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      tvent to awaken him , but was surprised to find that the bolster dressed up occupied his place ill the bed ; and , on examining the beds of the other two prisoners , he found them similarly occupied . On investigation , it was ascertained that the three prisoners had . escaped by the chimney ; that in a granary at the top of the building they bad found a rope ladder , which must have been placed there bv some one connected with the fortress whom they had ' gained over ; and that they had then let themselves down into the fosses of the fortress . I hey had then , it appeared , gone straight to a place called Neustaclt , about eight miles off , where they breakfasted , after which thev passed into Prussia , and liave not since been heard of . " Dr . Schutte left on his table a letter for the commander of the fortress , thanking him for his kindness during his confinement , and promising to let him know through the newspapers of his definitive retreat . Schutte was under sentence of twenty years' imprisonment for having taken part in the insurrection of Vienna in 1848 . ; SFATS . Caro , the chief of the recent insurrection in Andalusia , and Lavalla , one of his lieutenants , were shot at Seville on the 9 th inst . The former was suffering greatly from two broken ribs , and he was conveyed to the scene of his death , on a litter . Some of the other insurgents have also been shot . The Legislative session of 1857 has closed ; that of 1858 is announced to commence in September . The Queen ' s confinement is expected in November . thrown the

      The recent insurrections have apparently Government into a fever of . fear , and the most tyrannical acts are being committed daily . The police enter the houses of quiet , respectable people in the middle of the night , and search every room , every drawer , and every writingdesk , for seditious papers and weapons , and generally fail in their pursuit . This takes place in Madrid , where there has been no sign of insurrection recently . At the same time , the Government revenges itself savagely on the persons implicated in the late attempts at revolution . We read in the Madrid correspondence of the 7 'imes : —On the 11 th inst ., twenty-four prisoners belonging to the revolutionary band which went out from Seville were shot in that city . Among them were their chiefs , Caro and Lavalla . The latter was a man seventynine years of age . ( Jaro made important disclosures , ' and declared he had been completely deceived by the who saidit

      real promoters of the rebellion , , was general throughout Spain . Strings of fifteen or twenty prisoners are daily brought into Seville , and among them are some women . It appears that many of the insurgents have succeeded in escaping to Gibraltar . Arrests continue to be made in consequence of the revelations o prisoners . In the afl ' alr at Benaojan , the rebels , finding themselves attacked in front and Hank , broke , and were pursued and sabred by the cavalry . Thirty-seven corpses remained on tlie field . Another account says that Lavalla was not shot at Seville , but was sent off to lltr « rn .. where ha kent a slioi ) . to be executed there with

      twenty others . " The JDiscusion says that twenty-four men were shot on the 11 th , forty-five were to bo shot on the 12 th , and it is to bo feared that the same fate is ' reserved for sixtyfive others now in the prisons of Seville . These wholesale slaughterings have at length been stopped , owing to petitions to the Queen signed by several thousand persons , including many women . In consequence of these supplications , General Narvaest has published a Koyal order , enjoining the authorities of Seville to put no one else to death without previous communication with the Government . The law relating to constitutional reform has ^ becn signed by the Queen . The Pope lias sanctioned the sale of the ecclesiastical properties made previously . mussiA . The King and Queen have returned to Potsdam from Jf and tsresuen

      mnuz . The Prince of Wales is now established at KOnigswinter , in the Hotel do l'JSiu'ope , which has been taken for him and his suite till the end of August . His Koyal Highness passes under his title of Baron lieufrew . ITALY . A slight disturbance took place on tho 12 th inst . at Komo , on tlie occasion of the funeral of GeiKrul Ifarina , tho late Minister of Wiir . Somo hissing was heard ; several people , fancying this was the signal of an outbreak , fled in hasto ; a panic followed , during which a good many woro trampled under foot ; and the Swiss battalion , marching with arms reversed , shouklorod their muakota , to bo ready for any emorcroncy . Tranquillity ,

      howovor , was shortly afterwards roatorofl . quickok . Tho Daily News publishes a roport of tho proceedings of tho Ionian Aaaombly on tho 2 nd of July , wlion a roport was mentioned to the effoct that a petition wan in circulation praying , that Corfu might bo ma < lo an English colony . At this tho utmost horror was expressed by tho Assembly , which intimated its wish to bo united with Greoae , to which kingdom tha I on inn a foul thoy trul y belong . Ono . of tho members ovon deolarod that they wiflhoi nothiug , ao inuah aa to got rid of tho protection , of ISnglaud . A groat amount of enthusiasm was roauifottted bv the , AflBOJDnbljr . *

      No, 38a, July 25,, 1857,.] The Leader. 7...

      No , 38 a , July 25 ,, 1857 ,. ] THE LEADER . 703

      .Our Civilization. ' The Assizes. Elizab...

      . OUR CIVILIZATION . ' THE ASSIZES . Elizabeth Smith ,, a girl charged at the Leicester As sizes with causing her mistress to take nitrate of mer curv , with intent to do her bodily harm , has got off through a technical mistake in the indictment . She had been reproved one day for lingering on an errand and , in order to reveiige herself , she put some of the nitrate of mercury into an infusion of camomile tea which her mistress was drinking . Great sickness ensued , but the lady was saved by the speedy administering of an antidote . The girl , on being questioned , admitted her guilt , but said she had no desire to kill her mistress . Mr . Justice Cresswell , after hearing the opening statement , expressed his opinion that the evidence would not sustain the indictment , which was framed upon an Act of Parliament directed against an entirely different class of offences . It was the statute 9 th and 10 th Victoria , cap . 25 , sect . 4 , whereby it was enacted that " whoever shall unlawfully and maliciously cause any gunpowder or other explosive substance to explode , or send , or deliver to , or cause to be taken or received by any' person any explosive substance , or any other dangerous or noxious thing , or cast or throw at or upon , or otherwise apply to any person any corrosive fluid , or other destructive or explosive substance , with intent in any of the cases aforesaid , to burn , maim , disfigure , or disable any person , shall , although no bodily injury be

      effected , be guilty of felony . " Now , although the words " cause to be taken any noxious thing" were found-in that section , yet looking at the whale context , he was clearly of opinion that they did not apply to the takingof poison internally , but only to the taking in hand or receiving of dangerous substances calculated to do external bodily injury ; and Mr . Justice Erie , whom lie had consulted on that point , entirely concurred with him . —A verdict of Not Guilty was consequently taken , and the girl was discharged . John Thang Harradine was tried at Bedford for forgery . He was undefended , and requested Mr . Justice Williams to assign him counsel , pleading his poverty * His lordship , however , declined to accede to this request , on the ground that such a course is unusual except in cases of murder . Harradine was a farmer , but , falling into bad circumstances , he resorted to bill transactions A i . ! „ ¦ l » t . > m . l C n n / I ^ i ^ 4- It *¦» rt \^ t *> c * r \ f \ F +. » . j » s \ n pnn « tltllL 11 1 HI LilAO t tlll i : i

      *^ * IO rCiriCVC 111 lllOCl 1 , -JIIU ^ . VUXOC _ = committed several forgeries , which have been the subject of civil proceedings both in London and at Cambridge . Eventually he absconded , and—was supposed to have escaped to America . Recently , however , he made his appearitnee in Bedfordshire , where he was apprehended , tried , and convicted on a charge of horse-stealing , for which offence he was sentenced to seven years' transportation , and then detained on the more serious charge of forgery . The present case was clearly established against him , and he was sentenced to fourteen years' penal servitude .

      A case which has already been Drought before the public came forward again on Friday week at the Chelmsford Assizos . This was an indictment removed from the Crown side of the Court by certloruri , which charged the defendants , John Cutts and Kobort Ezekiitl Smith , under the statute of the 12 th and liith of Victoria , commonly known as the Bishop of Oxford's Act , with having conspired together , and by false pretences induced one Martha Augusta Hill ?) , a girl under tho nye of twenty-ono yours , to cohabit with tho last named of tlie defendants . Mr . Smith had promised to marry Miss Hills , who is tho daughter of a farmer { but , after a time , he seduced her , and she lived with him us his mistress , and ultimutely gave birth to a , child . She then returned to her parents' house , and Mr . Hills commenced two actions against Mr . Smith , one for seduction , the other for broach of promise of marriage . Thoso ,

      how-- - ; however , observed that he should take upon himself ; not only as a matter of law , but also of regard to the public interest and the feelings of the parties , to decide that Mrs . Smith was not a competent -witness . If she were examined at all , she must give evidence equally against - her husband as against Mr . Cutts , and he should there-F fore rule that she could not be examined . Mr . Chanj-1 bers said that , as this was his Lordship ' s opinion , it : would be useless for him to proceed further or to call any evidence , as the case rested almost enthely u [ ion that of the young lady , who was the only person present when the agreement was given . The jury therefore returned a verdict of Not Guilty . A little squabbling then took place between the opposing counsel as to the object of bringing the action ; during which , Mr . Prentice and Mr . Serjeant Shee , who appeared respectively for Mr . Smitli and Mr . Cutts , asserted that their clients had acted in the most perfect good faith and with , the

      UCAL IIILCUIIUAIS . A remarkable case of bigamy was tried at the "Worcester Assizes last Saturday . Matthias Wood , the accused , was first married as far back as 1833 . Soon afterwards he left his wife , and in 1841 he was again married at the Baptist chapel at Tewkesbury , his first wife being then and still living . He has lived with the second wife up to tlie present time ; has had seven children by her ; and is greatly respected as an exemplary husband and father . The first wife is stated to be the promoter of the present prosecution . "Wood ' s counsel was unable to struggle against the facts , and the jury convicted

      the accused . A certificate , signed by the rector , churchwardens , and some of the most respectable inhabitants of Upton , where AYood resided , was then read . It spoke in high terms of the prisoner , who , -when'he was taken into custody , said he had left his first wile because she was in the habit of going with other men , and he believed she was then living with a policeman . "Wood was sentenced to two months' imprisonment . t The moral of the case is , that , in default of a proper divorce law , he made one for himself . William Lush was tried at Dorchester for a criminal assault on a girl named Ezett Martin . The case presented features of more than ordinary atrocity . Lush was struggling with the girl for an hour , during -which time , two person's , named Lydford and Smart , the latter a cousin of the young woman , came by . The _ girl called on them , for God ' s sake , to help her . Lydford , ftv »» * ¦ » *¦*¦* inn to an / - ) ao trnnvo ^ t"t \ / I »* n n * I tun o w n V T"H"lf "_ 11 / 1 tV 1111 bllUVU 1 VU U \ S \ JM 4-WUll ¦ f

      UU IV . j ^ UI . .. » Q ^ «*>'• *^ J ) WU » finding that Smart would not assist him , he walked off in his company ,, and left the girl to her fate , never even giving information to any one else . This dastardly conduct was severely , but justly , reprobated in court . Lush was found Guilty , and sentenced to iilteen years ' penal servitude . Sophia llodson , a young married woman , has been acquitted at Nottingham of the nmrdur of her uncle-inlaw , Joseph llodson , a penurious old farmer , who was found dead in his chair on the 22 nd of March , with a piece of a poisoned mince-pie l ying in a drawer in the It not known wlioin the mince

      same room . was uy -pie was originally sent to the old man ; but it was left by the carrier at a public-house with a direction that it might be forwarded . It thence was sent to tho house of Mrs . Hodson , by whom it was taken to old Mr . Hodson ' s residence . She hud purchased arsenic ( which was the poison found in tho pie ) as far back as December 8 , last year , saying it was for a neighbour , and signing' her name in the chemist ' s book as a witness—an irregularity on tho part of the chemist which Mr . Justice Cresswell , on tho trial , severely condemned . After several witnesses had boon examinee ) , the Judge stopped tho case , which ho thought had utterly fuilud ; and u . verdict of Not Guilty wuo accordingly taken . Mrs . llodson and her husband wore then arruignud on the verdict of tho coroner ' s jury ; but no evidence was ottered , uud both were discharged .

      ever , were stopped on Mr . Smith undertaking to pay 50 / . for the costs which liad been incurred , and to marry Miss Hills within two months . During these negotiations , ftliss Hills returned to tho house of Mr . Smith , and resumed her intercourses with him . This was done on tho faith of an agreement she had been induced to sign , which > vus drawn up by Mr . Cuttd , the legal adviser of Mr . Smith , and in which tho latter undertook to marry the young lndy within a period of eight months , and to pay all ihc costs of tho ponding action for breach of promise , provided that action woro withdrawn , and on tho agrounient , moreover , of Mias Hills to rot urn to tho houao of Mr . Smith , and livo with him ' ns heretofore ; ' to which was added a proviso that tho ugrcomont was not to ho u 1 ii- \ tim * r \ TYTI , jj Tflll ' u Incfiil n / 1 iriurn * At lmiirtl * Iiniv _

      evor , it cnino to tho knowledge of the attornoy of tho family , and ha declared that it wna utterly worthies * . An indictment was thon preferred against Mr . Smith and Mr . Cuttt ) , and tliia wan found by the grand jury at tho last Assizes , and would havo como ou for trial but for tho illnosa of Miaa Hills , who was again e . \ jjootiii ( j ' to bo confined . Slnoo then , she hud been married by Mr . Smith . It was therefore found nocossary on tho preaont occasion toatundou tho prosecution against him , as tho wife could not givo evidence to criminate liar husband . Mr . Chambers , who appeared for tho proaooution , said ho was Instructed to poraovoro with tho notion as regarded Mr . Cutts . Tho Lord Chief Barou ,

      The Loves Ojl' Henry And Ti1cebe. Henry ...

      THE LOVES OJL' HENRY AND TI 1 CEBE . Henry lluxcldiue , a fanner , innkiciier , and butcher , at Stourbridge , Worcestershire , foil in love , at a pio-nic in tho autumn of LSoo , with 1 'hoebo Darby , daughter of a maltster and fanner at Briefly Hill . Tho father of Henry approved of the match ; but l'hoube Imd a ' stern pureuiit , ' who , liku the father of th « culubrutud Miss Dinah , oppo .-iod tho otherwise smooth course of lovo . He wu . i an obrttiuiilo old man ; but tliu daughter waa also obstinate , and tlie engugcmiuut wont on . Various lottery passed between the loving couple , in one of these , 1 'huobo ussuruil her suitor that » ho had been crying all tho timo ttho wus writing ; in another , nho piously obijorvod , " Wo shall moot in hoavou ; they cannot

      part us thoro . " Soino timo nfturwanU , she wroto to JIunry to send liur " a 10 / . noto , and kisses past counting , " adding , " l'luaao to « en < i tho finance in aiiMwor to this note . " A month or two aubae-( jiiontly , sho uont hor sweetheart a luttor to * uy aho had booh a enpo which hor fathur wo . ; M not «; ivo lior tu 0 moiicv to buv , ami to requeue tho huiu of 101 . or 20 / . The loiter , h ' owuver , wna nut purely moroenary ; it contained ono tender little bit of Montiiuoiit , to thi <* otiToot : — 11 1 cannot sloop for thinking of you . " Still , the monoy question roturuoU importunately in tho poatnoript : — " Lot mo havo tlmt inoiioy , boouuso I havo a bill or two to pay . " . Further Biuua of money woro ulao ' obtained , or

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 25, 1857, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_25071857/page/7/