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and others in Australia , and which is now m Belgium , whither it was transmitted to Mm after his return to Europe , has been suffered to remain there because he declined , to pay a duty chargeable upon it on its removal from the Belgian territory , Mr . O'Brien has -written . an . explanation of the circumstance to the Nation . He says that , as nearly as he can compute , above 1801 . was demanded from him in the shape of duty . The cup , therefore , now remains in Belgium , iu the hands of Mr . Corr Vander Maercn ; but the resbipping from the London Castom-house to Brussels cost Mr . O'Brien 81 .
Irish Progress . — The annual exhibition of the Mackrae ( county of Sligo ) Farming Society took , place iit the end of last week , and the proceedings closed with a substantial dinner . The president of the society is a gentleman not loss known by his higli social position as the leading Conservative and Protestant landlord of the district than lie is by his scientific acquirements and his general reputation as a scholar . Some idea of Mr . E . J . Cooper ' s p opularity in the capacity of landlord may be gathered from the fact that , at the dinner in question , the duty of proposing the chairman ' s health devolved upon the Roman Catholic parish priest , the \ Rev . Mr . O'JRorke . At the conclusion of his speech , the band in attendance struck up ( hear it not , all bigots !) the air of "Protestant boys . "—Times .
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ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ROBBERY . As audacious and murderous attack , with a view to robbery , was made on Monday night on the assistant of Mr . Berry , a jeweller in Parliament-street . This person , whose name is Cope , conducts the business at that shop r where Mr . Berry himself rarely appears , as lie has another shop in Pimlico , which , he conducts personally . The house in Parliament-street is closed at half-past nine o'clock , after -which it has been the practice of Cope to take away to Mr . Berry the more valuable contents of the place . "
About a quarter of an hour before the time of closing on Monday night , a man entered tlie shop in Parliament-street ; but what transpired between him and the assistant remains for the present unknown . Cope , howler , Svas soon murderously assailed by the intruder , who used a heavy weapon . Two or three passers-by saw tlie ii 3 sault , and one of them gave the alarm : This person states that the man was violently striking Cope on tlie head . The latter crouched down behind the counter , overcome by the repeated attacks of his assailant , who , on being interrupted , walked forth very coolly with a cigar in his mouth , pushed by the man who had gouic to the rescue , and , finding himself pursued , fled into Palace-yard , where he was seized by a man belonging to the cab-stand at that spot , after knocking down a boy who attempted to stay hia progress . His right hand was then observed to be blood } ' .
In the meanwhile , Cope wa 9 attended to . Ho was found to be insensible , bleeding profusely from several injuries an the head ; and the wall behind the countei was splashed with blood . On being conveyed to the ¦ Westminster Hospital , it was discovered that his skull was fractured ; and he now lies in a very doubtful state-, paralysis of one side having supervened . The prisoner , on being taken to the station-house , said his name was Joseph Jenkins . He was flashily dressed , seemed to be about tin rty-four years of age , and from his accent
appeared to > be Irish . On iirst issuing from the shop , he had with him a parcel ; ^ but this had disappeared when he was captured , lie had snatched it up in the shop , under the impression , probably , that it contained the jewels , &c , usually removed at night . However , it appears to liave been a ' dummy' which Mr . licrry always has sent to his house at the close of the day , to divert suspicion , the real stock being taken elsewhere . When being examined before the magistrate on Tuesday , Mr . Deny declined to mention the place to which the property is removed , as the thing is done secretly .
Previously to giving the alarm , the milliner ' s porter who iirst of all pursued the ruffian had been attracted by hearing a moaning as ho pnssed the shop , and by seeing aome persons stunding near the door . In answer to his inquiries , he waa told that a man waa quarrelling with his wife , and for a moment ho passed on , but aoon returned ,, and perceived the murderous nature of the assault . It is supposed by the police that the men who gave the false information as to the cause of tlie disturhanco woi-o in league with Jenkins . Tho weapon employed l > y tlie man has not been diacoverod . Jenkins is now under remand at Bow-street , to await tho result of Cope ' s injuries .
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FORGERIES BY A CORN-MERCHANT . A young man of the name of Octaviu * King , carrying on business as a corn-factor , at Dullingham , near Newmarket was charged at the Mansion House with forging thrco bills of exchange , amounting altogether to dSOOf ., two o . v Messrs . Bovil and Co ., and one on Mossm . Coventry Sheppard , and Co ., corn-factora , in Miark-lune . On tUo lGth of lust August , tho National Discount Company , a now society lately established , in London .
received a letter from King at Newmarket , stating that , being largely engaged in mercantile transactions in Mark-lane , he had a great deal of discounting , and therefore wished the firm to transact business with him in that line , adding that he could give first-rate references in town , and , if necessary , furnish title-deeds as a proof of his respectability . Tlie manager of the firm wrote an answer to this letter , saying that , if King would favour tliemwitli a letter of introduction or a reference to some firm in London with whom they were acquainted , they should be happy to see whatever bills he wished them to discount . After this , the National Discount Company heard nothing , more of King until the 20 th September , when he again wrote to them from
Newmarket , enclosing a bill for discount , and a letter from his bankers , the latter being a testimonial as to his respectability . Reference was made by the acceptor of the bill tp Messrs . Mason and Sons , Ki ng Williamstreet , City ; but , as the compiury did not consider the bill perfectly satisfactory , they declined to discount it , and sent it back to Newmarket by post . Shortly afterwards , they received another letter from King , enclosing for discount a bill of 1450 ? ., drawn and endorsed by O . and A . King , purporting to be accepted by Messrs . Bovil and Co ., and made payable at their bankers , Messrs . Twinings , in the Strand . This was immediately followed by another letter from tlie same source , ' which enclosed two bills of exchange of 1500 ? . each , and was directed to the manager of the London Discount
Company—a new metropolitan society now in course of formation , but not yet opened . Although the suspicions of the manager of the National Discount Company were aroused by this last communication , he discounted the bill for 1450 / ., requesting Messrs . Eaton , Hammond , and Co ., King ' s bankers , to hand over the proceeds to Messrs . O- and A . King-, upon application , while , at the same time , he gave information of the circumstance to Daniel Forrester . That officer went to Newmarket , saw King at his bankers , and , obtaining a private interview with him , showed him the letter which he had sent to the National Discount Company with the bill for 1450 / . After a little while , he made a full confession to the officer , adding , that he had not acted with , any intention to defraud . Forrester then took him into ' custody .
Ihese facts having been proved in evidence at the Mansion House , a gentleman in court , who was weeping throughout the whole proceedings , and who said that he was the prisoner ' s brother ( probably bis . partner in , business ) , prayed that he might be mercifully dealt with for the sake of his family . King , who- " . appeared "' to be ill and very much aliected , and who . was seated , during the examination , was remanded , and bail was refused . He is not above twenty-one years of age , and is said to liave married a young lady of fortune ouly a few weeks ago . An adjudication of bankruptcy was on Thursday made in the Bankruptcy Court in connexion -with . this case , when Octavius King was brought up in a very depressed state of mind . The debts are supposed to be not less than 30 , 000 / . ; . but the exact amount cannot as yet be ascertained . . ' -.. ¦ '
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Bewareof Sausages !—A butcher , living in Grangeroad , Bermondsey , was charged before Mr . Burcham , at tlie Southwark police-court , with having exposed for sale in his shop a quantity of diseased sausages and other putrid meat . Dr . Chalice , medical officer to the Board of Works for the Bermondsey district , stated that ho saw hanging in tho shop a leg of pork which appeared to him to be bad . He afterwards found it to be quite fetid on one side . He thers inspected tho premises at the back of the shop , where he saw , in a sort of
pigsty , about a hundredweight of sausages ' and . some pieces of beef , all of which were in a mo . st filthy and corrupt state , and altogether unlit for human food . For tlie defence , it was alleged that tlie accused did not know that the leg of pork was bad ; and , as for the beuf and sausages , they wore not exposed for sale , and therefore could not come within the meaning of th-e Act of Parliament . Mr . Burcham considered that the cliarga against the butcher was fully proved , and he therefore fined him 2 / ., and ordered that the bad meat should be destroyed .
mitted the crime with which he is charged under the influence of some sudden gust of passionate madness . 13 oy Impostors . — "With reference to the case of tlie two Irish boys , who complained last week before the Thames magistrate of having been refused relief by the parish , authorities of St . George's-in-the-East , some statements exculpatory of those authorities liave been , made at the police-office by the overseer and guardians , who said that they had examined the boys , and discovered that they were impostors , and that they had told a great
many falsehoods . When first they applied at the workhouse , they stated that they had last slept in Limehouse parish , and they were therefore referred to that parish , with directions when and where to apply . As regards the old man , who was also alleged to have been neglected , he had since admitted that lie had been treated by the porter with perfect civility . He is now being taken care of by tlie parisli . . Mr , Selfe , on hearing these facts , expressed his regret at having censured the parish officers , and at not being able to punish the Irish bo 3 's .
A Pkofugate Mother . —A shocking case of female profligacy has been brought under the notice of Mr . Norton , the Lambeth magistrate , before whom Mrs . Fanny Mary ' Russell , a fashionably dressed , middleaged woman , was charged with creating a disturbance at the house of her brother , who is a very respectable man . She had been enraged by this brother refusing to represent . her-as . a respectable person to a tradesman , from , whom she Was about to rent a house . The brother being too ill to appear in court , a gentleman attended for him , and related the history of Mrs . Ilussell . Her husband ( now dead ) was Dr . Russell , a medical gentleman in excellent practice in Bermondsey ; but the woman's dissipation was so great that her husband waa obliged to leave her and , to emigrate to Australia , where he died . Mrs . Russell ' s brother and his family behaved with , great kindness to her , notwithstanding her irregularities , and a sum of 200 / ., for which Dr . Russell had insured his life , was obtained for her . This sum she is now spending in profligacy ; and she is also bringing up her daughter , a girl of sixteen , iu the same vicious habits . On hearing the latter statement , Mrs . Russell denied its truth ; but the gentleman confidently asserted its accuracy , adding that the daughter was to be seen walking about the streets with her mother , or drinking at public-houses , at-all hours of the night . Mr . NortOD , who recollected Mrs . Russell having been brought before him some five years previously ., in connexion with her differences with her husband , ordered her to find bail for keeping the peace towards her brother for three months .
Burglaries rsr STAFFORDSHIRE . —Several burglaries have recently taken place in Staffordshire , and a few days ago two of the offenders were taken into custody at a public-house in the village of Ellastone , having been . traced by means of an . accordion taken from one of the plundered houses , and sold to a . young man for 2 s . 6 d . The burglars have been , committed for trial . One of them is a ticket-of-leave man . —A great many burglaries have also been committed lately at Bristol . Highway IIobbery . —A farmer and cattle-dealer , named Whitaker , while returning from York fair to his residence at Tliryberg , near Rotherham , was attacked by four men in a lonely part of the road near Masborough , where he had in vuin endeavoured to get a bed .
at an inn . He had 180 / . in his pocket ; and it was with a view to obtain this booty that the murderous assault was committed . Whitaker resisted with great gallantry , but he was overpowered , and cruelly beaten . He said to the men , " If you murder me you will have to account for it another time . " He caught fast hold of the leg of one man , and found it trembled very much ; but the villain struck him savagely on the head several times until he became nearly' senseless . Tlie fellows then rifled his pockets , and left him . Having crawled to a neighbouring house , he roused the inmates , and
was taken in ; and Ue has since died . The weapons used were two bludgeons , one loaded with lead , the other pointed with a . square piece of iron with sharp edges . Mr . "Whitaker , in . a statement written a little before his death , says that one of tho ruffians hacked him " in tlie same way ns a butcher would an ox . A cowardly fellow ! he did not sippoar to like the moon . " The men issued out of the back of a Ijlacksmith ' a shop ; and Mr . Whituker , hearing them behind him , and suspecting mischief , turned round and confronted them , with tho intention of going bock to the inn , when ho was set upon . Tho murderers , are not yet in custody .
Incendiarism nkak Novtinuiiam ' . —Mr . JohuJVIorton , a person possessed of considerable household property , baa boon brought beforo the county magistrates at the ^ hirehall , Nottingham , to answer a charge of incendiarism . He was so . en by several witnesses to set fire to a stock belonging to a Mr . Davison , with whom ho had had . a quarrel . The facts having boen fully proved , Morton . was committed for trial . Oh . uicl . ty to a Cat . —James Marrin , a costormonger , was charged at Bow-street w ith ill-treating a cat . Ho was in a coffee-shop , very drunk , and was drinking somo cofleo by tho fire , when , the landlady having said something to offend him , he stamped several times with great violence on a cat which was lying asleep on the rug Tho animal was ao stunned that it lay apparently dead
MuiiDKK in JiiitsiiY . —An inhabitant of the village of St . Ouen , Jersey , named JosutvLe Gresley , has been apprehended on a charge of having murdered liia wife , Honrictte Lo Feuvre , ( lite Fielln .-jtre . The man was one day engaged digging potatoes , and , a few minutes after ten in the forenoon , his wife took a digging-fork and proceeded to where her husband was at work , probably with tho intention of assisting him . MiuUune Lo Feuvre was not seen , alive after this . Her children returned from school at twelve o'clock , and , finding their mother absent from home , they went in search of her , nnd
found her lying dead in a held . It was afterwards discovered that she had been killed by one of tho prongs of the fork being thrust through the buck part of her akull , whence it hudsub . sequontly piercod her bruin , and thus caused instant death . Suspicion having fallen on her husband ho was taken into custody , but , during tho whole of the remainder of tho day he . maintained a sullen silence . It appears that tho supposed murderer has been greatly addicted ( o drinking , in consequence of which ho was confined in his kitchen for eighteen months ; and it is conjectured that ho must have com-
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October 2531856 . ] THE LEADER . 1015
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OUR ClVILIZATiOK .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 25, 1856, page 1015, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2164/page/7/
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