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      Cuuki,Tyto Cats.—A Horrible Case Of Crue...

      Aldam-house . The officer was on lis teat at Smithley when he heard the voices of men in a meadow in -which was kept a number of sheep- Suspecting their intentions , he crept beneath a hedge in one of the adjoining fields , and closely watched their proceedings . Ifc "was not long before he saw three men drive the sheep Into a corner of the field close to "where he was concealed . Having done this , they caught two of the flock , when one of the thieves asked what they should do with them ; to which another replied that they had better be taken to the other end of the field . This was accordingly done , upon which the constable immediately , emerged from his place of concealment , and , armed with a heavy walking-stick , pursued the ruffians ; By the time he

      arrived at the spot where they had gone , he could only see two of them , one of whom he struck with his stick , and the other he succeeded in handcuffing . At this juncture , a third man appeared . , and gave a loud whistle , which iras responded to by five other men , who came forward , armed with life-preservers and butcher ' s knives . A very sanguinary fight ensued between the thieves and the policeman , in the course of which the latter ' s walkT ing-stick being broken , he snatched a life-preserver from one of his opponents , and used it ¦ with great effect . The affray finally resulted in the escape of all the ruffians ,

      leaving the constable senseless and bleeding in the field . After a time he recovered , and managed with great difficulty to crawl to the nearest farm . He "was frightfully injured all over , his head and face presenting one mass of deep cuts , and one of his shoulders being dislocated ; besides which , two of his fingers had been cut off in the struggle with the men , and were afterwards picked up in the field , and a third it ¦ was found necessary to amputate . Scarcely any hope of the -unfortunate man's recovery is entertained , as it is feared lock-jaw will ensue . Steps are being taken by the authorities at Wombwell for the apprehension of the ruffians .

      Desertion of as Infant . —Mary Lynch , a young Irishwoman , was , charged at Marylebone police-office "with deserting her illegitimate infant . She was observed to throw the baby into a doorway , where it was found by a passer-by , nearly dead with cold , very thinly clad , and covexed -with vermin . It was taken to the workhouse . The mother alleged in extenuation that she could not Induce . the father to support the baby , so she threw it into the doorway of a house -where she believed the father was living . She was committed for trial-Ingratitude . —A man , named John Browning , recently called on Mr . Thomas "Wilkinson , Ayharfinger , of Xower Clapton , and stated that he had been two days

      "without food , and that he was utterly unable to procure employment because of his being a ticket-of-leave man , though the offence of which he had been convicted he had had no concern in . Mr . Wilkinson gave him a shilling , and said he would endeavour to give him some employment ; but , in the course of the arrangements Tvhich were being made for that purpose , the man one flay contrived to get into Mr . Wilkinson ' s pantry , and to secrete some of the plate . One of the servants gave notice of the fact to her master , who caught the thief on the spot , and gave him in charge . He was remanded by the "Worship-street magistrate , before whom he was brought .

      Buricing Again . —The ' garotteappears to be dying out , and this week we have a case which looks something like a return to the ' burking ' of five-and-twenty years ago . William Hammond and William Saunders ¦ were brought before the Lambeth magistrate on Tuesday , on a charge of violently assaulting Mr . George Eankin , and covering his face with a . thick layer of pitch , with intent to rob him . From the statement of Mr . JRankin , the left side of whoso face was cut and contused in a veiy frightful manner , it appeared that on . the night before ho bad been to an election meeting at the Surrey Gardens , and subsequently joined some friends .

      • with whom he hod drunk rather freely , and stopped out long beyond his usual time . On his way home , he got " picked up" by the prisoners , avIio claimed acquaintance with him , and offered their services to take him home . On arriving at a Becludod place near the railway arch , Saundcra gave him a desperate blow , which knocked him do-wn , and deprived him of his senses for some moments . Ho called out for the polico , and two officers happening , fortunately , to bo close by , they rushed to his assistance . They found him lying on his back , with a thick layer of pitch , or tar over his face , and the loft side- of it seriously injurod . The prisoners denied the charge , but were remanded to a future day , when they were committed .

      Robiiehy of Hemi > . —Samuel Walker Kiik , a warehouseman in the employ of Messrs . Goorgo ami Henry Scovoll , wharfingers , Tooley-street , and Mr . Goorgo Kow-o , of the firm of May and liowe , hemp merchants , & c , Parade , Plymouth , were charged at Sowthwiirk on luesday -with stoaling a largo amount of hoinn from the warehouse of the Messrs . Scovell . Mr . Itow « had dealings with that firm , and it is alloged that , by moans of cortam false entries , ho contrived to possess Mmself of a Jargor amount of hemp than ho had paid for . Thohomn was tho property of Messrs . Scott , RuBaiun merchants , ana was warehoused at Mess ™ . Scovcll ' a . A certain portion had boon purchased by MeH « rs . May and Kowo : but , according to tho charge against Mr . Rowo , ho and Kirk loaded moro than ho hml any right to . llotli woro lomandod for a week , but bail was accepted , and wa « , of course , forthcoming in the . cane of Mr . itowe . Kirk

      could not provide the necessary sureties , and was locked up . Alleged Embezzlement . —Messrs . Hill and Brough , ¦ who were charged with having appropriated the amounts of two bills which had been sent to them as agents by Mr . Harrison , were discharged by the Lord Mayor on Wednesday , as they had given explanations -which were considered satisfactory by the prosecutor . Infanticide . —A young woman , named Mary Price , has been committed for trial on a charge of drowning her infant son in the Kegent ' s Park .

      2m Tfie Ieadeb, Fno. 366. Saturday

      2 m TfiE IEADEB , fNo . 366 . Saturday

      Gatherings From The Law And Police Court...

      GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . A PAiNTUL scene occurred on Monday at the Kingston Assize , in connexion with an action for the recovery of 106 / ., brought by the firm of Davis and Co ., warehousemen in the City , against a Mr . Catling . The liability was on account of a guarantee for the amount alleged to have been given by Mr . Catling , the debt being contracted by his son-in-law , George Hatton , who had been a draper , and . had been furnished with goods by the plaintiffs . Hatton having been a bankrupt , the Messrs . Davis liad refused to let him have any more goods on credit unless he would give a guarantee . This was furnished apparently by Mr . Catling , the document bearing a signature which purported to be his . In a little time , Hatton again got into difficulties , and could not pay his debts . Messrs . Davis and Co . accordingly sued Mr . Catling , who pleaded that the signature was a forgery . One of the witnesses at the trial was Mrs . Hatton , who gave her evidence in a painfully confused and excited manner . In cross-examination , Mrs . Hatton said she did not know where her husband was then ; the last time she saw Mm was a week before , in London . She denied that her husband was in the habit of opening letters addressed to her father , but admitted that all her father ' s letters were addressed , to their house . A letter

      was shown her which she admitted she had sent to her sister , and in which she implored her to ask her husband to intercede -with Mr . Catling , and endeavour to induce him to pay the money , as , if there was any inquiry in a court , the result must be that her husband would be transported for fourteen years . She also stated in this letter that , if she was called into court as a witness , she did not think she should 1 > e able to go through with what would be required of her . She said that she could not explain what she meant by saying that , should there be any inquiry in court , her husband would be

      transported for fourteen years . Her object in writing the letter was that her relatives might intercede with her father , and iuduce him to pay the money . She endeavoured to evade the question as to whether she thought the signature was her father ' s , by saying that it looked like his writing . There had been a meeting of the family and other parties , to take into consideration the subject of the guarantee , at which it would appear that the fatlier-in-law was implored to pay the money . The result of the action was that the plaintiffs were nonsuited .

      The County Sheriff ' s Court at York , on Friday week , was engaged in hearing certain cases arising out of railway accidents , for which the sufferers claimed damages . The case of " Waterhouse v . the North-Eastern Railway Company , " was the first . The declaration alleged that the plaintiff was a passenger on the railway , and that he sustained various injuries , in respect of which he claimed 4 OO 0 £ An action was brought , the defendants suffered judgment to go by default , and the only quostion for the jury , therefore , was wliaf amount of damages the plaintiff was entitled to . Mr . Waterhouso was one of tho passengers in an excursion train which was run into at Church Fenton station at midnight on the 25 th of last July . He was seated in one of tho carriages which

      was smashed to pieces , and sustained very seiious injuries—viz ., scalp wounds , contused shoulder , lacerated leg , and broken ribs . He is a young man , twentyeight years of ago , is married , and has one child , and it is doubutful whether ho will over bo able to attend to business as he was before tho accident . After a deliberation of two hours and a half , the jury assessed the damages at 2200 ? . —A similar case , " lhaim v . North-Eastern Railway Company , " was next heard , the plaintiff being the husband of ouo of the passengers who was killed by the accident . The defendants consented to a

      verdict for 1000 ? ., one half to go to tho widower , and tho other half to bo equally divided among tho children . —In a third case , " Nicholson « . the North-Eastern Railway Company , " tho defendants agreed to give 1501 . in compensation for the injuries sustained . —An action against tho South-Eastern Railway Company was brought At tho Kingston Assizes , last Saturday , by a person wliose log was broken by tho train moving just as ho was getting out of n . carringo , so that ho was violently thrown on to tho platform . A verdict was given for the plaintiff ; damages , CO / .

      With respect to tho enso of the girl who complained to the Westminster magistrate that she could not got christened , tho Rev . Mr . Uorroduile , the clergyman to whom tilie applied , waited on tlie magistrate , and said that the young woman was not respectable , and apparently onlj r wished to bo baptised aa a meant ) of facilitating her emigration . Ah kIio rcfiiHcd to receive propor instruction for the ceremony , and \ voul < l not approach it in a fit state of luiud , ha declined to i'ulul lior wishes .

      Naval And Militaby. """"" Tke Tkoops Fob...

      NAVAL AND MILITABY . """"" Tke Tkoops fob China wer « inspected bv ' the T > , l . * Cambridge at Portsmouth , previous ^ to e ^ bXuo ^ loss of Vessels and Lives . — The weather ™ ^ coast of Valencia , Spain , has been veTytu ^ £ j several vessels have been lost . A good many seaman also have been drowned . It does not appear tha ?^ English ships were among these . P tUat a & y FoiiTY- Vessels Lost —During last weei , no fewer than forty ships have been reported lost at Llovd ' a many having foundered with , all hands . Anaoife 1 h « were the barque Lord George Bentinck Captain IrS

      , in which tie captain , steward , and two seamen nerishofl ' the remainder of the crew , sixteen in number ^ suffered for ten days from want of food and water when t £ y were picked up . The sh , i > Hungarian , Captain Bake ? which sailed from Liverpool , last October , for Philadel phia , witb . passengers , has not siuce been heard of ThP Duke of Bedford , from Smyrna , for New York and iZ A . B . Van Olinda , from Philadelphia , have also it t believed , been lost , with all hands . ' *

      Storm and Wrecks at Sunderland . — The effects of the equinoctial gales have been severely felt upo n the north-east coast , and numerous wrecks have been reported . At Sunderland , four vessels have fceen driven ashore — namely , the schooner Effort . Captain Perkins of Southampton ; the schooner Hannah , Captain , Larkson , of Arbroath ; the bxig Swan , Captain > Vhite of Sunderland ; and a Dutch bavk named the Six Sisters from Rotterdam . The crews were all saved by the use of the lifeboat and rocket-lines . On Monday morning the Dutcli bark went to pieces , and her cargo was lost . ' An English Brig Burnt . —The English hilg Eoscoe , laden with coal , took fire off ( Jhediz , near Smyrna , burned to the water ' s edge , filled , and went

      down . The crew escaped , with some of their property , aud were afterwards taken on board the BrandoD , ' French steamer , and conveyed to Smyrna . . Supposed Wreck . —The late gales from the west and soutli-west were felt with great force on the eSposed parts of the South Welsh coast , and numbers of vessels dragged their anchors . At Tenby , a "large quantity of wreck has come ashore ; also a mast aud spars with , sails partially set , too plainly indicating that some vessel has gone to pieces . This belief receives confirmation from the fact that seamen ' s chests have been

      picked up . At St . David ' s , pieces of-wreck ' have , drifted ashore . Nothing is known of these vessels , though it is believed that a large vessel has been lost on . the coast .

      Misceilaneoirs. The Court.-—Ferukh Khan,...

      MISCEILANEOirS . The Court .- —Ferukh Khan , the Persian . Ambassador Extraordinary , who arrived in London at the latter end of last "week , had an audience of the Queen , at Buckingham Palace , on the 20 th inst ., for the purpose of delivering his credentials . The Colliery Explosion at Luhdhxll . —The coroner's inquest still continues , but without adding much to the facts already collected . A large quantity of water has been turned into the pit , and the temperature has gradually lessoned . Mr . Chakles Mathews ' s Bankruptcy . —Cause v ,-as

      shown in the Court of Bankruptcy last Saturday against a rule which had been obtained by Mr . Allcroft , the librarian , upon Mr . Charles Mathews , the comedian . The rule had been granted upon an affidavit from Sir . Allcroft , in which it was stated that he was a creditor of Mr . Mathews upon tho occasion of his last insolvency at Lancaster , and that , being informed that Mr . Mathows was in receipt of 80 / . a week from Mr . Smith , of Drurylane Theatre , under a settled agreement , ho thought some part of that income ought to be paid into court for the benefit of the creditors . An affidavit from Mr . E . T . Smith , the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre , was read , in which it was denied that any yearly engagement witli Mr . Mathews to perform for a salary of 80 / V per week

      ever existed . The only engagement between them terminated on the 19 th inst . Mr . Smith further stated that Blr . Mathews , being indebted to him 1200 / . for money paid , as surety and otherwise , on his account , l . e only paid to Mr . Mathews , during the period of _ Ins engagement , 20 / . per week , tho remainder of the stipulated salary being withheld on account of the debt due to himself , aud othor debts from which Mr . MathcwA hail not been discharged under liis petition . An almlavit from Mr . Mathows was also read . From this it npiieareii that Mr . Allcroft ' s debt was incurred prior to the last subse

      bankruptcy , and had been voluntarily renewed - quently ; that 2000 / . oiit of 5000 J . of the Lyceum uOus had been wiped off by Mr . Mathews ; aud that , during his six : weeka' illness , ho had received no salary at all . Mr . Allcroft ' s counsel objected to Mr . Matliews a Al 1-davit , because it contained personal reflections <>» f Allcroft not warranted by tUe fucta nor the occasion . Mr . Commissioner Phillips thought it would bo better that Mr . Mathews should inako another allUluvil , coufining himself solely to tho matter connected aviUi thu rule . He considered that u perfect answer had bten givo-n , und , when another affidavit was filed , the xu *

      would bo discharged . . , Nkwki-ai'KR PitunatTY . —A circular hnfl heon «^' . by the Holicitors to the assignees of JNlr . Edwin IJahlvryi , announcing that , tho copyrights of the Moruini / / A ' ' «<<'> MundunL and tit . James ' s Chronicle neAVsi > ui . crti arc ««*

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 28, 1857, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28031857/page/10/