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    ^ THE LBABEB. [No. 321, Saturday ^

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    NAVAL , AND MILITARY. Military Riots at ...

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    a door could be easily turned , the door opened , and again" locked , leaving it apparently in the same state as ^ iPiTOTTG " Manslaughter . —An inqnest has been held at the Plymouth Guildhall on the body of John Tozer of Gttery , Devon , a drummer in the South Devon Militia . On the previous evening , at nine o ' clock , he waspartly undressed in a room occupied by seventeen bandsmen and others , when William Towton , twenty , another drummer , without provocation , struck him twice in the chest with his fist . Tozer then declared his intention to report Towton to the sergeant-major , and , when reaching up to unhang his coat , received a third blow Under his right ear , when he fell on the bedstead rolled off , and expired within ten minutes . A verdict of manslaughter was returned , and Towton was committed to Exeter for trial

    . _ . „ ,,,, _ A Commercial Quarrel . — Thomas Turnbull , a vouncr man of respectable exterior , appeared at the Mansion House on Tuesday under rather singular circumstances . He had had some dealings with a Mr . Bateman , a commission merchant in the city , but they were not of a nature to inspire that gentleman with confidence in him , and , on his requiring some further goods , he was told he must give a cheque on account . He agreed , and the goods ( to the value of about 120 ? . ) were then sent by Mr . Bateman ' s brother , with directions account

    not to leave them unless the money on were paid . Turnbull , however , contrived to induce Mr . E . B & teman to walk with him back to his brother ' s house , under pretence that he ( Turnbull ) had the cheque with Km . The goods were therefore left behind ; but no cheque was forthcoming . Mr . E . Bateman afterwards went again to TurnbulTs office , and , seeing the goods there , attempted to carry them . off ; but a man named Hurst and his son interposed , said they had purchased them and sold them again , and threatened to knock the intruder down and to kick him out . They then , in

    company with Turnbull , set upon him , thrust him against the wall , and held him down , while a boy removed the goods . The defence made by Turnbull was that Mr . Bateman was in his debt to an amount considerably beyond that of the goods supplied . The case was remanded ; bail was taken ; and the Alderman directed that a search-warrant should be issued for the seizure of the goods stated to have been detained . The case being again brought on on Thursday , Mr . Turnbull was discharged on the goods being given up .

    A Clever Negro . — An ill-looking negro , named Brown , who has been previously accused of felony , was charged at Bow-str *»* with stealing a tablecloth from a f ^~* ° ll tl Imaging in Arundel-street , Strand . Brown , who is in the IiSl > it of frequenting lodging-houses , more especially in districts ^ h ere coloured people get accommodation , obtained admission to the apartments of Mrs . Warren , by representing himself as having just left the Sir Robert Peel ship , exhibiting some sovereigns , and talking about his boxes , which would arrive in a day or two . He was accompanied by a smart-looking English girl , who said she was his wife , and took an early

    opportunity of assuring the landlady that it was an uncongenial match , forced upon her by mercenary parents in consideration of his wealth . After feasting at Mrs . Warren ' s expense for three or four days , Brown , the black , disappeared , taking the tablecloth with him , and the wife" was deserted . She then confessed that she was not married , and had only met the prisoner a few nights previously in the streets . In the course of the examination of Brown at Bow-street , the young woman referred to came forward , and said she was " an unfortunate girl , " and had been tempted by Brown to go to his lodgings , and pretend that she was his wife . To this had confessed

    she objected at first , because the accused to her that he was married . Mr . Hall , the magistrate , asked her if that was her only objection to him ; to which she gave an evasive reply , saying that she " thought she should be comfortable , and that he waa well off . " She added that she knew nothing of the tablecloth . A police sergeant was about to give the magistrate a history of the man ' s antecedents , but Mr . Hall declined to be prejudiced in that way , and discharged Brown , who is said to bo notorious for the same exploits , and for always leaving some " wife" in the lodgings to bear the brunt .

    Property Triumphant . —A beast , possessmg property , and said to bo connected with a highly-respectable family , was charged , about a fortnight ago , at Southwark , with ' an indecent assault on two female children , aged respectively six and three years , daughters of a widow in humble circumstances , whom , under pretence of being a medical man , ho said he desired to examine in order to get them into an Orphan Asylum . The mother suspected he waa an impostor , from the brutal way in which he used the children , and , when he lusteror

    came again and desired to repeat his conduct , a p , who ha ^ bcen previously hidden in a cupboard , ruahed out and seized the scoundrel , who offered any amount to be released , but was given into custody . The examination before the magistrate terminated in a . remand , and bail waa accepted ; the accused ( William Hobson Aubort ) in 600 / ., and two friends in 250 / . each . On the caso again coming boforo the magistrate last Saturday , it was found , that Aubort had made off . Mr . Solomon , his counsel , auid that the money would bo at once paid on all the sureties , and added that ho supposed the case wns

    at an end . The Society for tlie Rescue of Young Women and Children , however , determined to take active steps for the apprehension of the scoundrel . Murderous Attack on a Prison Warder .- ^ -One of the warders at the Wakefield Prison has been nearly murdered by a prisoner whom he had reported for misconduct . The man struck the warder a blow on the side of the head with a hammer ; but one of the other prisoners interposed , and saved the life of the injured man . An alarm was then given , and the ruffian was secured . It is feared that the wounds the warder has received will prove fatal . William Burns , who was convicted at the last sessions of the Central Criminal Court of robbing his employers , lead merchants , of Lambeth , of a large amount of metal , but whose sentence was respited , has been condemned to penal servitude for four years .

    Garotte Robbert . —John Smith , a militiaman , is under remand at Guildhall , charged with a garotte robbery , aided by some women , on the person of a naval man , who was intoxicated at the time . The scene of the attack was the corner of a court turning out of Golden Lane , and the time was about twelve o ' clock at night . After the robbery was effected , which was in a very brief space of time , the man and the women made their escape ; but the man was shortly afterwards apprehended . Infatuation . —The workshop of Mr . Sinkin ,

    carpenter and builder , in Little Earl-street , Seven Dials , has been set on fire by a neighbour , a carver and gilder , named James Moore . After he had completed the act , he went to Mr . Sinkin and informed him of the circumstance , and afterwards told a policeman and gave himself into custody . He added that he did not know why he had done it , and to the Marlborough-street magistrate he repeated the same observation , saying , " It was all done in a moment . I had no reason to do it . I never had a quarrel -with Mr . Sinkin . " He was remanded for a week .

    A Simple Farmer . —William Swilston and William Marshall were indicted at the Central Criminal Court for stealing fifty sovereigns , the property of Robert Gregory . The prosecutor , who was a farmer , was about to emigrate to Australia , and Marshall introduced himself as a person who was going to sail in the same vessel . At his suggestion , they took a -walk to see the sights of London , visiting several public-houses on their way . At one of these , the other man made his appearance , representing that he had just arrived from America , where he

    had received a large legacy , and at length , when Mr . Gregory , who seemed a simp le sort of person , was sufficiently thrown off his guard , the old trick of inducing him to produce his money was resorted to , and a bag of farthings was adroitly substituted for his bag of sovereigns . Both the prisoners , having attained their object , then disappeared . They were taken into custody a day or two afterwards , and thirteen sovereigns were found in the possession of Marshall . The jury found both prisoners guilty . Sentence was deferred .

    Receiving Stolen Goods . — Robert Chisnell , the keeper of a beer-shop ia the Waterloo-road , has been found guilty at the Central Criminal Court of receiving a quantity of silk which had been stolen , and which he knew to have been dishonestly come by . He had employed a woman to pawn this silk , and upon her being apprehended , she said that she had given the proceeds of the sale to a young woman with whom Chisnell cohabited . He was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour . A Reckless Drunkard- —Several of the passengers in the Cambridge-road , Bethnal Green , on Monday afternoon , saw a man driving a spirited horso in a chaise at so furious a pace that they called out to him to take care what ho was about . He disregarded them , however , and a policeman then started in pursuit , and at length stopped the chaise . The driver being greatly inhim homeand

    toxicated , the policeman offered to see , tried to get into the vehicle ; but the man ( who was n . German ) , declined the offer in very abusive language , and prevented the constable from mounting . The officer therefore went to the horse ' s head , and held it ; on which the German lashed tho animal so violently that ho plunged forward , and knocked the policeman down . Still retaining his hold of the reins , tho constable was dragged some way along the ground , until tho wheel running between hia loga , passed over hia body and went off at his shoulder . The German was himself thrown out of the gig , but not much hurt , and was taken into custody by another oflicor , while tho wounded policeman waa carried off to the hospital , where lie lies in a very dangerous state . Graaf , the German , was examined on Tuesday at Worship-street , and was remanded , that tho result of tho constable ' s injuries might bo ascertained .

    TlIK BuuaUBY IN SuTHEKLANI > -8 QUAISI 0 , WALwoimi . —It will bo within tho recollection of our readers that a burglary was committed ( during the absence of tho family at church ) one Sunday evening , between two and three months ago , inthohouno of a Mr . John Knott , residing in Sutherland-square , Walworth ; that tho servant girl was found with , her throat cut ; that aho first said the injury had been Indicted by tho burfflar » , l > ut that « ho afterwards confessed aho waa ubaent from the house , without leave , during tho robbery ; and that finding on her return what had happened , aho wounded horaelf an a desperate resource , to cucapc boing implicated in tho

    robbery . A man , named Robert Everett , alias Humlett who described himself as a pickle-dealer , of Union-street Lambeth , has been examined during the present week on a charge of being concerned in the burglary . Lucy Constable , the servant girl , was one of the witnesses and from her statement it appeared that Everett , and a man named Brown ( now committed for trial ) , introduced themselves to her a few Sundays before the robbery - that a slight acquaintanceship sprang up ; and that on the Sunday when the house was entered she was induced to go out with Everett and have somebrandy-and-water under pretence of meeting his sister , -who never came ' . On her leaving him , and returning home , she found the house-door open , and . the plate-basket empty . " 1 felt , " she then proceeded to say to the magistrate , " that rny

    character was gone ; and , in a moment of excitement , I took a knife and inflicted a wound on my throat . " She here became much affected , and sobbed loudly . In conclusion , she said the prisoner had all through acted towards her in a very gentlemanly manner . lie has been committed for trial . Brown is supposed to have been the man -who entered the house in the absence of the girl . A Thief in a Box . —Several parcels have recentl y been abstracted from the steam-packet office stores , North Wall , Dublin . A man named James Gray has at length been arrested , when a most ingenious system of effecting the robberies was discovered . A large box , resembling a press ( says the Liverpool Mercury ) , was constructed , divided into two compartments , which could be locked and bolted from the inside . In one of

    these Gray was accustomed to secrete himself , and the other was left empty for the reception jof goods , but so cleverly was the press constructed that no one looking at it would imagine the purpose for which it was designed . This case , containing the prisoner , was shipped from English ports to this city , and depositeel in the steam-packet company ' s stores , where it was left ioi a night , labelled , to prevent any uncomfortable consequences to its inmate , " this side up , " and " to be left till called for . " In the night time the thief would

    unbolt the door , sally forth , and , noiselessly traversing the stores , appropriate the most valuable bales of silk and heaviest parcels of plate , and stow them away in the second compartment . He would then , with the same precaution , return to his quarters , and , bolting himself within , would lie there quietly till morning . When the stores were opened , and the porters busily engaged elsewhere , he would take the opportunity of departing unobserved , and call or send for the case and boxes during the day .

    Burglary . —The house of a Mr . Pring , an old gentleman , living in a retired spot in the parish of Awliscombe , Devonshire , has been entered at night by burglars , one of whom attacked Mr . Pring with a pitchfork , and inflicted several serious wounds . They then ransacked the premises , and left . —A house at Westerham , Kent , has been entered . The man who first presented himself was opposed by the householder , Mr . Atkinson , and a murderous struggle ensued . Another burglar then came up ; but , alarmed at what he saw , he jumped through a window , carrying a good deal of the glass and framework with him . Subsequently , however , either he or another man entered , and helped to overcome Mr . Atkinson , who was left severely wounded . Mrs . Atkinson was also injured ; and both lie in a precarious state .

    The attempted Assassination in Rupert-street , Haymarket . —Two of tho injured men , Rossi and II udeo , have completely recovered from their wounds , ami have left Charing-cross hospital . The other two arc likely to leave in the course of a few days . Up to the present time , nothing has been beard of the assassin Foschini . The Portuguese Knife . —A Portuguese seaman is in custody for stabbing a Greek sailor in Wollcloae-stiunre , out of revenge for some injury he thought ho had received in playing cards . The wounded man is in great danger .

    ^ The Lbabeb. [No. 321, Saturday ^

    ^ THE LBABEB . [ No . 321 , Saturday ^

    Naval , And Military. Military Riots At ...

    NAVAL , AND MILITARY . Military Riots at Malta . —The Anglo-Italmn Legion stationed at Malta committed great excesses on tho Gth , Cth , and 7 th inst . A largo number of tin ; men collected in tho streets , singing songs of liberty , insulting and menacing tho natives , and finally drawing stiletti , und stubbing indiscriminately at any who came in their way . A blow uimed at a police constable was dexterously avoided by the officer , and stubbed one oi the Italian soldiers , who was carried dy ing to the hospital . On the following day ( tho ( ith ) , M . Curuaiiii , inspector of police , while exhorting the soldiers to iIihperuc , was stabbed in four places , and expired almost . wed tlio

    directly . Tho disturbances having been rene on 7 th , strong measures were taken against tho Ituliuiirf . They made an attempt to cuter Vulctta through the Maraaniiiacotto Guto , but a email party of English artillerymen brought thorn to a halt at the point <> i the bayonot . Tho drawbridge was then lifti'd , strong pickets wore aont round tho town , the guards won * doubled , extra hciitrios posted , and thruo hundred Kn ^'"*' infuntry despatched towards tho suburbs of Florinnn , to prevent any attempt , by tho Italians to enter at U" ' < Porta Rcalo . English artillorynum were i > lm : uil in charge of tho guns at Fort Manool , whence tho stock ol ammunition Ijuh been removed , and in the- evening m ^ Mujoaty ' a acruw lino-of-battle « hij > tho Hannibal , havmfc .

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), May 17, 1856, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17051856/page/10/