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Leader (1850-1860), 24th January 1852, Edition Town of 2, Page 81, Untitled Article

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      ^ HenrvHarmer , atidewaiter , who sefced the cheroots , ? ffilW understood English very well indeed . ^ ffi 25 S 8 rS «* to the solicitors , said the cher 0 ois ' were ^ mnd % the berth of Achilles , concealed in hi ^! iSs ^ icn ^ h ^ und his tongue , and in broken £ 100 to the Queen , and to be imprisoned for six months ^^ u ^ effidV ^ f course all the circumstances will he reported to the Board of Customs . ... ... ¦ Mr ^ Yardley ( to the interpreter ) : Convey to him this consolation , thaVif he pettion the Board of Customs he will get off for considerably less than £ 100 .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Westminster Review has been excluded from the Select Subscription Library of Edinburgh on the utiecial ground of its " heresy ! The Observer states that the Earl of Albemarle will move the Address in the House of Lords , in answer to the Speech from the Throne . . ' ¦ - « j 1 According to the Globe , Mr . Fortescue , of Ravensdalepark . isto be created an Irish Peer , by the title of Lord Mr ^ homas Gisborne , formerly representative for Nottingham , believing that " a dissolution is . close , at hand ' * has issued an address to the electors of that city . Professor Owen has received permission from the Queen to reside in one of the houses on Xew-green which belonged to the late King of Hanover . Th £ Duchess of Kent has given a donation of £ 50 , and the Duke of Wellington the sum of £ 100 , low&rds the funds to relieve the widows and orphans left destitute bv the burning of the Amazon . . . \ . . . . In the last sitting of the Roman ~ Arelweok > gicaVSpeiety T the Secretary read a letter from the King of Prussia , announcing his acceptance of the title of honorary member of the society in the class of Sovereigns . A very proper society for the King of Prussia to belong tow The Earl of Hardwicke intends to bring before the House of Lords , very early in the session , all the facts he can collect respecting the incendiary fires that have occurred in the agricultural districts . He is appealing to all the parishes in , Cambridgeshire to collect evidence and furnish him with it before the 1 st of February . General Caulfield , according to the Medical Times , has offered to Sir Benjamin Brodie an appointment in the medical department of the East India Company ' s service , for one of the students of St . George ' s Hospital ; and Sir B . Brodie at once placed it at the disposition of the weekly board . __ ; ' . .. . -

      . . . The new arrangements at the Mint , occasioned by the recent changes in the constitution of the establishment and the death of Mr . Wyon , have just been completed by Sir John Herschel , and sanctioned by the Lords of the Treasury . Mr . Pistrucci is to have ~ £ 400 a-year , and Mr . Leonard Wyon ( son of the late chief engraver ) £ 300 ayear . Mr . Pistrucci and Mr . Wyon are to be called 44 Modellers and Engravers to her Majesty ' s Mint . " The two modellers are not to have residences within * the Mint , but are to have additional pay for any work they may execute at the request of the Master . —Standard . A gentleman got into an omnibus one day this week , and the first object which presented itself was M . Thiers .

      Presently the omnibus stopped , and who should enter but the late potential King of Bails . The two gentlemen instantly recognised each other , and entered at once into conversation , the Railway Mania talking largely to the Consulate and the Empire . His royal highnesa of Albert Gate halted at Spring-gardens , the ex-chieftain of the Party of Order affectionately exclniming , " Prenezgarde , tnon cher ; prcnex garde , en descendant ! " and instantly taking great pinches of snuff . The omnibus stood still at Charing-cross—M . Thiers alighted , walked leisurely up the Strand , stopped at the corner of Northumberlandstreet , and then dived down into that region . Who lives there ? The Duke d'Aumale .

      The inhabitants of Lambeth met at the Horns Tavern , on Thursday , for the purpose of denouncing the Grey D'Urban system at the Cape , and applauding that of Lord Glenelg . Mr . William Williams , M . P ., presided , aud it was laid down that renunciation of the lands we have unjustly taken from the Kafirs is the only possible basis of peace . It is now reported that Lord Palmernton will be invited to stand for Liverpool . The Liberals say that although his lordship is opposed to a duty on corn for the express purpose of raising rents , he is in favour of a revenue duty of 5 s . per quarter , or 2 s . 6 d . pet cwt . on foreign flour , in lieu of the income tax on trades and professions . Another report brings Lord Sandon forward for

      Liverpool . Lord John Manners has declined the invitation of the influential Tory party of Liverpool to come forward , being pledged to his constituents at Colchester . Mr . J \ B . Horsfall , the eminent merchant of Liverpool , has consented to stand for Derby at the next election . — standard . [ Lord Palmerston may have received a private invitation to stand for Liverppol , but there has been no public movement in his favour either by way of requisition or address . The noble lord was brought forward as a candidate for Liverpool at the general election in 1841 , but without his consent , and in his absence , when he polled about 4000 votes , but was defeated by the present Earl of Harrowby , then Lord oandon , and Mr . Justice Cresswell , then leader of the northern circuit . —Chronicle . ]

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      A story of " moral lynching " is told by a New Albany newspaper . An unfortunate girl was seduced by a young man , and left in that state at a boarding-house . The inmates Sympathised with her , and on the young man calling upon her , said inmates locked him in a room , sent for the minister and his clerk , had a certificate ready , and married the couple there and then . ¦ It is said that the captain of a Boston vessel has picked up a cedar keg on the African coast , opposite Gibraltar , which on being opened was found to contain a cocoa nut . Within this cocoa nut was a manuscript in Gothic characters , giving an account of the discovery of Cathay by—Christopher Columbus , and addressed to Ferdinand and Isabella , of Castile and Aracron , saying the ships

      could not survive the tempest another day ; that they then were between the Western Isles and Spain ; that two like narratives were written and thrown into the sea , in case the caraval should go to the bottom , that some mariner would pick up one or the other of them . The strange document was signed by Christopher Columbus in a bold and dashing hand . It also bore the date of 1493 , and consequently had been floating over the Atlantic 358 years . This is a Munchausen ! The Legislature of Alabama have determined to adopt a new coat of arms . The following is the design which it is proposed to adopt .-- —A shield quartered in the centre , on a shield , a " waterfall" in proper colours . In the dexter chief a " branch of cotton , " in proper colours , on

      a gold field . In the sinister chief , " emblems of machanics , machinery , and manufactures , " in gold , on a red field . In the dexter base , " emblems of commerce , " in gold , on a blue ground . In the sinister base , an " ear of corn in the husk , " in gold , on a green ground . These represent the resources of the State , its water power , its agricultural importance—represented by its two great staples , cotton and corn—its commercial facilities , and its capabilities in a mechanical and manufacturing point of view . That which is wanting is supplied by the crest , which denotes wisdom and strength ; a " mailed arm , holding a sword barwise , " the emblems of strength and power , encircled by a " serpent , " the emblem of wisdom and prudence . The whole " arms " suggest the motto ,

      ** These make us great . " On Monday the 15 th instant , the General Screw Steam Shipping Company ' s steam-packet Propontis , Captain Glover , sailed for St . Vincent , Sierra Leone and the Cape of Good Hope . She takes passengers for Sierra Leone the newly appointed commandant , Major O'Conner , Lieutenants Robinson and Rainsforth , Ensign Minty , Mr . Ritchie , and Mr . Lewis : for UieCape : Mr . and Mrs . Jerrom , Mr . and Mrs . Holding , Mr . Allen , Mr . Nisbett , Mr . Maurice ,, Mrs . Coleman and family , Mr . A . Miller , and Mr . Smart . She took mails for St . Vincent , Sierra NatalThese

      Leone , the African fleet , the Cape , and Port . mails weighed two tons , and it was computed that for the Cape alone there were 8000 letters and newspapers . Commander Von Donnop has charge . The Propontis has a full cargo , and was obliged to refuse goods here . She takes a large quantity of British manufactured goods , plate , &c , with ordnance stores and despatches for the troops , officers , &o . ; but the most interesting part of her freight consists of a venture of 460 patent revolving pistols , brought down by Mr . Dennett , agent for Colonel Colt , and aent \ o the Cape in oharge of Mr . Peard , whx >

      understands thoroughly the manufacture , construction , management , and use of these formidable weapons . They are exported , under the full cognizance of the Government , for sale , at a limited price , to British officers . These pistols , for cavalry , weigh from 31 b . to 341 b ., killing at 300 yards , and beltor navy pistols , weighing less than 2 £ lb ., carry a ball through a 2-inch plank at 100 yards ; they hold six balls , and are said to require less powder than the ordinary pistol . Colonel Colt has thus done that which some may . consider is the duty of the Government ; the enterprise of an American in the service of England is highly creditable to our Transatlantic brethren .

      Where are the police ?—a very fitting question . At all events they are not in Newington-causeway , as the following story will show . At a very early hour on Friday morning last , a robbery took place in St . Andrew ' s-road , Newington-causeway , most extraordinary in its extent and success . Some thieves effected an entrance into two empty houses , Nos . 13 and 21 , and from thence walked each way amongst those which were inhabited , until they had succeeded in tearing from their settings and carrying away the coppers from no less than ten adjoining houses . The thieves also abstracted several live ducks from the

      yards , a quantity of bacon , as well as dressed and undressed food from the larders , and other articles ; with the whole of which they got clear off . To effect these robberies must have occupied at least two hours ( add it may be observed that several other attempts had been made ) , while the weight of the coppers alone was not less than three or four hundredweights , which it must have required a horse and cart to remove , and this must have been kept waiting close on the spot for a considerable time , at a most unseasonable hour of the night , without being noticed by any of the police . The other night , in one of our western aristocratic suburbs , into which a few houses for poor Irish have been thrust , we heard a

      furious uproar , and saw two men rolling on the ground , while the surrounding mob of women and boys were diligently screaming and swearing . We ran for the police for a mile and back , anUwron ^ was ^ toije-foundi This was on the high road between Kensington and Hammersmith . These are not isolated cases . An immense quantity of shoes and leather was stolen from Great Portland-street on Saturday ; the entire stock of a cheesemonger at Hackney carried off in a most surprising and invisible fashion ; and a policeman at Newington seen stealing rabbit pie from a safe in an area ! Two fires occured on Sunday : one at Woolwich , and the other inSoho . Considerable damage was done .

      A ship was burnt in Yarmouth-roads on Sunday . The coast guardsmen saved-the crew . - The sentence on Sarah Ann Hills , convicted of the murder of her newly-born infant , at'Wakefield , who was respited for a week , has been commuted to transportation for life . — One of the engineers dismissed by Maudsley and Field , when they struck and turned off all their men , drowned himself on Sunday in the Thames . A man cut his throat in an unused omnibus last week , and it is said laid there for forty hours , being yet found alive . The young man suspected of having murdered his uncle , Mr . Kalebergo , near Banbury , has been fully committed to take his trial for wilful murder .

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      tu' ® e 0 T B ° Herbert llodwell . the composer , died on Ihursday morning , at his house in Ebufy-plaoe , Pimlioo : Mr . 1 . Hudson Turner , one of the ablest of British arohooolpgists , and a contributor to the Athenceum , died of consumption on the 14 th instant , at the age of

      thirty-Admiral George M'Kinley died very suddenly on Sunday morning , at his residence , Anglesea , Gosport , aged eighty-five .

      A " safety-boat sling" ha ? been invented by Mr . Landells . It consists of One tackle . .,,, A school " for the education of the sons of the middle classes in the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England , " is about to be opened under the supenntence of the Archdeacon of Taunton . . Several meetings have been held this week by the paf ty opposed to the Maynooth grant . ' _ . Mr . Hugh ' . ' . Fleming , the Secretary of the Manchester Commercial Association , stated that the East India Company had directed their agent at Liverpool to forward to him , for sale in Manchester , 781 bales and 38 half-bales of cotton , brought from Bombay by the ship © avid Clarke . ¦'¦¦' ¦ - . ¦ _ .

      The number of trees of liberty already cut down m Paris and the banlieue is about 1200 . The most remarkable was one which was planted by Louis Blanc opposite the clock in the garden of the Luxembourg . The number of the inscriptions " Liberte , Egalite , Fraternity , " on public-buildings , which have been removed , is about 1000 . —Galignani . . ' ¦ A meeting of the inhabitants of the parishes of St . Giles ' s-in-the ^ Fields , and St George's , Bloomsbury , was

      held at the Music Hall , in Store-street , on Tuesday , to take into consideration the best course to be adopted with the view of carrying out the principle of local Selfgovernment with respect to extramural interments . Mr . Rogers , -Q ; C ., occupied the chair . It was resolved that intramural interment was unhealthy , and that the extortionate demands of incumbents for burial fees , or compensation for the same , should be opposed ; and that the plan of the Necropolis Company , as explained by Mr . Voules , Reserved the support of all the metropolitan Voules , reserved the support of all the metropolitan

      parishes . V . The present number of paupers in the Holborn union is—648 i ; the number for the corresponding period last year was 683 . During the last week 7 ll 76 ^ owreceived out-door relief , being 525 less than for the corresponding week of 1851 . On Saturday 400 notices were given in the Queens Bench of intended applications to be admitted attorneys of that Court : 170 will come up for examination this and the remainder in the ensuing Easter Term . Law is looking up , spite of the County Courts . Berger of Holywell-street has just published a cheap and authentic view ( on steel ) of the building for the Great Exhibition at New York , engraved by authority from the design of-Sir Joseph Paxton , with a full description of the building .

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      BIRTHS . On the 12 th of January , at Wimpole Rectory , Flora , the wife of the Honourable and Reverend Henry Beginald Yorke :

      On the 12 th , in Lowndes-squars , the wife of Peter Fitzgerald , Knight of Kerry : a son . .... On the 13 th , at Bodmin , the lady of Sir Colman Rashleigh , Baronet : twins—a son and daughter . On the 15 th , at Southaea , the Honourable Mrs . Frederick Pelham : a son . MARRIAGES . On the 11 th of October , at Calcutta , at St . John ' s Cathedral , Charles Wheler Sankey , Esq ., of Rungpore . East Indies , to Sarah Harvey , niece of W . Amos , Esq ., late of Notting-hill . to

      On the 13 th of January , R . Aiiislie , Esq ., Sophia Mary , youngest daughter of Thomas LaCoete , Esq ., of the Abbey-mill , HiirffiV On the 15 th , at Battersea Church , Lieutenant-General Sir George Pollock , G . C . B ., to Henrietta , the elder daughter of the late George Hyde Wollaston , Esq ., of Clapham-common . On the 15 th , Gordon Forlong , Esq ., of Mount Erin * , Lochfyne , to Laura Isabella , daughterof William Jekyll Anstey , Esq ., of Brompton-crescent , London , formerly Deputy Postmaster-Genelal of Jamaica . DEATH 8 . In his 29 th year , Roderick Mitchell , second son of Sir T . L . Mitchell , Surveyor-General , New South Wales . He was on his passage to Sydney , when a sudden lurch of the small vessel In which he was embarked threw him overboard , a heavy B « a

      rendering any effort to save him ImpracticaDie . He naa Deen selected to command a party destined to pursue the track of Leichhardt , and , if possible , ascertain his fate , the Legislative Council havingappropriated £ 2000 for that purpose . Eight brothers and sisters had been assembled under the paternal roof to embrace him on his departure for this perilous service . Alas 1 it was to participate and mitigate parental agony . On the 12 th of January , at Wimpolo Rectory , Flora , the wife of the Honourable and Reverend Henry Ueginald Yorko . On the 14 th , at her residence , in Bath , Maria , Dowager Viscountess Middloton , aged aeventy-nlno . On the 15 th , Mary Ann , the wife of Mr . William Bartropp , High Holborn , in the thirty-eighth year of her ago , of consumption .

      On the 16 th , at the Hill-house , Stroud , Sir John Dean Paul , Baronet , in the seventy-seventh year of his ago . On the 17 th , at New Bond-street , Mr . John Rod well , bookseller , in his seventy-second year . , On the 17 th , at Parnham , Sir William Oglander , Baronet , in the eighty-third year of his age . On the 18 th , at his residence , Hackney , in the seventy-seventh year of his age , Captain Wrench , late of the Forty-fourth , Regiment . He was nearly related to the late General Tryon , and hla death will be regretted by a numerous circle of acquaintance . .

      On the 19 th , » t Birmingham , in his thirtieth year , William Essex , Jun ., artist , only survivlnff oon of W . JSaaex , Eeqy , enamel painter to her Majesty .

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      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS .

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      T at * Q * r 1852 . 1 ' .. ' * & $ $ % t ^ tt 4 81

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 24, 1852, page 81, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1919/page/13/