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Leader (1850-1860), 15th March 1856, Edition 1 of 2, Page 249, Untitled Article

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      An Adroit Thief . —James Simpson , a costermonger , has been found guilty at the Middlesex Sessions ' of stealing a portmanteau from the roof of a cab while t he vehicle was being driven along the streets . He was seen to climb up beMnd , and to pull down the por tmanteau , with -which he made off , but was pursued and captured , He was sentenced to fifteen months' hard labour . Murder in Hastings Gaol—A gaoler of the prison at Hastings was murdered , last Monday by one of the prisoners confided "there . The gaoler lived in the prison , together with his son and daughter-in-law , and at seven o'clock on Monday morning , when the son , who is a carpenter , had gone out to work , John

      Murdock , the murderer , after having previously locked up the son ' wife , tried to break out of the gaol « Being stopped by " Wellen , the turnkey , a fierce struggle ensued between the two men , which was terminated by the strangulation of the gaoler . The prisoner then succeeded in making his escape over the wall of the gaol-yard . In coTirse of the afternoon of the same day , Murdock was seen by two boys crouching in a ditch in a field near the town . Suspecting him . by his appearance to be the murderer , owing to a description which had been published after his escape , the boys gave chase to the man , who ran away on seeing them . Several other people joined in the pursuit , and Murdock was ultimately captured at a spot near the railway station . He had been confined in Hastings gaol , together -with another man ,

      and the two were awaiting their trial at the next sessions , on a charge of pock « k-picking . During their imprisonment , they made a statement to some of the officials accusing a third man , named Young ( who had been brought up with them , for the eanie offence asT ; that which they had committed , but who was discharged ) of uttering false money . Young was therefore again apprehended , but , for want of sufficient evidence , was discharged a second time . It is supposed that this was nothing- else than a stratagem , in order to enable the three men to concoct a scheme by which Murdock and his companion might escape after Young's release . The murdered man was about seventy years of age . Murdock has been committed for trial on a verdict of Wilful Murder by the coroner ' s jury .

      A Child Borot by its G&randmotper . —An infant child has been burned to death at a little village near Malton . It was born , about the latter end of last month , while the mother was living with her parents , and was not above a day or two old when the grandmother , after first seeking to Mil the child by burying it , burnt it in the Iiouse fire . The police superintendent , being informed of the occurrence , went to the house , and , having found in the ashpit some calcined bones > the only remains of -the infant , took both the mother and grandmother into custody . It afterwards transpired that the mother was desirous to conceal the birth of her child from lier father , in consequence of some violent denunciations which he had made when she was confined once before . Both she and her mother were committed for trial at the York Assizes .

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      AMEBICA . Mb . Mason , on the 25 th ult ., submitted to the Senate his resolution , requesting the President , not incompatible with the public interest , to communicate to the Senate all the correspondence which may have taken place between "the American . Government and that of Great Britain , regarding the enlistment question . Mr . Cass agreed with the opinions expressed by Mr . Mason , and would not hesitate to say , he never saw a statement so utterly contrary to fact aa that of Lord Clarendon . The complicity of the

      European intelligence by the Atlantic and the Asia was very quietly received in Wall-street , both in the money and general market circles . There was little or no uneasiness manifested in regard to the discussion in England of the diplomatic relations of that country with the United States , so far as the possibilities of war are supposed to be involved . Nicaragua is peaceful . The provisional Government has annexed the Mosquito territory , and banished Colonel Kinney , who was charged with -entertaining treasonable designs against the State . Diplomatic relations have been opened with Costa Rica , with every prospect of leading to a good understanding with the Government of that country . Accounts from , Honolulu , Sandwich Islands , to the 12 th { of January , represent that the King was very unpopular , and that a revolution was expected .

      From Mexico we hear that Puebla is still in the possession of Haro Ytamarez . The leaders of the insurrection at the Castle of San Juan de Ulloa had been condemned to be shot . The new tariff came into operation on the 1 st of January . Letters fromHayti of the 1 st of February report that on the morning of that day a proclamation was published , and that the Haytian troops were on their way to their homes by order of the Emperor , and that the invasion of Dominica had been abandoned . Buenos Ayres has been invaded by Costa , who , together with several others , including two Englishmen , has been taken prisoner . Katnon Bustos has

      been killed . Previous to this invasion , an inroad made by Flores and others met with a defeat . Hotwithstanding ; these disturbances , business has been hi * a favourable condition . A little disagreement has arisen at Bio between the English Admiral Johnstone and the Commodore of the United States station at that spot , owing to the desire of tae Admiral , backed by the English charge d'affaires , to be informed whether an American merchant vessel which , had arrived at Rio was a Russian privateer in disguise . There was a rumour that , such was the case ; but this proved , on investigation , to be false , and the disagree-, ment terminated in a friendly manner .

      English Government , with the acts of its agents , he conceived was not capable of a successful denial . Mr . Crittendeu thought the English Government had made sufficient apology , and nothing further could be demanded . After much further debate . Mr , Mason's resolution was adopted . The Washington correspondent of the Boston Oowrier says , it is understood that Mr , Cramptoa will be dismissed . The papers relating to the enlistment question have since been published in the English papers . They contain a recapitulation , with the illustration of the original documents , of the whole dispute .

      Some particulars with xespect to tho Central American question are given in the Washington correspondence of the New . Yorb ffcrald , whoro wo road : — ' * The first offer of arbitration was made a long time before the death of tho Emperor Nicholas , nnd occurred in this wise : —Lord Clarendon and Mr . Buchanan were in conversation , when Lord Clarendo n said , that , if thore waa a . difference of opinion in rogftrd to tho treaty , they <\ yould refer it for arbitration to some third Power . Mr . Buchanan repliod , ' Woll rofor it ; but whom on God ' s earth shall "wo refer it to ? The only Powor in the world to whom we could refer it , in whoso integrity and independence- wo should have confidence , is the Emperor Nicholas . You have ohoBcn to go to var with tho only man to whoso arbitration tho United States could aafoly entrust it , and now how oan . wo refer it V Tho New York oommoroial accounts stnto that tho

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      IRELAND . Srectax Commission fob Cavaw . —It is stated that a special commission for the trial of the persons charged with the murder of Miss Hinds will "be issued in the early part of the month of April—the second week , perhaps . The presiding Judges will be the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas ( Monahan ) and Mr . Justice Moore . The Tipperabt Bank . —The Master in Chancery 3 Dublin , has appointed the Bank of Ireland to act in the capacity of interim manager of the affairs of the Tipperary Bank , until an official manager shall be appointed .

      have nothing . { Loud , cheers . ) Mr . Townley ' s agaafc , Mr . Coppock , said to me , ' Write what sum you * will have . ' I did write , and I said , ' I -will have the seat , the whole seat , and nothing but the seat . ( Cheers . ) Here I am maligned , because I was fool enoughmany of my friends said to me I was a fool—to refuse an offer of £ 10 , 000 to sell you . " The Poisoning Case a . t Newry . —James M'Caul and Samuel Townley Connor have been tried at the Armagh . Assizes for the manslaughter of Captain

      Aquila Kent , of the Lancashire Militia , at Newry , on the 25 th of February . The two prisoners were young men , assistants in the shop of Mr . Connor , an apothecary at Newry , and the charge against them was that , through , carelessness or ignorance in making up a prescription of Sir Henry Marsh , they had , instead of tincture of chirayita or chiretta , substituted the root of aconite , which the unfortunate gentleman had token , and shortly afterwards expired . The prisoners were found guilty , and sentenced to the mitigated punishment of four months' imprisonment .

      Capture of a Riband ( Jang . —A letter from Roscommon announces the capture on the 7 th inat . of a band of fifteen Ribandmen . They formed part of a gang who had for some time past been traversing the county , attacking houses , and . demanding arms . Their arrest has caused great consternation among then : associates yet at large , many of whom have fled the neighbourhood of their exploits . Mr . Smith O'Brien . —Several Irish members of Parliament have had an interview with Lord Palmerston , to request a free pardon for Mr . Smith O'Brien . The Premier replied that he could not settle the matter by his own individual authority , but that he would bring it before the attention of his colleagues .

      The Sli « o Election terminated on Friday week in the return of Mr . Wynne ( Conservative ) , by a large majority over Mr . Somers ( Liberal ) . The defeated candidate , Mr . Patrick Somers , made some most extraordinary remarks in the course of Ms speech . He said : — " My party—the party to whioh I have given , an uniform support for tho lost nineteen years —are now in office . My friends , I am proud—perhaps it is vanity in me to say so , but I am proud to acknowledge , that I am honoured with the friendship of the greatest of living statesmen—the greatest man in Europe—Lord Puhnorston . He is rny bosom friend . I acknowledge that I am here as his candidate , I may any hia nounneo . I admit it ; I will not disguise the fact ; I will admit it , I had a claim upon his Government for luy honourable support for

      sixteen lo-ng yenrd . I can bo of more service individually rtud collectivoly to tho people of Sligo than Mr . Wynne can possibly \> e iu hia present position . Mr . Wynne could not tvik a favour of the present Govornui' nt . I know his high honour . I know ho would not sacrifice principle to ask a favour . I am in a different position . I am placed in tho potation not to aik , but to ooiixjnuuxl favours from tho Government . " Speaking of tho petitions proBoutod against tho return of tho lato Mr . J . Sndlair , ho obsorvod : — " Mr . Henry Lyons , Mr . John Lyons , and Dr . Wood , wore biiaia enough to ooouso mo of Boiling tbat petition . They noousori tho humble individual who repudiated tho offur of £ 10 , 000 , —n sum , I toll you frankly , that would htwo boon important to inc . Jt repudiated tho notion . X rofunud tho oflfbr ton times ovoi \ I waa aukod to write down what I would have , and I would

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      CONTINENTAL NOTES . FRANCE . Prince Jerome has been attacked by a serious illness . On the evening of Friday week he was seized with s > fluxion depoitrine { inflammation of the chest ) , which at first exhibited alarming symptoms . These , however , have since mitigated ; but the Prince is still under . medical care . Count Orloff continues to excite the greatest degree of curiosity at Paris . " The moment he makes his appearance hi a salon" say the Times correspondent , "he is sure to be the centre of a numerous group of both sexes , who scan every feature and watch every expression of his countenance . Commanding in

      person , he stands without flinching the artillery of the many eyes , some of them brilliant ones , that are pointed at him ; and so watchful is the curiosity of the beholders that many of the reports one finds floating ' ¦ the following day may be traced to inferences hastily formed after : such a seutiny . He seldom smiles , or , if he does , his smiles , the moment they appear , hide themselves in the hair of his upper lip , as if ashamed to be Beexfat play on a countenance cast in so stern a mould . He is perfectly easy in his manner , and , whether he speaks to man or woman is still

      grimly polite with all . In a certain salon it har been observed that he and Count Buol , who always looks maussctde , were more than oi . ee near each other on a particular evening , but did not speak . I cannot say whether it occurred by design or not , but I know that they had dined together the same evening with the Minister of War . At the banquet , sixty guests were present , comprising all the ministers , most of the diplomatic corps , and many of the high functionaries of the army ; and I am . not aware that any estrangement was observed then between , them . ' * i

      The rumour that the Pope intends going to Paris to christen the expected Imperial Infant is now denied ; but it is certain that , he will act as its godfather , for whioh purpose he will send a Cardinal expressly . The Queen of Sweden will be the godmother , and mil be represented by a special envoy . The persecution of the press is unabated in France . The Presse has been obliged to discontinue the publication of a novel en Jeuilleton-hy Eugene Sue , entitled La Femme de Zettres , by superior orders . _ The offending passage was the description of an imaginary republican statue , an allegorical figure of La

      Marseillaise . The amount of pressure exercised by the Government upon the journals ia not to be estimated by the number of official warnings . " Officious" hints from , the police , or from the ministry of the interior , are the ordinary channels of the censorship . We are glad to find the brilliant hand of Eugene Pelletan in the Presse again . His articles are models of style , and the thought is always elevating , generous , and pure . Eluding with consummate art tho difficulties of the rdgime under which the expression of opinion now languishes in France , Eugene Pelletan writes always boldly in the sense of hia convictions , and iu me spirit of hia political faith . tho

      An incidont occurred a few days ago in one of chief salona of Paris , -which sorvoa to show that the raucour of the chiefs of tho anoiont parties against th , o existing rtgimto is fnr from extiuot . Iu tho midst of tho soiree , ' Count Fluhtu . il t and Clount Moray were announced . M- and Madnmo Thicrs , M . and Mudumo llomusat , M . and Madame cVHaussonvillo , and other visitors , immediately roae , salutod tho mistress of tho house , uud withdrew . Tho Bislon was then almost empty ; two or throo diplomatict » alone romainod to koop MM , Flahault and Morny company . —Paris Correspondent of Le Nord . It fo announcod by tho Parw Preaso that moasurea have- boon ttikon to oxpol from tho Bourse women wlio , to eviulo tho rule against tho admission oJ fuiutnlea , have latoly bouu iu tho habit of going there in male attire .

      Crowdd ftro flocking every day to tho Hue Yivienue toaeo tho Imperial ( splendours designed for tuo com fort and adornment of the anticipated infant . The SU-clc oxcuHoa itself from publbhiug the core

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      March 15 , 1856 / 1 THE LEADER , 249

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 15, 1856, page 249, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2132/page/9/