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Breaking into a Nunnery . —Three young men , of respectable appearance and connexions , were charged at Leeds -with breaking into a Roman Catholic nunnery , at night , and taking away some books and other articles . The accused admitted the fact , but said they had only done it for a " lark" when they were drunk . Crime in West Yorkshire . —Offences of a grave character appear to be very rife in the West Riding of Yorkshire . On Saturday night , about half-past eleven o ' clock , as Mr . Richard Poppleton butcher , Hu . ddersfield , was returning from Huddersfield market to his home , at Kilner-bank , Mold-green , he
having produced in him a , raost emaeipated appear unce . —South Eastern Gazette .
"was seized , within eight or ten yards of his own door , by sorae men and robbed of above £ 90 . in cash , notes , and bills . One of the men held him by the throat and nearly strangled hirn , while the others rifled his pockets . He was at last thrown upon the ground and the back of his head was laid open . Four men have been apprehended . The Huddevsficld Chronicle records three other very daring attempts at robbery . On Friday night week , about sis o ' clock , as Mr . Joseph Hirst , of the Greave , Meltham , near Huddersfield , was returning from his works to his residence at the Greave , he fell over a rope which was stretched across the road about a foot from the
ground . Immediately he was attacked by four ruffians , who endeavoured to obtain possession of a cash-box which it was his custom to carry on a Friday night . ; Mr . Hurst managed , to regain his feet , and fortunately succeeded in escaping from his assailants without the loss of his property . Two other daring stoppages occurred on the highway in the district of Meltham . In one case , the person attacked was thrown into a pond of water , and had a narrow escape of being drowned .
Embezzlement . —William Burns , foreman to Messrs Walker , Parker , and Co ., lead merchants and shot mahufact-uxers , Lambeth , and James Winter and Isaac Jones , servants employed by the same firm , have been , examined at the Lambeth police-office , charged with , embezzling property from their employers from year to year , until at length the amount reached the enormous sunk of £ 5 , 000 . The thef t was long suspected by the firm ; but they could not until recently fix upon the culprits . Burns was the last man suspected , as he had been born on the premises , treated with
great kindness , advancedfroni post to post , and regarded with the utmost confidence . The prisoners were all l-emanded . Mr . George Sandford Keymer , traveller to a wine-merchant ' s house in the City , has been committed for trial on a charge of embezzlement . He had heeh'a defaulter ; but his employers agreed to raise his salary , and to treat his defalcations as a debt . They therefore took his bills'for ihe amount ; and from , time to time these were renewed , but were never paid . Recently he absconded . The defence suggested was that he was a partner . Bail was taken for his appearance on the trial .
Woman Beating . —This crime , which has slackened' lately , has again exhibited itself . Two cases have come before the magistrates this week . One exhibited more than usual ferocity . John Boden , a tinman in Spitalfields , went home drunk , and without provocation , made a frightful attack on the mother of the woman with whom he cohabits . He knocked her down , knelt on her chest , and tried to tear her mouth open . Her jaw was horribly lacerated , and she was bruised all over . " It was God in His mercy , " said -the
poor woman to the magistrate , " who sent a friend to save me , or I must have been murdered . I am very ill and sore . " The woman ' s daughter was examined , and said she and her mother had been frequentlv assaulted . Her own front teeth were all knocked out . "It ' s the drink , " pleaded Boden , when asked what he had to say . " When I get it , I don't know what I do . " He was sentenced to hard labour for six monthB , and , on coming out , to find bail for good conduct .
Our Poor Law Administration . —A poor man , a few days ago , committed a robbery from a olotkier ' a shop , while in a state of utter destitution . Ho had been refused admission into the Westminster workhouse , on the plea that the place was full . On being brought before the magistrate on remand , he waB " discharged ; and Mr . Anxold said that the workhouse authorities are bound to find accommodation , if they do not possess it . At Guildhall , on Thursday , Mr . Alderman Finnis called the attention of Mr . Phillips , the relieving officer of the West London Union , to the babit of send ing back the children of criminals to their fathers , directly the latter leave prison , though they ore thus left to the hazard of starvation . Mr . ' Phillips eaid it was done to prevent tho parents abandoning their children . °
Tiua BnnNorFiELD Murder , —Tho inquest on the ? 1 a ¥ ** Ilo 1 oert Stirling , the surgeon , has oon-^ i * 5 , BWral v ° ry protracted sitting *) , in a verdict of wilful murder against Richard Ray no and John Cam , . - J This Tragedy ob- a « qomio Vooamst . ' '~ -J . W . Sharpo , tao onoo celebrated comic vocalist , died « t the Dover Union on Thursday week . Ho had teen wandewug about tho town night and d * y for tho lant three weoke , in a destitute condition , dwwpation
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THE ORIENT . INDIA . The Santal rebellion is neai-ly extinguished . Several skirmishes have taken place ; four times have the insurgents been defeated by General Lloyd ; with great Ios 3 ; Seedoo , the original leader , has been seized , and lies under sentence of death ; Kanoo , the second in command , is also captured ; and six of the rebels have been hanged . It is thought that the tribe will be punished by having to make military roads through their fastnesses . The Legislative Council of Calcutta has passed a bill prohibiting the export of saltpetre , except in vessels bound to London or Liverpool , and ordaining that saltpetre shipped to any other place may be confiscated . This act has excited great indignation among the American merchants , who are principally affected / 1
for its own excellence and appropriateness , but dou so as one of the first ever delivered by a layman public , and in the ordinary conversational langu of the hearers , the Parsee worship being conduct and their sacred books being written , -wholly in unknown tongue , unintelligible to tho worshipp , and very imperfectly understood by the great b < of the priesthood themselves . PERSIA . The cause of Mr . Murray ' s rupture with the Sc ] is said to be this : —A Persian , named Mirza Hasl received an appointment from Mr . Murray in c nexion with the embassy ; but the Persian gove
ment objected , and said the man would be seizei he left Teheran for Shiraz , the place -to which was appointed . The Government afterwords sei the man ' s wife , saying she should be violently divoi-i from her husband if he did not abandon hia pointment . Mr . Murray interfered ; demanded liberation of the woman ; and gave the Gove ment four days for decision . Since theu , the Persi are said to have sent very offensive letters to ' Murray , imputing that he had a personal motive desiring the liberation of the woman . For insult , Mr . Murray has demanded an apology , ; has hauled down hia flag .
CHINA . The pirates in the Chinese seas have received a v severe chastisement at the hands of the English C tains Fellowes and Vansittart , and the Ameri commander , Captain M'Cluney . Amjile details these actions have been transmitted by Adm Stirling ; and the chief facts are thus Bummarisec the leading columns of the Times : — fi Towards the conclusion of the month of ] V Captain Fellowes , in the Rattler , had made a succ ful attack upon some pirates at Samchow , destroy many of their junks . Another similar operai
followed in June . At the end of July , this ae officer received tidings of the proximity of a pii-ai flotilla of a far more formidable character , and retur to Hongkong to take his measures . He had an ir view with Captain M'Cluney , of the United Ste frigate Powhattan , "who placed at his disposa volunteer force , consisting of two pa . ddlebox-b and a cutter , with sixty-six seamen and twenty-e marines , under the command of Liexiteuant Pegi With this assistance , Captain Fellowes hurried o 3 the creeks in which the pirates had concealed tt selves . After some futile endeavours to effect t
escape , the piratical junkp , thirty-four in number , heavily armed , made a stand , and attempted to ci the allied boats with the fire of their broadsides , boats , however , rapidly pulled up to them c showers of shot ; and the junks were carried . Nir these were war-junks , mounting one hundred thirty guns in all . The fleet had been mau according to the estimate of Captain Fellowee a force of one thousand men . He calcul further / that not less than five hundred of these
tilled , wounded , or drowned , —so well-directed been the shell and grape from the boats ' and the musketry of the marines . The pirates succeeded in obtaining armaments of no insignifi character ; for Captain Fellowes speaks of a 68-poui of a large 18-poundor , weighing fifty hundred we 32 , 24 , 12 , and 6 pounders . One junk had tw « one guns mounted ., Tho officers and seamen o United States' contingent fought throughout distinguished gallantly , and contributed in n « ooneiderable degree to the success of the day .
" The scene of Captain Vftneittort ' s operations in the bay of Leotung . Ho started on the 7 t August lost from Woosung , his sloop being in of the Confucius steamer , which had been ma from the United States' frigate Macedonian . Pavushan , a small steamer , which was manne « persons interested in the success of tho operat whb subsequently added to tho force with v Captain Vansittart proceeded in search of the pii By the 20 th of August , ho had succeeded ir stroying twenty junks of tho fleet , nil heavily fir 'That they would not hoaitato to attack ' mere men / writes Captain Vansittarfc , ' is evident froir
vigorous manner they opened and maintained fi . ro upon us . Their guns , bus or seven to fouii and upwards in each , vary from 24-pounderfl d wards ; perhaps an occasional 32-poundor may be with ; but a nice sort of medium , eighteen , ifi most common in use . ' Finally , in tho midd September , in the neighbourhood of Shoipoo , Ca Vanisittart came upon tho ronaainder o > f tho plrj Hoot , and succeeded , in destroying it . Tho arc ] nature of tho enterprise may bo understood bj simple statement that , though they woro ongng five hundred yards' distance ) , it required an he hard fighting to silence tho fUo of the iriratos . "
JKOYfT . The Viceroy of Egypt has boon compelled to toil tho salaries of Government oflloiala , owii tho scanty rise of the tho Nile this having caused several lando to bo ov culture , and therefore to bo oxomp > t from p taxes . Said Paoha intends to oroob n palac <
" Another measure of some importance , " says the Times Calcutta correspondent , " has been brought before the Legislature during the fortnight . By the modern interpretation of certain shastras , Hindoo widows are debarred from re-marriage . The betrothal , moreover , is held in this respect equivalent to marriage . Girls are usually betrothed before they are eight years old , and , of course , there are thousands of widows in the country -who never entered their husband ' s house . Moreover , these unhappy girls are not only doomed to celibacy , but to slavery . They may -wear no ornaments and eat no pleasant food , pass much of their time in fasting ., and on all
occasions take the lowest place in the household . These rules are obeyed to the letter , and the consequence is the almost universal demoralisation of the class . A statement of the whole truth to civilised readers is impossible ; but I may point to the fearful prevalence of incest as one of the many evils of this enforced celibacy . Nor can the widow emancipate herself and shake off Hindooism and celibacy together . The British recognise the native law of inheritance , and the child ^ of a re-married widow is therefore illegitimate by law . " To remove this state of things , Mr . Grant ha 3 introduced a measure which declares the marriage of a widow legal .
The Salt-Water Creek , called the Mutlah , which runs parallel to the Hjooghley at a point within twenty-five miles of Calcutta , has long been regarded by merchants as affording a second outlet for the commerce of that city . The Government has now consented to buoy off the Mutlah ; and Messrs . Borradaile and . Co . are about to load three ships there . —Of the capture of Herat , some few additional particulars have been transmitted to Europe . The mildness which at first characterised the conquest of that city soon give place to the utmost ferocity . Mahomed Sadik Khan , the deposed chief , v / as put to death , together with his wholefamily , excepting one woman
who was spared for the sake of her wealth , but cruelly tortured to induce her to give up her riches . Alarmed at the seizure of Herat by their common enemy , Persia , Dost Mahomed and his brothers have agreed , to sink their differences , and to join in opposing the danger which threatens all alike . —The northwest frontier is tolerably quiet ; but there is a rumour of an expedition from Peshawur against Saadnt Khan a Momund chief , who is said to he preparing for a vigorous resistance . ^ The cause of quarrel is not known . Some difficulty seems to be arising in Oudeypoor , the principal state of the Rajpoot confederacy . The'JRana of that district exhibited a very friendly feeling towards us in the course of the Sikh war , ¦¦ » ¦¦¦ v jvt m ¦ ¦ ¦* . _ __ and indeed afforded terial assistance
^ * ' ma ; but it ib now Baid that we are adopting againBt him measures of bo coeroive a character that tho result must be the total loss of his independence . On the other hand however , it isjisserted that our measures of coercion are in truth directed against the nobles of the Rana , with whom that monarch had a quarrel , and called upon our Government aa mediators . Tho nobles , it is added , refused to abide by our mediation ; and hence tho present proceedings . —Nothing further haa taken place in Oude since tho fall of Ameer Ali ; and it ia now said that the kingdom is not to be annexed , but that , as in tho case of Mysore , the whole administration is to bo placed under tho control of the Resident , who is to be king in every respect but in namo .
Trade has not improved . Money at Bombay in getting scarcer daily j Government securities havo fallen , and the banks havo raised their jmtes of interest one poi cent . A singular ohoumBtanoe attended tho thanksgiving at Bombay ordered by tho Governor . General for our successes in tho Crimea . On tho 2 nd of Dooembor , the day fixed upon , tho ParsoeB of their own accord mot in tho Town-hall to listen to a lecture on tho freedom and blessings of tho English government , contrasted with the tyranny and oppression of Itussin , drawn up and dolivorod by ono of their countrymen Doasftbhoy Framjeo . The lecture being concluded , the service of tho day was wound up by a prayer in favour of English rulo , —a prayer not only remarkable
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56 THE LEADER . [ No . 304 , Saturday ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 19, 1856, page 56, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2124/page/8/
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