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      A Business-Mice Swindler.—A Man, With A ...

      ^ obseque nt dosr ,. Cooper ' s solicitor , Mr . Thompson , was vritl exa mined ., ( though , wittrgreat reluctance on Impart ) , mil . ^ Aen it appeared . that the cheque-books had been handed tern to him- by the accused .. He was ordered to produce botl them oaa future day , and the case was again post- half jj ¦ ¦ " " II * CS P < X «> bew Bkacken . —The sentence of death on An- ring drew Bracken , a man . " who killed another in a Lanca- tot shire fight t under circumstances of . great brutality , tbe ¦ but apparently in hot "blood , and without any long pre- reti : meditation , has been commuted to transportation , for life , to t A Reven geful . Germlan Dragook . —An ex-officer ing , of dragoons ia the German Legion , earned Herman Von and Dittmor , was charged , at the "Westminster police court the ¦ with violently assaulting Ms senior officer , Major Yates , hol < belonging to the first regiment ' -of the same corps . ^ The beli mart ' s conduct had previously been made the subject of fine a-court of-inquiry in his regiment , as he had behaved reti disrespectfully to Major Yates . He had likewise been wit severely reproved for his conduct , in presence of all the laic officers of the corps . Soon after this , ho quitted the had service , and . nothing snore was seen of him until about can ten days ago , when , as Major . Yatc . 3 was -walking in girl ¦ Cremorne hardens , he suddenly heard some one exclaim , tha - " I have hdm . " Almost at the same moment , lie received the je heavy blow on his arm from a bludgeon , and directly am -afterwards another on . bis head . The blow on his arm inq was struck with such force that it "broke one of the small tio ; bones , and the major vvas laid up for several days in conT wo sequence . Having in vain applied , for assistance both to noi the police on duty in the gardens and to the nearest ma police station in Chelsea , where thoy said they could not th < interfere , Major Yates applied at the " Westminster court an for a warrant , and the German waj apprehended . " When -wo in custody , the man confessed to the policeman that the evi assault obvthe major was a premeditated act . Mr . Ar- "be nold could not understand why the police at Cremorne ad and Chelsea refused to protept Major Yates , as the assault committed on Jim was one of the very worst de- th scription , and certainly called for their interference . He Si remanded the accused , who has since been committed for H trial . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . : ¦/ . ¦ ¦ V / ' v . ' " : ¦ ' ; . ' ' ' ' ' im Burglaks Suepr 3 & ed . —Two lough-looking fellows , ca ¦ well-kncrwn to the police , and bearing the names of A ' . Smith and Underwood , were charged at Clerkonwell with an a burglary in the house of Mr . Bradford , in the Shakes- th . ford-roadj Stoke Newington . They had been seen lurk- ar ing about the premise in the early part of the day , by gtwo servants at a neighbour ' s house . In the evening , m they appeared-again , and were observed to open Mr . ft-Branford ' a door , and enter . The girls told their master si of their suspicions ; aad hej with the aid of a policeman , entered the premises , and caught the thieves . The w lower rooms were covered with property , strewn about P in . the greatest disorder , and , upon proceeding up-stairs , b the same scene of confusion presented itself ; The depre- c dators were found crouched in tie back room ; but , as c soon as Underwood saw the police constable , he said , xi " Do not strike its , and we will surrender at once . " The n policeman , upon searching the chimney of the back room , c found a "jemmy , " tlie end of which corresponded with a the maTks on the workbox , and a largo number of t skeleton keys , and in another room , in the chimney , were a also some more skeleton keys . The men were remanded , in . order that previous , convictions might bo proved ¦ against them . Womak-Beatino A very infamous ca . se of prolonged ill-usage of" a woman lias been brought out in evidence at Worship-street , " where Joseph Lazarus was charged with an assault on Caroline Rouse , a wretched woman with whom he dwelt . The scoundrel lived in entire idleness , and supported himself by forcing the poor creature into the streets , to obtain money by licr own aba-me and degradation . A few nights ago , having driven her forth for this purpose , she returned witlx 7 s . 6 d ., with which , he was dissatisfied , and . told her to go out again . Stie wandered up and down till three o ' clock in the morning without obtaiuing any more money , when suddenly she m « t the man Lazarus , who , on learning , sho "had not been successful , flew into a violent rage , and threatened to murder lier before the night liad passed . Sho then went homo , hoping to bolt the ruffian out ; but ho was too quick for her , and , fastening the door upon them both , struck her a fearful blow in the face , knocked hor down , and kicked her on the head , legs , and body , till her screams brought a policeman to hor aid . In giving her evidence before the magistrate , tho poor woman added that tliis was not the worst of the prisoner ' s conduct to her , for , upon one occasion , sho -was too ill to enra money in hor usunl manner , and ho therefore forced her out to steal , tho result of -which was that she was caught and detected at once , and sentenced to two months' imprisonment . Sho now tblt very ill , and nearly tho whole of lier person was covered-with bruises . Hero slio becaino so tremulous and . affected , that sho was led out into tho air . Tho magistrate aontenced Lazavua to six months' imprisonment with , hard' labour , and ordored that at tho end of that timo ho should put in substantial bail for a further poriod of like duration . Ai . ijkied ' WiirE-MtaKDER . —Mr . Baxter , a retired inspector of Excise , lain the custody of tlio county police at Gateehcad , charged with murdering his wife . Tho acouBOd had lotirod upon a ponalon of 2507 . a year , and ^ with miles both half mestic ring to tbe retired to ing , and the believe ' wife i laid i had cause l girl , tha L the r and i I tion r i > not t t the t anccs n , e ever - "bet e i- s- the e r in V jf ¦ Ava h and 3- the :- > y ¦* r . er n , be ut rs , : e- ca as id , 'he m o ith of t ere a ed , a red ro- in vas bed in the lier ing ritlx r to nroe nore vho , to a the bolt and , irful r on it a ) tho t the one isiml ; sult mce , now was ilous Tho ison- ncl of rthcr stircd lolico ' The and

      1 his wife lived in a village called Greenside , a few west of Gateshead . They Lad fallen into very in- temperate habits , and on the evening of Friday week had retired to bed in a state of intoxication . About -past two o ' clock on Saturday morning , tlieir do- , a girl named Davison , was awakened by the ing of a bell in her mistress's room . Sho proceeded the bedroom , and found her mistress lying partly off bed . The girl lifted her into a proper position , and . Her master was then either asleep or too drunk notice anything . About four o ' clock the same morn- sne was again aroused by the voice of her master , , upon springing out of bed again and running into room , slie observed her master sitting up in bed holding her mistress ' s hand . He said to the girl , " I she is dead . " The girl touched the body , and , finding it cold , ran out for a neighbour . " When they returned , Mr . Baxter was still in bed with Ms dead , but he was induced to get up , and the body was out . At . the inquest , Mr . Gallender , surgeon , who examined the body , assigned drunkenness as the of death ; but , after the evidence of the servant , the jury again -viewed the body , and discovered t one of the legs was discoloured from the ankle to thigh . The arms and chest were also discoloured , the throat from ear to ear was intensely black . The inquest was then adjourned , and a post » jorte ?) i examina was made by Mr . Callender and Dr . Barkus . Some wounds were found on the scalp , -which , however , were sufficient to cause immediate . ' death ; but large masses of coagulated blood were also observed between scalp and the brain . From those and other , appear , Dr . Barkus came to the conclusion tliat the woman had died from strangulation . The jury , how , could not agree as to their verdict , being divided ween murder and . manslaughter ; and the inquest was adjourned in consequence . .-Murder at ' Malta .. —A'Maltese has assassinated superintendent of tile Marine Police at Malta Shortly after noon , on the 25 th of August , as the Honourable Captain Thomas Graves , li . N ., tlie super tendent of the ports at Malta , -was about entering calesse , in Strada Reale , to embark for England in the ,-on leave , a Maltese waterman rushed upon him inflicted two wounds in his stomach , from which captain has since died . The miscreant , who was arrestad on the spot , with tbe bloody knife in his hand gloried in the act . He assigns as a motive fox its com mission the having had his boat h auled up and suspended from plying for a fortnight for an oftence which , he con sidered unworthy of such heavy punishment , Cruelty to Animals . — An awkward conn tar-charge was made against some officers of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to animals in the course of a case brought forward by-that body against Joseph Fry , rrier from Rickmansworth to London , who was charged with working three horses while they had mange , two of them , moreover , having open wounds . man was an old offender , and had been fined before ne of the metropolitan magistrates . He denied alleged cruelty , and said that , if lie had given money he Society ' s officer , lie might have got off . There pewon in court , he added , who could prove this . Here ° j Mr . Porter , a farmer at Chesliunt , in Hertfordshire stopped forward and said that , as he was taking a of hay to the railway , his vehicle being drawn by a mare which had a sore back ( though , as the saddle-strap been padded the wound was not hurt ) , a maa came to him , asked to look at the marc ' s back , and threatened to take him into custody , l'inally , ho offered to money to forego the charge , and , having received 5 s . 9 he left . One of tho Society ' s officers , who was in court in connexion with the charge against Fry , said a was convicted about a year ago of receiving money similar circumstances . Mr . Porter added , he should know the man again ; he was an Irishman . To tho Society ' s officer replied that there was not an Irish man among their body . He believed the man would found not to belong to tho Society . Tho case was journed to the next day . On its being resumed on Tuesday , Mr . Weymss , the new manager of Society , who has jxiat succeoded . Mr . Forstcr , att with all tho constables ( with one excoption ) , seven number , and said lie was pfeparod to go into tho Fry and Potter wore both unable to identify any of officers as men who liad dcmamlod monoy for suppross ing charges . Tho ense then seemed at an end , and Weymss intimated that tho Society would prosocuto its own expense any man talcing money under tho pretence of being ono of its officers ; but at tins Fry aaid ho recognized among the constables a certain John Poarsnll , a man who had taken monoy from him . Howover , ho was not prepared with a witness , Pearsall said ho had boon obliged to keep a constant watch on the horses of Fry and of Fry ' s father , and had caused ono of tho t-wo men to be fined 80 s . and Costs ; and they had trumped up this story in rovongo . Fry furthormoro said ho had treated another officer , Smith , tip somo alo ; he had also treated Pearsall . Poarsall , on tiiis , admitted that ho had-drunk a glass of ale , on Fry ' s invitation , after tlie conviction at Marlborough-strcot ; but he did not know whethor Fry paid for the liquor . Smith utterly denied tho charge Fry then stated that ho had given alo and monoy to a third oflioer , Goorgo

      Sea "We res ] ing and cosi sus wai ling ani cau sta It ; £ has boc lnic dci dis vil Th str ag ; coi nu - we in we ho - sts be - frc Ir ch -..-. , of be - st a fo m , in T . ni , tl - tl tt - w ir "V . a a h I the s The t by f the t to c was t , £ , i load 1 ] had ¦ up 1 take d ., , man under this , - be adtho onded in case , tho - Mr . at falso point Seaman , and to a fourth , who was not present . Mr . " Weymss promised there should be an inquiry . Witft respect to the original charge , Sir Peter Laurie , on viewing the horses , thought the case was not a strong one and therefore only imposed a fine of five shillings and costs . Four of' the Society ' s constables have since been suspended . —Another charge of cruelty was broug ht forward at Lambetb , where a cab-driver was fined ten shillings for driving ' a horse with a wound on its neck . The animal also exhibited signs of severe lashing , which bad caused the blood to flow ; and it appeared to be halfstaivcd . Tbe cabman said he gave only 3 ? . 10 s . forit . It -was condemned to tho knacker ' s yard . Supposed Murder of Twin Infants . —An inquest has been held at tbe Kensington- " Workhouse , on the bodies of two newly-born infants , a boy and a girl , -who had apparently been born together , and afterwards murdered by suffocation and exposure . The bodies were discovered in tie front garden of a house in Pembridgevillas , Notting-Lill , wrapped up in a large bundle . They had evidently been bo in alive , and were very fine , strong-looking infants . A verdict of "Wilful Muxder against some person or persons unknown wa 3 returnei . i A Policeman Fined . —Cornelius Dempsey , a police , constable , has l > een fined tlristy shillings by the Lambeth , i magistrate for excess of duty in violently assaulting a - woman of the town in the Q 1 < 1 Kent Eoad at three o ' clock s in the morning . s . Aijleged Murder at Newcastlts-ok-Tyne . - —A 3 woman , named Ann Fleming-, died on Friday week at a i house in Back-row , Newcastle , under suspicious cirenm-- stances . It appears that for some time- past she had i been subjected to most violent and cruel treatment - from her paramour , whose name is William Fleming , an 1 Irishman . The girl , a few days previous to her death , . s charged all her injuries on the man with whom she has been living , and who has absconded . 1 . ' DHSTiTtrrioif . —Six young women , in the last stage . of destitution , were charged at Marlborough-street with e being found sleeping in Hyde Park . Tbe park-keeper - stated that he liad seen most of tbe women in the park a for some nights past . The women said they had neither e money , friends , nor home . They were obliged to sleep i , in the open air , as they could not pay for a lodging , b They had been sleeping in Hydo . Park for the last forts night . On being questioned , they appeared to be from 1 , the country . Mr . Bin ' gham said he-would discharge l— them if they would promise to find their way back to d the country . . The women having given the promise , - were discharged . The Royai- British Bajsk . —A case seriously reflect-; e ing on the Royal British Bank was brought forward on le Wednesday at Guildhall , -where a Mrs . Susannah Clripp 3 e . applied to the sitting alderman for advice . She said her a husband had "been captain of the Ide , belonging to Messrs . as Lrnklater and Green , and . on the 28 th of June last lio lie sailed from Jamaica for Liverpool in perfect health .. On be the previous day , she received a ' telegraphic message yy from Queen ' s-town , stating that her husband had died on he the passago home , leaving ier a i widow with two children , to one fifteen months , the otuer five weeks , old . She wont as to the Royal British Bank , and drew out 320 ? ., which i-e , she had deposited there in December last . It was the rp , amount of a bequest she had received on the death of ad lier father , nnd it was all she had in the world to support ire herself and her children . One of her brothers , who was ad -with her , and who has £ 00 / . similarly deposited there , up told the manager tbe circumstances of her misfortune , and led that she wished to deposit tho money for safety . The iko manager assured her it w"ould be perfectly safe , and adid ., vised hor to lcav . o it . Sho had received the money in irt , two notes—ono for 300 ? . and one for 20 ? . —but upon that lan assurance sho gave them up , and received the usual deder posit noto about twelvo o ' clock . They left tho bank , nld but from a rumour thoy lieard thoy returned in about a liis , iiuartor of an hour , and their aston ishment was ext reme sh- when thoy found the door closed , and a p lacard on _ it . be stnting that tho bank had " suspended payment during ad- negotiations . " Sho was now utterly ruined , having lost ned her husband , and with tho money every other means ot tho support . The alderman suggested that an oiHccroi tuo ded court should go with tho woman to tlio bank . This was in done , and , on his return , ho stated that ho had beon ndase . nutted , and had scon a clerk , who took tho deposit noto tho to the directors , who wore then sitting , and laid tho npbss- plioant ' s case before thorn . When ho came back , lie saitt Mr . tho directors durst not pay tho money now , but they hau o at no doubt everybody would bo paid in full . V > » th tins also assurance tlio poor womam was obliged to be sntisiled lor » int tho present .

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      Ob1tuahy. Mb. Giuiurt Aimo-Rr A'Bicckisn...

      OB 1 TUAHY . Mb . Giuiurt Aimo-rr A'BiccKisn . —A gap has been mado in the current coinuc literature of tlie country \> y the death of this sparkling writer , which took placo _ at Boulogno last Saturday , under peculiarly painful circumstances , Mr . A'Hcckett ' B son , a l > oy turned nine yoars of ago , died at tlia . t French sea-Hide town , on tno Thursday previously , of malignant sore throat ; ana tno shock , coming upon tho previous anxiety , and couple with an attack of typh us fever , appears to Huvo precipitated , or augmented , in the case of the ™ » Lr ' a fit of congestion of tlio brain , under which ho rapiuiy

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 6, 1856, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06091856/page/6/