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in the scuffle . The quarrel arose out of the deceased having taken some liberties with Baglee ' s wife . Baglee has been taken into custody . Whilst Mr . Batty was exhibiting his collection of wild beasts , in Barnsley , on Saturday night week , an alarming noise was heard within the show , and was instantly followed by a rush , and an indescribable scene of confusion amongst the inhabitants of the neighbourhood , as well as the spectators , on the cry being made , " Th' lion ' s out !
th' lion ' s out ! " It appeared that a leopard had got hold of the arm of a person called Charles Fleetvrood , and dragged him to the side of the cage ; fortunately , the sleeve of his smockfrock gave way , and he escaped with a slight bruise on one of his arms . It is a miracle that nothing more serious occurred , for at the time the leopard seized Fleetwood the fright was such that a large firepan which contained several gallons of blazing naphtha was rolled under the belly of the elephant without doing the least harm .
An Inverness paper says that last week a farmer at Embo , county of Sutherland , having a cow swollen with over eating of turnips , a man probed the animal , and as be performed the operation the farmers wife stood over , tim with a lighted candle . The heated air from the cow took fire at the candle , and blazed up , to the no small astonishment of the parties . It was with difficulty extinguished , without doing material injury . A French Indiaman , La Meuse , was lost on the night of the 5 th instant , between Whitsand Bay and Cape Cornwall . The crew and passengers were safely taken on shore , with the exception of one cabin passenger , who was drowned in attempting to jump into the long boat , and leaped short of his mark . Soon after the boats had left , the ship went to pieces . The cargo was valued at £ 80 , 000 .
The late fog appears to have been much worse in the provinces than in London . In Manchester , during several days , the papers describe the atmosphere as almost stifling , " People have had almost to grope their way through the streets by clinging close to the houses on either side , even in the day time . People riding in gigs and other vehicles could not see far enough to find their way out of the main streets into those they might want to drive to , and it has been no uncommon thing to see them getting down to lead the horse , or to fee some boy to lead their horses for them to the turning . " Inconsequence of the fog a man was killed on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway near Manchester , and another ,
sixpence to a sister of Davies on account of rent , but no attempt at defence was made . Davies was committed for trial . A large seizure of an illicit distillery was made on Wednesday by the police . The building in which the seizure was made stands in George-street , Bethnalgreen . It was formerly used as a sugar-house , and the occupiers professed still to carry on a branch of the sugar refining business . Some conception of the extent of the concern may be formed from the fact that one iron pan employed weighed several tons , and took twelve men several hours to remove it from its fittings . The whole plant of tubs , vats , pans , and other vessels was carried to the excise warehouse in Broad-street in several
wagons . A suicide of a most distressing and determined character took place in Bath on Monday morning by a young man , who gave his name Thomas Ware , at the Devonshire Arms . Having dined and taken tea with the family , he went to bed at eleven , desiring to be called about nine o ' clock next morning , as he wished to leave for Bristol . The landlady , however , on going up stairs at that time , and having shook the door , and called out several times to the deceased without getting any reply , had the door burst open , when on entering the room she found him
dead , lying flat on his back , his head under a table , his right hand near his neckerchief , and his left hand placed on his left breast , covering a wound which was afterwards found to have been made by a bullet which had passed through his heart . The room was covered with blood , and a duelling pistol was found near the unfortuman a left hand , also covered with blood . He had appeared in excellent spirits throughout the previous day , and gave his address as Mr . T . Ware , 33 , Stokes Croft , Bristol , observing that he was in partnership with Mr . Davis , watchmaker , Bristol .
A very destructive fire took place during the night of Tuesday , at a farm occupied by Mr . Eustace , and known as The Grove , " in the parish of Ellesborough , near Aylesbury . The fire had spread so rapidly , and gained such ascendancy , that nine corn-stacks , as well as all the out-buildings of the homestead , consisting of barns , stables , cowhouses , and pigsties , were completely destroyed ; and it was with the greatest difficulty that the dwellinghouse was saved . The damage is estimated at upwards of £ 3000 . No doubt is entertained of the fire being the work of an incendiary .
Reuben Parker , alias " Hampstead Fred , " who was closely connected with the burglars who were lately committed for breaking into Holford-house , Regent ' s-park , was brought before the Roehester magistrates yesterday week , on a charge of having , " on the 1 st of June , 1849 , entered the dwelling-house of Mr . Augustus Munyard , at Milliker Farm , Meopham , near Gravesend , and stolen two watches , several rings , wearing apparel , and other articles , valued at £ 80 , and at the same time with feloniously striking and beating Mr . Munyard . " The chief witness was a man named Pryer , one of the burglars , who had been admitted as Queen ' s evidence . According to his account , he only got 5 s . as his share of the plunder .
The evidence was clear against Parker ; indeed , the detective force had been after him for a long time , and at length traced him to Chelmsford , where , at the Quarter Sessions , on the 26 th of November last , they found him upon his trial on a charge of horse-stealing ; of which , however , he was acquitted , and afterwards handed over into custody . From his determined character , and having threatened the constable , Parker was heavily ironed , his hand being chained to his leg , and in that manner he was conveyed to the county gaol for trial at the next assizes . George Hackett , who made his escape from the Model Prison , Pentonville , on Sunday , the 1 st instant , and for whose apprehension a reward of £ 50 is offered , had the
audacity , yesterday week , to make his appearance in Billingsgate , whither he was driven in a cab . He visited several public-houses , at one of which he paid for half a pint of rum to treat his companions , and then proceeded in the same conveyance down Thames-street , and over Tower-hill . What renders this act most daring is that his father worked for many years in the market , and the convict himself , having been brought up in the vicinity , is personally known to most of the porters and others about the neighbourhood , who either were afraid to attempt his capture , well knowing his desperate character , or else had not seen the handbill offering the reward , which was only issued on that day .
The six prisoners charged with participation in the robbery of Messrs . Williams andClapham , in the Strand , were placed at the bar , at the Bow-street Police-court , on Saturday , when Mr . Humphreys , the solicitor for the prosecution , intimated that he had no further evidence to offer . Upon Mr . Henry , the presiding magistrate , expressing his intention to commit for trial , and to have the witnesses bound over to prosecute , it wag stated that Mr . Saunders , who had identified the prisoner Gardner on account of the dog in his possession , had gone to the Isle of Wight in consequence of the indisposition of a relative . Under these circumstances it was directed
Cheetham-hill , when he saw three men standing near the railings ; one of them said ( as a signal to the others ) , "It is no use me coming here to-morrow , " and he was immediately seized by two of them , one holding him firmly from behind , while another took a roll of notes from his waistcoat-pocket , consisting of notes of an Irish bank , some English country notes and checks , to the value of £ 70 . They nearly choked him , and he became quite insensible . Three men have been apprehended who are supposed to have been the robbers . A gang of seven housebreakers have just been apprehended at Thorverton , Devonshire . They have been carrying on their depredations for some time past , and a large quantity of stolen property was found in the house in which they were captured .
The dwelling-house of Miss Bolton , of Rutland-terrace , Stamford , was broken into last Sunday whilst the family were at church . It appears that two men were seen , about twenty minutes past eleven , to enter the front door ( it is supposed by means of a picklock-key ) bysome servants of the adjoining house , who communicated their suspicions to their master that all was not right . He went for the police , and on their arrival found that the burglars had broken open the plate-chest and stolen a large quantity of plate . The audacity of the robbery caused some consternation among the other inhabitants of the terrace , the majority of whom are ladies , and who were much terrified by this daring robbery in open day .
that the prisoners should be remanded again till Wednesday , when all the witnesses were directed to attend . The trial of William Thirlfall for forgery on the Hull Flax Company , came on at Liverpool , on Monday ; the prisoner withdrew his former plea of not guilty , and pleaded guilty to the charge of uttering , but not of forging . The entire number of bills forged was 115 , amounting to £ 136 , 000 . Mr . Sergeant Wilkins said , in mitigation , that though the bills were forgeries , yet bills to the extent of £ 113 , 800 had been taken up . The prisoner had no desire to defraud any one . He had borne a most exemplary character ; and his estate would yield a dividend of 12 s . or 13 s . in the pound , Mr . Justice Talfourd said ho would consider the matter , and pass
judgment next morning . Thomas Nash , tea-dealer , John Dalton-strcet , Manchester , left his shop a few minutes after ten o ' clock on Saturday night , and about twenty-five minutes past ten arrived nearly at the gate of his houso in Park-place ,
owing to the same cause , fell under an engine , near Ardwick station , on the London and North-Western , and had his legs nearly severed from his body . In Glasgow the fog was also exceedingly dense on Saturday afternoon , and several accidents occurred in consequence , two of which proved fatal . The fog extended along the west coast , and several accidents took place . In the neighbourhood of Leeds no less than five persons were drowned during the fog . In one case , on Monday evening , two men and a woman , who were passing along a street which passes by the side of the river Aire , mistook their way at a turning , walked into the river , and were drowned .
A melancholy accident from the incautious use of firearms occurred at Hull , on Sunday night , at the March of Intellect Tavern . Two or three friends had taken tea with Mrs . Allen , the landlady , and they were all seated round the fire in the drawing-room , when Mrs . Allen , who had left the room for a few moments , returned with a pistol in her hand , and said , " Now , we will have a bit of fun ? " At the same instant she presented the weapon at the head of a young woman named Anne Freeman , of very respectable connections , and pulled the trigger , when the pistol immediately went off , and the contents took effect in the forehead of the unfortunate girl , who sank down in a state of insensibility and expired in the course of a few hours . The unwitting cause of the catastrophe , as soon as she perceived that her friend was
wounded , fainted and had a succession of fits , which prevented her attendance at the inquest held on Monday afternoon . From the evidence there given it appeared that Mr . Allen had purchased a brace of pistols a day or two previously , and his wife and he had amused themselves by snapping percussion caps at each other . On the day before the fatal occurrence Mr . Allen had loaded both the pistols with ball , neglecting to inform his wife , and had locked them up in a drawer , of which she on Sunday happened to have the key . All the circumstances of the case pointed to accident as the cause of the fatality , and the jury took this view of it in their verdict . The melancholy character of the whole affair is heightened by the fact that the poor girl was betrothed to the orother of Mr . Allen , who was in the room at the moment of the accident , together with a married sister of the deceased .
A case of shocking brutality came before Mr . Rushton , the Liverpool police magistrate , last week . A poor woman , named Ann Hughes , who had been confined on the previous evening , was lying in bed , with her infant , on Saturday night , in a cellar in Milk-street , when a man , named William Davies , kicked in the door of the cellar , came to the side of the bed upon which she was lying , and , brandishing an axe over her head , exclaimed that he would cut the heart out of her . He then dragged the clothes from the bed and threw them into the street ;
after which he returned and took hold of her by the legs and endeavoured to pull her off the bed ; but , being unable to do so , he seized her by the throat and thrust her backwards up the cellar steps into the street . The poor woman tried to walk , but , being unable to do so from weakness , she staggered and fell down , and remained lying until a neighbour , who lived opposite , came to her relief . After putting her into the street , he returned into the collar and brought her baby , and threw it from the collar door into the street ; it fell in the kennel , and , being taken up , was taken into a neighbour ' s houso . At ' the time Davies pushed her out she was in her chemise , and had neither shoes nor stockings on . It appeared that Ann Hughesowed ono shilling and
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The nomination of candidates for the representation of the county of Limerick took place on Tuesday . The three candidates were—Mr . Wyndham Goold , Captain Samuel Dickson , and Mr . Ryan . The show of hands was in favour of the latter , the League candidate . The polling commenced on Wednesday . On Thursday the numbers were : — For the day . Gross poll . Dickson 89 155 Goold 87 152 Ryan 49 107 From this return it will seen that Captain Dickson has a majority of three over Goold , and of forty-eight over Ryanthe Tenant-League candidate .
, The Armagh Guardian has the following account of an atrocious attempt at murder in that part of ^ the country : — " On Friday evening , as one of the omnibuses that run between Castieblayney and the terminus of the Ulster Railway was proceeding towards this city , about three miles from Castieblayney , a shot was fired by some persons , concealed on the road , or behind a wall or hedge , which took effect on the side of the driver ' s head , wounding him severely in a number of places , the charge consisting of slugs and large shot . There were no passengers on the outside of the omnibus , and but one gentleman inside , who , being alarmed at hearing the driver wounded in the
shot , got out and found the manner we have described . He got up beside him , and supported him as far as the nearest police-station , Carnagh , where he gave the alarm . Having , with difficulty , got as far as Keady , assistance was procured , and the omnibus and wounded driver were brought into town , when the gentleman ' s clothes were found completely saturated with blood . The driver , whose name is Terney , was so exhausted that he had to be carried to his lodgings , where he lies in a dangerous state . No trace of the assassin has yet been discovered . It is remarkable that the locality of the present outrage is the same where one or two similar attempts of an equally
atrocious description were made some time ago , ono of which a horse was shot . On the present occasion the unfortunate driver has had a very narrow escape , his hat being completely riddled . A Clonmel paper says " the people of Ireland are flocking in shoals towards Waterford on their way to America . During last week the streets of that town were crowded with emigrants . It is a novel feature in the annals of emigration to see so many hundreds of human beings leaving , at this inclement season of the year , the land of their birth , their kindred , and their friends behind them , to encounter the dangers of the broad Atlantic . On Thursday a number of emigrants passed through Clonmel , they had several drays laden with their boxes which contained perhaps provisions , and it was really heart-rending to hear great stout men sobbing like infants . "
A threatening notice has been served on Mr . Richard Cunningham , of Kill , through the Post-office , desiring him to resign a farm taken from the Earl of Mayo , at Hartwell , or prepare for death . The property of Mr . James Boal , near Newtownards , was maliciously set on fire , and totally consumed on Wednesday night week . The only reason that can bo assigned for this outrage is that Mr . Boal is agent for a small property , on which a large farm is at present to be let , and that it was rumoured that proposals to take the farm had been made by a stranger , whom it was desired to intimidate . The gentleman on . whose property the farm is situated has lately made a reduction of 10 s . per acre to all his tenants .
A man named Walsh , the alleged murderer of Mr . North , and who had absconded from the period of that occurrence , was arrested near Timahoc , Queen ' s County , last week , after a sharp chase . The prisoner was transmitted to Maryborough gaol , preparatory to his removal to the county in which the murder was committed . _ One of the immense vats of the brewery belonging to the Messrs . Beamish , of Cork , containing 7 / 30 tierces of porter , burst on Thursday last , and the flood of beer carried away all before it , including a wall of great strength , and doing a large quuntity of damage . The porter itself lost on the occasion was valued at £ 1500 . In pulling down the walls of the old St . John ' s Church , at Limerick , a few days ago , a large cannon ball was found imbedded in the mortar , which is considered to be a twenty-four pounder fired by Croinwell ' s army during the siege , us that was tiie precise spot against which he directed his main attack .
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Dec . 14 , 1850 . ] JHI |) $ & £ && £ ?? 895
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 14, 1850, page 895, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1862/page/7/
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