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    4 k . boo < i «; weekIafter ^; he sale the silk , she went to lire a » a ,-ftiend at thaliouse of Kirton s as she was in diffi .-eu & ies ? at . . the , time ; ¦ but ,. after a while , she was treated *» , a * lodger * and ; hex furniture was seized for . rent .-. The counsel for the defence put several questions to show that l & r & onhad been on terms of adulterous intercourse with ftfrB * . WJlloughby , who had < borne false : witness against the former out of revenge for the seizure of her furniture j /; but the implication was denied . The witness admitted , she had bad . a quarrel with Kirton's wife , but referred it entirely to her . having- been treated as a lodger . The prisoner was found Guilty , and sentenced to hard labour , foi : two yeara . . ' :

    t Sebtous JPbay at a Dog-Fight- — -The police at CJi $ heroe , > Whalley ,. and Blackburn , got-intelligence that a > dogifight would lake place in a field - near Myton Churchy five of the officers , therefore , went to the ground , where they . discovered nearly a hundred and fiftyf men gathered about the animals , which had commenced worrying one : another . Inspector Clegg asked one . of the settersr-on of the dogs what his name was- ; oiv . which , all , the constables were violently attacked and kicked . ; . One - of them was rendered insensible , and it was found necessary . to carry another off the ground ; but they are both recovering . As soon as the . mob bad disposed ' of . the police , the dogs were taken up and the fight : was discontinued ..

    / The i « atb Mxtbixeb at Bromley , vs Kent .. —A man named Mark Wheeler , a ticket-of-leave man , who had a cottage- ki Gloucestershire , has beea brought . from that p >{ ac . e by a London warrant officer to . be conveyed to Portsmouth , where he will serve the remainder of his sentence ( seven years ) for having harboured-the man none awaiting his trial for the murder at Bromley , in Kent .. Wheeler ' s time will expire about Christmas , 1858 . 7 EtoBBEBT of A Churoh e » thk CiTT . rs-In the course of , last Sunday night some men entered the Church of SjL Giles Without , Cripplegate , by means of the window of the veatry , the gJasa in which they had cut-away . Th ^ y opened an iron , safe , and , took out the gold and alver . which , however , did . not amount to a large sum ;

    then , passing into the church itself , they endeavoured to £ cuf {& . . the contribution-box and plate-chest , but failed , tt ^ vould appear that ; they next tasted the sacramental w ^ e , ; but this . would seem not to have been to their p * Ipe , for thegreater part was left . They quitted the palace , . apparently ,. in ,. a hurry , as they left behind the r ^ oney . they had abstracted , and allowed the iron safe to remain ppen ... The vicarage-house , adjoining , is at present unoccupied ; and it is thought the thieves escaped through , it into the fltreet . j ^ Che , Jewish MoipK or Slaughtering . —A case has for some time been under remand at . the Mansion House , ofjjgreat interest . to . the Jewish body ; and on Tuesday a decision was come , to ,.., Thomas Reynolds , a butcher , was

    sujenpaoned for , cruelly , slaying , an ox after the Jewish fashion ... Itwfls sliowfl . in evidence ftfxat the method employed includes the . fastening of the animal ' s head to thj ^ -floor by means of a ring which passes through the jaw and'is attached to , a staple . The throat is then cut ; ana the beast , instead of dying in about , three minutes , as in * be . slaughterrhouses of Christian butchers , who provide fjor almost itjeuvifidiate insensibility by a blow on the , head ,, liogers for nine minutes . The reason for this inhumanity is that the blood may be drained away from , the , flesh , in obedience to the injunction of Genesis , which direc t * that " flesh with the life thereof , which ia the blood thereof , shoO ye noit eat" —a direction which . repeated in Leviticus and Deuteronomy . Sir Peter Ljiujrhi ,, being of opinion , that no cruelty within , the meaning of the act had been proved , and . that Christian butchers employ a similar method in slaughtering sheep ,

    calves , and pigs , dismissed the summons , which 'hail bjj ' en granted at the instance of the Society for the Provepiion of Cruelty tp Animals . —The sentence will disgu » ajl who consider humanity as of greater worth than tffljjmon . ' One of , the most sacred of principles is violi ^ ed , iqat n ceremonial observance and verbal superstition / may be upheld . , A Tigress . —A , singular instance of feminine ferocity An , ; open court occurred in the course of the present w { j $ c ( at the Bow-fitrcet Police-office . Caroline Gilder , «^»(^ 9 ^ uline-looMng woman , was fined six shillings , or ¦ wmnced' Xj £ default to fourteen day » ' imprisonment , for ^^ o ^ aly Di ^ ftWnjg eight windows in the house of her * T $ W * % jr » who Jiafl ' , aak « d lier for some rent that was ° Wm & v , Upon Jieairtp ^ the sentence the prisoner jumped ?* S * wa do ^ fc , , rushed furiously at the landlady , bent « * jtt ^ < £ sc ratched her face with her nailH , like a wild "SjrjkJJ 9 ^ to'dr ^ w ; Wpofl from avqral parts . By the ™ i |^ TOw noli < jen ( i « t » the landlady was rescued , but not nnUTArW « hV hiiia been severely Injured , and the

    prisoner -was dragged back into the 'dock ^ an ; : held there : while this second-, charge ¦ * o »? proceeded with . Mr .: Jardi & e said that ) 'she must'flnd two St . sureties tb keep the ^ peace for six months . - The money not being forthcoming , this female , desperado was locked ¦ up . Themagistrate , in passing - sentence , remarked upon the vicious character of many of thefemale prisoners brought before him , and compared them with' the ruffianly men who ware frequently accused of ¦ wife ^ beating , the number of charges : against-whom-, he > stated ,.. were not

    hvcreasing in proportion so •> largely as those of . a similar kind against the other sex , as he regretted to say that not less than fifteen of the latter had already come before him that veryday . ' — - Another case of female ferocity was heard at Southwark ; - where Elizabeth Eastrom was charged with cutting and ; wounding John Knowlea . The man foolishly went with the prisoner into a house in Marketrstreet , Borough-road , and , because he refused to treat her to gin , she stabbed him at the back of the head , and thrust him out into the street . She has been committed for trial .

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    MISCELLANEOUS . Thb Coukt . —The Queen and the Royal Family returned to London on Wednesday . Great Conflagration-. ^ -A fire of a very serious character broke out on Wednesday night' at a publichouse in Green-street , Gravel-lane , Southwark . The inhabitants threw open the windows , and called for help ; but , before the fire-escape could arrive , several of the inmates , some of whom were burnt , had leapt out . One of them , the landlord , has since died . The house was completely gutted before the flames could be suppressed .

    Deaths from Shooting . — -Two inquests have been held before the borough coroner of Liverpool . Death in each case resulted from firing guns , & c , on the occasion of tbe > visit of the Duke of Cambridge . The first was an adjourned inquiry on the body of Nathaniel Roberts , aged five and a half years , who had died from the effect of receiving a charge of cotton-waste in his throat , while crossing Dickenson-street on the 9 th inst . It appeared that guns of every description were being fired in the street at the time , and ,, it being impossible to ascertain whkh ; particular fire-arm produced the accident , a verdict of " Manslaughter against some person or persons unknown !* was returned . The second inquisition was on the body of Jonathan JLasham > who had died from being accidentally injured by the firing of a cannon at the . Liverpool Industrial Schools , Kirkdale , on the occasion of the visit of the Duke . A verdict in accordance with tie fact 3 was returned .

    America . —The yellow fever is abating at Norfolk and Portsmouth . Earthquakes have occurred at San Francisco and . Guayaquil , but have done no damage . Colonel Kinnej has been chosen provisional Civil and Military Governor of Greytown and the adjacent territory , and has promised the citizens that he will spare no efforts to procure from the United States Government indemnity for the losses sustained by the burning of the town . Colonel Walker , on September 3 rd , defeated General Guardiola , at Virgin Bay , with a loss to the latter of fifty men , while the former only lost one white man and four natives . The Government troops , it is said , amounted to four hundred men ; Walker ' s to only one hundred and fifty . It is reported that the Colonel has

    returned to , San Juan with the intention of attacking Rivas , the head-quarters of the Government forces . — From Mexico we have the most distressing accounts of ciyil commotions . General Carrera has resigned in consequence of differences with Alvarez . Fighting is going on in various parts of . the country , the city of Znpaltan has been sacked and entirely demolished by the revolutionists , who appear to be generally victorious . Jose Lopez de Santa Anna , nephew of the ex-dictator , has been arrested , and will probably suffer death . Some disturbances have been created at Aeapulco and other places by a party of A « ie « caus . —The island of No > r Caledonia has been declared part of the colonial dominion of the French Empire .

    Metropolitan Improvements . —The Report of tlio Select Committee to inquire into the state of the roads , bridges , , & c , of the metropolis , has been published . This document enters at largo into the subject , and reviews the various plans , amounting to nine , which have been proposed for improving the intercommunication of London . The Committee add : —" In considering the merits of the various plans thus enumerated under the * second class , your Committee feel bound to express the approbation with which they regard those of them which seem beat fitted to accomplish the following objects : — Firutthat of relieving the streets from the honvy goods

    , traffic in transitn between the railways , the river , and the docks . Second , the embankment of f . he Thames—a public improvement too long delayed ; and lastly , tl » e provision , on a suitable scale , for the accommodation of those great tides of passenger traffic which , with daily increasing force and . pressure , are flowing through tho streets of this metropolis . The Metropolitan Railway , in combination with Mr . Pearson ' s plan , upon which this railway has boon engrafted , promisee to accomplish tho first of these objects , and , as far aa his street improvements extend , tho last . No plan that has been laid before your committee meets all the requirements of tho

    secondi ! With regard to the third object ^^ q ^> committee- recommend to the consideration of , the < honB « : the evidence and splendid designs of Sir Joseph Paitoa . — In conclusion , your Committee , as the ' gene **] result of their inquiries ; beg earnestly to impress upon the house the extreme importance of practical steps being at owse taken by authorities , properly constituted and ararted -with-foil powers and means for the purpose , to have the communications of this metropolis made capable of AO commodating its vast and increasing traffic " Thb West Coast obs * Afrioa . —Bonny has been in a state of insurrection ; Two chiefs , suspected by the people of poisoning the late King Dappo , were furiously attacked , and their lives placed in

    danger . In their distress they sent a message to one of the trading vessels , beseeching succour ; and they were brought off , and sent , at their own request , to Fernando . Po . It would appear , from a somewhat vague account , that a war of extermination then ensued between the partisans of the " chiefs and those of the other faction ; trade was stopped , and the masters of the trading vessels , having sent a flag of truce on shore , were told that the stoppage would continue for twenty years , and that no debts would be paid until the chiefs should be given up . The traders determined on bringing the chiefs back , and an attempt

    will be made to settle the dispute ; but the Governor is determined to protect the chiefs , should they be innocent . No collision has taken place between the English and the natives ; but the latter have destroyed the court-house and committed several other depredations . — At Cape Coast , on the 7 th of September , a disturbance arose among the natives , in - which many were wounded . The cause was trifling , and is now removed . —The appointment of the new Governor of Fernando Po-is likely to create dissatisfaction , as he is said to be not greatly opposed to slavery . —It is intended by the Governor of the Gambia to make another attack on the Sabbagees .

    State of Tradb ,. —The advices from our manufacturing towns contiaoe much the same as they have been for some time past . The chief effect of the prevailing pressure has been felt at Manchester , although a fall in prices which has taken place is to be attributed mainly to the reduction in the Liverpool cotton-market . The Manchester Courier announces a small failure—that of Mr . W . A . Smith , a cotton-spinner , with liabilities under 30 , 000 ? . At Birmingham , great steadiness is maintained . The recent advance on manufactured iron is considered fairly to reach the limit tnat is expedient , but in some particular cases ah additional 10 s . per ton has been obtained . With the exception of glass

    manufacturers , the other trades of the place show much activity , and are still stimulated by Government orders . The Nottingham advices describe ah improvement in hosiery , owing to the American demand , which is fully realising previous expectations . The home demand is rather dull , and caution also is exhibited in shipments to Australia . The lace-market is without alteration , except , perhaps , a slight increase of confidence . In the woollen districts it is a quiet period , and , although business has been restricted during the past two dr three weeks , it is considered healthy in every respect . In the Irish linen markets stocks are diminishing , and employe ment is general .

    M . « k Metz at Rki > hill . — -The noble French philanthropist , M . de Metz , has closed his visits to English Reformatories by an inspection of the Philanthropic Society ' s Farm School at Redhill—an establishment which comprises nearly two hundred boys engaged in various industrial callings , the principle of which is farm labour , though the place also includes brushmaking , carpenters ' shops , smithy , dairy , stable , & c , besides about twenty tailors and a dozen shoemakers . Tho receptibn took place in the large school-room , which was adorned with flowers , nnd with words of welcome in French aild Eng- lish . Eleven of the boys , who have passed their period of probation , and will shortly emigrate to the colonies , read an address of congratulation toM . deMetz . U : Some

    of us , " said the boys , " have brothers in the artny of England , who are now with the sons of France fighting ' tho battle of freedom for the world . Will you say to our comrades at Mettray that wo hope both they and wo shall always bo found side by side fighting against the world ' s greatest enemies—fraud , and falsehood , and wrong ? " These were not mere words of course ; the boys at Redhill subscribed to the " Widows' and Orphans' Fund" on the occasion of the recent thanksgiving for the successes before Sevastopol very nearly 5 / . out of their own personal savings . They did the eame last year . M . do Metz expressed himself highly

    gratified with his visit . His address in French w « a translated to tho boys . M . de Metz loft a subscription for the society , constituting himself a governor ; no solicited release for any boys under punishment , out happily there were none , and in lieu ho naked tliflt tuey might have a holiday at an early day , and £ » vo thorn eighty francs for a treat on the occasion . Death m a Wo » Knoys . p .-An fnquo » t h «<¦ J «* J"J ssji ^ k ^ v ^ 3 ° ^ HK sSSSSatSaws of injuries in " ~" f . ntt < Jndftnco , Induced the coroner

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 20, 1855, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20101855/page/9/