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    44^ TH E Ii E A DEB. [yo.4i2^ Mat 8,1885...

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    GATHERINGS PROM THE LAW AND POLICE COURT...

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    NAVAL AND MILITARY. Lieutenant Geneste, ...

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    Criminal Rec0kd. Mubdeu At Ipswich.— Mrs...

    on the floor . - Her throat -was cut from ear to ear . Suspicion fell on a young-man named James Seale , who had been seen , by a woman coming from the house just 'before the outbreak of the f re . This-woman had previously heard Sarah Guppy scream ( she described it at the inquest as " a sort of deathly scream" ) , and Seale , when he issued from the cottage , tried to avoid the bystander . She observed that his hands and trousers were bloody , and he attributed this to his having been pulling up grass . He also stated that he had left the girl paring

    potatoes . Another person of the name of James Seale first informed the mother that her daughter had been murdered , and the cottage set on fire . An inquest Las been held , and has terminated in a . verdict against Seale (¦ who is in custody ) of "Wilful Murder . He had been loitering about the cottage for some days before the murder , and had excited suspicion , as he was known to be an idle , dissolute fellow ; but no facts have transpired to show b . is precise motive for the act . He is a diminutive person , only twenty years of age , and looking much younger ; but he is a widower .

    Murder in a Xksvspapee-office . —A yoiitli employed in . the printing-office of the Halifax Guardian suddenly attacked one of the compositors on Wednesday afternoon with an iron dumb-bell , afterwards with another iron instrument , and finally with a hatchet , and speedily laid him dead and frightfully mangled on the floor . The murderer ( who is evidently insane , and who had no cause of quarrel whatever with his victim ) was at once apprehended , and has been committed by the coroner and magistrates for trial . He was very violent hefore tbe coroner , and it took eight or ten men to restrain him .

    Attempted Dotjble Murder . —A man named Brown has made a murderous attack with a knife on a fellow-lodger named Perry , and his son . The former is not expected to live . The cause of the . act is jealousy . Brown accuses the elder Perry of having been familiar with awoman with whom he ( Brown ) was living ; but this is denied by Perry and the woman . The hoy was wounded in running to his father's assistance . Brown is now xinder remand , at the Clerkenwell police-court .

    44^ Th E Ii E A Deb. [Yo.4i2^ Mat 8,1885...

    44 ^ TH E Ii E A DEB . [ yo . 4 i 2 ^ Mat 8 , 1885 .

    Gatherings Prom The Law And Police Court...

    GATHERINGS PROM THE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . An odd difficulty , arose a few days ago at the Glasgow Spring Circuit Court in the trial of three men , named M'Cartney , M'Crone , and Hughes , for a garotte robbery . The Lord Justice Clerk intimated that there was no case against M'Cartney ; but the counsel for the ju-osecution did not withdraw the charge . The jury then retired to consider their verdict . On their return , the foreman had only got so far as to state that they had found M'Cartney Guilty , as libelled by a majority , when the Lord Justice Clerk stopped him , stating it was understood tliat the man was not to be convicted , and upon that understanding the counsel had not spoken in his

    defence . The jury were again ordered to retire ; and the advocate was sent for to make the speecli which he should have made before ; but it was found he had left the court . The result was that the jury were locked up for the night , bo tliat they might be addressed the following morning , although by this time the Judge had summed up and they had actually agreed upon their verdict . The cas « was accordingly called on the following morning , when the anomalous speech was delivered , and the jury again retired . On their return , they had so far altered their minds as to find the charge against M'Cartney not proved by a majority of one . The other prisoners were found Guilty 5 but sentence , which will bo tluit of penal servitude , was not passed at the time .

    Lord Campbell , on Wednesday , delivered judgment in the Court of Queen ' s Bench with respect to the application for a new trial of the British Hank directors . Tho result was that the application was refused . INIr . Edwin James , lust Saturday , in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , moved for a rule , calling upon n Mr . Carter , a stationer and newsagent at Ricknuiiiawortli , to show cnuso why 11 criminal information should not )> e filed against him for publishing a libellous account of tlie proceedings at an inquest . An inquiry had been held into the death of a child of Mr . David Urquluirt , formerly M . P . for Stafford , and at 0110 time connected ' with the Turkish Embassy nt Constantinople . The child hilil convulsions in teething , and had been placed in what is called n Turkish bath , but had died . The verdict of the coroner's jury was " that the child had died , but that tho evidence

    was un . sntisfactory n « to tlio cause , of dentil . " Mr . Carter was one of tlu « jury ; and , in nn account of tho inquest which he Kent to the ZiMc / vWMMia AdverUm ; ho appended ( lie words , " that the / iiuy highly ( jutiHii ral the treatment jnuvuod towards the deceuHurt . " Those words , however , were not added by j | io jury . The report of tho inquest had been garble d , so an to make , out an apparent case , against Mr . Urquluirt but Sir . James stated ( hat it had been proved that tliat gentleman and Mrs . UiV | nlmrt had been very kind to tho child , and that the treatment adopted hml drum it good . Lord Campbell and Mr . , Iu * tiet > Erie , « re of opinion that there was not tho least ; ground whatever for impugning tho conduct , of Mr . and Mrs , Urquliail lint that tho report could not bo considered malicious ' « n <| unfair . Tho application won Mien fons refused . The woman who was concerned in the robbery of

    jewels , & c , from Messrs . Bunt and Eoskell , of Bondstreet , which we related last week , has been , apprehended at the Paddington station of the Great Western Railway , whence sbe was about to start for Pawlish . Her name is Louise Montot , but she passed herself off for Miss Constance Brown , a lady with whom she had formerly travelled as a companion and who liad an account at Messrs . Cox and Biddulph's . Taking advantage of her knowledge of this fact , the woman , on ordering the jewellery , gave a reference to that banking-house , and , when the assistants made inquiries , they found that a lady of the name of Constance Brown really did bank there . They therefore thought that all was right . Louise Montot had hired a ready-furnished house in Radnorplace , Hyde Park , and paid 4 , 21 . in advance ; and she had hired a boy and put him into a page ' s livery , that the deception might be carried , on with the greater case .

    Mr . Commissioner Evans , in the Court of Bankruptcy , 011 Tuesday , gave judgment with respect to the admissibility of a proof against the separate estate of Octavins King , corn factor of Dullingham . The Unity Joint Stock Bank was the party seeking to prove , and the claim was resisted on the ground that , at the time of executing the bond in question , the bankrupt was an infant . ' " The fact was admitted , but it was asserted that , at the time of executing the bond and borrowing the money , the bankrupt had stated he was of full age . That was a fraud ; and it was therefore contended that equity would enforce the obligation against the bankrupt . The Commissioner , after reviewing the legal bearings of the case , decided on admitting the proof .

    The boatswain of the American ship Excelsior was examined at the county magistrates office , Liverpool , last Saturday , on a charge of assaulting some of the seamen , who had swum , ashore to escape further illtreatment . Charges were also made against the second mate ; but he was not in custody . The crew appear to Lave been , treated with brutal violence ; and ' the boatswain was fined 5 / . for each case ( being lol . in . all ) , 61 in default sentenced to six : months' ' . imprisonment .

    Naval And Military. Lieutenant Geneste, ...

    NAVAL AND MILITARY . Lieutenant Geneste , ' who ; was '' . taken prisoner by the Russians at Ilango , in tlic Baltic , during the late war , at the time ' when the flag of truce was fired on , lias been dismissed the . navy by court-martial , on a charge of drunkenness . The Siikli . s' at SECAsropor ,. —An English sailor , belonging to the ship JJeyrour , of Liverpool , who was recently on shore at Sebastopol , picked up a shell , which he presently afterwards threw down on the ground . It immediately exploded , and killed him on the spot . Bi . essixg Ships . —Cardinal Wiseman , last Saturday , performed the solemn blessing of four ships ( to he employed against the slave-trade ) at Deptibrd . This is probably the first occasion on which such a ceremony , has been performed in England since the period of the Reformation . Steamboat Com-isiox . —A fearful collision , attended with serious loss of life , occurred between Wicklow-head and the Kisli light-ship on the Irish coast . The Brigand , screw steamer , from Bristol and Swansea , with her ordinary complement of passengers , and a cargo of general merchandise , was pursuing her way up the St . George's Channel for Belfast antlthe Clyde , when ( shortly before midnight ) she came in contact with the ship William Campbell , Captain Sivell , master , bound to Trinidad from Grcenock . Both ships foundered in a very short period . Captain Sivell , of the William Campbell , mid six of his

    crew are supposed to have perished , and twenty-one of the crew and passengers of the steamer arc missing . The survivors of both vessels , numbering in all nineteen , were picked up b y the Espoir , from Ostcnd for Liverpool , which safely landed them at Milford Haven , on Sunday morning . One of tho men on board ' thu Brigand hud been wrecked once before on the same day by the capsizing . of tho schooner ( jeorge , to -which he belonged , lie had Hooded about in the water lor a'long time , and , when nearly exhausted , was picked up by the Brigand , only to bu ngaiu in peril of his life in the . course of 11 few hours .

    Ijik Dvkk ok Camiijiipgi .: wont down to Woolwich on Thursday morning , and was present during a variety of experiments to ascertain thu beat agent for lubricating cartridges , ho na to adopt a medium between the wax and gi-cj we at present in use . His Jt «» yul Highness also inspected tlic troops , who went through various warlike evolutions .

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    M I fci C IS L LAN 10 C ) u 8 . Tm : Cnum \—The . Queen gave a concert , on Monday eyoiun , ^ at which the following performers appeared — vi / . Mfulllo . Tit . icns , Miss I ' yne , Mndunio Cistellnn , AUrtfl 1-alU' , Miss Palmer , «!• . „<„• < iiii K li ,, i , ]» ,- . Sims veeyes , Si-nor ilellottl , Mr . Weiss , mid Kitfitm-ViiwVtti Invitation * were issued to a party of nl . out four hunilrod . — lli ,, Counter < lo . IW .-ny had an audience of ««« -t MiijoHty , »» thewniMKhiy , at I 5 uc-kii . gl . am Palace to talc . ; Imve . —The Queen held a Dnnving-rooin at S | . ! dan . ess I n \ nm on Wednesday afternoon , when about two hundred and sixty Indies wor < i presented to the c . ^ iiocmi — llio . newly Ixstrothe . d Queen of Portugal arrived in I-. oii . lnii on Tlmml .-. y , or . a visit to the Queen . Jiik \\ kst iNiiim . — Her A 1 ,, j ( .,, | v ' h gun-boat J ( lsper

    has arrived at Jamaica with a slaver which she captured on the coast of Cuba on the 22 nd of March . The slaver Was a full-rigged ship , 750 tons burden , and had 8000 ? . in doubloons onboard . She had a crew of between forty and fifty men but no slaves . The Styx was in company at the time of the capture , and left in chase of a barque supposed to have slaves on board . The weather at Jamaica has been fine , and the public . health satisfactoiy . The markets are depressed , and stocks large . Money matters remain very stringent . A party of troops has been despatched from Jamaica to Honduras to quell an outbreak of the Indians . The riots in Antigua have been suppressed , but not until fourteen of ' the rioters were killed by the fire of the police . The object of tlie insurgents was to'murder the white population and establish a negro government .

    Madagascar . —The Governor 01 the Island-of Reunion has applied to Admiral Rigault de Genouilly for a naval force to chastise Vinang , a petty sovereign 011 the west coast of Madagascar , who caused the captain and crew of a . French merchant ship to be murdered . Death ov the Dean of . York . —Tho Dean of York ( the Rev . Dr . Cockburn ) died on Friday week , a *; an advanced age . lie was uncle to Sir Alexander Cs . ekburn , the present Chief Justice of the Common'Picas , and brother-in-law to the late Sir Hubert-Peel .

    Austiuxia . —By the-last ' advices' from Melbourne , which are to the 17 th of Marcli , we learn that the threatened commercial crisis-.-had ' passed away . The supply of gold was increasing . There lias , been a changes of Ministry . What was left of tbe Ilaines Cabinet resigned on the 23 rd of February . On . the 2 nd of March , Mr . Chapman was sent for . The new Ministry consists of— O'Shanassey , Chief Secretary ; Chapman , Attonu- } --General ; Arker , Treasurer ; Miller , Trade ; Duffy , L : m < l and Works ; Irland , Solicitor-General ; Twans ,

    Postmaster-General . The construct ion of the Ministry gives satisfaction . Mr . Gahrielli arrived by the mail , empowered to find means to construct Tail ways . The Parliament of- ] Sew South . . " Wales-was to meet onthe 23 rd of March . A forgery lias-transpired to tlic amount of 20 , 000 / , on the Australian Joint-Stock Bank , upon a letter cf credit purporting to come from Messrs . Jhiring Brothers . Trade-at Melbourne is ( inner , but dull in New South -Wales . In the . latter colony , now gold fields have been , discovered .

    Deputation * . —A deputation' of . gentlemen representing various metropolitan parishes had an . interview on Tuesday with Mr . Sotheron Estcourr , the President of the {( Poor-law Board ,, at Ciwydyr House , Whitehall , to press on him the necessity of equalizing the poor-rate ? . Mr . Estcourt said that tire Government could not promise to support Mr . Ayrton's bill for effecting that object , because they thought it would rather enhance than diminish existing evils ; but that , nevertheless , the facts already elicited were sufficient to justify an inquiry ol . ' some sort . Until the debate on the second reading-1 >;' Mr . Ayrton ' s bill had taken place , he could not indicat : the precise nature of tlic inquiry .

    Consultation ok Likicrat . M k-miskks . —More than p . hundred independent Liberal members of Parliament held a consultation on Wednesday in one of tlie committee rooms of the House of Commons to debate on the position of the Liberal party . Kcsolutions were adopted expressive of distrust of all mere Whig Governments and of the necessity of enlarging the basis of any lutuiv Liberal .- ulministration . It was also resolved that two gentlemen should be appointed to apprise Liberal and independent members of what was going forward .

    Punning ix the Pit / tit . —The Bishop of Oxford , preaching in St . lUnr- ' aret's Cliurdi last Sunday in aid of 1 ho Westminster Hospital , thus questioned the motives of Kiine people : ' - charity : —" For instance , contra .-M the amount you yivc vs henthe jilatu is held at the door , and you can slip in your contribution quietly ami unseen in passing out , with the nun you would give in I ho same church and for the very saino object , wen : tin plate handed into cadi pew , and your respectability jnil luion its mettle /"

    Mis . Lavaud ' s Rktui 5 n Kito . u Lnuia . —Mr . Layanl has just returned to England , after having traversed " the whole of India from Bombay to the Southern jVlahrailn country , and through tbe Ki / . ani ' s dominions , Mahv . i , Central India , and the North-West Provinces , to Calcutta . He l . as collected a vast mass of fuels from thf natives of all classes , and from tho Anglo-Indian < - < uiimunity . An address , detailing tho results of hi « e . xpcrieueos , Avill bu dulivurud by Tun at , St . James ' s Hall , ltegont- street , on Tuesday evening , May 1 Uh . Sin Cdi . iN Cami'Hhi . l is to be raised Lo tho peerage iu a rcw . irtl fur his brilliant , . services in India . It . is .- ' ( aled that his titles will bo Lord Campbell of ( Jlvdo , in nllii .-i < m to his boing born on t lint , river near Ulusg . iw .

    nils . Dickknh ' h 15 i-: Ai > iN < is .--Thc vending nf H »" C / iimex on Thursday evening llt . St . Martin's Hall divw togethev a densely crowded juidicnee . H was liv l ; ii ' njore dviiniatieally oirect . iv" than tho roailiu-- oi" ih ' Cricket , on tlic l / rurfli . Tho audience was deeply uiovd by this marvellous reality of tin ; iiut . hor .- ) rliiiraei < 'ii / .. iticns , 'I'he . Iliird riding will lie the . C / ii'lslttms <' ,, r «/; 1 'iit . sneli is the . dctiiaiid fur plaevH that it . is Cuir (<> ln'l" ' that . M )' , Dickens will h » induoed to nspcat Ihu .-tivii'S dunng this present , . season in London . Tim : Civil Snitvinr : Khtimati ^ s I ' m- the y < 'ar havi ' been i-rtued . 'I'lwy amount , to < i . f )< ii » , ' 2 () 7 / ,, and an : h ^ than I Ik ,.-:,. - tliftycur jnst e . sniivd by I . 'JjU I I / .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), May 8, 1858, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08051858/page/10/