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Leader (1850-1860), 15th November 1851, Edition Town of 2, Page 1085, Untitled Article

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      anything for your vote ftt the last filectiftn ? - ~ W » tne « w : Whom from ?—Mr . Edwards . _ Did you vote in 1847 for Mr . Raphael and Mr . Bepton ? ^ -Wltnesa : I am no scholar , sir . { Laughter ) Mr . Commissioner Phinn : I thought you had learned French . { Renewed laughter . " ) Mr Commissioner Forsyth : Did you Tote in 1847 ?—• Witness : I did , for Mr . Raphael and Mr . Repton . Did you get any money for your vote on that occasion ? — Wttnees : Yes . Mr . Commissioner Phinn : You have been to France , too ( Laughter . ) Mr . Commissioner Forsyth : That will do , Mr . Skegg . The commission formally adjourned on Thursday until the 1 st of December .

      It is quite useless now to deny the impurities of the present system . It is rotten , and smells—pah ! But the LyeiwguB of Parliamentary Reform ? There is not much chance of the descendant of Wriothesly Russell , instrument of the Eighth Harry , being he .

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      PERSONAL NEWS AND GOSSIP . The Court still remains at Windsor ; and its proceedings are of the ordinary pedestrian * equestrian , and sporting character . Dr . Mainzer died , on Monday night , Alt his lodgings , in Higher Broughton , near Manchester . The Emperor of Austria attended the theatre at Vienna on the evening of the 5 th , and « £ s received with enthusiasm . — { Official , not true , report . ) The King of Prussia is to open the Chambers in person on the 27 th instant . . The Princess Royal of Sweden and Norway gave birth to a princess at Stockholm , on the 31 st ultimo . The Princess Royal is daughter of Prince Frederick of the Netherlands .

      The Austrian Lloyd ' s says that General Haynau is about 10 sell the lar «« estates be purchased in Hungary , on account of the difficulty of finding labourers to cultivate them . It is stated thai the honourable R . J . Walker , late Secretary to the United States' Treasury , and now in England , will be invited to a public dinner on the 24 th instant . The Liverpool American Chamber of Commerce have taken the initiative in making the necessary arrangements . Some of the German journals state that M . de Titoff , Russian Minister Plenipotentiary » t Constantinople , is about to be sent on an important diplomatic mission to Italy , and afterwards to different parts of Western Europe .

      A Polish journal , the Czas of Cracow , of the 5 th , contains the following : — " His Majesty the Emperor of Russia , taking into consideration the services which M . Leon Faucher has rendered to the cause of order , has directed that his brother in-law , M . SVolowski , shall receive the sum and interest thereon arising from the sale of the property of the Wolowski family , situated in Poland . " The Emperor of Russia , by an order of the day of the 12 th ultimo , relieves the Duke de Leuchtenberg , the prince who visited King Bomba the other day , on account of ill health , from the command of the fitst division of artillery of the guard , but maintains him in his other places and dignities .

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      One of the last things taken to the Crystal Palace was a relic of the heroin * of the jfarn Islands—a beautifully and legibly written letter , in which uhe modestly consents to accept ( but expresses herself as much too liberally rewarded already ) a ehaplet of oak leaves and acorns , a beautiful garland of wild flowers , and a girdle of variegated colours , proposed to be sent her by some young people of London . The autograph is dated from the Longstone Lighthouse , and is in most excellent preservation , adorned with wreaths of amaranths and jnuuaortels , surrounded by the names of fifty of the benw 8 and heroines of all nations , written in gold on medallions , and enclosed in a richly carved frame of Irish bog oak . It will shortly be deposited in the British Museum , It was appropriately exhibited near to the Duke of Northumberland ' s prize lifeboat .

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      MUHDKR IN MAltYLKBONE . About fifteen years ago Leonard Bare , a gasfitter by trude , married Louisa Nott . In process of time they had children of which two are now living . Their matrimonial life doeH not seem to have been felicitous , for Mra . Bore -often , of late years especially , complained to her brother , thai Leonard ill-used her . In process of time , too , one of the children , a girl , became obc of the unfortunate class who nightly haunt the streets ; and Leonard Bart was deserted by Louisa his wife . From what motive Louina detJcrted Leonard wo do not know ; but Leonard thought he knew , surmising that " something was wrong between Mrs . Bare and a ganfitter . " About a month afj o Mrs . Hare and a woman named Hands went to lodge ) n

      Brook ' s-gnrden , Bugitigg « -wells-road , and stayed there four nights , when , » ith" two boxes , " Mra . Bare and her companion-left the-R © lodgings and retired to 33 , North-Htree * , Manchester-square . Leonard Bare , anxious for hi * wife , unxiouB tbat hhe should not become as " emaciated" an his daughter , ¦ 'for he loved her . after all , " traced Louisa to the ikook '^ gitrdeu bouse , and lor *> ix dujH regularly called , inquiring where bia wire bud gone to , and initiating that the landlady , Mrs . Abruhumti , " niuHt know . " At . length , on Saturday , Mrs . Abrahams sent him and a guide with h ' mi , in the person of a lad who had carried the boxes . Leonard Bare arrived at the house-In North-Mtreet and asked for Mr * . Bare . " The landlord replied that tliore wat * no Huch person , but happening to mention the name of" Miaa JJ « U , " Baree . xclaiuujd , " that ' s » he , UMrt ' auue , tbat ' H ray wife , it was her maiden «« " » *• PKawajtUr the ill&ted LoaiUa enAvtd , jj »< 1 leowurd

      Allowed her tip stairs . In a few minutes the landlord heard a " screeching , " the fall of a heavy body , and silence . Leonard Bare came down with bloody hands . The occupants rushed up and found Mrs . Bare lying on the floor , her face and body punctured with sixteen wounds , life not quite extinct , but shortly to be extinct . Leonard Bare went to a public house , with his blood stained hands and face , and there he was captured . On his way to the station-house he frequently inquired how his wife was , and on being told that she was dead , he exclaimed : — * ' Christ Almighty ! who'd have thought I'd the heart to do it ? I have a daughter on the town , and a little boy in bed at a beershop . He little thinks that I have killed his mother , and I wish I was going to be hung this very moment . "

      Duly on Monday the murderer was taken in a cab , escorted by a yelling , furious mob , to the Marylebone Police-office , where the above facts were stated by various witnesses . Next Monday he will be brought up again , and committed to take his trial for wilful murder .

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      POLICE . Caroline Oldham was charged at Guildhall , on Tuesday , with stealing a gold watch , value £ 10 , the property Oxeniord . Mr . John Oxenford said : —Between four and five o ' clock on Monday afternoon I was with a lady at the bottom of Ludgate-hill . I was endeavouring to turn into Farringdon-street to get out of the crowd , when prisoner and another woman were pushed violently against me in front . I inquired why they were ptishing , and they said they were pressed forward by a rnan behind them . The prisoner , however , seized me on the right , while the other woman collared me on the left side . I asked why they were holding me so fast , and they said they could not help it . The lady I had with me suddenly said , — " Oh I she has taken your watch , " and at the same time she seized prisoner by the wrist and held her till the offioer came up . The other woman escaped . I lost my watch , but did not see who had it .

      Cross-examined : I thought they caught hold of me to save themsdlves from the crush . I had been only a short time in the crowd , and could not have lost my watch many minute ? , as I ana in the habit of looking at it very frequently . I ana sure prisoner is the one who collared me on the right side . Allice M'Keller , of 3 , Adelphi-terrace , said : —I was with Mr . Oxenford on Monday afternoon . I saw prisoner drawing her hand frcm the watch-guard , and the next moment she handed it to the other woman . I dropped my muff , and immediately seized them both , and held them one in each hand , but the other woman not in custody struck me on the hand with some instrument , which compelled me to let go my hold , and she escaped . I cannot use my hand in consequcence . I detained the prisoner until the officer came up and took her into custody .

      Cross-examined : The prisoner passed the watch across me to the other woman ., and I Baw it very distinctly as she held it between her thumb and finger . I might have snatched it out of her hand , but did not , as my hands were engaged holding the prisoner and her companion . Sir It . W . Carden : The case seems very clear against the prisoner ; but I should like to have the other woman before me , and deal with them both together . They appear to be known , and I shall therefore remand the case for a few days , to give the officers an opportunity of apprehending the prisoner ' s accomplice . John M'Millan , a private in the Fusilier Guards , was placed at the bar , charged under the following circumstances : —

      Mr . Robert Turner , of 16 , Ludgate-hill , said : —About half-past two o ' clock this morning I heard a great noise in the lower part of my house , and went downstairs to ascertain what was going on . When I got into the kitchen I found my two men there , and one was committing an assault upon my female servant . I than went upstairs and found the prisoner in bed with my nephew . I endeavoured to rouse him ; but , finding that impracticable without some gentle stimulant , I went downstairs for the horsewhip , and on my return I applied it to his shoulders , which soon induced him to open his eyes . { Laughter . ) I saw at a glance he was a stranger , as be hail flung his red coat on the bed , which immediately attracted my attention . I interrogated him as to how he came into my house , and he Baid one of my men servants introduced him , and he thought there wan no harm in taking up his abode there for the night . JUe was perfectly Hober , I believe . 1 suppose he came to celebrate Lord MayorVday .

      M'Millan said : —I was introduced into the house by one of Mr . Turner ' s men , and when there Mr . Turner ' s nephew asked me to bleep with him . 1 was asleep when Mr . Turner came up , and struck rne aeross the face and uhouldcrti . I awoke , and awked him what , was the matter . { Laughter . ) lie told mo to get up , and I did « o , itnd begged bis pardon fur intruding . Mr . Turner : My nephew nays he never gave prisoner permission to nleep with him , and that he wan fast aaleep when prisoner »<> unceremoniously billetted himuelf on him I discharged all my Hervunts in the morning .

      Hubert > Sinith , one of the discharged men , said he was in prisoner ' s ooinpuny on the . proceeding evening , and , finding be wan locliid out from bib own lodging , ai > d knowing prisoner to b <* a reupcctalile young man , be took the liberty of taking him homo with him to Mr . Turmr ' H , whose nephew offered a . part of his bed for prisoner ' s iiccomodiUion . Kir It . W . Ctirilcii : I don ' t think prisoner ih ho much to blame an the last witness . However , us Mr . Turner does not wish to prfss the charge , and it does not appear that prisoner was there wiih any ( liitliomat intention , 1 shall discharge him ; and , in doing ro , 1 must say thai ) i » leave * thi « oourt without the slightest atuin ujpon hiv xhttCiLOtcr .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The report in the daily journals that Kossuth will no * sail for the United States until the 20 th instant , is quite correct . On Monday the bakers throughout the metropolis reduced the price of the 41 b . loaf one halfpenny . Mr . W . Lassell , of Liverpool , announces his discovery of two new satellites of the planet Uranus , interior to the innermost of the two bright satellites first discovered by Sir W . Heraehel , known as the second and the fourth . Large placards were on Friday week posted in Halifax , announcing a confirmation at the Romish chapel in that town by *•* the Lord Bishop of Beverley , " and signed with the names of two persons as " churchwardens . " Letters from Trebizond of October 13 , state that the Shah ' s troops had entered Herat . A fire destroyed the interior of the house of Mr . Mainon , basket manufacturer , 1 , Castle-street , Holborn , on Tuesday evening .

      A letter from Venice says : *— " The authorities have suppressed the journal Lombardo- Venito . " The Vene tians have now , therefore , no local journal . By the latest advices from the West India Island * , we learn that the weather had been generally favourable to the plantations , and good crops were expected .

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      A citizen from New York , Mr Waggstaff , has at length been found to undertake the " establishment of » line of packets from Galway to New York . He pledged himself at a meeting of the Galway Harbour Commis * - sioners , lately , to run a line of steamers for six months at least , to make the passage in eight days , and to charge only £ 6 for each passenger . The committee of the Dublin Protestant Association have issued an address , in which they speak of the "Irish Protestant nation . " What would besaidof Cardinal Wiseman if he were speak of the English Catholic nation ? Also in a confident strain they prophesy that Maynooth is doomed , because the Protestantism of the Empire has declared against it .

      A meeting held in Faneuil-hall , Boston , on the evening of the 27 th of October , for the purpose of petitioning the Executive to apply to the Government of Great Britain for the pardon and release of Smith O'Brien and the other Irish patriots , was largely attended . Governor Boutwell presided , and speeches were made by B . F . Hallett , Charles L . Wondbury , Colonellsaac H . Wught , and others . The meeting adopted the form of an address to President Fillmore , praying him to make application in behalf of the I > ish exiles . Mr . Charles Adderley presided over the annual meeting

      of the Burton upon-Trent Farmers' Club on Thursday week . He said tnat , as Protection was fairly gone , the only course left to farmers was to reduce the cost of pro ? duclion ; and , to do that , they must reduce rent and reduce wages . Mr . Gisborne , formerly a member of Parliament , said : — " Reduce rent and improve cultivation . Farmers would never be an independent class until they got into the way of giving landlords notice tbat they would quit their holdings " ( Cheers . ) Mr . Ellis , M . P ,, concurred in giving similar advice .

      A public meeting , called jointly by the Peace and Aborigines Protection Societies , was held at the London Tavern on Tuesday . The object of the meeting was to censure theKLnfir war and the policy in which it had had its origin . Mr . Samuel Gurney presided . Among the speakers were the Reverend John Burnett , the Reverend Henry Richard , Mr . G . W . Alexander , and Mr . John Hodgkin . Resolutions were proposed and carried , expressing a belief that , at the present critical juncture , an intimation on our part of a desire for peace , conjointly with the establishment of an open inquiry on the spot , under the prtsidency of impartial and independent ci \ il commissioners , would tend to allay animosity , and probably cause an immediate suspension of hostilities .

      A meeting of the Royal Geographical Society washeld last Monday , whereat Lieutenant Pim , a seaman not unfamiliar with the Arctic seas , detailed a new plan for searching for Sir John Franklin . He has come to th « conclusion that Franklin may be on the coast of Siberia ; and he proposes to start at once for St . Petersburg , thence to Moscow , Irkutz , Jakoutz , on to the river Kolyma . The mere mention of these names gives no jxlea of ihe distance , amounting to ten thousand miles : two thousand miles of search on the coast of Siberia alone . Lieutenant Pim thinks he could achieve it by 1864 . It is important to add tbat thin expedition will be accomplished

      by private menus , the Admiralty having refused all help Mr . Pearson explained , on Wednesday , his plan for a central railway terminus in the City , to be connected with large receiving houses and markets , and communicating with the Northern , North-Western , and Western Railways . The main idea of tho project He <» m « to be a great trunk lino on the level of the X ^ leet Valley , with branches and sidings . On Tucuday , the project was discussed in the Council , and resolution agreed to , referhjig the scheme to a Committee , and empowering the authorities togiv « the necessary Parliamentary notices , pending the inquiry , bo that if it be favourable an act may be obturned next session .

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      French police abounds in romunur . It . is the record of French excitability and impulse . Ualitjnani prints the following interesting Btory : —Two young men of Nnuolo ' oii-Vcnd ^ e , named Chigot , one twenty-six , the other twenty years of age , were tried last week before the Court of AtMii / . eu of Ln Vendee , for an attempt to murder Lieutenant Li tt ler , <» f the Fifty ninth Iteginicnt . The f « u ( # of the cano were as follows . The fnthv . r und mother of the . uccuhi ( 1 keep a tobacco and fiini / 1 ' shop at JNapoK'oiv-Vende > , ami have « daughter between sixteen und t » ev / e » r teen y «» r « of age , who nerve * in tho hbop during their occuhional absence . Lieutenant Ligler , who w « 8 one of their oiiatomerH , was , it uppvara , in the halm of viujjLiag Che « moji AfMiueutly whi'ii JM- Chj ») t ajid . ui » wife VST ^ not there , and one day , on their returning Bud&enly ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 15, 1851, page 1085, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1909/page/9/