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Leader (1850-1860), 24th May 1851, Edition Town of 2, Page 484, Untitled Article

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      Some parties in Australia are endeavouring to arouse their fellow colonists to exertion on behalf of the explorer Leichardt and his companions , suggesting either to start a party to cross his track , or to procure the assistance of native police to run down the route of the intrepid traveller . A recent emigrant applied for emp loyment to a farmer in Massachusetts , and being asked if he was acquainted with all kinds of farm labour , replied without hesitation

      in the affirmative . He was accordingly engaged , and the next morning sent to hold the plough , with the son of his employer to drive . After the horse was tackled in , the boy gave him a start ; but , hearing an exclamation behind , he turned and beheld the son of the green isle ploughing up the around with his heels , which were firmly set , while he was straining every muscle to maintain his position , and crying out " Stop , stop ; how can I hould the plough if you make the horse drag it away from me ? "—Salem Gazette .

      Among the late arrivals at New York have been nine elephants , a Bramah bull , two immense boa constrictors , and a fretful porcupine . These animals were all obtained by a party of Yankees , sent to the island of Ceylon for the purpose by Mr . Barnum , the entrepreneur of Jenny Lind . This remarkable man seems to be the " Napoleon " of showmen . He is about to establish a mammoth travelling caravan , and is now said to have purchased the celebrated country-seat of the late Nicholas Biddle , near Philadelphia , where he intends to retire .

      The trial of Mr . Forrest for a violent assault upon Mr . N . P . Willis commenced in the Superior Court of the state of New York , on the 8 th instant , before Chief Just'ce Oakley , but had not finished when the steamer departed . The assault was not denied , but wasjustifiedby Mr . Forrest ' s counsel in consequence of Mr . Willis ' s conduct towards Mr . Forrest ' s wife , and in the unhappy differences that existed between Mr . Forrest and his lady . It was expected that the jury would return a verdict with small damages .

      The committee appointed to inquire into the state of the butchers' trade in Paris , has appointed M . Lanjuinais to draw up the report , which will recommend absolute freedom of sale for all persons who desire to engage in the trade . The little church of Fraize , in the department of the Vosges , was filled with people last Sunday week , listening to the evening service , , when the electric fluid fell on the outward wall of the edifice , breaking in pieces a large cornice-stone at one of the angles . It next entering into the organ loft it carried away a shoe from a The fluid

      man ' s foot , without doing him any injury . then ran down one of it . he pillars , killed a man standing at the foot of it , struck three persons seated on a bench , bruising two of them , and killing the third . At this moment it was discovered that the lighting had set some of the woodwork on ( ire , and immense confusion ensued , each person endeavouring to get out the first . In the midst of the confusion a young man was observed to remain motionless in his seat , paying no attention to the noise ; and some person going up to warn him of the danger he was incuning , found to his horror that the young man was dead .

      An improvement in the public carriage department in Paris is at present contemplated . Hitherto , persons desiring to go a short distance have been obliged to pay either If . 10 c . for the poorest kind of cabriolet , or 30 c . ( 3 d . ) in an omnibus . The proprietors of public carriages now speak of establishing a new scale , according to which any one may take a cabriolet for 10 c . ( Id . ) the quarter of an hour . This price , if two persons arc * proceeding to the same spot , will bring the price for each to even a lower point than that charged in an omnibus . As a proof of the immense extent of church property in Austria and the rich endowments still possessed by

      convents , it is stated that the monks of the " Schotten ' are to reoeive an indemnity of no less than 450 , 000 florins , or £ 4 ;> , () 0 O , for the abolition of the scigneurial rights on estates belonging to them . A frightful catastrophe occurred in the garden of the Duke of Montpensier , at Alcala del ltio , on the 10 th instant . The . prince had caused a uleain-cngine to be placed iu it for its irrigation , and that , day was fixed for its trial . JSithcr from neglect or imprudence on 'he part of the engineer , the boiler exploded , and overthrew the building , burying under iUruins GO o . ' 70 persona assisting at the experiment as operatives or inert ; spectators .

      Medical diplomas have heen granted to eight native medical students vvho acquired their kiioM'lrdge at the ( 3 rant Medical College in Hmnbuy . The occurrence i . chiefly noticeable from itH being the flint of the kind here . The young men belong to the Hindoo , Portuguese , ami Pursee races , and their acquii cmcnls arc very highly liiiuU'd by the ( iovernnicnt cxuminciH . Joolee Pcrsand , a rich and very active commissariat contractor lor supplies of all kinds to 'he armies in the field during the , Affghun and Punjaub campaigns wan tried recently at A ^ ra , on charges of perjury ,

      embezzlement and fraud , to a very l . ifge amount ; but alter several tltiys' proceedings , the . evidence ^ iven in liin favour by some of the most distinguished Jiriti ^ h oflieeiH under whom he nerved was ki » convincing mid no powerful that the jury at once iietjiiilted him . He is said to have rewarded his counsel ho muiiilicently thnt . the lawyer entertained some thoughts of applying for a treasur * - party , n » a guard from A « r ;» . to Calcutta . A treasure party ' m-ldoiu ^ ich wilb u smaller amou nt of coin under its guard tlit * . ii frimi three to four lacw ( £ 80 , 000 to £ 40 , 000 ) . In this case goUl in Haid to have been tho mi diuni of payment .

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      Oue of the principal prizi h for ( in ek . at a recent oxamination in the University of Kdinburg lj , was curried off by a lilind student , a native of Dunkeld . lie had uhciI in his MudiiH extracts from the books lie w ; ih examined in , printed in raised characters , which he traced with hit * tiugera . St . Stephen's , Walbrook , iff , by order of the parochial

      The penalties for driving certain vehicles by Oxford undergraduates are now increased . For the first offence a fine of £ 5 , minimum £ 4 ; for the second , rustication fora term ; for the third , rustication for a year ; and for the fourth , expulsion . " Penny Reading Rooms" have within the last few days been opened in Cheapside . They present a supply of newspapers , including the London daily journals , the leading Parisian and German , as well as the English , Scotch , and Irish provincial newspapers . This extensive selection the visitor is entitled to peruse on payment of ,

      authorities , thrown open for the inspection of the public free of cost , with an especial view to the gratification of strangers visiting the metropolis this year . The Dudley Gallery of Pictures at the Egyptian-hall will be open to the public between the hours of ten in the morning and five in the afternoon , every day in the week , except Mondays , from the 21 st instant to the 30 th of July , after which it may be seen , as heretofore , by cards of admission . Whilst the bell at St . Alban ' s Church , Liverpool , which weighs more than a ton , was summoning the congregation to divine service on Sunday evening , it suddenly fell with a tremendous crash , carrying with it three floors in the towerand doing considerable damage .

      the very trifling charge of one penny . At a meeting held at the Alliance Life Assurance Office on Tuesday , for the purpose of entering into resolutions for the erection of a memorial in honour of the late Sir Robert Peel , it was determined that a committee should be appointed , consisting of twelve members ; that the memorial should be a bronze statue , ten feet in height , and that the amount to be paid for it should be £ 2000 . The site will be either at the west end of Cheapside , or in the space at the east end of the Royal Exchange .

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      CRIMES AND ACCIDENTS . George Green went to Manchester on " Wednesday week to sell calves . He returned towards home with the proceeds in his pocket , in a cart , with an acquaintance named Massey , about nine o ' clock . He called at a beerhouse kept by John Green , passed thence on his way , which led over a very lonely common , surrounded by large spectral willows , and having a stagnant pool on one side . George Green can be traced to the lane leading to Lately , or , as it ought to be called , Lonely Common , but then he vanishes for a time , and is seen no more . He does not reach home that night ; he comes not next day . Friend Massey and other friends are anxious about him , and it occurs to one of them that the old man may have stumbled into some pit or fallen into a stream , and that

      search should be made . The pool with the willow fringe is thought of , grappling irons are procured , Friend Massey and his companions drag the pool . Horrible result ! They draw up , with their iron hooks , the body of George Green—but how bruised and broken . His head broken in five places , one ear torn , his nose smashed , and the backs of his hands blackened with bruises ; uplifted douotless in vain effort to shield his skull from the blows of the murderer . The fiend did more—the Avhite hat of the murdered man he had artfully sunk with a sod ; a huge willow stake , the weapon of death doubtless , and the grass in the field , is stained with blood . George Green had been married three times , leaving a grown-up family by his first wife , and by the last ( whom he had only been married to twelve months ) an infant child only .

      On the commencement of the service , last Sunday , two men entered the church of St . Mark ' s , Liverpool , and took se ; tts . For an hour the service proceeded quietly , but at the expiration of that time the individuals in question became appun ntly restless , and wandered annoyiiigly up and down the aisle . Mr . 13 oyd , the clerk , in order to preserve decorum , ordered them either to sit down quietly or leave the church . Instantly oue of the men rushed to the pulpit , and opening the door , with a stick in his hand , titruck the clergyman , Mr . Pollock , twice on the back . Mr . Pollock , on observing the iriiin ascending the pulpit stairs , inquired who he was . The prisoner exclaimed with violence that ho was " God Almighty . " Great excitement , mutantly pervuded the edifice . Gentlemen rose to their feet and ladies screamed . JVlr . Pollock ,

      of courtic , received instant assistance , « ind , after a violent struggle , the madman was forced from the pulpit and conveyed to the exterior of the building , Mr . Pollock resuming his sermon with perfect calmness and composure . A police ofliccr shortly arrived , and the UK . siiilant was conducted iu custody to Lhe station in liigli-fclrefet . On arriving at the station measures of strong repression were found necessary t < . resiiuin the prisoner from violence , and handcuff * were placed round his wrists and rope round his feet . At u ' rst insanity was suspected , it is now believed that the act of violence may be traced to brain fever . After t » ome time had elapsed the mun stated that bis name ws Daniel Roxburgh , ictudiug at 123 . ( jralton-stnet , master shipwright . He wu . « oouve ) ed to the dispeimaiy . Mr . Pollock was not in uny manner injured .

      Two servant fjirls have drowued themselves at . Muidstonc , one eighteen , the other nine twin years of a ^ e The first had been delected in lliriatioiiH with workmen , and had received warning from her uiuhUt . Her grandmother liitd refused to receive ; her into her house , and the result was that a few day * alter the notice expir-ed site was found drowned . The second hud also been warned to leave on account of lirr appaitmt insanity . She hud been eii ^ u ^ Ki to a youiitf man , nainid John

      l , u < lliaiii « , ol 11 union , but about a year ago the en ^ ageinent was bioken , and tshe watt not uble to fui > r < f . it , as the event showed . On I ho evcuim ^ <> f I ho J / iih aha went , out , without ankiu ^ leave , und meeting u female acquaintance asked her to fj ; o down the streot with her , and in the course of conversation told her Mho wan going to drown liertu If , and asked her to k < 1 u * ton «> unie round her neck . Her friend reinonbtiuU ' d with her , on which ahe bude her good-bye und ran off . Having watchi < 1 hei over the bridge , her friend buttoned homo und tatod vrhit had

      occurred to M * . Gibson , her employer . Two of the police immediately went in search of her . They found her bonnet and shawl on the river side opposite Tovil , and her body , was found in the water at some distance about an hoar afterwards . A letter was in her bonnet , from which the following is an extract : — " Dear father and mother , — I now must say farewell , likewise my dear sisters and brothers . As it must happen , I shan ' t ever see any of you again on earth , ftntl if ever you or any of you should happen to see John : Ladhttm 8 , give my best love and respects to him , and I hope he will live happy , let it be how it may , married or jingle , hope he may be happy and loving . ... I cannot say anything more at present . Dear mother , you will excuse it as it is wrote with a trembling hand and aching heart . " -r-Verdiet , Temporary Insanity .

      Shortly after one o ' clook on Tuesday a lady named Norton was standing on the Stanhope-street or No £ bridge , which crosses the North Western railway near Momington-crescent , looking at the Liverpool portion of the day mail coming in down the incline , when she suddenly observed an elderly gentleman cross from the up line and deliberately lay his neck across the down rail on which the incoming train was approaching , and which instantly passed over him . The screams of the lady , who fell fainting , instantly brought several persons to the spot , and the body was then seen from the bridge decapitated , and the head lying about two feet away from it , in the centre of the line , between the rails . The rail-way authorities of the station were informed of what

      had happened by the guard of the Liverpool mail , who saw the unfortunate man ofoss from the up line at the same moment as the lady on the bridge , but the train was too close to admit of its being stopped . Inspector Sibsey , of the railway police , proceeded up the line , and the decapitated body was found as described . The unfortunate man ' s cloak was torn off and carried by the wheels of the train , which consisted of twelve carriages , some distance , and his hat wasseveral yards from the body . On searching his pockets a receipt for the payment of poor-rates for £ 118 s . from Mr . Murphy , the collector of the northern division of St . Pancras , was found in the name of Mr . Young . Application to Mr . Murphy immediately led to the identity of the unfortunate gentleman , who turns out to be Mr . James Young , of 35 , Augustus-street , Begent ' s-park , a gentleman of fortune , and possessing a large amount of

      house-property in the neighbourhood . The spot selected by the suicide is within a few yards of the rear of his own residence . He left home about 11 o ' clock in the morning for a walk , and it appears called on Mr . Murphy , and paid his poorrates . The curious part of the business is how he came oft this portion of the line , which is in a deep cutting , bounded by a high wall of brickwork , as the gates at Camden station have always policemen stationed at them , and no one recollects seeing any one answering big description pass them . Mr . Young , who was 72 years of age , and an Irishman by birth , is well known io the parish of St . Pancras . He was eccentric , and some time ago had a fall , since which he had not had good health , and exhibited a great dislike to being left alone . Tho mutilated remains were conveyed to the dead-house of St . Panoras Workhouse . William Day , accused of carrying off Harriet Newman in a cab for villanous purposes , has been condemned to twelve months' imprisonment . Day attempted to prove an alibi , but failed .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . Mr . Hutt and Mr . Adderley have prepared and brought in a bill to make property situate in the British colonies a qualification for a seat in Parliament . The bill provides , that from and after the passing of the act , a life interest in property , of which not less than thirteen years shall bo expired , in any of the colonieB or territories of the Mast India Company , of the annual value of £ 600 per annum , shall be a good qualification for a county , and the same of tho value of £ 300 for a borough . The Court of Common Council , on Thursday , passed the following resolution on the motion of Mr . Charles Gilpin , seconded by Mr . It . Taylor : —" That this court do present a respectful address to Lord "Viscount Palinerston , her Majesty ' s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , int . reating that he will be pleased , promptly and energetically , to use hid influence with the Government of the Sublime Porte , to procure the immediate liberation of the illustrious Kossuth and his companions , captives confined in the fortress of Kutaiah . "

      The Harwich Klection Committee came to the following decision on Memday : — " That . Mr . lleury Thoby Priuaep , not being qualified according to the provisions of the act of Parliament 1 st and ' 2 d Victoria , 1818 , entitled ' An Act to Amend the Laws relating to the qualification of MemberH to serve iu Parliament , ' is not duly elided a burgess to servo iu thin present Parliament for the borough of Harwich . " That the hist election of a burgem * to serve in the present Parliament for the borough of Harwich ia a void election . "

      The committee then broke up , after « protracted Hitting of fifteen day « , twelve of which wore taken up with the scrutiny . The effect of the decinion will be , that a new writ will be issued for Harwich , and it in underwtooil that both Mr . Priuticp und Mr . Crauford will again contest the borough . fciir Archibald Campbell , Uaronpt , of Succoth , Ha " announced Ida intention 1 of standing for the comity of Argyll , now vanant by the promotion of Mr . IJunodn M'Nvill t . i > the bench . Kir Archibald stands on Conuervative principle * .

      Bir Henry Willonghby hart declined to stand for Oxfordshire . There i » no deposition in kny part , of the county to Huyvport tilthfr Lord Norreyu or Mr . Hurcour at the next oleotlon . A requisition was in course of signature at Lynn , on Tuesday , calling upon W . Bngge , Baq ., M . P ., and (* . P

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 24, 1851, page 484, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1884/page/8/