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Sib Henbt ¦ WABf >> -rr , - ^ attempt to asaw 8 siaat 4 Sir Henry V » rd , the Governor of Ceylon , has ¦ b ^ H ' tdMe by a man who for several years has been well known * s a confirmed thief and bad character . ^ Oa the ; morning of ' the seventh of last month , Miss Katcf Ward was awakened by the noise , of a . man in ) ier bedroom ^ iwhQ . ^ ej : bolting the door on the inside ; ^ alkfed ^ attOu ^ the apartment , examining various articles . Miss Ward raised dji' alarm ; ti ] ion which the maa took ? tipf'a knife which lay on the floor , threatened her ; and . thffli 4 » rt ^ l . aJPJ a e the passage . Irijso dpingi he passed the goy , ^ raor's » rp <> m ^ and encountered , Sjr ^ Henry , who , alarmed ait the'noise he iiad heard , had come out . Armedwith a ' otSck andid Colt ' s Revolver , die governor pur&uedthe maadown into the-drawing-fodm , when the fellow turned rttundj * nd attempted to stab Sir Henry . wi # E b ' isv ^ iifft ; , But , before he , , could ; touch hjnj , his Excelifency shot the ruffian through the , shoulder / yith the"revolv * r ; and some of his' guards arriving shortly afterwardsy th # culprit , after wounding two" of them with tho >^ iife , ; 'was ' . 8 e < wli : ed and « atried oiff $ h' custody . . The ' au&p ^ fesja , ho ^ 3 i ; er , foundit necessary to place him in the , hospital on account of the , wounds he had , received .,. It . has '' been hinted thai , ' judging from his general appearance and rimnner , he must be ms ' ahe ; but those wno are well acquainted with . ' him' state " that he has beenfriev quently in , gaol , for various rpffenee » rr-f an assertion which ; is borne- out by marks of a former punishirient on , bis back . ' ,. ' " ' '" . '" ' . .- ; ' ' ( ] : ' ¦ - ' " . <¦ ' ' . ' < . . ; Gsitsiak' AiM tikw ' xs MAy / rA . —A young mail , named Giovanni Agiufi , a Maltese / has been tried at the CriininaFQourt at ; Malta ^ for haying murderedj in . March last , at Gaja ^ a , jnear ,. ponattaj » tinople , one of his own country- - nien , " nan \ ea ; J ^ lnc ? pzo ^ ammit , The nature of the case , and'the' remar ^ ajbie verdict returned " by the jury at the trial , have called forth much comment . Agiiisj some time since , opened a small shop at Galata in partnership with , a-, mW named , Mjlcheie Borg , ajso a native . of Malta . On . ; jt ^ e ; i 7 th of last Jkiarclr , ZammM ; called at their sbopj ana asked tnem to let , him have cjejait for a loaf of tireaq . ; At firsts Agius would' not grant this request f- but afterwards consented at the intercession of his partner . ! uNp sooner , however , had ' : Borg / Jeft the shop , than jJ ^ g ius , again refused Zammit ' s wish ,, and , immeT diately ordered him , with a torrent ; of objurgation , accompanied by ' a violent blow on the ^ face from a sharp-edg ^ d instrument , to quit liis premises . Zatrimit did riot " resist thej attack , but Bit down- and cried' on a bench , where , being again approached by the prisoner ,, he rushed , out of the shop , and presently .. re | urne . d with one of the , Turkish ' police , to whom he gave Agius in custody . Zantmi ^ flawourid was dressed by a surgeon , and ' he was tafceuto the British Hospital , where he died the next dayi The weapon by which his death + wound . was inflicted was , a yeryjforn ^ idablq . one ^ beingia kind of short sword with two sharpjbdges . Notwithstanding that tl \ o charge against the prisoVier was clearly proved by the evidence of seven witnesses , arid' ' that no extenuating circumstatfees weretaliown , the ijury returned the following extraordinary anjd unlooked-for verdict s— " The jury . unanimously declare Giovanni Agiua guilty of the murder indicated in the indictment , committed by him on the person ofViriceriiO Zammit , under the immediate influences , of a momentary passion , in consequence of whiphi in fh , e « ct of committing the « rime , h , e was incap ^ ble-fOf reflepdng ^ ' ^ fteij ^ he read » i ) g , ojf the above , the court : , < put tho following question to the j , ury : ^—' Wneiner it ia ' prdved : that 'the cause of provocation given by Virtcenrp Zamrnit to Giovanni Agius was elight < i « iiia ( tbatQiov » nni Agiue had acted so excessively and ^ dlsp ^ Bort ^ a ^ ioi y ^ o the oaue ^ t thej provpcation . that . | hp murdor cannot be attributed to a mere hea . t of blodd ' arising ti&tti th > m ^ e provocation ? " The $ u > y declared . ^ I ^ ovedi" ^ ight ' agahiBt bhe . The <{ 6 urt , under ' the * aboVQicircurii » tanooa , i according to provisions'in the Criminal Law , could only co ^ doinn the prieonqr tp inxprhjonmen ^ Md . bard | abour . for twelve , yca , rs ; and a sentence to that eneot was accprdingly . prondurice . d . AmbbjccaI . —B « ltimote had beon the scono of a dlai graceful outrage , » Th * 'DemoornU of theI 8 th Ward , on returning fron *^! WMWameeth ? ftfiwero attacked : by-some , persona supposed ; to , bejpng ^ 6 i ^ hp . £ ; po >^ n > ot |^ ng j ^ p dy ; seveiral pis ^ l-Bhow wpre , 'flrca , and , a young ; man was killed . The Su ' spocted murfleror ia in custody . Political excitement 14 " ranniiig very high in Baltimbte , arid torchlight procoaalond and mass ^ mc « tings are frequent , —¦^ in . o-f ^ gnive , » h * y ^» a . A < Mn . yirginin-, have , arrived ^ t , ; Syracuse on thdr way tq

      unconditional surrender , of thejJlace ., ^ Snpf ^ Vidaurn s alsa marching on ' tlieB ; : - San Luis de ; & > toai had beeii captorei ^ by the insurgents , } arid ri Gpiie * ai ; Giula « Killed . Tampico had : pronoanced for the plan of-Vidaurrij ap . ddriven ' oM Q& ^ pdvt& ^ Iti the New ; Y » k ; maji-kets , riioney wasrscarce at seven to eight per c ^ ati on flrst- ^ class business paper at sixty days , and eight to nine per cent * -oil four tnoiitbs ' ' papeir Of a" Similar grade ; The stockimarket was somewhat easiecf : Advices ^ firii Hpnuui- ^ s . report that . business ; was yery , dull on account of . the , rev « luti 6 ri throughout the State . The different departments which had declared against the President , Cabanos , had " all , "hdwev ^ erj yielded except the departriients of Olancho and Toro , which still held out , arid General Alvarez , at the ' liead of . 500 Gbverririient troops , wad marching against the rebels ^ The town of Truxillo has been attacked by a band of robbers . The inhabitants , however , Vere prepared and armed , ' and the brigands wer « defeated-with considerable loss . —J > r . Kane ' s Arctic expedition Aas , arrived at JSew York , with all on board safe and well . , I Caxifobnia . —We quotedr -a = few . weeks ^ back an account of a dreadful . contest ; betweeri' th % 5 £ niericans and t he Mexicans at the , >| Central Mine's , C | a 5 lifornia . The aWfair haa / beeni- fit " ^ rngth , i « oncj ^ ded , Sri 4 ) i letter from San Francj | co s ^ s ijie ^ caastroph f h ' ^ beei , the murder 4 f about sixty -person ^ " by' ^ shooting '•^ m * d ~ t ynching ,. the Jobbery and spoliation of much-moneysand other pro' . perty helpnging to the victims , and the forcible and unlawful expulsion-of' about one ' thousand Mexicahs and C hilians from Amador and ^ two adjacent counties . Adstkalia . —The accounts from Australia . received by t | he last mail contain ; ' $ Me' intelligence Excepting that which relates to financial matters . Mr , Haines , the successor to Mr . Forster in the Melbourne Colonial ; Secretaryship , has discovered that he originally made a vitiijs'take of 1 , 500 , 000 ^ ster ling in calculating the liabilities left him by his predecessor . By means of repudiating a loan from the land fund , Mr . Foster considerably reduced the national debt ; and the remaining 1 portion -he proposed' to meet by "laying an ad tMorem duty of ten per cent ,, on all imports , by a stamp duty , and au increased assessment on stock . The squatters ,, however , carried a ' motion refusing to entertain any sbheme of additional taxation . The session was accordingly- brought to a speedy close ; and , although the money required was offered ( at a high rate of discount ) by the banks , all public works were , suddenly stopped . The Melbourne revenue for the year ending June 30 th , 185 ^ , shows a decrease of 70 , 729 ? . 14 s . 0 d : on the previous year ; while on the quarter there is ! a decrease of 171 , 9 . 17 £ Qs , 7 d ., as compared with th » corresponding quarter of last year . This diminution , however ? . does not fippear to be regarded with . much anxiety , by the cplonists . Trade , is dull , employirient scarce , and wages lowered . ¦ Eepbrfe continue to be received of destitution at CdllingWoodj and A meeting of the Unemployed has taken , place at Geelong . It appears , however , that the complainants themselves , a < Jmit that , thei ^ wanf of work , is o- \ ying , not so much to inability to obtain it , as tothuir unwillingness to submit ' to a reduction in the rate ' of wages .- ' The necessaries of . life at Adelaide were very high iik price during' hist July , The number of unemployed singly wonien supported at Government expense in that colony was &ip , and on board ships at Port Adelaide 876 . —An expedition was about to start from Sydney to explore the interior of the Australian conti' rieiltj under the auspices of Mr . Gregory . Fatal Accident with a Gun . —Another of those accidents which > are constantly happening from the care-. less use of fire-, arms has recently occurred . A lad , aged fifteen , named John Lawn , of Gwennap , Cornwall , shot his younger brother through the breast . An elder brother had been out shooting , and on his return cai ; eessly left the gun in the kitchen , loaded . The lad , John iawn , not bqing aware of it , took it up , and one oif tlie children said , " Wliy don ' t you flre off the cap ?" He pulled the trigger , the gun went off , and the whole charge entered the right breast of his little brothorj aged three years . The poor child expired , ten minutes aftorv W (\ r 4 s . . , , , . - , . ; . . .. . . -, Baji ^ way Acpi » ENTS . * - ^ As t he d . own express train , frori ) London was running into Gloucester on the , Great Western' line on' Friday week , the driver was signalled to stop , as * a train ' on , ' tho Midland lino , which joins , the , Great Western near Gloucester , was arriving . When tho d ^ ciyer had popped tho , train , ho descended from hia engiao to Bpoak to the guard , and a train on the up-lin « pWsed without his noticing its approach , knocked him down , and injured him in a shocking manner . Ho ' was conveyed to . tl > e Gioucester Infirmary ,. where he now ltoa ., - ^ A , Btoker , o ^ tho Nqrthjpqvon JRailway , named I > enriia Mullen , was killed on that line a few days ago . lie attetapted to got pn the step while the train was in motion , niiwed hiu RK ) img , and Wa ^ drawn under tho whdols . This 1 % another instance of the danger of attempting t « get on the tr ^ ia whjle In . motion , cyon by those most accuefomed to the practice ... - ( . , . .. TTiaiiB MissiN « i Ctdnqrii / M ^ r—Tho Roy . H . B . Farnier , the' ^ loucJeaterfiniVe' ule ^ ymah who ¦ mysterioUflly dfsappoafted ori tho morriln © k > f' his marriage , has not been discovered , and there s « ems tc < bo l ^ tlfs doubt that h « , ha ^> been , murdered ,, A , manyia , in , custody nnder susplcion . . ,

      ,, meel ^^ of % OT *^ ng : nieii to cpnstdt on-the ^ preierit hig ] pnee bf / bre ^ d ^ Tc p 1 a ^ iri ; H > de -1 ^^ same bearded individual who addressed" ( thtf crowd o the previous Sundajr again \ lield forfi ; directing his re marks , ho « refer ; le 3 S to the « dbj ;« ct of the > price of breai thaia to the general viees ^ tyranny ; and worthlessness the . aristocracy , and thevutues . of ^ ttiew&rMng classes ^ wh'o ^' h& des erioetf as the Atlas of tie world . He de nounced the . speculators and moneys-mongers fpr keepin ; theii- grain oiifr'of the Tnaarket wifti'a view to etthaneiiij its value ; and hb recommefided thft-t the police ^ hool < be brought over to the jpopiitar ' side by appealing : i them as men and brothers , and Circulating tracts amoHj them . ' The address of this orator-was cut short by i little practical amusement which , the crowd had gotuj for themselves , and Which consisted of hunting 1 a youn § man in livery , who at length , by th « aid of the police escaped . The oflicers were then pelted with tufts ol grass—a petty provocation which they bore with th « utmost calmness ; and , after a little more oratory from pne or two speakers ( pne . of whom advocated the principles of communismj ^ ; the ^ cr ' owdi ; di 4 persed about fiv < o ' clock ; their adjournment being accelerated by a drizzling rain which then set--in ; ¦ A determination , however , : war previously come ; .-to ,-rtd noeet- ' again on ti < ensuing . Sunday . — -Spme i , very . riptoujs proceedings tool place in the neighbourhood of "the " Edgware-rokd in corinexfori with the' meeting . ^ Large'rttobs' paraded- th « street&jbreaking the windows , attacking any- wellrdiressef people whom , they conceived to- be ; ebnoxious to them as not belonging to u their order , " a ^ d stoning the po lice some of whom were much injured . Several youths wer < brought up at the police offices on Monday , and were conderimedto a month ' s imprisonment ; - Fatal AeeiDKKT ox xhb Gbotoon Asm Mitcham Railw ^ ay . —A serious catastrophe ha ? happened on the new line from Croydon to Mitcham , a distance pf four miles . The branch , which was opened on Monday last , consists of only a single line of Tails for about three miles and a half of its whole length , or ^ m other words , until its junction with the Groydon" aaid Epsom line ; about half-a-miie from Croydon . On Wednesday night , at a point in the line at which there is a very slight curve , about midway between Croydon and Mitcham , an engine and three carriages ran off the rails , ' dragging the tender and passenger carriages after it : for between fifty and sixty yards , where , falling over pb its side , its career was suspended . One of the carriages was . smashed to atoms , and the driver was " killed on the spot . ' Sub-Inspector Webley , one of the ' -company ' s servants , who was riding on the engine at the time of the accident , was thrown with great . violence . , into . the . centre of the road , and severely scalded by the escape of steam from the engine-boiler . The stoker sustained <» ^ dislocation of the shoulder . > There were very > few : passengers in the carriages ; and of these none were , injured , with the exception of a lady , who was severely-sliakeP- . Serious Charges against a Ck-ergtman . — The parish clerk' of St .- Matthew ' s , Brix-toni recently died , and his son , ; w ho ^ during tha father ' s ; illness , had officiated in his stead , expected to be regularly appointed as hia successor . But : the Rev . Dn V !« ughan , the incumbent , nominated another mam mon which the expectant clerk raised some very grave charges against the Doctor . These * werd investigated : by a committee of pew-renters and inhabitants ;> and on Monday eventing a public-meeting was-held , at ¦ which the report of this committee 'was unanimously adopted . , This document states that , with regard , however , to the allegation of illegal interments , the committee find that many interments have taken place in the district churchyard in direct violation of the provisions of the Metropolitan Burials Act j . and that * notwithstanding the prohibition against burying persona- belonging to other parishes in the metropolitan grave-yards closed under that act , and the remonstrances of the inhabitants of the parish , interments 'have taken place , double fees been churged , and the entries in the books of the parish ta which the deceased belonged designedly falsified . Under an order in council of 1858 , no more than one body Could be interred in the same grave in the district churchyard under a penalty ; not exceed ing / ten pounds . ' The committee find that , according to- the statement of Mr . Plummer , clerk , and ¦ of the gravedigger , many intermentB had taken place in violation « C that provision . It is right , however , to ' say . that tho statement of the clerk and- 'the gravedigger differ in ttiis respect . Generally , tho > committee declare their opinion that the representations contained in the circular which had given rise to the previous meeting—that illegal interments had taken place-i-wera well-founded , and that the practice had been 11 , frequently complained of by tho inhabitants of the district . The inquiry into the other matters referred to them ( the committee add ) discloses serious , ounces against the law , degnait'ding , as they conceive , fho most rigid investigation before a legal tribunal ; but as tnd statements' referred' td thetn upon the subject must be" considered to - a' certain dbgreo ex- parte , Khey do not ; < hlnk it rightuto oroate * » pjiejudice affalne * t |» ei parties inculpated by reportingititMsapne in detail . — I ) r , VaugUau , . it appoared , refueod to allow tho Com-. mittee to cxnniine tfya cash ledger , which ought to contain the entries of burial , alleging that th « r committee

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 27, 1855, page 1028, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2112/page/8/