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      Obituary. The Duke Of Rutland Died Nt Bc...

      months , and for the last three weeks he was confined to Ms bed . He was the twelfth Wrangler of his year , and graduated B . A ., 1800 ; M . A . 18 O 3 ; B . D ., 1811 ; D . D ., 1839 . In 1809 , he -was elected Public Orator , and discharged the duties of that office with great ability- till the year 1836 , when he resigned . He was elected Master of his college on the death of Dr . Wood , in the year 1839 . —Times . Rkar-Admiral , Clement Miiavard died on the 14 th inst . at Tullogher , in the county of Kilkenny . He entered the navy on the 20 th of October , 1793 , and bad seen a great deal of active service during the last French -war , and fa October , 1846 , accepted the rank of retired Sear-Admiral .

      80 The Ieader, [No. 357, Saturday,

      80 THE IEADER , [ No . 357 , Saturday ,

      Our Civilization.. . • ¦ ——?—A Legal Acc...

      OUR CIVILIZATION . . . ¦ ——?—A LEGAL ACCIDENT . TJnder "this strange , but pertinent , title , Mr . John Brady communicates to the Times & melancholy story of false conviction . Sir . T ., a young man of good connexions and unimpeached character , em ployed in a Manchester house in the City , left London for Manchester in 1853 . On arriving at station , he changed his mind , and determined not to proceed to Manchester that night . On leaving the station for the hotel , he was ¦ topped by a policeman , who accused him of stealing the carpet-bag he had with him . "Unfortunately , it turned out that the bag did , in fact , belong to some one else , and had Been taken , by mistake . The police did not believe Mr . T . ' a excuses ; and , on searching him , they found his ticket for Manchester—a fact which strengthened the suspicions against him . He was accused of being a swell mobstnan . He asked for his own carpetbag ; bat the officers ridiculed the idea of his possessing any such article , and he was taken off to the station , imploring , but in vain , to be allowed to write to his wife . In the interval between his examination and his trial , he attempted to escape , but was frustrated ; and this , of course , strengthened the case against him . He was not permitted to communicate with his friends ; and it was only after eight days from his apprehension—and then not without inquiry—that his wife discovered the cause

      of her husband's absence . She then went to the prison where he was confined , and also sought to induce the committing magistrate to accept bail ; but he refused . At the trial , it was arranged that various gentlemen of high standing should appear , and speak to the character of the accused ; but , unfortunately , the case came on a day sooner than was expected ; the witnesses for the defence were not present ; the unhappy man was found guilty , and the judge sentenced him to some years' imprisonment . The poor wife all this time wasconfined with her sixth child ; and anxiety brought on fever and insensibility . Her infant died , and two of her eldest children were carried off by scarlet fever , within a few days . Some three months afterwards , the wife received

      information that her husband was dying in gaol . She went there ; but the husband knew her not , and she could scarcely recognise him . He was prematurely old , grey-haired , paralyzed , and idiotic , though only thirtyfive years of age . After some legal formalities , he was removed to a private asylum near London ; but very shortly died . The wife and family had been disowned by the husband ' s relations ; and now , having parted with all her furniture and personal ornaments , the poor mother earns a meagre living as a blond-runner , working through the greater part of the day for but scanty wages . —Such is the tale told by Mr . Brady . We give it , of course , Bimply on his authority . Subscriptions in aid of the widows are being sent in .

      Fita.Trn And Robbery Bit " Ai,Ice Gray."...

      FitA . trn and Robbery bit " Ai , ice Gray . "—Eliza Fremaine , a young woman with several aliases , but bettor known as the " Yorkshire Alice Gray , " who rendered herself notorious a little more than a twelvemonth einco by playing off a successful hoax upon Mr . Sinedley , of the Matlook Bath hydropathic establishment , has been charged at the Leeds court-house with fraudulently obtaining money from Mr . John Clough , of the Bridgo Inn , Durham . She had toM him she wa 3 the nicco of Mr . Hutton , of Soberry-hill , Thirsk , and that her mother , who was dead and of the Protestant religion , had upon her deathbed enjoined her father , a Catholic , to bring np her ( fremaine ) in the former faith . This , according to the statement of the

      daughter , he promised to do , but did not keep his word . Sho also informed Mr . Cloucch that her fath « r took her to a convent in Prance , from Which Bhe contrived to escape at great hazard . She likewise Bftid that sho possessed a vory vnluahlo doK , Which Bhe prized at upwards of 1000 * ., and concluded by writing out a deed of gift for Mr . Clough , wTiich would bring him in 1201 . year . The magistrates said that the case did not corao within their jurisdiction as a misdemeanour , and wore about to discharge the accused when , on seurching her , a pair of scissors , a handkerchief , and other property belonging to Mr . Clough , were found concealed in her pockets . Sho was therefore committed for trial at tho sessions on a charge of felony

      . Alleged Kobdbry nv a . Confidential Cusimc . — Keith Chandler , a middle-aged man , for many years foroimn to M « wers . Silva and Puillipa , wharfingers

      Tooley-street , Southwark , has been committed for trial on a . charge of stealing fifty hundredweight of alum , of the value of 251 , and embezzling various sums of money , the property of his late employers . Mubderous Assault on a Mother . —A young shoemaker , named Thomas Reid , was charged at Worshipstreet with an assault on his mother . The woman was sitting by the fire at home some nights ago , vhen her son came in , and began , to rake the fire out . She

      requested him not to do so , when he struck her twice on the head with the poker , and then left her insensible . On recovering her consciousness , she went to tlie nearest station-house , to give her son in charge . The police accompanied her back to her own house , and there found a pool of blood on the floor , and the son seated by the fire . The latter was then taken into custody , and the mother , becoming faint , was conveyed to the hospital . At the first examination , the son was remanded , and he has now been committed for trial .

      False Pretences . —Miall Meagher , a respectably dressed young man , described as a soldier , is under remand at Guildhall , charged with embezzling goods from various tradesmen under false pretences . Garotte Rorbery by Artillerymen . — Colonel Gordon , late of the Royal Artillery , was attacked and robbed by garotters on the evening of Friday -week . The colonel arrived at Woolwich a few days since from Glasgow , on a visit to his son , a cadet ia the Royal Military-Academy . After dining at the house of a friend at Charlton , the colonel proceeded along the Shooter'a-hillroad to Woolwich ; and , on arriving near what is known

      as the " Blue-gate , oa Woolwich-common , he was attacked by three artillerymen , who seized him by the throat , and succeeded in carrying off all the property about his person , including a silver snuffbox and a purse containing some silver . A man was subsequently taken into custodyunder suspicion , but the case was not strong enough against him , and he was discharged . Since the occurrence , orders have been issued by the commandant , General Sir F . Williams , by which , one hundred and seventy men . are stationed "every evening : as pickets along the different lines of roads leading to and from the barracks . -

      Alleged Wife-Murder .- —An inquest has been concluded at Chesham on the body of a Mrs . White , - who has recently died , from , the administration , of arsenic . The husband , who is now about fifty years of age , married the woman nine months ago . He was a widoweT , with four children , one being a grown-up man , now married ; and his second wife had herself got one child ( illegitimate ) , which her husband had to maintain . The husband , who is a shoemaker , contracted , an illicit passion for Ann Seaward , who lived as a servant in the house , and to whom , as she reluctantly admitted at the inquest , he had administered a poisonous drug , to procure abortion . The wife was away from home for some time , and during her absence the neighbours so taunted

      Ann Seaward about her conduct that she said she would not remain unless Mrs . White returned . The wife did return , and in about a fortnight she died , apparently from the effect of arsenic . It was shown that about thia time White purchased half an ounce of atsenic from , a chemist with whom he dealt , alleging that it was to poison mice . His wife had no medical attendant during her illness ; but , according to one witness , she herself refused to allow her husband to call in a doctor . The evidence of Professor Taylor was to the effect that he had discovered arsenic in the stomach , and that to thia he attributed the death , no other cause being visible . Ann Seaward , who wept a great deal during her examination , stated that , before tho prisoner had married his

      last wife , he had asked her to marry him , and she had refused because he was so much older than herself . During his wife ' s illness , ho asked her if she would marry him supposing his wife died , and she replied she would She said so because he had said , on Wednesday , the 24 th , that he could have killed her sooner than let any one else have her . She had been out that evening with a young man , and White had followed her . He struck her for it on the Thursday , and said , " You say you won't go with any one else any more , " which she repeated . The prisoner had given her money to buy hicera-picra ( for abortion ) . He mixed a doso for her , and it made her very sick . Ho afterwards gave her another dose . Tho j ury , after long deliberation , returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against White .

      A Desperate Cuauactkr . —A youth of eighteen , named George Sambrook , formerly employed as a labourer at Mr . Thome ' s brewery , in Earl-strcet , Horseferry road , but who liad latoly , in consequence of misconduct , been suspended for a week , was charged before Mr . Arnold at tho Westminster police-office with attempting to stab Mr . Thomas Young , a partner in the firm . That gentleman was standing near tho lodge of tho brewery one evening , when ho saw Sambrook come out of the building from the kitchen . In answer to nn inquiry from his employer as to whore ho liad been , the man said that he went to bid the servant-maid good-by . Mr . Young reminded him that ho was expended , and had therefore no huatness to enter tho premises without pcrmiasion ; upon which Sumbrook replied that he knew » t , but had been without asking leave . He was then told that he might consider himself discharged , which ho no sooner heard , than 1 « , opened a largo clasp knife , and

      exclaiming , "I may as well be hanged as transported or starved , " rushed furiously on Mr . Young , and attempted to stab him in the left side . The blow , however , -was prevented from taking its intended effect by Mr . Youag receding a pace or two . He afterwards seized and forcibly held the ruffian by the arm , calling loudly for assistance . One of the labourers at the brewery came to him and attempted to hold his furious assailant from behind * but Sambrook , nevertheless , aimed two other violent blows with the knife at his employer , dragging the other man after him in the excess of his fury . For ~ tunately , Mr . Young managed to ward off both these blows , and at length Sambrook dropped the knife . A constable was then sent for , and the assailant was given into custody . Mr . Arnold remanded him for a week .

      Infanticide at Newport . —A woman named Sarah Thomas has been examined before the magistrates at Newport , in Monmouthshire , on a charge of having , together with a man , likewise in custody , named Henry Mutters , murdered her illegitimate daughter . Thomas , ¦ who for some time past had resided at Pillgwenlly , a suburb of Newport , was lately observed by her friends to present an appearance which she attributed to a complaint she was then suffering under , and for which her medical attendants were about to perform an operation . The Rev . Archibald Gaulty of Trinity Church , of whose congregation she was a member , was so deceived that he took a deep interest in her case , and procured for hex an in-door patient ' s note for the Bristol Infirmary . She was sent to Bristol by packet , and Mutters , who had previously been lodging in the same house with her , and with whom she cohabited , was sent to accompany and

      take care of her . In consequence of Mutters having , on his return to Newport , informed Mr . Gault that he had taken lodgings for the woman , as shtj was too ill to enter the infirmary at present , the clergyman , who felt very anxious about her , sent Mutters back to Bristol to ascertain and take down her address , which he said he had forgotten . He returned , however , a few days afterwards , with a letter from the young "woman , stating that , as she was so much better , she did not think she should go into the infirmary at all . At the latter end of last October she gave birth , to a daughter at Bristol . A fortnight later she left the place to return to Newport , the child being at the time in excellent health . Oa her arrival at Newport she -was childless . This event causing suspicions , a police constable was sent to Thomas ' s house to apprehend her , and s * he stated to him that her child had died in convulsions two hours after

      she brought it home , and that Mutters had buried it . The man was subsequently taken into custody at North Petherton , and he then stated that the infant died half an hour alter its mother had left the packet from Bristol , and , at her request , he had put it into a basket and sunk it , by means of a brick , in the canal at Petherton . A search was therefore made in the canal , the water being let off by the manager of the lock for that purpose , and the basket was found , with the brick , as described by Mutters . Both the prisoners were committed for trial . Cruelty to a Wife . —We have fe-wer cases of

      outrages on women by their husbands to record now than we had some time back ; but one came before Mr . D'Eyncourt , at Worship-street , on Tuesday , when John Martin , a carpenter , was brought up on a charge of that nature . The attention of a policeman in Founder'splace , Hoxton , was attracted by the screams of a woman , and , going to the spot , he found Martin ' s wife trembling with fear , and surrounded by her crying children . The man then came up , kicked her violentl y * and struck her in the face with such force that she staggered against the wall . Martin was the worse for drink , though , when he was before tlie magistrate , he alleged that he had not had any work since Christmas . He was sentenced to two months hard labour ; and the magistrate directed that the family were to have any little assistance they might want during tho man ' s imprisonment .

      Reprieve . —Peter Loughnan and Timothy Kelly , convicted of the murder of a French seaman at Aldcrney , and now lying in Guernsey gaol , have been reprieved during her Majesty's pleasure . The facts of tliia case appeared in the Leader last week . Attjemptkd MuBDKitAND Suicide . —Frederick . Keatley , a man residing in Hill-street , Birmingham , has committed suicide , after attempting to murder his wife . He appears to have been jealous , and for some dayB his

      conduct indicated insanity . On Tuesday morning , the wife was sitting by the bedside , dressing herself , when he leapt out of bed , and struck her several blowa on the head with a polccr . The woman ran into tho street , and obtained the assistance of a woman who lived nex . t door , and with whom aho returned to tho room . They there found the man cutting his throat with a large knife . The loss of blood was so great that he died in about twenty minutes . Tho injuries inflicted on the woman are not mortal .

      Tub Ciiarciic of Murdbk on the Hioii Seas . — Hugh Orr , master of tho brigantine Hannah Jane , of Belfast , has been committed by tho sitting mag istrates at Plymouth to take his trial at the Exetor Asaizeo , for tlio wilful murder of William Devue , cook and steward of tho above vessel , on tho 3 rd of July hist . Tho factB have alreudy appeared in the Leader . Tmo Bank Frauds . —John Anderson and James

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 24, 1857, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24011857/page/8/