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      The Late Dr. Linoari) . The Morning Chro...

      priest , labouring among the collier population of Newcastle . The book came modestly into the world , bearing neither the impress of Albemarle-street nor the Row . It was indeed printed and published locally , but its learning and its philosophy , its richness of thought and its meekness of spirit speedily procured extended and permanent fame for the humble adventurer from the presses of the Tyne . Dr . Lingard was then in his thirty-seventh year . He had been born in 1769—a fruitful year , by the way , in great men . Both Wellington and Napoleon were born during its progress ; but we may mention that Sir " Walter Scott , whose birth has been attributed , by a recent annalist of the historian , to the same year , did not see the light until the year 1771 . Young Lingard was one of

      the hard , clear , and persevering brains of Lancashire . He was early dedicated to the priesthood , and studied at that seminary so famous in the annals of modern English Catholicism , Douai . Having entered Holy Orders he returned home , and commenced his laborious duties as an earnest , anxious , working priest among the collier population of Northumberland . As we have seen , however , his sacred and official duties did not prevent his devoting a great portion of the mental powers with which he was gifted to the elucidation of the early ecclesiastical and ecclesiological condition of Great Britain . The work brought him fame , and to some extent the means of leisure . They were used nobly . The

      Erovincial priest conceived the grand design of the tistory of England , to be executed of course from the point of view prescribed naturally by his sympathies , and authoritatively by his creed . Into neither the merits nor the characteristics of that great work is it at all necessary now to enter . The former are acknowledged and appreciated—the latter are known and understood . Dr . Lingard ' s Catholic History of England is a legitimate and complete chronicle—adding , as it does , the annals of the kingdom , as seen by the light of the old faith , to the records written by the light of the new ; and the records , we may add , inspired by the peculiar gleam of no creed whatever .

      " The History of England va question was a work of great toil and research . In its progress the author spent much time in the noble library of the Vatican , and amongst the very curious collection of historical records left by the Stuarts , and now preserved at Rome . The first volume appeared thirteen years after the publication of the earlier and introductory work . The author was then the unobtrusive and beloved priest of the same little Lancashire village , that of Hornby , in which he died . Volume after volume of the great and national work in question came forth , but the author ' s fame never

      drew him from his retirement . He had no taste for ecclesiastical pomp , and no wish for ecclesiastical preferment . More than once his name was mentioned in cennection with a cardinalship ; but the great honours of the Old Faith were more often awarded to the bustling political intriguants of the day , than to the retired and unobtrusive professors of learned literature , and the non-political possessor of profound scholarship . Dr . Lingard has been described by those who knew him well , as equally remarkable for manly modesty and genuine independence of character . The public story of his life is the register of the shccpss of his books . The man

      was a citizen and an earnest professor of his creed . The historian was a philosopher and a Christian in the widest and most elevated sense of the term . " This account , however , omits one important act of Dr . Lingarcl ' s literary life . The Globe says : — " Various publications have issued in a pamphlet form from his pen , but we wish to direct the attention of his co-reiigionists to a work which his death permits announcing aa his own . We mean an English version of the New Testament , published anonymously by Dolman , in 1830 , and which for accuracy , terseness , and truth , is far preferable to the very defective translation of Douai . " Dr . Lingard lived and died in a state of manly independence of the Court of Home . All parties regret hi . s Io . nr , and acknowledge his worth . We append the following interesting letter from the medical adviser of Dr . Lingard to Mr . Dolman the publisher : — ' <( c- r , , , „ ,. " lancashT , JulySl , 1851 . bir , — -lhc late Dr . Lingard is represented in some new 8 i > aper as afraid of going to bed , because afraid to Sic . " For many ynara , probably thirty or more , I have had he confidence of tho venerated historian , as lm medical UlviHcr and fm-ml . 1 beg to state that he never muni-« f h Lnv £ " 1 " ™ Casio 11 . » 'a » evi . r an unreasonab le fear of any kind . He was , in my humble judgment an wise thoroughl y disophued , an is attainable in t ) ii « life . .,.,,. " [ " ; « llM ! ««» olr ,, f hi * last nines * , IVUH uniformly h eiful tranquil , and r ,. * i , u-il . Not a word or goHture "By r . Ti' ' " Vl ' . " *"'" , « r dread of any K , d My i * l . gi ,, UH crml 1 H afferent f . om hi » and vourn « nd I am p . ^ onally unknown to you ; hill J tZ'Z"lnt ^ T- d ^ " *< : »** ' * ' > *»« ' » -ur " v « u will u " . h s POHlh . unou . s character . You will name , as you think proper . J I remain , « ir , your * very faithfully , " CltlKTOl'lIKIt JoilNHON "

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      Hie Story Of Ann J1icks. 1'W Chhch <»F O...

      HIE STORY OF ANN J 1 ICKS . 1 'W chhch <» f otUcial injiiHtioo in a petty way equal thul ( i Am , Hicks . The ntory in briefly as followH :- ~ 7 " * ! was l > rou Kht before Mr . Hnrdwick , at the M jirl , on , u | , _ Htrc « t Police Office , on Wednesday JJ < ( k laHt , on a ch « r Bo of Helling cakes and other < leiVark > h « d «* ° ™« ed that culling in Hydepurk ever Binco »!« , vaa flve years old ; that it wan

      hereditary in her family—her father and grandfather having both successively carried on the same trade on the same Royal domain ; and that the privilege of keeping a stand for the traffic in question rested on an express Royal licence , granted to her grandfather by George II ., in reward for the signal public service of helping to get that Monarch out of the Serpentine— there being no Royal Humane Society in those days . She further stated—what is , if possible , a yet more material fact in the history of the casethat , about seven years ago , when the present Duke of Newcastle was Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests , she received his permission—dictated ,

      we may assume , by a considerate regard to the antecedent circumstances to which we have referred—to convert the family stall into a substantial stone lodge ; and that she thereupon invested £ 130 , the whole savings of her life , in the erection of the well-known " White Cottage , " near the Serpentine . Soon after the building of the " Crystal Palace" was commenced , she received from Lord Seymour , to her amazement and dismay , a peremptory notice to quit , accompanied by the liberal announcement that the Commissioners of Woods and Forests , in consideration of her ejectment , were prepared to make her an allowance for house rent for a short period after her removal . The

      only reason given for this summary proceeding was , that " the board had immediate occasion for her removal . " Mrs . Hicks , however , probably under the idea that some mistake had been committed , or possibly in the hope that a sense of justice might gradually return to the authorities , delayed for some little time to execute upon herself the dreadful sentence which had been passed upon her . She was accordingly served with a second and more imperious notice , together with a generous offer to remove her furniture gratis , and a considerate specification of the amount—five shillings a week—intended to be

      allowed to her for the space of one year . At last she was , it seems , ejected by force , and her house was pulled down . All her attempts to obtain compensation completely failed ; the commissioners would not even give her , despite the kind interposition of Lord Dudley Stuart , the value of the materials of her confiscated tenement ; and the next appearance of poor Mrs . Hicks was in Kensington-gardens—as the spirits of the departed are said to return to the spots they loved in life— " woebegone and very shabby in appearance , with a basket of three-a-penny cakes on her arm . "

      Now , we submit that while the heirs of the Duke of Schomberg , while the Pendletons , and other recipients of the public funds , large and small , continue to pocket sums yearly , for services rendered ' to former monarchs at critical junctures—while spies are paid and pimps rewarded , Ann Hicks , if not allowed to earn her living , without being a farthing expense to the public , by selling " refresh - ments" in the Park , ought at least to receive compensation for her property destroyed by order of Lord Seymour . 23 ut the hero of * Kensington ride is beyond vulgar influences . Perhaps he will not be so well able to bear the stigma of a respectable public opinion . The subscriptions received at the police offices , by the Times and other journals , are so many verdicts returned against him of " guilty of unpardonablo cruelty towards an honest anil a helpless woman . "

      The Norwich Murder. ^ At The Lambeth Pol...

      THE NORWICH MURDER . ^ At the Lambeth Police Court , on Monday , Sergeant George Quinncar , an active officer belonging to the S division of police , accompanied by Mrn . Elizabeth Faucett , the wife of a mechanic , residing at No . 1 ( 5 , Alfred-place , Old Kent-road , attended before the Honourable G . O . Norton and made the following very ningular statement : —Quinnear said , that at the beginning of last month , a painter named Simon

      Richard Gouch . was employed at the mansion of Huron de Goldsmid , Somer-hill , Tunbridgo , and having represented himself as a single man , hud offered marriage to Ann iiuiley , a housemaid in the establishment of the baron . The young woman , having no reason to doubt his professions , consented to become his wife ; and , having given regular notice , left her service on the ( 5 ih of June for London , accompanied by Gouch . Oil the Oth or 10 th of June .

      the father of the young woman Bailey , and the father also of Mrs . Faueott , then present , received , at Iuh residence at NewcHHtle-on-Tyne , a letter from ( Joueli , in which he stated that he hud married Inn daughter , and that they were living very happy at No . , ' ( , ' { , Willimn-fctnet , HanipHtead-road . This letter Mr . Bailey forwarded to the wife of ( Joih-Ii , who , he had ascertained , wiih then living at Wai worth and Hhe recei

      on pt of it at once proceeded to ;{ . ' } , Williarn-Htrcet , ilampsteiid-road , and rushed into the apartment while the runaway couple were at breakfast . Some high words were heard above stairs . Gouch ohuh ! down , and informed the landlady that in consequence of tho unexpected death of an uncle , he mum leavo tho house at once . Having paid the rent due , the three went away , carrying their luggage with ukmii . Quinnenr made . inquirh-H , and ascertained that on the vnmc . lay Mrs . Gouch returned to her lodging ,, in Aim ' H- terrace , Wai worth , with a female , who aipwpred to tho description of Ann JUuilcy , and

      at once sent for Mr . Dick , a broker , to whom she sold the whole of her goods , with the exception of one bed and a few paintings . These latter articles she had . carried into the Wai worth-road , and , stopping a cab , had them placed on the top of that vehicle . She then drove off with the young woman , and from that time all trace was lost of them , as well as of Gouch himself . x Finding that Gouch ' s father , who is a Baptist minister , resided but a short distance from Norwich , that Gouch himself had served his apprenticeship in that city , and that Mrs . Gouch was also a native of that place , Quinnear made inquiries at the Eastern

      Counties Railway , with a view of ascertaining if such persons had proceeded to Norwich at that time ; but so great had been the traffic occasioned by the Exhibition , that he could get no trace of them beyond the fact , that on theday in question 3 s . 6 d . had been received for luggage to Norwich , and this would be about the amount that would be paid for the conveyance . One of the porters also informed him chat he had observed a large deal box painted red amongst the Norwich luggage , and the young woman Bailey had a box precisely similar painted red . Quinnear added that , in consequence of the strongly expressed opinion of Mrs . Faucett that the mutilated remains of a female body , found in the vicinity of Norwich , were those of her sister Ann , Mr . Robinson , the

      superintendent of the P division , had corresponded with Mr . P . M . Yarrington , the commissioner of police at Norwich ; and the result was , that though , the most diligent search had been made for Gouch , his wife , and the young woman Bailey , not the slightest traces of them could be discovered . An application was made to Mr . Gouch , who is represented to be a highly respectable man , and he declared that the last time he heard of his son was in April last , and he had not seen him a long time before , nor since . With respect to the parts of the human body found , supposed to have been that of a person murdered , a female , probably between the ages of fifteen and twenty-six , it was perfectly impossible to identify remains so mangled .

      Mr . N <; rton asked Mrs . Faucett what her reasons were for thinking that the portions of a body found at Norwich were those of her sister ? Mrs . Faucett replied that the instant she read the account in the newspapers of the finding of portions of the body , a cold chill passed through her , and she then and still felt conscious that they belonged to the murdered remains of her sister . Besides , all the members of her family were seized with a similar feeling , and were equally confident with herself that her unfortunate sister had met with an untimely end , and that her body had been cut up and distributed about to prevent recognition . She added that Gouch was a profligate bad fellow , and that her sister was not the first , by many , whom he had seduced . Mr . Norton admitted that the case was one of

      strong suspicion , and he knew of no better way of bringing the truth of the matter to li ^ , than the publication of the statement made by the officer , and a description of the missing parties . Gouch is described as being about thirty years of age , of tall and genteel appearance , his hair dark , with a spot of white or gray hair at top , no whisker ? , and he wns ratherwelldiessed . Mrs . Gouch is thirty-five years of age ; she waslightin hair and complexion , and rather short and thin ; and Ann Bailey is described aa being twenty-six years of age , tall , stout , and erect , she was good-looking , with a prominence in front of her throat , dark hair and hazel eyes , and she had lost several teeth from the front part of tho upper jaw .

      In addition to this statement the Nonvich Mercury furnishes another fact . On Saturday last a man mimed Henry Layton , who was employed in mowing the grass in the churchyard of St . Peter , of Southgate * , found a human foot , the left one , which had been concealed in the long grass . It had evidently lain there for Home time , and had been cut off at the ankle joint . The toes were contracted in the same manner as those of the foot previously discovered at Lakenham . The feet in ai / . e and general appearance correwpond exactly .

      Personal News And Gossip. The Queen And ...

      PERSONAL NEWS AND GOSSIP . The Queen and her family went down to the Islo of Wight on 1 ' riday week , jind has remained there up to the present tune . The gossip of the week ban turned on the divorce cases and the failures of the City in its attempts to get up a ball . A regular controversy , warm and personal , has been raging in the Times ever wince that lutal occurrence . Great complaints arc niado that whutiH called tho " City mob" alone wiih invited . Neither Science , Literature , or Art , nothing but wealth was represented on tho lHh . We are ufniid there is great reason for these complaints . Lord Htai . ley hatt left , town fttr India . TJie Earl of Oeruy Iiuh been laid up with the gout .

      When Lord Arundcl and iStiricy re . m ' gJied liis seat to inuki * way lor Mr . < Strutt , John ( J'Council al «» accepted the ( . 'hiltern Hundreds to miike way for Lord Arundel . lint Limerick will not be walked over for . A Mr . Huh-« cll Iiuh couu * out u ^ ainiU the '" Saxon lord . " Mr . David SulomoiiH nan writ ton to tho Times contradiotijig a ( statement made by Mr . Reynolds in tha

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 26, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26071851/page/7/