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      Two Murders In London. Daniel Lordast, A...

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      towaras'htfmej and Saw it Was dark in the passage * and I heard a- nBta named Kingston taking 'to tny wife on the stairs ; -I dori % 4 mow whether I sp ^ ke'first or- not , bat several blows were exchanged between Kingston and me , ^ He aggravated me , and I hit him with a poker . I then left the house—saw a City officer , and told him the people wished to waylay me . He desired me to go away . I'went home , laid on the bed , and believe took off my coat . In the morning , my wife called the two txtfpSi I went down stairs and spoke hastily to her , find then went up-stairs again and laid down . She came in st > on after ; and I asked what she did there . No further words ensued , and I put iny head under the tick , took dutthe knife , and inflicted the wound which caused her death . I have no more to Bay . " He has been remanded £ 6 t a Week ; A verdict of " Wilful Murder " has been returned against him at £ he mquest .

      ¦ On the tame morning , George Pemble , a shoemaker , residingin ^ Peppet-street , Union-street , Southwafk , had a quarwl ia-iheBtreet with Mary Anttliatimer , a woman with whom , tie had for some time cohabited . The woman was drunk- ; the man appears to have been sober . The former Was very violent and abusive , and some mention is made of-h ^ r having flung ah i ron bar at Peinble ' s head . This , however , is not known with certainty ; but it would seem that , even before any such attack , the -woman wtts bleeding from the nose , and was upbraiding the mail with ill-using her . Ultimately , he struck her a fearful blow , and she fell , and expired almost directly . Pemble was then seized with remorse , and said he did not mean it ; He was given into custody , and has been remanded .

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      Our Civilisation. Throwing- A Wipe Out O...

      OUR CIVILISATION . Throwing- a Wipe out of Window . —Outrages by men upon their wives , or upon the unfortunate women with whom they live , are , as the readers of these columns know , so common , that one account may serve for-a hundred ; A case of more than ordinary savageness , however , has been heard at the Thames pblice-coUrt . < Jedrge Rose , a labourer at the London Docks ^ has been married for fifteen years ; and during that period his wife ' s existence has been one long agony and martyrdom . She has been half-starved and frequently beaten and kicked ; ' and tra one occasion a miscarriage was the result " of the injuries she sustained . * The ruffianly husband has been imprisoned for a month for neglecting to support his family ; and the greater part of his !

      earnings is-spent in drink . About a week ago , he came home ^ wy 1 drunk , and threw his child from one end of the room to < he other , ilie ' mother interfered , when he threw txM 'watflToyer thel infant , 'and , " seizing his wife by the tRroaV tried to strangle her . In his drunken frenzy , he-saM that he was determined to be strung up at the gallows for her , and that'her time Was come . He dragged her along the floor , trampled ' on her body , -and bedt her -vriMa his 'flBts . The poor woman , to save her child , threw open the window , and Cast it out to the people'beldw ; When the husband lifted his wife over the jgill , in an almost fainting state , and threw her doWn into the street The room was on the first floor , and the woman would probably have beeh killed had she not been

      caught by A neighbour . Mr . Ingram , the magistrate , sentenced 1 the ruffian to six months' hard labour , Artd regretted'that the'hiw did not admit of his inflicting a m 6 re sev * r « punishment . He "also called upon him to enter intW Ws'trtrnrecognizances m the'sum of 100 ? . to keep the p « a « e towards his wife for twelve months after the fcertnlrmtibh of his imprisonment . ' The poor woman was sent to the workhouse , wfth - «" 8 p % citil ' ehargethat « he should be well treated ;—Wliy docs not the law authorise the ^ rtmsportation for life di such a miscreant as this ? ( 'Mri-Ingram Was so * cy 'that -he could not inflict a y « ar % imprisonment ; but this would have been

      . nearly asdlapcroportioned to 'the offence as laiStTmohths . A niau so'nendlsh in his ruffianism , or ao dangettrtiAly insane , ¦ ¦*» clearly- unfit to be at large . Temporary impi * sonia « nt will but inflame and irritate his savage disposition : on doming otlt of Jail , his fiWat "ftot will be to get frantically drunk 5 his next to revenge himself upon liiswlfo . His ? 'recognizances" ato ' of course riot worth the breath with which the word is uttered ; and it will not aurprlee us'if , six months hence , we should have to recdmd anbther act of ferocity committed by this man ' updn-hiB victim , and perhaps with a mor ' o tragical result .

      AKwAYHW Au * oB * CK 3 fBAPHY . ^ -Stftnlsl & tt 8 Szc " rawinski , a Pble , has btten tried at the Middlesex Sessions for stealing *» tlmeploeo and case , value 71 ., together with othferpro ^ erty . The plan pursued by this individual , waa to entel-igemiJemen ' s houses when they were out , pretend to writo te note , and , profiting by the absence of the norvant C ^ hich was generally procured by asking for o

      glass of Vaier ) , to make * o « # Hh iaeh ' Stticles * as -he could Conveniently ' . ptaMn ' i HA % ' * h « ^ Sessionsj he-ttdmitted has gutit , and tread -a otiritfna pfede : bf selfaorlmiriatory biography ^ He said h © hud lef t his native country because-he would no € enter 'into the iservic & -df 'the detestable Nicholas . He confessed himself'to be deepfy involved in knavery and lovBj the tdnder passion hSvifag been excited in him by a Charmer -lividg in 'Oakley-street , CamdenTown . He had bee ^ i some months dta a bounty prison , was a perfect prihc ^' Of scoundrels , and desired

      according to his own showing , nothing so much ds to be transported for life ; Thi 4 request , howeVer , was hot complied with ; but he Wds sentenced to four years' penal servitude . Extensive Sbizuhb of Imorr Spikits . ^—^ During the last few days ah enormous seizure of smuggled brandy has taken place" at the port of Teignmouth . Upwards of one hundred and fifty barrels Were discovered by the coastguard and were safely secured . The parties who brought them into the port and secreted them in the place where they were found have not yet been discovered . An extensive seizure of illicit tobacco has also been made off Salcombe , and in this case two men were apprehended , and have been sentenced to a long term of imprisonment . Thb AttbAeptbd PjtR & KHDB at Bath . — Thom & s Tutton has been committed for trial oil the charge of

      attempting to poison his father . SirictDE through ~ Dbsponi > es & t . —^ A woman has cut her throat at Mverpool , owing to despondency resulting from the accidental "death of her husband about a month previously . Bakk .-itote For <* ekies ;— A prosecution has been instituted at Berkeley against Mr . John Sampson , surgeon , for uttering counterfeit Bank of England notes , with intent to defrttud several parties . No fewer than four charges , three of uttering 5 ? . notes , and the other of uttering r a 10 ? . note , have bee * n made against the accused . Prolonged examinations were taken before two justices of the peace acting fctf the Berkeley petty sessional division , on Wednesday and Wednesday se ' nnight ; but the ease-has *« ot yet been decided .

      iHisir fRWFFISNisM . —Waiiam Bell , of Gorton , Lancashire , has been killed outside a public-house by Michael and Patrick Heeley , two Irishmen , one of Whom had been heard to swear he would stab the first Englishman who came up . The murderers are not in custody . —A quarrel broke out at Leeds between some Irishmen , and resulted in Patrick Reynolds stabbing Patrick Brasil , Patrick Dorsay , and Michael Larkins , a militiaman . Brasil is since dead , and Larkins is not expected to

      recover . Pirate and Jewel , Robberies . —Three large plate and jewel robberies were effected on Monday morning in St . John ' Wood , Peckham , and Camden Town . The police are making inquiries . A Vest " TJNGiEcm * EMAarLircE" Aot .- ^ A cldtheadealer , named Lipman , was charged at the Mansion House with striking a Dutch Jew in the Jew ' market in Houndsditch . It came out in evidence that the Dutchman had spat in Mr . Lipman ' s face— " right in my teeth ; my Lord , " said the unfortunate recipient ; " it

      was well it wasn't in my eyes . " Another Jew , Who saw the dot , said he and his fellow-Israelites thought it " very ungentlemAnlikfe . " From the aCcdunt given br others , it appealed that it was a common habit of this beast ; arid Mr . -Lipiftlan , by way of explanation , said he was a Dutohnian , " andliked to do it . " The victim ' of this abominable outtage was ordered to find bail " to be of good behaviour , " because he -had struck a man old tehough to be his father $ but the person whose " behaviour" certainly most requires coercion was dismissed with a'B & lfijocose hint to get rid of his nasty habit .

      IbWer 'Stealing :- !—Several cases of robbery of letters by postmen have 'recently come before the magistrates . Richard W * lk « Y'tt sorter in the General Post Office , is under remand at Bdw-atrecftj charged with stealing two letters Supposed to contain money . Grace , a lettercarrier , tfttd Charles Simpson ' , ' the Barnot letter-carrier , have been coritmitted for trial for the same oflfcnce . A RAaoAttT PoiAoema'n . —John Odnnolly , a constable in the ! P division , has been s & n'teiri < JBd at the Lambeth police coilrt to pay ' a penalty of 8 £ , or be ' -im ^ - prisoned for'twerity days , for ttesaultirig arid

      unwarrantably taking into custody a respectable married woman land her husband . He had taken them to the atatiohhoufse oil a ' charge of alsbrderly condrtofc , which was eritliSSly dlsptoVed ; and he had added to this charge rtri accusation of indecent Wehaviotfr on the part of the man 'dn'd the wife of a'friend . These pdwons brought a 'dotlriter-charge of drunkenriess against the policeman . This was negatived by other policemen ; but it is certain that the conduct of Connolly was very infamous . Nothing'is said about his dismissal from the force . Surely he will not bo allowed'td purchase immunity for 8 / . ?

      Tim Child MurIdkb at Bristol . —The inquest on the body of Mellnda Payne has been conoluded . The ctoron ' cr said that , although since tho jury had last mot the most strenuous 'exertiotts had beGn made by tho police and others to discover the murderer , they had been im'able to obtain any sfttisfadtory cluo . Tho jury , therefore , returned an Open verdict . A SfRANara NKtaiKw . —At tho Thames police-offlco a notorious thief , named James Essex , was charged with

      committing , together With an aeeemplice ,-the following audacious robbery ; <~ He -Went Tfo aufiduse- 'in Tarlingetreet , St . George ' s-in-the = Eastf -inhabited by an infirm oldWomany ^ named Aidea . On ^ lie *« opeinng-the door , the 'moa , * to -h e * ffgetit ^ sarpris & , said ^ •" . " How'dye do t aunt"fV S 6 e ^ replied thtti She did ^ flo * ' know Win ; upoii Whfeh he'tttld kfe * 4 tiftt'he « had married her niece , Jeattnet . As Mrs . Aldeh reallyhaa a niece-of that name , Whom she'had hot lately seen , ^ he believed Essex ' s -statement , and t » di » itted J bim-irito her ^ ltfUBej whete , Sfter ' eome cottveWation ^ onthe -subjeet of -the niarrriage , whieh greatly " contributed to allay the suspicions of his hostess , the

      prisoner informed her * that : her niece Was waiting in the street . Mrs * Alden expressed a wish to Bee her , and Etlex then went to-the door and Opened it ; but , instead of the young lady , he admitted an accomplice , who , while the Other man engaged Mrs . Alden -in coriVersation , ransacked the parlOtfr of every portable article . A lodger , who had watched the Whole proceedings , raised ah alarm . Both men immediately fled , and Essex for a time escaped ; but Jones was pursued : and Captured . He has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment " and hard labour , under the new act . Essex , who has since been apprehended , stands committed for'trial .

      Attempted Suicide . -= —A respectable-looking man , named Robert Campbell , described ' as a commercial traveller , was charged at Guildhall with "an attempt at suicide . A policeman stated ,-that about a fortnight ago he was called into the prisoner ' s house to see him , and found him lying on the floor , apparently in a Very sick and exhausted state . It appeared he had taken laudanum , and it was found necessary to send him to the hospital . He told the policeman that his reason for attempting to kill himself Was that he had spent some money of which he had been made trustee , and that he had been called to account ; but to the alderman he stated that his health Was bad , and his spirits low , on Which account alone he had swallowed the drug . He was discharged , on his wife undertaking to place him in the care of some friend .

      CoNNtmiAti Morality at Halifax . —At the Halifax Borough Court , last week , John Thomas , a sawyer , wa 3 summoned by the relieving officer for having left his wife and family chargeable to the union . The relief given had been after the rate of 7 s . 6 d . per week . The officer pressed for a conviction , on the ground that there were no fewer than five hundred deserted wives within the Bradford union , with 1017 children , involving an annual expenditure in relief of nearly 20 , 000 ? . The defendant was allowed a week to repay the amount of relief which had been giveii to his family .

      Thb Morality of Insurance Offices . —Some singular revelations touching the easy morality of insurance offices came out at the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday , when Henry CoaiCoape , a person of gentlemanly appearance , surrendCTea to take his trial upon indictments charging him , jointly with another person , named James Dewsby King , who was not in custody , With obtaining the sum of 80007 ., by false pretences , from Heniy Porter Smith and Sir John WilsOn . It would seem that Coape , who was formerly a person of considerable property , possessing large estates'in Essex , had given accommodation acceptances to a very serious amount to King , who was a betting into , arid very rtrach Involved . In the course of last Junej King wftfc m want

      of money , and he induced Coape to be his security for a sum which he desired to borrow . 'Upon the faith of offering his estates in Essex as security , Sir John Wilson and Mr . Smith advanced 4000 ? . each , arid the mOney was handed over to Coape and King . The Charge of false pretences was based on the allegation that the estates were disposed of at tho time they were . given as security . A money agent , named Rogers , on the part of the borrowers , and Mr . Kirby , of tho Albert Insurance Company , Waterloo-place , on the part of tho lenders , negotiated the business . Upon the cross-examination of Kirby ( who received 400 guineas for his trouble in tho matter ) , he admitted that he was aware , from Coapc ' s own admission , that tho property had been encumbered

      to the extent of 16 , 000 ? ., but ho took no pains to ascertain anything further . Mr . Rogers also Wished that Mr . TeOsdalo , whom ho knew was Mr . Coape ' s private solicitor , should know nothing of what Was going on , and it Was solely , ho said , oh that account that ho refrained from making any further inquiries , and allowed the 3000 ? . to bo advanced . Perhaps , he added , if ho had gone himself , ho should have made some inquiries Of tho tenants ; but he was e ^ uite satisfied with what his clerk told him upon tho subject . If ho had made tho inquiry ho should , no doubt , havo found out all they knew at present . It was the restriction put on him by

      Mr . Rogers which prevented his making inquiries , laa Recorder , upon hearing this assertion , remarked , " Why , I should have thought that that very fact would have excited your suspicion . " Mr . Kirby , furthermore , hml the candour to confess that " ho did not toll either BIr . Smith or Sir John Wilson that ho received four hundred guineas out of tho transaction . Ho had not returned any of tho montiy since ho had discovered What a tyud job it was . ( A lauffh . " ) It had not occurred to him to do so . " In addition to tho four hundred guineas , Mr . Kirby " received a testimonial and 1000 ? . from tho company , u for his services ih their behalf . " For tho defence , it was contended that Mr . Coapo ' s property ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 22, 1855, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22091855/page/6/