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      sized and pretty-faced , presenting a remarkable contrast to the strange being who accompanied and was cherished by her . The mendicity officer said : — -At twenty minutes past eleven o ' clock I saw the two prisoners together in Bishoi ? sgate-street . They ha * come from Halifaxstreet , where they live together ; and the girl fastened a petition to the man ' s breast , and placed him . and his dog near the Sir Paul Pindar public-house , in an attitude of supp lication . As 80 On as su © had deposited him to her satisfaction against the wall , she retired from him . I soon saw him receive a penny , and I apprehended them both . The LoBD Mayok : Is it possible that those two persons have been living together ?

      The * Mendicity Officer : I have traced them to their very bed , and have been particularly informed of their habits . ' Captain Wood , of the Mendicity Society : The ease is certainly the most extraordinary I have met with in all my experience , and discloses not only a singular instance of perverted taste , but other peculiarities calculated to excite surprise , and illustrate the begging system . Perhaps the most explicit way of informing your Lordship of the circumstances of the case is by reading a letter which I received irom the young woman ' s father , who is present in the justice-room : rr- ? " TO THE SECKETJlBX OF THE MENDICITY SOCIETY ,

      BED XIOlT-SQuABE . " DeakSib .,- —I bee to submit the following distressing case to your sympathies , and * to solicit from you the advice and assistance which I am led to understand are kindly afforded by your society in extraordinary cases out of the pale of parental authority . By birth and education a gentleman , I married in the year 1829 a lady in the same sphere of society , by whom I had issue two daughters , the eldest of whom ( theVUnfortunate subject of this application ) , now 23 years of age , was , from the age of three months , brought up and educated in the first styleby her maternal grandfather and grandmother . At then' decease , about seven or eight years since , she became an unwilling inmate of her parents ' 1

      dwelling , from which she contrived to get away with a marr ied man , and was not heard of ( having eluded the efforts of the police to trace her for many months ) until the receipt of a letter in the Times newspaper , from Mr . D'Arcy , our solicitor , at Newton Abbott , in Devonshire , in which paper a detailed and humane account of the distressing condition of a young lady then lying at St . Luke ' s Workhouse appeared under the assumed name of Elizabeth Allen . This account , as regarded my daughter , abounded with the most atrocious falsehoods , as detailed by herself to the Board of Guardians of St . Luke ' s . My wife ( having a cousin of the name , to whom the solicitor suggested it might apply ) went to St . Luke ' s , and found our daughter

      to bo the person whose case had been detailed in the Times , and on her being brought before them and her mother , was thore and then convicted of deliberate falsehood and fraud , and handed over to her mother . Exertions were then successfully made to get her cured of a complication of loathsome disorders at St . Bartholomew's Hospital , whence , after being brought to a state of convalescence , and robbing some of the nurses of small sums of money ; she escaped , and again was lost sight of for many months , when a , gentleman , a friend of the family , saw her and gave hor into custody of the police , who restored hor onco more to her afflicted parents . Her conduct from this period was infamous in the extreme , and , on hor coming of age , she throw off all restraint , and having a 6 mall house property in Devonshire , subject to her

      parents' interest , but which , was waved in her favour , she left us , nor did we know of her whereabouts until , about ton months sinc e , I mot her in the streets of Whitochapol , in tho last etago of destitution , filth , and rags , singing ballads . My humanity once again led mo to speak with her , and to remonstrate , tho result of which was that we took hor home , cleansed , clothed , and cared for her . This lasted but a short time , and her recurrence to hor former habits again precluded all knowledge respecting her until , a few days since , we received a letter from our solicitor , sayin g that ho hod heard from our daughter , as tho wife of a Mr . Abraham , desiring tho sale of hor property , and requesting him to take the nocessary stops , — ono of < beso , and the preliminary step , being our ( signatures and consont .

      " My first impulse was to visit tho locality specified in tho solicitor ' s letter , f 7 , Littlo Halifax-street , Whitochtipol / and thero , in ono misorablo room , cohabiting with «¦ block blind boggor who perambulates tho streets with a brown dog , this wretched girl ia to bo found . JCho parties who Hvo m tho same houSo say that sho hus boon couabit' » £ , ' with this monstrous , loatlisoino being for two months , and that they Hvo most luxuriously . Hor mother , who »< w had nn interview with hor , states that nho boasts oi rlim man ' w brinjrinc hor homo from tho Wost-ond

      lroquontl y 15 s . per day , and on an average la . or Us . por < llom . Sh 0 Htatod Jioreolf to have been married to Jura fioyon mouths since at Whitoohapol church , which , on carnal inquiry , I find to oo false , having oxuminod tho . church "oolcB and soon tho officials on tlio subject . Thoso latter ciniuin ' Htancoa' induce mo to think that tho humanity and exertions of your aooioty may bo made available lor tho "" PproHHion of ho much vioo and tho salvation of this miloi'tunntp child . "

      . A'l » o Lon » Maxoii : Cortuiuly thin i « tho moH < i ll 0 y " « l > lo piece of London rowiinco I over heard of , and it would U < j quite iucrodiblo if I had not hero bofaro mo » J 1 tho persona concerned . Is it possible , young woman , that you can hayp any roBpoofc or aflfoetion for * " 0 » ukora . ble crpaturo at your side ?

      Eliza •* -. — -: Yes , I have both respect and affection for him . I have no idea of leaving him . "We can do very well together ( and she pressed the hand of her singular companion ) . The Mendicity Officer ; The man has , been begging about for several years , and I have no doubt is well able to keep a woman in great luxury . I am convinced that the girl has been attracted by the excellent living with which he indulges her . They have been in the habit of getting the best , and she does not deny it . Eliza ——— : Well , I can't go home , and I won't go home .

      The black said he had been dog-led through the streets of London for eight years ; that there could be no mistake about his blindness , and if any one knew how a blind man was to support himself , except upon the kindness of those who were not blind , he would be much obliged to be informed in what way . The Lord Mayor then communicated privately with the father of the girl , and both prisoners were remanded .

      This interesting couple were brought up for further examination on Wednesday , On this occasion Mahomet Abraham had paid a little more attention to his personal appearance . From the evidence of policeofficers it appeared that the girl-used . to . follow him at a little , distance when he was on his begging excursions , and to lead him over the crossings . Mahomet stated that he had been a sailor , and had come from Calcutta . He had entirely lost the sight of one eye by a cold , and the other was so far injured as to be useless . He first met with Eliza on the occasion of his inquiring of those passing by , " Where he could get any dogs' meatV Eliza heard his inquiry , and took him to a shop . He asked her to go home to tea with him > which she did , and . has remained with him ever since .

      Mr . Coleman , of the office of Eegistrar-General of Seanien , stated that by the 7 th and 8 th Vic . c . 12 , Mahomet could be sent back to India as a Malay by the Lords of the Admiralty . Mahomet seemed to dislike this proceeding , but the Alderman said he should remand him for a week in order to make arrangements for carrying out this plan . Eliza was then placed at the bar , and confirmed the statement of Abraham . She gave as the motive for leaving home , that she could not bear to be confined to her own room , the treatment to which she was

      subjected at home , "because she said something which was not considered proper in the presence of children . " She admitted that she had known a married gentleman , but that as soon as she ascertained that he was married she dropped his acquaintance . Alderman Hooper stated that he had understood that her relations and friends were still willing to act for her benefit , which they thought would be best promoted by her going abroad . She expressed her willingness to go as soon as possible . The AldeVman said he would communicate with her friends , and that he thought preparations would soon be made for her departure .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . Jenny Lind , now Madame Otto Goldsehmidfc , arrived at Liverpool in tho Atlantic etoamer on Wednesday . Mr . W . M . Thackeray arrived at Antwerp on Monday , by tho London steamer Baron Osy . Mr . Mocdougall has been oleotod to tho Edinburgh Chair of Moral Philosophy by a majority of 20 to 13 , against Mr . Forrier , the other candidate . Tho Eight Honourablo David Boyle , lately Lord Justico General and President of tho Court of Session , who was offered tho title of a baronofc , on his retiring from office , has dec lined that dignity . The avenue of trees loading to the Farm of Hougomont has boon cut down : and tho timber purchased by Messrs . . Tonos , tho English coachmakerfl , at Brussels . A subscription is to bo opened for the purpose of having an elegant carriage built , in Brussels , of this H ougomont wood , to bo presented to tho " Duke . " Liout .- Gonoral Sir Gcorgo H . F . Borkoloy , K . O . B ., ono of tho most distinguished offlcors in tho British army , has been appointed Survoyor-Gonoral of tho Ordnanco , m tho room of Major-Gonoral C . It . Fox . Sir Gcorgo Borkoloy loft town on Wednesday night , by mail train , to contost tho borough of Dovonport on bohalf of tho Government . — Morning Herald .

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      An attompt is again being mado to comploto tho _ approaches to tho Thames Tunnel . It lias boon ascertained that a croat traffic exists between tho placoa connected by tho tunnel . This moosuro will at tho aamo time greatly roliovo London-bridge , and in many cases save a distance of sovoral miloe . , ,, _ , , T ,. Tho case of Sir Charles Napier and tho East India Company , tho foots of w hich woro bri ofly given in last wool ^ B loader , came on for judgment on Saturday last , in tho Court of Queen ' s Bench . Lord Campbell , in giving iudKmont , after roforring to tho various statutes that boar upon tho question , docidod , that tho Company woro under no legal obligation to pay tho rnonoy claimed by Sir Chariot ) Napior , and that consequently tho Court coulU not interfere . Tho rulo was rofunod . Tho annual mooting of tho National Society was hold , on Thursday , in tho Central School "Jtooms , at tho Sanctuary , Woufounfltor . The upshot of tho mooting was , that

      the High Church party carried their candidates for the committee by large majorities j and that the famous resolutions regarding the management clause were withdrawn In fact , Lord Derby has agreed propose some modifications of these clauses , and to inquire into toe alleged systematic suppression of the catechism , in church Bchpols . The Protestant Alliance held its annual meeting n the Freemasons' Tavern , on Saturday ., It was the first anniversary . Lord Shaftesbury presided ,-Mr . Beyan moved the first resolution , the Earl of Eoden seconded it ; another resolution was spoken to by the Honourable and Reverend Baptist Noel ; Sir Culling Eardley was also a speaker , and Hear . Admiral Harcourt proposed the vote of thanks to the chairman . From the enumeration of these names the reader will understand that the speeches were very Protestant , and the feeling insolently anti-Catholic .

      Ascot Baces is , after the Derby , one of our greatest ; national festivals . Eoyalty makes a point of always attending the course on the "Cup day . " The races came off this week amid showers of rain . Nevertheless , the Queen went to the Heath on Tuesday and Thursday ; and the titled crowd who frequent race-courses were present in good numbers . This year the Cup , on Tuesday , was won by the Marinella colt , and the Vase of the Czar by Joe Miller . The rain spoilt the running , and beat the best horses . The Eev . H . Mackenzie , vicar of St . Martin ' s-in-thefields , met a number of his parishioners on Wednesday

      evening , to inaugurate a library and reading-room for their use in the building of the Northern Schools , Castlestreet . He was supported by the Earl of Harrowby , Viscount Ingestre , Sir Walter James , Bart ., Eev . T . Jack son ( Canon of St . Paul ' s-Cathedral ) , Dr . * Jelf , Dr . Wainwrightt , Eev . Professor Maurice , Capt . Townshend , M . P ., and several other clergymen . He announced a valuable contribution of books from Prince Albert , a donation of . 51 . from the Bishop of London , and read also letters expressing sympathy and countenance from tho Earl of Carlisle , Viscount Goderich , Lord J . Manners , Sir W . P . Wood , and other gentlemen .

      The exhibition of the works of the students of the several schools of ornamental art recently opened at the Department of Practical Art at Marlborough-house , has been closed to the public , having been- Visited by several thousands of persons . The works will be forthwith returned to the focal schools , in many of which , as at Cork , Birmingham , &c , they are wanted for exhibition . In order to complete the cases for the Museum of Ornamental Manufactures , and prepare the rooms for study and drawing , the Museum is closed until further notice . The course of Mir . Owen Jones ' s Lectures on true and falso principles of design , however , is not interrupted by these arrangements . The Senate of the United States has at length , passed the bill granting Collins ' s line of steamers 33 , 000 dollars for each voyage .

      Casolani , tho contra-basso , died at New York , after muck suffering , on the 20 th ult ., of consumption . Signor Casolani was a native of Bologna , and had played in the principal orchestras in Italjvjn North America , the Havannah , &c . ; ho was recently in the orchestra of her Majesty ' s Theatre , and afterwards , at the opening , of tho Eoyal Italian Opera , Covcnt Garden . . He was a great favourite of the celebrated Dragonetti , who called him " his child , " and bequeathed him . his second best doublebass , tho first being restored to tho convent of St . Mark ' s , Venice , whence Dragonetti had it . " His death , was long expected , " says a New York paper , " as consumption had been at work for years past upon his onco hardy frame . Ho was about 45 years old when ho died , and his loss will bo felt and rogrotted by thousands of friends and brother artists on both Bides of tho Atlantic . May ho rest in peace , as ho was kind and gontlo on earth . "

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      An attempt was made last week to burn a steam-ship building establishment at Cork . A party of four young men wero on tho river , at Chelsea , in a small boat , on Sunday afternoon . In playing and splashing each other with tho oars , they capsized tho boat , and two of them woro drowned . A lady of Laverstock , named Mrs . Targott , has recently committed suicide in a fit of insanity , tho latter being caused , as it is supposed , b y her two children by a former husband being token from nor . A tremendous firo on Thursday destroyed two largo warehouse floors in tho great printing establishment of Messrs . Clowes , Stamford Street , Blackfriars Eoad . Tho rooms containod many tons of paper , and tho shoots of sovoral books . The property , fortunately , was insured .

      A young man , who had boon concerned in a robbery , pursued by a police-officer on Saturday afternoon , took rofugo in tho Slook Exchange , to which ho obtained admission under somo protonce . Xho policeman , who was in private- clothes , was refused admittance by tho beadle , and wan roi ' orrod to tho Secretary ; and when at length ho obtained an entrance , tho man ho wa « in search of had , of courtio , taken night . A firo broko out on Wednesday morning botwoon two and threo o ' clock in a long rango of promises botwoen Bonnott-stroot and Stamford-street , Blackfriars-road . In a short tiino tho flames had extended so far that tho whole

      neig hbourhood was lighted up . Sovoral onginos quickly arriving , tho flrowas brought , under in about an , hour . Tho damago done is found to bo vory groat . A gontloman , somo days ago , accidentally loft a dressings caso m ono of tho carriagoa of tho Shrewsbury and Bir » mingham Hallway . JaraoH Poaroo , an ongino-drivor , and , Richard Pugh , a stokor , happening to alight upon tho artiolo , converted it to tlioir own ubo , and divided between thorn the contents , including jowollory of tho value of 201 . or 301 . 'Xho criminals woro detected through , tho pawning' of some of the artjoleo , and lwvo boon committed for trial .

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      JymM , 1352 . ] THE LEADER . 550

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 12, 1852, page 559, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1939/page/11/