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    l7g T H E LEADEB. [No. 413, February 2Q ...

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    A Cawnpore in England.—Under this headin...

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    GATHERINGS FB.OM THE HAW AND POLICE COUR...

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    MISCELLANEOUS. The Court.—The Queen and ...

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    Our Civiuza-Ti0n. Middlesex Sessions. Th...

    guage , and finally he threw her over the palings . In consequence of this violence , she had a miscarriage . The prisoner was found Guilty , but declared his innocence-He was sentenced to a month ' s imprisonment , the Judge ( Mr . Bliss , Q . C . ) being of opinion that ' he had used more force than was justifiable . '

    L7g T H E Leadeb. [No. 413, February 2q ...

    l 7 g T H E LEADEB . [ No . 413 , February 2 Q , 1858 .

    A Cawnpore In England.—Under This Headin...

    A Cawnpore in England . —Under this heading , the Northern , Daily Express gives , on the authority of an eye-witness , an account of a most appalling piece of legalized cruelty committed in the barracks at Newcastle . A court-martial was recently held there on a private of the second battalion of Northumberland Fusiliers . ¥ e are not told what the offence was ; but , the man being convicted , the punishment ordered was fifty lashes . The whip used is what is called a cat-o ' -nine-tails , so that at each blow nine gashes are inflicted . That used at Newcastle is described as having the separate ' tails' weighted with pentagonal pieces of case-hardened steel , eightyone in number . On the morning when the torture was to take place , the soldier respectfully refused to strip ; on which sixteen of the strongest men in the ranks

    hurled the offender , face downward , on the stone pavement of the racket court , and stripped him by force . He implored that the punishment might be changed to that of death 4 but he was tied up to the triangles , and one of the largest drummers in the battalion proceeded to inflict the torture . What follows is described by the eye-witness in terms which we hope , and cannot but suspect , are overcharged . Suffice it here to say that the victim shrieked aloud at the first blow ; that his back was horribly mangled ; that the colonel and major were overcome by the sight ; that the surgeon nearly fainted ; that several men in the ¦ ranks actually did faint ; and

    that the poor wretch now lies in the hospital m a dying state . Gangrene has ensued on the -wounds , and it is stated that it is scarcely possible that the man can live . We do not , of course , commit ourselves to the truth of the narration ; but , if it be established , the indignation " of the country will demand that such an atrocity be severely punished . The Robbery of the Earl of Suffolk ' s Pictures . —John Dasbon , the person charged with stealing certain valuable pictures from Charlton-park , Wiltshire , the residence of the Earl of Suffolk , has been examined before the magistrates at Malmesbury , and committed for trial at the nest Wilts Assizes .

    A Young Lady Thief . —A Miss Annie Walker , of Wakefield , has been committed for trial on a charge of plundering several linendrapers ' s shops ; 60 / . worth of drapery goods was found at her residence . Escape from Hereford County Gaol . —A man w"ho had bee n committed for trial for housebreaking has escaped from the Hereford County Gaol , having * wrenched off bolts and picked padlocks with a great deal of strength and ingenuity . A bag , composed of strong twipe network , is deposited in his cell every night , and in this he places bis clothes when he goes to bed . It is then removed until six o ' clock the following morning . Of this bag he formed a rope ladder on the morning of his escape , making the steps out of his -wooden trencher which he broke into pieces . Since his escape , a robbery has been committed at a house in the

    direction in which it is supposed he has gone . Highway Robbery . —Mr . James Barraclough , cotton waste dealer , Todmorden , has been attacked by two men on the high road near Hebdon Bridge . One of the men Btruck Inm a violent blow on the head } the other seized his throa-t . Though somewhat affected by liquor ( for he had been drinking at a neighbouring tavern ) , Mr . . Barraclough freed himself sufficiently to use his stick with good effect , and one of the ruffians was knocked down . Ultimately , however , Mr . Burraclough was overpowered , and the men then threw him into the river Colder , which runs parallel with the road . Mr . Barraclough kept his head above water by clinging to a bramble bush until a policeman , came up . Next morning he was sufficiently recovered to return homo . Ho had only a few shillings about him at the time ; so that tJie thieves were disappointed in their expectations .

    Indibcxcuukatk Almsgiving . —Sergeant Milhain , of the West Sussex constabulary apprehended a man lost Saturday for begging in the town of Bogpor . Upon searching him , he found in his possession three sovereigns " , Sight half-sovereigns , one hiilf-crown , ten shillings , uTty-fivo sixpences , one fourpenny piece , and two halfpence , amounting in all to 0 / . 0 s . 6 d . ; also ono silver wntch , with silver guard-ohain attached , and ono metal watch , about two . pounds of bread , and ft email piece of cheese , Ho wos begging of a shopman In a draper's shop , to whom ho declared ho had not broken his fast that day . Ho was wearing threo shirts , throe waistcoats , tlirco pairs of trousers , ono jacket , ono coat , ono necktie , and a large wrapper , and had several btfcWlififffirimd . atoclf ! ngS ~ iir'hitrfackr ^^/ SiissmrzA-d * - ¦ vertiaer .

    Murdkkous Assault on a Wifk . —A married woman living at tlio cast end of tho town , named Julia Spillllng , has been severely wounded by her husband , Patrick ; Spilling ' . She had been repeatedly ill-used by lilra , and no had more than once threatened to murder her . , She was at length compelled to leave hor Ifomo and take refuge in tho house of a neighbour , in Fort ' s-Iniildlnge , Shored Itch , where she remained for some time , until one evening Spilling , having discovered hor place of shelter , abruptly entered the house , ami ordered lier to

    return home with Mm . He repeated this threes-times , and , on being Tefused the fliird tame , he pulled otrt of iris coat-sleeve some sharp-pointed -weapon , and stabbed his wife wfthit-three times . The last wound ttos particularly dangerous , the instrument having penetrated to the woman ' s stomach , and caused her to fcleed profusely , and become extremely faint and ill . After this , the ruffian ran tcway and threw something into the street , which was picked up by a woman who was passing at the time , and proved to be a large iron spike with a very sharp point . Spilling was afterwards taken into custody and examined before the Worship-street magistrate , by whom be "was Temanded .

    Gatherings Fb.Om The Haw And Police Cour...

    GATHERINGS FB . OM THE HAW AND POLICE COURTS . The adjourned certificate meeting in th « case © f Henry and Cheslyn HaH took place in the Court of Bankruptcy last Saturday , when Mr . Bagley appeared for the bankrupts , and contended that the charges against them had been greatly magnified by the press . They had engaged , early in life , in turf transactions , and had become embarrassed . He did not mean to say that the Messrs . Hall were free from'blenrish . They wereneedy men , and no doubt had desired to dothe bestthey could for themselves ; but he denied that they bad acted fraudulently or dishonestly . Mr . Commissioner Fane said he should take time to consider his judgment . An appeal has been beard in the Court of Exchequer from a conviction by the Justices of the Peace at Lindley , in the West Riding of Yorkshire . A publican named Whitely had been mulcted in certain penalties for keeping his house open on Sunday between half-past two and three o ' clock . By the 9 th " -GeoTge IV ., all public-houses were to be shut on Sundays during the usual hours of divine service in the morning and evening . By later enactments , the time of keeping closed in the afternoon was restricted definitely to between three and five . On behalf of the appeal , it was contended that Whitely was justified in onenmg his house at the time specified in the indictment . " The contention on the part of the justices was that , as the 9 th George IV . had never been expressly repealed , its provisions still remained in force . Barons Martin , Bramwell , and Watson agreed that the conviction could not be sustained , and it was accordingly quashed .

    An action has been brought in the same court on a bill of exchange at four months , dated June 29 th , 1857 , for 2501 ., drawn by Messrs . Sanders and Woolcott , accepted by the defendant ( the house steward of the late Duke of Devonshire ) , and endorsed by Messrs . Sanders and Woolcott to the plaintiff , Mr . Ries , the proprietor of a cigar divan in the Strand . Mr . Ries , according to his statement at the trial , had discounted , a few years ago , some bills accepted by Mr . Ridgway , the defendant , with interest at thirty per cent , per annum . This he had done at the request of Messrs . Sanders and Woolcott ; but Mr . Woolcott had since committed suicide ., and the firm had fallen into difficulties . As Mr . Ries was unable to obtain the payment of the last of these bills from Mr . Ridgway , he brought the present action , the defence at which was that the signature of Mr . Ridgway was a forgery . Mr . Chambers , who appeared

    for the defendant , said : — " His client by virtue of his office had to pay many Wlls for building and for furniture , and tho firm employed for building purposes were Messrs . Sanders and Woolcott . During the time buildings were in progress , he gave acceptances to Woolcott , in order that the work might proceed . When the accounts were sent in , tho defendant saw what had been paid by bills on account . Tho balance was then calculated , tho amount paid , and all the bills destroyed . There was no attempt to deny thut the defendant had frequently given Woolcott acceptances for work done ; but what ho said was , that Woolcott , taking advantage of the genuine acceptances , had introduced acceptances which ho know were not genuine , and this was one of thorn . " The jury , after consulting for four hours and a half , could not come to an ugreement , and were therefore discharged .

    Mr . John Bailloy Davis , described as a merchant trading in Spanish goods , was charged at Guildhall , on Monday , under the Bishop of Oxford ' s Act , with the abduction of a young gfrl alleged to be under seventeen . Elizabeth Wynn , a good-looking girl , apparently not less than eighteen years of nge , stated Unit she was turned seventeen yoars of ago , and that b 1 iq was on a visit to nn aunt at Liverpool about three weeks ago , when she met Mr . Davis in the street for tho first time . She saw him afterwards , and consented to accompany him to Spain . They wont first to Munoliestor and then to Sheffield before coming to London . SI 10 wont volun- j taiily-with-Mi ^ Davisrftnd ~« ° - llttd - " ^ P ' mi 8 ud ' - - * y-H money or anything else . SI 10 consented to go to Spain with him of her own froo will . She did not go for money ; she wont with him for lovo . Slio did not want , any money of Mr . Davis ; slio had pl « nty of hor own . ' She did not wish to loavo him . On hearing tlioHO state- ! mentfl , the Alderman discharged' Mr . l >« vis ,. ] | 1

    The ease of tho Northumberland and Durham District Bank came on Tuesday boforo Vluo-CJlinncollor Kindoraloy upon several petitions pray ing tho compulsory winding-up of tho company , or , in tho alternative , that two liquidators might bo added to those already chosen

    by the shareholders of the company in the process of a voluntary winding-up . The Vice-Chancellor thought that the proper order to be made would be—that so much of the petitions as prayed a compulsory windingup stand over ; that a voluntary winding-up take place , subject to the terms that no action against a shareholder for calls be compromised without the leave of the court , and that no action against any creditor for a sum exceeding 2000 ? . be compromised without the like leave . Mr . Commissioner Fane , in the Court of "Bankruptcy

    on Tuesday , delivered judgment m the matter of Ed ward Baldwin , upon the right of the mortgagees to the sum of 16 , 000 / ., the purchase money of the Morning Herald , Standard , and St . James ' s Chronicle newspapers . Two petitions were entered—one on behalf of Edward Foss , the other on behalf of Charles Baldwin . The Commissioner came to the conclusion that there was no evidence to snow that the property was not in the use , order , or disposition of the bankrupt , and consequently the petitions were dismissed . The 16 , 000 ? . will therefore be divided among the general creditors .

    Certificates were refused , in the Hull Bankruptcy Court , on Wednesday , in the case of Harrison , Watson , and Co ., bankers . The French spy system is "becoming rampant in London . An Italian gentleman , on Tuesday , waited on the Southwark police magistrate , to complain that he had recently been dogged about the streets by French spies , connected , as he supposed , * , with the Paris detective police . Could he give them into custody ? The magistrate said he could not , as they had committed no breach of the law . No doubt they would soon find out they were on the , wrong , scent , and leave the applicant . In the meanwhile he had better ta'ke no notice of them .

    Miscellaneous. The Court.—The Queen And ...

    MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —The Queen and the Prince Consort , with the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice , attended by Major-General Buckley and Colonei . F . H . Seymour , went on Tuesday afternoon to Battersea Park and the new bridge . —The Queen held a levee , the first of the season , on Thursday afternoon , at St . James's Palace . Sib James Melvill , having on the -3 rd instant completed a service of fifty years , has , in fulfilmeat of an intention long since announced , retired f rom the office o Secretary to the East India Company . It is understood , however , that he will remain to offer such assistance , as his long experience may enable him to- afford ^ during tho present Parliamentary discussions . — Times .

    Indian Relief Fund . —A remittance of 150 Z . 18 s ., has been received from her Britannic Majesty ' Consul at Charleston , South Carolina , accompanied by a letter containing tho following statement— " I think it proper to add that a considerable proportion of this amount has been subscribed by American citizens , who have been desirous of uniting with the British residents in the expression of their sympathy with the sufferers by the Indian mutinies . '" Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway . —The bill for this very useful undertaking ( an outline of the proposed plan of which appeared a few nmnths since ) has passed through the Standing Orders of the House of Commons , and it is stated by the half-yearly report of the Brighton directors that their company has been the first to consult the public convenience by securing the use of the terminus . There seems , therefore , every probability that this scheme will be speedily carried into effect . — Times .

    | Lord Palmiskston and tiik Orange Association . —A deputation of members of Parliament connected with the Conservative party , and of gentlemen representing the Orange Association of the north of Ireland , waited last Saturday upon Lord Palmerston ut his private house , Piccadilly , for the purpose of presenting « ¦ memorial protesting against the letter of tho Lord ! Chancellor of Irchurd to the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Down , directing liim not to recommend gentlemen to be justices of tho peaoo who would not Hubscribe a declaration that po long as thpy held the commission they would not connect themselves with -Orange Lodges . Tho Premier , in answer to the observations addressed to him , said that thero had been no ' intention whatever to doubt the lcgulity of the Ornngo I confederation , or to assort that its mombors are disloyal . ¦ Thoro iu nothing in their political opinions of a nature to I disqualify them from exorcising magisterial functions ; " but it is impossible not to perceive that suspicions may nnd must prevail among" u contmlerablo portion of the Irish people . " This was tho consideration which in-! duced tho Lord Lieutenant tind the Lord Chancellor to take the step in question ; and they liovo the entire approval of the Govornment . L ^ JrfOJ !;» . J & VPJ ? H 5 ^^ ft LZ ^ ' ton Park , GioucosTorsiuro . ™' ~~ ' " * " *"" ' "" - ¦" ~ -- « ~~ , ~*~ - Tnifl Bakdslkv CoLLiicitY ExrLosiON . —Tliis inriiiort was brought to a close on Monday , tho jury rinding wint the explosion was tho result of firing a shot or blast , n \\ A that it was consequent ^ ' accidental . Tho deaths to tlio piesont timo aro f > 2 jn number . Nurvv Fountain at Hoi / ritooD . —Tho qunint , mitlqwo fountain in the centre of tho qtwdranglo of Linlithgow Palnco , which was irretrievably ruinocl in tho trouble 01 1745 , is about to bo restored at tho suggestion "f «' Bpnjamin Hall .

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 20, 1858, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20021858/page/10/