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      It appeared that a girl named Caroline Green , ageil i& i ' had . been induced to leave the employ of Messrs * John Tmher and Soni , of Blackburn , and to come t » Preston , , ' to vroik for Mtaunrii Swainson and Bj 4 eyV ; J 0 ter father liod no trace of'her tota last vf&eSk ^ &JixGpi , hearing that she was at Preston ) he came over aha asked " for his daughter at the factory " wlierej § Q ^ e was employed , hut was told that be could nc&se&Jher . TJpon demanding to be informed where BftelodgetL he was told tha , t she lived in the mill . ^ e ^ U ) , ^ applied to tbe magistj ^ te , but was told . that , thiej ^ 6 buld render him no assistance . I uuder-BtanChbwever , that f $$ gi * t has 4 > een given up , and is » ov returned to BUtt&tyixn . j . &n < $ her very grpss CMQv iSi ^ Quo ted against *« A ^ pcfoteUJ ^ tie *' , . . ft

      , appearsKiJiat his head book-keeper had _ . xn »«^ a . a ^ rij % li (> » 6 tne years ago had been employ *^ , a « a . -winder . The other day , the poor fellow waM « M& $ h * tf unless he brought Mswife withhim to wind , he need not ^ 6 Aie % iinseK any * ti > rd ; ad ' w' added this nuBdatte T ge » H ^ niainf ^^ ni take precious good care you don't get-ii ^ ther ^ ttice ^ . * *? : n ) *? i& . . & ; ,: . ¦> £ ., .. ? J . « - ,+- ,,. - ¦• JVid ^ TflfoWuUg . I ^ to just obtained a cop / of a circulat JHstafi ** but ^' - ^ ' ^ 'iMJesSroV-IBchardson and Whitvirorth , of Manchester , solicitors to the Defence Fund , among tl ^^ pxuhe ^ and u ^ pitSiof the ^ ktagd ^ rn .: — , j ** % tosa «^ vWt&eiSBinovBl aof pewwos « nd families from ¦ t-I ^ MSd& ^ anJ aAnt 1 )<» Yn ^;« f . r <( 4 « * if ISturlftTuLi-O tbd m&BtLwaiiAWB j ¦ b ¦ ¦ ¦

      VW ^ V ^ yiHJmHMw ^ VIAv ^ wl ** 1 **^ mr + ~ r ^ m *^ h ^ ^^ m ^^ ^^ t ^ ¦ 'j ^ . ~ ' . _ . — - ^ r—r' ;—fkctnrinr d »« tri <^;< rf EiancasMrt . —We propose fco pay tha itftu ^ &jjteiiies ^^^ Ia&oiliire ^ in cla ^^ par ^ m - toS ^ boiaca ^ eaj-- ^ em 0 ^ fi 9 propose to empfo y the persons rejmiov ^ ia tte ^ families ( teinales fcrefer t ^ JuredQaoat desires ' j but man and wife with cKfldren tolerably grown will be acceptablet— -In th * cases of , orphan children it would be des&ablis to - attach them to some [ faun ^ when ? , reE ftored . —The hours of labour are 60 ^^ ibi ^^ li ^ m MmMjjTuesiAy , Wednesday , Thursday , andTriday . Mflf 7 ^ oa Saturday . Hours for meals —§ anhpw ' - ' bt&kj ^ y ^ rfc . hiMe for dinner . —Young percrina nti / vtro ; 1 A-will 'fci , ntiarantoaA ilnrincr f . tin first 12 Tnrvnt . hs .

      fixed weekly wages of irom 5 s . to Samper head , wMlst l ^ aming tHjtiremp loyBtMMi ^^ Put ; if at * nyiperiad dunng ? BUctul 2 months lAey ^ caa ^ ojyliligeace eara more i irom ^ p lece- ^ ork o ^| % ^ % ^ i %# ^^ r ^ ib ^^ aj | ofj ^ cli day ^ h * . . oitfiJer - pOrtlfm DCltlg Q&ywtGCL CO CaUCSOyu « t » XU 6 63 EPCIJB 3 Ol v * fo ^ ni ! - under 13 * - ^ SaitabIe KiSgings will ^ feind for eacli' fatttily < Jn £ tnelf arrival : in thtt $ fofth ^^ M * fainffies'&at afc&ptings these cfierB will hawtlie opportunities of thebest employment , and will be jenunwdutb PirQsboBv due « f the bssx cx > iroi ? dxja » of ! tbem » aafacturiDfftoWn 9 v ^ / - ^ ^ $ , | a \ 9 ^ , Ab 8 ers ^' , .. j ^ Li ila ^'^ oea % oi guarantee ^ 0 mS Pi&W ^ ti&V * 8 h $ e ?

      ( From tjuJiegiqfcar . General ' s Return . )

      The week thai enfled last Saturday prbdueed a cdneiderable increase of mortality , the deaths in London haTirjgrisen ftbtrill 35 in-the previous week to 1348 , th 0 number now returned . Changes in the weather appearto'haVe acted injuriously on the pnblic health : tfe inean temperature fell below the average on Friday in the preceding week , and continued to fall on three following days . On- Monday it was only 34 degs ., or neatly 6 degs . below the average ; on Wednesday it rose to 49-a degs ., which is 9 * 4 degs . above the average ; on Thursday it rose to 54 * 5 degs ., or 14 ' 3 degs , above the average . The variation in the mean daily temperature * of Tuesday and- Thursday Amounted to 17 * 6 degs .

      In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1844-5 ^ the average number of deaths was 1083 , whieh if raised in proportion to increase of population , he * - comies IWl * The number returned last week therefore exceeds / the calculated amount by 152 . Last week the births of 946 boys , and 854 girls , in all MOO children , were registered in London . The average number of nine corresponding weeks of the yean 1845-53 was 1491 .

      At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height ^ of the barometer in the week was 30-229 in . The mean daily reading yra 8 above 30 in . on every day except Friday , The highest mean was 30539 in . on Sunday : the lowest 29-& 5 & in . on Friday .

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      HATTO ' S CONFESSION . All doubts as to tlie guilt of Moses Ilntto , convicted of the murder of his fellow-servant , at Burnham Abbey , i » n . v « been removed by a confession , which no doubt will bo made ubli « jij * pxtenso , bat the substance of which at present l * a » only bean published : Hatto sajs that , some Bhort time previous to the 1 st of November , the date of the murdor , Mary Auno Sturgeon , the nmrtl « red woman . nsLed him to lend her a eovereign . Thie he at first refused to do , and nngry words passe < l between them in consequence of his refusal . After consideration , however , he told her she mi ^ ht have the sovereign ' or two or

      thwe sovereigns , if she liked , and they were again good j friends . On Tuesday , the 1 st of November , he was employed almost the whole of the day in the house , cleaning the plate atod other things , and had much conversation with the deceased . He says she twitted him and vexed him , and when night arrived they were far from being on friendly terms , in the evening , Sturgeon vent to Bunco ' s cottage , and , when she had been gone some time , Hatto Bays he took off his shoes that he might not be heard , and proceeded to the door of the cottage , when he listened and overheard the conversation between deceased and Mrs . Bunce . That conversationj he says , Vexed him very much— -he considered it spiteful and disrespectful—and he returned to the kitchen < tf tie farm-house , lamping over the wall , in order that he

      miglit make no flotea by the opening and shutting of the gates which ; divide U » ( eo » rt * ya »? d , fiom the ijoal whichruns by the back * £ the , farm-bindings . Soon alter Jie arrived back , the deceasw , ne says , eaitte iftW : fit * kitchen , pttt him out his Bttppe * , aod , instead of the ( cnsW loinary pint of beer , served him witU ' only hatf-a ^ piat . JQe . coniplaioed of . the short allowance , and a quarrel ensued , in tie course of which , tte says , Sturgeon twitted him f&r much . He then says the devil ttuoe to htm , and he struck deceaeeda violent blow across the nose and moota with the latding ^ iron . This *' larding-iron * ' is a fearful weapon , about three feet sis inches long , and about twice the tEckness of t an ordinary poker , tKe upper part being totind atjd the ' ltfiwr iiart TOanettW . He doei aot state what effisctthis >

      blovr had tipon the deceased , but the probability is , that ££ bwAe the bridge of her nose , knociceft 4 at her tooth , aod csssed an immediate and considerable effusion of UoocL After the blow , he says , a scuffle took place , between thenx ^ the deceased struggled hard , got uppermost , and he thought at one time she would have mastered him . She ultimately cot , away from hun , and ran u . p-stairs to-Her , bed-Jrootn , ffflowedby him .. He says she tell on hierface just in the position in whlcli she was found , and—suiting the action to theword ^ -ne added , I thentook up the poker ahd smashed h ^ r brains # &" With respect to the burning of ^ tue body h * is aileflt ; he says that the clothes of the deceased must have ca « ght fire * He says he then went into Mr . Goodwin's wotai . and took from off , the dressing-table two razors ,, a

      knife with severil blades , an ivory pocket tablet , a gold ring , a . ^ old , wateh-key ; , and a button-took . After this , on going i < mn atftirs , he «> tuid he was covered with blood . He then changed everything lie had on , -which consisted of shtfti trousers , atockings , and boots . 'As he mikes no rrientibn 6 f dmot w ^ fetcoat , it is fair to presume that he had thrown aside those garments before sapper , fie cut tip hiabtfets ^ bigti * Bh * eft ^ withTiis waiter ' s razors , coiapletelyseveringtlieiipper leathers from the sties . He then -vn ^ itinto the paddock where the colts Were kept , and threw the solefs of the shoes into » . poebof . waterabottt . five ; feet deep , called the "Well ; " the upper-4 eathers he staffed into a > drain which empti ? s itwlf into , the 'SWeiL" The feet part of his stockings , Seing v ^ ry blwdy , he cut awey from . the ' leggings , and . depoatejf , them

      unaer the coping of the immense wall whxdKformerly ' enclosed a portion of the" Burnhatn Abliey kitdsi tind ii ' oW separates the paddock from the high road . The peggings He , placed itt tb / e inamger in the stable , and the ^ # ere theW w-bett ^ Mr . Goodwin-took his own horse- ^ -not wishing to ^ all ffatto from other' work—to go to the inqaekt at the Milfeh « ase , on-the Wednesday . The shirt and trousers , he secreted in the orchard on . the Tuesday night . d > A the night . of Thursday , when he took his master ' s horse out of-tihe « table , under the pretence of going to the Maidenhead railway station for a , parcel , he carried the-shirt and trousers witn hina , for the purpose , ofgetting rid of them , the trousers . all but tjhe waistband , he cut into small threads , and strewed thenv oir . the hedges and by the side of the road as lie went

      along . Between the railway bridge and Maidenhead bridge , hie threw the waistband of the trousers over a quickset hedge into an ^ arable Held . 1 fhen he arrived at tbe top of Maidenhead bridge , he threw the stocking leggpugs over into the Thames , and was about to throw the shirt alteXithtem , when tiie thought struck him that it would swim , so be brought it back again , and . buried it beneath the manger of the centre stall of his master's stable . The articles taken from Mr . Goodwin ' s bedroom he says he placed in the ground , by the side of the footpath leading to Chippenham . Such is the substance of Moses Hatto ^ s confession ; and , in order to test the truth of it , Mr . Frederick Charsley , the solicitor for the prosecution , arrived at the Abbey Farm on Friday afternoon . There , in tlie ' presence of Police-super

      intendent Symington , Mr . Goodwin , and several friends , the paving was removed from under the manger of the stable , aad at about twelve inches from the surface , a rotten , dirty , ragged shirt was found- There were marks of blood upon it—the wristbands were partially burnt off—and there were several holes burnt , in the front , between the waistband of the trouseva and the collar of the shirt . In t ! he search made after tho inauost , the soles of the boots had becen fished from the well , but as there was nothing to connect them with the prisoner , they were thrown aside . On proceeding , however , to probe the tunnel , Mr . Charsley and his assistants found the upper leathers , and it was plain to Bee that they JijuI been severed from tho soles by some ehaip instrument . Search was mado for the foet of the stockiogs , and for the articlvs taken from Mr . Goodwin ' s room , but tho effort was fruitless .

      That Hatto lias suppressed the truth with respect to tlie burning of tho body of his victim will bo at once apparent from tlio ovirlonce , which distinctly proves that naplrtns and articles of clothing were placed under tho head and other parts of tho person , whilst a deal table -was broken up nnd liOiiped npon the corpse , for ihe purpose of destroying it . But when it is known—although it did not come out in evidence—that there was no fire in tho murdered womau'n room on the nig-lit in question , prevjoua to the commission of tho foul deed , tlie suppression becomes more pojpal > lc . After tho body had been removed , an examination c # tho contents 2 f the grate shojved that the wood used ns kindling had not d ^ tt cp nsumeJ in it . The supposition is that the dirty c&ridle ,. ¦ fuunjj at tlie bottom of the candlestick , in Sturgeon ' s rotfrn , Was usod for the nurpose of igniting the cornhustiblo materials—rendered still more bo by oil or nnphtha—heaped uj > ori nhd under tho curpse .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Cottrt has "been at Osbome this week . As our readers will have seen elsewhere , the Qneen of England has bidden her captains good-bye , and led her war-ships out to sea . in right queenly fashion . The Earl of Clarendon , Chevalier Bunsen , and General Count de Groeben , arrived at Osborne from London , on Wednesday , and had audiences of the Queen . They subsequently dined with Her Majesty , and returned to town the next morning .

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      A new permanent exhibition was opened to private view on Thursday , to the public to-day- ^ the Royal Panopticon of Art and Science , in Leicester-square-Thta btiildittg ; has been constructed onpurpose ; Sfc is of considerable space , and is designed in , a kind of b&stard MociscKr * tyle f . tho ; centre being a lofty ra , ult , lighted £ r < Ma t tiae roof . , Tall turrets give a view over the metropolis f a place , in the . upper stories ' serves fte a photogranhic room ; the gaUerks

      aniJ floor are erowdexl , ^ thv Bpecimens ^ f arts wnd nianufaeturea , ffom a ip ^ ely Hi ^ Ur © of a veiled Hbufi hy Monti * toiworldn « r eiig ^ eft 0 ^ t varrous kinds ; and a ^ Lisa ol v iag ffiew , we-inndeiat ^ d t WtU be : among the attractions . It will t » o newssary to take « more d £ - KS ^ rate st ^ ey ^^'^ tirirtie &b ip ttmgki&a& . On-Thursday T the vast "fetuldi ^ g ^ a ^^^^ ^ w ^ d with representatives of every class o ^ London society .

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      , The vacant Garter , will be given to the Earl of Ellesmere . General Groeben' Ha * teeti ecHd ^/ itom Ftr |>» ia to the British . Government on a . specigl mission , to make explanations rejecting tHe attitude . of P } vbi 8 i& Otttne Eastern qttBStion . '

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      Mr . Thackeray is in -Naples , -working ; bard ; for his many monthly readers / and Mr . JDavid Roberts is also with us sketching Italian scenery , wlndhi by flie -way , looks alrhb ' st as cold just noiw asMB& . B&H » e $ &Waa 3 L ± —Eo 9 t iGoTT < &pon dent atNaptoa , . ¦ ; . ¦ - , ¦¦ ¦¦ . . . .: ¦ ¦ ;' . ;' -. . ¦ . •¦ - . .-, ¦ ' The Italian , papers announce tnt death at Signor KoDini once greatest or toiiorivon ttre Shid bM . tttftomanoVln the province ' bFBergtonfc ' ¦ & «• vrto-SMtW- ^ BttiB of > % « . , Madame Berlioz , formerly Mis&SmithBon ^ thtt wife of the celebrated uomposeri died a few days ^ go at . ber Residence at \ tbntmartre . (> a her taarfiage TOtn si .. BerliOZ she retired in « 6 privit&Tife . The will iand codicils of th ' e ^ latQ ^ f K « lph iLopeswere last ^ eek proved in the prerogative Conri ^ ox ^ he -A rchbishop o £ Uanterbufy . Xne personal -estate wjthtn tae diocese w £ s " sworn ' urfder ' - 18 ^ 00021 ' ! - ' Kjossath xi ^ itedpthe Gryfitsi . CPal # ce . one day this week . His presence caneed a ^ eusatlon ar ^ ooe the workmen , who testified theju ? ^ sympalliy ^ for tlie prffieiple and the cansft persbniffed by tfefe Uovernor ^ tof Hangaryby a spontaneon manifestatibri , Saluting-biro as he passid-accompanied ; by M . Folsky And htB usual suite . , -

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      The British nnd French Mini » tcT 8 hnd nn interview with . Secretary Marcy on tlie 23 rd February , -fi > r tho pxirposebf protftslinj ; ajrainst tho fitting out df Kufiijian privateers in tlie United States . It was also nn ' clcTstood that tliey ( n-

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      2 ^ THE LEADER * > Saturda y ^

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      There is a gqn . era , l impression that Lord A . dolphus Yatto will be brought forward by the Conservative ^ to represent the vacant seat in the northern division of Ddfhatn , fcauged by the elevation of his brother-. Lord' Seabatni to the > Upper House . Mr . Pe « t * ick has also-been ^ tmed wt a candidate on the Iaberal side . —5 ifttfef « b ^ ^ tn « w . ; The report of the select committee appointed to inquire into the allegations of Mr . Somers'fc petition , « binplainin ^ of irregular broceeditags in ; the matterpf the p « tition against Mr . Sadleir ' s return for Sl > g 9 , has been preaented to tha House of Commons and printed . The committee report that the . main allegations oTA ^ r . . Somers's , petition are proved j that Mr . Gethio j solicitor , of SUgo , being itfstracted by Mt . i ^ adleir ' s agent t 6 make in ^ airies as to the solvency of the sureties to the petition against Mt . Sadleir ' s return , employed for this purpose James' Simpson , a farmer , and Henry Simpson , relieving officer of the Sligo Union ; and that at a meeting at Gotbin ' s office , at which . the three were present , Getliin and James Simpson offered the father of one of the sureties 502 . to induce him to procure his son ' s signature to an affidavit giving a false statement as to his property : and that tho Simpsons made a similar offer in the case of the other Surety , with & view to get sworn an affidavit ( in ( Whin ' s buna writing ) containing false statements respecting the surety ' s property , with a view to showing that he was not -worth the requisite amount . Tie committee report " tbat the conduct of these three persons is deserving of the serious att ^ ndon and animadversion of the House p' "but they state " lfifct Mr . Sadleir does not appear from the evidence to have been personally implicated in or cognisant of these proceedings / 1

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      A meeting of the Dublin Privy Council was held on Thnrsday . when an order in council was agreed to , extending for the further period of six months tlio order in council of the 16 th September , 1853 , under tlie nuisance removal statute , commonly known as the Cholera Act . The cholera has now fairly began its spring campaign . Already about 10 out of 40 have died , at Leeds . Nearly a hundred cases had been reported at GluRgow , up to Mondny ; and about half as mnny have occurred at Katiturlc , in Ireland . Thus tlio three kingdoms aro comprehended in tlio awful operations of tho epidemic . Cholera is again prevalent at Glasgow . On Saturday there were 10 deaths from ft in tho city pariah , and 5 in tho barony parish ; on Sunday 16 in tho former , nnd 11 in the luttcr ; on Monday 10 in tho former , and 6 in the latter 5 and on Tuesday 14 in tho city parish .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 18, 1854, page 250, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2030/page/10/