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    OUR CIVILIZATION. FRAUD, REMORSE, AND GE...

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    A Romance of thk S«a.—William Lewis, a s...

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    Continental Notes. France, The Funeral O...

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    s S £ Sn £ TmTuarch £ England , and addu . es the death ofWOliam m ., on S aturday , Marchl 18 1702 I , of QfaeenAnne , Saturday , August 1 , 1714 ;_ of George I ., Saturday , June 10 , 1727 ; of George II ., Saturday , OcSe / 25 , 1760 ; of George III Saturday , January 30 1820 ; George IV ., Saturday , June 26 , 1830 ; and Wiffia £ i £ SaWay , June 20 , 1837 . The inference tlrat : is drawn from this repeated coincidence is gaj it is apart of court etiquette in England for the *** . % > depart this life on a Saturday . The statement with respect to William IT . is incorrect . The Emperor of Kussia has arrived in Berlin .

    DENMARK . The United States ( says a Berlin despatch ) have declared that they -will consent provisionally to allow the Sound dues to continue , yet that they cannot recognize them in principle -, but , according to the latest information from WasHtigton , Mr . Marcy , the Secretary of State , lias refused to give the American shipping any instructions , respecting the payment of the Sound dues , leaving it to the discretion . of every master passing the Sound : or the Belts , to pay the dues or not .

    HOLLAND , Asa attempt by a husband at Zevenhiuzen to poison his wife has resulted providentially for the intended vietim , but fatally to the > author of the crime . The ass « Bin' ( say & a letter from the Hague , in the Brussels IfUkipendaHCe ) seized a moment at dinner , when the wife was absent , to throw poison into her plate . The woman had no sooner returned than the husband ; on some frivolous pretext , left the room . The wife was about to resume her meal , -when she perceived a spider fall from the-ceiling into her plate . She took the insect out , but a winm ^ nbt- difficult to understand , decided her to change her plate for that of her huBband . The poisoner , returning in- a minute or two , ate the food ^ and some hours afterwards- expired in agony , but not before making ' a complete-avowal -of bos crime .

    RUSSIA . The Emperor'of Russia has written a letter of censure to General Grabbe , commanding the militia of SaratofF , on account of his having allowed his' division to suffer for want of provisions : A new Russian loan will very soon be offered ; The principal bankers of Hamburg have been called to Berlin by Baroride Srieglitz to take part 1 in it . The baron ' s negotiations with the Parisian Credit Mobilier have' led to no result ! He has now entered into relations with the chief bankers of Cologne .

    Vice-Admiral Wassilieff has been appointed military governor of Astrakan , and commander-in-chief of the Russian fleet in the Caspian Sea . This f leet is to be greatly increased . Two new divisions , composed entirely ofgiin-boafts ; will be created , and a part of the old Sebastopol ships' of the line have > been placed at the disposal of-Admiral WassiliefF , to be incorporated in the fleet . General Edgar Ney , the French representative at St . Petersburg ; is said to have been received by the Emperor Alexander with marked coldness .

    The'Czar , in-Ma recent visit to Warsaw , addressed a deputation of ' the inhabitants , and assured them that his " line of-policy- towards their country " was , " absolute forfeetfulnesa- of tbe past . " He said he felt grateful to the Poles for the bravery with which they had fought in his armies , and added— " I ' have them all in my heart * and shall not cease to love the Poles as my own children : Toll this , messieurs , I pray you , to your fellowcountrymen ; but toll them also- that' the time for idle dreams is at ah end . No more reveries . Gentlemen . I wish * Poland to bo happy , and she can only be so by heir union with Itussia *"

    I * ALT . A . Florentine , named Fojan ) , is about to be tried for the murder ' of a Mr . Corry , a Scotchman . Corry possessed a ^ sum ' equal to JOOJ . sterling , which he carried about his person in a leather bolt , and was foolish enough'tt > let . every one know the fact . He also incautioArijnkQpt- company with Fojani , though the man was * JOH »« it © -be'a desperate character , and was under the feurtfaOfaftiM of < the -police . One day he took Fojahi home

    withliinr to bis'lodgings' and played again * df dominoes . It wonldlappcor tUntait length tlioruffian stood up , and ; indnein & Gomnf to i turn His head , , seleeU him by the hair , and' cut tti * 4 hvoat < fn * weai 4 to e « r . Ho then ripped open theleathe * bctyiiritatnicted fnemoneyjiwafehedl Ms lianas , and departbtf . t H «> wiM . captured in- the eoutweof four days ; but , thougfcth *« s cirtoumemheoa happened at far back aa the ICtU of lost October , Fojani iH only juat ab 9 Hfc . d 9 b 9 * Wd , 1 , J < i > , B « i 4 lie Uaa oonfeeescd to having comnr } tt « d three »» m . } J » r murdors ; The Marquis Alfluri , President of the Sardinian Senate ,

    is- said'to ^ Have" refused the ? missimvof representing the Eme at the . ooron « tiomof tha Emperor of Russia * Great excitement , chiefly . witb > reference to the , Ausk trians , has lately prevailed in Genoa : and Turin , On the walls of the latter city have-appeared the words— - " Down withxAustria ! Long live Victor Emmanuel , King , of Italy !" SPAIN . The Democratic Deputy Figueras , with several of' his colleagues , moved a vote of censure against General Zabala in the Spanish Cortes on the 20 th inst . The vote was rejected by 178-to 18 . The French Republican Barbes , having been told tha * he could not remain in Spain , left Barcelona for Portugal on the 15 th inst . . . e _« . _ -- —* , **•*;•»*« .+ 1 * a .

    turkey . Seventeen thousand more Tartars are about to emigrate to the Dobrudscha . Many of them will enter the Turkish army , and 9000 are to be employed on the lateral canal of the Danube . ' The Gircassian deputation is about to return , the Divan having refused to recognize their nationality in consequence of the Treaty of Paris . Marshal Pelissier will embark so as to reach Paris intime for the baptism of the Imperial Prince .

    THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES . The General Divan of Moldavia , which closed its session on the 24 th inst ., offered its congratulations to Prince Ghika , upon his having demanded of the Congress of Paris the union of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia . This manifestation of opinion has occasioned ' great ^ 6 y at Jassy . The Hospodar Stirbey is taking steps to prolong his power and to continue the Austrian occupation .

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    Our Civilization. Fraud, Remorse, And Ge...

    OUR CIVILIZATION . FRAUD , REMORSE , AND GENEROSITY . A STRAXGB Stort was unfolded in a case which has come before the Bow-street magistrate . Thomas Benson , describing himself aa a shoemaker , was-charged , on his own confession , with having committed a forgery some thirteen years ago ; At that time , he was employed as a clerk to Mr . Frederick Barlow , a solicitor at Cambridge ; and- he was induced by an acquaintance to forge his-employ er ' s name to a cheque for 16 ? . This he got cashed by a publican . The money he gave to his friend , who promised to return it next day ; but it was never returned , and Benson , who meant to restore the cash to the publican , redeem the cheque , and destroy it , was unable to do so , as in a- few days the publican had paid it away . Discovery being imminent , the culprit absconded , and has contrived ever since to elude detection . He had obtained very good employment , as a shoemaker , under an assumed name ; but his conscience was for ever-upbraiding him , and , being unable to make up the 16 ? . to return to Mr . Barlow , he had lived a life of continual misery . At length , he was unable to endure his mental anguish , and therefore gave himself up to the police . When first brought before the magistrate , he said he hoped that Mr . Barlow ( who wa 3 a very kind-hearted man ) would take pity on him , and , remembering his gerieral good" " conduct , to which this was the only exception , would' recommend' him to mercy at the trial . He was remanded in order that Mr . Barlow should bo communicated with , and it was ascertained that his story was perfectly true . Mr . Barlow , however , declined to proceed against him , as so long a period' had elapsed . Benson , on being placed at the bar for the second time , and informed of Mr . Barlow ' s decision , exclaimed , " Thank God for that I It will relieve my mind from the weight that is on it . Now I shall go back to my work with fresh spirit , and try to earn money to repay Mr . Barlow . " Ho was then discharged .

    A Romance Of Thk S«A.—William Lewis, A S...

    A Romance of thk S « a . —William Lewis , a seaman , described as a native of Chatham , twenty-six : years of age , was charged at the Thames police-oilico with conspiring to murder the oaptain and officers of the ship Stebonheath , and piratically to run away with that ship on the high seas . The vessel was bound for Melbourne with a cargo of gold , valued at 244 , 000 / . Lewis conducted himself ill from the very day he went aboard at Melbourne ; and he attempted , though unsuccessfully , to rob a- fellow-sailor of a chest belonging to him . After this , while the vessel was on the High seas , tlio ruffian proposed to three others of the crew , named Thoma Whittington , Walter Belitho , and Hugh Kent , to assist him in murdering the officers , throwing : the

    passengersoverboard ' ( with the exception of the young ? women ) , and then sailing to Peru , whero they could take the gold out of the ship , scuttle her , ; and send her to the bottom of the sea with all the women on- board . Whittington , Belitho , and Kent , however ,- informed the calptain of the plot ,. and Lewie waa immediately arrested and put ' in irons . The ship's company was , thus waved ; and the passengers , in gratitude- for the honeut conduct ' of the three sailoro who were ineffectually temp tod by the desperado , . subscribed 115 / ., which they pre & outed , with a very flattering letter , to the jn < ' « , among whom , themoney was divided . Several deadly wlmpojnsjt and- property of a character which ho wuh not lik « ly to luvve couic by honestly , were fiuuud on the man Lewis whoa

    he . wa » arrested . The consideration of the case was adjourned till a future day , when the accused was committed . for . trial . Foroed Swedish-Bank-notes * . —William Foster and Charles Christian MOller , the men charged with procuring the forging of Swedish bank-notes , have been committed . for trial . They are both well known to the police .. An Irish Murder . —Two Irishmen having quarrelled at Stow Fair , Newport , went out into a field to fi ght . I *** . «* raa om-aa + arl , 'Plift / trknaiffaiwt . lAn rfiP flia sine * . «___

    At'the commencement of the fourth round , O'Donnell , one of the men , struck his adversary a blow with a knife , from the effect of which the wounded man immediately dropped to the ground , and expired in about a quarter of an hour . O'Donnell , directly- he had struck the blow , ran off , shouting out to the bystanders that he would serve in the same way any one who attempted to stop him ; but he was at length arrested . The coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of manslaughter only -, but the magistrates committed O'Donnell for trial on a charge

    of murder . Cruelty to Children . —Apsley Guise , a village near Woburn , Bedfordshire , has been the scene of a series of atrocious cruelties practised on four female children , named Barratt , by their parents and eldest sister . The youngest of the children who was twelve years of age , died under the severity of her- treatment ; and the father , mother , and eldest sister , have been committed for trial . Of the three remaining victims , one , who was twenty-two years of age , did not look above fourteen ; the two others also looked much younger than their years , owing to the starvation and hard work to which they had been subjected . They were kept at work fourteen hours a day , lace-making , with gruel , bread , and dripping , and some garden stuff for their food when their work waa finished ; but , if not done , they were sent to bed without supper , and were obliged to get up early

    next morning ,, standing naked at their work , in the cold , until they had completed-it . Their breakfast was coffee " grouts" and a piece of bread two inches square . The eldest sister had held them while the mother put filth in their mouths ; and the children were also made to sit with their bare flesh on thistles and nettles placed in their chairs . The one who died was kept two or three days without food . She was kept at work constantly up to five o ' clock on the evening before her death . She had nothing to eat all day , and was sent supperless to bed , her mother beating her all the way up-stairs with her stays , because she asked for something to eat . The poor child made a noise in the night , and was again beaten by her mother , and told to lie still . She then attempted to sing a hymn , and her last words were , " Lord , Jesus ! let me do my work next week . " Her face after death appeared shrivelled , idiotic , and monkeylike .

    Forgeries . —A young man named Christopher Evans has been charged at Guildhall with having defrauded several commercial firms in the City of various sums of money by means of forged' letters ; A > partner in the firm of Messrs . Trueman , Hitchcock , and Co ., warehousemen of Wood-street , Cheapside , stated that on the 26 th of April he received by post a-letter purporting to come from Messrs . Pearce and Price , drapers at Abergavenny , with whom they had- frequently had business transactions , but whom they Had not heard from for several years . The letter requested that a cheque for 28 / . 9 s . ( id . might be forwarded to one of their men in town , at Deacon ' s Coffee-house , Walbrook , in order that he might pay it in to a certain insurance company . This money ,

    the letter stated , would be refunded by Mr . 1 ' earce ot Abergavenny , who would be in town at the end of the week . As Messrs . Trueman and Co . believed that the letter came from the firm in whose name it was signed , they sent a cheque for the amount requested to the address mentioned ; but it was shortly after returned to them by Evans , who stated that the insuranco company would not take the cheque because it was crossed , and he therefore requested to have cash instead , which was accordingly given him . Be & ides this , Evans fraudulently obtained at different periods twelve yards of broad cloth in the

    and a cheque for Hi . 10 a . from another warehouse City by means of two letters , likewise forced , in the names of MeHsrs . Pearco and Price of Abergavenny . no was subsequently arrested at Bradford , in Yorkshire , on another charge , and conveyed to London . Mr : 1 enrce of Abergavenny identified tho letters aB being > " the handwriting of Evans , whom he knew , as the accused hud served an apprenticeship to- him and his partner , and had afterwards been an assistant to them in their business . Two other cases of forgery wore brought forward against Evans , but' wore not ' gone into . H « w « B committed for trial on- the two first charges ;

    Child Mmu > E « bt " MoitAir ano Rhxioioub Oha-KAenins . "—Miss Jonofl , under-matron of tho deaf and dumb institution at Swansea ; Mr . Joseph Maslon , nsulatant-master of tlio institution ; and a girl nanieU Murgaret Hagarty , have , been arrested on a charge ot smothering an infant , and oiftorwaras throwing it down a water-closet . The child wna th < r illegitimut » i oIlBjiring of Jones ami Moslen . A' daily paper stutoa that " tho parties concerned wero considered strictly moral iukI religious clmractorn "—as if tlie writer thought that aceounted for the act .

    A London . BitJDaJB Myhtichtt . — -Williura May , » 1 » Hliurd-markor , wua on Tuoaday brought up . at Lho Han-* jiou House , upon the extraordinary ohurge of having ,

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), May 31, 1856, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31051856/page/10/