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    August 5, 1854.] THE LEADER. 727

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    Our Civilisation. Jin. Cakden's V^Ooing ...

    made a . solemn asseveration , and it is true that I had not the slightest idea that anything of the kind was the case . Had I providentially known it , it certainly would have forbid me to make any such criminal attempt . Now , as to the chloroform . T-faere were various other medicines in the carriage , which I had collected from tune to time , according as they suggested themselves to my mind . One of them was iodine , tohich I intended / or a local application . 1 need not mention what that was . The sal volatile and raleriuin I bought before the -chloroform was pareliased , arid therefore they . could not have "been got as . antidotes ; but I laboured under this disadvantage . There was brought up , apparently in my favour , Tmt in reality against me , one of the worst witnesses that ever appeared in a court of justice . The character of Dr . Forsyth in well known

    in this county . He is a clever man , a bookworm , and is even in private life badly able to express himself 4 therefore you may judge of his confusion in this court . I must tell you the real iiicts . Almost immediately before I made the attempt it suggested itself to my mind that such extraordinary excitement miglit produce' hysterical affections , and as I did not know liow to treat them—fainting , or that sort of thing , I might have managed-, and , as I was afraid I would , under the circumstances , be unable to give up the young lady to the first doctor , I thought it better to £ et some advice on the subject . Accordingly , I waited on Dr . Forsytti . He described to you the conversation in the garden , in the-course of which I said , ' By the way , a lady , a friend of mine , is subject to hysterics ; are they dangerous ?' He said , ' Yes . ' I said , * Could they kill a person ? ' He replied , ' Something near it . ' ' What is the best tiling for them ? ' I inquired . ' Chloroform , ' said he I asked the ^ quantities . ' Twenty drops in water was the reply , or , what he forgot to tell you , ' Thirty drops applied

    externally . He took his pockethandkerchief out , rolled it up deliberately , and showed ine how to hold it , and remarked that it siiould be kept at a distance , if insensibility was not lo be produced , for the purpose of admitting atmospheric air . He told me he was in the habit of using a sponge for the purpose . I procured the second bottle , fearing the first might be broken . So particular was I about the quantity that I placed a gutta percha band round a glass so as to mark precisely the necessary quantity , fearing that the rolling of the carriage would prevent my dropping it accurately . I applied it to myself , and found that its effect was certainly sedative , but as it gave me a headache and Tmade me sick , I determined that it should be the last remedy -on earth I wbnld fee tempted to emplo \ ' . Perhaps , Tinder the circumstances , I had better iiot detaiu your lordship with any further observations ' Judge Ball—I am- ready ' , sir , to hear from you every observation you may feel desirous of uttering .

    " Mr . Garden—It-would have been gratifying to me to make you acquainted with-the details of my plan , for this reason , that it would have convinced your lordship that no such allegations could with truth be brought forward against me ; but it would be Hidecorous for me to relate any story which might by some b « attributed to a wish on my part to put myself forward as tlie hero of a romantic tale , when I feel I stand here as a criminal for having outraged the law ¦ of the country . " Mr . Garden's address was most attentively listened to , and secirwd to impress every one present . " ¦ The sentence was two 3 'ears' imprisonment , "with hard labour . The accomplices will not he tried until the next assizes .

    Great efforts will be made to affect our " secret police ' —that is , the Home-office—in Mr . Carden ' 3 favour , and to obtain an alleviation of hisjseutence . A correspondent of the Cork Examiner , writing from Clonuiel , speaks of the truly Irish indignation of the county that Mr . Carden has not escaped : — " The majority of your readers will learn , 1 have uo doubt , with very considerable surprise , that a strong sympathy is manifested in this neighbourhood for Mr . Garden . This feeling is not , as might bo supposed , conlined to the lower classes , who Imyo been constantly accused of this tenderness for great criminals , but is generally felt by persons in a much J j iglier class of life . It is quite easy to useertain that this exists , as the trial and the circumstances form the & 0 I 0 topio of conversation . I have myself heard several

    gentlemen , man } ' of whoso names wero on the county panel , pal-Jiating the crime of Mr . Garden , and speaking in strong terms of indignation of what they eJl ' the peraeoution , ' on the part of the Government . A general expression , too , in uao among this cluss of persona ia ' that he was too good for 3 ier '—tbat ia to say , that the personal advantage *) , high . birth , ami good fortuuo of Mr . Garden made it rather a . condescension on tho part of that gentleman to run away with a lady possessed of thirty thousand pounda' fortune , 4 > ut wlio was only tho daughter of tin army cl « ihier ; and thev appear to bo ruthor indignant at her presumption in . having « . « opinion of her own upon tlio subject . Among tho humbler clauses , moro particularly tho female portion , this 'fooling exists to a . far greater extent even . Tho old feeling . of respect for aristocratic descent still appears to possess a Tory strong inuuo » oo upon the peoi > lo m this mirt of tho

    ¦ country , and makes tliom inclined to tuko the aide of tho genUuiuuii against wljat thoy consider tho paroenue ; and a not wholly -extinguished admiration for deoda that in tho old times - used to bo considered gallunt , or wero of a diuo-dovil ¦ character , inclines them to leolc with great toleration upon tins mode of wooing » ¦ bride . Tho phrase used by perbona of a more jnoB |> ectablo iunlc , ' that hu was too good for her , ' » b ropwttod with great ouorgy by their poorer neighbours . ¦ Nay , bo strong ia lhu > feuW tlmt tho popular , and parti-¦ oulurlv tho iwnalo popular indignation , was not « s « iust Mr . Ciirdoa but Hguinst illw Arbutlmot . 1 have boon aoaurod thai groat leant wwo entertained leal tho young ludy sliould lo hootod in tho Btrwta , and 1 have myself heuVl wowda of flimwons m tho nei ghbourhood « f tUo Court-house oxutohh w ! J iCriho ffi ' rfSS * . S ' ° " » •*« " » ° »« «* <* th . a . . 1 vn MABWnSI > « MMAKKHS » . At the & Ukenny Abbjzob another case , which

    excites as much astonishment , has been tried . The report reads like a novel by Fiolding . Lord Mountgarret had four sons ; and the action was to try the conflicting claims to the hereditary estates of one of those sons , and a eon of one of them . The first son of Lord Mountgarret was created Earl of Kilkenny , and he died mad or imbecile ; the second died without issue ; the third died leaving a son , or a putative son ; and the fourth , Colonel Butler , contests the property with tliis offspring of Ms third brother : —the claim being founded on the alleged illegitimacy of his nephew . This is the third sou ' s story : —

    " In 1794 , whilst he was still a young man , Henry Butler , who was endowed with great personal attractions , became enamoured of and won the affections of the wife of a gentleman in an adjoining count }' , -who was afterwards created a baronet . He eloped with this lady , and left the country , becoming in consequence virtually an ontlaw . After living for a while with Mrs . Burlington he deserted her , and she ' died in great misery a few years after in another country . It was difficult to trace his career for some years after that . He next took up the career at Brighton , where he went in the yearlSOS . There had been a Colonel Cok'brook , who was possessed of great property in Scotland , and he died Ia 1809 , leaving a widow , one of the most fascinating women that ever lived , and besides possessed of charms which some would consider more substantial , in the shape of a good jointure .

    She -was left property worth from 1200 / . to J 500 / . per annum , together with yOG 7 . for the ' maintenance of her two daughters whilst they remained children , and 5001 . a year more under the Jtusband ' s will . But this was clogged with the unwise , unjust , and cruel stipulation that-sbe should lose all if she eyer married again—a stipulation to which her subsequent errors were perhaps to l > e entirely attributed . Tiis- lady proceeded to Brighton , and could nut be long there without attracting general attention . Butler met her ,-a mutual attachment ensued , wlricli led to a connexion resulting in the birth of a child in the year 1809 . In order to avoid the scandal which would attend a person in her situation , the lad y took the coui ^ e of . ' burying herself in the solituc ' London , taking first a lodging in- Sloane-street , and subsequentl y in Cadogan-place . " She was attended by a faithful servant named 'Sarah'Stride , whom she had reared from

    infancy , and was much attached to . Butler , for the sake of appearances , did not live with her , - 'but was a-constant visitor , frequently dining , and stopping to sleep , without the privacy of any one but Sarali Stride , " in 1609 or 1810 the '" cliild was born in Cadogan-jilace : it died soon after , and the intimacy of Butler and Mrs . Colubrook continued . She agaiu . became pregnant in London towards the close of the year 1810 , and they then resolved to go to Edinburgh , apparently with the view- of being privately married , in order to render their offspring legitimate , whilst at the same time they should keep the marriage secret , in order to . 1 void the loss of her jointure and the removal of her daughters by Colonel Colebrook from her care . Great caution was observed in their ' connexion , as this was the country in which the lady ' s estate lay , and she was in society where she was known . However , " about

    the same time another young Irish gentleman had gone to Edinburgh also . This gentleuiitti was John TuatY , son of a man of large fortune and ancient famil y in the county of Louth , and lie was possessed of a captivating person and engaging and amiable manners . He made the acquaintance of Mrs . Colebrook , became madl y in love with her , and succeeded in supplnnting Butler m her good graces , at least when the latter was not present . Towards the end of 1810 , or beginning of 181 J , Butler was absent , and Taiiff supplied his place with the lady ^ There had been no occasion 1 o hurry ou a marriage between Butler and her , as she had had a miscarriage ; but Butler , either hearing of or suspecting that the lady on whom lie . looked as his wife , and who was so according to Scotch law , was unfaithful lo him , came 1 o Edinburgh in 1811 . It would seeui she expected his arrival , probably from receiving a letjer from him , and had desired

    that he should not be admitted when ho should come . When Butler arrived at her houso there was a still stronger reason for keeping linn out , for Tsiafl" was actually with her in her bed-room at tho time . Butler hud always shared her purse , which his necessities rendered of importance to him , mid it whs probublc that his object in coming back was to obtain such a marriage as would giro him a right to continue to enjoy it , and which would cn » blc him to proclaim Mrs . Colctbroolco his wife before , all the- u-oiid , whenever lie might wish . When refused udmission to tho house ho kicked up a row after the most approved IriaU fashion , called her his wifieuuid the mother of hU children , and forced hid way in , despite of all opposition . In fact , n scene occurred tho like of which no novelist ever conceived , and yet they would provo aa clear aB light that what 3 > o was staling was truth . Whilst Butler was struggling to get in , TimtVwaa in tho bedroom , if not in bed witu Mra . Colebrooke . "

    To shorten the narrative , she and Butler wero miurieu ; and then a child was born . Next « omes a still stronger chapter : — " It might be Bunmiscd that ; Mr . Butler became pressed for money , and wia obliged to get out of tho way for a while ; at nil oventB they separated after a time , having qunrrollod , and sho went to reside in Edinburgh . She became again connected with Tiuifi , and knowing herself to bo in Uutler ' a power , abo nttomptod to escape from him , going in disguise to Dervriek , where TauiT met her , nnd going privately on oonrd Hmnclt

    a they landed at Wlntby , in Yorkshire , " where they cohabited together . In tho menntimo Butler wont nbout amusing himself as formerly , nnd at length npponrcd in Harrowgnto , whoro ho wont to tho Oroon Dragon Inn , u oolebrttted placo for making lnutchcH . Thcro wore there at tlio timo uliuly and her mother , tunned Harrison , fionaeHHCil of n lurgo landed eaUto in YorlcaMro ; tho young ludy wan « n lioircMa , and an object of gononu attraction , lininodmtoly ou his arrival Butler mot Mish Harrison « t tv publio timtembly , mid Imving boen introiluood to hoc by ( ho Kov . JMr . lirowno , « Kilkoiuiy Rontloumn , ho acquitted hunsolf » o well iih hor purlnur in the duueo tlmt aho k « H in lovo with him , and ho

    proposed for her . On the 3 d September this gentleman , fresh from the arms of Mrs . Culebrooke , went to the parish church of Harrogate , and there married Miss Harrison . The present deffndant was the eldest son of that msirriage , and if Henry Butler had been married in the previous April in Scotland , in the way described , this last marriage was but a solemn mockery . " [ It is the Attorney-General who is speaking . ] The whole question , therefore , turned on the Scotch marriage law : the doubts arising as to whether Butler and Mrs . Colebroolc ever were married in Scotland . To contrive their separation from one another , on the occasion of ] iis proposals to M ^ ss Harrison , both Butler and Mrs . Colebrook had sworn

    that they never w-cre married , even in the Scotch way . The evidenee , the other way , is Taaff ' g and that of Mrs . Colebrooke ' s maid , —who , however , at the time of the jMiss Harrison negotiation , had signed an affidavit that her mistress waswoMnarried . Taaff and Mrs . Colebrooke were married , and remorse at " the errors of lier life" subsequently drove the unhappy woman to insanity . Taaff ' s father found out the matter and disinherited him : and the Scotch Courts becoming apprised of Mrs . Colebrooke ' s marriage , or marriages , took her property away from her : —whereupon she sued Taaff in the Consistory Court for a maintenance—Taaff-contesting on the ground that she had been previously married .

    Ihe evidence is being gone into . On the whole it seems the most . remarkable " family" case that has ever occurred , even in Ireland-At St . Albans some Irish h ^ yrankers , anaan and a ¦ wo man , were detected in the aet of attempting '" i a bury a child alive ! Bat they have been allowed to escape . Last week we gave the case of the men taken in women ' s attire at a dancing saloon called the Druids'Hall , and charged with " immoral practices . ' * But the evidence is incomplete , and the fellows have been discharged on their bail . Their defence is that they were only masquerading . ilr . Herring , solicitor , has stated the following case to the magistrates at JVlarylebone . He appeared on behalf of a woman named Jessie Ross :-

    —" He stated that about a month ago the female alluded to was engaged by a portly-looking fashionably-attired female calling herself Mrs . Julie Noland , -who kept a . brougham , to do duty as lodge-gate keeper at 7 , Grove-end-road , St . John ' s-wood .. She -was at all hours of the night required to admit through the gate carriages containing Mrs . Noland , young girls stylishly attired , find' gentlemen . Suspecting that immoral practices were being carried on she complained to Mrs . Noland , who requested iicr to remain a few days longer , alleging tbat she was about to let the house to a noble lord . He ( Mr . Herring ) was in possession of liis name , but lie did not in the present stage of the proceedings deem it necessary to mention it . She remained a ftnv days , when the house having been , as she understood , let to tins nobleman , and occupation tlieri-of being taken by two young women

    ( sistersj who had been brought there , she was told by Mrs . Noland to go to her private residence in a street leading out of Oxford-street , where she would have a comfortable situation in the capacity of a servant . She went there , and in the course of a day or two she could come to no other conclusion , from all she saw , than that the bouse wns one of the worst description , commonly known b y tho appellation of a ' reception' house , and that , instead of her mistress ' s name being Noland , as she had represented , it was Moore . Gentlemen were' in the hnbit of coming there at all hours of tho day and night . Mrs . Moore very frequently went out in n brougham , accompanied liy a man named Marshall , who lived at the said house , and called himself an attorney , and they usually brought back with them sotno young females- On Sundnv night lust , according to information

    which ho ( Mr . Herring ) had received from his client , a gentleman nearly seventy jetn-3 of age . possessed of considerable property , and called ' Old Crazy , ' wns in 11 room in the ' establishment' with Mrs- Mooro und four young wormm , all of them in a state of nature . This scone being witnessed by Mi ' i ) . l » oss , she insisted upon quitting tho service at onco , and demanded hor wages , as also tho restitution of her iurnituao ; when Mra . Mooro and Marshall said that they luul loat some articles , and insisted upon her being se : irdied ; in 11 search which they made , they used her in i \ very rongli manner . She quitted tho plueo , and without ltws of timo npplio . l to him ( Mr . Herring ) , who wrote a lottor to Mra . Alooro demanding tho fur-11 iLure and wages duo , at tho auiuo timo stating that iu tho event of tho demand not being complied with by eleven o ' clock on Thursday , lie should Inulco [ an applfcution to tho magistrate at the police court . After tho x'ccoipt of tho letter Mrs . Woioro , ueoouinaniod by tho inau Marshall ,

    wont in a brouujhuin to 2 * , JJovonsluro-stroot , l ' orthmdi ) lucc , at which iiouso Mrs . Ross was lodging . Slio ( Mrs . ltoss ) was absent : il tho timo , and on her rotur-u homo « hu wan mot in tho paHsago by Mra . Moore , who , n (' t or saying that sho had rocoivod a lottor from 11 lawyer , « oi / . ocl hor by tho throat , struck her violent blowo on ihu l > udy , and Ihroatcnod to atraaiglo hor if who exposod iior . Sho callod Marshall to conio und aaaiut lmr . Mrs . lions cried out ' polioo' ub loudly mb ulio could , upon which Mr * . Mooro and A'Wahull jumped int-o tho brougham and drove « rt , A con-BiJorablo " crowd of puruona hud assembled . Mr . Long granted « warrant , ajjuiuat Mr * . Jlooro for tho asuault . mul uldu a aummoiiH fur her detaining JUru . l ! oaa ' u proporty , " At tho Ipswich Assizes wo have had an JGmgUsli Cnrden case , only » lig » t'y worao;—a rape having actually boon committed , and no matrimony having beon cwntcmji > latoil by w / iy of nsauagoment . William Moon , " a gi'iitloiiuui of proyorty , wan indicted for feloniously aasiiulting Mary Anno Iluvon , in tho

    August 5, 1854.] The Leader. 727

    August 5 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . 727

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 5, 1854, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05081854/page/7/