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The Inquest on Miss Anne Colyer , of Fulham , ,-liich took place last -week , and was postponed for n analysis of the stomach , has been renewed . She ad been taking " Water-ton ' s Cholera Specifics , " finch appear to contain * ' a large quantity of amtionia , so strong as to destroy the cork in the phial if the bottle . " The medical evidence went to show hat poisoning by ammonia was rare , but when it lid take place the appearance of the stomach was iimilar to that of the deceased , in whose stomach races of ammonia had been found ; and had she recovered from the Cholera , it would have been necessary to treat her for poisoning toy ammonia . The veTdict was : " Died from Cholera , death having been accelerated by the use of Waterton ' s medicine . "
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The medical men of Hull have published a denial to a statement " that Cholera had broken , out in that town . "
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THE WAR-MEETING AT NEWCASTLE . XORD CliANItTCARDB AND LORD LTNDHTJRST . At the public meeting held at Newcastle a week or two ago , on the subject of the war , among other resolutions adopted was one expressive of gratitude and respect from the meeting for the able exposition , in the House of Lord s , by Lords Lj-ndhurst and Clanricarde , of the perfidy and ambition of Russia , and of the necessity of effectually curbing her power . The resolution has been duly forwarded to their lordships by the chairman , and these replies have been received . Lord Clanricarde says , after acknowledging the compliment : — "I have no doubt that hostilities might have been avoided with honour and advantage , and the designs of Russia been checked ly timely decision ; but now , in the conduct and the issue of the war are involved the best interests of England , as well as of the Continent , of commerce , and civilisation , and of freedom .
" The meeting at Newcastle , and the forcible speeches there delivered , cannot fail to have a salutary and important effect , and to give energy and influence to sentiments which I believe are generally entertained by the British people . " Lord Lyndhurst confines hitnseif to tho personal compliment , saying : — " It is a great satisfaction to me to find that my public conduct on this interesting and important subject nut ) met with the approbation of so numerous and enlightened a portion of my fellow-subjects . " I beg to express through you the grateful sense I entertain for this distinguished mark of their favour . Pray accept my best thanks for tho courtesy of your communicu * tion . '
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OFFICER AND GENTLEMAN . The Indian navy has contributed to the interesting class of cases which are rapidly dissociating tho twin designation of officer and gentleman . A trial has taken place in the Bombay Supremo Court , in which Captain S . B . Haines , of the Indian navy , was the defendant , on a charge of embezzlement . Tho prisoner is a captain in the Indian navy , and was employed aa political agent at Aden . He had a treasury under luia charge , containing public money
for puWic disbursements . It was supplied by consignments of bullion from Bombay , by bills drawn by him at Adon and money received there , from the royonuo arising from tho Post-office , Customs , Pilotage , &c . Deficiencies to a largo amount wore clearly proved to exist , and it was also shown that largo sums of the public money had been placed in tho hands of a Bombay firm by Cnptuin Haines , and mixed up with his private account ) nn < l that the deficiency hud novcr been inudo good .
Tho question loft to the jury was whether tho prisoner had fraudulently misapplied tho government funds entrusted to his care . They seemed to think that that term was not applicable to the ease , and acquitted tho prisoner .
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CAVE CAlsEM . The English in Paris are good enough occasionally to offer pleasant matter for the Tribunals . — 'The following story is told by the Paris Correspondent of a daily paper : — " You may remember recording sonic time tinee a strange triul which took iila . ee here . A certain Mr . L"us : ida laid ¦ wait with , his valet , and threw some vitriol In the face of a Mr . Wheble , who it appeared , had had des relations with Mrs . Lousada . Mr . Wheble appeared again yesterday in Court as a defendant , not as a plaintiff , in an affair which grew out of the other . Mrs . Lousada ' s aunt had borrowed 150 francs from Mr . Wheble , depositing a small King Charles spaniel with him as a security for the money . Probably this is the first instance in the annals of pawnbruking of the canine species being utilised for this purpose . The pledged
dog soon afterwards was bestowed by Mr . Wlieble as a pledge of affection on his mistress , a Madame Garcia , and the other day Madame Sagnier went to pay back the 150 francs , and demanded restitution of the dog , * but Mr . Wheble , who does not appear to have liad much experience in . the pawnbrokering buisness , or to be aware of its responsibilities , refused to give it up , saying that he had given it to a lady , and that he could not take itTback from her . They insisted , but finding him peremptory in . his refusal , they applied to the Commissary of Police . That functionary , however , could do nothing , and they had accordingly been obliged to bring their action . They demanded that Mr . Wheble should be condemned to heavy damages , otherwise he would keep the dog —which was worth ( 500 francs at the very least . That sum , indeed , they added , he had offered , but they had refused it . Mr . Wheble opposed the action , on the ground that he had
purchased the dog , and lie ridiculed the idea of a man in his position lending so small a sum on such seearity ; The dog , ke-said , had been offered him by the plaintiffs for 200 fr . and hs had got it by bargaining stt-loOfV . He complained of their ingratitude to him , and produced a letter written by M . Sagnier in 1852 * expressing gratitude for past services , and asking for a loan of 200 fr . He also said that they had meroly brought the action as a means of creating scandal to avenge Mine , de Lousada , their niece , and her ' mother , Mine , tie Vaisore .. After patiently weighing all the facts of the case , the tribunal condemned Mr . 'Wheble to give up the dog within three days on receiving payment-of the loOfr ., and in case of his neglect ing to do so to pay 5 fr . every day's delay for a month—after which the tribunal , if the animal be not given up , will again decide what is to be done . It also condemned Mir . Wheble to pay the costs . "
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RUSSIA PAINTED BY A RUSSIAN . A Hksidext at Berlin has received a suggestive letter from a member of the upper classes of Russia , living in the interior . The feelings it expresses are not consolatory as regards the prospects of the Czar , The general opinion in the part of ltussia in which the writer lives is that , as things stand , she can only be saved by the German Powers . The policy of the Western Powers on attacking Russia from the Asiatic side , and occupying Sebastopol and Odessa , is felt to be wise .
" It is true , "he says , " that it is no easy matter to get possession of these towns ; the enemies of Russia know that very well , and this is the reason of their slow and Cautious approach to this coast ; but they hope by a careful organisation of their attack unfailingly to attain their aim . At all events , the struggle there will bo a bloody one . Russia , with ji presentiment that that is the quarter from which the danger would come , has already stationed two corps iTarmca thereunder Generals Bebutofl ' and AndroriLkoff . A third corps d ' arme ' e is already on the march thither from the interior , and will servo as reserve . The town of Anapa is being fortilied in all haste , and in its vicinity a body of 20 , 000 picked Russian troops is lying . ' The entire force of tho troops collected together there ( apparently meaning in the Crimea and tho coasts of tho neighbouring continent ) amount to about 100 , 000 men . The shock will thus be a fearful one . Should the Russians bu beaten , as is to bo fcured ( seeing that the
superiority is bo gro : it on tho side of the enemy , and the Russian army , tliough it has very bravo , has at the same time tut few hitolligont generals ) , tho hostile forces would stream over tho rnost beautiful and most fertile portions ot tho Russian empire . Those tracts of country compose the Russian Italy , which is very littlo known abroad , and tho maintenance of a numerous army is im cutty affair , as , in addition to tho most beautiful products of the soil , such as whout , maize , rye , &c ., there is also forage in plenty for tho cavalry , liveiytliing of thin kind is in such quantities there that grain has hardly any money valu «—for instance , wheat coatB la . Cd . English per bushel ; hay , straw , &c . , has no value ut all . Horned cattle are in mich abundance there that tho primosb beef must bo given to the poor , find often even to the dogs , simply from tho inability of the population to consume it . The tallow alono of tlieao immense uords is used for export to foreign countries . "
'Iho winter , though long , is notsovorc , and cannot bo reckoned for effect a liko those of 1812 , and a " hostile army could support itself there comfortably for years . " " Tho point which tho Western Povirora Imvo ooleoted for tlwii- attack ia , thvruforo , well and wisely clioson—thut is tho most vulnerable point of the empire . If tho tiunnnn I'oivora continue to observe the- same- inaction—if tluvy lot tho at tuck of tho Knglish nnd French l >« quiully oruunl « ed ~ if thtiy wait for tho collinion tlwn actually to take piiie . o—there can bo very liltlo duuht « t » to jho future-of Ituwtiw . It is true lUinst ' iii Ima it grout army on foot , but slio is , nevertho-K'HD , not ublo to concentruto more thstn from 200 , 000 to 800 , 000 mini on onu point . Itw fiuo / jnipliiunl poult ion , tho nuturo of tliolocality , tho adininirttrallon ot tho couimigHiirint , tho proHunt political relations in geno'itl , involve thiit < ieplorublo Btuto of ihiugN . If u . hootilo invimiun of tho southern
provinces ot Kussi . i fv . ially is not prevented , the interior of this einjiire is as good as deprived of its vital artery , and Kussia must surrender at discretion to her enemies . You . . . will , I trust , forward to Berlin this matter for reflection , so that help may be sent us from Prussia as rapidly as possible . Conferences and protocols , pacific proposals and diplomatic concoctions are no goid here ; they onfv procure the enemy time to make his attack good . There is only ono help possible—one rescue practicable—and that is , that Prussia should immediately despatch 300 , 000 men to Podolia , and even further on towards the Crimea , and prevent the collision . Two months later , and it ¦ will be too late . The internal organisation of the Russian army is not of that nature that , when it is once beaten , it can be easily and speedily re-organised . "
He makes lig ; ht of the Russian soldiers and inferior officers ; and as to the generals , they " are far from equal to the catastrophe in which they are now involved ; and as to a cotnmander-in-chief , there is none at all , for Paskiewitseh is only an antiquated souvenir — a personage of past history ; and Gortschakoff , whom I have met in Warsaw , is , it is true , a highly educated man , well read in the literature of all countries ; but at the same time an elderly used-up man , without a spark of military fire in his eye—a general fit only for parade . "
The writer regrets the number of Poles in the Russian army , who are sure , he says , to take the first opportunity of fraternising with their countrymen in the French and Turkish armies . He also treats as a delusion the notion that the Turkish soldiers are any longer '' barbarian boobies "—and regrets its being so prevalent among Russian officers . Altogether , the view he takes of the affairs of his country is gloomy enough .
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OUR CIVILISATION . Mrs . Saunders is the wife of a butcher at Barnstaplc . She was accused by her husband of having been drinking . She replied , "If you say that again , I'll stab you . " Further altercation ensuing , she carried out her dreadful threat by plunging : the knife she held in her hand into his side , just below the left arm , on which he exclaimed , " 3 $ ow you have done it ; come and pull it out , for I can't . " The unfortunate man then staggered across the street , bleeding profusely , when he said , " Help me home , for I ' m a dead man ! J \ ly wife has done it ; but I provoked her , and I forgive her . " There i& very little hope of his life .
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The great " Newman-street" prosecution has ended in nothing . Perhaps " high influences" have been effectually at work to stifle inquiry . Money was evidently not wanting when bail suffer recognisances to be quietly estreated . The story is this :- — " At the Central Criminal Court , Germain M : irmay * s £ was called upon to surrender and lake his trial for misdemeanour . The defendant was comjnitted by the Lord Chief Baron , at the hist assizes of Maidstone , in consequence' of his admitting , upon his being examined as a witness , that he was the keeper of a notorious brothel in Newman-street . An action was brought against him by a French prostitute ,
to recover a sum of money to which she alleged herself to be entitled , as the wages of her filthy occupation , and the defendant was called to contradict her testimony ; and upon his making the admission that he was the keeper oi thehouse in question , the Lord Chief Baron committed him to toko his trial for the offence of keeping a disorderly hcuse . The defendant did not surrender . Mr . Bodkin , who appeared for tho prosecution , said that the defendant ought to luwe appeared at tlio last session , and it was pretty well known that ho did not intend to come forward and take his trial , and that ho had , in , fact , left this country . The recorder ordered the recognisances of the defendant , and also those of his sureties , to bo estreated . "
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At Preston , Thomas Haldcn was charged with bigamy , having married ono wife in 1846 , deserted , and married a second . The second wife was tumble to attend before tho magistrates to give ovidence on the second hearing , because in tho interval , between that and tho flrat occasion , ehc had been confined with twins .
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The Rev . Mr . Moule , of Foidington , Dorsetshire , lias written to Prince Albert , as guardian of the estates of the Duchy of Cornwall , pointing out the coincidence of the appearance of Cholera in Dorchester with the transfer of the prisoners from Millbank Prison to that place . lie shows that there is si district of the town peculiarly liable to infection , and expresses his belief that the Cholera has been caused by the wi . thing of the convicts' clothes in this district .
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The use of castor oil in Cholera has attracted the notice of the Medical Council of the Board of Health . They have investigated the cases treated with this medicine . The result is not satisfactory . A statement of the cases is published , and it appears thafe inS 9 cases of Cholera treated by 14 different practitioners with castor oil , oh the plan recommended by Dr . Johnson , 68 were fatal , recovery having occurred only in 15 cases , while the six remaining cases nve still under treatment .
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At tho Guildhall Police Court , William Scully , " An athletic young fellow , " was committed for a month for an assault on a policeman . He threatened to "do for the policeman , " and was ordered to Ihid sureties to keep the peace . lie left the dock , and m a f « w minutes after the door' of tho gaoler ' s room was burst open , and tho policeman rushed in with tho prisoner clinging round his neck , and furiously attacking him , , Ho took a dozen policemen to overpower and handcuff him , and was remanded , in order that his new oflenco might bo considered .
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At Bury , a labouring miui named Rrndsley believed his wife to be faithless with ono Fletcher , whereupon ho sold lnor to her pnramour for a sovereign , who took tho woman home . All the parties were drivou out of tho neighbourhood by the indlgimlion of the people .
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A Nottingham adventurer left that plnco a f < ow tlitys ago with 400 / . truat-monoy , belonging to tli « -wife of another person . Ho-was overtaken by tl » o lady at Liverpool , who , instead of taking him buck
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896 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 23, 1854, page 896, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2057/page/8/
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