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      t . a ™ n « -ecate < L and were requesting that the gate might bad congregarea , *** tiok ^ > hand , and with some dogs , ^ FgS& ^ W ^ to Wground , kicked her , «^« S on" ihe dogs , ordered a fire-engine to be brought , rtukted water in heavy showers on the women aP aJ 3 s ? or more ; than an hour , throwing them into a ^ t ^ f great terror , and drenching them to ^ the skin , the * many of them had miles to wafic honie . Mr . Ayre , Zho appeared for the comp lainants , proved by evidence £ aSow wicket , only fourteen or fifteen inches wide , JtdbS up for the women to pass through on leaving if : Srv . whereby they were much inconvenienced and

      delavedr OnThe day ofthe tumult they refused to leave the premises unless the gate was opened , and Mr . Jishwortn re sorted to the se violent measures to compel them rff o through the wicket . On the part of the manager ttwas denief that he struck or kicked the girls , or « hissed on" flie dogs , or that he poured water on them from the engine « to any very great ; extent . " Evidence was called to show that the girls had injured the machinery by stopping their loo ms without warning or leave , and also , that large numbers of stones had been thrown , fcy which Sndowf were broken , , arid the manage ? and - several saia

      men struck : some of the men were tojpe severely Siured by stones weighing several pounds . The balance of testiniony , however , was , that this occurred after the fire-engine had begun playing . The niagistoates , after carefully reviewing all the facts , considered that an unjustifiable assault Ead been committed by Mr . Ashworth , the manager , whom they convicted in a penalty of five bounds . The crowds without the council-house received the intelligence of this decision with the loudest demonstrations of joy .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed Mr . Thomas Peregrine Cpurtenay to be his Private Secretary . Sir Edward Sugden , the lord Chancellor , has been raised to the peerage by the title of Baron St . Leonards , This little watering place has for many years been a favourite retreat of-the learned lord , ? It is stated that Mr . Ramshay is about to resume practice on the If orthern Circuit . _ The election of Lord Rector of Marischal College , Aberdeen , took place on Monday , when the Earl of Eglinton was re-elected , although Lord Glenelg was brought forward as " the friend of our Church , pur colonies , and our literature . " Lord Egjinton's appointment to be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland will probably preventhis addressing the students personally . Mr . Layard ' s short tenure of office as Under Secretary ¦> f State for Foreign Affairs under Lord Granville , hasjust been prolonged , at the request of Lord Derby , until Lord Stanley ' s return from his tour in India . The salary of the office is 1500 ? . a-year . The value of Mr . Layard ' s antiquarian arid historical researches has thus been gracefully recognised by two Ministries . The fourth annual soirSe , to commemorate the founding of the Whitfcington Club , took p lace on Wednesday evening , when Mr . Monckton Milnes , M . P ., the President , took the chair . Mr . Mowatt , M . P ., Mr . Wyld , M . P ., and several other friends of the institution were present . The attendance of members and their friends was very numerous .

      The fourth lecture to working men was delivored on Monday last , at the Museum of Practical Geology , Jermynstreot , by A . C . Ramsay , F . R . S ., " On the UtiUty of Geological Maps . " The lecture was illustrated by maps , showing the various strata of different parts of England and Wales ; and th e lecturer explained to a large an d attentive audience the formation and extent of the layers of the numerous coal-bods with which this country abounds . On Tuesday , Prince Albert made a private visit to the evening classes for young men at Crosby Hall . The Rev . Charles Mackenzie , the originator of the classes ; the Rev . M . W . Luaignan , and the Rev . T . P . Dale , received tho Prince at the front entrance , and conducted him round tho

      building . The princo inspected the throne-room , now used as a largo class-room ; tho reading-room , where some of the young men woro assembled ; and the groat hall . / . Albert asked many questions regarding the mode of instruction adopted j and expressed himself aa highl y gratified with all that ho had seen . The Lord Mayor , Sir Koborfc Harry Inglis , the Rev . Dr . Russell , and many gontlomon of influence in the city , were present . Tho Committee appointed by tho Lords of the Treasury to consider the question of tho Crystal Palace and its flostiny , consisting of Sir William Oubitt , Dr . Lindley , and ijord Boymour , have reported , in substance , that 200 , 000 /! . would bo required to render tho building pormanent ; that , Ha portion of it were to be removed to Kew it would cost iv loaa

      « cau . uooz . j that a transposition to Battorsea was not worth y of consideration ; and that a structure better adapted for a winter-garden , or for a repository of arts 1 I "Jftnufaofcwos could bo constructed for a loss sum ' ¦ nan ^ 00 , 000 /! . Tho Committee , howovor , gives no positive opinion as to the retention or removal of the bitfldiiifr , vmen , it must be-remembered , lies at present under sonlonco ot death . Parliament has suspended tho execution oi Mo eontonco until its pleasure be taken on tho subject , i no ? , Cftn P rediot what tho result will bo . Tho inicnor ol tho building has boon partiall y accessible to tho public , after a long interval , by tho sale of- catalogues of uw interior fittings , tho property of Fox and Hondoruon , wiucli aro being Hold by auction ; tho purohaeo of a oata * joguo , prl ( jo fiixponco , soouros tho enCrJo . Throe or four ™»> UHand pooplo liavo visited tho building ovory day this

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      Mr . Oxborry , tho comedian , eon of tho colobratod Oxborry « ? nn Stttur ( lay l « wt , flomowhat unoxpootedly . Ho was imuiung an engagement at Madamo Voatria ' s Lyceum

      Theatre , and performed in the Game of Speculation and the Prince of Happ ^ f Land -ap to the time of his decease . Mr . Oxberry had written several successful dramas . The funeral of M . Merle , the dramatic author , took place at Paris on Sunday . Amongst the mourners were General Magnan , Baron Taylor , M . Jules JaniK , M- Camille Doucet , Mr . Poole , the English comic author ; Mdlle . . Georges , Mdlle . Rachel ^ and several other persons cdnnected with the drama and with literature . An address was delivered by M . Jules Janin over the grave .

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      The Independence of Brussels states , that M . Duvergier de Hauranne has passed through that city from England on his way to Switzerland and Italy . It is reported that the Duke de Leuchtenberg , son-inlaw of the Emperor of Russia , has within the last few days , invested 600 , 000 f . in the Belgian funds . The Emperor of Austria left Vienna on the 25 th ult ., for Trieste , for the purpose of proceeding to Venice , to greet the Grand Prince of Russia . He was at Laybach at nine on the morning of the 26 th ult . His departure was unexpected and private .

      The Seraldo of Madrid states that the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier were to embark at Barcelona on the 1 st of March , for the Balearic Isles and Genoa , and after a short residence in Italy , they would proceed to England " on a visit to their relations , " the Orleans family . The King of Denmark is childless . The Cabinet wishes to propose the Prince of Gliicksburg , as Crown Prince , about whom the Danes know little , and care less . The Fcedrelandet , a Copenhagen paper , an advocate of Danish nationality , and an opponent of all " Germanisation , " contained , on the 28 th ult ., a strong leading article on the intimate connexions of race and sympathy between England and Denmark , and proposes a younger son of Queen Victoria as the Crown Prince of Denmark .

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      Dr . Travers Twiss succeeds Sir John Dodson as Vicar General of the province of Canterbury . A series of ceremonies took place at St . John ' s , Islington , on Sunday last . After the Vespers , the Hon . Mrs . Law , widow of the Recorder of London , made her public profession of the Catholic faith , and shortly afterwards assisted at the reception of her daughter , Miss Law ( formerly of Mr , Bennett ' s congregation , ) into the Third Order of St . Francis . " His Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster" is delivering a course of lectures , on Sunday evenings , in SouthwarTc Cathedral , on " Protestant Objections to Catholic Doctrines . " The hour of Vespers is halfpast six o ' clock . The subject of the first lecture ( on Sexagesima Sunday ) was " Almost Catholics , " and the text , " Almost thou persuadest me to become a Christian . "

      The commission of assize was opened , at Aylesbury , on Monday , by Mr . Justice Crompton , and the High Sheriff , Mr . R . Scott Murray , went to meet the judge , accompanied by a Roman Catholic chaplain , the Rev . John Morris . Both Mr . Murray and Mr . Morris seceded to the church of Rome , and both of those conversions created some interest . Mr . Murray waa one of the representatives for the county at tho time , and Mr . Morris was well known at Oxford . The chaplain , on Monday , in the full roboa of his . order , took his seat in the carriage with tho judge , and attended the hall when the commission was opened . Afterwards , tho High Shoriff attended service at the Roman Catholic chapel , and his chaplain preached a sermon . The commotion in tho town was vory groat , as

      no such occurronco had taken place here since tho Reformation , and tho Rev . Mr . Pretyman , vicar of Aylesbury , refused to do anything moro than read prayers in the presence of the j udge . When the court opened on Tuesday , tho High Sheriff was not accompanied by his chaplain when ho escorted tho Judges to tho Court , and the Chief Justice , Lord Campbell , in the course of his charge to tho Grand Jury , administered a grave , but courteous and moderate , robuko to Mr . Scott Murray ; summing up his viow of tho case in those words— the High Sheriff ' s chaplain becomes tho chaplain of tho Judges , and the Protestant religion is the religion of tho Judges of this country . " Mr . Scott Murray bowed at the termination of Lord Campbell ' s address ; and tho Grand Jury unanimously exprossed thoir concurrence .

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      Tho Insfc WoBt India stoamor brought no news oi tho crow and passengers of tho Amazon . Tho barquo supposed to bo near the burning ship , was spoken two days after tho catastrophe , and communicated no intelligence . Thus vanishes tho last vostigo of hope that any moro aro saved . Tho Amazon fund now amounts to upwards of 0500 ? . Tho Amorican mails of tho wook are generally unintorosting . KossutU and Kinkol woro in Ohio , and tho a-roatost oxeitomont prevailed . Tho papers say that Koh >

      Bubh has contracted for 40 , 000 muskots , at two dollars each ., Jonny Lixid and Lola Montos aro BliU objects of public curiosity . About seventy senators and representatives called on Lola during her stay at Washington ! A few days ago , a' doaf and dumb couplo , who hud bocoroo acquainted with ' ono another in an institution for tho doaf and dumb at Prague ) , woro married in one of tho churches of that city . Tho coromony wua performed in perfect eilonco ; tho questions woro handed to oaoh , written on Blips of napor , and tho answers woro roturnod by noda or Hluikoa ol tho hood .

      Mr . William Ooddington , when coachman to Mr . Bon-Bon , of Uttorby , in tho county of Lincoln , was in tho habit of paying marked attentions to Misa Agonora Standalott , tho lad y ' maid in tho name family ; and whon ho loft Mr . Benson in 1837 , uad wont into General Fullorton ' s eomco

      in London , he still kept up a correspondence ; "Weed , it appeared from some of his letters , which were read m tne Assize Court at Lincoln on Monday last , that Mr . Ooddington repeatedly declared his intention of marrying Misa Standaloft . . But , alas ! from the day of their parting in Lincolnshire , Agenora never saw her Coddmg ton , and ^ n the year 1846 Ms ' letters entirely ceased . He , in the meantime , was prospering , left General Fullerton s sorvics in 1847 , took a public-house , and married in the same year a young woman " in his own station in life . " The brave , high principled Coddington ! Mr . Macaulay , on the pare of Coddington , acknowledged Miss Standaloffc ' s virtues , but on account of the four years she had allowed to pass without complaint , in which time Mr . Coddington had acquired a small family , he hoped the jury would not give Jar ? damages . The jury , taking pity on Coddington , and his " small family , " returned a verdict for the plaintiff , with forty shillings damages .

      At the close of last week Mr . Dowling , the head constable of the Liverpool police force , was suspended on ^ ft char ge of having tampered with a report relative to a disturbance which took place at a Roman-catholic chapel in the town . Mr . Dowling , it . appeared , had ordered a report reflecting on the police to be abstracted from the report-book , and a more favourable one N substituted . This circumstance transpired on an inquiry into the circumstances of the disturbance which took place before the magistrates . Other officers were also implicated , and they have been suspended . The magistrates were to meet on Thursday to adjudicate upon the whole case ; but , in the meantime , the townhave the

      council , which met on Wednesday , accepted , resignation of Mr . Dowling , and awarded him a retiring pension of 200 Z . per annum . Mr . Dowling , it was alleged , acted under the influence of opium , of which he had partaken in medicine to cure a painful disease under which he laboured . The decision come to by the council will frustrate the intention of the magistrates , who , we believe , were prepared to meet Mr . Dowling ' s offence with dismissal , and , in that case , he would not have been entitled to a retiring pension . Mr . Dowling has held the office of head constable of Liverpool upwards of twenty years ; hut ; having recently suffered from ill-health , he had before this occurrence intended to retire . It is said he will be indicted , at the instance of the magistrates , for conspiracy .

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      A farmer in Wales is charged with the murder of his illegitimate child by throwing it alive to a sow , who eat it up . On Sunday night two large barns , two stables , and a cart-shed , were destroyed by an incendiary fire , on the farm premises of Mr . William Winder , near Windsor . No clue to the criminal has yet been found . About eleven o ' clock on Saturday night , the homestead of Mr . G . Rampley , Brampton Lodge , near Huntingdon , was discovered to be on fire . The whole farm-yard , in . which was a great quantity of straw , Joose and in sacks ,

      was in a blaze . Several barns , although brick-builfc and tiled , were soon destroyed . Before the cattle and a flock of ewes could be rescued from the straw yard , the fire was upon them , and two fine cows , three heifers , six weaned calves , twenty-two pigs , and about fifty sheep , were burned to death , besides twenty-six so much injured as to render it necessary to kill them in tho morning . The scene is described as being of the most harrowing appearance . The magistrates of tho county aro actively investigating tho matter , as there is no doubt tho fire was wilfully occasioned .

      In tho rear of Osborne-street , Whitechapel , stood building of immense proportions , about 260 feet in length and eight stories in height , occupied by Messrs . Thorpe , papor-stainers and dealers . A fire broke out in this large warehouse at about eight o ' clock on Tuesday niffht , and burnt with great fury until long after midnight . The wall on tho north-east side foil very soon , and partially destroyed on adjoining house belonging to tho same owners . The immense exertions and activity of the firemen , with a copious supply of water , put an ond to all fears of an extension of the fire by thrco or four o ' clock on Wednesday morning , but the warehouses are entirely destroyed , and all tho inner walls have fallon . Tho whole is insured . Tho property destroyed ia valued at 27 , 000 ?

      On Tuosday , as Mr . Frederick Fry , scone painter of tho Colosseum , was painting a scene for tho Cyclorama , ho stopped back , after tho manner of artists , to rogard his work , and fell from tho scaffold , a distanco of 80 feet . Hi » skull was hopelessly fractured , and bis collar-bonp broken . Ho was romovod to University College Hospital . Mr . Wakloy , M . P ., resumed and concluded , at tho Phoonix , Norfch-atreot , Sfc John ' s Wood , on Tuoaday ovoning , tho adjournod inquest upon Emma Styles , tho wifo of William Stylos , a stableman , who was murderod on tho 15 th ult ., in tlio brutal manner alrtmdy described in former numbers . Tho jury , having deliberated half-an-hour , roturnod tho following vordiot : —" Tho decoasod , Emma Stylos , was brutally and wilfully murdered by aomo person or persona unknown . "

      Tho two men named Eyro and Kentish , who woro charged , with drowning Sofft , tho carrier , noar Romany , on tho lJJtk of , November , woro found guilty boibro Mr . JuHtico Taliburd , on Thursday . Ono of tho girln , ' Mary Anno BimmH , who had boon drinking all day with thorn , who had followed Sofffc , and noon him lirnt robbed , then , inurdorod , aonlbsuod to tluvwholo villany . Sim had been Hivoo times knocked down wlulo interceding for tho life of Soirt . Mr . Sponcor Suthors , a cotton-spinnor and manufacturer , roHiding at Oldham , wont to a coal mino noar tho town , belonging lo Mosbi-h . Evans , Barker , and Co ., at about olovon o ' clock on Saturday morning last , and deliberately threw himself into tho mino , which is a hundred and fortyilvo yards duop . Thoro were four mon at tlio bottom ««

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      Mabch e , 1852 . J THE LEADER : 22 S

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 6, 1852, page 223, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1925/page/11/