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time . We then removed them to Pierce ' a house in Crown-terrace , Hampstead-road . They were taken in a cart -which . Pierce hired , and which , he afterwards took home . " Some time afterwards , Agar quarrelled with Fanny Kay and went to live with Pierce at Kilburn , and a portion of the gold , was buried in a hole in the pantry . In about three weeks subsequently to this , Agar was arrested on the charge of forgery of which he has been found guilty . Some of the bars of gold had been previously sold at the rate of 31 . 2 s . 6 d . an ounce , to a man named Saward , professing to be a barrister , but in reality a pigeon-fancier , and , as Mr . Bodkin observed , and Agar assented to , amidst much laughter , a goldfancier . About 2300 ? . worth was sold in this way by Agar . After his arrest , the money he had in the Bank
was taken out , and Mr . Wontner ( his counsel , and now appearing for Pierce ) received it . This snm ( which amounted to 3000 ? . ) was brought to him when he was in Newgate . " The money , " continued Agar , " was given to Pierce , with the understanding that he was to reinvest it for my child , which he has never done . It was to be disposed of for the benefit of my child and Fanny Kay . 25007 . was the amount that was given hack to Pierce , as Mr . Wontner informed me . I never saw Pierce after my arrest till I saw him at the bar of this court . I received some letters from him , tlie two last of which I gave to Mr . Rees . He wrote to me when I was at Pentonville , and sent me two books and the portrait of my child when I was at Portland . " Mr . Wontner subsequently stated that Pierce invested the 2500 ? in Turkish bonds , and that those bonds are now in safe
custody .: \ . ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ' .. ¦¦¦ .. , ¦ : . . ¦ •; . : ; . , . In cross-examination by Mr . Lewis ^ counsel for Burgess ) , Agar fully admitted his character , and that he had received the proceeds of forgery probably four or five times . He said , in answer to a question , that he knew a man named Nash ; and , on being asked if that , person had anything to do with forged cheques , he anawered , " Thathas nothing to do with this case . I have acknowledged my character . I have told you that I have been connected with several forgeries , but I do not think this person named Nash has anything to do with the case . " He refused to answer several other questions of a similar nature which were put to him .
Fanny Bolan Kay -was then examined . She is a young woman , about twenty-five years old , with an intelligent countenance ; and the moment she entered she shook hands with great apparent cordiality with Agar . She said that she was formerly an attendant at the Tunbridge station of the South-Eastern Kail way , hut was dismissed , partly because she Avas " acquainted with the young men there . " She then went to live with Agar . The bulk of her testimony was descriptive of the evidences of melting , &c , which she had observed at AgaT's house , while being sedulously kept ignorant as to the cause . On one occasion she peeped in at the door of the room where they were at work , and saw an unusually
bright fire ; but they instantly shut the door against her . On asking them what they were doing , they replied , "Leathern apron-weaving , " which she believed to be a cant expression . After the arrest of Agar , she went for a time to live with Pierce ; but he deserted her . She then , called on him one day , to get her child ' s clothes , and he ill-used her . Mr . Lewis wished her to give her address ; but Mr . Bodkin and the Lord Mayor objected , saying it would defeat the ends of justice . A sharp discussion then ensued between Mr . Bodkin and Mr . Lewis , the latter observing that he should watch tlie young woman to her home , and complaining that he was treated unfairly . Ultimately , the case was adjourned to next Monday , the proceedings having occupied five hours .
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NAVAL- AND MILITARY . Ship oh Fire . —The . bark Lee , of 376 tons , lying in St . George's Dock , Liverpool , has been somewhat damaged by ^ a fire which broke out last Saturday night . She was quite empty at the time , and the flames were soon subdued by the water which was brought to bear on her , so that the result has not been very disastrous . Increase of Pay to Hospital Seboeants . —Lord Panmure has issued a Royal warrant , augmenting the daily pay of regimental hospital-sergeants to two shillings , and in the case of those who have served seven years , to two shillings and sixpence .
of the 3 team tug Iron King has burst while the vesse was in the Mersey . One man was killed , and two others ( all employed about the engine ) were severely scalded . The coroner's jury has returned a verdict of " Accidental Death , " coupled with an opinion that the boiler was one of improper construction . ; The Loss of the Steamer Tay . —The report of Mr . Traill , the magistrate appointed to inquire into the loss of the steamer Tay , was presented to the Board of Trade
last Saturday morning . He attributes the loss of the ship to the extraordinary current which retarded her * progress after leaving "Vera Cruz , and not to any wrongful act or default of Captain Strutt . The conduct of the captain during the disaster was marked by judgment , skill , and self-possession . The report , however , speaks in terms of strong disapproval of the practice ou board the Tay of not using the log . Captain Robertson , R . N ., the nautical assessor , concurs iu the opinion expressed by Mr . Traill .
Akrivax of'THK James Baiues . — -This ship , which has been so long on her voyage home from . Australia that feaTs were entertained respecting her safety , has arrived off the coast .
An Abandoned Ship on the Growm Sands . —A email Danish vessel , brigantine rigged , of 130 tons burthen , laden with a cargo of grain , in bulk , from St . Petersburgfor London , has been brought into Whltstable by the crew of the smack Prosperous , of this port , Captain , Bell . She was found a derelict on the Gudlor Sands , having been abandoned by her crew . Her rudder was gone , and it was believed that the crew had taken to the galley-boat , and then forsaken the vessel . Some } % t fter the aalv <> ra uad boarded her , they found the i « ^ * the ca Ptaitt ( aB tfcey supposed ) in a bunk ™^ v abiB > U was carefully packed , as if to pretWhu ° 8 ' bl « od was oozing from the mouth , present Mr'Vm . im r 88 ion of a mcdical gentleman Eecn deaf ' son ! " ^ TZl **?*??* ^ ' oftvArnrt An inZ * i m * rUa of violence -were dis-VeraS . ' q hft 8 beon hold > eniin e ™ ° 1 > » Steamboat Exvlosw * o * the MKusav .-Tho boiler
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A MYSTERIOUS TEAGEDY . Mb . George Little , the cashier at the Dublin terminus of the Midland Great "Western Railway , had not arrived at his office on the morning of Friday week by his usual hour , ten o'clock , and it was remembered that he had not been seen since half-past five on the previous evening . His office was locked , and he always kept the key in his own possession . The clerks , therefore , waited for some time , hoping that he might appear ; but at twelve o ' clock , suspicions being then entertained tiiat he might have committed some dishonesty and fled , the door of the office was broken open , and a horrible sight was revealed . The body of Mr . Little was found lying face downwards , in a pool of blood , and it was discovered tliat the tbroat
tury calculated to impede the course of God ' s truth in the land , to darken the hearts of men , and propagate a spirit of contempt for all laws , divine and social , throughout society in general . " "
seen , marked in the dusty deposits , a hand , the scraDin * . of a shoe , and the evident appearance of a coati m having brushed across at . As to any further acts ofrtT murderer , nothing is known . Ot tlie A hammer has been accidentall y discovered in « . canal in front of the terminus by two gentlemen w ? were standing by . Several human hairs were still If tached to it ; and there is no doubt that it is the in ** ment with which Mr . Little ' s skull was fractured S " services of Inspector Jield , of London , have been \ gaged , and the Crown has offered a reward
Sectarianism never sleeps , but is always ready to tim , the most revolting and fearful subjects into food for ^ morbid appetite . The Dublin Protestant Association on Monday night , entered into a discussion on the nmr ' der of Mr . Little , and then converted the event W ~ religious ' capital' after this fashion : —They passed resolution , imploring God " not to lay the sheading i that innocent blood to the charge of the countrv " a that Ho will withhold from removing His prevent ™ grace , " because that our rulers , in their blind obstinacv have carried out a policy for the last quarter of a cen
was cut as by a single gash , whicli , however , was of so fearful a nature that the head was nearly off . As soonas the clerks were sufficiently composed to make an investigation , it was found that the accounts were completely correct ; and a considerable amount of cash , in notes and silver—some of the latter made u p in cartridges •—was scattered about the room . . The left hand of the corpse was thickly clotted with blood ; the right hand was but slightly stained . Further examination showed severe fractures of the skull and a great number of other wounds . But the instrument by which death was inflicted was nowhere discoverable . The only weapon in the room was a small office-knife , which lay on the table , and this was quite clean . Near it , however , lay a towel , on which some sharp and bloody instrument had
manifestly been wiped , as it was marked with blood and cut in several places . The window ( wM ° li opens upon the interior of the station ) was closed , and the key of the door could not be found . The medical gentleman who was called in conjectured that life had been extinct about twenty hours ; he was also of opinion that death must have ensued almost instantaneously , and that the wound could not have been inflicted by the office-knife . About 300 £ are said to be missing . Mr . Little , who ¦ was forty years of age , and who had been connected ¦ with the company for the last four years , was highly respected . Ho is described as a man of a melancholy mind , belonging to the sect of Derbyites , and having rather gloomy religious ideas . The inquest has terminated in a verdict of "Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown . "
Some further details aTe contained in a communication from Dublin published in the London daily papers . It is there stated that it would appear from a careful examination of the cashier ' s room tlrnt the concealment of a person from the occupant of tlie room was totally impossible , and that , further , Mr . Little was at his table , or in the neighbourhood of it , when the assassination took place ; for the marks remaining go to show that every act , so far as can be conjectured , was committed within a circle of from four to five feet in diameter . If this be so , the only way of accounting for the appearance of the murderer in the room is by supposing that , having entered the terminus by a passage leading from the pintform at its west side , he ascended the stairs , and , lurking close by , awaited an opportunity of finding the coast clear , and seeing that the door was not then locked , opened it quietly , and so as not to attract attention . The
hair of Mr . Little seems to have been torn by hnndfuls from the head and strewed about the floor . On leaving the room , and locking the door behind him , the murderer probably descended by the principal staircase to the basement story , where he would appear to have made an endeavour to retreat by the same door , opening on the passage to the platform by which ho had entered , for on tho door-post a fresh deposit of blood has been discovered , as if a person , pushing against the door with the sleeve of his coat or his hand , either having blood upon them , had pressed against it . Tho piece of the post on which this is observable has beon cut off and removed by tho police officers . Foiled in his attempt to obtain ogress in this way , ho seems to hnvo proceeded to a window opening from tho entrance half ujion the platform , and having raised this , to have descended tho five or six foot which intervened between tho ' sill nnd tho ground , for on tho lower stonework of tho window thoro arc to be
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . An inquest has been held on the bodies of the persons killed in the collision on the Newport and Hereford Railway . The evidence of Nathaniel Sargent , a fireman employed by the company , created considerable surprise He stated that "he liad been put to drive the express tram on the day of the collision , because there was no one else . He had only driven a train three times before At Abergavenny , on Wednesday , he discovered that the leading spring of the engine , on the left hand side , was lost . He did not tell the station master . He told the guard , who laughed , and blew his whistle for witness to go on . The engine ran off the line at Nantyderry . ¦ Witness did not think it dangerous to run an express with
a broken spring . They had done . it several times . Two engines were supplied with springs the previous day because they were afraid to send them out , on account of the accident . The weight of the engine would fall on the axle-box when the spring was gone . He could hot say the engine ran off in consequence of the broken spring . It might be the road and that together The outside rail of the curve did not cant enough . Henry Wainscot , guard , told him the rail had been raised since the accident . Witness was certain the rail had been raised . No one ever examined witness as to his capacity for driving . Witness only received 21 s a week . Drivers got 7 s . and 7 s . Gel . a day . ' The inquest is adjourned .
Mr . Horsman , M . P ., chief secretary of Ireland , met with an accident last Saturday while hunting . Though a first-rate rider , he was thrown , and the horse being tired , rolled over him heavily . He was severely injured , but is doing w . elL A fearful collision lias taken place in Ireland . The Dublin day mail , via Kilkenny , ran into a ballast train . Six people arc supposed to have been killed , and several severely injured . A young man has been killed at Spcnce's Mill , Bradford , owing to great recklessness on his part . Part of the machinery is covered by a sort of box , which turns on hinges , and is not fastened down . The youth opened this box , -while the machine was revolving , and endeavoured to thrust in some of tho wool . But his hand was
caught ; his arm was gradually drawn in , and pierced by the jagged teetli of a part of the machinery culled tlie dovil ; ' his body followed , and , before the engine could bo stopped , the arm , and one side of the head and face , were horribly mangled . He was taken out insensible , and died the next day in the infirmary . A youth employed at some colour works at Dcptford Creek fell into a tank of boiling water last Saturday afternoon , and was drawn out by his father and other workmen . If c was removed to the Dreadnought Hospital Ship , but expired in the course of four hours . An inquest having be
Three lives were lost , during a fog on Monday night , in the canal at Hackney Wick , near the North London Railway arch . Lady Stafford , wife of the present Lord Stafford , and cousin to tho Dulce of Norfolk , was found ( lend in he * bed on Thursday morning « t Costessoy l ' nrk , near Norwich . Her ladyship hnd suffered recently froin the rupture of a blood-vessel , but was believed to be returning to convalescence . A train on tho Barnslcy branch of tlie Manchester ,
Shofficld , and LincoliiHhiro Knilwny dushcil into a siding near Pcnistono , nnd came into collision with several loaded coal waggons . Several of the passenger * , ftS well us tho guard nnd lirenutn , were severely injured . Amongst tho former was JVlr . Henry Ku . sscll , the sniper , who received n contusion on the forehead . The diunagc dono to the engine , cnrriaigeH , and waggons is ofllimatcrt at nearly 1 , 000 / . Tho accident was caused by the point * being left open . Afatulcnliialrcnho lms occurred on ( he Western ViiNe .
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1108 THE LEADER . [ No . 348 , Satukiut ¦ i ...-I — - . ¦ — - ¦ ¦ _^ 1 L _^_^ 1—^ ^ —__^ ' ~ _^! ' ' ' — - ' . 9
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 22, 1856, page 1108, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2168/page/4/
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