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    September 2.7, 1856.] THE LEADER/ 919

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    ship, into the parlour, and ordei-ed lun...

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    Embezzlement.-—"William Farr, a young- m...

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    . ¦ ' - '¦ " TURKEY . Pour battalions of fhe Guard have left Constantinople for the purpose of taking part in tlie . expedition against Montenegxo . ^ The Na 3 b , Chief of the Circassians , dismissed by Sefer pacha , has arrived at Constantinople . Sefer Pacha , who is at the head of 30 , 000 men , has addressed a proclamation to the Circassians , inviting them to wage an energetic war against the Russians . A serious conflict took place on the 8 th instant at Trebizonde . Some Turkish boatmen tore down the nag of a Russian merchant vessel , and threw the sailors into the sea . The Russian consul has demanded the dismissal of tlie commander of the town , an indemnity , and the punishment of the boatmen with the bastinado . The Divan-is inquiring into the matter . :

    A rjortion of the Imperial Ottoman Guard is embodied for Herzegovine ; the Porte declaring that it will cause its rights in Montenegro , which is an integral part of the empire , to be respected . It is stated that the Western Powers will interpose as mediators . The squadron under Admiral Lord Lyons , according to the French papers , has received telegraphic orders from London to remain , in consequence of the difficulties raised by Russia respecting the cession of Bolgrad and her ; claim to the Isle of Serpents . It is added , that the Prench Government irhich lias hitherto takeii no part in the recent naval demonstration in the Black Sea , is sending slips . For the same reason , the Austrians will remain in the Principalities .

    An abstract of a note , addressed by the Turkish Government to the Cal ) inets of the Powers which signed the Treaty of Paris , and dated about the end of July , has been published . It lias reference to the question of : the union of the Danubian Principalities , which the Porte strongly opposes , the document asserting that the Sultan , ¦ while wishing to guarantee " an independent and national internal administration , " cannot consent that the form of the government should be " opposed to the constitution of the empire . " The Ottoman Government doubts what is asserted by the partizans of 1 he union , viz . j that a state would thus be created strong enough to serve as a barrierfor the empire , the population being too small to furnish a large army . It is also questioned ¦

    whether the proposed measure would be for the benefit of the people themselves , as the weaker Principality would of course be absorbed into the stronger , and " would lose the advantages it lias hitherto possessed . " " When the treaty decided to consult the wishes of the two provinces on the reforms to be introduced in the Principalities , the Turkish Government always understood that nothing more was meant than a revision of their org-anic laws , so as to raake their Government strong and their administration just . To consult the wishes of the two provinces on their form of government , consequently on their relations with the empire , the vassals o-f which they would be , the Turkish Government thinks ^ establishing a precedent which would scarcely be in harmony with the conservative ideas of the great Powers of Europe . The Porte regrets that

    there should be any difference of opinion between it and some of its allies ; but , wishing to give them a proof of its regard fo-r them , it does not wish to give a public refusal on this question in ' tlie firman for the convocation of the Divan ad hoc Avhich is preparing-, and hopes that they , justly appreciating this proof of contidence , will co-operate to obtain a result in- conformity with the views , nay , the rights of the Forte . In conclusion , tlie Turkish Government insists that the question , which touches so closely the rights and interests of the Sultan , should not bo submitted to the public discussions of assemblies which nr « not accustomed to great political debates , but to the serious examination of the Powers , and that the question should be decided before it comes within the range of the passions of populations which are already excited , sind which , by their incomplete social education , might prefer Utopias to truth and realities . "

    THE DANUBIAN PniNCIPALITnOS . Great opposition having been made by the Austrian Government to the concession granted to Captain Mugnan by Prince Ghikn , before his removal liom power , for a line of French steamers to run on the Pruth and the Soreth , the Porte has sinco cancelled the permission given . M . Thouvenel , the French ambassador at Constantinople , has protested against this , nntl has intim . ited that ho must still- consider the contract as legitimate , " sinco it not only emanated from the will of Princo Ghika , but has been ratified by a council of ministora . " Ho continues : — " I may add Unit , in presence of the clear and positive text of Article 23 of the Treaty of Paris , the Porto itself resigns the right of annulling by a firman or by an order of any kind an internal adminiatrativo measure adopted at Bucharest or ¦ at Jassy . "

    Tho 1 acha commanding on the Danube has received orders to occupy with troops tho seven or cigM points at which the river is practicable , nnd to fortify the tiles ch pout on both sides Tho recent movement of Ottoman troops from Widdnx to Kalafat , on tho loft tank of tho Uanubo , was effected in pursuance of this ordor . Tlie resolution of tho Porto is said to have tho full approval of tho Austrian Government .

    September 2.7, 1856.] The Leader/ 919

    September 2 . 7 , 1856 . ] THE LEADER / 919

    Ship, Into The Parlour, And Ordei-Ed Lun...

    ship , into the parlour , and ordei-ed luncheon , as they should stop some time . ¦ He . then left the Tcom for an instant , and returned . This going out and re-entering occurred several times without occasioning any doubt on the part of the accountant , until a longer absence than before led to suspicion . On inquiry , it was found that Robson . had flown , and speedily a man arrived with a note from him , stating that he had sent a man and an account back to the Crystal Palace , as lie Iiimself was compelled by urgent business to go to town , that night . An immediate investigation of the accounts and shares took place , and the board , at their meeting last Saturday , declared the ascertained loss to be somewhat under

    500 W . " A rewaTd of 250 Z . is offered for the apprehension of Robson , who is described as of gentlemanly appearaftce , and as being thirty years of age . We understand that he lived in superb style at the Priory , Kilburn , though his salary at the Crystal Palace was . only 200 / . a year ; that he kept several carriages and horses ; and that he represented himself to his friends as a gentleman of independent projierty . He Is a person of good education , and possesses some literary faculty , having lately published a "blank verse play called Jitanca , which contains unquestionable evidence of poetical powers . He is also author of Love and Loyally , which was played at the Marylebone Theatre about two years ago , and of some other plays .

    office for a year and a half , and that he did not think it necessary to enter the iirst name . The accountant observed that there must be a certificate of transfer somewhere . "Oh yes , " replied Robson , with great confidence , " X have got them all locked up at my house . " The accountant reminded him that these certificates should be in the office , and said he would have a horse put to at once , and drive over with Mr . Robson to his house at Kilburn , foi the purpose of fetching them . This was agreed to , and they immediately started for Kilburn . On their arrival , Robsou showed the accountant , with whom lie was on terms of

    acquaintance-OUR CIVILIZATION . ¦ - - '——?—— ¦ ¦ . - . ¦ - ¦ ¦ FORGERY ON THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY . A FORGER-jr on the Crystal Palace Company to the extent of a little less than 5000 J . has been committed by a « lerk in the transfer office , named William James Robson . Towards the close of last week , it was observed by the accountant of tne company , who had lately returned to the duties of his office after illness , that the numbers on certain dividend certificates and those of the shares standing in the names of the owners did not tally . He sent to- Mr . Robson , through whose department these shares would pass , and drew his attention to the fact , inquiring how it could happen . Robson replied that there had been two transfers of the shares , some of them hot having been applied for ; that they had lain in the

    Embezzlement.-—"William Farr, A Young- M...

    Embezzlement .- —" William Farr , a young- man of respectable exterior , pleaded Guilty at Worship-street to a charge of having committed numerous acts of embezzlement , and of stealing the sum of 10 / . 5 a . from his employers , Messrs . Cater and Co ., silkmercers , Finsbury Pavement , a deficiency which he made up for by a forged cheque . He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment . Legal -Sharks . —A species of cruel rascality now commonly practised in tlie law courts has lately come before the notice of the Recorder at the Central Criminal Court , and is thus described in a letter to the Times , by Mr . Uuder-Sheriffllose , who relates a particular- instance which occurred last week ;— "A youth was charged with a petty fraud at the Guildhall police-oflico . A female

    relative , the prisoner s aunt , attended to aid . him in his distress ; her famine-struck face and cold cotton gown proclaimed her calling—a poor needle-woman . She was immediately pounced . upon' by one of the legal agents who , to the disgrace of the authorities , are permitted to infest these courts , nnd told that 11 . would be required . She returned to her home , begged , borrowed , and pawned , at length obtained the sovereign , and handed it over for the defenco of her nephew . The ' value rictived' in the shape of legal advocacy may bo imagined—the prisoner was committed for trial . Having discovered her home , she was followed there , and 11 . Is . more was wrung front her affection and misery . Tho se .-Kions at the Central Criminal Court approaching , another visit extorted a further sum of 1 / . 2 s . The trial came on ; no attorney ,

    no counsel appeared for him ; the unfortunate lad knew not that his iiunt had ' stripped her home to provide for his defence . On tlio Monday lie was convicted and sentenced , and on tho Wednesday Mr . I lorry ' s cleric informed the poor woman that lie had never soon tiny brief in tho case . When these facts wero communicated to the Recorder ( a judge whoso keen sense of honour , dignity of presence , Idndnes . s of lieart , and conscientious administration of justice , and of mercy too , have never been excelled—rarulr equalled ) , ho directed Mr . Daviud and Mr . Horry to attend before him . I had the greatest difficulty in getting the attorney to enter an appearance in court ., Mr . Horry stayed outside the door listening ' , and only appeared when X stated to the judge that he was there , out of night , but within hcuriujj . Your

    reporter has truly recorded what -was said , bat it -was probably not within his province to narrate the strongl yexpressed disgust of a crowded court at the refusal o £ Mr . Davies and Mr . Horry to respond to the earnestlyexpressed opinion of the Recorder that they should return to the poor woman the money forwiich they had rendered no services . At length they promised to return . 2 L the next day , but the poor creature lost another , day ' s work attending to receive the money , for none was returned . " The writer then gives some g-eneral details with respect to the defence of the poor : — " The material to work upon is amply provided by the affections , the ignorance , the hopes , and the misery of the friends and relations of prisoners who attend at every session . Month , after month , hundreds of prisoners arc tried , causing

    thousands of hearts to be wrung with indescribable agony ; and , whatever selfish depravity may appear in the dock , our common nature brings to aid them hearts full of sensibility . Sacrifices almost incredible are constantly made by the mothers , wives , sisters , and friends of prisoners , but more particularly women ; men cannot go through these scenes . Often I hear tlie mother , with , glazed eye , saying , ' Father's taken to his bed since this affair ; it ' s unnerved him ; ' or , ' Father couldn't bear an . interview . ' And father sits in the lobby while mother goes into Newgate , lier love neither ' chilled by selfishness nor dauuted by danger , nor weakened by worthlessness , nor stifled by ingratitude . '"—Mr- Davies has . since ¦ written to the Times to state that he has returned , the sovereign he received , and so he believe 3 has Mr . Horry .

    Cruel Treatment of a Ginu—The wife of a farmer at Tavistock , named Grills , has been charged at tlie Town Hail with ill-using a girl , of fourteen , who had been taken from the union workhouse to serve in tlie house of Mrs . Grills . The poor girl , who was horribly emaciated , had been repeatedly beaten , cut , and burnt ; and Mr . Grills , who seems to have been a humane ma . ii , was often obliged to interfere to protect tlie child and would even call in the neighbours to assist him . At length , he removed the girl , aJid Mrs . Grills was apprehended . She was committed for trial , and , on being removed , would probably have experienced some rough treatment from a large mob had . she not been taken through a back door . —A similar case has been brqug-ht

    forward at the Uoncaster Borough police-court , where James Wood , a tailor , was charged with ill-using his apprentice , a deaf-and-dumb boy . Being dissatisfied with some work he had performed , Wood plunged a clasp-knife into the boy ' s leg just below the knee , causing a deep wound . A few days afterwards , thelad \ raS violently struck on the left temple , the blood flowing copiously ; and similar treatment was of frequent occurrence . The boy , also , was half starved , and was driven to robbing an orchard to get something to eat . ' The bench compromised the matter , proposing that half the premium ( 71 . 10 s . ) should be refunded , all the costs paid , and the indentures cancelled ; committal for trial being the alternative . The terms were accepted .

    Burglary i >* " 1 oitKSHiitE . —A public-house , about midway between Sheffield and Barnsley ,. l £ ept by aMIiss Hobsou , an old woman , was entered on Monday night by five men , three of whom carried lighted candles . Tho faces of two were blackened ; those . of tlie other three were smeared with red , and nets were thrown over their heads . Having thrown the bed clothes over the faces of Miss Ilobson and of her niece , who slept with her , and having threatened them with sticks , they ransacked tlio place , and departed . One of thorn had previously struck both the women with his stick , on their attempting to uncover themselves ; but the blows were not violent . Thoy left behind them a bunch of skeleton keys aud three formidable bludgeons .

    A Sev Eiiis Sentence . — Three-fourths of a field at Combinartin , Devonshire , were lately used by Mr . Robert Hole , a gentleman farmer of considerable property , for pasturing cattle . At the beginning of tho present month , several of the animals belonging to other renters suddenly died , and exhibited symptoms of poisoning . One of the beasts so killed was a donkey ; and a post mortem examination showed that it had been destroyed by corrosive sublimate . Suspicion fell on Mr . Hole , who had frequently been heard to warn several people to take their cattle away " wliilo they were safe . " Ho was accordingly arrested , tried at tho Quartur Sessions , found Guilty , and sentenced to four years' penal servitude . His motive appears to havo been a desire to get tho whole of the field into his own possession .

    Anoxiiisu Hoax . —Tho story which has boon cir « ulated about a Mr . John Fletcher of Wilmshaw having got up a hanging exhibition in imitation of tho execution oC Pahnor , with Borne of the original and genuine ' properties , ' has been indignantly denied by tho person implicated , A Shaicspkahkan Ir . Lij . sTiiATioN . —Sbakflpeare makes Cordelia in King Livur talk of " Darnel , and all tho idle- weeds tliat grow In our sustaining corn . " An example of the truthfulness of tltis allusion came before tho Lamboth magistrate on Saturday . A burlj gentleman , who turned out to bo a Huntingdonshire farmer , fifty-seven years of age , and of tho name oi Darnell , wus brought up on a . charge of being drunk and disorderly . Ho has recently come into aoino large

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 27, 1856, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27091856/page/7/