The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-10-12
ENGLAND.

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companions and servants the too famous Brown hgurng
among the number.
King Brown appears to be demeaning himself right
royal manner Wherefore not? Referring to the Queens
visit Floors Castle the Edinburgh correspondent OF the
! Inverness Advertiser says:
somewhat oous in the discharge of his duty towards her
Majesty For instance when the royal train arrived at Kels6
John the first to approach the carriage which contained
the Queen and but for the intervention of the Duke and
Duchess of Roxbughe the Duke of Bucceuch and other
distinguished company the platform, the stawart High
lander would have conducted his Sovereign the pla
form and through the rumpha arch the royal carriage at
the outside of the station This he prevented from doing
by the Duchess of Roxburghe who all but pressed him
one side order approach the Queen aghng from
the royal saloon. John, who dressed in full Highland
costume, seemed immensely proud of his positions and it
certainly amusing in the extreme to him and
again. with broad grim bowling his Acknowledgements for
the cheers raised for her Majesty of which he proba-
bly, intended for hmef On the occasion of the visit to
Merose John the royal visitors into the Abbey
and seemed anxious obtain good view of the architect
ura beauties with which it abound On returning to the
carriage in advance of the Queen he found that his Bamoral
bonnet had fallen from the back seat to that which her
Majesty again to occupy he lifted up with the point
of her Maesys paraso then took the Queens black shawl
and threw his ARM and her Majesty again reach
ing the carriage he assisted her into her seat placed the
shawl her shoulders with great Welcome to the
Brown the words which, surrounded with floral decor
atons displayed over shop in one OF the principal
in Keo They words that astonished many Of
the paserby But the simple explanation of the matter is
thisthat the John Brown whose painted under
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shop and who dreamt of joke when he surmounted
his sgn-board with those words of welcome and goodwill
towards his Sovereign" - s5
The morality of "1nerre England" appears to be elm
proving" the wrong way:
The August Middesex Sessions commenced on Monday
with very heavy calendar comprising about 100 prisoners
ncluding the bail cases. The number of prisoners the
Central Criminal Court last week nearly 200 that the
number of persons charged with crime at these two courts
only for the month about $780, Thisndicaes the existence
in the METROPOLITAN districts of startling amount of crime
On tho nho Cnfth no OF
Hampshire startled by report that tragedy of most
fearful character had been enacted in hopfedn the neigh
borhood The in which the crime committed
may be CLEANED from the suboned facts 1t appears that
Saturday afternoons many little girls in the habit of
playing about the hopelds OF the year. Amongst
those who in the fields on Saturday was little girl
named Annie Adams of family OF five children, the
daughter of brckayer residing at Alton She had started
with her companions from home about O'Clock, and
towards evening her absence caused ALARM she being scarcely
eight years of age Inquiries made but without success
until of her companions named Gates casually told her
father that they met the road who them some
hafpence To Annie Adams this offered twopence II
she would walk with him. which she did, and the others
returned the town. and spent the money which had been
given them is supposed that having entced the girl into
the hoped and violated her person. the afraid that
the crime would be found out and he resolved kill the
poor thing. Having deprived her of life he proceeded to
chop the body AS the evening advanced the man Gates
assisted by two nsighbor commenced searching for
the little lost who found after some time with her
head severed from the body and body shocngy
Superintendent Cheyney proceeded to the office OF the ps
oners employer at Alton and upon opening desk which
the prisoner in the habit of using he number OF
law papers, and he found diary Upon opening the book
he read underneath the heading of Saturday 24t August
the following horrible entry in the handwriting OF the pris
oner Frederick Baker, CHILLED young girl 1t was fine and
hot The superintendent at once took the book IN his pos
session. and carried to the prisoner to whom ne showed It,
and asked him if was his Hewas then showed the entry,
and asked if it his He replied that it was His exact
words were Yes that is my handwriting, but did not
to do it SO intoxicated at the time saw the
woman"
DIR. Louis Leslie deposed-On Saturday night last was
called upon examine the remains of child at the station
house. found the head, the trunk the arms and the leg.
Both legs and part of the other arm had been
separated from it, From one leg foot had been separated
detailed the injuries inflicted the body which of
disgusting character in fact he concluded the body
had been hacked pieces believe the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
the body took place after DEATH Fromthe manned condition
of the body would be impossible to tell whether any