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      eottage , were also exposed by the falling of the party wall at that end , all the way from the roof to the ground , and the floor between them was partly destroyed also . On this side of Starkie-street there is a space of about thirty yards square laid open , one corner ^ of which . is occupied by the ruins of the weaving-room , and the remainder is a mere mass of bricks , fallen timber , broken looms , and other machinery , the engine being completely destroyed . On the other side of the street , besides the low boundary wall , the greater part of the outer wall of the dining-room of the Fleece Inn . was thrown down . Five persons were killed and several injured .

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      CRIMINAL RECORD . A hobeibIiE murder has been committed at Burnham Abbey Farm . The details came out before an inquest opened on Wednesday . The victim is a woman named Mary Ann Sturgeon , housekeeper to Mr . Willis Goodwin , a gentleman farmer occupying Barnham Farm . According to the testimony already taken , it appears that Mr . Goodwin is unmarried , and that his household consisted of Sturgeon and a groom named Moses Attow . In the farmyard there is a cottage occupied by John Bunce , the groundkeeper , who lodges in his house several labourers employed on the farm . In the evening of Tuesday Mr . Goodwin left his home soon after six o'clock , on a visit to a neighbour , and returned about half-past eleven . During Mr . Goodwin's absence , Sturgeon called

      at the cottage of Bunce , where -she remained until about nine o ' clock , when she returned to the house , for the purpose , as she said , of preparing the supper for the groom . The groom states that he was served with his supper by Sturgeon , and that he soon afterwards went to bed . The farmhouse is a modern and convenient dwelling . The kitchen in which the groom had his supper is separated from the other part of the house , at night , by a door , which he says was locked on Tuesday night by Sturgeon , Attow'himself sleeping in a small chamber approached by & ladder from the kitchen . He further says that when he had been in bed some time he was aroused by a noise as of some one falling down , and he thereupon got up , and proceeded to the cottage of Bunce , who was partly dressed ,

      with the intention of looking round the yard , as he feared something was the matter with one of the colts . This proved to be the case ; and , after the animal had been attended to , Bunco and Attow went round the yard , but could obscrvo nothing wrong . At half-past eleven Mr . Goodwin came home , and Attow took his horse as usual . Letting himself into the house by a latch-key , Mr . Goodwin was surprised not to find his candle burning , as was customary , and on walking along the passage upstairs , after he had provided himself with a light , he discovered on the floor a human tooth and a hairpin , lie also perceived a dense mass of smoke and a strong smell of burning ' , both of which appeared to proceed from the bedroom of the deceased , at tho further end of the passage . Calling

      Bunco and Attow to his assistance , he went to the housekeeper ' s room . Tho bedroom is provided witli a fireplace , and , in contemplation of a visit from some relatives , Mr . Goodwin had ordered iircs to bo lighted in that , and the other chamber . When the door was opened and objects could bo distinguished through tho smoke , the body ot the unfortunate woman was found lying with her head near tho mantelpiece , lier legs on tho hearthrug , in tho direction of tho bedstead ; and on her legs and tho lower part of her body was a mass of lire still burning furiously , and consuming her flesh ! A dressing-table and a quantity of linen bad been lined us fuel . The fire hud burnt through tho floor of the chamber , and was already consuming ( Tie

      joists . Had Mr . Goodwin's return been delayed one hal fhour , the hoiiHO would have been on lire , past redemption . On examining the body of the deceased , it was found that both l » gK hud been burnt ofl" nearly cloae to the trunk , from which they were completely separated . The head and upper part of the b > dy wero not injured by the fire , but exhibited marks of great violence . Ono of tho tooth was nrisHinjj ;—the tooth found by Mr . Goodwin in tho passage . Tho head was injured as if by hoiuo blunt instrument . Near tho bead of deceased wan' a largo pool of blood , and on the door of her apartment and on tho handrail of tho staircase there were marku of blood . Nome jewellery wiw iiIho miming . Suspicion rested on Attow , but ho is boiiovod to bo innocont .

      Tho Central Criminal Court concluded its . sittings on Saturday . Tho Itoverond Wade Martin Mcara , accused of publishing scandalous lib « iln of and concerning Mr . Craven Berkeley and others , p leadod guilty , and put , in a . full and abjoet apology , confining that all ho hud written was fuJso . . Ho wan liberated on bin own recognizances to appear and rocoivo judgment when called on . Mr , Abraham , tlio mirvryor , at who . so door the < 'oroner ' n jury lay tli « t responsibility of tho catastrophe iiltonding tho fall of tho hoiiHr in tho Strand , has taken bis trial and linn boon acquitted . Tho grand jury did not find a truo bill against him ; nod ho was arraigned on tlio depositions takon bt'foro t . tio coroner . Mr . Abraham wan atUmded by troops of friends in I bo court . Mr . . Ju . stieo Crcn . swell did not lind Hullieumt <> vi < loneo in the dopoHitioiiH to warrant

      itto Huding . Mi ,,-Aln-aham guilty of inaiiHlauglilor . . In tlio ( h'Hl . |) laco , ho miid , thoro appeared lo boa vory groat c 1 > ntrariol , y of opinion among tlio witnosKOfi whuthor anything hud boon loll undone winch ought to havo boon dono to jM'ovont / tho accident ; and , in ( ho noxt place , all tlioHo who Hoomod to think Mint Huiu ^ Miing ol . no nii ^ lit liuvo boon dono dili ' ored among thoiiitiitlvcN as to wliit . ii that Horuot hing hIiouIiI Ihivo boon . It wan provod , also , that tho defendant wan ubrtont at tho time l . ho aeoidont occurred , and thorn wiih nothing lo nbow that Micro wan any nogjiconco on h i" pail , in being abttonL It appeared to lum that n phymeiun liii ^ ht jiihI , an woll be indicted for tlio inruiHlaug litor of a |> a ! . ioni , whore Ihroo or four othoiH wero called in ' who thought that Hornothing oIho might havo boon dono which mi ^ ht possibly havo navod l . ho pntiont ' fj lii ' o but nono of thorn agrooing what uhould liavo boon

      done , and an apothecary in the meantime making u P , prescription and administering it to the p atient , of the contents of which the physician was ignorant . Mr . Abraham was acquitted , and left the court felicitated by his friends . - .. - The trial of Pardingtoh and Woods , the engine-driver and stoker of the express train , which was upset recently at Hornsey , afforded another instance of the peculiar state of the law respecting " accidents . " The charge in this case was that the prisoners did not regard a red dangersignal—a flag waved before them—nor the ordinary danger signal . Our readers will remember that on the 31 st August the tender of a coal train , while being shunted at Hornsey , got off the rails . The express was due , and ran into the tender—injuring the Lord Mayor , the Bishop of Lincoln , Mr . J . A . Roebuck , Sir James Duke , and others . The question at issue was , whether the offence

      with which Woods and Pardington were charged came within the meaning of the act — whether not seeing a dan g er signal was equivalent to wilfully doing something tending to endanger the safety of the passengers ? Mr . Chambers , the prosecuting counsel , was bound to admit that , supposing there had been no obstruction , the defendants were driving the train at a rate quite in accordance with their duty . , Mr . Justice Cresswell said , — " Then , supposing no signal had been up , the defendants would only have been acting in the proper performance of their duty ¦?" Mr . Chambers . — " Undoubtedly that would be the fact . " Mr . Justice Cresswell . — " Then the real offence with which they are charged is not seeing the signal . Can you say that this amounts to wilfully doing an act tending to endanger the safety of the passengers ? It is quite clear to nle that it is not . "

      Mr . Chambers . —" It was an act of omission and not of commission , certainly . " Mr . Justice Cresswell . —Yes , but not of wilful omission . Serjeant Wilkins . —Unless they intended to destroy their own lives . Mr . Chambers called the attention of the Court to the fact that the defendants would be proved to have been talking together at the time , instead of keeping a look-out , and that it was their undoubted duty to keep such a lookout as to see any signals that might be presented . " There could be no doubt that it was negligence on then * partnot to have seen the . signal ; but , of course , he was aware that the question here was whether the act imputed to the defendants amounted to a misdemeanour under the act of Parliament .

      A verdict of not guilty was returned , by the direction of the judge . Mr . Justice Cresswell , although he was of opinion that the mere fact of . omitting to see a signal would not amount , according to the words of the statute , to " wilfully doing an act to endanger the safety of the passengers , " could not help remarking that it appeared to be cutting it vei-y fine to have the coal train shunted across the line so near to tho period when the express train was duo . Patrick Connor , a journeyman boot and shoemaker , and Hannah , his wife , were charged with neglecting their chilih-en . The pair wero takon drunk at a public-house . From the evidence , it appeared that the prisoners , who could with the greatest ease earn two pounds or guineas a week , wero out on " strike , " and spent tho most of their time in the public-houses and coffee-shops , and quite

      neglected their children . On the morning erf Monday week the prisoners went to the public-house , and remaining thoro all day , returned homo quite drunk . On Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday they did tho same , and on Friday morning , thoy again went to the public-houso . On tho afternoon of that day , a poor , wretched child , Ellon , two years , was left alone in their room , lying on a few filthy rags , and having no food from the Tuesday preceding . Sho crawled from her resting-place to the landing , and tumbled down a flight of stairs . Her faint cries brought flomo females in tho house to her assistance , and thoy found her with nothing on but a Hmall pieco of filth y llannol , through which two holes wero made to admit her arms to pans . Tho case of groan neglect was clearl y estab - lished , and both tlio prisoners wore fully committed for trial .

      Ono of tho policemen of tho ' Hammersmith division hung himself last wook . Ho was most probably insane , un lio had , in early life , when in tlio army , attempted nuicido . Pecuniary embarrassment brought on a return of the madness . Another " cavalier" hiuj boon pursuing- bin perilous calling in tho neighbourhood of "Broekley ; for , on Saturday ovoning week , an M . rn . Ford , of Nailtu'ii , wiih returning with Homo otbor women from market in hor cart , when on thin nido of Brookley Combe , a follow rodo up and stopped tlm vohiele , by calling out to tho womon , and , an a inoaiiH of onforeing bin mandate , firing a | m | l iut , < , 1 H > ( , ; i ( , o [ - || 1 ( , cart . Ho tben demanded their inonoy , but the women bo ^ an Nlioutin g , ho tbo follow , Hcurod by tlio noino , took to Iiin Hdi-apei-n . It i « conjectured to bo the Hiuno follow who rohlxtd Mr . Ilimilin .

      Die electric holograph in tlio great detective of our days . One M'Uruvo absconded from Dublin with inonoy ; tbo polico Hont , a messago to ManoheHtor that probably M'Uravo would , < tti . ll thcro ; tbo ehiof of tho ManoliOHtor police lu-nt two mon iminediutoly to tlio railway ntution ;; . M' <« ravo eiiino mid wiih captured " with tbo inomiy . vi real , elovoriKwi goes to wako a ro /* uo in UiOHO days ; ¦ or oIho well-to-do gentlomen aro oanily ' takon in . A rn ' mir o Hwimllor . s Inivo | (( , on proving upon Ybo liumiui kindnoHH oll )« ivoiiHhiro lately , and ono of thorn butt boon arroHted . Ho wiih in tbo luibil , of culling ut gontloinon ' ri hounou , and ropivMenlmg lnmHolC to | , ( , a young clergyman , wI . oho piipiiwan in tbo I'lsmiiiHlor iiHyluiu , Imvinif boon drivon thorn by Iohhoh ovor whi « h ho liad no control . " Jn thin way lie got <) ,. „„( , ,, f tho Uov . Mr . BoHiold , and 11 . & « . out ol tho . Kov . Mr . Buckling , IxmidoH Binallor hiiiim from other gentlemen llolnul loft tho town of"PainM . on and gono to I otmiNH , whither In . wiut pummel . Parnall , polico-oflieor of Pumgton , caught tho " clerical gtmtloman" in u

      boorhouse , transformed into a " jolly tar , " and en gaged in dancing the sailor ' s hornpipe . He was at once apprehended , and has been , since committed for trial . He is the same fellow who , a short time ago , was sent to Bridewell for swindling the Duke of Bedford out of 20 ? .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Belgian visitors are still residing with the Queen at Windsor Castle ; and various Ministers , Lord Elgin , Lord Hardinge , and other guests , have dined there this week . The Queen took her Royal friends to see the wonders of the Crystal Palace at Sydenhara on Tuesday . They went over the building and the grounds , and lunched in the Palace . Much has been done ; the Queen sawmany wonders , and could form some idea of the astonishing beauty of the place when finished . The Royal party stayed nearly five hours ; and it is said that the visit has given great pleasure to her Majesty .

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      We have heard , with most sincere regret , that Mr Bickham Escotfc is lying dangerously ill at his seat * Hartrow , Somersetshire . ' The Persian Ambassador has been recalled by his court . He left London on Thursday . The Grand Duke of Tuscan y and his heir have gone to Borne . The Belgian Princes went over the military wonders at Woolwich , and reviewed the troops on the common , on vMonday . The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia has returned to St . Petersburg .

      The Duchess of Gloucester , who has ' attained to the ripe old age of seventy-seven , is now seriously ill . The will of the late Sir Charles Napier has been proved and the amount of Ms property sworn under 20 , 000 ? . Lord Cloncurry > so well known as an Irish patriot , and having some pretensions to literature , died on Friday week . He was a most benevolent man ; and his death is a severe loss to his country . Ministers have another bishop to appoint . Dr . Ponsonby , Bishop of Derry and Raphoe , died on Friday week . He was eighty-three years of age . He was ono of the Commissioners of the IVational Education Board .

      Lord Londonderry , while walking from the Dublin - Exhibition last week , walked into one of those holes in the pavement made for shooting coals into the cellars . The hole had been carelessly left open . He was much hurt but his leg was not broken . He left Dublin on Tuesday . It is stated that Mr . Leeman , of York , has purchased ISTewby-park from Mr . Hudson for . 190 , 000 ? . The purchase is made on behalf of Viscount Downe , already a large landed proprietor in Yorkshire . —Evening Paper . The Wellington Statue Committee of the City have selected the models sent in by Adams , Behnes , Bellj Foley , Smith , and Thomas , as entitled to the premium of 100 guineas each . The number of models before the committee waa thirty .

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      More money is still required for the Lawson Observatory Fund . Last week the committee worked hard , and collected 300 Z . Thoso who have any money to spare for this beneficent project con help to make up tho 1000 Z ; still needed . Wiltshire has an Archaeological Society , which completed its first year last wook . Tho Marquis of Lansdowne took tho chair on the occasion ; and Mr . Pouletfc Scrope , elected presidont for tho year , made a long speech of great local interest . Tho Ragged-school in Blandford Mews , Marylebone , which has been closed some months for want of funds , is

      about to bo ro-oponcd . Lord Shaftesbury is the chief donor of tho needful money . A "Ragged Church" has been projected for Spitalfiehls It seoms the poorest people in that region toll their pastors that thoir want of decent clothes provonts thorn from going to tho regular churches ! So a special church for low , ragged Christians w to bo built . Some 500 / . has boon subscribed ; 1600 Z . are required . Twenty-nix reformed delinquents are about to bo Bont to America by tho London Reformatory Institute . Tlieso mon have been under treatment for years , and havo sedulously conformed to tho rules of tho institute

      It in stated that thoro exists an intention on tho part of tho ceelesiaHtical commissioners toromovo tho college of SI ; . David , at Lampetor , from that town to Christ Church College , at Brecon , and HIcowiho that tho portion of tlio dioccHO of St . David in Avhich tlio latter in situated , in to ho fiovorod from that , hoo and annexed to the dioecHo of LlnndafF . Tho London and INorth-Wo . stom Railway Company , anxiouH to promote the inontal iinprovomcnt of thoir wen , havo organized oxaminntionH and offered prizeH for pi'OtfiONH in tho iiHiial litornry ntudios among tbo young rnra nl . (/ Yowo . Tbo iirHt annual examination will bo bold in

      tho month of October , 1854 , wlion tlio candidates for fcho prizon will bo examined by hor Majesty ' s Inspector ol HoIiooIh for tho ditttriet in a courao of NtudicB ombracintf BriliHli hintory , moclianics , and googmphy . Tho day ol oxainiTiation will bo Announced ono month pfovio * thoroto , whon ovory candidato will bo roquirod to hoikI in to tho Rov . Mr . Hutlw liin ag ( t , tho ]> riiio for which ho intondn to eompoto , and a e ( irl , iiic ( ito of good conduct for tho previous twelve montlm . lOvory young man in tbo wotlca under JH yoars of ago in oligibto to boc . omo / i candidate Tho i

      highest prizo will bo (' L , tho hocoikI U ., the third III ., and 11 . will bo divided among thoso who Hliall provo tbomnoIvoh to havo boon diligent and HtudioiiH in tho count " murkcd out . Bir Culling ISarrlloy called togothor a numbor of gontlotnon intoroHtud in tho driviiung of tho marnhoH on tho righfc and loft bankH of tho irjiaiiioa , oont of Lon < lon . Thoy xnot ; afc Bolvodoro , tho noat of Sir Culling , on TueHelay . Lord ShftftoHbury and Mr . Edwin Chadwiok attended . It wn * ol « iu-ly made out that fch «» JKe ^ t uad Mtuox niardioa not

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      1 ^ 64 THE LEADER- [ Saturday ^

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 5, 1853, page 1064, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2011/page/8/