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      given into custody . On his trial , he made a scandalous attack on the character of the woman , which totallyfailed ; and he was found Guilty , and sentenced as already stated . A Fraudulent Bankrupt . —Charles William Norman , a trimming-seller and draper , of Belle Vue-terrace , Cleveland-street , Mile End , was charged at Guildhall , on remand , with not surrendering to his bankruptcy . Mr . Metcalf , for the prosecution , having put in evidence with a view to showing that the prisoner intended to defraud his creditors , and had thus become amenable to the statute under which the information was laid , Norman was further remanded for a week .

      Poisonous Flour . —A woman , named Thompson , stated to Mr . Yardley , the Thames magistrate , that she purchased a quartern of flour of e dealer in the neighbourhood of the Whitechapel-road , and made , two puddings , of which her husband , herself , and two children , partook , and that they were all attacked directly afterwards with such severe illness that she was obliged to call in medical assistance . Her youngest child , who had not partaken of the puddings , was not ill . She had shown the flour to a medical gentleman , who said it was

      adulterated . She had also , by the desire of an officer of that court , taken the flour to Dr . Letheby , the medical officer of the City of London , who said he had no doubt it was bad , but declined to analyse it until he received orders to do so from a magistrate . Mr . Yardley said he would write a letter to Dr . Letheby requesting him to analyse the flour and report the result , and , if necessary , proceedings should be taken to punish the party who had sold the flour . A policeman said that several families who had partaken of puddings made -with flour bought at the same shop , had been attacked with

      illness . The Spondon Murder . —The inquest on the body of Enoch Stone , who was murdered on the highway on the night of the 23 rd ult ., has been brought to a close , the jury finding a verdict of " Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown . " Garotte Robbery . —Another of those attacks which have of late been of frequent occurrence in our London streets , and which show the lawless state to which we seem advancing through the neglect or incompetence of our police force , took place a few days ago in the neighbourhood of Bethnal Green-road , one of the principal and most frequented throroughfares in the cast end of the town . Between eight and nine o ' clock in the evening , Mr . Boden , a gentleman living in that locality , was returning home , and , when within a few yards of his

      own door , was suddenly knocked down by a heavy blow on the head from some one hfihind . Two men then seized him by his coat collar , and , having dragged him across the road , forcibly held him while a woman ransacked his pockets , from which she stole all the money he had about him . It was broad daylight when this robbery was committed , and what renders it still more remarkable is that a great number of people were on the spot at the time , whose astonishment at the audacity of the outrage got the better of their courage . The consequence was that the thieves escaped ¦ with their booty . One of them was afterwards traced out alnd apprehended by a detective officer , who stated to the magistrate that he believed the man was a tickct-of-leave convict . This was contradicted by the prisoner , who likewise denied the offence ¦ with which he was charged . He was remanded .

      Perjury . —A French artificial flower maker , named lioret , has been brought before the Westminster magistrate on a charge of wilful and corrupt perjury . In the course of the evidence it appeared that a Swiss tavernkeeper iix Cranbourne-strcet , Leicester-square , named Kamercr , drew a bill for 21 / . 5 a . 6 d ., on a gentleman who owed him that sum . This bill , which was made payable two months after date , was subsequently indorsed to Roret . Early in January last , Kamerer was arrested and confined in the Queen's Prison for debt , but , having taken the benefit of the late act , he was released . Various sums owing to Koret were entered in the schedule against Kamerer ; but the bill for 217 . 5 s . 6 d . was not included amongst them , Kamerer being under

      the impression that it had been duly honoured by the acceptor . Subsequently , an arrangement was entered into between Kamercr and Koret , who held an assignment of Kamorcr ' s goods , in the courae of which no mention ] was made of any claim respecting Seager ' a bill . However , in January last , Itoret brought an action against Kamerer upon the bill , which was tried in the Court of Exchequer . During the trial , Korot swore , that ho informed Kamercr , personally and by letter , of the facts , both of the bill becoming duo , and aluo of its having been dishonoured . Judgment was therefore given

      in his favour . It was afterwards proved that Rorot ' s assertions in the Court of Exchequer were utterly falso , and it was clearly shown by several witnosaeB that Kamoror was in prison on the day that tho hill heciimo duo , and that no letter informing him that it was dishonoured had ever been sent to Kamerer ' u Iiouho . lloncu tho present charge against Korot , which , it is alleged , was instituted at tho suggestion of tho lawyer who had previously defended him in tho Court of Exchequer . He WAS remanded for u few dixy . s , bail being accepted for his ro-apponranco . Muitnmtoutj Assault . —A man , named John Hunt , is now under remand at tho Westminster poliooi-ofJipp ,

      charged with striking John Westgoard with an iron bar . A quarrel arose between the two men , owing to some alleged ill-usage of the wife of the accused by Westguard , who now lies in hospital in a dangerous state . Hunt admits that he cut Westguard down with the iron , on his forcing his way into a room occupied by him ( the accused ) . A Forged Bank of Encu * and Note . —John Dumont , a foreigner , who is supposed to have served in the German Legion , is now in custody under a charge of having knowingly uttered a forged Bank of England note for 51 .

      Forgery ok the Peruvian Government . —A gigantic attempt to defraud the Republic of Peru has been brought to light . Fouquin Savilla , a Spaniard , applied a few weeks back to Mr . Deutsch , a lithographic printer and engraver , to make Jac similes of certain signatures , to be attached to about two hundred copies of several kinds of documents which were all printed in the Spanish language , and -which Savilla desbribed as passports for sending people to South America . Mr . Deutsci proceeded with the work ; but his suspicions were soon aroused by the Spaniard surreptitiously endeavouring to get back the original signatures before the work was completed . Savilla was accordingly watched , and -was

      ultimately apprehended by a detective officer . Several documents throwing light on the fraud were discovered at his lodgings ; among them a copy of the accounts of the Government Bank of Peru . The forged documents proved to be imitations of the liquidation bonds of the internal debt of Peru , and of the compensation bonds for the manumission of slaves by the state . The signatures purported to be those of the President of the Republic , the Minister of Finance , and the President of the Liquidation Commission . Blanks were left for the sums , which could , of course , be filled up to any amount . Savilla having been examined several times at Guildhall , was on Monday committed for trial .

      Assize Cases . —William Boyden , alias Jackson , described as a druggist and quack doctor , was found Guilty at Lincoln of Manslaughter , resulting from his having administered to Mrs . Read , the wife of a labouring man , a potion containing half an ounce of lobelia inflata , an acrid poison . The woman had been suffering from fever , arising from cold , and had been attended by a regular practitioner , but was induced to place herself in the hands of Boyden , though a perfect stranger . BTe said she had abscesses in her side , and he prescribed the medicine which killed her . He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment . —Joseph Chivers , a miner , has been found Guilty of the manslaughter of David Taylor , by beating him with great severity , and stabbing him

      ¦ with some sharp instrument , in the course of a scuffle arising out of some offence which the prisoner took against the deceased . He was sentenced to transportation for fifteen 3-ears . — James Afflick , a framework-knitter , pleaded " Guilty" at Nottingham to a charge of attempting to strangle James AtHick , aged about four months , with intent to murder him , at Hucknall Torkard , on the 28 th of April . He was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation . The prisoner had made the attempt upon the child bj' putting a cord round his neck when he was in bed with his mother , who prevented the accomplishment of his purpose . The prisoner and his wife lived together on very bad terms , and the former , upon hearing sentence of transportation passed upon him , appeared highly

      pleased , and expressed his thanks to the Judge . —William Tuckley , aged twenty-one , engineer , and Henry Smith , aged nineteen , also an engineer , -were indicted at Stafford for the manslaughter of Edmund Harris . This was a charge arising out of an explosion at some iron , works , Bilston , owing to which the deceased was killed , and which was caused , as alleged by the prosecution , by the culpable carelessness of the two prisoners in not keeping the boiler properly supplied with water . The accusation , however , failed of proof , and both the accused were discharged . —William Ready , a young Irishman , has been Acquitted at York of a charge of cutting and wounding Mr . John Vaughan , mayor of Middlesborough , in tho course of a drunken riot . The assault appears to

      have been a very serious ono with a life-preserver ; but nn alibi was proved by several of the man ' s fellow Irishmen , and he was discharged . —George Holmes w ; is indicted for robbing a girl , and using great violence towards her . This is the man who was in custody for some du 3 ' s under suspicion of being concerned in tlie Ilkloy murder . Ho was found Guilty of tho present chnrgc , and , a previous conviction having been proved aguinst him , he was sentenced to hard labour for two years . — William Sharp and Joshua Cawthra wero found Guilty of throwing a quantity of vitriol over Emanuol Hill , and neriou . ily burning liis face and neck . Tho prisoners had been drinking all

      through tho night u . t a boor-shop . iLiirly in tho morning , thoy picked tho lock of tho door leading into the bar ( tho landlord hud by this time gone to bed ) , and looked about "to seo what they could find . " Thoy afterwards discovered that Hill , who wan an old friend , wan . sitting in an adjoining room ; and they then committed the outrage with which thoy were charged . Tho jury found them Guilty , with a recommendation to mercy , on the ground that thoro waa no apparent motive for the not . They wore suntonoed # > two yeuro' imprisonment each . — lCHqauuth Martha Brown wuh triwl at Dorchester lor tho nmr < Jer of her husband . Tho vyunian was jealous , and on tho night of the Oth judtunt , she called up ut

      neighbour , of the name of Damon , who , on going tc Brown's house , found him weltering in his blood , -witl his brains dashed out , and quite dead . His wife ' s account was to the effect that her husband returned hom < in that state , faintly crying , The horse . " She carriec him into the inner room along a passage and through i shop ; but he grasped her dress so tightly that she coul < not get away and give the alarm for some hours . Surf was her own account ; but it was rendered improbable by the fact of there being no blood on the passage , &c . through which she alleged she dragged her husband , oi on the road he must have traversed to get home . Th < medical man examined on the trial said the wounds were not such as would be caused by the kick of a horse , but were more like those of a hatchet . The man could

      not have walked home after receiving such injuries , nor could he have grasped his wife ' s dress for the length of time alleged . The woman was accordingly found Guilty , and was sentenced to death . Workhouse Brutalities . —It has come out in the course of an investigation before the Marylebone magistrate , that the master of the -workhouse of that parish is in the habit of beating the girls with a cane when they are disorderly . Two girls were charged with riotous conduct , and they pleaded this fact as then- excuse . Some of the girls , they said , had been severely hurt . The master urged that he was compelled in self-defence to order the porters to use the cane . The magistrate said he would adjourn the case , to enable the Board of Guardians and Directors to take the facts into their consideration .

      The Orangb and Ribbon Riot . —Seven men have been committed for trial on a charge of being concerned in the late riots near Gateshead . A Worthless Wife . —A Mrs . Quantrell , the wife of a licensed victualler in Shoreditch , has absconded from her husband ' s house , taking with her 401 . in money , and valuables worth upwards of 76 / . The husband has for some time suspected her of unfaithful conduct , first with one man , and then with another ; and the second of these has been charged at Worship-street with abetting her in carrying off the property . He was called on to enter into recognizances to appear again next week to answer the charge .

      Adulteration . —A grocer , named John Huddart , living in Tyler-street , Regent-street , has been convicted in the mitigated penalty of 50 / . for having in . his possession a quantity of adulterated pepper . It was proved that forty per cent , of one parcel of pepper was rice , and ten per cent , hardwood . Another parcel also contained ten per cent , of hardwood . A Swindling Emigration Agent . —Captain . Lean , R . N ., the Government emigration officer of the port of London , applied on Thursday to Mr . Yardley , the Thames magistrate , for a warrant to apprehend a German passenger agent , named Zitchske , who has absconded with the money he had obtained from some intending emigrants whom he promised to aid in their object . Mr . Yardley said he could not grant a warrant , but he made out o summons .

      Non-smoke-consuming Factories . —Several large manufacturers in the Southwark district have been fined in various sums for allowing their furnaces to send forth large volumes of smoke , contrary to the late act . Robbing the Patriotic Fund . —On removing the box placed in the booking-office of the Great Northern Railway station at Doncaster , for the reception of penny subscriptions on behalf of tho Patriotic Fund , it was found that some thief had rifled the receptacle of its contents , by slitting a hole in the back of the box , which is made of tin , and forcing his hand into the aperture .

      Suicidal Women . — Amelia Hopkins , a married woman , has been charged at Lambeth with attempting to drown herself and her child by jumping into the river near Westminster Bridge with the infant in lier arms . Botli were rescued with difficulty . The woman ' s husband alleged driuk as the cause of the act ; her friends spoke of u delusions , " probably tho result of drink . She was discharged . —Elizabeth Southern , a iniddle-aged woman , was charged at the same court with swallowing a quantity of sugar of lead in a glass of ale at a public-house . An antidote was timely administered by Dr . Bushell , and the life of the woman was tlius saved . She was remanded . The magistrate was also informed that a young woman , who had been brought to the station on Tuesday morning on a charge of swallowing a quantity of oxalic acid to destroy life , had since died at Guy ' s Hospital .

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      STATE O * TRADE . This trade reports of tho week ending last Saturday indicate the continuance of steady employment in most parts of the kingdom , confidence being stimulated by tho prospects of the harvest , which are atill considered generally favourable . At Manchester , however , anothet series of failures has occurred . Messrs . Wright and Co . arc stated to have stopped with liabilities for 90 , 000 / . and assots estimated to 3 iuld about eight peneo in tin pound ; and to have been followed by Messrs . Lowo ant Lawc , with debts amounting to 99 , 000 / . and assets U 4000 / . As a consequence of these , six other suspension : nro announced , including that of Messrs . Baxter and ( Jo for 50 , 00 ()/ . The general business of tho weok has beer of moderate extent , at linn prices . From Birmingham tho accounts describe great heaviness in tho iron-marke ordors boing scarce ond many ilrinu being reudy to boU 1

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      July 26 , 1856 . ] THE LEA DEE , 705

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 26, 1856, page 705, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2151/page/9/