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      near the Dock-cottages , Birkenhead , observed coining towards them a labouring man named John Dunn , -who told them that he and a friend of his named JohnDrury had been drinking , together with three other labourers , at the New Dock . Hotel , and that he had been stabbed in the back by one of his companions just as they were entering the avenue leading to the cottages , while his friend Drury was , at the same time robbed . One of the policemen felt the back of Dunn ' s coat , and found a hole there , into which he put his finger , and then discovered that the man had been dangerously wounded . Assistance was immediately obtained , and Dunn was removed to the hospital 3 where he now lies . The body of Drury was afterwards discovered lying close to the

      Dock-cottages , q-uite dead and in a frightfully mangled condition , with numerous deep cuts in the left jaw , and Several others under the right ribs and near the heart . Close to the body were found a large stone and a pocket knife , the blade of which was wet with blood . The police subsequently apprehended , at one of the Dockcottages , three men named Francis and John Smith and Peter Gallighan , who were all lying together in the same bed . They wexe partly dressed , their clothes were stained with blood , and one of them was wounded in the hand . A quarrel Ss said to have arisen amongst the five men about some theological question they were discussing , and this ultimately led to the crime . The inquest hag terminated in a verdict of Murder against the three

      men . Murder at Ball ' s Poni > , Islington . —Thomas Robert Davis , a dirty and miserable looking man , who has worked as a carpenter , and who lived in Dorsetstreet , Ball ' s Pond-road , Islington , has murdered his wife by cutting her throat while he was intoxicated . They quarrelled about eleven o'clock on Tuesday night and Davis then attacked his wife with a razor . She ran down stairs with her child in her arms , staggered for a moment , and then rushed out into the street . On Davis being examined on Thursday at the Clerkenwell police-court , Mr . John Stamp , a lodger in the house , said : — " He was in bed , and heard his wife say , ' For God ' s sake do down stairs

      Jack , go , for Davis says hell murder his wife . ' He heard screams of murder . Upon proceeding down stairs , he saw Davis standing in the passage near the bedroom door , with a razor in his hand , covered with blood . Mrs . Davis was junning along the passage . He ( Stamp ) said , ' For God ' s sake , what have you done , Davis ? ' Davis replied , ' I have done the deed for her this time . Come on , Jack , I will give myself up to you . ' Witness said , ' But what a foolish man you must be . ' Davis answered , ' I do n _ ot care ; I am a happy man now , and I will die for her . '" Davis was committed for trial . When he was leaving the dock , he turned round , with tears in his eyes , and asked to be permitted to see his dear child—a request which was at once acceded to .

      Attempted Suicides . —An elderly man , named Joseph Wallemarke , was charged at the Mansion House with attempting to hang himself on a lamp-post in the street . A man , passing along Hutchinson-street , Houndsditch , observed the accused standing close to one of the gaslamps and fumbling his neckcloth in a manner that excited his suspicions . He therefore watched him , and presently saw him take his neckcloth off , and , having first tied a noose in it , fastening it to the upper part of the lamp-post , which he climbed for that purpose . He then endeavour-ed to slip his head into the noose he had made , but before he could do so , the other man ran forward and pulled him down by his legs . "Wallemarke struggled violently , saying that he had a right to kill

      himself , but the other held him with the assistance of a gentleman who was passing by , until a policeman came up , -when ho gave him into custody . It afterwards transpired at the Mansion House that the man was well known in the neighbourhood of Hounclsditch , and that he had also been brought to that police-court once before , when some doubts being entertained as to the state of his mind , he w-as sent to tfie workhouse , but he refused to etay there . The Lord Mayor ordered him to be sent to the infirmary , that a medical certificate as to his mental condition might be obtained , before finally determining what to do with him . —A young girl of seventeen baa attempted to commit suicide under peculiar and horrible circumstances . She had been brought to the Station-house one night for disorderly conduct in the

      streets , but shortly after her arrival she was suddenly taken ill , and l » ad several fainting fits , in consequence of which the divisional surgeon attended her . She was then placed in the reaorve room instead of being locked in a cell , and early the following morning , having partly recovor « d , she asked and obtained leave to walk ™ . tlxc . yar < l' She was followed eoon afterwards by the police inspector , who presently found her lying in a dark corner of the yard half strangled by a pieco of tape ¦ which she hud tied tightly round her throat . She was subsequently brought up at the Wentminster policecourt , and remanded . She refused to give her nnmo or any account of herself , and appeared grently depressed . When the police inspector attempted to soothe her , ah « told him that her own father had seduced her , and she had in consequence loft her home in disguat .

      A BuaaiNa-LKTTKit Impostor . —John Doyle , alias Edward Sims ,, alias James Hill , was on ' . Tuesday brought ¦ up on romantl before the Lambeth magistrate for further examination on a charge of obtaining money by means

      of forged begging-letters . Mr . Elliott convicted him as a rogue and vagabond , and sentenced him to three months' hard labour . Alleged Fraudulent Bankruptcy . —John Marks , Samuel Marks ( his brother ) , and Abraham Simmonds , were re-examined on Tuesday at Marylebone on a charge of fraudulently disposing of a large amount of property subsequently to the bankruptcy of the first named . One of the witnesses was a man named William Molloy , Who-was in the service of John Marks , and who was actively employed in disposing of the property ; and he was now asked by Mr . Sleigh , who appeared for the accused , whether he had claimed 200 ? . from Samuel

      Marks , threatening that , if lie did not receive that sum , he would transport them all . In reply , he swore that he had not done so either by word of mouth or by letter . He added-that he had written a letter at the dictation of Samuel Marks . Mr . Sleigh then handed him a letter signed in his name , and asked if it was in his handwriting . He said it was . It was then read , and was found to contain the very request and threat which he had denied . He repeated that he had written this at the request of Samuel Marks , who had given him a sovereign for doing so ; but the magistrate said it was clear that Molloy had perjured himself . The prisoners were again remanded .

      A Homicidal Maniac . —William Browbill , a moroselooking , middle-aged man , working as a shoemaker , has cut his wife ' s throat , but not fatally , under an impulse of insanity . Having done so , he said to his son , a boy of fourteen , " Bill , I have just cut your mother ' s throat . " The man and his wife had generally lived together on affectionate terms until the last few weeks , when Browbill began to show symptoms of mental derangement . On the man being examined at the Worship-street police-court on Tuesday , the wife said : — "On the morning of the 18 th of September , I was awakened by my husband , who complained of feeling a strong sensation in the head ,-and that he was unable to rest . I did all I could to tranquillize his mind , but he got more excited , and

      , on telling him that if he gave way to such feelings , he would bring' his family to the workhouse , he stared hard at me for a moment , and all at once caught up his working knife , and , dragging me forwards to the side of the bed , drew the blade , three or four times across my throat . I have no recollection how I got away from him , but managed somehow to find my way into the ¦ straet , and was afterwards taken by the policeman to the house of my brother-in-law , where I have remained ever ^ since under medical care . " The man said it seemed to lim like a dream , and that his mind for some weeks had been in so perturbed a state that he could not control himself . The surgeon at the House of Detention , however , testified that he could not see any evidences of insanity in the man . He was committed for trial .

      Customs Fraud . —Belfast has been the scene of a singular Customs fraud , one of the supposed agents of which is now in custody . " A teadealer named Moore , " says the Times , " had let some premises in the rear of his office for the purposes of a bonded store . Moore contrived to get a 1 ey to this store , and having access to the yard at all times has pursued the practice for upwards of a year of entering the place after the outer official gates were closed , and helping himself to such supplies of tea as lie might deem expedient , filling the emptied packages with bricks and other rubbish . In this way a quantity has been removed , estimated at the value of from 10 , 000 / . to 12 , 000 / . When the discovery took place , it seams to have been made a subject of gossip long before any active steps were taken , and meanwhile

      Moore absconded . Some of his assistants , however , were forthcoming , and these persons appear to have avowed their perfect cognizance of what had been going on , as if tlie idea that they ought to have refused to have anything to do with it had never suggested itself to their minds . Andrew Harbison , formerly a traveller in the house , William Kennedy , a clerk , and John Kobb , a porter , together with Mrs . McClelland , an old housekeeper , wore examired . Harbison knew all about the false key , and Kennedy , although less communicative , was apparently not much behind him in information . Robb , the porter , hnd actually made himpclf lmndy in helping to remove tho packages , and an apprentice named Blake only two months previously bad cinigrated to America so as to avoid being called upon whenever an exposure might occur . "

      Wikk-mtjkdkr . —Henry Welch , a stoker employed at the Vauxliall gasworks , ia under remand at Lambeth on a charge of causing the death of his wife by his ill--usage of her . Two OiritCEits sent to Prison . —Lieutenant Burton and Cornet Eclmlaz , both of the 7 th Dragoon G minis , have been sent to tho House of Correction for ten days for an assault on tlio police . They stated that Uicy were under orders for India , and that , if shut -up in prison , they would bo ruined ; to which tho magistrate ( Jlr . Bimrham , of Marlborough street . ) replied that before ho altered his decision ho must cuuho inquiries to bo made at tho War-ollico .

      ExTitAoitniNAitY Outuaok . — 'A wheelwright and contractor , named Joseph Ashman , llred a gun nt tho Kev . G . A . Mahon , on Sunday , tlic 27 th ult ., while ho was performing service in the church of Leigh-upon - Mciulip . Tho weapon was discharged through nn open window , and tho contents struck th « clergyman on the right temple . Ho fell back stunned for a moment , and ,

      on recovering himself , found he was splashed witb blood Tins he at first believed was his own , but it was , ot discovered that the gun had been charged with blood which the man had recently purchased of a buteW Ihe service of course was hastily concluded , and Ash ' man -was captured . He has been examined by the loon ? magistrates , and remanded . u The Murder in Leigh Woods . —ITaiiam Boaleha . been again examined on the charge of murdering Clnr lotte Pugsley in Leigh Woods , near Biistol . The evi dence tended to show that he was in the company ofth ^ woman about the time of the murdei ; that lie was in possession of a pistol like that now in the custody of the police ; and that Pugsley , when she left her situation had money about her . Beale was committed for trial .

      The Murdeb and Attempted Suicide at Boltox —A . n inquest lias been held at the Borough Court * Bolton , on the body of Alice Mellor , the young woman who was murdered by her husband on the night of Thursday week , as briefly mentioned in our Postscript . The act , as well as the man ' s attempt to cut lus own throat , was committed in the open street in the sight of passers by , and seems to lave been caused by the wife reproving her husband for minding nothing but drink and allowing the children to starve . She had also threatened to 'do something' when she got home A verdict of Wilful Murder has been returned against Mellor .

      Fratricide at Liverpool . —William Jones , a butcher at Liverpool , has stabbed his elder brother with . a butcher ' s knife . The fratricide was rather intoxicated , and he had been quarrelling with his brother a good deal during the evening . The neighbourhood was greatly disturbed , and the police inspector of tlie district stationed two of his men near the house to keep -watch . This , however , proved of no effect ; for , at lialf-past eleven o ' clock , while the two brothers weie at supper , the quarrel was resumed , and William Jones pulled forth a butcher ' s sheath-knife , and stabbed the other in the left breast . A third , brother was just entering the loom at the time , and was obliged to fly into the attic under fear that he also might be attacked ; but not before he had grappled with the fratricide , and . seized the blade of the "knife , with which he was a great deal cut . Cries of " Murder !" - \ veie raised , the police entered , and "William . Jones was secured . The elder brother died almost

      directly . It appears that he had first struck and wounded his "brother ; and the coroner ' s jury therefore brought in a verdict of simple Manslaughter . Attempted Murder ajii > Suicide- —A man at Dover has cut his wife ' s throat with a razor , and then 3 iis own , in a fit of passion . The police with difficulty wrenched the weapon from his hand . He is but slightly hurf , however ; but his wife is seriously wounded . She managed to escape from lier husband , and , running to the police-station in her night-dress , and with the blood pouring from her throat , informed the officers of what had happened .

      Stakbino . —Michael Henry , a labourer , has "been examined at the Thames police-office , on a charge of stabbing Edward M'Donald , a greengrocer , living at Shadwell . The two men had apparently quarrelled about some women , and Henry then attacked M'Donald in tlio street , tlirew him down , and bit him . They were separated , but Henry flgtiir . rushed on the other , ana stabbed him wilh a knife in the right thigh . This took pl « c : e as long ago as the Gtli of September ; but M'Donald has been confined to tlie hospital ever since , llenry has been committed for trial .

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      GATHERINGS KltOM THE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . A singular inquiry in connexion with the elevation of Sir R . W . Cartlun to the office of Lord Mayor lias been going forward at the Mansion House . A person named Thomas Plant Rose was summoned on a charge of attempting to extort money from Alderman Garden by offering to '' abstain from tho publication of nn alleged libel on him . Three or four individuals were told bya man known to be in communication with Sir It . W . Garden , thut 1000 / . had been subscribed to got up an opposition to his election , while to ^ several others it was asserted that the sums of 1500 / . and 2000 / . hud been raised for tlic same purpose . In one place it was stated that at least 1600 / . would be required to prevent tlio opposition . Mr . Millurd , one of the corporation , wad informed that l /) 0 / . must fce paid to Mr . ltoso to induco

      him to forego bis opposition , and this -was accompanied by a request that Mr . Millard would mention tho matter to Sir R . W . Garden . He did so , and ltascs application for money was apparently met by ft rciutffl on tlio part of tho Alderman . Upon this being niado known to Rose , he requested Mr . Millard to hoc Sir H . W . Garden again , but lie declined to do so , mimI advised Kose to go to Sir Robert ' s deputy . Rose HuhHitqiu-ntly had two interviews with the deputy , and in lli « four . su of one of them lio took iv manuscript from bin poela'f , and said : —" I havojimt discovered Unit this is h """' to be printed tomorrow night . " The dop » i < y wll ( 1 ' " How did you net that ? " and ho said , " It « ' «« " » | hands of a pornon who prints things for mo occasionally-I went in , flaw thin , and it was put into my l" «' l ( lrt ' * road . I put it into my pocket , and tho printer was vciy much offended at my doing so ; but I refusal <» K . ' back , and have brought it to you . " On that very nigm .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 10, 1857, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10101857/page/10/