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    ; A Damn© ' Kobijeby..—Edward Davis, q, ...

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    ; A Damn © ' Kobijeby .. —Edward Davis , q , well-dressed ybping main , JoolfVng like , ] a , 6 lerls , contrived to make lis way ; , on Monday . afteT ^ JOpn , into the house of Mr . Joseph Ration , of ' Highbury ^ arkj Islington , and to possess himself of a gold , bracelet , ' a large quantity of money , fijid various coins , ! $ q 7 . In . the meanwhile , another man , Darned Anderson ,,, waited ,. for ,, him in the road . The ' s ( ervant , happening to go info her master ' s bedroom , stfcund . that the property had been abstracted from a case . She Informed her mistress , and , as they were looking for a policeman at the front door , they heard a flower-pot fall from the third floor -w . indpw , and saw Davis letting £ imseif down by , means of a rope made of sheets , blankets , and counterpanes . Saving reached ihe ground , he ran off , hut was seized by a neighbouring- shopkeeper . Anderson then wanted to-take-him-into his own charge ; but this , of course , yvas . only a , trick , and was not permitted , ^ othi-viena ifttidte d . evirjto < the ( police , and Anderson tried to bribe thd- officer to let him go . He and Da * $ s were . brought ' , before the . Glerkienwell magistrate , and remanded . ^ „ . . .... .. . . ' ^ KbBBEttiESBT ^ OM ^ T ^^ Tg ^' S ^ livan , a young woman ^ ell knoyrn to . ' ^ e , pp ^ ce ^ . was charged at the Thames' police-office pith .. ij ighway robbery . Samuel jSteele , a carpenter ^ sj ^^ d , ^ t | ja ( i : oii Saturday night , about liine o'clock , he was . passing along Prickett-street , when the " woman came up and ask ^ d him . to accompany her a sliprt distance . Ije told her to go away . She then put » er arm round . his neck ,, and he then felt her hand in his " ji ' ppket , in -which was a sovereign , three florins , and othci ar ticle ' s . She took the . whole of them away , and then knocked him , down . When he was on the ground , she ^ ricTsed h im . about ' th e ' body , and also his head . He gol ^ pV ami , aftec a severe , struggle , overpowered her , anc called for the police , when she was taken into custody , % 2 v ^ ^^> 1 % ^ fc j ^ 1 ^ s « j * «^ ^ am ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ L L *** M A ^ T ^^ mA ^ L- ¦ 1 ^ fc r \ a 4 *^ m ¦ *« a * ^ k n 1 ^ A t utuu lur iriui j uaoiii ¦

    ^^ ^^ * . *^ ^ ^^ ^^ puo uua cuiuijiiLluu . — v annum ; « s tyme before the Lambeth magistrate , and the woman fyaa been sentenced to two months' hard labour . v 1 | b ^ 8 h Ruffians )—Two stalwart Irish labourers , who gave their ^ ames as , Michael CJorcoran and John Donovan , w ' ere ch ^ ed , at tambet ^ i , with the commission of a aeries of outrages upixn several xespectable women in the WaTwdrlli-road . ' T , lie gentleman who gave them into custody said he saw them assault no less than a dozen

    women . , Donovan was sentenced to one month s , and Corcoran to twenty-one days' , hard labour . Burola-RY . —Two lads , named George Sinclair and Alfred Smith , described as , journeymen printers ,-were charged , ijit the Mansion House on Monday with stealing a qiiantjty-of boots , shoos , & , c . from the warehouse of Mr . Fepiurig , in Queen-street , Cheapsido . The upper part of the premises were occupied aa a printing-office , by a Mr . Corker , to whom Sinclair was apprenticed , and ¦ alrlintui O . u tl _ 1 t _ . . . ' . . ¦ . 4 . 1 . t £ t _ 1 _ uoioiiiLiii

    n o iiKevviao occasionally wonceci . oomu uogs were kept as guards on the premises , and last Sunday Evening , William Kemp , a compositor in . Mr . Corker ' s employ , went to the housq , accompanied by a friend , for the purpose of feeding the , animals , and was much surprised to find that tlie Btreot door' was only single-locked . Aa he had double-locked it on )( eaviug the night heforo , hw suspicions were aroused , and they were still further

    ~ . . , " »«* ' « t >» " ?• " ** *» W ISIllUIUU IIIO IlUUbU , LIJIIL < portion off the passage flooring , over ttio cellar , had b ^ ° n taken up . He proceeded up-stairs to Mr . Corker ' s £$ n [ ting room , and ncrceiyccl that tho door , which ho "Wi H ^ fJ , VV 0 P , ^ . * jY ^ 'St " » d been forced open , |^ l * bat abvcral paira ^ f bcjplfJ had been deposited inside , fancying he heard » noise in tho loft , Kemp called out , And asked who waa there ; but , aa no answer waa returned , ho vrent downstairs again , and fastened tho door

    Tto ipreye-nt any one ' escaping , ' ^ hile his friend wejit Tor ' " tfie " polwer He presently returned with two constab . ^ , by whom the thieves were found . concealed in a cupooard , which was empty a few minutes before . A l ^ rge carpetbag . ^ l ledwith boots ,, shoes , and . slinjeir ? , amounting in value to nearly 13 ? .,. . was also fouhd ' in tie . closet ; , and a 'hammer ^ a chisel , a pair of pincers , and two keys , were discovered on each of . * V prisoners . Fourteen more pairs of ' boots , and tv ; o pairs pf goloshes were afterwards turned up by i » r . b of the policemen , at-Smith ' s lodgings , concealed litid ^ ' r' a bid . , The two young men were takeu into ens tody , ' , tbe ' y h ' ave "been committed for trial . . 11 uki > J 3 K of a . Boy . —A . little boy , eight years old , named Atkinson , was playing about , on . Thursday week with some other lads in the neighbourhood of Nottingham , when a man , who is supposed to be an associate of gipsies , came up , arid said to one of the children , " Show me ' the road to Basford , and I will give you ten shillings . " "' The ' boy replied that he did not know it , when Atkinson said , "I do . " The man repeated his offer to hiai , and he consenied to show the way . The . two left together , but the boy was never again seen alive . He did not return to his home that night , and on the following rnorning his parents issued a placard offering 2 if . reward for his recovery . About six o'clock in the evening , some boys were playing near the Forest , when oiie of them , to recover a- cricket-ball , got over a hedge into an adjoining field . He there found the dead body of a boy under the hedge . Information was given to the police , and the body was found to be that of young Atkinson . Unmistakable marks of strangulation were visible on the corpse 5 and the boots , which had brass lace-holes , had been taken off the feet . It would seem that this petty booty was the only object of the crime ; but it is thought probable that the ruffian did not intend to murder , but only designed to prevent the poor boy crying out by gripping his throat . Two men have been arrested oil suspicion of being concerned in the crime . Fokgeky . —Mx . Henry Foley Hall , a person of military demeanour , is now under remand at Lambeth , oh charges of obtaining various sums of money by means of forged cheques . The Mubdeb in Leigh "Woods . —The inquest on the body of the woman who was recently found dead in . Leigh Woods , near Bristol , terminated last Saturday in an open verdict . The body of the murdered tvomar has at length been identified as that of Charlotte Pugsley , who was recently in service , and who lefl her last ¦ place in company w ith a man named Beale , to whprn she said she was going to be married . She had 11 . about her wlen she left . Sir Georg « Grey has offered a reward of 100 ? . for the apprehension of the murderer , with a free pardon to any a < k *> D 4 plice not beiiig the actual perpetrator of the cr ime . Beale is now irtcustody . A Dangbboijs ' Frbak . '—A man named Leveston , a photographic artist , wearing long black hair in ringlets ! over his neck and shoulders , is under remand at Bow-. street on a singular charge . He had been drinking and wn . A 11 «« w 4 V « m M-ntn n # n nliTilin . iinilca £ r > i ^ . \\ Ii !•! auJft t * t * C \ + 1 lllltn iAl AlvuumtM b

    > AailLllL ^ KTE . * a ^ . 'H » J *** - # - u . ^^ .... »* x . w w w . vw , Westminster , when a dispute arose between him and 1 another man , and , pulling out a pistol , he fired it over ; the head of his opponent . The bullet ( for the weapon 1 was loaded ) passed through n signboard , and lodged in a piece of wood behind . Leveston was apprehended , t and on his person were found several bullets and a i quantity of gunpowder . When before the magistrate , t he said he had quarelled with his wife , and parted from I her , and was about to leave London foT Paris . He had . forgotten th-. it the pistol was loaded , and did not mean out ix iiiuiu ixiiFiijn

    10 injure any ; . jl i < wan ucar . » . *« . «« thought that such ' freaks' could not be tolerated , and adjourned tho case to another day . Mukdkr nuar Wkllclose-squake . — A quarrel arose last Sunday night between two foreign sailors in Neptune-street , Wellclose-square , on account of one , an Italian , named Joseph di Rosario , having struck a girl of loose character . For this he was reproved by George do Matras , a Greek sailor ; when Rosario , after some ¦

    disputing , asked him if he would ' fight i ^ nglisli '—meaning with the fiats . The Greek replied that he would , and the contest straightway began in the road . In a very little time , however , Rosario pulled out a knife , and stabbed Matras in six different places . At this point tho police came up , and took the assassin into custody . Tho Greek died shortly afterwards . Eosario waa examined the next day before Mr . Yardloy , at the Thames police-office , and remanded . He has since been rrmim it ffil fnr trinl _

    lNCiiNDiAuisM and Suicidk . —A horrible tragedy has taken place in the village of Bradford Pevorell , about two miles from Dorchester . The Rev . Blackstone Williams had a serving man , named William Howe ; and about six o ' clock last Sntwrday morning , this inuu was hoard by one of the servjinta to k ° u P < o md room . Shortly afterwards , the woman perceived a smell of uits iiuuauni jjvji

    HinOKt ' , nilU , gOIIlg lO IIIU UUUUIII » u , » u - ceivod that it waa on iiro , together with tho lower part of tho , staircase . She roused her master , who first of all saved the children , nnd then looked after the othor inmate . % It was reinnrked that IIowo wa ^ not about ; so Mr . Williiiina went up tohia room ^ nnd found hi > a lying face downwards on the floor , with a discharged musket beside him . Ho called to another man to assist IIowo , and then wont back to hto wifo , whom ho usaiatcd

    I oai iof ,. fb ' a house . Having got ., ' W ' safety . a ^ y * Mr . Williams , returned to > . Howe's T 6 onrt , '" arid . petceiyed that he was cutting his throat with a razor ! ' The weapon was taken from . 'him , and he then fell to the floor as if dead . Mr . Williams again left , but subsequently went once , more to tlie room , when Howe was found hacking at his throat with another razor . Almost immediately afterwards , he expired . He was dressed , and the appearance of his bed showed that he had : not lain down that night . At the bottom « f the house vras found a heap of candle-ends , straw , empty casks , & c . ; and portions of the wall had been bared to the rafters to -. ' facilitate ' the progress of tLe . ¦ £ : £ :. .. ?& ° cause can be assigned for Howe ' s acts . He had always born « - » £ 2 ° , character , but was on the point of leaving Mr . Williams ' a service , and of entering the police force at Bristol . He was also about to be married . An inquest held on the body terminated in a verdict of Ftlo de se . The corpse was interred at midnight . False , Pjeetjej ? ces .- —Lord Charles Pelham Clinton and Mr . Alfred Jeffree , secretary to the Wheal Zion Mining Company in Queen-street , Cheapside , have appeared at the Mansion-house in answer to a sunamons charging them with having , together with several other persons whose names were not , known , obtained by various false pretences , from Mr . Francis Stockwell , stock and sharebroker of Old Broad-street , City , the sum of 5007 . At the beginning of the present year he was shown a bill of 300 ? ., drawn by Mr . Jeffree and ' accepted by Lord Clinton , which he "was requested to discount . Mr . Stockwell discounted the bill , and gave it up to Mr . Jeffree , receiving at the same time , as security for the loan , a transfer of three hundred and sixty shares in tbe Wheal Zion Mining Company , signed by Lord Clinton . A draft for 285 ? . ( 157 . being allowed : for discount ) waa given , on the receipt of these and other shares , by Mr . Stockwell . A few days after the bill became due ( about the 25 th of April ) , Mr . Jeffree called at Mr . Stockwell ' s office and asked him to discount a , bill for 552 Z . 10 s ., at the same time telling him that he had seen Lord Clinton , and that , if the previous 300 / . 1 bill , which had been already presented by Mr . StockwelFs bankers and returned by them unpaid , was presented : again , it would he duly honoured . It was accordingly l once more presented at Messrs . Coutta ' s ( Lord Clinton's bankers ) , and again returned dishonoured . Mr . Jefiree i then paid Mr . Stockwell U 0 £ on account of the bill , ; upon the understanding that he would discount the I 5521 10 s . bill if he had further security . The balance [ of the 300 / . bill was to be considered as money advanced on the other bill , and Mr- Stockwell was to have , besides , . five hundred Wheal Zions and one hundred other . shares as collateral security . Shortly after this , Jeffree re-• quested Mr . Stockwell to discount for him another bill . for 250 ? ., drawn by . him and accepted by Lord Charles Clinton , like the first ; but Mr . Stockwell refused to t advance Mr . Jeffree the money , until 3 » e had seen the 1 transfer of certain shares in his name . Two transfers of . Wheal Zion shares were then handed over to him , and [ the following day he went to Mr . JcfFree ' s office to sea that thp . shares were dulv entered in tlie transfer book .

    When the book waa shown to him , he perceived that the shares were entered in pencil , which he was told was the usual way . Mr . Stockwell , however , peremptorily required that they should be entered in ink , and it was therefore done . These shares were not to be re-transferred until the bill was paid . After a consultation among the counsel , the proceedings were adjourned , Lord Clinton and Mr . Jeffree entering into their own recognizances to appear again when called upon . Outrages on Policemen . —Two low-looking Irishmp . n . nnmr-il Afiohn . pl lintTpH . nnd Michael Rrvun . wero 4 4 # vb ¦

    V m ^ # ^«« J » V ^ " " " »* * . ^ ^ . ^ » - * m w » «^ m ^— . ^ ^^ ^ m ^ ^^ ^» ¦ m ^ ¦ ^ ^ — — v . ^ •— . —¦ ^ - . — m " J — — ' —¦ — charged , at Marlborough-street , with creating a disturbance and breaking the leg of a police constable . Tho men , who were both drunk , were quarrelling and fighting in Hyde Park . They were separated by a policeman , who told them to go peaceably away . The men refused , and commenced fighting again . Another policeman then came up , and endeavoured to pacify them , but , not succeeding , he apprehended Barrett , wlio was several

    excxeinciy violent anu sirucit me omcor , inura . The first policeman at the same time took Bryan , who also resisted violently . As soon as Rarrctt was in custody , he began kicking the constable and finally threw him down , jumped on him , and vowed that he would * do for him . The ruffians would probably have esenped , had not a gentleman , who was passing through tlie park at the time , rushed to the assistance of tho police , and by his aid the two men were finally secured , but not until after they had mado a fierce resistance ,

    during which tlie gentleman who interfered was thrown down three times . When tho prostrate policeman tried to rise , ho found that his leg was fractured . Ho was immediately taken to the hospital . The prisoners wero remanded for a week . —A labouring man named Jeromiiili Callnghan has been examined at tho Westminster police-court , and committed for trial , on a charge of tit t 41 m t \ t i 11 nr fn ctnlt fi iwwlif » r > man .

    Immouai , Litkkatuicic—Mr . Bodkin , instructed by the Solicitor to tho Treasury , has obtain ed from tho Uoiv-strcet magistrate six aunmionnes , four against tho occupiers of houses in Holy well-street , and two against tradesmen in Wych-atreet , to answer a charge of exhibiting immoral literature and pictures for sale . Tho application was made under Lord Campbell ' s new act . Daring tho day , Superintendent Durban , assisted by six .

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 26, 1857, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26091857/page/9/