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      The Latej Btjbglary At Portsea.—William ...

      newspapers , and had tendered indemnity to the amount <> f £ 10 . The . court , did not consider tibia sufficient , and awarded £ 20 damages . —Another action for false imprisonment has been brought in the Court Qf : Queen ' s Bench . The complainant was a young Frenchw oman , named Louise Gressier , a corset-maker , Who was wrongfully given into custody for stealing ; Bome silver spoons . In ; this . case , also , the young woman was stripped and searched at the station-house . £ 1 was offered as a compensation ; but the jury awarded £ 15 . —Two men have been

      separately charged at the Mansion-house with passing bad money . The facts were strongly against them ; but , as the Mint refused to prosecute , they were discharged . The practice of passing bad money has increased to an alarming extent in the City ; and the Lord Mayor expressed great surprise at the refusal of the Mint to aid in punishing the offenders . Be recommended that a public meeting should be held on the subject . ' Eight persons , men and women , have been found guilty at the Central Criminal Court , of coining , and have been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment .

      Bubqlart made Easy . —William Norton , Thomas Norton , Louisa Norton , a woman of the name of Enright , and a man named Kelly , are under remand at Guildhall , charged with breakinginto the warehouse of a sUk merchant in Crown-court , Old Broad-street . Some detective officers watched the premises , and saw William . Norton , a boy , assisted by his mother , place a'l ^ der'agedngt : ^ e \ : houae , ' '' c 3 ixnb . ' iip to one of the windows , vvreheb . it open ,- and enter the warehouse

      the ladder all the time being steadied by the mother They were subsequently arrested , together with the others ,: wb . 6 appeared to have been privy to the entrance ; but Enright was discharged . The others were remanded for a "weeki ^^^^^^^^^^' = CT ! 'n ~ X The Wilii Forgery a » d PoisowijiG ai Man-CHESTEjt .-r--James Monaghan , Edmund Dunn , Terence Miipughlia , and James Keefe , have been committed for trial on the charge of forging the wnl of John Monagban . George Barry , another of the accused , has been discharged .

      The Murder ik the Mutobees . —Thomas William John Corrigan has been found guilty of the wilful murder of his wife . The fstcts will be fresh , in the recollection of our readers ¦;¦ . and we may therefore confine ourselves on the present occasion to the defence suggested by Oorrigan ' s counsel . This was that , owing to delirium treinens , the accused was in a state of temporary insanity , and unaccountable for bis acts . It appeared from evidence that there was no immediate cause of quarrel between Corrigan and his wife ; that he was generally a quiet harmless man , tho-ugb . his wife was sometimes violent , and ¦ w ould strike him ; that he was subject to fits of

      de-Ivnurn ti'emens , owing to habits of intoxication , though he was onlytwentyrnine ; that on these occasions he would get his wife . to sit up all night , because he fancied something was hanging round the bed ; that some-few days before the murder , while intoxicated , lie struck a young man out of doors without any motive ; and that , at the time of the fatal attack on his wife , he appeared in a perfectly wild and frantic state , and not to have any clear conception of what Jhe was about . Mr . Justice Wightmon , however ,

      summed up in favour of a conviction , as it did not eeem to him that there was sufficient evidence of the accused being actually out of his mind . The jury therefore found him guilty , and he was sentenced to death . He was removed from the bar greatly affected . In a letter written to Mrs , JFearon , one of the persons he wounded , he observes , in a somewhat mechanical spirit of weighing murder , " My God ! if I had wounded you in a , vital part , as well as my wife , what would have been my torture to know that I had committed two murders !"

      The MtjuDEB in Bedford-row . —Charles Broadfoot Westron , aged twenty-five , and described as a clerk , has been tried at the Central Criminal Court for the murder of George "Waugh . On being required to plead , he at first said " Guilty , " but hurriedly corrected himself , and added ' * Not guilty ^ " The facts having recently appeared in these columna need not now be repeated .. The defence was insanity ; and several witnesses were examined to show that Westron habitually exhibited signs of a disordered intellect . The jury , after consulting for some time in the box , retired , and were in deliberation about three-quarters of an hour , when they returned with a verdict of

      " Guilty of wilful murder , " but recommended the prisoner to mercy , on account of his strong predisposition to insanity . Under these circumstances , Mr . Juatibo Wightnaan , having consulted with Mr . Justice ¦ Wj-uqlJ , abstained from passing sentence of death , and merely ordered judgment of death to be recorded . * Z $ nJ $ nw j n P 01 x twifl » stepped in front of the dock , W *< ? wd , " X never made any defence : I never gave £ v $ f * W ; what they have done they have done ill- ' iTO ^ ! l havo been perjured away . " Ho t & V ? ^ and wall £ from the bar . During E ^^? *^^ ' - * " ¦« * loft ™» e against tho whii « onfll ^ T-T ^ S ^^ Place for prisoners While on their trial * Mr . O ^ ofl , Mr , Clerk , and

      servitude , Tallon exclaimed , " Do you call this a fair trial ? " and , drawing from his pocket a piece of coal about the size of a large apple , threw it with great force and precision at the head of the Recorder . Fortunately , the Recorder observed the movement , and , by quickly moving his head upon one side , escaped a blow which would lave done him a serious injury , for the missile struck the wall close by the side of his face and broke into pieces . The prisoners were then secured and taken a-way , the Eeeorder directing that , for the future , prisoners should be more carefully searched before being placed in the dock .

      Mr . Giffard conducted , the prosecution . The prisoner was defended by Mr . Ballantine , Mr . Metealfe , and Mr . F . H . Lewis . Showing hib Talons—Anthony Rush and George Tallon have been found guilty of burglary . On hearing the verdict , Tallon , who is a little , high-backed , evil-looking fellow , about nineteen years of age , exclaimed , "You cannot find me guilty ; there was no mark of violence on the place I broke into . " He was told that made no difference , as the unlawful opening of a door constitutes burglary . Upon being sentenced , together with his companion , to six years' penal

      The Attack on Mr . Clabkson . —Edward Basley , a porter , has been found guilty of the highway attack on Mr . Clarkson , the barrister , who is even yet suffering in the neck from the grip with which he was seized . He has been sentenced to fourteen years' transportation . >' - *« 8 More Railway Platfoirm Robberies . —James Godfrey , and Emily , his wife , fashionably dressed persons , have been sent to prison for three months each , for picking pockets oa the platform of the Waterloo Road station of the South Western Railway . Crtielty to Animals . —Sdme cows were sent up

      to Paddington by the Great Western Railway a few days ago , and , on their arrival , it was found that they ¦ were in a state of great fear and agony from the motion of the train . Some of them being in calf at the time , the railway officials provided for their comfort by putting them into separate pens with straw ; but , in about half an hour , they were removed ( while still in great pain , and while one had not fully calved ) by James Waterman , & drover , "who used a stick towards them to drive them out of the pens ! A railway porter remonstrated ; but he persevered , though the people outside called "Shame ! " Waterman was

      summoned at Marylebone by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ; but the case is remanded . Central Criminal Court . —Thomas Stevens has been acquitted of the charges of forging and uttering an acceptance to a bill of exchange for £ 35 , and of obtaining goods by false pretences . The facts have already appeared in the Jbeader . —George Saunders and Edmund Everson , young men , have been found guilty of a robbery , with great violence , on Mr . Walker

      in Stanhope-street ., Hampstead-road , between three and four o ' clock in the afternoon . They were sentenced to four years' penal servitude . —William Edward Smith has been found guilty of the manslaughter of James Price , an elderly man . Price went into a public-boose , drunk , grossly insulted Smith , and struck him off his seat . Smith then knocked down Price , who fell upon the edge of the tap-room table and was killed . The jury recommended Smith to mercy , on account of provocation ; and he was sentenced to two months' imprisonment .

      The Cixy Forgeries . —John "Wiqdle Cole , Cosmo William Gordon , and Daniel Mitchell Pavidson , were again placed at the bar of the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday , charged with conspiracy to obtain goods by false pretences . The prosecution , however , was abandoned , as , in the event of a conviction , they could not receive any further punishment than that which they are already suffering for the offences of which they have previously been found guilty . The RpuGious Impostor . —John Marionithe

      , Italian image boy who , by pretence of being very religious , imposed upon a Mr . Ford of Great Georgestreet , Westminster , has been sentenced to three months' hard labour . On his re-examination , it was shown that he had imposed on mauy other gentlemen in a similar manner—some of them clergymen , on whose credulity he worked by asking for the loan of Biblea , or for money to buy Bibles , and attributing his conversion to Protestantism , to a Bible presented to him by a daughter of Dr . Hook of Leeds .

      « r ^ i RoBBERY IN THB BELVIDBRE-HOAD . — William Burns and Isaac Jonas have been oommitted for trial on the qharge ( ahoady detailed in this paper ) of stealing shot from their employers . Winter and Smith have been discharged .

      138 The Leader. [3sto. 307; Saturday,

      138 THE LEADER . [ 3 STo . 307 ; Saturday ,

      State Of Trade. Tub Advices Respecting T...

      STATE OF TRADE . Tub advices respecting tlxe tmdo of the mawufaoturing towns during the woofc . ending last Saturday ( says the Timea ) are all satisfactory . At Manchester , tho demand for finished goods has been sufficiently steady to Buatain quotations , while in yarns a very active business haa taken place , owing to the revival of confidence among tho continental , and especially the German , manufacturerB , "consequent upon the expectation Of peace . From Birmingham , tho oooounts of

      the iron-market ahow no material alteration , althoug h prices are . in some degree weakened by underselling on the part of needy arms , who find it d ifficult to contend with the present rates of discount . With regard to the general occupations of the place , a tendency towards improvement continues observable . The half-yearly meetings of the various banking companies have passed off well , and in the case of the Dudley and Westbromwich Company a better result has been shown than was expected after their losses a year ago .

      The Nottingham report is highly favourable as regards the demand both for lace and hosiery . In the woollen districts there is fair employment , stocks are moderate , and the home and export orders are alike show Bigns of improvement . The Irish linenmarket is without alteration , and reliance upon the prospects of the year is undiminished . The suspension of Messrs John Scott Russell and Co ., the firm at whose works at Millwall the great ship for the Eastern Steam Navigation Company is in course of construction , has been announced . Their

      liabilities are stated to amount to £ 180 , 000 , and the value of their assets will depend much upon the success of arrangements in progress to prevent the abandonment of some of their principal contracts . Measures have already been taken which will secure the building of the Eastern steamship from being impeded , and it is said that , if similar means can be adopted with regard to the completion of other vessels and works on hand , a comparatively favourable > esult may be anticipated . A meeting of creditors is called for next Tuesday .

      Railway Rivalry . —Another feud has just broken out between the directors of the Great Northern , the Midland , the London and North-Western , and the Manchester , Sheffield , and . Lincolnshire Railways . Substantially the contest lies between the directors of the two great lines of railway which run from London to the North . In 1851 , when the Great Exhibition was open , these companies conveyed passengers to the metropolis at ruinously low fares ; butj ultimately , their differences were adjusted by referring the matters in dispute to the arbitration of the Right

      Hon . W . E . Gladstone . Under the " Gladstone Award , " as the arrangement was called , the traffic to and from ten towns , or competing points , at "which rival claims arose , was ; divided between the companies in certain proportions , receipts in excess having to be handed over to the company entitled to it , subject to a deduction at a fixed rate for working charges . This agreement has just expired , and , it appears , the traffic managers of the Beveral companies concerned recently had a meeting , at which the terms of a fresh agreement were drawn up . It is said , that the directors of the Great Northern refused

      to sanction this arrangement , and thus the companies were left in the same state of open competition they were in before Mr . Gladstone made his award . The terms of this award the Midland , the London and North-Western , and the Manchester , Sheffield , and Lincolnshire companies were willing to lenew , but the Great Northern decline to do so . The great bulk of the through traffic between London and the North has been carried over their line , and they lave had to pay over to the Midland Company something like £ 26 , 000 per annum , receiving for working ¦ expenses twenty per cent ., the actual ccmt being forty-¦ five per cent . ; the directors of the Great Northern therefore demand another reference , which the other companies refuse to accede to , and the Midland directors have already resumed a competition at ruinously low fares , with extra fast trains . At present , the Great Northern directors have not followed this

      example ; but it is said by the officials that , if they do enter into competition at all , it will be in such a manner aa to compel the shareholders in all the undertakings concerned to interfere .

      Naval And Military. A, New Order ©A? Val...

      NAVAL AND MILITARY . A , New Order © a ? Valour A new naval and military de coration , to be styled " tho Viotoria Cross / 1 and to consist of a Maltese cross of bronze , with the royal crest in the oentro . aud underneath an © scroll , bearing tlie inscription " For valour , " is to bo instituted . In the royal proclamation announcing this new decoration , the preamble sots forth thut , in tho case of medals granted to soldiers after a remarkable action , oil share equally in the boon , and therefore there is no distinctive reward for pan'ticulur acta of more than ordinary valour : tho third clasa of the ""*¦**¦¦*¦ " ( WM ^ fc * WAVA 1 JUI ** JT TMXtUUil j VAAU VMAJL UU « WM V * v »* w

      . Order of the Bath being limited , except iu very rare cases , to the higher ranks of both services . The chief provisions are as follow : — " It is ordninod that any one -who , after having received the Cross , ahall again perform an act of bravery , which , if ho had not received such Ci-obb , would have entitled him * to it , suoh further aot ahall bo recorded by a bur attaohod to tho riband by which tho Cross ia Buspondod , and for every additional act of bravery nn additional bar may bo added . It ia ordained , with a view to place all persons on a perfectly equal footing in relation to eligibility for tho decoration , that neither rank , nor long Borvico , nor wounds , nor any other ciroumstauoo

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 9, 1856, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09021856/page/8/