . In a few moments all disturbance of the water subsided , and the strange visitor evidently pursued his course to seaward . On coming up to the beacon we were gratified to find adhering to the supports numerous connected scaly masses , such as one would think would be rubbed from a creature * coating , ' or changing its old skin for a new one . These interesting objects can be seen at the Horse Rock Coast Guard station , and will
repay a visit . " These particulars I have narrated in the clearest manner I am able , and if others , in other boats , who had not so good an opportunity of seeing the entire appearance of the animal as those in my boat had , should send you a more readable account of it , I pledge myself none will more strictly adhere to the real facts . I am , Sir , your very obedient servant , " Roger W . Tkavers . " A second letter from Mr . Travers gives an account of his having seen the serpent again , on Saturday last , off Dunworly Head . It was busily employed " bolting conger eels , " after which it lay down on the surface of the sea and fell asleep . Four shots were fired at the monster , upon which it shook its head , " winked one eye in a rapid manner , " and dived under water .
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THE ESSEX POISONINGS . Much sensation has been caused in Newport , in Essex , of apprehension of the notorious Sarah Chesham , on another charge of poisoning . This woman lived at Clavering , a small village some three or four miles from Newport , and in the autumn of 1847 was arrested on a charge of having endeavoured to poison the illegitimate child of Lydia Taylor , who lived servant to the mother of Mr . Newport , a farmer in the neighbourhood , who was alleged to have been the father . Mysterious rumours death of
then gained circulation in the village as to the two children belonging to Sarah Chesham . Mr . Lewis , the coroner for the county , moved in the matter , and , after several lengthened enquiries , Professor Taylor , the chemist of Guy ' Hospital , having detected arsenic in the bodies , the prisoner was committed fortrial on the charge of murder . She was , however , acquitted of that serious crime , and the charge which related to the infant of Lydia Taylor fell to the ground . The child subsequently died , but there was no proof that death had resulted from any poisonous matter administeted to it .
After the prisoner ' s acquittal she returned to the village , and , from what has since transpired , there appears to have been much gossip about the poisoning , and * ' how bad husbands could be got rid of . " About three or four months ago the husband of Sarah Chesham was suddenly taken ill . He was a farm labourer , and , according to the statement of the neighbours , was generally considered a healthy sort , of man . Mr . Lewis , the coroner , made another attempt to unravel the mystery attending these secret and diabolical acts of poisoning . The contents of the body were forwarded to Mr . Taylor for analyzation , and at the sitting of the coroner ' s jury there was a vast amount of prevarication , with a view
apparently to screen the guilty party . A bag of rice was found in the house , which , on being analyzed , was found to contain arsenic mixed with it . The woman had been seen giving her husband rioe four days before he died , and his illness had been accompanied by symptoms like those caused b y action of arsenic . The stomach of the deceased had also been submitted to analysis , and tracs of arsenic , but not in sufficient quantity , it was said , to cause death . The testimony of Professor Taylor was that the administration of small
doses , so as to excite pain and sickness and purging , to a person labouring under consumptive symptoms ( there were traces of such disease ) , and wasting and exhausting the strength of the patient , might have hastened fatal results . In this difficult position the jury did not feel themselves justified in returning such a verdict as would send the case elsewhere . The coroner suggested , however , that the magistrates might probably proceed against the prisoner for administering the poison with intent ; and in order to carry that into effect , the depositions were forwarded to them .
The magistrates then resolved upon making an effort to solve the mystery . The conduct of the different persons was watched , and at length an important piece of information was elicited from H . innah Phillips , a witness f ' rmerly examined . She admitted that « ho had n 't told all she knew , in consequence of being intimidated in a manner which it is not necessary to describe , She stated , that in course of conversation Sarah Chesham alluded to the ill-treatment she ( Phillips ) had received from her
husband , and said that she ( Sarah Chesham ) would not have lived with her husband if he had treated her in the same way . She added that she ought to do what she had done , make him up a pie of sheep ' s liver , lights , &c , and that if she brought it down to her she would season it for her . In consequence of this evidence , and certain other facts which had come to light , the woman was arrested on Monday evening . When taken before the magistrates she exhibited inuoli
uneasiness while Hannah Phillips was giving her evidence . She asserted her innocence , however , and charged Phillips with wishing to poison her own husband , and with having come to her ( Sarah Chesham ) for a poisoned pill for that purpose . The prisoner has been remanded in the meantime , till some important witnesses can be brought forward . It is said that she is of a Methodistical turn , and that she applied for a bible on being taken to gaol .
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SUICIDE OF AN OFFICER . The suicide of Colonel King , commanding her Majesty ' s Fourteenth Light Dragoons , on the Oth of July , has excited a painful sensation in India . The circumstances which led to the rash act were as follows : —A private of the regiment was sentenced some time back to receive corporal punishment for charging the colonel with cowardice , stating that he ran away at Chilianwallah . The prisoner was brought on parade for punishment in a state of palpable intoxication , having been allowed to get drunk in the guard-room of the Fourteenth while under sentence ; the punishment was , nevertheless , proceeded with . When freed from the triangles the prisoner , infuriated by pain and drink ( he
had drunk in the guard-room near two bottles of spirits ) , becoming , as might have been foreseen , outrageous and abusive , rushed up to the colonel , and , in the presence of the whole regiment , repeated his former charge , for which he was again placed in confinement and sentenced by a court-martial to transportation for seven years" , which sentence the Commander-in-Chief refused , under the circumstances of the case , to sanction , and ordered the man to return to his troop . The remarks of the Commander-in-Chief on this trial , added to what he formerly said at Lahore ( " that the men of the Fourteenth would go anywhere if properly led" ) , stung Colonel King so deeply as to induce him to commit suicide .
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A CHLOROFORM ROBBERY . Ann M' Car thy , Jane Hales , and Betsy Batsyar , were brough t up at the Mansion-house , on Wednesday , charged with having robbed a gentleman of five sovereigns and some silver . The case excited much interest , in consequence of the belief that the complainant had bten thrown into a state of insensibility by the sudden application of chloroform . The complainant ' s statement was that he met Ann M'Carthy in Whitechapel about a fortnight ago , and was induced by her to accompany her to a coffee-house in Somerset-street , kept by Jane Hales . They went into a room on the second floor , and very few minutes elapsed
before he found her hand in his pocket . He charged her at once with having robbed him , and opened the door and called for assistance . He then heard footsteps on the stairs , and saw M'Carthy swallow a sovereign . At that moment Jane Hales , the landlady of the coffeehouse , came up to him , followed by the third person , and put her hand across his shoulder . The effect of the movement was instantaneous . He became at that moment insensible , and continued in that state until six or seven o ' clock next evening . He then found himself at home at Stepney , in bed . He had lost five sovereigns
and twelve shillings in silver , and a white pocket handkerchief . He did not know who had taken him home , but he understood that he had been found lying in a state of insensibility in a place called Lady Lake ' s-grove , near his residence . He had ever since been trying to find out the woman who had beguiled him , and at last fell in with her , while disguised , on Tuesday night . She took him to the same coffee-house in Somerset-street , where she had robbed him . He had a policeman at hand , with whom he communicated , and had them apprehended . They all denied most strenuously that they had ever seen him before . They were all remanded .
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A CASE OV LUNACY . A singular-looking man , named Weston , about fifty , a tailor , who was atone time a Chartist orator , was brought before Mr . I ' aynter , on Saturday , charged under the following circumstances : —On Friday afternoon the prisoner went to the Surrey County Lunatic Asylum , of which he has be ( -n an inmate on two occasions , and asked to see Mr . Steele , one of the keepers . He was shown into the waiting room , not being reeognized at the moment , and , being left alone , made his way to the centre of the building , where he found Mr . Diamond , the medical attendant of the ft-male patients He told that gentleman it was the last day he intended to live , and that he had provided himself with a razor to cutoff his head , but ho meant to cut some one else ' s off first . Weston then produced from his pocket a - ew razor , and opened it . Mr .
Diamond rang for assistance , and SteHe attended , and at once recognized the prisoner as having been twice received at that a-ylum as a criminal lunatic . In both instances he was received from Hanwell , his pariah being St . George ' s , Smithwark . The first offenc * he was charged with was threatening to shoot the late Sir Robert Peel , Bart ., and he was confined on that occasion for two years , when he was set at liberty by the Secretary of State . The second act for which he was confined hs a criminal lunatic , was for threatening to kill the late Lord Georue Bentinck . He was apprehended in the lobby of the House of Commons by the same constable in whose hearing he made use of threats towards Sir Robert Peel , Bart . The prisoner was in their charge the second time about a year and a half ago , when he was set at liberty by Sir George Grey , Mr . Hall took the prisoner over to
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 7, 1850, page 558, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1852/page/6/
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