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      Trading On Virtue.— A Woman Named Cather...

      otri , " Oh , I ' m a dead man ! I hare * ttfc ttry tnrdat / ' A strrgebn was ealjedin , who saved the inan * life ; but he lingered for a considerable time , and was only brotignt before the Sottthrrark Magistrate last Saturday . He alleged that he had been induced to resort to that mode of committing stticide by reading in several books that it is an easy mode of dying , and by finding it introduced in Little Dorritva . the case of Mr . Merdle . He had had some disappointment , and had been drinking ; but he expressed great contrition to the magistrate , and promised not to repeat the same offence . He was discharged with a caution . . ' , The Attempted Murder in St . Makten '

      s-le-Grand . —William Cox , the man charged last week at Guildhall with stabbing his wife and one "William Forty , was re-examined on Saturday , when Forty was brought from the hospital , and gave evidence . He admitted the connexion that had existed between him and the woman , but swore that at that time he believed her to be single . When he found that she was Cox ' s wife , he says he exhorted her to return to her husband . The three had been sitting together at a public-house , and appeared to be very friendly for a time ; but suddenly Cox struck his wife a violent blow in the face , and Forty then left . He was immediately pursued by Cox , who stabbed him ,

      and likewise the woman , with a dagger . On being cross-examined . Forty denied that he had made use of irritating expressions . One of the other witnesses was Forty ' s son , who confirmed the chief facts . As he was getting into the witness-box , a master farrier , named Pendry , whispered to him that he was to be sure and say his father always believed the woman to be single . He did not do so , however . Pendry was taken into , custody foT contempt of court . He admitted what he had said , biit affirmed that he did not know he was doing wrong . He was bound over to appear on the next examination , to answer any prosecution that might be directed against him ; and Cox was remanded . .

      Sentence Commuted . —In accordance with the recommendation of the Judge who tried the case , Elizabeth Jemmison . convicted at York Assizes for the murder of her child , has had her sentence of death commuted to penal servitude for life . Capture of a Gang op Sheep-stealers . —Policeconstables Booth , of Cudworth , near Barnsley , and Shaw , of Darfield , haying had their suspicions excited by the proceedings of a part } ' of men eariy on the morning of Friday week , followed them to a place called Storr ' s-mill , where they saw the fellows making preparations to slaughter a sheep , which they had selected

      out of a flock belonging to Mr . Guest , of Cudworth . The policemen were armed with cutlasses , and they had with them a couple of dogs , which , as the thieves approached the constables' hiding-place , broke loose , seized one of the robbers , and so terrified the rest that they were captured almost without any difficulty . The prisoners , whose names are Thomas Simpson ( one of the men charged with being concerned in the Manor Oaks burglary ) , John Cope , and William Bennett , had on them two life-preservers , three sharp pocket knives , two butchers' knives , a saw , a crowbar , some gauze veils , striped slops , instruments for forcing locks , and other articles . They have been committed for trial .

      Murder of a Pauper at Yarmouth . —James Ablett , a pauper In the Yarmouth union workhouse , has been examined and committed for trial by the magistrates of that town , on a charge of murdering Angus Steward , an old bedridden pauper in the same asylum . One morning , at an early hour , Ablett went into the ward of which he was attendant , where Steward lay in bed , and , apparently without the slightest provocation , deliberately stripped him and struck him not less than sixteen smart blows on the back with a short brush . He then placed his victim on one side of the bed , in such a

      position that his feet touched the floor , and struck lum violently on both sides of the head . The defenceless old man implored . Ablett to desist , or he -would kill him , whereupon the latter seized the bed-board , and , after striking Steward with it on the head , threw him into a chair . Ho died shortly afterwards . The medical officer of the workhouse said that death had been caused by pressure on tlio brain . It was stated that the murdered man was not cleanly in his habits , and tins circumstance is supposed to have excited the wrath of Ablett , and tb . ua led to the committal of the crime with which he

      stands chargod . Execution , —John Lewis , convicted at the late Gla-i morganshire Assizes of tho murder of his -wife atMortliyr , tvas liangod last Saturday morning at Cardiff" . From ten to twelve thousand peoplo witnessed tho execution . An application had been made to tho Tuff Valo Railway Company to run special trains from Mortliyr to Cardiff * on tho occasion ; but tho directors declined to comply with tho request . Groat numbers of people nevertheless

      catno down from Merthyr and the neighbourhood on tho previous , evening , many of whom , boing unable to obtain lodgings in Cardiff , loitered about tho precincts of tho gaol during tho night . Lewis died quickly , and conducted himsolf previously with decorum . While admitting that ho had troatod his wife with great brutality , he denied that he had murdered her , saying , in answer to an exhortation to confess , that he "would not for ten thousand worlds go into tlie presence of his Maker with a lie on his lips . Garotte Robbery and Murder at MANcnKSTHR . - s-A Mr . William . Yaton has boon murdered at

      Manchester by thrW men n . 8 meVl Trainor , Margison , and Williams . They attacked him in Deansgate late at night * kicked him ia the stomach , and took from him seven shillings and a few pence . They have ail been arrested and committed for trial . Manslaughter . — -William Cheeketts , a labourer living ftt . Pershpre , Worcestershire , and formerly , in the Oxford Blues ; has been committed to Worcester gaol on the charge of manslaughter of William Johnson , who was formerly a Hussar , and was present at the battle of Waterloo . Both persons , are of advanced age , and had

      been in the habit of joking each other about their martial experience . On Thursday week they met at a public-house in Pershore , when the disputes between them were renewed ; and , although several men interfered , the words led to blows , until a regular fight took place between the two . Checketts struck Johnson a violent blow on the side of the head , knocking him down upon a stone floor . He became insensible , and died on Sunday from effusion of blood on the brain . At the coroner ' s inquest a verdict of Manslaughter against Checketts was returned .

      Charge of Poisoning a Husband . —The wife of a farm labourer at Pontefract is in custody under suspicion of causing the death of her husband by poison . The inquiry is adjourned . A Nest of Assassins . —The neighbourhood of Hatton-garden has been continually alarmed for some time past by attempts at stabbing made by the Italians and French who reside in Baldwins-gardens and the vicinity . Last Sunday , two Italians were locked up for stabbing a man in the hand , and on Tuesday night , a person named Desanti Martini , also an Italian , drew a dagger , and without any provocation , made a fierce lunge at a young Englishman . The latter adroitly stepped aside , and such was the force with which the Italian Tushed forward that , on missing his object , he fell on the pavement . He was taken into custody by a policsman , though several other Italians were standing about with open knives ; and he has been committed for trial .

      Robbery by a Boy . —John Ryan , a boy eleven years of age , is under remand at Lambeth , charged with breaking into the premises of Mr . Cook , a general dealer in Hooper-street , Westminster-road , forcing a chest of drawers , and stealing a sum of ten shillings . Cook , who is a poor man , had laid aside the money to pay a debt with . The boy appears to have divided the cash between his father , his mother , and himself , retaining by far the larger part for his own use . The parents , however , deny any knowledge of the affair . Garotte Robbery en a Public-house . —Four men went into the Salisbury Arms , Bear-street , Leicestersquare , late on Tuesday nigh-t , and obtained ( from the landlord , Mr . Johnson ) an advance of five shillings and

      a certain amount of liquor on a watch which they handed in as security . While they were drinking before the bar , Mr . Johnson suddenly missed one of them , and a moment after was seized from behind , and garotted . The others then came round , and rifled his pockets of his watch and 51 . in gold . He struggled and got away , but immediately afterwards became insensible . A man , named Goff , and two women who are supposed to have had some knowledge of the affair , are in custody , and under remand on this charge at the Marlborbugh-street police- ^ office ? . Goff is also charged with attempting on the following night to steal a watch from a gentleman at a public-house in the Haymarket . He failed , and was at once secured .

      The Escape from Newcastle Gaol . — William Beamont Hays and John Harris , two of the men who escaped from Newcastle Gaol on Wednesday week , were brought back in custody on . Monday evening by the police , having been captured that day at Petteril-bridge , near Carlisle . They have been living in the fells , a very wild region , from which they hoped to escape into Wales . Incendiarism . —Several incendiary fires hare recently broken out in Norfolk and Suffolk .

      The Case op Abduction . —Tho chargo against a young man named Aarons of abducting a young Jewish girl—tho main facts of which wore noticed in our paper last week—has been withdrawn , the . parties having come to an amicable arrangement . Tho girl has been found residing by herself in respectable lodgings ; nnd Aarona ' s object in removing her seems to have been simply that she might marry tho person to whom she was attached , but who -was opposed by the family ., The relations have now consented to the union .

      Superstition and Crime . —? An elderly man has been charged at Bristol with an assault on a person named Finch . It scorns that Finch had persuaded tho old man that ho was bowitohod , and hnd suggested certain conjurations by which ho might destroy the charm . These had fio worked on tho old fellow ' s mind that bo became almost demented , and in that stato committed tho assault . Ho wns merely fined the cost of tho summons , and Finch was cautioned as to his future practises .

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      Gatherings From The Law And Pouch "Court...

      GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW AND POUCH "COURTS . Threw bankrupts , who had boon in a largo way of bueiness in the City , and who were all foreigners , came up in tho Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday for tho granting oi certificates . Tho first cane was that of Octavo Foa , a merchant of Old Broad-street . Messrs . Hart ' s

      statement of his affairs shows a capital in January , 1855 , of 11 , 258 ? ., and presentrunsecured debts about 28 , 000 / . the assets being supposed to be barely sufficient to pay a dividend of Is . 6 d . in the pound . Some discreditable facts came out . The bankrupt had obtained double advances upon goods , first at the wharfingers , and next on the bills of lading ; and lie had received 900 ? . in February for the purchase of saltpetre , and had only purchased and delivered 521 . worth . The difference was proved against his estate . An adjournment was ordered to November . —The second case was that of

      J . A . Pervanbglu , a Greek merchant of Union-court , Old Broad-street . There had been very reckless trading , and only a third-class certificate was granted . —The affairs of G . C . Fraiighiadi formed the third case . This bankrupt ( also a Greek ) was a merchant of Greshamhouse , Old Broad-street , trading as Franghiadi Sons . The unsecured debts exceed 110 , 000 ? ., and there are liabilities to the further amount of about 60 , 000 * . The available assets are about 25 , 000 ? . The failure appeared to have been caused entirely by the stoppage of the war . A first-class certificate was granted .

      Charles Head , of Kenmngton-square , was on Monday charged by the police at Marlborough-street with creating an obstruction in Coventa-y-street . Since the police have made forcible entry into several betting-houses , the frequenters of these places have adopted the precaution of carrying on their betting transactions in the open street , and the consequence is that several public thoroughfares at the west-end are rendered nearly impassable for pedestrians during the day . Complaints having been made to the proper authorities , the police received orders to keep the pavement clear . This order was carried out in the case of Head , but he resisted , and was taken into custody . He was ordered by the magistrate to enter into his own recognizances in 5 / . to keep the peace . fun out of

      The gentlemen of the law made some an action for breach of promise of marriage recently tried at Lincoln . The plaintiff was Sarah Hird 3 the daughter of a farm bailiff , and the defendant is a farmer at Ulceby , about forty years of age , and bearing the name of Davy . The chief witness was the p laintiff ' s sister , whb , on being cross-examined ^ said : — "I never heard my sister say she would have one of the Davys . I have seen her sit on his knee , and seen them kiss each other , and I believe I have heard her say to him , ' Poor lad it s time he had a wife ; ' but I did not hear Mrs . Boothby ( a mutual friend ) say , ' Ah , but he won ' t have you ;' or my sister add , You don't know that , Mrs . Boothby . ' Other people were present on these occasions . " Mr . Justice Cresswell asked Mr . Serjeant Hayes ( who appeared for'the plaintiff ) whether he thought the case

      ought to go on ?—Mr . Serjeant Hayes : " 1 his sort o £ thing is not unusual in this station of life . " ( Laughter . ) The Serjeant then asked the witness whether it was not a verv usual thing at Ulceby for people who are engaged to be" married to sit upon each , other ' s knees . The witness made no answer . Mr . Justice Cresswell : " know she was very much shocked . "—Mr . Serjeant Hayes : " Yes , my Lord , but she may know the custom of the country . " { Laughter . ) Mr . Justice Cresswell : " The custom is sometimes varied by special agreement . " { Laughter . '} The plaintiff submitted to a nonsuit . Mr . Tucker , in the Court of Bankruptcy , on Thursday , renewed his application for an adjudication of bankruptcy in the case of Mr . Humphrey Brown . Mr . Commissioner Fane having perused the depositions and remarked that Mr . Brown had been a shipowner , mado the desired adjudication . At a late hour of the day , Mr , Brown was brought up , and surrendered to the

      adjudication . An action has been brought at tho Derby Assizes by the Rev . F . N . Highmore against the Earl and Counteas of Harrington , for a libel uttered by tho lady . Mr . Highmoro was vicar of Elveston , in which neighbourhood the Earl and Countess live ; and it was asserted that the latter had accused the reverend gentleman and his wife of boing habitual drunkards , gamblers , thieves , liars , and dissolute livers , and had spoken of Mr . Ilighmore as * a low and vulgar fellow '—with , a groat deal more to tho same effect . Lady Harrington , said that sho had never applied those words to Mr . in bi

      llighmovo , but admitted she had spoken a » ular way of two curates , She added , in reply to questions put by Mr . Justice Crosswcll , that sho had declined to take tho sacrament from Mr . Highmoro , nnd thought him a wicked man , because ho had raised n terrier , and endeavoured to increase the tithes upon tho poor people to an amount -which tho archdeacon had pronounced to bo exorbitant , and on account of his appointment of bad curates ; nnd that sho had spokou of his house as disorderly on account of what she had heard about his pupils , Tho jury found a verdict foi ' tho plaintiff ; damages , 750 / . — -Thoro was another action by Mr . Highmoro against Lord Harrington for an assault , arising out of some proceedings nt a vestry nieetng ; but in this case a juror was withdrawn

      Misobl1anmou8. Thib Court.—Prince Albert...

      MISOBL 1 ANMOU 8 . Thib Court . —Prince Albert arrived at Portsmouth on Tuesday evening on his return from Belgium , wlicro ho hnd been present at the marriage of tho Princosa Char * lotte to tho . Archduke Maximilian of Austria . This Ct , osB of thus Skbsion . —It is believed that H

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 1, 1857, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_01081857/page/10/