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      (Mil Li) Ml Mm) Kks. A Woman, Named Loui...

      room , heard the infant scream twice , and called out—« What is the matter with the baby ? " The prisoner said , " sick . " Another scream . To a second inquiry , the mother said it was in a " kind of fit , " and might be better again . The daughter of the witness then fetched the child , and its lips were seen to be black , and its inouth all burnt . The witness went to the mother , and asked what she had done to the child . She said she had done nothing . No other person could have gone into the room . There was a window which could easily have been op ened by any one in the bed . Walborn had brought a little box with her , which at the time of her confinement she requested to have put up in the window . The daughter of the last witness said , that she heard the child scream , and on going into the room she found the mother had turned her face towards the wall , the child being "between her and the wall . The child's mouth was black . It died between ten and eleven the next morning .

      Mrs . Hinde , the midwife , confirmed the statement as to the birth of the child . She was fetched by the last witness , and , on examining the child , found its mouth burnt , and white in the inside . There was a black mark on the lip , as if a bottle had rested on it . The mouth looked as if it had been burnt with oil of vitriol . The mother denied that she had given anything to the child . When charged with giving it oil of vitriol , she said nothing . Oil of vitriol is used by laundresses . A policeman had searched Walborn ' s room , but had found nothing . Tn a private road below the window he had found a c ork and a bottle with some liquid in it , which , he said , must have been thrown from the window . The hedge was very much burnt above where the bottle was found . Dr . Allen had examined the child . He found it breathing with great difficulty , and suffering great pain . There was a dark-brown mark on the side of the upper lip , and the tongue was much swollen ; the child could not swallow . The hands and feet were livid . There were brown spots on the dress of the child . At the _post mortem examination the body bore no marks of violence . The mucous membrane was corroded , the gullet blackened in the centre , the stomach empty and contracted—dark and brown in colour , and inflamed . He believed that death had been caused by oil of vitriol , of which substance he found distinct traces on the tonguo . He had found concentrated oil of vitriol in the bottle which had been picked up by the policeman . teen

      One witness , who had known Walborn for six years , testified to her kindness to her other children . The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty . Some women outside the Court were heard saying" I'll get rid of my young next tirno ; " " We need not care what we do now . " This is the most barbarous case we ever read , and the most unaccountable verdict ever recorded . Catherine Brooke , aged thirty-three years , who is described as in the reports , as " a well-dressed , goodlooking woman , " was tried on Tuesday , at the Maidstone assizes , for the wilful murder of her child . She was lodging with Martha Brown , the wife of a fisherman at Gravesend , who had no suspicion of anything being wrong with her . One morning Brooke , on coming down stairs , complained thufc she- had been very ill in the night . Soon after , Mrs . Brown went up to the room , and found the bed very untidy . As she was putting the clothes straight , she saw the end of a shawl banging out from under the bed , and on putting her hand underneath she felt what seemed to her to be the body of a child . She was so frightened tliiit she left the room immediately . Brooke then admitted that she had . had a child , and that who had destroyed it . She wanted to have her things and go at once ; but Mrs . Brown would not permit her to do ho . Brown soon after came in ; and then the mother denied that the child had been horn alive . A policelnun was then mint for , and Brooke was given in charge . About four o ' clock in tho afternoon Mrs . Brown , on passing the room , hoard something like the wheezing of a child . The bubo was taken out from under the bed , and was found to be alive . II ; lived till the night of tho following Saturday . Brooke seemed to show affection for tho child when it wus brought to She always seemed to be a well-disposed woman , _w . Ik and appeared very kind to Mrs . Brown ' s children .

      This statement wiim conllrmed by the policeman and a medical mini who was culled h _^ when tho baby wan 'omul to hi _* ulive . The latter stated , that there were Homo alight marks about tho infant ' s neck , its Jrom the pressure of finger-nails . The child suffered convulsive fits during the two days preceding _itrf death . There were Hovero bruises on tho back of tho bend , Hueh as ho thought milflt have boon _ociftHionnd by violent blown - _, und _thcao _iiyuma ho thought wevu th _«

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      cause of death . Another medical man , however , thought these bruises might have been occasioned by a fall . The jury returned a verdict of Not _Ghdltt / .

      July 31, 1852.] The Leader. 725

      JulY 31 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 725

      Wreckers In The Thames. The Schooner Hen...

      WRECKERS IN THE THAMES . The schooner _Henotvn , bound to London from . Alloa , went ashore on the Wore Sand , on Saturday night , and settled down . The master , for his own safety , took to the boat and went ashore at Sheerness , with his crew . The mate , with some of the men . returned to tlie vessel the next day , and set to work to lighten the ship in order to get ~ hor off . They were joined , after some time , by a large body of men ,. in ten or twelve boats _, from Southend , as it is said , who came professedly to render assistance . Soon , however , they displayed their real character , by cutting away right and left with their axes , in spite of the remonstrances of the mate , who was powerless against their superior numbers . Their proceedings were disturbed after a time by the appearance of a steamer from Sheerness coming to the rescue , and they made off to the Essex shore . Two of their boats were captured , with some of the plunder from the schooner . But when the steamer had returned to Sheerness , the wreckers again , came down on tho hapless vessel , and continued their pillage till they were driven off by the approach of another steamer with a more numerous force . Another account has been given of this transaction , according to which , the supposed wreckers were working for the benefit of those interested in the ship , and that all that they removed of the cargo was safely deposited with the receiver , of droits at Southend . It is stated , that they produced a certificate of such deposit to the officers of the Wildfire , one of the steamers sent out to disperse them . Some of the boatmen have issued a document in vindication of their character , signed by George Myall , master of the New Dart , and Abraham . Robinson , master of the Hamburgh , for themselves , and Thomas Robinson , master of the Susannah , "William Robinson , Four Brothers , John Jenson , William , John Elliott , Ocean Child , Samuel Robinson , Nancy , William Frost , Assistance , Henry Absalom , 3 Iary . There seems to be some mistake about the matter . The officer of Southend , in his report , records the amount of salvage broug ht in by the boatmen .

      Hope Mutual Life Assurance And Honesty G...

      HOPE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE AND HONESTY GUARANTEE SOCIETY . An extraordinary general meeting of this society was held at the Society ' offices , 4 , Princes-street , Bank , Henry Morgan Vane , Esq ., in the chair . The Chairman said that the business before the meeting was to consider the propriety of adding two directors to the present board . The society had been formed upon certain conditions , fully stated and set forth in the company ' s deed of settlement , drawn up by able hands , and duly approved by the registrar under the Joint-Stock Companies Act , 7 th and 8 th Viet ., c . 110 . He then read the 81 st clause , which , limits the number of directors to ten , and proceeded to say that his brother directors , the general manager , and himself , concurred in the opinion that this clause required alteration . The power of altering the deed , even in the least degree , rests entirely with the shareholders and proprietors , the majority of whom present and voting must decide the question submitted to them . Tho question to bo submitted is , to consider the propriety of adding two directors to the present number , lie would now mention how this question had arisen . Amongst the list of shareholders who have duly paid tho _12 . per share into the bankers' hands , and which amounts to upwards of 5 , 0001 . so paid in , they are fortunate enough to number two gentlemen—one , Mr . _Ify . P . Hope , who had subscribed for 200 shares , and tho other , Dr . Wheelwright , for 150 shares . These gentlemen had taken a great interest in tho undertaking , and it had struck bin brother directors and himself , find lie trusted tho proprietary would agree with them , that , by adding those two gentlemen to tho direction , they would strengthen their present position with tho public , and improve their investments . It was after many preliminary meetings , hold on the ovo of tho last and commencement of tho present year , that they had organized ( ho society ; and as soon as complete registration wan effected , tho board , being then legally constituted , hold their first meeting on the 2 . ' _5 rd of April last , a period of only three months , since which tho following aro tho results . They had appointed _(> 52 . first-elans medical advisers over tho United Kingdom of Great 1 ? ritain and Ireland . They had established 255 local and provincial agents , composed of individuals whoso characters have been thoroughly investigated , many of whom had identified themselves with tho interests of tho society by insuring their own lives and becoming members , _'l'bey bad boon favoured with l . 'U . proposals for assurance , for Minns amounting to i 3 H , {) f > 0 _/ ., of which 70 have boon actually completed , and tho remainder _nro either now waiting our consideration or for further information , in tho formation of the establishment , they paid tbo strictest , attention to economy ; all matters required lor it . having boon contracted for under competition . In conclusion , lie moved that the Hist clause be altered , and that the number of the directors bo twelve , ami that wo add tho names of Henry Philip Hope , I _' i . sq ., and Dr . Wheelwright , to the list , of directors , and wo leave it to you to deeido whether tho clause shall bo altered accordingly , and those names added . seconded the resolution

      Dr . James Win . _TVlassio , LL . I ) ., , which was then ( tarried unanimously . In answer to a question from a shareholder , Tbo Chairman stated , that tho call of 17 . per fib aro upon 2 , 085 bad boon actually paid into tho bands of tho society ' s bankers ; that tho greater par ! , of that sum had boon emp loyed in tho _purchasoof India bonds , which now remained in fchft bankers' custody , as appeared by their letters lying ou thu _tttblw . That tho _interest , at SI . per cent ., would be _ctjt

      Hope Mutual Life Assurance And Honesty G...

      culated up to the 25 th December next , and that the shareholders would receive on the 1 st of January next ; but that for the future it would be calculated up to 24 th June and 25 th December , and bo payable on the 1 st July and 1 st January in each year .

      Miscellaneous. Louis Kossuth Arrived Wit...

      MISCELLANEOUS . Louis Kossuth arrived with his wife at Liverpool on Sunday from New York , by the Africa . It was publicly given out at New York that he would go by the Washington , but he afterwards took his passage on board the Africa under the name of Smith . He threw off his incognito , however , some time before the end of the voyage .

      Colonel Brucn, Who Was Attacked With Ser...

      Colonel Brucn , who was attacked with serious illness on Saturday evening , is now said to be out of danger . A bust of Lord Denman , executed by Christopher Moor , will in a few days be placed in the hall of the Law Institution . General Gourgaud , formerly aide-de-camp to the Emperor Napoleon , died in Paris on Friday week , after a long illness . Mr . Macaulay has become so ill from a chest complaint , that he has yet been unable to visit his constituents , although he was to have met them on Friday week . The Globe informs us , that within a few hours of the Liverpool return , the Secretary of the Treasury has engaged Mr . Edwin James , Q . C , and two other counsel to defend his seat . Mr . Duncuft , the Conservative member for Oldham , died on Tuesday , of English Cholera , at his country-house , at Frodsham , Cheshire , after two days' illness . The Cambridge Independent Press announces that the Bishop of Ely lias ordered the Rev . J . T . Bennett , M . A ., Rector of Chevely , near Newmarket , to hold morning service in his church on every saint ' s day throughout tho year , in compliance with the request of some of his _Puscj-ite parishioners .

      Mrs . Chisholm held a group meeting of intending emigrants to Australia on Monday night , at the British Institution in Cowper-street , City-road . She said the ship Chalmers would leave the London Docks on Sunday . Another ship was about to proceed from Southampton and another from Cork , this being the first to sail from Ireland under this system of emigration . Mr . H . G . Liddell , the new member for South Northumberland , appeared on Thursday week , among a crowd of Sir George Grey ' s party , in front of the Star Inn , Alnwick . A cap was thrown up in the crowd and fell harmlessly upon Mr . Liddell , but he forthwith took vengeance _, on the first wlio came to hand , savagely attacking Mm with a stick . Mr . Ross , the victim , intends , we arc told , to take legal proceedings against Mr . Liddell for the assault .

      Mr . Alexander Hamilton , in a letter to the Times , published on Wednesday , states [ the following fact . He went to Thomastown on Friday week , accompanied by Mr . Henry A . Herbert , and in passing through the streets came upon a large mob whom Sergeant Slice was addressing from a window . They passed quietly along till the Sergeant shouted out " Groans for tho enemies of the church . " They were immediately attacked with sticks and stones , while tho Sergeant waved his hat and cheered lustily . Their hats were broken and they received many blows , and the house in which they at length took refugo was besot by the mob for above half an hour . On coming again into contact with tho same crowd , Mr . Hamilton , although in tho company of a respected magistrate and deputy lieutenant of the county , was attacked with _stonoa and mud with . such fury that an escort of dragoons was required to conduct him safely out of the town . Sergeant Slice denies point blank tint whole ; accusation !

      The Cork Jleporter states , that the fleet left Quoonstown on Tuesday , hinting that its departure was ordered byway of revenge of tho defeat of tho Dorbyitos in tho city and county at tho late elections . A meeting of tho Manchester Committee and exhibitors of tbo Exhibition of 1851 have decided that the medils and jurors' reports which are to bo presented to tho Manchester exhibitors , shall bo publicly distributed . A largo and important body of the electors of Tynenioiith have determined to investigate thoroughly tho circumstances of tho late return of tho Tory candidate . Important disclosures are said to have already taken place . The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty ' s Treasury have given _pcrmiKsioii' _^ o t . lio authorities of tho Customs to sanction tho following officers of Her Majesty ' s . 'list Regiment , now stationed at ( Hani Castle , Ireland , receiving one or two of Colonel Colt ' s revolving pistols , under tho established regulations , viz .: Captain Swaflield , Captain I { . odder , Lieutenant Hall , Lieutenant Bytheria , Ensign Lylton _, Ensign Provost , and Assistant-surgeon Atkinson . Their Lordships have also sanctioned permission beting given for Lieutenant Put _torson , of tbo Coast ( _ittard , stationed at Cromarty , to receive a pair of Colonel ( Jolt ' s revolving pistols for bin use .

      Preparations aro being made to form a submarine telegraph _between Harwich and Holland , and another between Dover and Ost . end . Tho _lnasons employed on tho Polisher Branch Railway struck on Monday , aiid obtained an advance of their wages to four shillings a-day . Captain Williams , Inspector of Prisons , for tho Homo District , has certified tho fitness of tho colls in tho now House of Correction for the City of London at Holloway _, " with tho exception of tho _eighteen sot apart for the jr » . _frftotory . "

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), July 31, 1852, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31071852/page/9/