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      Eight Working-Men Huvo Been Found Guilty...

      offence whatever . The same character may be attributed to Carlow . John Yeo was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in a common gaol at Exeter , on Tuesday , by Mr . Justice Coleridge , for assaulting Charles Laxmore , a lunatic , of whom he had voluntarily taken charge , and otherwise illtreating him , by keeping hjm chained in a cell made of wood , and not properly supplying him with warm clothing . He had been confined for thirteen years . Dr . Bucknall said , in evidence , that there was not the slightest necessity for violence or confinement , as Laxmore was quiet , inoffensive , and amiable . The governor of the Cranbrook Union Workhouse , Thomas Vincent Hatherley , was sentenced to two years ' imprisonment with hard labour , at the Maidstone assizes , for having seduced a pauper girl and administered drugs ¦ with a view to procure abortion . A clergyman was put into the box , who said that he had a high opinion of * Hatherley , who had written to him on religious subjects . Baron Alderson refused to hear evidence which only showed that a man might commit the most atrocious offences under the mask of religion . Two trials for criminal conversation took place on Wednesday , one at Maidstone , the other at Durham . In the former case the parties were a publican of 75 , living at Greenwich , who had married a young wife of fiveand-twenty . The offender in this case was a customer , and the criminal act which led to the trial was alleged to have taken place while Mr . Watson , the publican , was indulging in an after-dinner snooze . Mrs . Watson and her lover , Mr . Sellers , crept up stairs respectively to the bedroom of the sleeping victim . But his nap was of short duration . He went up stairs also , and found his wife and Mr . Sellers locked in his own bedroom . The verdict in this case was damages , £ 50 . The Durham case was simply disgusting in its origin and details . The parties were a drunken wife , a surgeon who seduced her , or whom she seduced—it was not clear which , —and a husban-d , unsuspecting and the victim of the extremest domestic infelicity . Under such circumstances , though giving a verdict for the husband , the jury very properly considered that it was no case for damages , as the prosecutor had gained rather than lost . The damages given were , therefore , merely nominal .

      Aug. 2, 1851.] &Ft* Utabtt. 727

      Aug . 2 , 1851 . ] & ft * Utabtt . 727

      A Return Was Printed By Order Of The Hou...

      A return was printed by order of the House of Lords , on Tuesday , in reference to the Encumbered-Estates Commission . It appears that the amount of encumbrances , as set forth in the petitions , which have been left unpaid in cases where the lands have been sold and the produce of the sales distributed by the commissioners , was set forth at £ 503 , 286 5 * . 2 d ., and the the amount paid over to the owners by the commissioners out of the proceeds of the sales after the discharge of the encumbrances was £ 7307 10 s . 6 d .

      <[ F , ' I > Births, Marriages, And Deat...

      <[ f ' I > BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On the 10 th of July , at Guildford-street , Russell-square , the wife of Thomas Wakley , Esq ., F . R . C . S ., of a son . <] " the i Otl ) > at Tarbat-house , Hoss-shire , the Marchioness of St . illord , of a son . On the 2 ? nd , at Kilfaue ( Ireland ) , Mrs . Power , of Gurteen of a daughter . On the 23 rd . at West Stafford , Dorset , the wife of John Flnver lisq ., M . I * ., of a son and heir . " * On the 25 th , at Golden-grove , S . W ., the Viscountess Einlvn ol a daughter . On the 26 th , at I ' arslows , Essex , the Honourable . Mrs . Kichard Deiiman , of a daughter . On the 27 th , at 107 , I ' iccadilly , Uuronc-ss Mayor De Rothschild ot a daughter . On the 2 !)! h , at Twyford Ahlx-y , the residence of her mother the wile ol Edmund liurke Roche , E . sii ., M . I ' , of a « on

      On the 2 'Jtli , at Eaton-place , the Honourable . Mis . I'aisons of a daughter . ' On the ; i () th , at Wilton-house , Salisbury , the Honourable Mrs Sidney Herbert , of a duiightt-r .

      MARRIAGES . On the 22 nd of July , at I'irbritfht , Harry It . Kioaido Esq second eon ol Ralph lUcanlo , Esq ., « f Norwood , U > Anna eldest daughter of Henry Hasley . Esq ., of H « i , ley-park Surrey ' On the 21111 , at Kensington Church , General the Right Honourable bn- Frederick Adam , G . C . B ., to Ann Lindsay , daughter of the hue John Malmrly , Esq . On the 28 th , at Ht . Geonje ' H . Hanover-square . Douglas Ilaird . ' "' . . < 'l 08 ehurii-hill . Dumfriesshire , to Charlotte , only daughter o Henry Ae . tou , Esq .. a . xl gr . indniece of the late Sir John K . I ward Acton , Hut , of AluVnhain-hall , Shio , v ; hire . Ontn « 2 'Jth . ut fit . ( ieorge ' H Church , Hanover-aquar * . by the Honourable ami Veneral . le Henry Scott Stopford , Archdeacon of l . e . glih ,,, M . cha ,- button , Esq ., ,, f HkrHn .-Um-hall , U-icesterhiro Hon ot Sir Uichai-a Sutton . llaronet , to ILirrict Aime . ilauirh--u ^ of cSK" XS UWUIittin I "" " .- « l-. « f «« r ^ l £ ll .

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      To Beadeks And Correspondents. Several L...

      TO BEADEKS AND CORRESPONDENTS . Several letters have been received by our publisher complaining of the non-receipt of papers , or the non-arrival of the Leader , until Monday . We have made inquiry , and find that the errors have not arisen in our office . The Country Edition cf the Leader is published on Friday , and the Town Edition on the Saturday , and Subscribers should be careful to specify which edition they wish to receive . Complaints of irregularity should be made to the particular news-agent supplying the paper , and if any difficulty should occur again it will be set right on application direct to our office , 10 , Wellington-street , Strand , London . It i 3 impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive . ' Their insertion is often delayed , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of the communication . Communications should always be legib ) y written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them . I All letters for the Editor should be addressed to 10 , Wellingtonstreet , Strand , London . I

      [The Following Appeared In Our Second Ed...

      [ The following appeared in our Second Edition of \ last week . l

      ^Nromjit. Saturday, July 26. The Gallant...

      ^ nromjit . Saturday , July 26 . The gallant little opposition in the House of Lords to the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill last night made a vigorous but unsuccessful stand upon the question of including Ireland in the bill . An attempt was made to cut short the debate ; and we have the unusual spectacle of their lordships being accused of 11 clamour and impatience . " Before the House went into Committee , Lord Monteagle moved , That it be an instruction to the Committee to ^ insert a clause exempting Ireland from the bill . A discussion of course followed upon the interminable question as to how the bill would affect the functions of the

      bishops ; Lord Camoys , Lord Monteagle , Viscount Canning , and the Earl of St . German ' s contending that it would render illegal and void all their spiritual acts , that it would prevent even consecration , and introduce intolerable social evils ; and the Lord Chancellor ., Lord Cranworth , and the Duke of A ygyll asserting directly the converse . The Earl of St . German ' s , and even Lord Clanricarde , who supported the bill , were met by shouts of " Question ;" and Lord Lansdowne , who rose to speak , was obliged to sit down on account of the clamorous shouts of " Divide , " so impatient of opposition and even discus 3 ion were the tolerating majority . Lord Monteagle ' s motion was lost by 82 to J 7 .

      After a short discussion upon the effect of the words " or otherwise" in the preamble upon the Scotch bishops , who would probably come under the operation of the act , were they not speeittlly exempted by the third clause , the House went into committe . The first clause was vigorously contested , and the dissentients divided the committee , but the clause was carried by 77 to 2 ( 5 . On the second clause being put the Duke of Akoyu proposed to leave out the " words which gave power to a common in / brmer to sue for the penalties . But there w « s an evident objection on the part of Ministers to . send the bill again to the Commons , especially upon that ticklish point . The committee divided , however , and there were—For the amendment ., ' 2 G ; against it , 61 . Majority , ' Sli . The whole of the clauses being agreed to the House resumed . The House of Commons had a morning aittin ^ yesterday . In the evening Sir Benjamin Hall prt " sented a petition from the Borough of Greenwich , praying to be heard at the bar by counsel , in support of the right of Mr . Salomon * to take his neat in the House . Mr . ltaikes Curde presented the petition irom the electors of London , agreed to at the meeting on Thursday . Both petitions were ordered to be taken into consideration on Monday . Mr . IUynoi . ds took advantage of a motion for adjourning the House to enter into a lengthened Btatement respecting the delay of Irish business . The House listened with great impatience , and it whs suggested that the honourable member was himself aggravating the ovil . The remaining proceeding * consisted of a debate on the second reading of the Tutent Laws Amendment Hill , which was criticized h » premature , and not at all satisfactory . Nevertheless it wan read a second time without opposition . After a mnart debate und a division , the Metropolitan Interment Advances 1 $ ill went through Committee . This is a bill empowering the Treasury to lend the ; Hoard of Health £ l . 'JO . , for the purpose of purchasing tho cemeteries at Hrotnpton and Nunhead , which will enable them to close Home gruv . ' - ynrds . The metropolitan members , headed by Sir \\ Hall , opposed the loan ; but an without it the provi-H . ons ot the Interment Act of last notion cannot , it was alleged , bo carried out , a majority of Sanitary Kelormtia wus found who voted the money .

      Oublisj?| El £ 0t - Oftmmittt« On Newhpa...

      oubliSJ ?| el £ 0 t - Oftmmittt « on NewHpaper Stumps have publiahcd their « pon . The ooacluiiioua ol tU * report * re

      directly favourable to the abolition of the stamp . They conclude that the stamp is no guarantee of respectability '; that its repeal would improve the provincial press in . quality and extent of circulation ; that ' . « the newspaper stamp prohibits the existence of such newspapers as , from their price and character , would be valuable to the means and wants of the labouring classes . ' * " Your committee consider it their duty to direct attention to the objections and abuses incident to the present system of from the

      newspaper stamps , arising difficulty of denning and determining the meaning of the term ' news ; ' to the in equalities which exist in the application of the Newspaper Stamp Act , and the anomalies and evasions that it occasions in postal arrangements ; to the unfair competition to which stamped newspapers are exposed with unstamped publications ; to the limitation imposed by the stamp upon the circulation of the best newspapers , and to the impediments which it throws in the way of the diffusion of useful knowledge regarding current and

      recent events among the poorer classes , which species of knowledge , relating to subjects which most obviously interest them , call out the intelligence by awakening the curiosity of those classes . "

      Mr. A. W. Stone, Secretary To The Ragged...

      Mr . A . W . Stone , Secretary to the Ragged Schools , Edward Mews , Duke-street , Manchester-square , has written to the Times , enclosing a statement relative to the conduct of a Roman Catholic priest in respect of the said schools . His allegations are these : —A Roman Catholic priest came on the 16 th to the ragged schools and seemed very solicitous to obtain the names of the children . Instead of going to the teacher , he asked the pupils ; and when the teacher interfered , he asked to see the register . The teacher had no power to show it to . him , and set off to fetch the landlord of the premises , and when they returned the priest made off . Outside a crowd collected , who began abusing the teacher , using disgusting language , pelting the school , the

      priest looking on without reproof . " The policeman bad great trouble during the afternoon to keep them from the door . The women sent the children with the books to tear up before us ; Bibles , Testaments , and the little reward books were all torn up opposite the school with horrible jells . In the eveningthere was a procession in O ; chard-place with lighted candles , and the houses were all illuminated . The remainder of the books were all destroyed . A person passing through the court heard the beginning of the sermon , which was a reproof to the parents for sending their children to a Protestant school . He said they were going to hell as fast as they could . Previously to this there was perfect goodwill aud kiud feeling manifested towards us , but now a very different

      feeling is exhibited ; alarming threats are made use of and every annoyance practised . Yesterday morning a quantity of disgusting filth was put on the door , and the keyhole filled with it , so that we had to pay a man to cleanse it before we could attempt an entrance . Several people collected round there , muchdclighted , and said it served us right ; we had no business there ; and one woman clapped her hands with joy . On Monday , when the children went out of school , the piicst was standing near , and gave each child a picture of the ' Virgin and Child . ' He again a- « ked them why they cirne to a Protestant school . It is not surprising that the number of children is diminished , especially as I hoar ihat a priest has been round to their parents to compel ( hem , jis their director , to remove their children , or th > ir names would be called from the altar . " The JCnglisb delegates of the IVaco Congress pave yrsterday tuning a .-oFrce at Willis ' s K . joma , Si . James ' ssquare , to th .-ir lorei'ii friends . The Koinan Catholic "bishops" of Salford and Plymouth were consecrated by Cardinal Wiseman , assisted by Dr . Paul Cidlcn , Prim tte . of Ireland ; Dr . lJrifigs , B . ohop of Beverley ; Dr . Ulia'home , liishop of Birmingham ; and Dr . Waring , Bishop ol Northampton , on Friday , at Manchester . Ann Bailey , the young woman respecting whom Mrs . Fawcett , her sister , made so btrange a statement before Mr . Norton , entered the police-court on Thursday , was identified , and taken home by her brother-in-law . Mrs . Fawcett , it will be seen , had suspected that Aim Bailey hail been murdered , and that it w . is her body which bad been found in small pieces near Norwich . Sarah Barber , who , it will be remembered , wa * accused of poisoning her husband , at Kastwood , near Nottingham , has been found guilty . Her paramour , Robert Ingrain , was acquitted . She is sentenced to death without hope of mercy .

      A " Fast " Young Man Died The Other Day ...

      A " fast " young man died the other day at Pisa , disdainful of tin : good uHio . os of the Chuie . h . 11 ,- w , ia told the Devil would claim him . lie exacted a promise- from a Corsican , hi . s friend , that he would watch over his body until it was buried . The Corsica :, watdied alone in the convent chapel . In the middle of tin : ni > 'ht came the Devil , hoofs , horns , and all . The ( . ' oiMc . m asked him hi . s business . The Devil groaned and stretched out hia claud . The Coiwican informed him that , he must go , or h < : would speedily send him below . The Devil scornfully laughed ; whereupon the Corsican drew a

      piHtol ; and coolly H |> ot the Devil . Tin * report of the pistol id . inned the police , and a . number of thosa guardianu of the night having appeared , they Maw to the . ir astonishment the corpse lying in its proper place , the CorHican Hitting trikiitjiillly by its side , and u bleeding maun covered with red rnd black , with < i tremendous puir of hornsand the well-known tail . Poor Devil . ' hoturnedont to be the " bellman " of the convent . The Corsionn was tried , and acquitted , hn he showed that in ( he Tuscan code there was no penulty attached to shooting the Devil , und as he persisted in saying thut when lie ilred lie believed he had to d < : » l will * his tfutunio Majesty , and no mortal representative .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 2, 1851, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02081851/page/11/