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      Police. Mr. Pennington, A Youthful Gentl...

      simply by an apology such as you offered at the stationbouse to make . Mr . Bigge : I protest , sir * against you * View of the matter . Mr . Broughton , who had been interrupted while m aking his observations , sentenced Mr . Bigge to pay £ 3 , or to be hnprisoned six Greeks , in addition to which he was ordered to enter into his own recogniteanee in £ 50 for his keeping the peaee towards Sir George Armytage for two month * . _

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      The Inquest On The W&Ndstfottih. Ttittrd...

      The inquest on the W & ndstfottih . ttittrder ended on Saturday , in a Verdtat of Wilfoi Mtlrder being found against William Eastwood . The story is briefly this : —Mrs . Sarah Taylor was taking in some clothe * in the yard " tbmm & n to all the houses " at Point Pleasant * on the night of th * 4 th of June * when her attention was attracted by the dried of children in Eastwood ' s house . She naturally listened , and heard Mrs . Eastwood swearing at her husband , who had been from home some time-, &> frd eayisg , " You promised to behave better when you came home / ' Another r 6 und of swearing ensued , then a scream of children , and a voice was heard exclaiming— " O father , you . have killed motheH"

      _ ... . Mrs . Taylor tan into tne house the back away , and found Mrs . Eastwood lying onthe floor of the front room . " He has stabbed me , " she said , pointing to her husband . « I did not do it ; she ran against the knife / ' said the husband . Another neighbour , Mrs . Staples , had entered , and the two women carried Mrs . Eastwood up to bed . When she was undressed ^ a Wound , an inch wide , from which the blood flowed freely , gaped beheath her left breast . The miserable husband kissed his wife , hoped she would " do well , " and begged the women to do what they " could for her . " The result of this dreadful scene was , as repotted last week , that the police received intorftiatibh of ttoe occurrence , and arrested

      Eastwood * He persisted in his first story ( he had been a policeman ) that his wife had rushed ufjon the knife as he held it * Mrs . Eastwood , in her dying declaration before Mr . Beadon , the magistrate , averred that her husband had Stabbed her in a fit of passion and drink , as the sat in he * rocking- chair . The evidence before the jttTy was remarkably decisive , and a verdict of Wilful Murder accordingly found . It may be stated that Mrs . Eastwood was a second wife ; that she and her husband were alwayirquafrelling ; that she was jealous of her step-daughter , a girl of sixteen , without , as the girl said , there being ' any pretence for it ; " and was always taunting her father , and charging him with having criminal connection with the daughter .

      John Lawson , a boatman , and Catherine Morris were sitting in the kitchen of the Brown Bear , public-house , Woltcrhampton , when James Jones ( who had been living with Catherine Morris ) came i « V and asked for his things . She took off a handkerchief , and placing it on the table , said , " Here ' s your handkerchief ; now go into the house , and Sally will give you the remainder of the things belonging to you . " Jones replied , " No , I shan ' t go ; you come and go along with me . " Morris then got

      up and went with him . Lawfton followed , and in half a minute ' s time saw the right arm of Jones round the woman ' s neck , and he pretending to kiss her , when he drew his left arm over her neck Very sharp . She gave one scream , and partly fell . " So you ' ve done the job , have you ? " said Lawson . " Yes , I ha * e , " replied Jones . Lawson added , "Why , * he ' * dead ! " When he replied * " I hope so , " and don ' t care how Boon I * m also dead . " Jones was fully committed on the capital charge of wilfully murdering the deceased .

      Another agrarian murder has been perpetraled in Louth . A young man , named Bernard M'Integart , while walking With his sister through the fields , was beaten to death with bludgeons . He , had recently come into the possession of land which had been the subject of litigation .

      Miscellaneous. The Lord Mayor And The La...

      MISCELLANEOUS . The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress gave a splendid entertainment to the Society for the Propagation of the Goepel in Foreign Parts , on Wednesday . There were upwards of 170 persona present . The thirty-fourth festival of the ltoyal Caledonian Asylum was held on Wednesday , at the Freemasons * Tavern . An exhibition omnibus , heavily lftden with Visitors going home , upset in Cheapside , on Wednesday . Beyond fright and braises , no serious hyury was done to the passengers . The only two candidates at present in the field for Greenwich are Mr . Alderman Salomons , and Mr . Alderman Wire . Sir Edward Buxton has distinctly declared thAt he is prepared to offer himself again for South Essex whetTfhe

      There was some discussion as to whether the speculation was commercial or philanthropic , an opinion prevailing that even if philanthropic it ought to be self-supporting . The report was agreed to which recommended that no dividend should be declared . Two important public meetings , in support of Mr . Cobden's motion in favour of arbitration , were held on Monday > at Manchester and Leeds respectively . The former was called at the requisition of 200 inhabitants , and held in the 'town-hall ^ with the Mayor ( J . Potter , Esq . ) in the chair . Mr . George Hadfield submitted the following motion : — " That this meeting cordially approves of the motion about to be submitted to the House of Commons by Richard Cobden , M . P ., with the

      view of producing feelings of confidence , amity , and peace , between the Governments of England and France , and of effecting a mutual reduction of armaments . " The Reverend Mr . Tucker having seconded the resolution , Mr . G . Mantle moved an amendment , but the original motion was carried by a large majority . The Reverend William M * Kerrow moved a petition to the frouse or" Commons , to be presented by Mr . Milner Gibson , founded on the resolutions . Mr . Binyon seconded the motion , which was carried . —The meeting at Leeds was the largest and most influential hitherto held in that town on this subject , and the sentiments expressed by the movers and seconders of the different resolutions were received with much enthusiasm . The

      Mayor ( George Goodman , Esq . ) presided . Resolutions approving of Mr . Cobden ' s motion were carried unanimously . A petition in accordance with the resolutions was also adopted ) and a vote of thanks to the mayor . At the close of the proceedings another meeting was held , with J . G . Marshall , Esq ., M . P ., in the chair , to appoint delegates to the Congress intended to be held in London .

      proper time arrives , though he does hot seem to Anticipate an early dissolution , lie terminate * as follows a letter addressed to the electors : — ' * I am bound , moreover , to say that 1 am fully convinced of the benefits conferred ° y the measure of free-trade on the working-classes of this country , and whatever protectionist orators may tell you , I am satisfied that the people of England will never consent to return to that system of high protection which you are sometime * encouraged to expect . " The annual meeting for " Improving the Dwellings of

      the Industrious Clauses " was held at Willis ' s Rooms , on Saturday . Sir Ralph Howard presided . At pres 6 nt the enterprwe is not paying ; bat during th < e lust year tha « apitul invented has begun to be reproductive . Out of 234 rooms for dingle men in Albert-street , Spitalfields , 120 are occupied . The association pays £ 226 per annum for window tax , and Lord Ebrington hoped they might consider the abolition of that tnx " nearly as good as de-« ided upon . " Also , Sir Charles Wond h * d been pr <*» sed t <> treat each r > f the dwelling * a « * separata house , and bo ruliovo tho association from the proposed house tax .

      The Suit Of Metaire V. Wiseman Has Been ...

      The suit of Metaire v . Wiseman has been compromised , by the division of the JE 7000 claimed by the school of St . Eloysius , at Sbrrierstown , in the proportion of £ 4000 to M . Carre's next of kin , and £ 3000 to the charity . Sometime ago a rule was grantedby the Court of Queen's Bench , calling upon William Seymour Blackstone , M . P ., to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him for a libel on Messrs . Hedges and Son , solicitors , Wallingford . The alleged libel was contained in a private letter addressed to his cousin , the Reverend Harry Lee , who had bought , in 1845 , an estate of Mr . Blackstone . This private letter , intended as a caution , Mr . Lee had kept a twelvemonth , and then had shown it to Mr . Hedges , who forthwith brought his action . The rule was discharged on the ground that there was reason to believe that Mr . Blackstone believed all he stated , and that in writing to his cousin he acted

      Great exertions are being made to establish a line of steamers between Galway and New York . The North America was to leave New York for Galway on the 17 th , her first trip , and bring over 150 passengers . It la expected that two more steamers will make the same voyage in August . The America left Galway for New York on Tuesday . The Dublin and Galway railway is proceeding rapidly to completion . It is proposed to pass a new statute in convocation , at Oxford , for the purpose of raising the salaries of some of the professors and readers . The lowest stipend now received is £ 100 . This would , under the proposed statute , be augmented to £ 250 . The highest is £ 228 , and this would be raised to £ 300 . There is also * project for building a new museum , and providing lecture-rooms thereat , for the University .

      from , a sense of duty . The libel case between the Reverend Mr . Daly and Punch has been terminated by an apology being tendered , and an explanation made on the part of Punch , that the incriminated article had been founded upon an incorrect report of the meeting at which the alleged speech was made . Rule discharged , with costs to the defendants . Captain Helsham has agreed to accept an apology from the proprietors of JBlackwood's Magazine , for an

      article which appeared in that periodical upon a duel in which Captain Helsham was engaged . The apology accepted was worded as follows : — " We are ready , on the part of Messrs . Blackwood , and the author of the article in question , to withdraw every imputation upon Captain Helsham of anything like unfairness with reference to the duel , and , in particular , to state that , having made inquiries relative to the expression attributed to Baron Bayley , and the statement that Captain Helsham had practised pistol firing previously to the duel , we believe that the statements in the article relative to

      them are unfounded . A rule nisi , for an attachment against Lord Adolphus Vane for disobeying a subpoena and using contemptuous expressions regarding the Court had been issued , and the trial came off on Monday , in the Court of Common Pleas . The story is simple . Lord Adolphus was required to give evidence in a railway case ; and the process server , Oakc 8 , was sent with a subpoena . He seized the moment when the noble lord was leaving his cabriolet , and entering his house , to present the obnoxious document . On being told by Oakes the object of his coming , Lord Adolphus said , " You may be damned ! 1 shall not attend . " Oukes then explained the consequences of

      nonattendance to him , and placed the subpoena and a shilling on his lordship ' s arm as lie was entering his door , when his Lordship refused to take it , and suid , " Damn you , the Court , and all of you . " As his lordship did not afterwards attend at the trial , the record was obliged to be withdrawn . For these contemptuous expressions to the Court , the rule nisi for an attachment was granted . Lord Adolphus denied the expressions insulting the Court , and also that the original hud been shown him . Lord Campbell said it was clear that Lord AdolphuB Vane might damn the process server , but not the process . He had purged his contempt , however , and the Court wan of opinion that the rule ought to be discharged without

      . Count de Bdcarlne" has been found guilty of the wilful murder of Uuutave Fougnieb ; but the Countess de Bocurm 6 has bet-n acquitted . A return to the House of Commons shows that the declared value of British produce luauufaolurcH exported from the United Kingdom during the laat two yearn , ending laat January 1 st , Was £ 69 , 9 . ' ) 4 , 312 . According to a late return the arrears in the Court of Chancery at Hilary Term last nuinlercd 983 appeals , demurrers , causes , further directions , and claims .

      During the month of May , 177 vessels arrived in New York liom foreign ports , with an nggrcgutu of 38 , 34 ( i iinmiyrants . Of these vessels , 79 were under the . British Auk .

      The Spanish "Concordat" Was Laid On The ...

      The Spanish "Concordat" was laid on the table of the Chamber of Deputies on the 14 th . The Austrians have entered Spoleto . The French court-martial at Rome pronounced on the 4 th sentence of death against four men convicted of having formed part of a Roman patrol which , some time ago attacked a French patrol in the streets at night . One man has , besides , been condemned to hard labour for life , and three to five years of the same punishment . The rest of the prisoners , eleven in number , wer acquitted . By the Africa we have Jamaica dates to May 27 . The House of Assembly was prorogued by the governor on

      the 23 rd . The cholera still lingered in Jamaica . It had appeared in several localities which have been hitherto exempt . At Mountain Valley the people have refused to bury the dead . Petitions were presented in the Legislative Assembly of Toronto , on May 29 , for a charter to enable a company to build a railroadto the Pacific , and to be allowed to purchase land along the line sixty miles wide , at the price it was purchased at by the Government from the Indians . The Falcon steam-ship , employed ih carrying the mails between Bermuda , St . John ' s Newfoundland , and Halifax , Nova Scotia , was wrecked at the end of May , off the Isle de Bois . The mails , most of the property , and all on board were saved .

      A fearful earthquake took place at Valparaiso on the 3 rd of April . There were several shocks ; but the second was the most severe , and caused some loss of life , the falling of many buildings , and the destruction of much property . Occasional shocks were felt for the succeeding three days , doing more or less damage . A letter from Abbeokuta , dated March 4 , mentions the defeat of the Dahoman army , in which many female warriors fought , before the walls of Abbeokuta , a town about sixty miles inland from Lagos , in the Bight of Benin . The invasion , it is said , was wholly unprovoked ; and their discomfiture is likely to have an . important bearing on the decline of the slave trade .

      A terrible fire occurred at Geelong , in Australia , on the 6 th of February . The crops , stacks , live stock , and homesteads belonging to upwards of thirty farmers had been reduced to ashes , but the aggregate amount of the losses sustained had not been ascertained up to our latest dates . The loss of life was frightful . Among others the wife and four children of a settler named M'Lelland , residing on the banks of the Diamond Creek , one of the tributaries of the river Plenty , had been burnt to death ; and eight persons in the Geelong district had suffered in like manner . Extensive fires had also broken out in the forests on the Cape Otvvay coast , and at Portland and Point Fairy . The Chinese insurrection is becoming so formidable as to threaten the existence of the imperial dynasty . It so much disturbs trade on the south that the intervention of foreign powers is being talked of .

      The Russian possessions in Europe , Asia , and America , cover an area of 262 , 251 square miles , with a population of 65 , 935 , 000 . The annual expenditure of the Russian States amounts to £ 20 , 000 , 000 , and the public debt is £ 122 , 000 , 000 . Notes to an amount of £ 62 , 000 , 000 are in circulation . The Russian army numbers 700 , 000 men , and the fleet consists of 71 < > vessels , with 5500 guns . The mercantile marine has 1100 vessels , of 100 , 000 tons . The average value of annual exports is £ 28 , 120 , 000 ; and of imports £ 22 , 000 , 000 . Austria has £ 12 , 158 square miles ahd 37 , 900 , 000 inhabitants . The expenditure is £ 33 , 000 , 000 , and the public debt £ 183 , 000 , 000 . Bank notes in circulation dGt' 2 , 000 , 000 . The army numbers

      500 , 000 men , and the fleet has 156 vessels und 600 guns . There are 5 <> 0 merchant ships with a tonnage of 162 , 426 tons . Imports , £ 14 , 000 , 000 ; exports , £ 13 , 000 , 000 . France , minus her colonies , has 9748 square miles , with 35 , 500 , 000 inhabitants . Expenditure , £ 61 , 000 , 000 ; debt , £ 221 , 000 , 000 ; notes , £ 17 , 000 , 000 ; army , 265 , 463 1111011 ; fleet , 328 vessels -8000 guns ; mercantile marine ships , 4353-joint , tonnage 310 , 081 tons ; imports , £ 40 , 000 , 000 ; exports , £ 47 , 000 , 000 . Prussia , 5104 square miles , und 10 , 400 , 000 inhabitants . Expenditure , £ 10 , 000 , 000 ; debt , £ 30 , 000 , 000 ; bank notes , £ 9 , 000 , 000 ; standing army ( mmuu the Lamlwthr ) , 217 , 200 men ; fleet , 3 o vessels , 84 kuiib , and 977 merchant vessels of a joint tonnage of 40 , 977 tons . —Kolnischc Zcitung .

      Knoi.Ish Olikks And Madilhut-H. Among Th...

      KNOI . ISH OliKKS AND MADIlHUT-H . Among the peculiar entertainments of 1851 , one of the most Interesting is the revival of the ancient glees and madrigals of England , and their presentation by gentlemen truly worthy of their performance . At Willis ' s Rooms on Saturday , and again on Wednesday , selections of irleeH were given by Messrs . Francis , Ilobba , Lockey , Liuul , and II . ltiillin . 1 . We havo not space to-day lor a detailed criticiem ; but it was most gratifying td find ftuoh fashionable audience * , and that our essentially Knalinh nuiaie whs listened to with such thorough appreciation . The performances , which are tmder the the patrouuKe «> '" her Majesty and Prince Albert , will bo continued on Wednesday next , aud on ( Saturday .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 21, 1851, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21061851/page/9/