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sou was about to enter "by a side door , when something like a cupboard was thrown from an upper window into the street . Deterred thus from going on , he vainly endeavoured , to obtain assistance from the Courthouse , which was then deserted . Immediately after , the military arrived and cleared the crowd off the spot . The military then returned to the Court-house , which is only 150 yards distant from the chapel ; but as soon as the mob were left to themselves , they returned to their work of destruction , until they were again driven off by the military . Mr . Gibson believed that only two of the prisoners taken were Englishmen , and those were taken in front of St . Michael ' s chapel . Many of the others had been brought to the Court-house for protection , and many had since been discharged .
Terence M'Donough , of Etchell-street , said , that on Tuesday evening , shortly before eight o ' clock , he had heard shouting at the end of the street , and saw a multitude of boys coining towards his house . Some of them cried out , " Those are Irish houses , break them in / ' Several stones were thrown at the doors and windows . Some of the stones came inside , and one of them struck M'Donough . He said the boys were English .
Edward Dooley , who lived in St . Peter ' s-square , confirmed the account already given of the battle in that square . He thought that at one time there must have been 2000 persons there . He added , that the last time the English were victorious , they attacked the gates of the church and broke them open ; they then ran across the church-yard to Rock-row ; they returned in about ten minutes , bringing with them a quantity of bedding , which they tore up in the square . Hn believed that the windows of the school-house were
broken accidentally by the stones flying about . The inquiry was continued on Monday , when Thomas Pickering , a servant of Mr . Alderman Graham , said that he had heard the riot in St . Peter ' s-square , and looking out of the gates about seven o ' clock , or later , he saw stones flying about in all directions . At about eight o ' clock , all the front windows in the house had been broken . Mrs . Graham then sent him for his master , who was away from home . As he returned with Mr .
Graham he saw about twenty Irishmen throwing stones at a party of English who were in flight . He got several blows himself , and was rendered insensible . Thomas Dooley was again called , and stated , that on some of the houses in Rock-row were written "English , " and that these houses were uninjured . The following placard was posted about Stockport about the beginning of this week , without the name of any printer : — " TO T 1 IK PROTESTANT ELECTORS OF TIIK liOUOUGII Ol ' 8 TOCKPOHT . " Brother Protestants and Electors—On Friday next you will bo called upon to select two candidates to represent you in Parliament . Before the time comes I wish to draw your attention to Mr . J . ' U . Smith ' s votes in the . I louseof Commons . You nre perhaps aware that Ins was the M . P . for the Stirling Burghs , but in consequence of such votes lie has received notice to quit , and consequently has resolved to try his fortune hero . Are you uware that during the two lost suasions of Parliament—in fact , ever since the Pope ' s bull , setting our beloved Queen on one side , ho has not only < Iono nil that lay in Jiia power to injure the . Protestant cause , but ho lias done all to assist the Papists in obstructing tho progress of fclio Ecclesiastical Titles Hill , and tho inquiry into the Mnynooth College ? J ) o not take my word for it , but make ii little inquiry , and you will find it to bo ho . Are we to be ridden rough-shod over by a pack of blood-thirsty Papisth , mid vote for the man that , cncourages them P No . After the sample of tho ' British lion' displayed the other night , 1 . nm persuaded that your hearts ure still in the right , place . \> vl Father Frith recommend him to some place in Conniuight , where they will jump at him . Do not let us disgrace ourselves by sending him . These are not times to minco matters . Who knows what is brewing at the present timer . Let us Hend tried men . Let us rally round Mr . lleald and Mr . Kershaw , who have both voted in direct opposition to the motley Sochiian , Papist , Anythingarian , and send him to Ihe rig ht , about . " I urn , brother electors , yours respectfully , " Htockport , . July , , [ HM . " " A I ' ltOTKHTANT . " . James Flunuigiii ) , the brother-in-law of Mie . hal Morun , who was killed in the riot , received the following hitter , bearing the pout-murk , " Kennington Common : —¦ " Kece Dies Dei . " The blood of millions , shot , starved , slain — See all avenged by . Jesus plain ; Mis Majesty is near the door , Who will ( as sworn ) help ploughmen poor . Remember Abel ! KM } lHHt ji f > ii space Auilo ventus l > ei Ilic ot iihiquc . Solahke . " AiMdpiw . " This contained two enclosures ; one a card , announcing the departure of tho Norffin > nf >< irl < iiidpt \ . c \ uit ship for New York , on Thursday , and tho other u tunull piece oi" paper on which w « a writ Ion ,
" Behold As it was in Noah ' s days so shall it be again . Take Notice to quit under The King ' s evidence 584 1816 . 62 . " Further inquiry is suspended until the election is over .
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KAFIR WAR . The arrival of the BospJwrns puts us in possession of news from the seat of war to the 29 th of May . General Catheart had removed his head quarters permanently from King William ' s Town to Fort Beaufort . With a view t o expel the Gaika Kafirs from the country they had occupied before the war , he had extended nearly the whole of the forces under his command , in a connected chain of columns across the
territory . No official account had yet been given of the operations of these columns . On the oth . er hand , the Kafirs had not manifested the slightest disposition to submit . They show more wariness in choosing their positions , and pursue their old policy of avoiding encounter with our troops upon open ground . Stock and Seyolo have evacuated their own country , and joined their forces to those of Macomo and Sandilli , or sent them in marauding detachments into the colony . One of these bands had captured the mailbags from Graham ' s Town , containing the Governor ' s despatches !
An unsuccessful attempt was made by Colonel Buller , with two companies of the 60 th Rifles , and a small detachment of the Cape corps , to dislodge the Kafirs who had returned to the Waterkloof . The attacking party , finding themselves overmatched , retired under cover of a six-pounder , which had been judiciously placed in reserve . One officer and two privates were wounded : no other casualties were sustained . Andries Botha , a Hottentot field-cornet , was found guilty of high treason , and sentenced to death , after a trial of eight days , which terminated on the 19 th of May .
The Governor had given Kreili one month to pay the fine of 1500 head of cattle . The colonists considered the fine much too small , believing that there were at the moment thousands of colonial cattle grazing quietly in the delinquent ' s territory .
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THE WHIG PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR THE UNITED STATES . The Whig National Convention commenced its proceedings at Baltimore on the lGth of June . Mr . George Evans , of Maine , was appointed temporary chairman Groat excitement prevailed throughout a great portion of the proceedings . For some time there was a want of unanimity , the majority fluctuating at first between Scott and Fillmore . On the 21 st , the fifth day of the Convention , the fifty-third balloting showed a majority of 158 to 112 in favour of General Scott . Mr . Webster had throughout but a small number of votes in his favour . William A . Graham , of North Carolina , was nominated for the Vice-Presidency . The New Y ork Herald states that Mr . Webster's speech at the Kossuth dinner lost him ihe support of the South , General Scott being strongly opj > osod to intervention . The nomination of General Scott has been received in different places with various feelings . It has generally given satisfaction to tho Democrats , who expect it will increase the probability of General Pierre ' s election . In Boston they urged the Whif * s to fire a salute , ottering to pay for powder . Their offer was not accepted . The DKMOOKATIO CANDID ATK , General Pierce has addressed a hitter to the National Convention , tendering to them his acknowledgments of the honour they have paid him . His letter contains the following passage : — " May I not regard it as a fact pointing to the overthrow of sectional jealousies , find looking to the perennial life , and vigour of a Union cemented by the blood of those who have passed to their reward—a Ihiioii wonderful in its formation , boundless in its hopes , amazing in ils destiny . I accept the nomination , relying upon mi abiding devotion to the interests , the honour , and the glory of our whole
country , but , beyond and above all , upon a power superiorly all human right - a power which , from tho first gun of tho revolution , in every crisis through which we have passed , in every hour of our acknowledged peril , when the dark clouds have shut down around iis , has interposed , hh if to bailie human wisdom , outmarch human forecast , and bring out of darkness the rainbow of promise . Weak myself , faith and hope repose there in security . I accept the nomination upon the platform adopted by the Convention , not because this is expected of me as n candidate , but because the principles it embraces command tho approbation of my judgment , and with them I believe J can safely say there has been no word nor act oi' n > y lui > in conflict . '
Mr . William R . King has also addressed a letter to the Democratic Convention , gratefully accepting his nomination as Vice-President , and pledging himself to adhere to the principles laid down in the platform of the Convention .
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THE STORY OF AN UMBRELLA . A number of the aristocracy assembled at the Marylebone Police Court on Saturday , to hear an . investigation , before Mr . Long , relative to a chargo preferred against Major Cooke , one of her Majesty ' s Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms , for having unlawfully detained an umbrella , the alleged property of Dr . Pcrston , M . D . The complainant resides at 7 , Lower Grosvenor-place , and defendant at Belmour-house , Hampstead ; they are both members of the Army and Navy Club . Mr . Long inquired if the umbrella in question was to bo produced ; and he was replied to in the negative . A gentleman who attended for complainant entered into a statement of the facts connected with the affair , and after ho had proceeded for some time ,
Tlie Magistrate said : The simple question before me is this—does Major Cooke detain the umbrella , or does he not ? Cannot a matter like this be settled between these two gentlemen , without going any further ? Major Cooke said that he was anxious to have the case fully gone into . Dr . Perston , on being sworn , said : On the 13 th January last I missed my umbrella , which was a silk one , from the outer hall of the Army and Navy Club-house ; and I saw observed
no more of it until the 8 th of last month , when I it standing in the place where I had before left it . I took possession of it , and on the same day Major Cooke came into the club-room where I was seated , and claimed the umbrella as bis own , alleging that he had had it more than two years . It was a brown silk one , with the handle partly broken off . The major seized hold of it , tore it out of my hand , and broke it in two . Mr . Long : What value do you put upon it ? Dr . Perston : I should say that it was worth 12 s .
Joseph Stadon : I am a porter at tlie Army and Navy-Club . I knew that Dr . Perston had lost an umbrella , and that in the early part of last month he took one from a stand in the hall , but I can't say whether it was the one
he had missed or not . . By Major Cooke : I have many umbrellas left in my care , and some are now and then lost . Mary Fann : I am servant to Miss James , who is the niece of Major Cooke . On tho 8 th of last month the major brought home an umbrella with , him from the clubhouse , and I can swear to its being the very same one which he had occasionally taken out with him as far back as November , nearly eight , months ago . Mr . Long : When the major returned home with it last month , as you stated , in what condition was it ?—Witness : It was almost broken to pieces , and I threw it away ; tho handle had been broken long before . By Major Cooke : The umbrella was a hack one , and 1 have often made use of it myself . remember
George Hall , a page at the club-house : I Dr . Pcrston taking an umbrella away from the stand , and Major Cooko saying that it was his . I can't call to my recollection what kind of umbrella it was . Miss Morgarctta Caroline James : I am the niece of Major Cooke . The umbrella he brought home is mine . I purchased it between two and three years ago ; it had become too shabby for my use ; tho major took it out with him last month , ami when he came back with it it was much broken , i t was the same article which I had bought , as T before stated . Mary Fann , in addition to her former evidence , said that tlie umbrella being completely torn and broken , she had thrown it over tho garden wall and knew not what had since become of it . Mr . Long remarked that tho matter turned upon tho identity of the umbrella , which could not be produced .
Major Cooke said be was most anxious to state a lew words in explanation of the affair . On tho Hth ult ., having finished his duties at the Palace , he went to the club , and was in the act of leaving , when he received intimation that his umbrella had been taken by defendant , whom ho accordingly addressed , seeing ho had two umbrellas in hitf hand , and requested to speak to him in the ball . Ho ( defendant ) wished to look at the umbrella which ho believed to be his , but as complainant refused to allow him , and threatened to give him in charge ) , he snatched tho article from him . Mr . Long dismissed the summons , and said he regretted that such a case should ever have been brought before him .
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M ISC EL LAN KOUS . Mr . Judge will lecture ! on " Immigration to the Gold Fields of Australia" at the Mechanics . Institution , Southampton-buildings . The ( Hlofifi states that the most unscrupulous use of Government influence has been exercised , and succcslully , over thirty or thrly workmen at the Woolwich Arsenal , to obtain their votes for Mr . Holt . Mr . Dargim , the Irish railway contractor , a few weeks ago , ollered tin ? sum of j 0 , O < M )/ . inwards a " Groat ICxhibition" in Dublin . A committee is already formed , and m engaged in applying tho money . They are desirous oi tho co-operation of the Knglish manufacturing body .
At Queenwood , where the last experiment upon Robert ; Owen ' s principles was made , there is now a ( College , which , according to the I ' oofo Herald , seems rather an useful institution : " The educational institution comprises two departments entirely distinct . " the one , boys are educated for professional or commercial pursuits : in the other agriculture is practically taught , and an excellent laboratory , together with a farm of HIM ) acres , arc found to bo valuable uuiiliurios to thin branch of study . "
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656 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
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Leader (1850-1860), July 10, 1852, page 656, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1942/page/12/
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