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      The Sanitary State Of The Nation. The We...

      not obtain upper rooms , landlords on these occasions objected to receive them as tenants . In the five years all the children have had the measles and hooping-cough ; six have had small-pox ; and that is all , excepting the infant ; and now four , if not five , have had scarlet fever . " The grand remedy" for these evils , but one which will require time to enforce , will be the establishment of model lodging-houses for the poor . Soon or late , this must be done . * In the provinces , the cholera is rather slackening its

      fire in its old quarters . Not one death was registered in Newcastle on Tuesday ; but it is still felt in the filthy localities of the Gateshead , South Shields , and jBedlington Unions ; and it has stretched away northward to Dundee , where three died on the 20 th ; has appeared at Cockermouth , and has carried off some victims at Luton and Eemel Hempsted . It would appear , also , that the scourge has not ceased at Liverpool ; German emigrants have mainly suffered hitherto , and there has been no serious outbreak . No time should be lost by the municipal authorities to take advantage of the winter , and prepare for the spring ,

      October 29, 1853.] The Lead Efi. 1029 ¦ ...

      October 29 , 1853 . ] THE LEAD Efi . 1029 ¦ ' " " " . ' ¦ _ ' • - . 1 * . . . _ ' ¦ " ¦ M i i il

      The Wages Movement. London. 1st The Metr...

      THE WAGES MOVEMENT . LONDON . 1 st the metropolis the relations between masters and men are still unsettled . The carpenters have made a new move . They met last week at Exeter Hall , and adopted resolutions against systematic overtime . On Saturday they gave notice to their employers that it was their intentionto discontinue working systematic overtime . In cases of emergency , when contracts require to be completed , or when extra hands cannot be obtained , the men will continue "to work overtime as heretofore . The men have come to this determination for two reasons——first , to , afford themselves necessary relaxation from labour and social comfort ; secondly , to effect a more equal distribution of the labour , aystematic overtime keeping hundreds of men continually out of work . The carpenters' daily working time is now fixed at 10 hours— -wages , 6 s . 6 d . The basket-makers accepted the offer of an advance of * 1 \ per cent , made by the masters , instead of 10 per cent ., and are returning to work , laving sold the . material purchased to form their co-operative association . The hair-dressers have resolved to put their short time movement , and close on Sundays at 2 o ' clock , a . m ., instead of 9 p . m ., and ono hour earlier in the week . THE COTTNTIIY . Preston chimneys are still cold and cheerless , and at present we do not see the end of the strike of the masters . The men have held several meetings this week ; and have shown considerable spirit . At a meeting of the weavers on Wednesday , Mr . Tonge , of Stockport , the chairman , announced that the committee had this morning received a cheque for 600 Z . from a gentleman in London ; his name our correspondent was unable to ascertain . Mr . Walton stated that a communication had been received from the Archbishop of Dublin , expressing his approval of the conduct of the unemployed operatives of this town . With reference to the cheque before mentioned , Mr . Walton remarked that that was a pieco of bad news for the manufacturers of Preston ; but they might rest assured that that would not be the only contribution towards the support of the factory hands of thia town . Mr . Waddingt . on mentioned the receipt of a letter from Aberdeen , requesting particulars of tins movement , prior to the formation of an association in that town , from which pecuniary assistance might bo expected towards the close of tho week . Mr . Rhodes was of opinion , considering the advanced prices offered for Preston goods in the Manchester market , that the manufacturers of this town would soon bo glad to rc-open their mills at tlio required advance of 10 per cent . At the spinners ' meeting on Tuesday , tho secretary ( Mr . Gallaher ) announced that the committee worn paying tho hands connected with that branch 7 s . per head , and they expected to be in a position to allow them 8 s . each next week . The following resolution was unanimously adopted : — - " That il ; is the determination of this mooting to stand firm and united for a 10 per cent , and a strict adherence to our union . " At Wigan apparently tho millfl are also closed , and tho dispute unadjusted . . Hut , according to tho North JtritisJt Mail , tho master block-printers , and about 7000 nion have become " reconciled . " "At a numerously attended conPoroncoof tho employe ™ nnd employed , hold at Paisley lasf , week , at which delegates woro present from Xihuariiock nnd Harrliead , a compromise was effected , tho masters agreeing to pay tho men fortnightly , instead of monthly , on ana after tho 1 st of January , L 8 F >< 1 ' , at tho oairio time dignifying' thoir willingih'hh to grant reasonable advances on tlio earnings of tho employed foe tlio intermediate forlnight . H up till that dato . i'ho strike in consequently now at , an orul . " Tho colliers havo not boon pacified . Lord Ualcarres nocuriM disposed to ho chivalrouH on tho subject , and desirous of taking a " material" guarantee , aftor tho ikshionof tho Ozur . Tlio leading coal ownors , with , tlin . Karl of . Halearres at : thoir head , uro resolved to resist , thodomand of the colliers , and il , if , understood that , so determined is tho hollicoso Karl in his opposition to tlio proHonf , movement of tho men , thai , ho bus given instruetioiiH to his agents to eject from their oompanoy of tho cottages on tho liaigh < Htat , o , all tho colliers who aro mixed Up with tlio present , movement . Moanwhilo , by f , ho < v \ ertii > iin of boatinon , and othorH , who liavo Homo flight , knowledge of tho colliery businosn , wo loam , that « il » out 100 | , of coal aro now buing ruined daily on tho "aigh estates . Tho mantor eollitirH moot , on Friday noxt , at Wigiui , and until that tirno , tho probability id , that nothing fiu-thor will bo decided uuou .

      The master shoemakers have resolved to make a stand against the " unreasonable" demand of the men for increased wages . The masters say trade will not permit a rise ; and declare that they will stand by the scale of fifteen years ago . . >

      Reform Club Debentures. An" Action Was B...

      REFORM CLUB DEBENTURES . An" action was brought in the Westminster County Court this week by Mr . Feathersfcme against Sir Benjamin Hall , to recover 131 . 10 s ., being the amount of some five-and-ahalf year ' s interest due on a debenture for 50 ? . issued by the IJeform Club . The defendant was sued in bis character as one of the " general committee" signing the debenture . Mr . Petersdorff , with Mr . Duncan , appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr . Hawkins for the defendant . The learned counsel for the plaintiff explained the difficulties which surrounded actions on similar documents , and then stated the facts of the case , from which it appears that , in the year 1840 , a Mr . Alexander Galloway , an engineer , since deceased , advanced 200 ? . to the Reform Club , and for which he received four debentures of 50 ? . each . Two of these securities were afterwards paid off , and the remaining two ( on one of which the present proceedings were founded ) were given by him to his youngest daughter about twelve months previous to his death . She transferred them to her brother , and he sold them to the present plaintiff . The Keform Club refused to pay the interest , alleging that the executors claimed the debentures , and the present action was the result . Three of the executors , John A . Galloway , Richard Hodgson Galloway , and George Washington G-aUoway , axe illegitimate sons of the deceased , and they grounded their claim upon the fact of the

      debentures having been assignedby mere delivery , although the bonds state that interest should be paid to the " holder . " Mr . Petersdorff hoped that the case Would be decided upon its merits , and that he should not be met with technical objections ; but on the debenture being handed i » , Mr . Hawkins contended that , as it was unstamped , it could not be received in evidence . At length it was discovered that the document was stamped , when Mr . Hawkins objected that the present application was a " chose in action , " and therefore not maintainable at law . The Court concurred in this view , and the plaintiff was _ nonsuited .

      Ceiminal Record. The Records Of The Crim...

      CEIMINAL RECORD . The records of the criminal justice give us the usual number of illustrations of the modes of life of the classes who are not only untrained , but uucared for . Mobbs , the murderer of his wife , is now a condemned felon . His trial took place at the Central Criminal Court on Thursday . The story of the tragic event was most completely told by the witnesses . One showed that Mrs . Mobbs came to her house for shelter on the day before ; another , Julia Ayling , that Mrs . Mobbs sat up all night with her ; and tliat her husband came and inquired for her in tho morning ; . I stood before her , but did not make any answer . The prisoner looked round tho room , and , when ho saw his wife , asked her to fetch him some beer , and she refused , and said she was going before the Lord Mayor in

      tho course of the day ' for proof that he should not murder her . ' The moment she said this the prisoner laid hold of her , and dragged her out of the room by her clothes . I saw him drag her afterwards along tho court , and be dashed her into their own bouse . Tho deceased said , she would not go upstairs unless I went with her , and I went into their room and staved there about 10 minutes . Whilo I was in the room 1 heard the prisoner accuse his wife of having been with a policeman all night , and tho deceased said bIio was not , and that she had been in my place all night . I went away , and about 10 minutes afterwards I hoard the deceased scream , and also heard her call out , that if lie would not lcavo her alone , she would

      jump out of tho "window . Sho opened the window and called out to me , ' Was I not in your place all night , my dear ? ' I replied , ' Yes , ma ' am . ' Sho then turned to her husband and said , ' Now , aro you satisfied ? ' Tho prisoner did not " make any answer to thi . s that I heard . Several hoard screams of murder , Frances Lancaster among thorn . " As soon as I got ; into tho court I hoard tho deceased cry ' Murder' several times , and nho also faintly cried ' Help * !' I also hoard tlio youngest child cry out 'Oh ! mother !' Upon hearing theso cries I and some of tho othor neighbours wont to tho door of tho prisoner ' s room , and Mrp . Jones knocked , and I hoard a noiso an of a box being movod from tho door . Directly afterwards tho deceased camo out . Her throat waft cut and sho wan covered with

      blood , and her hair was hanging about her shoulders . Sho walked up tho court past ono or two houses , and I Haw no moro of her . I wont upstairs again , and tboro saw tho prisoner lying on the iloor of his room , and tho child witting by him . Thoro wao a pool of blood near where- hn wan lying , but I did not observe that his throat was cut ; . I saw another pool of Wood close to tho firoplaeo . When tho prisoner was drunk ho and bin wife iiHod to livo very unhap - pily . Tlio deceased was a sober quiet woman . " Lastly tho policeman camo and found tho prisoner lying on tho door with his throat , out . Ho had a dark-handled knifo in his hand , and witness said to him , 'J wupposo this ih tho knifo with which Iho deed was done ? ' Ho replied , 'No it wan not ; it woh dono with a white-handled knifo which

      is in ( bat cupboard . Thoro wan a largo pool of blood near tho place whom tho prisoner was lying , and another pool of blood was upon tlio / loor , near tho fireplace . When the Hiirgoon arrived witness opened Iho cupboard kho primmer hiuFreferrod to , and ho thoro found a whito-handlod knifo oovorod with blood , which appeared quito fronh . Tho darkbandlod knifo was alflo bloody . Boforo tho primmer was taken away to tho hoHpital ho gave witness 2 ' 2 duplicates ! , and also mud that , ho Hlionld not havo dono it if ho had not soon bin wifo in company with a policoman upon tlio night , whon sbo loft him . ITpon searching tho room lio found a whotstono which appourod to havo boon recently used . " Ah thoro was no doubt of tlio guilt , of Mobbs , iho jury found a vordiok to that ; offoc (; , and tho Judge solouuily passed aontonco of doutli .

      Kb less than fourteen prisoners were tried at the Central Criminal Court for uttering bad money . Two of the prisoners convicted , being old offenders , were sentenced to four years , penal servitude . It appeared from one of the cases that a new trick has been adopted . A woman , with apparently a sick infant in her arms , had in several instances gone into a chemist ' s shop , and succeeded in passing some bad silver in payment for a trifling article of medicine for the relief of the child . FlorenceT ) riscoll was tried at the Middlesex sessions on a charge oi indecently assaulting Emma Gooding The young woman had been out at a Sunday evening party on the 2 nd of October . On her way home alone , at three o ' clock the next morning , Driscoll met her in the

      Commercial-road , and seizing her , forced her against a wall . A policeman on duty heard a woman ' s voice crying , " Let me alone , or I will scream for protection . " He went towards the spot in consequence , and heard , the sound of running as he went there . When that stopped there were ecreams of " Police ! " and " Murder ! " Ee went up and found the prisoner with his arm round the prosecutrix's neck . She was trying to get away as hard as she could , and appeared to be very exhausted . Ho pulled the prisoner away . When the constable took Driscoll into custody , he said to the woman— "Why did you take my money ? " This exclamation a juryman connected with the fact that Gooding did not know the name of the persons who gave the party , and desired to know what kind of

      house itwaa where the party was given . But no information on this head was forthcoming . Mr . Sergeant Adams could not help being struck with the circumstances of the case . She went to this house with her sweetheart , and did not even know the name of the person to whom the house belonged . Then , although the young man lodged in the house , he went away , leaving her alone , instead of walking home with her . It seemed so contrary to the usual habits of young people , that he should like to know something more about it . Nothing was established except that the sweetheart and the brother of tie woman were both respectable . The charge of an indecent assault was ¦ withdrawn , and that of a common assault preferred . Driscoll was sent to prison for one month .

      William Green seduced Hannah Osenam , and her parents turned her adrift . She was not without resources ; and had Green been anything but a scoundrel , the mischief done by her parents might have been obviated . She could earn a living with her needle , and did so—keeping- both . But by and by she fell sick , and could earn no longer ; and Green compelled her then to adopt the last and lowest means of earning a living . Not content with this , as usually happens , he commenced beating her , and finally he assaulted her with a red-hot poker , and burnt her severely . Fortunately a policeman rushed into the room , and knocked the ruffian down with his staff . Mr . Tvrwhitt sent Green to prison for six months' hard labour , with furth for tho

      a er imprisonment same period , unless sureties come forward who will give bail that ho keep the peace . But this kind of conduct is not confined to the lowest classes of society in point of means . John Stokes , described as " a person of considerable property , " appeared at tho Southwark ofilce to answer a charge of endangering the life of his wife . Mrs . Stokes is the mother of eleven children , and has been married fifteen years . The assault was brutal in tho extreme—the husband pulling the poor woman out of bed and beating her . Mr . A'Btjekett , who , it appears , was aware that Stokes had been accustomed to beat bis wifo , sent him to prison for six months—a sentence which greatly surprised him . Ho had been repeatedly bound over to keep tho peace .

      " William Smith , " a medical student , " annoyed" a lady in St . Paul ' s Churchyard , by putting hia arms on her shoulders , and offering to carry her parcel . Sbo appealed to a policeman ; , Smith knocked him down . He was drunk and three constables were required to carry him to tho station-house . Sir Robert Carden reproved Smith . Ladios must be protected ; and ho therefore fined the prisoner 40 s . for tho assault on tho oflicer , 20 s . for that on tho lady , and 5 a . for being drunk . Tho linos woro immediately paid . Cool impudence has long boon a characteristic of tho wholo race of London thi « v < 'n . No loss than four chames

      wero preferred against , William Wood for stealing shoots and clothing . His plan was to tulro apartments in a " straightforward" manner , then riso extremely earl y next morning and carry off everything ho oouid . Ilia victims , of course , woro landladies . Mrs . II erring has tho merit of cutting short bis career for a whilo . Eoing a prudent , woman , she went up " ( o see that , Wood bad put out his light , " and caught him in tho act of ransacking tho contents of a box . Wood , tho innocent , w « h " strotehea on Inn bod pretending to bea ^ loep . " Mrs . . Herring locked him in , and woko him with a policoman . Wood had " nothing" to say , and tlio Worship-street inaginl . ralo haa committed him for trial , for Tuesday week .

      A iihockiiig caso of depraved and wanton cruelty was dinclotKul at the Lambeth polico court on Tuesday . Anno Hull , who fills an oflico which it is loathsome to iiiiino , was charged with cruelty to hw nieeo , who is only olovon years old . Her acts wero thotfo of a , passionate beast . Hoinetimes sho beat tho poor little thing , bronlcing hothead with a saucepan or anything Mutt ; eaino to hand . On Saturday , ( ho monster stripped tho child of every rag of clothing-, and made her sorub tho stairs . A policeman saw the naked girl through a window and intorforod .

      Anne Bull was sentenced to mx weeks' imprisonment with hard labour ; and tho ma ^ ifltrnto ordered tho oflieorn to take tlio child to tho workhouse , so that , sho might , bo nonfc to her paronts in tho country , awl rescued from Mint " < l « n of iniquity . " John liansky , a foot , guardfiumn , was ehargod ^ by ICdvvard Gerard , describing himself as ' an artist , with stealing hid watch . ( Jorard represents that ho took Lansk y homo to sit an n model ; and that whilo Oorard wan in another room Lansky took tho watch . Thov subsoouoiitly wtmt about drinking' together until Gorard gavo tho rann into custody . Jjiwoky eaid Gerard wantoa him to stay all

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 29, 1853, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29101853/page/7/