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      Tiio Montreal Herald, Of Tho 22nd Ult., ...

      present season , * and also a comparison of the deaths daring the years 1832 , 1834 , 1849 , and 1854 . The number of deaths in 1832 , for a period of twenty-two weeks , was 1895 ; in liB 34 , seven -weeks , 913 ; in 1849 , seven weeks , 406 ; and for "eight weeks in 1854 , the deaths were 1186 . The Herald says : — 'The disease in each case appears to have shown the greatest violence within a short period of its appearance . In 1832 , the day of tJie greatest mortality was the 19 th of Jnne , and the ninth or tenth day of the plague . The number of deaths that day was no less than 149 .

      870 T H E Lea D E R. [Saturday

      870 T H E LEA D E R . [ Saturday

      The President Of The Board Of Health Lia...

      The President of the Board of Health lias issued a circular to the medical profession , asking their cooperation in-the formation of a record of cures of choleraic diseases , their treatment , and results , and states that a form of return has beep prepared , and trill be issued to all qualified practitioners .

      Our Civilisation. At 'Marlborough-Street...

      OUR CIVILISATION . At 'Marlborough-street , James Buckton , No . 14 , Castle'Streefc , eatiigrhouse keeper , has "been committed for trial , charged with having forcibly violated Harriet Wyon , a girl sixteeu years of age , his servant . - . ¦ ' ' ; ,, : ' . . ;• • - . ' ¦ . ¦ ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦

      At The Westminster Police-Court The Seco...

      At the Westminster Police-court the second act of the I > fama of the Courier and the Farmer's Wife has "been played . ¦ ¦ . ¦''• '¦ . . . ¦ , ¦ . '' ¦ . '"¦¦' . : ¦' . ¦ : ¦ ' [¦¦ :. V On the . day appointed for the re-examination , of the alleged Massey TBd \ vards , chatged with fobbing a Mrs . Skiryins , of At 10 s ., the prbsecutrix arid her witnesses , accompanied by Mr . Bussell , her solicitor * attended at twelve o ' clock . The accused , when calied upon , " was not in attendance-Mr . Bussell regretted the accused was hot there , as he hadtery , little doiibt that he could show that he was a person of notoriously ; bad character , and' had recently undergone ninexnonths' imprisonment-for a felony . : Mr . Broderip intimated that from the intelligence that & ad reachedhim there could be very little doubt , either ; about the character of Slrs . ^ Skirvins , although she had pretended to ba so Tttspectable . He did not tliink thatvrhen the history of Mfs ^ Skiryins ' s former habits and life was revealed there would , be much chance of prosecuting the accused with success . ; - '' .-. ''¦ - ; . ' . ... '¦ .. . ' 'V ; , . ¦ ' .: . ' . " , Mr » Bussell said that the accused had heen guilty of gross misrepresentations , and he was armed witli evidence to coniirm Mrs . Skirvins ' s account , and it was due to the proprietor of the honse where this had occurred to say , that slie was not a ^ are of what was going on-Mr- ^ roderip observed that if the accused ' s recognizances were estreated ^^^ and '¦ 'if ^ as Mri Bus 3 ell wished , proceedings should be taken to recapture the accused , both prosecutor-and accused were such bad * characters that ho jury cotildi be expected to « onvict . -Mr .-Bussell insisted on goiiig on witih the prosecution . " The necessary instructions for the apprehension of Edvrardff were then issued .

      At ;The Lamljeth Police Court, On Monday...

      At ; the Lamljeth Police Court , on Monday , Mr . William Smithy of John's-hill , Waridsworth , sixty years of age , who described himself < as a commission agent , was placed at the bar on a charge of stealing three ; gold rings , of the value of 20 a . > and 5 s . Cd . in cash , the property of Miss Louisa White , at a coffeehouse , No , 51 , in the London-road , Southwark . The complainant , a fashionably-dressed and rather goodlooking , female , who described herself as a cap-maker , residing at 38 , Uxbridge-street , Newington-causeway , deposed thftbon the . preceding afternoon she went as far as Greenwich , to take . the . fresh air , and on her return she met the prisoner close to tike Elephant and Castle , when ho addressed her imd after some conversation they went together to a coffee-house in the London-road , and then ho proposed to remain with her for the night , and they engaged a bed there .

      Tho witness hero went-into a long nnd minute detail of what transpired for upwards of an hoar while they remained there , and concluded by saying , that when the prisoner was going away in an hour , though ho had arranged to stop for the night , she missed three gold rings , whkih she hud placed on tho table , and , subsequently , 5 s Gd ,, which had' been . tnken from the pocket of the dross she had taken off . Tho accused ( a married man ) , and who seemed rather disturbed by the publicity of the affair , principally on account pf his wife , denied that the charge ¦ was anything but an attempt at extortion , and stated that it was preferred only out of revenge for his haying detepted the " lady " in robbing him . Cortain doubts being thrown on the character of tho complainant by tho police , tho magistrate believed Mr . Smith ' s story . And discharged him .

      At Cleufcenwell, A Case Of Violated Dome...

      At Cleufcenwell , a case of violated domestic happiness , ending in an attempt at a novel mode of suicide , hns been brought forward . William Pickles , aged 33 , residing at 44 , Smilce-etreet , Kent-road , waa charged with attempting to commit suicide , lie had thrown himself on the rails of the Northern Railway , at King ' a-croua Station , awaiting destruction by tho firet train : — Tho prisoner oriod , and said , in ddfenoo , ho was very florrv ; but tho fact w « s that Ijo was dotingly and foolishly fond of his wifo , who had run away with another man . and noticing able to find her , ho booiuno miserable , hud drunk XAthor freely , and wandered about until Iio urrivod ot tho irttuw « y , when , being tired of hia life , nnd Hoeing tho train wjvpronohing . ho thought lying on tho lino would bo a speedy » i «; ho 4 « fi | , elf 4 deijtruotlon .

      The magistrate advised the prisoner to pluck up a little philosophy , and despise one wfco seemed to care so little for him as his wife had done . The prisoner was discharged on putting in bail to keep the peace .

      A Singular Case Of Suicide Has Occurred ...

      A singular case of suicide has occurred in Chelsea . Miss Phoebe Todd was celebrated as " the most beautiful girl in Chelsea . " Her father insisted on her marrying a man of great wealth , who was to take her to India . She disliked the match , but her father was relentless , and with the bridegroom went to Doctors ' -commons for tbe license . " Whilst they had gone for this instrument the unhappy youn ° ; lady retired to the ¦ water-closet and ended nor miseries by nearly severing her head from her body . An

      inquest was held on the body , and a verdict of ' Temporary insanity' was found . The neighbours who applied fin- admission at the inquest were refused , on the plea of . the drawing-room being full . T | i « unfortunate young lady was buried at St . Luke ' s Church , Chelsea , on Tuesday , and long before the hour of interment the space opposite Mr . Todd ' s house was crowded with females of all classes . As soon as Mr . Todd showed himself , the females hissed , and this conduct was followed throughout to the church , when the police had to use their staves to keep the women from actual violence . ' '

      At Preston, Owen M'Culloeh, A Tailor, Ki...

      At Preston , Owen M'Culloeh , a tailor , killed his daughter , a child ! of ten years old . He came h 6 me one night , and being provoked because a man ; had fetched a \ ray a ferret during his absence , M'CuJloeh rose , -with a stick inhis hand , to strikehis daughter , who bat on a :: ch ' 2 ^ r ' xijUTsipg / . ' an ' ^' 'inffliiit : The mother stepped between them and received a . blow on the eye . : She says she did pot see whether her husband struck deceased or not . In the affray , however , both the child and the chair she sat on fell . When taken up $ he . child was fJouhd t 6 be insensible , and death , ensued inimediately . He has fceen committed for trial . > " . " - '¦ : ¦ ¦ '¦ . ¦ . ' . ' ¦ " .: . '¦ ' '¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ " ' : i

      Another Offering Was About To Be Mad« To...

      Another offering Was about to be mad « to the domestic Moloch ; according to the records of the M . irylebone -Police Court . . Ann Parker , a married \ Voman , was charged with having attempted to drown her two . « hildrenj ll « nry Parkerj aged six years , and Thomas Parker , aged four years , by ' throwing them into -the Regentfs-canal , ; Regent's-park . The prisoner , who was of short stature , and w-hose right eye was blackened ; and swollen , as if fiom . the effect of some severe blow , was accompanied by her childVen , vho stood on . either side of her , and exhibited tho most sincere affection to their parent , ¦ whi ch was plainly reciprocal oh her part .- —A policeman stated that he saw one child in the water , and the woman

      about to throw in the other , He interposed , and she offered some resistance , and said tliat if he had . not ; mado his appearance at the time ho dM * it was her intention to have urowried the child she had In her arms and then to have thrown herself into the canal . When he got to the top of the bank she tried to release h erself from him , and partially succeeded to run down the bank . He had . much difficulty in takiqg her to the . station-house , where , while the charge was being taken , she again said that sho intended to do for the two children . She was there very violent , and it took three policemen to place her in her cell . She afterwards said she came from Plaistowy mEssex , and that her husband had deserted her , and that he had done so several times .

      The Working: Man's Emigration Society Is...

      The Working : Man ' s Emigration Society is gaining an unenviable notoriety . A complaint was made by an intended emigrant at Glerkenwell Police-court , that he ' was unable to-get back some subscriptions he had made to the society , for the purpose of being conveyed to Australia . A summons was granted against the secretary . Shortly after this complaint was made , Mr . Prancis Coleman Soper , the secretary of tho society , was placed at the bar charged by Mrs . Eliza Skinner , a handsome young woman , with having violently and indecently assaulted her as follows : —

      " I live at No . 18 , Bedford-street , Red Lion-sijuaro , whore the Working Man ' s Emigration Socioty is hold . I lodge with my husband and fainilj at tho top part of tho house . Tho defendant is the Inndlora of tho house . On Friday last I was in the wriaU-houso whori Mr , Sopor oumo in and took hold of me . I pushed hirn siway . Ho wanted mo to kiss him , and ho aslced mo to kiss liim ; I told him of his brutal conanct towards me , and snid it was cruel . I nsked him whethor ho had forgotten 3 » is cruelty towards me on the Monday before . Ho said ho did not ranombor . I told him

      hia conduct had boon cruol to mo nil tho week . Ho said , ' What dirty potticoats you have got on , ' and ho pulled mo about and broke nry Btny-borto , and Bruised mo . Ho ran away . Ho thon went away into h 3 s ofllco . My child , threo years of ago , was in tho yard when ho ill-usou mo , nnd scroamoil . On Monday ho pulled mo into his oflice , and shut ma in . I saw no more of him until Jtaidny . My husband waa upstairs and hoard tho screams of tho child , nnd saw tho dofondant ill-using mo . My husband spolco to him , and ho denied it . and Bold it was am attempt tooxtort money from him . I had complained to my husband , of tho defendant ' s oonduot towards xno . " Tho defendant denied tho charge , said it waa trumped for the purpose of extortion , and accused Mrs , SMnnor of previous ) levity . Ho also sought to prove an . " alibi . " Tho case was remanded for inquiry . On . a subsequent day witneseoa were called , who proved an " alibi , " apparently not very much to tho satisfaction of tho magistrate , and Mr . Sopor waa discharged .

      ^ A forward youth of fourteen , named Thomas Dennis , was charged at Guildhall with takinir 5 / **?* } hia _ mother ' s tea-caddy . He was apprehended at the Victoria Theatre , but attempted to shoot the policeman wieli a pistol loaded with small shot which he stated "he had bought to shoot his father with ' He was remanded .

      The Rev. Henry Honing, A Clergyman Of Th...

      The Rev . Henry Honing , a clergyman of the Church of England , and formerly curate of North Pickenham , Norfolk was charged before the Norwich magistrates with begging m the streets . On Sunday morning , as the congregation were leaving the cathedral , the prisoner was standing in front of the great west door with the following placard suspended in front of him : — " f The Lord ordained that they which preach the Gospel should live of 1 he Gospel . ' The Church of England -withholds from me the justice of that tribunal which the civil law grants to the common muiderer ! Such is the spirit of that Church which , professedly , invites the prodigal to repentance , I have spent 18001 . in her service , and have been driven to pass three nights in the streets of Norwich , and six nights in the lock-up ( a hole where there is only straw laid upon the stone floor ) , solely for ths want of better and proper accommodation . The mayor and magistrates have encouraged me to ap ply to . every one that has a heart to feel for the miseries' of a fellow-creature . I earnestly solicit d % . ' - » ¦ ' ' ' 4 4 ' ^ '<^ a « ^ ___ " ^ 0 the

      . sympathy -and charity of an enlightened public , to enable me to live day by day , and to defend myself from the tyranny and persecution of the Bishop of Norwich . — -Norwfch-streefc , Sept . 9 ;~ Hbnbv Herring . " The cattse was alleged to be the smallness of the prisoner ' s salary ( 12 / . a year ) , as ushet in a school . He was discharged ou promising to give up vagrancy .. The following appears in the Cork Examiner ;~ An investigation of Ji {; ii y ate nature was held on Saturday at the Police-office , in wliich . it man named Noonan , who was stated to he a farmer living at Silvcrspving , was charged with haring violated the person of a youiig girl named Jano Taylor ^ on the evening of- Wednesday last , aoout four or iive o ' pJpcki As the witness herself described it , the prisoner commenced ' romping' with her and the other girls , but after the' romping' had ceased the other girls went away , and the prosecutrix was also preparing to lea ' , -when the prisoner locked the gate upon her , and , as she swore , forcibly effected ha puroose ; The caseiis not yet decided .

      Pver-Iiegislation. The Magistrates Are S...

      pVER-IiEGISLATION . The magistrates are still , being called on to decide Questions tinder the new Sunday Closing Act . At the Thames Police Gpurt , ( p n Monday , Mr . George Bix , the landlord of the King Oeorge public-house in Nightingale-lane , -which separates the London-dock from ihe ! St . Katharine-dock , in the parish of St . Botolph Without , Aldgate , appeared before Mr . Ingham to answer a summons talcen / out by Inspector Maroh , of the H division , which charged him with unlawfully opening his house for the sale of wine , spirits , beer , and other fermented and distilled liquors , after the hour of ten at night , on Sunday , the 3 rd instant .

      It was proved that the defendant , his wife , and tiuree other persons , vere in the house : on the table waa a glass with gin-and-water . In his defence he said that about half-past nine o ' clock a gentleman introduced a respectable married lady into the house , a . hd said that a relative had died of the cholera , at No . 44 , Burr-street , close by , and requested him to shelter the lady , while he went to the house ,-which tho lady , who was labouring under illness , did not like to visit . Of course , ho could not refuse such a request , and the lady went into tho parlour , and was supplied with three-pennyworth of brandy . At ten o ' clock he closed his liouse , and shut the door ; but ho allowed the lady to remain until her friend called for her , and said she was at liberty to join him and his

      family . A customer , named Nolan , was also permitted to remain , and join the family circle , but called for nothing after ten o'clock . They were discussing religious topics and tho new Beer AeUuntil twenty minutes after eleven , when the lady ' s friend , who was accompanied by his cousin and two ladies , knocked at the door , and were admitted , and wore followed by the policeman , but none of them called for , or wore served with , anything whatever , and immediately afterwards quitted the house . The gin-and- ¦ water in the glass was tho remains of some lip had boom drinking himself . This was confirmed by the persons present , and tho police stating that thero had never been a complaint against tho house , tho summons was dismissed .

      The licensed victuallers' agitation against tho act continues . Tho Metropolitan and Provincial Licensed Victuallers Defence Association had anothor meeting at Drury Lnno Theatre on Thursday , won they agreed to the r « loa of the society and appointed its officers- Similar organisations are going on i » tho provinces , and especially In Lancashire : anJ it is TUKlorfltood that most of those bodioa are in communication with the now metropolitan eooioty * ft " thoro is a probability of an organisation of the trodo all over tho kingdom . Tho , odltor of tho Morning Advertiser announces hia return from abroad , and promises to break tho silonco of that journal on that oubject by a series of articles which arc to sot everything right :,

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 16, 1854, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16091854/page/6/