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      A Line Of Screw-Steamers In About To Com...

      associated together for the purpose , and have been assisted in their endeavours by those well-known kind-hearted gentlemen , E . V . Neale , Esq . and F . J . Furnival , Esq . They have taken with them a consignment of boots and shoes , the workmanship and property of the Working Shoemakers' Association . The Janet Mitchell has had 3 Irfl . Ohisholm ' s approval . It is to be hoped that their enterprise will be successful , for upon their success will hang the determination of many more in the same walks oflife . The men belonging to the Metropolitan Police have been informed that six Would be selected from those in each division , who wished to be candidates for service in Australia . There are seventeen divisions , and the number thus formed will consist of picked men , not above five years in the police , and presumed to be well acquainted with their duties . Each man will undertake to remain five years , or incur the penalty of 60 £ . ; pay , 7 s . 6 d . per day ; passage and all expenses paid .

      The Emigration Commissioners have called for contracts for the erection and furnishing with beds , bedding , and messing utensils , several emigrants' homes , or depots , in L ondon , Liverpool , Plymouth and Southampton , where the emigrants may live at the smallest possible cost during the time they are waiting for the sailing of the ships , and also to prevent them from being fleeced by the heartless land-sharks that continually beset their path . The London depot will be either at Greenwich or Blackwall , and will contain 300 emigrants ; Plymouth and Southampton the same number ; whilst the Liverpool home will be for 600 persons . The apartments will be on the same plan as the cabins onboard the vesels .

      Some time ago , our readers will remember , government resolved to make Freemantle , in Western Australia , a convict settlement . They have kept their resolution . The first batch , consisting of 250 , will be despatched earl y in the ensuing month of October . They will consist chiefly of persons who have served three years' probation in the Dartmoor and Pentonville convict prisons , and whose conduct there has entitled them to favourable consideration . Each convict will , on landing , receive a ticket of leave , strictly confining him to the colony of Western Australia . A company of enrolled Chelsea pensioners go out as a convict guard : their wives and children go with them , and they will be located in the country as military colonists .

      September 25, 1852.] The Leader. 917

      September 25 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 917

      An Irish Lady Wrote To Her Lover, Beggin...

      An Irish lady wrote to her lover , begging him to send her some money . She added by way of postscript , " so ashamed of the request I have made in this letter , that I sent after the postman to got it back , but the servant could not overtake him . " Mr . Hampton ' s balloon , called Erin-go-Bragh , which was to have ascended on Monday from the Pavilion Gardens , over against Woolwich , broke from its retaining cordage , ascended without a pilot , and when at a great height burst with a loud report . We gave such a full account of the hearing of the Montague and Tripe case before Sir Robert Carden , at the Mansion-house , some weeks ago , for their share in the swindle called the Australian Gold Mining Company , that we need only state they were both found " guilty" at the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday .

      Samuel West , a quarryman , is in custody at Leeds for the murder of his wife . They had gone to bed ; Mrs . West had been unwell for some time , and was still weak ; she refused to comply with the wishes of her brutal husband , and he leaped out of bed and stabbed her . Information reached the police on Saturday that a clever rogue had been duping tradesmen from Belgravia to Windsor . He simply presented himself , said ho was " Lord John Russell , " and everything was at hia command . By those means , ho , knowing human weakness , obtained a tilbury , in which ho drove to lTounslow , loading it , as ho proceeded , with goods of various kinds . From Hounslow lio went in a post-chaise to Windsor , whoro ho borrowed 31 . 14 s . of the waiter at the " Georgo . " Then his lordship disappeared .

      Smuggling tricks onco discovered aro useless . Ono of thoso was discovered on Friday weok by a customs Burveyor on board the Baron Osj / . Thcro wero 42 eases , each containing two largo tins ( apparently ) of rape-seed oil , but it turned out that there was ineroly a tube connected witli the mouth of the tin casks that contained oil , and afforded MufHeiont for examination , the remaining portion of tho cask being filled with snuff of very good quality . Tho whole 42 cttHCH woro Hcized and lowered into tho Queen ' s warohouso . Each tin caso contained nearly three quarters of a hundred of snuff : so tho quantity seized amounts to quito threo tons of snuff .

      " Our cottage is built of mud , by tho side of tho road , and adjoins tho Primitive Mothodist Chapel , " said Elizabeth Hird , in giving evidence against her husband on a chargo of assault , at Swindon Potty Sessions last weok . In that " 1 iou . no , ' whoso damp walls proMH on to tho " I ' rh & itivo Me-tho-< lint Chapol , " thoro in only " ono slooping-room . " " Wo havo nix children , " continued ' Elizabeth Bird ; " all sloop in ono room . " But it had another inhabitant . " M y oldest boy and my father uleop together , throe of tho children with " > . y daughter , Mary Bird ,, and tho youngest along with ""> and my husband . " Tho husband of Elizabeth Bird » ad conceived a brutal passion for his daughter , only twelve years old . Sho said her husband attended tho I rimit . ivo Mothodiist mooting , and ono evening had read from the Bible the story of . Lot and Jiiu daughters , and "aid Mmt h 0 could hIiow that Lot had committed no win , a » d that ho had told his daughter tho hiiiiio . Tho Bench bound over Thomas Bird to " keep the poaoo" !

      An inquoHt wan hold on Wednesday which led to a N' » Kular vordiel , showing tho roadinoss of jurios to conntruo ovidenoo in favour of huHimnds . Tho subject of tho inquiry wan how . lano Parry came by her death . Hhe wan found ' yin ^ on Bunduy at ijio bottom of the sUirri , dead . When oxiimjnod , tho bod y was dreadfully bruised on tho lower |> art of tho book . Richard Parry * nor husband , was taken »» to custody at tho timo , and brought boforo Mr . Elliot ,

      at the Lambeth police-court , on Monday , when he was remanded to await the result of the present inquiry . George Mitchell , who lodged in the same house as the Parrys , stated that the wife was very much intoxicated on Saturday night ; that she and her husband quarrelled ; that he heard a scuffle on the floor above , and a fall ; and that afterwards the husband came down and said his wife was lying at the bottom of the stairs . Mitchell assisted him up with the deceased , who was quite dead ; but he could

      not tell how she got at the bottom of the stairs . Mr Thompson ^ a surgeon , said he had examined the deceased , and he was of opinion that death was caused by concussion of the brain by deceased falling on her left temple while in a state of intoxication . There was a wound over the left eye , the result of the fall , and not of a blow . That caused instantaneous death . The jury returned as their verdict , " That deceased ' s death was caused by concussion of the brain , the result of a fall ; " but they took no account of the fearful evidence of severe beatings previously undergone .

      A Tanner, Recently Deceased, At Manchest...

      A tanner , recently deceased , at Manchester , is said to have left a fortune of 250 , 000 L , which he had accumulated in that trade . On th $ Duke of Atholl ' s property , near Dunkeld , there was , and may be still , a tree which had iu its course split the rock above , and grown through it . —From Notes and Queries . The bookseller , Schrader , of Leipzig , has been sentenced to four months imprisonment , for selling a work entitled " The Will of the People . " An old soldier , named James O'Neil , died at Salford , Manchester , the 16 th instant , who was born on the 2 nd of March , 1745 . He entered the army 1774 , at the age of 29 , served 38 years , and was discharged in 1812 . He had been 40 years a pensioner , and had attained the great age of 107 .

      The excavations on Weston-super-Mare-hill have been actively resumed under the superintendence of the Rev . F . Warre . Two skulls , bearing marks of great violence , a considerable quantity of coarse ware , two iron spear heads , glass beads , and a very large quantity of broken pottery , apparently of Roman date , among which no less than 200 brass coins of Constantine , Caransius , & c , were discovered . Two distinct shocks of earthquake were felt in Kingston , Jamaica , on the 20 th ult . ; the first very severe and of long duration , at about a quarter to 9 o ' clock ; and the other , which was rather slight , at about ten minutes after that hour . No injury to property or human life .

      The Official Gazette of Savoy , of the 19 th , states that a letter has been received at Genoa from a friend of Garibaldi , who relates that the latter , having made several voyages between Callao ( Peru ) , and Canton , has realized a sufficient sum from the sale of guano to purchase the vessel under his command ; that he has hoisted the Sardinian flag , and intends visiting the Mediterranean . A letter from Upsal ( Sweden ) , of the 7 th , announces the death on the previous day , from an attack of apoplexy , of Dr . Palmblad , who for the last twenty-two years has filled , with great renown , the chair of Greek language and literature at that university . He was in his sixty-fourth year , and was one of the greatest Greek scholars which Scandinavia ever produced . He has published several works on the language , which ho has studied through its various changes up to the present day .

      Last Week, The Honourable Charles Robert...

      Last week , the Honourable Charles Robert Wold Forester died suddenly in Cavendish-square . Ho was the brother of Lord Forester , andlato assistant military secretary of tho commander-in-chief at Dublin . His sudden death excited some suspicion , and an inquest was opened . From tho evidence taken it would seem that he had died from tho effects of medicine , composed partly of strong narcotic poison . Tho medicine was mado up from a regular prescription , and obtained from a chemist . Tho inquiry is

      still pending . Daniel Almond , a labourer engaged with others in fixing up the bronzo alto relievo on tho western face of tho pedestal of tho Nelson column , was dreadfully injured on Saturday by a gush of boiling lead spouting over him . Tho lead was being poured into the granite , to fasten tho bolts of tho cost , when it rushed hack . The cause of tho explosion of tho boiling lead in said to ho somo water in tho cavity of tho hole , which was instantaneously converted into steam , thus producing tho explosive power .

      Last Friday ono of tho huge gates of tho lock at tho Cumberland ' Basin , Bristol , foil from tho iron " eyes" on which it was hung . At present , Hays tho Bristol Mercury , tho fallon gate forms a complete impediment to tho entrance , as , tho small lock boing in tho hands of tho mamma , it obstructs the only avenue to tho basin . Tho workmen do not seom to regard tho accident a . s a bad job , for one of them , who must have curious notions concerning the speciality < rf Providence , was heard to nay , with apparent soriouHnoHH , to a companion , " Tho Lord in very good to uh , for no Hoonor in one job dono than ho hoikIh uh another . "

      Leaning against tho door of a railway carriage is very dnngorouH . Linton : —Mr . WillianiH , proprietor of tho Cambrian newspaper , was loaning upon the door of tho carriage in which lie was travelling , on tho Swansea and Carmarthen line , when the door Mew open , and he fell out upon tho lino an tho train wan proceeding at full hihhmI . His body fell dear of tho rails , but tho carriage-wheels passing over both his feet , out bin toon completely off . As tho down train , which left London at 7 r . iw . on Tuesday , was slowly coming up to tho platform at our terminus , an ' elderly lady not talcing the precaution , to wait until it had slopped , stopped from her carriage , and ininning her footing , slipped under the wheel . The moving train passed over her legH , completely cutting oil' ono foot , and injuring the other very severely .--. llritihton ( luardian .

      1 He Now Writs To Ho Used Under Tho Comm...

      1 he now writs to ho used under tho Common Law Procedure Act ( 16 th and 10 th ViotoVia , cap . 70 ) , which will tako cilbot on tho 24 th of October noxt , havo boon issued .

      They are very simple in form and language , and in accordance with the schedule annexed to the statute . A benefit is conferred by the 222 nd section , by which the Courts and Judges thereof may order amendments of all defects ana errors in any stage of the proceedings in civil causes , with or without costs , at their discretion . And it is provided by the 142 nd section , that in future the bankruptcy or insolvency of either the plaintiff or defendant shall not abate an action in the Common Law Courts . Among tho proceedings about to be abolished in the Court of Chancery are the writs of subpoena and summons upon a claim .

      It is directed by the new Chancery Act ( 15 and 16 Victoria , cap . 86 ) , that bills of complaints are to be " concise " after the commencement of the act , and to be divided into numbered paragraphs , but not to contain interrogatories-According to this Act the Master of the Rolls and the Vice-Chancellors , Avhen sitting in open court , are empowered to adjourn for consideration in chambers any matter which , in the opinion of the judges , may be more conveniently disposed of in chambers ; or when sitting in chambers to direct any matter to be heard in open court which cither of the judges may think ought to be so heard . The mode of proceeding before the Master of the Rolls and tho Vice-ChancelJors is to be by summons , and according to tho form now adopted by the judges of the superior courts of common law when sitting at chambers .

      Health Of London During The Week. A Furt...

      HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . A further , though not considerable , decrease in the mortality of London appears in the Return of last "week . The deaths registered were 913 . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1842-51 the average number was 1039 , which , if a correction is mado for increase of population , will be 1143 . The highest number registered in any corresponding week was 1981 , in the year 1849 , during tho cholera epidemic ; the lowest number occurred in 1842 , and was 766 . As regards the causes to which the deaths arc referred , the results of last week , when compared with those of the

      preceding , show a decline under the following heads : tubercular diseases , diseases of the nervous system , and of the heart ; while a small increase is apparent in the zymotic class , arising principally from diarrhoea and scarlatina . Fatal cases of diarrhoea and dysentery increased from 96 to 109 ; those of scarlatina from 58 to _ 67 . Five deaths from cholera were registered in the previous week , 8 in the last . Only 2 deaths are recorded as caused by measles . The cases of small-pox number not more than 12 , and all , except one , occurred to children ; a gardener , aged 32 years , who had lately come from WoybrHge , and had not been vaccinated , having died of the disease at Queen-streetCamden Town .

      , The births of 718 boys and 720 girls , in all 1438 children , were registered in London last week . The average number in seven corresponding weeks of the years 1845-51 was 1291 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in tho week was 29-612 in . The mean temperature was 54-3 ° ; in the preceding week it waa 60-7 . The mean daily temperature was below the average of the same days in ten years on every day of tho week . The decrease was greatest on Wednesday , Thursday , find Friday , when the temperature was more than 5 ° below tho average .

      Births, Marriages, And Deaths. Births. O...

      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On tho lOtli inst ., at Bath , tho wife of P . W . Culvert , Esq ., II . B . M . Consul at tho Dardanelles , of a daughter . On tho 17 th inat ., at New-street , Hpring-gardens , Lady Mayne , of a daughter . On tho 18 l , h inst ., at the Vineyard , Herefordshire , tho wife of Jolingor Synioiuls , Esq ., barrister-at law , of it son . On tlio lKth inst ., at Crumpsall-house , near Manchester , tlio wifo of Safin 8 ehwal > e , Hun ., of a son . On tho 10 th inst ., at Penzaneo , ( ho wife of E . 8 . T ' olking-Iiorne , Esq ., of a noil . MAHRIAflES . On tho Iflth innfc ., at St . Matthew ' s , C . osporl , James IT . Towell , Khi ] ., Paymaster U . N ., to HiwilIi Ann , . 'Iciest , daughter of John DavieH , Esq ., Master-Attendant of the Jtoyal Olaronco-Yaril . On tho 10 th inst ., at Bishopwourmouth Chureli , Henry , son of John Hmtt , Ksq ., of Kaweot t-stroet , to Emma , youngest daughter of the late John Goddart Tyler , Ksq ., of Itright . on . On tho lHth hist ,., at St . Leonard's , Hroinloy , Alexander Kilward , eldest son of James limes Diekoson , Ksq ., of llarloynlaoo , Bow-road , to Kli / . al > elh Harah , youngest daughter of tho Into Nathaniel < j ill , Esq ., of Hromloy , Middlesex . On tho lHtli inst ., at St . Nicholas" Church , Brighton , Lieutenant-Colonel PenlonHO , late Grenadier Guards , to Kliy . alxiUi Marian , youngest daughter of Charles Phillips , Ksq ., of Gordonsquaro , London . On tho lHth insl ,, at tho Church of tho Holy Trinity , llroinpton , Willium Langford , Ksq ., of Hummer-place , Onsl : > w-nquaro , to Karali Louisa , oldest daughter of David Dimes , Esq ., of Oimlow-HUiiarei .

      DKATILS . On tho IhI , hint ., at Albany , in ( ho United Htatos , after an illness of ton days , Laura Horthwick | known as Laura AddisonJ , third daughter of Thomas Wilmshui-Mt , Ksq ., of Walton-on-llin-Niizo , hlssex .. On the lUtli inst ., at Chacomlio Priory , NorthaniptoiiHliiro , Lieutenants lenoral William I'Yanois Hontineli Loflun , Colonel of tlm 50 th Itegiincnt , in tho ( tilth year of liin ugc . On the I Kill inn ! .., at his residence ( Mint hum-lodge , Woolwieliunion , having nearly completed his HOth year . Hir Jo hit Wol . lt , Knight , C . H ., K . C . U ., late Director General ol tho Ordnance Medical Department , for many years a justice ot tlio peaoo and Deputy Lieutenant of the county <>< Kent-On tho lHth . uhI ,., at I ' o . llaud-place , H . r Handlord Graham . Hartaged ( Mi ll

      .., . ,,.... % < i . r ,,,., , ; ,-,. Mm n ' t o H hiMHl .. at the Keetorv Cuxham , Oxfordshire , ho Kov . Fi-HiiniH Kuwd H . D .. '"'" &<»»« <> ' M «< rl .. ij College . Oxford , and for thirty . yean , reclor of Cuxham nn . l . ll . nt . iiio , in Urn mi ; r spirit ¦ ' * . •«" . <<'«««™« it ™ .. ™ . * * , « i ^!! : ' th ( 'Sh " ^" ^ & .,. ak , s Burroy , Charlotte , tho eldoat daughter of the Into Huron Bent .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 25, 1852, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_25091852/page/9/