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Leader (1850-1860), 26th November 1853, Edition Town of 2, Page 1136, Untitled Article

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      Every case , as the Board have already stated , ought to be carefully investigated in all its ' circumstances ; and the Board confidently trust that the Guardians will make such investigation with , patience and firmness , and in the calm and equitable spirit especially befitting such an inquiry . " By the existing relief orders labour must be given for relief granted ; and the Guardians have resolved" That in consequence of the Law not aUowing relief to be given to the able-bodied without being set to workj that steps be taken , by the Guardians , in accordance with such Law , to provide wort for such ablebodied persons to be set to . "

      The Associated Spinners and Masters of Burnley have issued an address to the operatives . They state that to prevent severe destitution they are willing to re-open their mills even at a loss to themselves , on condition that no collection be made among their workpeople for the support of other turnouts . " We do not intend to exact any promise to that effect from any individual , hut we plainly state , that we ' shall resist such a course by nil the means in our power , even to again having recourse to the total stoppage of our mills . W" e cannot , without a great change in our prospects , hold out the expectation of working full time , but so long as a

      reasonable spirit is-. manifested by the operatives , we have every wish to do what we can , to prevent distress and to promote their prosperity . We think every one must see that nothing is gained by these combinations and countercombinations , and we hope that mutual good understanding and enlightened views will lead both parties to rely solely , on that system of individual arrangement which is indispensable to long-continued prosperity . This , we imagine , is the good which may be extracted from the evil , which we have all so much deplored . It is our intention , if our views are agreed to by a number of workpeople sufficient to carry on each department of employment , to open our mills on the 28 th instant . "

      On the other hand , the National Association of United Trades have issued an address , calling upon their members to support the Preston men with a national contribution . There is also a project on foot to organize a " Labour Parliament , " the chief end of which shall be " to propound a means by which labour may be emancipated from the undue influence of capital , and become independent , self-employing , and remunerative , without the necessity of strikes . "

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      DESTRUCTION OF A COLONY . A New Oklkans paper quotes an account of the destruction of the French colony at Jicaltepec , in Mexico , by a terrible hurricane , which occurred on the 28 th August . On that day , which was Sunday , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , a norther commenced blowing , heavy clouds which hung above the horizon , began to spread , and ilew over the sky with incredible swiftness . Then the rain commenced falling with extreme violence . The norther continued blowing all night till the following morning , without , however , having anything alarming about it , the rain continuing , in the- meantime , to fall in torrents . At daybreak the wind changed its direction , veering round to the cant , and suddenly commenced blowing with unparallolod impetuosity . In less than half an hour , the whole village , and the residences in its environs , forming the IVench colony , were completely destroyed , the houses falling as it were by enchantment , with a shocking crash . It is impossible to picUivo the general desolation which presented itself to sight , during the frightful raging of tins unchained elements . 'Distracted families , finding themselves without , shelter , saw themselves every moment , threatened to he crushed under the falling materials which worn nent Hying through the air , or else to he thrown into the river by the gusts of this terrible hurricane , the like of which has never been Been in those parts . Wot only did it . not spare houses , hut rushing with fury over the country and forests , it tore up everything in its

      passage—chocolate , corn , roller , sugarcane , &o . —in . such 11 manner that i . ho eye a low minutes al'tei-wivi'ds could see nothing hut imiiien . se plains where virgin forouts hud utood . The largest trees , mich a . s cedars , onlcs , and tig-trees of immense pine , were broken and lorn brnneh from branch . To add (<> the miseries thus caused , the rain not having ceased to pour down in torrents sinco t lie previous evening , a midden overflow of itfl hanks by I lie river ensued , and rising twonty-fivo feet above its natural lo \ el , it , rose over thoquay of . ricnltepee , ami entirely inundated the opposite bank and the greater purl , of the French dwellings of the colony !

      Houhos , and tlie lew estates which tho hurricane Jiad spared , were thus carried away by the waters . Thin was a most trying and desolate moment , for all the families of ( . he colony . Without shelter , and dreading with reason the continuance of the inundation , some were obliged to construct r / iflH to provide for their safety , while others endeavouring to get . to a neighbouring hill , found themselves constrained to traverse inundated low spots , where tho water reached to Mm waist . . And there they were , with the I'm it of twenty years' labour and perseverance do-Htrnyed , annihilated in low I ban mi hour .

      This destructive hurricane did not extend beyond fifty leagues on the coast and thirtjr in the inferior . Intelligence of the disaster was prevented from being conveyed earlier in consequence ofromnninicatinn being intercepted by the fallen trees , &o ., and at , length was only convoyed with tjreal . difficult y , machete in hand .

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      MUltDKIt IN NOIIKOI / K . A Vliitv barbaroiiM murder I him been committed , on Monday , between Wellinghuni and TilllcHlmll , Went Norfolk . Tho victim whs n silversmith , named Lorenzo Jioliii , h native of Mnden-Ititdon , who , some yearn ago , settled in N orwich , llo had two aNnistaiiLH in Inn shop at Norwich , to whom ho loft the euro of Ida hminoa ^ . wlulo ho travelled

      throu g h the country to obtain , orders and to sell his jewellery . He usually carried a box of jewellery , gold and silver watches , &c , in a bag suspended from a stick on his shoulders . He sold his goods to country people , and his custom was to take payment in small instalments . Among other places which he visited at regular intervals , were Wellingham and Tittleshall , villages / two miles apart , situate near Fakenham , in West Norfolk . - Last Friday Mr . Bella was walking from Wellingham to Tittleshall , about one o ' clock in the day , when he was last seen alive by two labourers who were ploughing in an adjoining field . He had at that time , according to the calculation of his assistants , about 301 . in money , which he usually carried in a double purse , besides his box of

      jewellery , and a few watches which he was accustomed to carry in his pockets . MidAvay between Wellingham and Tittleshall there is a plantation on each side of the road , and on One side the plantation ends on a common . Between ono and three o ' clock several persons passed along the road at this spot on their way to Dereham-market , and observed a quantity of blood in the middle of the road , but , having no suspicion of a murder having been committed in the middle of the day , on a spot so much frequented , continued their journey without etopping to make any inquiry . At half-past three o ' clock , however , on the same afternoon , John Kobinson , a butcher residing at Tittleshall , who had walked over to Wellingham , reached this spot on his way back , and his attention being arrested by the great quantity

      of blood on the road , he stopped to look at it . He observed that some portion of the blood had been partially covered by dirt and sand scraped from the road . Just at this moment the sons of the Rev . Mr . Digby , of Tittleshall , came riding up on ponies , and two ladies in a gig , Mrs . Digby and Miss Sheppard . The whole party stopped , and their attention was directed to the blood . One of the young gentlemen observed that there was a trail of blood from the road to the hedge , and ihe'butcher , standing on the hedge , saw that the trail was continued through the fence into the ditch of Tittleshall-cbminon , on the other side , where a horrible spectacle was presented . The body of Mr . Belia was found with his legs towards the . hedge , and the coat-collar up , as if the murdered man had

      been dragged by his coat-collar through the fence . Beside tho body lay Mr . Belia ' s box of jewellery unopened , but taken out of the bag ; his stick and umbrella , and also a large hatchet , such as is used for felling timber . The blade of the hatchet was covered with blood and hair , and it was evidently fclic weapon by which the unfortunate man had been murdered . The pockets of his trousers had been turned inside out , and rifled ; but an account-book was found in his pocket , and in his waistcoat-pocket a watch , still going . His head had been nearly severed from his body by a blow at the back of the neck , and there were four deeply-cut wounds across the temples and face , any one of which would have caused death . The right eye was driven inwards to the depth of nearly an inch ; indeed , the poor

      man appeared to have been felled like an ox , and dragged into the ditch . Tho party of ladies and gentlemen returned to Tittleshall , and gave information of the murder to the rector , who sent a caTt to the spot , and , with tho assistance of the butcher , and two ploughmen before-mentioned , tho liody was conveyed to the Griffin Inn , Tititleshnll . No suspicion was entertained as to the perpetrator of tho murder till late in . the evening , when a man named William Webster , a butcher , who was driving in his cart from Tittleshall to Wellingham , about ono o ' clock on the same day , said ho saw a man in the plantation adjoining tho ditch where the body was found , and he observed that on his approach tho man stooped down to hido himself . Webster mentioned this circumstance at , Wellingham , as

      soon as he heard of tho murder , but lie did not state that he knew who tho man was . At ten o ' clock at night , however , lie felt uneasy , and went to the house of John Hooks , a parish eon stable , and gave information that the man he had seen in the plantation was William Thompson , a labourer , residing with his father at Tittleshall , and who wan frequently employed in felling timber . Mr . Hooks and Mr . Moore , another parish constable , immediately proceeded to Thompson ' s house- ; they found him in bed , and ordered him to rise and dress himself . Ho did no , putting oti different , clothes from those ho had worn during tho day , with tho exception of a fllop . The constables found on the bed a pair of trousers , the legs of which , and the left , pocket , wore soaked Avil . li blood . Jn tho lower room they

      found a pair of highlow-. i , with blood on tho laoeholeH . They nuked Thompson for hi . s hatchet , but . ho could not produce it ., and ho made no statement in explanation . He was apprehended and taken to I . ho Oriflin Inn , at Tittloshnll , there being no police station nearer than Fukenham . On tho folhnving day Webster identified the . prisoner as tho same man that he had seen in the plantation just before the murder was committed , nnd two men named Itopor , who were at work near the plantation , Hl . af . ed that they met the prisoner coining from the direction of tho place Avhero the body was found , lie seemed to be in groat haste , and perspired profanely . They asked hint Avhufc o ' clock it was . Ho pulled out u hunting-watch from his ( roiiHers ' -poeket , and said it , was half-past one o ' clock .

      Various additional evidences tending to confirm ( he strong suspicion of Iuh jruilt havo since been discovered at his house ; and the coroner ' h jury havo returned a A erdicf ot " wilful . min-dor" again : ;! , him .

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      JOURNAL OF RAILWAY ACCIDENTS . ^ Tursduu . — 'Xwo accidents . The first , occurred near the h-iioaiiigle-y Junction on the Lancashire and Yorkshire . Railway . Tho Parliamentary train from Leeds , duo at , knoftingley ul , H . iiO a . m ., arrived there nl , about tho proper tune , and , the passenger carriages having lte . on attached to others from \ <> rk , the united train was proceeding on itn Avay to . DoncMMter , when , in crowing tho junction with the U ] .-hrio to ( Ionic , nbout 200 or . 1 ( 10 yards" from the station , a goods train from that town , which arrived at ( he point , of intersect ion ut , tho mtnio moment , dashed through the jHiHHongor train , cutting i | , i ,, < , Wo n j , j , f , | 1 (> middle , and knocking oil" tho bodj of « , tlurd-clftmj . < wrriago , containing

      about twenty passengers ; The vehicle rolled over on its side , amid a terrible screaming from ttye persons in it while _ the wheels and un , der part of the vehicle remained standing on the line . No one Avas seriously hurt , we are told . The driver and stoker of the goods engine received no injury , although , they remained on tho engine ; , indeed they had no alternative in the matter , for the dense fojj prevailing at the time prevented them from seeing- the passenger train until they had run into it , arid the signals wero totally invisible . The second accident was also due to the fog . A passenger train from Doncaster dashed into a train of empty trucks near Conesbrough station . The passengers of course , were " not much hurt , " only bruised ! '' The fog , no doubt , prevented the light signals fro m working ; , but Avhy were the obstructions in the way ?

      Wednesday . — -As the guard of the goods train from Derby to BuTningham Avas anheroking a van at Wooden Box station , whilst the train was in motion , pwingv to tho frosty state of the buffer , he slipped off , and the next carriage went over his thigh , and otherwise injured his body . He shortly after died . On the same day , a person attempted to cross the line to get to the platform at which an approaching train , would stop . He leaped on to the platform ,, but fell ' hack , and the train went over him .

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      THE WIFE-BEATING MANIA . The severity of Lord Palmerston ' s new Jaw for the punish , ment of aggravated assaults , does not seem to have operated as a cheek upon , the propensity of the lower classes of London to beat their wives . . It would indeed seem time that some medical inquiry into the circumstances should be instituted , and that the physician as Avell as tho magistrate should look into the causes of these sickening phenomena . Between the 1 st and the 19 th of ^ November no less than sixteen assaults of the worst character have been brought to light . We have recorded most of these in previous -weeks , but the four latest came before the Courts on Monday .

      The worst of the new cases was that of William Curtis , a tailor , living in the unhealthy locality of New-court , Gravel-lane . The story as told by the wife and a policeman who interfered is very striking . Emma Curtis said : On Sunday morning , between three and four o ' clock , he made me go to bed stark naked , and he ripped up my stays with a penknife , took the hone out of it , and beat me on the body with the bone till it broke in three pieces . -He was quite sober , and so was I , for I never drink . He had been out , and I was afraid to go to bed till he came home . After he had broken the bone he

      beat me with my hair-brush . He then dragged me out of bed , made me make the bed three times , tried to strangle me with his hands , and with the large square cut stick tho policeman now has in his hand , struck me several times . I did not call out , for he said if I did he would dance upon my body . After having beaten me severely , he went down stairs and to the bottom of the court , but he immediately returned and began beating me again with the stick , and then the officers came into the room . The Lord Mayor : How often has this occurred ?

      Mrs . Curtia : Ever since Ave were married , in January last . A month ago he gave me two black eyes , and he has frequently used that stick upon me . He has also thrown boiling water from the tea-pot upon me . I am in tho utmost danger , and I throw my life upon your lordship ' s hands , for I believe it is his intention to kill me . Policeman 28 : I was informed that a man had locked up his wife in tho house No , 14 , in New-court ; and I went there with another oflicer , and upon listening in tho passage I heard a noise of tremendous blows as if they worn given with a kick upon tho naked flesh . I heard tho prisoner say , " If you halloo out , I'll danco your guts out . I then broke open tho door . Tho woman was naked on the bed , and tho prisoner had his shirt sleovcs tucked up , and xvm in the position of a person who had been inflicting blows . I immediately seized and dragged him away . Ho was perfectly sober at the time .

      The Lord Mayor asked tho complainant <« what she ascribed thin horrible treatment ? Tho complainant suid she had made an observation upon her husband ' s faking a young woman who had been working with' them to a public-house , and he was enrnged at tho liberty she took m doing so ; but ho Avas in the habit of knocking her about Avithout the least provocation . Curtis said bin AVito was the porHon moat in fault . . ' Ho received tho full BCiitonco of six months' imprisonment . . James Wright , another tm'lor , liring in a similarly unhealthy locality—aoo < linari ' B- ( ieldM—was charged with beating Iuh wife . ho

      Ann Wright , bin Avifo , naid : —Yesterday , ( Sunday , ) fluid ho would bo liuniy i ' or murdering mo , an the man that was sentenced to ho hung this morning would bo hung . lln hit mo twice on the head with the sleeve-board , and cut , open my skull in two places . " I . bled very much , Jo also struck rue with his fist , in the face , and continued l <> knock mo about for three or four minutes . I called out for assistance , and people came , and I wont l <> a doctor to have my head dnwied . I have been married to I «• primmer throe yenvs , nnd ho has beaten me every jnoiil-H since I married him . ., The Lord Mayor : In there any eauno for this cori < luolf Mvh . Wright : Drink is the cause , iny lord . I . behove lie married me in u wrong name , and 1 have asked him marry mo in bin right / name . 1 left him a month aw on account of it , and he mud ho had already murdoiocl one woman , and that I should bo the next , and I have no doubt of the effect of bin future violence , if I have no

      protection from your lordship . ,. .. i The policeman who look Wright into ciwlody Haul : M »»' Avhen going to the ntation-hoiiHo , Wright Haul ho avuh a iooi for lotting mo apprehend him ; and swore that "I */""" . " hoHhouldgel , over thin , ho would munsh Iuh wilont > un" » Tho Lord Mayor Hoiitoncod him to hard lulour m Uol'Ioway prison tor nix calendar ttwnUia ,

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      1136 THE LEADER . CSaturday , . ¦ . . _ ¦ ¦ •• _ ¦ ¦ . ¦ . , ' ' - ¦ - ' ¦¦ I — i ¦ ¦¦ - ' — ¦¦ ; n . i . i . dl .... ^ .. ¦¦¦¦«— ^ fc .-r ' ¦

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 26, 1853, page 1136, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2014/page/8/