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    No. 437, August 7, ^858. J THE LEA'D E E...

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    CRIMINAL RECORD. Cmi.r> Murdkr.—The wife...

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    THE ASSIZES. Albert Huskey Turxek was tr...

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    rilalia ! Vive i fratelli Lombardi / ' At a grand promenade of gondolas given in honour of the Milanese , those in which Austrian officers and functionaries were seated were run against with , great violence . Several of the gondolas also hoisted tri-colored flags . To the cries of ' Viva VItalia T many of the crowd added , A basso VAustri a ! ' The Austrian police toot no notice of what occurred ; but this first pleasure train will be the last . "

    AUSTRIA . Christian refugees from Bosnia continue to cross the Austrian , frontier , where they are well provided for hy the Emperor ' s direct order . A military cordon has been established near the frontier to protect the Christians , and the Turks , on their side , have stationed a large force to intercept the fugitives . Kumour at Vienna speaks of the concentration of an Austrian corps d ' armee of 30 , 000 to 33 , 000 men of all arms in Southern Hungary , on the points nearest the Turkish , Bosnian , and Servian frontiers . According to rumour , this army is to be provided -with provisions for one year , and with everything requisite for it to take the field immediately , should circumstances render is necessary , the Cologne Gazette gives a similar rumour , but with a far less number of troops .

    GERMANY . " The German-Danish quarrel , ' * says the Morning Star , " has now arrived at a serious crisis . The special committee of the Federal Diet has recommended the rejection of the Danish proposition , and proposed that execution—that is , the entrance of Federal troops into Hplstein , accompanied by Federal commissioners , to take the Government of the Duchy into their hands—should be proceeded with in a fortnight . "

    KUSSIA . The efforts "which Russia has been making- for some time past to increase hernnvy are so considerable ( says a letter from Poland in the Vienna Gazette ') that her own building-yards arc . , not sufficient for the purpose . She has had vessels built in England , France , and America , under 'the- - ¦ ¦ superintendence of ¦ " officers' . of the . 'Russian , navy . The reorganisation of the Baltic fleet is now complete , arid reckons twenty-seven ships of the line and several smaller vessels , without counting gunboats . As the number in the Black Sea has been reduced , the Government has endeavoured to compensate for this loss by increasing the flotilla iiv the Caspian Sea , and by creating a respectable naval force in Eastern Siberia and at the mouth of the River Amoor . Kamiesh , the wooden seaport town erected by the French during the war in the Crimea , still exists , and boasts of inhabitants . ¦¦'• - '

    poiand . The Revolutionary Committee of London has , it is said , recently distributed in Poland copies of a manifesto exciting the Poles to rebellion . A copy has been seized by the authorities of Posen . HOLLAND . The Minister of the Interior lias submitted to the King a . detailed report on a new submarine telegraphic line between the liritish and Dutch coasts . The Minister proposes , contrary to the opinion of his predecessors , to grant a new concession to M . liuyssenaers , who lias obtained it from Hanover and Denmark .

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    Criminal Record. Cmi.R> Murdkr.—The Wife...

    CRIMINAL RECORD . Cmi . r > Murdkr . —The wife of a c-ollier at Xailsea has cnt the throat of her little boy while , apparently , in a stnto of temporary insanity . She was then about to mjike a . similar attack on her otlicr children , but their cries brought assistance ! to the spot , on which the woman gashed her own throat , though not fatally . An inquest Ji . is been held on tlie bod j' of the child , ending in a verdict of "Wilful Murder against the mother , who will he committed for trial when sufficiently recovered . Disco Vicky op IIiwax Ri : m , uns . — Four human skeletons have boon discovered hy tho workmen employed in digging for the foundations of the Westminster Palace Hotel . They were found in the centre of the ground where formerly stood some old structures of a very disreputable character . The remains were probably those of persons who had Icon murdered ; but an . inquiry would now be fruitless , from lapse of time . Murdicrat Itvic . —John White , a man against whom a coroner's jury , on Friday weok , returned n verdict for tho wilful murder of his wife at Uyc , was captured between four and five miles of that town last Suturday ovoning . I ] o made very little eflbrt to escape , saying that ho could not leave hia children , of whom ho has seven . Ilc confesses thiit ho was tho murderer , lie was examined at the Town Hall , Wiiichelscn , on Tuesday , when n rcoiio of iinexnmpled pathos and misery took place . It was found neop ^ ary to administer water 'rcquentl y to tho prisoner , who wns iii a state of lumontn « l « prostration ; and , un lij .-j daughter being brought lorward to give , cviduniv , ho uttered u terrible-groan , icii onlua knuciF , and oxchuim'd , "Oh , Lord , look down upon my pO ( , r soul , and my dour blessed wifol Oh , Keep my children from temptation ! Oh , let me soo mv cinldreii I Tho temptation lin * boon too grout for inc . * " aoveral young girl * who worn present wore s <> overcome « J tnia that it was found ncccBHnry to tuko thorn out , * uo prieoner was uttcuded to by medicul men , and in

    tune became calmer , and shed tears . His daughter was removed , and another witness examined ; on which the prisoner cried out , "Where is that girl ? Oh , where is that girl ? " adding , to one of the medical men , " Direct me , sir , direct me . Lost , lost i" One of the witnesses having alluded to the suspicions felt by the accused with respect to his wife ' s fidelity , the prisoner started up , clenched his fists , ground Ms teeth , and made a horrid noise . Several policemen restrained him , and he then said , " I won ' t hurt anybody . " After a time , he asked , " "Where are my poor boys ? " The girl was again brought in , and screened from her father ' s observation ; but , as she was leaving , he caught sight of her , cried out , "Ohthere is

    , \\ -m r d-vt «* W P 5 * -- m * m a ! l *^ -k ~_ J . " 1 . — J ___ . _ __ . •_ ^ T " m my girl ! " and burst into tears again . Having been committed for trial , and been asked if he wished to say anything , he replied , " No , gentlemen . I want to see my children , if you please . Oh , let me see my children ! " He was then removed to Lewes gaol . A .- 'New Trick . —A correspondent writing to the Times , mentions a new device of policy of the rogues -who are always looking out for victims among the shopkeeping class : — " Mrs . Underwood , an elderly lady , keeps the post-office , and a small stationer ' s shop , in

    Ladbrook-grove , Notting-hill . On Friday last ( July 30 th ) at eleven ^ x . m ., a man came to her shop for some note paper . At the same time , a smart dog-cart , no doubt driven by an accomplice , drove up , which the man in the shop , affecting to see it through the window , pointed out with the words , ' Holla , ma ' am ! here ' s somebody "wants you . ' Mrs . Underwood thereupon left liter shop to attend , to the driver , who , it is needless to say , contrived to detain her by questions about the post sufficiently long to , enable the confederate in the shop to rob her and make off , and then drove avvay . Upon Mrs . Underwood returning in-doors , she found the man gone , and with , him her cash-Vox , containing over 20 / . in gold and some silver . " ¦

    Mukuer of a Boy .- —The dead body of a youth , sixteen years ' of- ' age , was ¦ 'discovered a-few days ago in a hayrack in a stable at Wick , near Berkeley , Gloucestershire . He had been missing for two days , and had last been seen in company of two carters , named Daniels and Bailey . It was Daniels who first announced -the discovery of the . body , which lie did in a very cool and flippant manner . lie and Bailey have been apprehended , and committed-for trial . on a charge of Wilful Slurder . Manslaughter on- a Raiiu \ vay . —The adjourned inquest on the body of William Pine , the engine-driver , on the London and North-Western Railway , -who came

    by his death in an accident oil the Willesden junction , caused by the negligence of the pointsman , Henry Lamb , was brought to a conclusion on Tuesday , when the jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against Lamb , and appended the following remarks : — "The jury recommend that an extra man should bo appointed to work the points , and that the men should be confined to that work and nothing else ; also , that the telegraph signalbox should be placed just opposite the points . The jury also attach grea . t blame to the manager of the North London Railway in consequence of the irregularities that mark the time of starting their Kew trains from their stations . "

    fllUIlDEU OF A YOUN'O LAD-Y BY HER LOVER . Miss ] \ Iary Jane Scaife , the daughter of a farmer at Darley , near Ripley , on the line of the Leeds Northern Railway , was murdered on Sunday night by a young gentleman , named Atkinson , to whom she was engaged . Atkinson is the son of a llax-spinncr , and he has been intimate with the young lady since they were both children together ; but the mother of Miss Scaife and the father of Atkinson did not approve the match , and it was broken oft' for a time , during which interval Miss Scaife received the attentions of a Mr . Gill . But that intimacy was also put an end to , and the young lady again accepted Atkinson as her suitor . On Tuesday week , however , Atkinson saw Miss Scaife at a . gala talking with Gill , and

    this appears to have awakened a strong feeling of jealousy . Nevertheless , the young couple wont to clmpil together on Sunday evening , and left in company . Miss Scnifc did not return homo ; but it was thought she had gone to the house of her uncle , and no alarm was iolt . Atkinson reached home a little after nine o ' clock , and went to bed very soon . At daybrcuk , his brother , who slopt iii tho same room , observed blood on his shirt , and usked the . cause . Atkinson replied that he hud murdered Mary Juno Scnifc on the previous night ; on which tho brother roused tho family , and told them the dismal news . In the mean while , the body had been discovered in a lane , with the throivt cut , nnd tho eyes starting from the sockets . Everything betokened that a frightful struggle

    for life had tnkon place . Atkinson was apprehended , anil at tho police oilke at Itipon made some vaunting remark . * , among which were : — " I hnvo been very happy over since 1 loll Putcley-bridgo ( tho place to which lie was first taken on being apprehended ); I lmvo committed n great crime , but 1 am quite content ; I can go frwly to tho gallows ; I enn forgive tho vilest of tho vilo ; 1 am guilty ; 1 left hor about half-past nine o ' clock liiHt , night . " According to ono account , Atkinson ' s brother slept in another room , nnd tlia murderer came in curly in the morning , exclaiming , "What hnvo 1 done ? Oli , Lord , havu mercy on ma ! Wliut have I done ? I have murdered Mary Ann Scaife . " Tho noise of the death-Btruggl « had boon heard at a distance by somo people , but tUey had not inquired , into it . On

    out of my pocket again and opened it , and I put it in a wall top , after which I took across the fields home to a little dam of my father ' s , to wash the blood off my hands and face . I then crossed another field home . When I got home , my father and them were up . I did not go into the house . I went into the shed where the carts were , and sat me down until I thought they had all gene to bed . Then I went into the house . I could not eat any supper , and went to bed . I could not rest all the night . " After this statement , Atkinson was committed for trial at the next York Assizes .

    — - ' p ^ w ^^ a ^ v Wednesday , Atkinson was examined before the county magistrates at Knaresborough , , ar ± d he then made a verbal confession of his guilt . The girl had refused to marry him , as she did not think they -would be happy together . He then threatened to m urder her , and ultimately clutched her round the throat . She cried out , and he released his hol < l , and walked on with her a little way farther , but soon pulled , out a knife , and showed it her . " She cried out , 'Let ' s go home , Jimlet ' s go home , Jim ! ' Then I seized her and cut her throat , and she cried out , ' It ' s all my motfcer , Jim—it ' s all my mother that ' s caused this disturbance . ' She cried out 'The Lord helme ! ' ttree timesto the best of ttiiii % \ j

    p , — tr — »«» vw u ^ , \ iii \* uc 9 v \ JL my recollection , and then she fainted away , and I left her . I went over the wall , shut the knife , and put it in my waistcoat pocket . I -went into the fields , and wandered about , perhaps an hour or an hour and a half . I laid me dawn and thought I would go and tell her parents , but I could not go . I then thought I would go to her again , and I went back ; but , when I got a . little way up the lane , my heart failed ma and I couldn ' t go to her . Then I got over the other wall into the field on the other side . I took the knife

    The Assizes. Albert Huskey Turxek Was Tr...

    THE ASSIZES . Albert Huskey Turxek was tried at Maidstone ori Friday week on a charge of murdering his .-wife . He had some reason for supposing that a man named Taylor had been unduly familiar with lier ( though Taylor solemnly denied the fact at the trial ) and , on the riighfc of Saturday , April 17 th ,-being greatly exasperated at a . meeting which he supposed to have taken place , he struck her three-times on the head with a poker , and then cut her throat . The act was first discovered bysome lodgers in the room below , on to whose bed the blood dripped through the ceiling . Turner made no attempt to deny his guilt , but said he would rather see his wife lying dead than that she should live to be a prostitute The defence simply sought to soften the charge from murder to manslaughter . The jury took this view of the case , and Turner was sentenced to penal servitude for life .

    Captains jtfenham and Pox , wlio were recently committed for trial on a charge of murdering a sailor by throwing him overboard off Hamburg , have been Acquitted at the Durham Assizes . The case for the prosecution broke down . : Mr . Frederick Swan Todd has been found Guilty at Newcastle-on-Tyne of a murderous attack with a knife on Mr . GeoTge Tallentyre Gibson , a solicitor , in his office , on the night of the 24 th of last March . The defence was a suggestion of insanity , caused by losses and misfortunes . Todd was sentenced to imprisonment for Bix months . In the case of John Franklin , the man charged witli the murder of Joseph Owen , at Ryton , near Coventry , the Grand Jury at Warwick threw put the bill .

    Selina Cranmore , a married woman , has been tried af ; the same Assizes on a charge of strangling her infant in its cradle . It was clear , however , that she was insane at the time ; nnd she was therefore Acquitted . On tho day on which the child was born , a neighbour hanged himself , which made so great an impression on tho woman that she accused herself of being the cause of the act . She will be kept in nn asylum till she is quite cured . William Aycrst , a medical gentleman between eighty

    and ninety years of age , has been tried at Maidstono on a charge of being concerned with a quack named Baldwin ( found guilty at tlio Spring Assizes ) in tho manslaughter of the wife of a labouring man . The casowaa ono of imputed unskilfulness in tho delivery of tho woman during childbirth . The jury Acquitted tha accused . —A similar case has been tried at Gnildford . Tho accused in this case was Mr . Francis Ward , a surgeon practising at ' Strcctham ; but the evidence altogether failed to prove negligence , nnd the accused was Acquitted , with a compliment fro > m tho Judge .

    William Barker , a farmer owning considerable property near Canterbury , was tried at Maidstono last Saturday on a charge of setting firo to some of his owr buildings which were insured . IIo only applied to tlio fire-oflico for tho exact -value of tho buildings destroyed the object , therefore , was not to gain in tho ordinary sense of tho word ; but it is thought tlmt howaiiti'd tlie insurance ) company to provido him with now buildings in the pluct ) of tho old , lie was found Guilty ; but Baron liramwcll postponed scntenco , n » Marker appcarot to bo of rather weak intnlkct . <> n «• subsequent day however , ho was souteueod to tlireo months' hard labour An action wun brouglit at the miniu As-sizes ngninNt Mr John Webb Kocho by « Miss Smith , to recover ( J 2 / . 10 sbeing five quarters' arrears of aa annuity of GOf . grauto <

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 7, 1858, page 767, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_07081858/page/7/