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      tu - Payne . — Well , this boy lived with you . Did you 7 « MPftk to him improperly about women P r Stain Shepheard . —1 did speak to him about women . ¦ d \ the expression you make use of , sir , is a very loose Bu mvl mieht have said to him , " Tell the chamber-° % fcobnnff up the hot water . " That is what I should m talking about women ; and I may have spoken in that but not improperly . W payne . —Has ^ not sometimes paid for your cabs ? f-oiitain Shepheard . —I have never asked him to do so tw ^ ia iw jluo ucwium- »»»~»

      ¦ favour Due ne ^ y *«* vo »»» - ^ 88 freauently without money , because I have given up V 5 vin £ r much about with me , for the last time I did so I no robbed of sixteen sovereigns . He never paid for my A-ZS As to my being " cracked , " I refer you to Dr . * Jw « on Sir W . Burnett , Sir James Mackenzie , and ^ era whom I have consulted . If you want further proof I refer you to my letter in the Morning Merald . Captain Shepheard here wished to say something in extenuation of the boy ' s crime .

      Mr . Payne . —Why , you seem to forget that you said you ^ Sa ^ Shephe ^ Jd . —^ i ' certainly I did because I We some influential friends in Australia who will take core of him there and get him on , for I am convinced that he will be ruined in the House of Correction if he is sent 6 Payne urged that the prisoner had no intention of stealing the coat , but presuming upon the intimate terms on which he was with the Captain , had probably thought he might raise a small sum on the coat . He proved that Holloway had generally borne an excellent character .

      .... The jnry , after some consultation , acquitted the prisoner , upon which Captain Shepheard crossed over to Mr . Payne and shook hands with him , asking " If he had such a thing as a half-crown about him ?—Jeremy Diddler . Hem I" After which he left the court .

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      THE " MYSTERIOUS STRANGER . " The police brought a young man , respectably dressed , who gave his name as John Green , before Mr . Corrie on Tuesday , and charged him with loitering about Middleton-square , at three o ' clock in the morning , with intent to commit felony . He had refused to give any account of himself . When asked by the magistrate for an explanation of his conduct , the young man , in a melancholy tone of voice , said that he had his especial reasons for withholding his address ; bnt he assured the magistrate , that i he had no intention of committing himself

      a felony . He had merely sat down to rest . A policeman declared that he had found him before , sitting on the satae door-step , early in the morning but this was demied by the prisoner . On being asked by Mr . Corrie where he would go if discharged , the young man said , sullenly , "As I have told you before , I have my especial reasons for not answering your questions , and I shall not answer you . I would rather be sent to prison . I shall not go home if I am set at liberty . My reasons are too strong to explain who or what I am , or anything about my friends or connexions . " Mr . Corrio afterwards had a private

      interview with him ; but he still refused to give any explanation . He was remanded , in order that inquiries might be made respecting him , there being an impression that he was deranged .

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      TRIAL , OP THE THAMES " WRECKERS . " The Southend boatmen , who , as it was stated some time Binco , had made an attack upon the wreck of tho Renown , which was lying stranded upon the JNToro Sand for tho purpose of depredation , wore brought before tho magistrates at ltochford on Thursday week , but tho investigation was not concluded till Saturday . Thn only ovidenrn of importance which throw any now li ght upon the matter , was that of Mr . Hay , tho receiver of droits , who stated that he had given authority to one of tho defendants to go on board the vessel to render assistance , aB ho had done on previous occasions when vessels wore Htranded in tho neighbourhood , and that he know all the defendants to boar an excellent character ; and that of tho boatmen who had accompanied tho defendants , who stated that the mate of tho vessel had given them pormisnion to cro on board , and had assisted them in saving tho

      cargo . The magistrates acquitted thorn of tho chargo of wrongfully carrying awa y cargo , but convicted thorn of entering on board tho vessel without tho loavo or permission of the jmthodl in charge , for which they were fined 51 . each , or , in default of payment , sentenced to one month ' s imprisonment . Notice has boon given of an appeal against tho conviction of tho magistrates .

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      SKITTLE SHARPING . Tiiukh men , John Mullonoy , Georgo Collins , and Samuel Jtid ffoly , woro charged at tho Mansion House , on Saturday , with cheating Daniel ttarkor of i \ l . or 4 , 1 . at skittles . Tho landlord of tho " Sun" public-houso , in Bi 8 hopngato-stroot , whore they engaged tho ground , suspecting somo foul play , sent for one oftno City detective polico , who watched tho whole proceedings . Barker was induced to play with Judgoly , at first for smaller sumo , when ho was allowed to win , and afterwards for an much As 11 . a game , which tho ¦ harpers took care that ho should lose . Mulloney and

      Collins , in setting up the pins , took care to place them far apart when Barker was to throw , and to set them near together when their confederate was to play . At the same time they prevented any suspicion by betting on Barker's play . They took care , meanwhile , that Barker should be plentifully supplied with spirits . They continued this game till they had got all Barker ' s money , when , as they were about to carry off their booty , the officer offered his services to conduct them to the station-house . On their way thither , one of them was seen to throw away a counterfeit sovereign , and another of them was found to have a sham coin in his possession . One of them is well known to have practised this profession for some time .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . Prince Albert completed his thirty-third year on Thursday . At one o ' clock the Park guns fired a salute , and the various churches westward of Temple-bar hoisted their flags in honour of the day . There was no especial military display at the Horse Guards .

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      We understand that the authorities have it in contemplation to purchase the extensive property of the Earl of Harrington , situated at Old Brompton , for the purpose of erecting a new National Gallery . The Government are favourably disposed as to the site as a most eligible place for the building . —Morning Herald . The crops in the Metropolitan and Southern Counties had suffered considerably from the weather at the beginning of the week . In many places the corn had sprouted very much , and a great quantity had been beaten out of the ears . The Midland Counties also presented an unfavourable prospect . The Northern districts had fared better . The last two or three days have , however , revived the hopes of the farmers , and the latest reports from various parts of the kingdom

      are more encouraging . Mr . JEind states that he discovered a new planet on Sunday night in the constellation Aquarius . It may readily be seen with a telescope of very ordinary power , and equals in brightness a star of the ninth magnitude , appearing to have the same yellowish tinge that has been noticed about Pallas , Melpomene , and others of the same group of planets . At llh . 35 m . 38 s ., Greenwich mean time ( August 22 ) , its right ascension was 22 h . 22 m . 29 . 7 s ., and its north polar distance 97 ° 32 ' 14 "; the diurnal motion in right ascension is 53 s . towards the west , and in N . P . D . about 5 ' towards the south .

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      lord and Lady Palmerston were on Monday at Markreo on a short visit . . . , i i . * i 4 j . The Aberdeen Herald mentions « . report that the state of Mr . Macaulay ' s health will prevent him from sitting as a representative of Edinburgh . Mr . Feargus O'Connor ' s health is said to be rapidly improving under the core of Dr . Tukc . The burgesses of Manchester decided on Friday week , almost unanimously , to carry out tho provisions of the Public Libraries and Museums Act for the futuro support of the Free Library . The Duke of Wellington has boon actively engaged during the last ten days in completing the necessary preliminaries for tho formation of the militia in Hampshire and the Tower Hamlets , over which districts he is

      lordh' eutenont . . -. » - t » i _ ^ t Tho Galway Vindicator stated , that Mr . Kobort J . Walker , lato ifnitod States Secretary , and one of tho most distinguished financiers and statesmen in America , was daily expocfod in Galway , probably with a viow to tho establishment of a line of pockets between New York and that town . , Miss Martinoau visited Belfast last week , and on Thursday proceeded to Dublin , on her way to tho west of Ireland . It is now twenty-ono years since Miss Martineau paid her lost vieit to this country , having in tho meantime travellod in tho East and America , giving to tho world , as usual , instructive and entertaining accounts of Lor wandorixiflrs . _ _ _

      Tho senior painter of Germany , M . do Waechtor , member of the Iloyal Institution of Stutgard , has just died in that place , aged 00 . JIo was originally a pupil of tho French painter David , and afterwards studied at Home . lie resided for many years at Vienna , whore ho was distinguished oh an historical painter . When afterwards ho came to pass the ond of his life at Stutgard , Frederick 1 . made him Conservator of tho Itoyal Cabinet of Engravings and Professor at tho Beaux Arts , which placoa ho retained to tho last .

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      A model lodging-houso has recently boon established in Liverpool , to accommodate thirty inmates , at a chargo of 2 s . 4 d . a week . Tho floor of tho Crystal Palaco will bo taken un at tho ond of this week , when vast treasures nro expected by somo to bo broug ht to light . It is said that largo sums havo boon offered for tho lirst search . We road in tho Comtitutumnol . — - " It appears that a certain number of Englishmen have considered it necoHHary to address what they call fraternal letters to tho principal towns of Franco , in tho name of about fifty English towns . Tho town of Caen baa just received ita letter , Chohnsford having been designated to correspond with tho inhabitants of the Norman city . The Mayor of Cjion has announced hiS intention to reply to tho inhabitant of Cholmalbrd in tho name of his follow-eitizonu . "

      Hussoy ' a and M'Cormack ' a roaping-machuioa woro tried at Cironcoator on Tuesday ; but the renult can hardly bo couuderod a tout of their respective murits , aa thomacnino

      sent by M'Cormack was evidently a bad specimen . Hussey s s machine performed its work very creditably , cutting three acres of wheat in two hours and ten minutes M'Cormack's , however , broke down at the very first , and after three or four hours had been spent in repairing it , a fresh catastropho occurred , which occasioned another delay . When it was at last got to work , one of the cog-wheels gave much trouble by becoming clogged with soil and stubble . It seems that the enterprising emigrants to the Australian district of Victoria are no longer , to be left to the tender mercies of the land sharks on their arrival . A

      company , is about to be formed , as wo hear , under g ood auspices , for the purpose of establishing hotels both at Melbourne and Geclong , and even at the diggings ; and this in connexion with , what has now become an absolute necessity , an Inland Carrying Establishment . Ifc is said that the hotels are to be fitted with every comfort for tho various classes of emigrants , including baths , reading rooms , and medical attendance . We hail this enterprise as likely to contribute more largely to the welfare of the colony than any which has yet been devised , and the promoters hare our best wishes for their success . An immense refracting telescope has been erected on Wandsworth-common , constructed under the

      superintendance of Mr . W . Gravatt , F . E . S ., for the Eev . Mr . Craig , vicar of Leamington . The main tube is seventy-six feet in length , and thirteen feet in circumference at its widest part . The object glasses are twenty-four inches in diameter ; one is of flint glass , made by Mr . Chance , of Birmingham , and the other is of plat

      The village of Erith , on , was on Monday last by an excursion party of about 1000 persons from the district of St . Philip , Bethnal-green . The party was composed of working men and their wives , the elder children of the Sunday school with their teachers , the clergy of the district and the churchwardens , and a few friends interested in all that concerns the working man . Refreshments were provided for the party in Mr . Macluire ' s gardens . A band was in attendance , and the young people were amused with dancing and rustic games . They returned home at six o ' clock , The clergy of the district are endeavouring to form a good library , and to establish lectures for the working men , but their funds are short .

      Mrs . Chisholm has been accused of being a propagandist Roman Catholic by the " shipping interest , " or some other " interest" whose profits are endangered by her efforts . At a meeting held at the Parochial School-room , Clnphamcommon , to hoar on address from that lady , at which the rector presided , it was stated that he had received a letter , warning him from taking the chair , because Mrs . Chisholm was a Roman Catholic . Mrs . Chisholm stated that when she commenced her work , the bishop of the colony had directed his chaplain to write to her and ask a tow questions .

      She had replied to him , and ever since there hud been a good feeling between her and tho bishop . On commencing her exertions on her return to this country , a benevolent nobleman , hearing of her efforts , said ho would raise a few hundreds to help , but the shipowners , who were afraid sho was going to ruin their trade , called upon him and dropped their venom in . They said , " Mrs . Chisholm is a good kind of woman , but people cannot trust her ; she is an agent of tho Propaganda . " The nobleman was afraid , and the subscriptions did not como in . She had persevered , however , and had ultimately obtained much success .

      Mr . Webster , tho manager of tho Haymarkct Theatre , has brought an action against Mr . Garnctt , the publisher of tho Manchester Guardian , lor the following libel : — " Wednesday and Thursday being loft open , because of tho extraordinary neglect of Mr . Webster , lessco of the llaymarkefc Theatre , who , after a letter of largo promises , was written to thrico without deigning any answer , and when a telegraph letter at length extorted a reply , it was such at ) to dotcrmino tho committee to mnke other arrangements without seeking any aid from Mr . Webster . " Mr . Webster had been applied ' to for his gratuitous asHistnneo in a series of dramatic performances which wero to take place in Manchester for tho benefit of somo local charities , mid ho readily promised to give his aid so far a . s his own engagements would permit . But , being busily engaged in tho production of a comody , entitled " Mind your own business , " in which ho himself was to take a part , Mr . Webster had written to tho committee * in Manchester to

      excuse his absence . His letter was , however , lrom komio cause , delayed a day beyond the tirno ho had expected it to como to hand , so that his name appeared in the aimounroiiiontn . Two or three days after appeared tho obnoxious paragraph quoted above . Tho action came on for trial ut Liverpool on Saturday , when a verdict was returned lor the defendant .

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      Messieurs . Grutiolet and S . Cloeis havo demonstrated by careful experiments that the pustular contents of tho skin of tho toad and of the tiiilumaiulor are poisonous , and alkalino in their nature . The Vhnna ( iazotto of tho 17 th inst ., informs that " Tho court .-martini Hitting in Vienna bus nontenced Maria Swobodu , <; lot . hen-mukor , lo fifteen blows with rodx , and fourteen days confinement in irons , for verbal and actual injury of tho officers of public security . " Captain Parkin , of tho ' . Radiant , was approaching Kng . land on bis return from tho KohI . Indies , when one night , about three weeks ago , ho suddenly found n groat nnakoserpont of Uio moHt voiioiiioun kind in his cabin . A light was obtained , tind tho reptile wus destroyed aftor a uliorfc contest . Exotor wau visited on Thursday weok by a violent thundor-Htonn . Tho rain was no heavy aa to cause eonuidwftblo damage , and a » ewor was no much weakened

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      Apgitst 28 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 821

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 28, 1852, page 821, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1949/page/9/