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      builder at Bow , was oharged at Worship-street ¦ withafi-¦ Sg " and threatening the life of JKr . Bartram Hooper , * eentlemaa Iw-ingiin the same neighbourhood . Smith , -who was engaged in building some houses near Bow , laving missed some ttimber from the works , accused Mr . Hooper ' s aervaats'rf stealing it , and insisted on ^ earch-3 » g them . Mr . ( Heoper refused to Jet him do this , upon whioh Smith went away . -At five o ^ clock the same . afternoon , < w * en Mr . Hooper was walking out , he was ¦ met by Smith , who rushed at him in such a threatening manner , that he thought fit to < make a hasty retTeat . He -was followed by the other man , -against whose violence Jie -defended himself , as well as he could , with his -waiting-stick . A * it was , he believed he should hare lecerved some eer ions personal injury if some of his . neighbours had not come to his assistance , and enabled Aim to get into his own house . About eight o clock on

      theevening t > f the same day , Smith , accompanied by one of his workmen , presented himself * t the window of Mt . Hooper ' s house with a double-barrelled gun , and after casing the coarsest language , threatened to shoot Mr . Hooper if he could catch sight of him . Being alarmed * y his behaviour , Mr . Hooper * ent for a policeman , and gave Smith into custody , in his defence , the latter alleged that he had received much the largest share of provocation ; that , when he merely mentioned the loss of his timber to Mr . Hooper , that gentleman not only -violently abused him and -had him locked up for a night , bat beat him with Ids stick bo furiously that his J ^ ad , arms , and body were greatly injured . As regarded the gun , Smith said that it was mot loaded , -and that he had merely used it in a fit of excitement to frighten Mr . Hooper from committing -any further acts of violence towards him . The magistrate ordered Smith

      ± 0 enter into recognizances of 100 L for his future peaceable conduct . Assault . —Two brothers , named James and Jeremiah -Callaghan , "were charged at the Westminster police court with having committed a savage assault upon ) George Beck , a . fishmonger in Great Chapel-street , Westminster , and likewise on his wife , who , being pregnant , is so much injured that she has been confined to -ker bed ever since . A dispute arose between the prisoners and Beck respecting the purchase of some pickled eels , which the former refused to let the men have unless jthey paid him at once , as they owed for some already . Jut this , one of the prisoners became very violent , and hroke several saucers that were on the counter ; and ,

      when Beck threatened to give him in custody , he and liis brother seized hold of him , threw him to the ground , And commenced kicking him . Mrs . Beck , seeing her Jmsband thus ill-used , came to his assistance , when the luffians assaulted her with eqnal violence , and then re-• conrmenced attacking Beck . The magistrate remanded the prisoners for a week , in order to ascertain the result of the injuries inflicted < m Mrs . Beck . The Tjeuax . -ov Dove . —The trial of William Dove , for the murder of his iwife , by the administration of strychnine , is fixed for next Wednesday , the 16 th inst . Dove ' s conduct since Ms committal to York Castle lias

      fceen characterized by stolidity and equanimity , amounting almost to indifference . He looks forward . with some impatience ito his trial , ias to a time when he shall be relieved from all future anticipations . Whether the plea of insanity , as generally reported , twill be set up , remains to be seen . The trial is expected to last three or fonr days . High-way Robubiuks iw Yorkshire Two caijes of highway 'robbery , accompanied by savage violence , lave come : before the attention of the West iiiding magistrates at -Bradford . In the second case , the attack

      seems likely to terminate fatally . Thomas Gilmou * , a inrush liawfeer , ib the injured man . He had quarrelled with some men at a pmblic-house ; but they subsequently ilrank together , and GAlmour then left . The men oveortook Jxim , knocked him down , and seriously maltreated him . They robbed 4 rim . of four shillings ( all the money lie had ) , kicked him all over , and then one of them , ex--cLtiuuiiig , " -I'll give him his death blow , " gave him another kick with all his force in the side . He lies in a -very precarious stuto . The ruffians concerned in both iittacks have been committed for trial .

      A Oasis fok tiik Lawtthibs . —The case of Mr . Alexander Campbell , the alleged son of Captain mud Mrs . Campbell , earae again fceforo the law courts on Tuesday . It will bo xeoeaiectod rthat Mrs . Campbell , when a very old woman , married again , unknown to her son , who , on her death , found that ascertain Mr . Corloy , the husband , had a life intarost in -a large pant of the old lady's property . Jbhis right to this wa « disputed by Mr . CamphaU but It woe confirmed by on action at law , as related in * ho Leader a < few months since . An action was now brought ha the Court of Common Floss by Mr .

      Campbell against Mr . Corloy for ? ' maintenance of suits . JOvidouee was given to show that Mr . Corloy had su !> - Jeotod Mr . OjH » pbefl to vexatious and expensive litigations , toy dnstigating- certain parties to originate suits in Chancery wndar tthe plea of tho plaintiff ' s illegitimacy- One *» f * h « se persons , a Mr . H . 8 . Thow , £ ava evidence , < and 4 C -wmikl >« ppear that lie entered into Ja ^ latad of owmpiwey wMh Corloy agadnst Mr . OanvpbcU , 'but 'timt Ufc TftaUod , 99 e gave a « tngular account cftf himself in -cross — examination ,: — * I wont to America in oarly life . I have- bean in . tlte

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      believe that not a copy Of an affidavit or any document was obtained , b } r the direction of the law advisers of the Government , of the Mastor ' e-offioe , or from tho official manager , until on or after the 20 th of June , the day I gave j udgment' in this ense ; though long prior to that date 1 had called nttentiem to tho fact that * he Government had made no frign , notwithstanding the notoriety of -the frauds of the TipperaTy Joint-Stodk Bank . If tlie Irish Government were ignorant of all tho details , it waa their own fault . ... . I flhaM only add that , if no bond fide proceedings be taken at tho next Clomnel Assiaea , tho reoult will be that the

      IRELAND . Mr . James Sadleir . —It is now said that Mr . James Sadleir , M . P ., Tiae gone , not to America , but to Sweflen or Norway , where , in the absence of an international low , he is safe from arrest . At any rate , he is not to be found in Ireland . He has not had the deeency , however , to vacate his seat . The Master of this Rolub atsto this Irish Attorney-Generax . —The Master of the Rolls , on Monday morning , made some observations in connexion-with the Government and the case of James Sadleir . He said : — " May I now inquire , on the port of the public , whether informations have been sworn with respect to the facts disclosed in this case ? If so , Imve any effectual or bond Jide steps been taken to make any of the parties implicated amenable ? Is it intended to prefer a bill -of indictment at the next Clonmtil Assizes , where some of the ovort acts wore committed ? I have Teascm to

      duty of a Privy Councillor , and the nature and meaning of the oatli , will probably meet with wiare disoattitm , than tha lriab . Govornmont may bo aware of . " Ilia Honour concluded by expensing a strong opinion against tho conduct of tho Muster in Chancery ( Murphy ) , who , it seems , had examined Jantieu Sadleir in bi « private uhumbur , no person being present but tho official auiaagcr and hit * counsel and solicitor . Tjhb Loiu > LuouxiawAWT ihau paid a wait to lana « riok . M * Smith O'liwmH , tho ( political oxilo , iroachad Dublin on Tuesday aftornoou , o » d took up his temporary residence , at the Suelbame Hotel , fctt . Stephen ?* Green . H « ia in oxcollout health , and 4 i ( ppa « oiiUy i » good epiri 4 &

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      police . I was at one time a coal-merchant . This was in 1821 or 1822 . I was a tobacconist in Beading . 1 was then a schoolmaster in Somers-town for about six months . Then I filled the situation , of foreman to my father-in-law , in Tottenham-court-road . I was again a tobacconist in Marylebone for -si-x weeks ; then in Homer-street ; then I was a police-constable for nine months ; -after that I dealt in old clothes ia Moonmoutbstreet ; * hen a broker in Marylebone ; then clerk to an envelope-case maker for thirteen years , until this unfortunate bill brought me to a baekkitchen in Faddington . " The defence was that Mr . Corley iad reason to doubt Mr . Campbell ' s legitimacy , and that Mr . Campbell

      forced his mother , by his bad usage of her , to seek protection in another marriage . To prove the latter assertion , the plaintiff was severely ^ cross-examined , when he made these admissions : — "My mother resided with me at Plumpstead . I wrote aJetter saying my mother was not to have grapes and milk when tdiere . I may have pushed my mother . I pushed her out of the brewhouse once . I pulled her cap off because it had pink trimmings , and put it on to the fire in my own parlour . I may have pushed one of my servants down on the occasion of a disturbance in the brewhouse . I took a wheel off my mother ' s carriage . I put out the kitchen fire myself . After I had refused to admit my mother to my house , I sent a carriage for her to the Norfolk Hotel . I introduced Susan Mercer , a young woman from Edinburgh , to her as xny wife . I came across her , and she did not want to leave" me . " The jury found a verdict for Mr . Campbell , for 562 / ., the whole amount of costs proved . Another Insurance Cask . —A third action has been brought against an insurance-office in connexion with a policy on the life of the late Mr . Joddrell , who drank himself to death . ' The office in this case was the Medical and Invalid ; and the defence , as in the former cases ( which were reported in this journal pf the 21 st ult . ) , ¦ was that Mr . Joddrell had had delirium tremens , and that the office was not informed of the state of his health . A v-erdiot was found for the company .

      Jealousy and Attempted Mitrder . —A nurseryman , named John Cole , has nearly murdered a young servant girl , living at Howley-place Villas , Paddington . The two had been engaged to be married , but there was a disagreement , and the girl , Emily Luker , said she should like to break off the match . In a letter which Cole wrote to her after this , he told Ler to remember the case of Bate ' s , > vho had been convicted of murder at Southampton . About half-past nine o ' clock on Monday nirrht . hr > irpnt to t . hi » erarden-irate in Howlev-nlace

      Villas , Tang , and brought up Emily Luker . He then pointed a horse-pistol at her . A boy who was delivering a parcel at the time seized hold of the weapon , but it was wrested from his hand , and , when the lad jumped aside , was discharged into the young woman's face . She fell , with a loud scream , and was carried into the house bleeding-. Cole escaped , and , going to the nearest police station , gave himself up , saying , " I have shot somebody . I have committed murder . " He added that he had tried the pistol three times the day before ; that he had put as many stones in it as would kill rtir » P nnranna nr \ r 1 tTint llf » llJlfl t . nlrl the VOUnC WOman

      before that he would "do for her . " On being searched , there was found in his possession a canister containing gunpowder , a number of pebbles , some percussion-caps , some letters that had passed between him and the young woman , and two books—one , the Gentleman's Letterurriter , and the other , the Ixtdy ' s Letter-ioriter . On being asked before the magistrate what he had to say , ho answered , " I am very sorry , but it is all her own fault . She has ruined my mind completely . I asked

      her for an honourable letter . I -wished to speak to her as a friend , but she prevented me . She has allowed people to trample mo under their feet . " This statement was evidently made under very excited feelings . He was remanded . So critical was the position of the young woman , that Mr . Broughton was called up during the night of Monday to receive her deposition at the hospital . One eye is quite destroyed , and tho other greatly injured .

      SusriflCTicn Minu > i £ K . —Mr . Samuel Stocker , civil engineer , haa been found dead near St . Giles's Church . It is supposed ho was waylaid and murdered . The jury have returned au open verdict , for want of evidence . Allmoicd Murder ok a Hushano . —John Autony Brown , a labourer , has died at liirdaiaoregate , near Bridport , under circumstances that throw suspicion on hia wife He was found with his skull fractured , and the story o £ the wife ia to the eflfoct that this wan probably done by a vicious horse . Various circumBtaiicoa render thiu unlikely ; and the ooronor ' s jury accordingly brought in a verdict of " Wilful murder againab aome peraou or persons unknown . "

      Quieting Dkunkxcn Husi » anx » . —A woman nainod Betoy M'Mullon bun boon charged with killing her husband , James M'Mullon , a flour dealer at Bolfcon , by administering to liiiu a medicine coniponod of turtariaed autxmony . A coronor'B inquest hus boon hold , when it appeared that tho man and his wif-u , who were both of very intemperate liabdts , wont together one M >» t ° . « publio-houHO in the town , where they hud a quarrel , m the flourso of which the woman threw u rolling-pin and a oarving-knifb at hat ( husband , tho latter of which

      cut his wrist- Previous to this , -the maid-servant of M'Mullen hai frequently seen her mistress mix a white powder with her master's food , and had also been repeatedly sent out of the kitchen -while the dinner was being got ready . This white powder Mre . M'Mullen . likewise put , on one occasion , into some medicine which M * 5 Tullen afterwards took , and wTiich madfe Him verysick ; and once she mixed it m some of his tea . On the night of their quarrel at the public-faouse , the servant girl , yfho had accompanied them , undressed her mistress and put her to T > eS , nvben she found some more of the same powder in' ^ the pocket of her gown . After the death of M'Mullen , several bottles and jars , the

      latter containing a portion of his liver : and kidney ., were sent to an analytical chemist in Bdlton , and in both of them , especially in the kidney , he found Strong traces of antimony . Mr . Simpson , a grocer and druggist at Deansgate , stated that "he often sold emetic powders made up of cream of tartar anft tartarized antimony , of the latter of which there -was about four or five grains . He knew Mrs . M'Mullen from Tieing a customer at his shop . She purchased groceries , but he did not remember that he bad ever served her himself . The emetic powders were called " quietness . " Women ahvays came for the powders , and they usually said that their Tinsbands had been drinking . He did not remember ever selling one of these powders to a man .

      The Jury , after retiring for iive-and-twenty minutes , returned the following verdict : — " We are unanimously of opinion that the deceased Daniel M'Mullen ' s death has been occasioned or accelerated Try antimony wilfully administered by his wife , Betsy MIMullen ; and we also express our disapprobation of the indiscriminate dispensing of such medicines . " "Mrs . M'Mullen -was then committed , upon the coroner ' s warrant , for trial at the Assizes . A IBolton chemist has written to the Times , to deny that the custom of selling quieting mixtures to women with drunken husbands is common . Davidson ' s Divorce . —The "bill for this purpose ( on the ground of adultery ) has been read a second time in the House of Lords . Mr . Davidson had taken his wife , at her request , to Paris , to see the Exhibition . She ^ was

      only to stay a -week , but at the end of that time she refused to go back , saying she had become a Roman Catholic , and would not be exposed to the scoffs of her relatives . Mr . Davidson , being obliged to return to England , left her in the charge of a lady ' s-maid , who soon communicated to her master the fact of Mrs . Davidson receiving ; visits from a M . Emile Lalouette , with whom the lady had carried on a secret correspondence bafore and after her marriage . The lady ' s-maid , in giving evidence , said she told Mt . Davidson that she believed religion had nothing to do with his wife ' s staying in Paris . She admitted , in cross-examination , that she had written a letter to Mrs . Davidson , in which she said ; " There is One above who knows you are innocent ;" but this was "to comfort her , " because she was " bo young . "

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 12, 1856, page 655, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2149/page/7/