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"Miiob : will be lost to the creditors if these cases re not faMy treated . « The Grand Junction , the East Kent and the Swiss lailwoys the Rome line the Coal -Co are all liable o be entirely lost now—ao far as my assetts are cooserned . . " I authorise you to take possession of all my letters papers , property , &c &c in this house and at Wilkinsons and 18 Cannon-street . " Return my brother his letters to me and all other papers— -The prayers of one so wicked could not avail or I would seek to pray for those I leave after me and who will have to suffer such agony and all owing to my criminal acts . _ " Oh that I had never quitted Ireland—Oh tbat 1 had resisted the first attempts to launch m e into speculations
. __ _ _ . _ , * 'M I had had less talents of a worthless kind and more firmness I might have remained as I once Teas honest and truthful—and I would have lived to see my dear Father and Mother in their old age—I w « ep and weep now but what can that avail . r "J . Sadleib . " Robert Keating , Esq ., M . P ., Shamroque-Iodge , Claphana . " The reading of this letter produceda great sensation in court , Mr . Keating , who read it > was much affected . and when he came to the touching reference by the deceased to his aged father and mother , his emotion became so great that he was obliged to pause till it had subsided .
seems to have got rid of them in" the Stock-Exchange , or in any quarter where he could raise money . The nominal amount thus made a > way withv is reported to range between £ 200 , 000 and £ 300 , 000 , although probably the advances he received upon them were not more than a fourth or a third of that total . With regard to the East Kent Railway , it is stated that , with the exception of some arrears of calls , Mr . Sadleir is not directly indebted to that undertaking . In his capacity of deputy-chairman , however , he induced the board to deposit £ 8 , 000 of then- unemployed capital with the Tipperary Bank on deposit notes , which fell due at the beginning of last week and were dishonoured . In the case of the London and County Bank , it is affirmed that no lo ss whatever has been sustained . The most serknis features of fraud remain
still to be adverted to—namely , those committed by means of his opportunities as agent for the landed estates of noblemen and others , aad also by direct forgeries of titledeeds . The trust property made away with is supposed to tie extremely large , and many deplorable circumstances are likely to aiise in this part of the history , the full scope of which will probably never come before the public . At present , many of the s ufferers are themselves ignorant of the position in . which they stand , and most likely several months must elap se before all the actual facts can be unravelled . As , respects the forgeries of titledeeds from the Encumbered Estates Court , it is satisfactory to be able to state that only two cas « es have thus far been discovered , although very general inquiries have been made by some leading solicitors ia Dublin . "
The : communication to Mrs . James Sadleir , the deceased ' s sister-in-law ^ was then read . It will be seen that it was written in great agitation ; that it does not commence withi the usual form of address . ; and that it 4 s rtptsigned : — - *' Jamesds . not to bla , me— -I alone have caused all this dreadful ruin .-** "James was to me too fond a ; brother but he is nob to blanse for being deceived and led astray by my diabo-Tieal acts . : . ' }¦ ' ¦¦ . ¦'¦ ' ¦ v . ; ¦ , ¦ ' ¦ '¦ . ; "• • : •¦ ¦ ' * - *< Be to him at this moment all the support yon . can . Oh ^ hat ; wotild : I not suffer with gladness to save those whom I have ruined . ''' r ^; 2 ^ J ! e n 4 \^ ^ V ^ 6 ve ^ l ^ a ^^ b . at . iC ' Was < not callous to t&eir- agony . " . . ¦ . ¦ -. "¦ ¦ . ' .: ¦ ¦"¦" : /[ , ¦ ¦ ' - ¦ . - . .
; With reference to these letters , Mr . Wilkinson aaiid " : ^' ! dp not thinkthere was a single person who Bad ; - Mr j SacLleir ' s confidence . He was a : most re-Bervedanan ^ It was extremely difficult to get any inforn ^ ation from him beyond what he chose to impart . % Ipelieye Me Sadleir" wrote the letters which have feelBn produced linder ' great excitement . I know much of His affairs , andbelieve there is much ia those letters I&i ^ is not corr ^ efe' ^ > - ¦ ¦ . ¦ --. ' .: ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦' . '¦ . ¦ - JMBpi 4 3 STorris stated that Mr . Gurney had told him that heigave Mj-v Sadleir £ 13 , 000 in bank-notes before he left the city on the Saturday afternoon before his death * ( No trace of this sum has since been discoveredA
The coroner observed that at present there was no evidence of Mr . Sadleir having been of unsound mind at the time he destroyed himself ; but , with the exception of the forgeries mentioned by Mr . Wilkinson , it was not clear that the crimes with which the deceased had charged himself were not merely hallucinations . If so , it would be obvious that he was iu a state of insanity ; if not , he was guilty of fdo de se , and all his property , whatever it might be , ¦ wo uld be forfeited to the Crown . Under these circumstances , it would be necessary to adjourn' the iuquiry again , It was consequently adjourned till next Tuesday week , March 11 th .
The amount of Mr . Sadleir ' s delinquencies ( though it is known to be very large ) is at present undefined . " The undertakings with wliiob . ho was chiefly connected , " eays the Times City article ( Wednesday ) , ' -were the Boyal Swedish iiailwny , the East Kent Railway , and the London and County Bank , He was likewise greatly interested in the Tipperary Joint-Btoelc Bank , of which his brother , the member for Tapperary , was chairman , and he also acted as receiver , or agent , for some Irish landowners . Urgent in " quiries are consequently being made as to tho special nature of his transactions in relation to each of theBe bodies . Ab regards the Royal Swedish Railway , of w % ioh he was the chairman , it appears' to have been ascertained without doubt that ho has issued an immense amount of the shares and obligations of the
company -without authority , although with genuine signatures . Whether he has put forth any which are forgeriea seems not yet bo have teen clearly eeta' "bliahcd . The oapital of the company is £ 416 , 070 , in ; 65 shares , on which it enjoys a guaranteo from iiho Swedish CJovernnaonti of four per cent , interest and < sb # percent , sinking fund , and . the shares arc j > ayablo *©• natno or to bearer , at the option of the ahare-; " . older . A . considerable number -were forfeited for < * £ Y ? *< STOe'afc ° * oa * ls ' ftnd BOmo tinao buck > in order to ** ? W iKuwscoBaary BaorifloeB , the company obtained poww to-raise ^ 100 , 000 on debentures or obllga-*^ A % i a ^ JRequired tho frignaturo of two direotora ^ X ^ *« wetfcry , ftn 4 Mr . Saflleir , haying ob-AXJF ^ T * ? t «™< mod quantitien for tho ^ Tirpoao of ; optti ^ ttoe them witlx hie signature
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_ J | j 8 THE LEADRRj [ No . 31 Q , Saturday ,
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A MURDER IK THE OPEH STREETS . TowEBrHiLlj was , on Sunday morning , the scene of a robbery and murder of a nature wlich , when taken with other circumstances of recent occurrence , induces us to ask whether we are lapsing back into a state of utter lawlessness . About halt-past two o ' clock , A . M ., a man , whose name has been subsequently discovered to be George ( ot William ) Brown , was stopped while returning homeward by a woman and two men , robbed , and , on resisting , knocked on the head with a life-preserver with such force , as to break the skull and occasion death within a fevv hours .
He . ; was discovered by a policeman lying upon the pavement near the Crooked Billet public-house , Spariw-corner , in a state of insensibility from the severity of the blow and bleeding profusely ; His pockets were turned inside out . As he still breathed , a ^ constable b y whom he was ; discovered obtained assistance , and oarried him on a stretcher to the Lemanstreet police-station . Thence he was taken to the London Hospital ; but he died on Monday afternoon , from concussion of the brain
, haviig never recovered has senses . He had been spending the evening with some friends , and was oh bis way home when a woman , -stopped him at the comer of the Minories . He was rather intoxicated at the time ., and > while in converaation with the woman , the two men , who appeared to have been lying in wait , rushed on him , and one of them knocked him down with a life-preserver . They then rifled his pockets and made off . The police are making inquiries after the two m « n and the woman .
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SUPPOSED MURDER OP A WOMAN AT PORTSMOUTH . Another of those tragical events which have lately been common throug hout the country , occurred about a week ago at Portsmouth . A steward in the navy , named William Ansells , who has recently returned to thia country from tlie Crimea , has been examined before the borough magistrates on a charge of murdering his wife . On the afternoon of Friday week , Ansell and the woman weat out together , and Mrs . Ansell returned borne first . Ansell hitnuelf came home shortly after ten o ' clock , and , a little before eleven , one of the neighbours hoard him ojiarrelling with his wife , and , almost immediately afterwards , heard the report of apiatol . Previous to the report , there was a cry of " Murder I" and the woman exclaimed , "Oh , William , give me time to make ray ! Several li
have been on good terms for some time past ; the latter had been beaten by Amsell , and had comp lained of his violence to one of her neighbours , and requested help in case " anything should happen . " Ansell appears to have suspected his wife ' s fidelity , for on one occasion he threatened to shoot her " if she did not behave herself . " He accounted for the possession of the pistol , and also for a six-barrelled Colt ' s revolver which was found ia his house partly loaded by saying that he bought them for the better care of a handsome silver shrine in his possession , which he had purchased of some sailors who had taken , ifc from one of the churches at Kertch . He was committed for trial at the Winchester Assizes , for wilful murder .
Another murder and an attempt at murder are alleged to have taken place at Portsmouth within the last few days . The first is the case of a marine artilleryman , who died in Haslar Hospital last Saturday from the effects of poison supposed to have been administered by a woman named Louisa Bullock at a public-house in Portsmouth . The other is a charge against a man who is accused of ha ving atte mpted to drown his wife by throwing her into the deepest part of the milldam , Portsea , on Saturday night .
peaco " peope ' rora the adjoining houses went into that of Ansol 1 , and , an entering tho room where they had heard tlie noiso of tho quarrel , they saw Mrs . Ansell lying on tho floor quite insensible , and bathed in blood , which gushed profusely from her left templo . Some of the fingers of her left hand were shot away , as if tho hand had been lifted up to sorcon the temple . Medical ftld was instantly obtained , but the woi ^ htm died in aa hour . Information of the affair was then given to tie polioe , and Ansell was apprehended . After ho was in custody , he Btated to the constable that it was all an acoident ; that the pistol ohanced to be in his hand cocked , and , his wife having touched tho trigger , tb , o weapon exploded . He added that , when the pistol went off , he was bo stupefied by the occurrence aB not to hoar tho noiae , and when ho recovered and ua . w hie wife blooding , ho exclaimed , " Amelia , what have I done ?"
Ou the nojet day , Axisoll was taken before tho magistrates and formally ronxanded until Monday , when , being again brought up , Homo additional faotu transpired . Tho man and Mb wife do not Iteein to
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A BURGLARY AT A FARM HOUSE . John Just , aged 25 , and Thomas Just , aged 23 , labourers , were indicted afc the Carlisle Assizes for a burglax-y in the dwelling-house of Andrew Little , afc Kirkandrews-on-Esk , on the 10 th of August last , and for stealing £ 2 10 s . The prosecutor , it appeared , is an old farmer , living alone with his wife , who is also aged , at their farm , ia a secluded part of the country . About a week before the burglary ^ n question , was committed , he had £ 60 in hia house , and this fapfc appeared to be known to a man who had lodged with , them , who was a friend of the prisoners . . On the ttight of the burglary , Mr . Little and his wife had gone to bed , leaving the house
safe , and the former had . been asleep , when he was awakened by a noise , and asked liis wife what it was . She said she thought it was the cat , and got up and struck a light . Seeing nothing , she put tlie light out and got into bed again . In a short time there was another noise , and Mr . Little exclaimed , " Lord , have mercy ! what ' ^ that ? " His wife said it was the cupboard door Which had flown open . Presently , however , there was a loudei- crash , and Mn Little saw the two prisoners come in at the window of his bedroom , one of them having his face blackened . They ^ dvanced to the bed , and one of them , using violent threats , demanded to know where his money was , striking him at the same time -with a stick . He pointed to
his waistcoat , and said all the money he had was in the pocket of it . They searched it > and , not being satisfied , one of them dragged him out of bed by the legs , and on bis Bhouthig out seized him by tlie throat . The other threw himself on the old womau , and appeared to prevent Her crying out . Mr . Little begged of them not to hurt his " auld wife . " She was then let alone , and tLe husband giving no further information about his money to satisfy them , was beaten till he was insensible , and the biu-glars fled , leaving him on the floor . The old man -was so injured that it was thought he would have died next day . Early next morning the two prisoners were met on the road leading from , the prosecutor's house , aud ,
suspicion alighting on them , they were taken into custod y , both Mr . Litile and his wife swearing to the identity of both prisoners by their voices , size , and appearance . The prisoners ( who were xradefended ) endeavoured to prove an alibi ; but the jury found thein guilty . Sentence of death wan ordered -to be recorded ; but the judge informed them that it would not be carried into © fleet , but that they would bo transported for life . —rA . farm-houee near SheffioUl has bean entered in tho middle of the day , duriug tho absence of tlie master , and ransacked , A boy , eleven years of age , was the only one loft ou tho promises ; and ho was 'found manacled iu tho oow-houso , mid gagged by a piece of turnip stuck into lus mouth .
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ST . PANCRAS WORKHOUSE A PESTHOUSE . The condition of St . Pancras has for sonic time been so disgraceful that t 3 ne Poor Law Board thought it necessary to interfere ., and to appoint Dr . Bouco Jones and another inspector to institute a searching investion . Tho report of those gontlemen was on Tuesday road at a moeting of tho pariah , authorities , and was found to diecloeo a most ( startling and dreadful etatc of things . Tho poor of St . Panoras have , in faofc , for somo timo yast been systematically poiftonotl and half starved . The report states thero are threo huiulrod
more in the house than thero were in 184 ( 5 . Tho wards arc doaoribod as being offenfii-vo , and nlmoflfc without ventilation . In four of the six princi pal wards thero was a draught of air from without , passing through tho privy Into tho ward , Tho jnudioal officer is roportod to have utatod that tho crowding of tho wands accounted for tho slownoBa of tho recovery of many pationta . On , ono ocoasion , ton mule patients and two women were lying on tho floor . Both tho medical officorn of the wonkhoiibo BtuUid that . tho offonai'venQsa of thoU > wards was oxooHni-vo , and
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Leader (1850-1860), March 1, 1856, page 198, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2130/page/6/
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