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      Garotte Robbery.—A Man Named Henry Thoma...

      At * Adroit Thief . —James Simpson , a costermonger , Las been found guilty at the Middlesex Sessions of stealing a portmanteau from the roof of a cab while the vehicle was being driven along the streets . He was Been to climb up behind , and to pull down the portmanteau , with which he made off , but was pursued and captured . He was sentenced to fifteen months' hard labour . Murdeb IN Hastings Gaol . —A gaoler of the prison at Hastings w & s'inurdered last Monday by one of the prisoners confined 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 tlie gaol-yard . In course of the a ternoon of the same day , Murdock was seen by two boy 3 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 pocket-picking . During their imprisonment , they made a statement to some of the o cials accusing a third man , named Young ( who had . been brought up with them for the same offence as Tthat 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 a ter 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 cox'oaer ' sjury . A Child Burnt by its Grandmother . —An infant child has been burned to death at a little village near Maltdn . 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 kill the child by burying

      tfc , burnt it in the house 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 her father , in consequence o 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 .

      ~ March 15, 1856.] The Leader. 249

      ~ March 15 , 1856 . ] THE LEADER . 249

      America. Mb. Mason, On The 25th Ult., Su...

      AMERICA . 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 as that of Lord Clarendon . The complicity of the

      English Government , with the acts of its agents , he conceived was not capable of a successful denial . Mr . Crittenden thought the English Government had made sufficient apology , and nothing fu rther could be demanded . After muoh further debate , Mr Mason ' s resolution was adopted . The Washington correspondent of the Boston Courier says , it ia understood that Mr . Ci-ampton will bo 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 wholo dispute .

      _ Some particulars with respect to the Central American question are given in the Washington correspondence of the New . York Herald , where wo read : — " The first offer of arbitration waa marlo a long time before the death of the Emporor Nicholas , and occurred in this wise : —Lord Clarendon and Mr . Buchanan wore jLn . conversation , when Lord Clarendon said , that , if thore was a difference of opinion in regard to tho treaty , they would refer it for arbitration to some third Power . Mr . Buchanan replied , 'Well rofor it ; but whom on God ' s earth shall wo rofor it to I Tho only Power in tho world to whom wo could refer it , in whose integrity a ud independence wo should have confidence , ia tho Emporor Nioholrvi . Yon have ohoson to go to war with tho only man to whose arbitration the United States oould aafoly entrust it , wad now how can wo rofev it V Tho Now York oomineroial nooouats state that tho

      European intelligence by the Atlantic and the Asia ¦ wa s 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 that country with the United States , so far as the possibilities of war are supposed to be involved . Nicaragua is peaceful . The provisional Government ha 3 annexed the Mosquito territory , aud 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 Hai * o Ytamarez . Th « 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 lBt of January . Letters from Hayti 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 . Ramon Bustos has

      been killed . Previous to this ^ invasion , an inroad made by Flores and others meb with a defeat . Notwithstanding these disturbances , business has been in a favourable condition . A little disagreement has arisen at Rio between the English Admiral Johnstone and the Commodore of the United States station at that spot , owing to the desire o the 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 disagreement tenninated in a friendly manner .

      Ireland. Special Commission Fob Cavan. —...

      IRELAND . Special Commission fob Cavan . — It ia stated that a special commission fbr " i > h . e trial of the persons charged with the murder of Mass 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 Tippebakt Bank . —The Master in Chancery , Dublin , has appointed the Bank of Ireland to act in the capacity o interim manager of the affai re of the Tipperary Bank , until an official manager shall be appointed . Capture op a Riband Gang . —A letter from

      Roscommon announces the capture on the 7 th inst . 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 their associates yet at large , many of whom have fled ^ he neighbourhood of their exploits . Mb . 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 Sliqo 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 tho course of his speech . He said : — " My pai-ty—the party to which I have given an uniform support for the last nineteen years —are now in office . My friends , I am proud— . per haps it ia vanity in mo to say so , but I am proud to acknowledge that I am honoured with the fiiendship of the greatest of living statesmen—tie greatest man in Europe—Lord PHlinerston . He ia my bosom friend . I acknowledge that I am here as his oandidato , I may say his nominee . I admit it ; " I will nqt disguise tho foot ; I will admit it . I had a claim upon his Government for my honourable support for sixteen long ' years . I can be of move service

      individually and collootivoly to the people of Sligo than M »\ Wynne can possibly bo in his present position . Mr . Wynne oould not ask a favour of tho present Government . I know his high honour . I know ho would not sacrifice prinoiplo to ask n favour . lam in a different position . I am plaoed iu tho position not to ask , but to command favours from the Government . " Spanking of bhopotitious presented agiiiuafc tho return of the lato Mr , J . Sadleir , ho observed : — " Mi . Henry Lyons , Mr . John Lyoua , aud Dr . Wood , wore ba « J enough to aoouao me of Helling that petition . They noousod the humble individual who repudiated tho offor of £ 10 , 000 , —n sum , 1 toll you fruukly , that would huvo boon important to mo . 1 repudiated tho notion . I refused tUo offor ton times ovoi \ I waa naked to writo down what I would huvo . aud I would

      have nothing . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Townley ' s a « -ent , 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 enough . many of my friends said to me " I was a fool—to refuse an offer £ 10 , 000 to sell you . " The Poisonhtg Case at Newrt . —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 Kewry , on the 25 th of February . The two prisoners were young men , assistants in the shop of Mr . Connor , an apothecary at Howry , and the charge against them-waB that , through carelessness or ignorance in making up a prescription of Sir Henry Marsh , they had , instead of tincture of chirayita or ehiretta , substituted the root of aconite , which the unfortunate gentleman had taken , and shortly afterwards expired . The prisoners were found guilty , and sentenced to the mitigated punishment of four months' imprisonment .

      Contineittal Notes. Trance. Prince Jeros...

      CONTINEITTAL NOTES . TRANCE . Prince Jerosee has been attacked by a serious illness . On the evening of Friday week he was seizedwith ajfluxion depoitri-ne ( inflammation , of the chest ) , which at first exhibited alarming symptoms . These , however , have since mitigated ; but the Prince is still under medical care . „ Count Orlo continues to excite the greatest degree of curiosity at Paris . " The moment he makes his appearance in a salon , " say the Times correspondent , " he is sure to be the centre of a numerous group of both sexes , who scan every f eature 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 cariosity of the beholders that rnanyof the reports one finds floating the following day may be traced to inferences hastily formed after such a scutiriy . He seldom smiles , or , he does , Ms smiles , the moment they appear , hide themselves in the hair of his upper lip , as if ashamed to be seen at 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 maussade , were more than once neap each other on a particular evening , but did not speak , t ean & ot _ say whether it occurred by deBign 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 tlhexninisters , 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 . "!

      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 which purpose he will send a Cardinal'expressly . The Queen of Sweden will be the godmother , and will be represented by a special envoy . The persecution of ' the press is unabated ia France . The Pressehas been obliged to discontinue the pub - lication of a novel en feuilleton by Eugene Sue , entitled La , Femme de Lettres , 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 is 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 JPelletau in the Presse again . His articles are models of style , and the thought is always elevating , generouB , and pure . Eluding with consummate art the difficulties of the regime under which the expression of opinion now languishes in France , Eugene Pelletnn writes always boldly in tho . sense o his convictions , and iu uo spirit of his political faith .

      An incident occurred a few days ago in one of tho chief salons of Paris , whioh serv es to show that the rancour of the chiefs of tho ancient parties against the existing rifftDiti is far from extinct . In the midst of tho soiree , Count Fiohault and Count Moray wore announced , M . nnd Mndamo Tlriors , M . and Madame Rbmusat , M . and Madame cYHausBonviUe , and other viwibure , immediately rose , saluted tho mistress of tho house , and withdrew . Tho salon was then almost empty ; two or three diplomatic ba alone remained to keep MM . Flalmult and Moray company . —Paria Correspondent of Le Nord . It ia announodd by tho Ptui , s Presse that measures have been tnkon to oxpol from the Buurso women who , to ovtulo tho rule uguiunt tho admission oi fomalos , have lately boon iu tho habit of going ttoere in mnlo attiro .

      Crowds aro Hooking ovory day to tho Rue vivioime t 6 boo the Imperial nplendourb designed for tho aom fort aud adornment of the anticipated infant . The Siiclc oxouson itself from publishing tho core

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 15, 1856, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15031856/page/9/