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    ¦ woffil Xas ever see % and the brave lioys oai board of it -will bratdy answer your immortal Nelson's address , 'England e ^ petite every man io do h& dtity . ' C ^^ r s . ) But then , nn ? 6 rttifta 1 « lv , yoiir £ e et cannot Bwitn on tlie sand plasna ^ f Bittafa' ; ind > yet i £ is on these sand plaitt * that dwtftive battlftk-fctive to bs % lgh& Not «» e battle , b > at many , ffhese Wats catffiot b « di * p « teed *> f by w little barfing , however brave . Youipersapr may feel Bonnwli&t mortified not to h « w of soate-WK ^ al exploits 6 xtf& jour * bmv * tars ; bat that will not da ^ gj » QjiSem « ai They would'fidrt if they could c om © to it . Tb ^ e Caarynstprudent ^ r keeps his ships hidden in snug hardqoes 4 ttt of the range p £ yotar suns . "Eliejefore , all that ydtoffrave tars ^' : *) % to gire boose arrest' to the ships of the taktethetri at bomeThat is allBat : with

    ^ aJar— > . . thfei % M » Httle coast blbcknae , and '^ ti tfc battering down S ^ iWwtes-ft ^ ni ftrtr tjsses , Russia lg > o # H » be vanqnlatwd . Now ,, ! will tell ydrc ^ pntlenten ; how y <» 4 » a belt ettpldy yWtPiflMtiw-te ^ togAin yonrobgect . Sign petitions that yon r Omiiiilrtliil ulliiTT jminfil 'Brave Charley-, asyon . 1 calMiim tbap ^ itt ^ bl Baltic , b > -land » and make such Nelson speech to gallant and heroio Poland , as ' Rise , boys , and figit 1—here axe some goocL arms ,, and some dry-_ powder for youand hece am I to back yon . ULcud cheers . ) Upon my soul , Bravo Ch » rley ^ w 3 ll be glad to do it , and Poland will rise liJEfl * Tuirn ^ n ^ ayaJTig * : yniir gimmy , the ( Izar . The inherifttMfWift&HK glory of Poland win «» y to GoCartd % M > ntfRe ^ ptlieir powder diy . ( Applkttse . y Nb ^ getiiramn , ^ b ! s B ^ 0 i ^ l ) ieMrmeans to jdbk * twefaV your ileet , and ll ^^ jri ^ means x > f « ttdninK the ob jects of yaor irar . "

    Th > e rest of ilie speech ™ directed to ^ the lestorafi jffi r ir > y"fi ^ q . T ^ 3 t juctfi' agAinst the iAiisiiian alliance , BEEi ^ Mainended 0 ie - ^ wte . to . ' sign ^ tetitidOB .. jray -. £ ^ . J ^ ai ^ £ rpT : eroinbiit'shotuS tell Tuirkey t ^ at ft has ^^ p ^^ i ^ w . ^ fft ^ gairy . being received as an ally miit | ifu ^ of ^ were affixed fo ' jfr'jj ^ fl ftffiffffifar ffifr * Wy-tjJtfcriin of Poland ; dedairing tM « irBH 6 uia ^ i ^» mrtructed ; and ttat the Aus trian an ^ TO ls riBipiiao ^ aangexous , and subvertivej ) f the aj ^ ' ^ tbte yar ^ foflTwirtang * &at no treaty of peace ^ h ^^^ > b ^ rcasel 3 Med ^ at does . not recognise tie reeBm&tft ^ n erit of ^ oLbuicL . The proposers and sea ^ m ^ git . ^ these " ifisalationB were JCr-JSTpttaad JStr . B ^ i ^ R | a ^ Bi ? N »»^^^ L JW £% d Mr . SHreet ; and , ^ ae motiaa of Mr . ^ . HT Smith and Mr-jra * racing a petiffon . « mfio 4 yinK the ^ substance of the r&a 6-lutioais was Qirdiered ' tb be araWn up and presented to Faiilajnent . " : ' ¦ ' ' ' '

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    THE rjEItlSSCXAR AND OR 1 ENTAI * . w' _ : mm&sz . A * ib < £ lialf-yesa ^ nineetxng of the ^ Peninsular and Otim&ik Steattt Company , the report was tmani' - mbusFjr adopted . A recommendation of the clirectors tb tuBpiencl the declaration of a dividend until the completion « f the anttual ' accounts produced appafeiitly someaiBappointnient , butcreAtedlittle ducugj ^ gn , ; full ooafiaence £ eing expressed in the nunagernent . Itwta * « taiea that the Increased cost of foel ^ with the ^ fidneraladTiuice in wages and material ^ has interfered with- the revenue of the cona ^ pany ^ but ' that the ireceipts continue to exceed the expenditure . A fresti appeal is to be made to Go * - veriitnent for relief in connexion with the contract for the postal service ; and , if this shall prove unsuccessful , the opinion of the shareholders is to be taken as to future proceedings . With regard to the emoluments of managing directors , Mr . B- M . Willcox has Toliantarily resigned hie share , retixing from active duties , but continuing his seat at the Board . Mr . Arthur Anderson relinq . aishes about half of his aUo * rance , appropriating a portion to the institution of a provident ^ a 4 ld ' good service fund lor the efficers and servants of the company , but fqr the present , retiiunB his appointment . Special votes of . thanks were passed far these concessions , and it is proposed that some substantial acknowledgment shall hereafter be offered . 4 r i £ t tlie Ihst anmtal general meeting the directors reporteNt 4 ufly their proceedings in respect to the application mdcleto tb * Government for relief under the difflcwltiofc in which th © _ Goin |>« ny was placed in executing the oontract postil-service , wMcn had airisen from tlho scarcity of sbippingaiii the enliabced cost of fuel at the various depots . AlttidUgh Ihat application was unsncceasful , t !» e declaration of war against 1 lte Emperor of Rttssii was consi-dered to afford a proper ground for again making a similar fipplication ^ inasmuch am the declaration of war was an act of the Government , which has not only greatly aggravated , bat will in all-probability render continuous the increase in the cost of fuel , seamen's wages , naval stores , merino insurance , and other expenses of navigation . The dire-ctors have therefore applied again to her Majesty ' s Government for anch an augmentation of the payment for the postal service as the Company may b « found f ' niily entitled to , in consideration of the altered state of circumstances ¦ ctinsed by the war ; and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have so far responded to the application as to intimate their viillingness to institute an inquiry into the matter , * which will soon tnke place . The grounds upon wliich the present claim lias been baaed arc so reasonable that tlie board can scarcely- anticipate a second failure in obtaining relief at the IiandB of Go-vermnent . Miould they b « disappointed in this expectation , they will , if necessary , cull a spcciitl meeting of tins share liold « r » , to take into consideration the future policy- of tlie Company . '' Most of tbo new n ) , \ s lmve been kept back from correction iind employment \ , y the stiiluia of workmen and other uncontrollable eimun ^ mc .-s—tlici execution of the contract postal service lm « emmed nn « xpcnditur « exceeding the payment received fur it , and th-o claim for

    indemnification on that account remains yet undetermined—the directors , therefore feel compelled to recommend that any declaration of dividend should be postponed to the next annual general meeting , when statements of the Company ' s accounts wuL as usual , be laid before yon , and -when they trust the receipts and expenditure of the Coiapany may exhibit a more favourable . result than tSej can reasonably . be expected to do at" present . Ihste&d of dra-wirig upon prababje future profits to supply a present deficiency , or ceasing to set asid « those reserves which are necessary to maintain the property at its original value , and

    provide for its security against accident , the directors de « tn it the wisest and most honest course to recommend no dividend , unless arising from clear profits realised during the period on which tb « jr report ; and , while advising that much they trust will prove to be a temporary inconvenience rather than depart from tha system hitherto adopted ., they feel much satisfaction in being able to state that the property and financial position of the company are ia a sound state , the fleet in efficient order , and the future prospects of tie enterprise by I no means discouraging . "

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    fiaX < 3 KED 1 S ) 3 tBBr ^ TETRI > "ERED BY THEIR i MQMEB . \ Six murders ^ committed fix one night at Eskesr ; | and \ sy smother oo ; her chilifoeiirl" &uch < was Hie ! story-that horrified the tovra on Mosids ^ . ^ Geocge Brottgb . and Maxy Ann , his -wife ^ with their children , ' lived in a cottage at West-end . Formerly the wife hadTseenth © * refc » nurBe of tha IPrince otWtfU&t , ctmt ; she -w » a discharged for indiscretion . George Brough

    was formerly employed by Baqg ILeopold , and is new the £ egper of ttie ponds and i ; he parliu Hesaspectecl Ms vjfe made akBSignationsi with a aaarried man in the Tillage , and Chat they went to Ixmdon for impro-¦ p et jpoxpQBes . 'He set & watch , found that it waa so , a ^ O@ $ home .. Oh Saturday morliiiig a labourer goiny to work . discovered that naurier had Been dona . The f eat of tbe stor ^ is best tdd by the witnesses at the coroner ' s inquest .

    I Henry Woolgar said that he wsts a labourer , in ClarenumtgardeaS t ^ and / je ^ ided . at West-eod . On Saturday moranng , about » quarter pelSjre ^ 6 o ' clock , he was gtuog to his wotk , ' towards Glareinont-park , when in-passing tlie foot Walk in ; frost of Mr . Brought house , he noticed apSlow hanging out ' of th « window , atfovfer widi blo * 6 . It -was hangihg from a : bade wifiddWi . ft appeared * o be lying on tlie suT ; But bsngj ingf a little dveri Witness btec * m © alarmed at the sight i thereof . He ; did aot see any one at that time in the boon , and he heard nonoise . Helist-eaed and heard aJitde ^ gate clo « ed « and on' looking round , heaaw Mr . Beasley approa « h « ing . Thetgate leads from West-end Comnton . " Air . fieasJey 1 waft coming towards him , and w&en he readied him , he Qnit-< nes ») Baid " Look here , Thomas ; here ' s an awful sieht . ' * He

    also looked up , and said thev had better call some one . He rang the Jiell at Brongb's house , but no one answered it . Hfe fancied that le saw a female move after the bell rang . It looked as if a' woman was . walking about , but she did not como hear enough jfor him to Bay positiwely that it was a womiaji . An alarm "was given , and * Mrs . Be&cham , hie landlad y ^ came , and she rang Brougbre bell very violently . He afterwards saw a female dresseri in a . half-moarning shawJ , come to the window and wave a towel as if to beckon tlu » m . He , said ' * there is ^ Mrs . BrongSi or some ^ person , beokauing us < f < M ] assistance . " Witness then scaled the wall and entered the . premises , when he opened tlie outer gate to let the others present in . Witness tried the back door and found it fastened . lituuei iu tuc lwk

    OcBlCig a nuuu-uuuoc , no n out auu pjACed it against the window Where fcbe -pillow Was . He ascended the ladder , and on looking over the pillow , he heard' some one coming up ths stairs . In a minute or two he saw Mrs . Brooch come to tbe top of -the . staircase with her hair hanging . down , and her body over blood . ~ As she reached the top of the step she turned towards the window when he sawi a wound in her throat , she at the sarne time making a whistling noise . He immediately slipped down the ladder , and went off for tfto surgeon . He saw nothing else to strike His attention . He knew Mrs . Broagh , and had an opportunity of seeing that it was her . He returned from the doctor ' * , and she whs then lying on the bed witfc her throat out . While on the ladder , he saw no second person . There was a

    front door , but h « tried only the back door . J « lm Grodfred , of West-end ., said that oa Saturday morn " ing last he was in his own garden , when hie attention was called to some person in front of Mr . Brougb ' a house , wliich induced him to go to the house . He there Baw Mr . and Mrs . Beasley in the ya . rd . Saw the pillow spoken of b y th « last witness . Witness ascended the ladder , arid looked into the room , when ho sa . w a woman lying on her right side . He went into the room , and foumd that it yrna Mrs . Brough . He also saw ali itlo child , but did not know the child , in another room in front where Mrs . Brough -was l ying . Two oth-er children ware at the foot of the bed , vith their tlroats cut also . He than left the liooee .

    The Coroner : How did you leave ? Witness : By the front door-The Coroner : Was it opened ? Witness : It vms . Tlie Coroner : who opened it ? Witness ; Id © not know ; I found it half open . Examination -in-chief resumed—When ho camo cut lie saw two men , and he in formed * them tliatsotne children had been , murdered . He returned to the house , and in another roo-in he found lliree other children with their throats aluo

    cut . They were lying on a b « d—one with his head almost oft' the be < l , another was on tlio pillow , nnd the third in the inuldU ) of the bed , imd the feet towards tli « foot . They appcured to be dead . He cnllwd to a man named 15 o « chum , but he said l )»« t ho could not eomo . The only person he aaw alive in the house wns Mra . Brou ^ lt , who wnroxl her liand when he got in . The rooms in the house wore all <> v < t blood . Tins staircase led from the front door , Init ho iiiyr no blood on it . He tmw nothing , nor heard anything ,

    to account for the woman s throat and her chfldren'k being cut . Win . Bedser , parish constabl-e , said that an last Sattr&cy evening , from information he received , he went tothe hottfie of Mr . G . Brough . He proceeded up atairs , and in the righthand room he saw- three children , -with their throats cnt , lying on the bed . la the left-hand room tin the same floor he saw one . He went to another room farther"on thfrright and foaad Mrs . Braagh alive , with her throat cut , and at her back w « re two othea- children . He asked Mrs . Braugh > if she knew Mm , and she said yes . At the sideoff the 1 > ed He found a razor which he now produced . It was open and : stainefl with blood . Tbe Ulcod was quite dry . Mr . Biddlecombev chief superintendent of the Surrey

    constabulary , said th » fc , from nafbrination he had received « a Satnrday morning last , from Inspector Marfcell , he went to the house of Mr . Brough . On entering the back door , and on going , hito a room , Ae found under"the table fljah- ' tsf woman ' s boots and a pair df Bloody stockiB ) gs . jftf-went'tb the door and foaad that the bolt on ttie inside was Over blood , w if handled with a bloody hand . There were no other marks of blood below . He went up-stairs and' found a boy , aged seven years , on the bed with , his lace covered with blood . He was dead , and Ms throat was cut . Theivonnd wa 8 > extensiv& and incised , fie saw no ottier / 'wonnd . There were Kingon the fbttt of the bad Harriet and-George . THey were mih dead . Each had received an iu « ised . ' wound m ; the throat . The sari Had received a soperficial wound on thtfleft

    shoulder . He paased into another roona , and fbunS theee other chEdrem They were dead * , and had extensive wounds in their throats . TJiose were two females , and a boy ; th& hitter had also > a 'wound on the chin ,, and one on the fore finger . In a third bedroom biesawMES . Brough , the mother of 3 he childreu . phe was inbed ,, aad ' lit < Pbeen attended to By sjdeedical man . He gave ibstruciioiis to mentucse and tbe pdicc , wheuke-asked ieT if she had anything to say to him . She replied ih ^ t sh ew ^ a ' ttdttthenspj ^ to Him . He waesatOafieithat thecBiiaren'hadbeen-kitleaby-seme jverson , and was not the action of thexaselyes . Oa iSuuday he under Stood ^ Mrs . Brongh h ^ manured for liim , said he went to the house ; saw her , mkS asked lifer if she wanted Bitldlecombe . She wplied yes , l ^ iave ^ been re 3 ating to afi officer all about it , xaUKiuz tuvu t jlbuuuus

    x nau ueen T » uang . c «> jYou . ouo »» m , like to tell" vou- sfl about lfc * iSh » werit on 1 » toy , "On Friday last I was bad : &U day , and wanted to see Mr . Izod , and waited all day . X wanted him to give ine some medicine . In the evening I walked afcout , ana afterwarde sent the children to bed . 3 wanted to go to sle ^ in a chair . That was about nine o ' clock . Geor ^ y ( meaning Georguia ) kept calling to me to come to bed . I came up to bed , -and they kept calling , to ma to bring them some barley water , and kept calling to near twelve o ' clock . I had one candle lit on the-stair . I went and get another , but could not see ; there was something like a eland , and I thought I -would godown and cet a linife and oat my own throat , but could not see . I groped about in master's room for a razor ; I could not find one : At last I found ftis keys , and then found his raaor . I went to Geocgy acid cut her first . I

    did not look at her ; I then came to Carry and cut her ; then to Henry—lie said , 'Don't , mother j'I said I must > and did cut bun . Then I went to Bill ; he was fast asleep ; I turned him over ; he never woke ; I served him the same . I nearly tumbled into tbifr room . The two children here , Harriet and George , -were awake . They made-no resistance at all . Harriet struggled very much and gurgled . I then laid down and hid myself . I can't tell what occurred after that , as I found myself weak and lying on the floor . That nasty great and black cloud was gone then . I was thirsty , and got the water-bottle and' drank . I fell in a sitting- position ; got up and saw the children , and it all

    came to me agaioi . I wanted to call , bub coaW not speak . I went to the wiitiow and pat something out to call attention . I went to bed , and remained there tilliaie-bell Tang . They made such a noise . I crawled on my bunds and kneee , but could nottnake him here . It ims Henry Woolgar . I went down to unbolt the door . There was only one bolt fastened , and that I undid . That is atl I know—they can tell the rest . It was not ^ uite daylight when I put the signal out . It is possible I might have Baid something more to tfte other officer ; if I have , he can tell you . " This statement was signed by tlie miserable woman . Witness added that he did not believe she had made that statement

    for the purpose of secreting any other person . James Martell ., inspector off the Surrey constabulary , said that , on Sunday morning last , he was sntting by ttie bedside of Mrs . Brough , he having her in obnrge . She began to cry . He said , Sl Don ' t cry , it will hart you . " She said , "Seo what I have done . " Trte-asked her what she had done , when she replied , " You know all about it . " She then made a statement precisely similar to that made to Mr . Biddleoombe , with this addition : ** If there h « d been forty there I shonld have served them all the same , but what a pity it was that I did not do myself first . " She requested that what she had stated might be taken down in writing , but preferred it being done atW she had had a sleep . Witness heard her make the statement which lad been read by Mr . Biddlecombe . He had no doubt but the children -wore killed by the mother .

    Mr . Charles Mwtt , surgeon , of Walton-on-Th « mes , said that , on Saturday morning last , in cons-oqnence of n messago he received , he went to the house of Mt . Brough . He went into the front bedroom , and saw a woman lying in the bed . Recognised her as George Rrough ' a wife . Her throat was cut , and she waa unable t *> speak , but sensible , and the oth « r children were as previously described . The children * had each received u deep incised wound in the fVont of tho tliront , quite sufficient to cause death . Undoubtedly , the

    injuries were arueed by the mother upon tho children . Aim Yutes , n . widow , sni < l that she resided at Claremontpurlc . She had K ? en thu deceased children and knew eacli of them . Their father w » b named George Brcnigh , and tlio mother wns mimed Mary Aaii Brough . They hud lieen lawfull y married , she wns roitiiin , nlthoucli she was not present at the wedding . Tho two uldest children had just recovered f ' roiti the measles . Th « girl ( Caroline ) and the hoy ( Henry ) wore labouring under tho diaeaso at tho time . Huniot was bicliening . but tlie infant seomt-d well . She hud no appre-

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  • Leader (1850-1860), June 17, 1854, page 562, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2043/page/10/