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      a . leeal paper ) , baa made his escape throug h ; h ^ cel window iZoxford gaol in ~ a very curaungfor centered Snw ; ^ The- windJTeonsists of a small pana ^ gkwa o » rth * one hah * and a ~ siide >» hutter on the other , ^ the SteV whe » pashed aside-exhibiting several iron bars . One of these bus , an inch , square in thickness , had been cutcompletely in two by some sharp instrument , thus leaving an aperture for escape of only , ten and threeauwtermches by seven and three-quarter inches . On the-outside , of this , window is a wooden contrivance , called , a louvre light ,, placed there to obstruct any view from the- interior of the cell . Priest had torn his bedrug . into strips , and tied it together with . thin , pieces of Ms-check shirt , and , having noaade a stout , thick lix » , he secured one end of itto the iron bars'of the window . He then managed to squeeze himself through the small . aperture on to the louvre light , which he got over ; and this , must have been attended with great difficulty and : daagecSeveral- other obstacles had then to be

      over-. come i but they were all surmounted in time , and the convict got clear off . Early in the morning , a policeman discovered the extempore ladder hanging on the exterior walL Assize Oases *—George Curedale , a small manufacturer- of Burnley , has been found Guilty at Liverpool on a-charge of forging and uttering at Manchester a bill of exchange-for 30 QL He appears to have foiged and uttered two other bills . Ultimately , he fled to Hamburg , where he was arrested r while living under a false name . He was afterwards declared a bankrupt . The sentence was that he be transported for fourteen years . - —An action for assault has been brought at Liverpool by , a commission agent named Heywoed against a Mr . Irftwy an attorney . The plaintiff ' s cousin , a - Mr . Jack-AMVtT J " *« W »* V * ' »*» " »^ » —¦¦ — » _ f - ¦ — /

      sea ,. and th » defendant , had offices on the same staircase ; and it appeared that a young lady called one evening at-Mr .-Law ' s chamber , and , after knocking at the door some time without effect , Hey wood came out of Mr . Jackson ' s * office , told her Mr . Law was not in , and asked-her to walk into Mr . Jackson ' s room . According to-the case for the defendant , Hey wood accompanied this invitation with very insulting insinuations with ; respect to the young lady ' s object in going ^ there ; and accordingly ; M * . Law next day wrote to him , demanding an . apology , on pain , of a horsewhipping . Heywood went to Mr . Law ' s office to make an explana-t tion , when he was assaulted-and severely beaten . At the trial s he denied that he intended to insult the young lady , ¦ A : verdict was given in his favour ; damages , 1 § OL .

      Jakes Jbkna . way , charged with , firing a . pistol at a servant girl under circumstances which have already appeared , has , been committed for trial , after repeated renmndsr Mubt > bkovs Attack *—Henry Hoker , one of the draymen . employed at Messrs . Truman and Hanbury ' s , the brewers , was examined before the Worship-street magistrate ^ oniaicharge of having inflicted several severe wounds- on Richard Baker , a journeyman , upholsterer . Th « prisoner was-seen by Baker standing in the road in FblhamnBtveet ^ SpitalfieMs , brandishing a large knife in aoftrj wild and excited manner . Suspecting , from bis general bahaviour , that he might do some mischief , Baker stealthily approached him from behind , and attempted to snatch the knife suddenly out Of his hand ; but , before he could « ffect his purpose , Hoker turned quickly round ,

      and , . seizing . ; Bakery stabbed him several times in the uppet-part of'the back ; He was rescued after a time by some passers-by ^ who . also : succeeded in disarming , the prisoner . Baker received not less than fiv « deep wounds in ) his back , odeof > which nearly reached , the left lung , and ,. in tBe . opini 0 n . of the medical man , the coiutequonoes are Ukelyi to be very serionav . The blows were inflicted with saeh savagarviolene * , that the blade of the knife was'broken in the act . Hoker said that he used the knife for the purpose of protecting , himself against an attaoki which had bean made on him by a mob ; and two wfcaesaardn hie bohailft stated that they knew him to be , goaflraUy-speaking , a . peaceable ,- inoffensive mom . Mr ; I >? Bjmo » art remanded the accused until the result , of theirguttes he had inflicted ^ on < th e other man should b » known . '

      Ssxatmsi OF' PwTBiDMuAT . ' —Jamaar Bridge , a sausage aaAaa-valoy ^ makerv livingatNotting- < hill » . has been fined Ah -for having on his premise * a large amount of tneatin aiuadvaneed state of decomposition , which his - wile intendfcd- 'to makalotd <• polonle * '' The sausagoxuiftcbine t a »> w « l l as the-vholefplao ^ i was found in a moat ? llltbyaMbtwxriting state by ( the 'inspector of < nuisances , who ak »> idiwKrr > 8 rod same sausage-meat ready chopped ^ but tote «»«! ' highly seasoned that it did not > smeua » badly . aMMHNtiv l WtttoCIVi 8 » . Jo » TMMK o » Boomim . —One of the jurors last Bodmin

      w-awMa ^ kth xnan Jose ^ at :-the- . AMiaea , for ttt » 4 iaMHn » &iuft 2 infMit ,- and who brought In av « vdlot of iitMnaiaM ^ iitai ^ namtmry to . ¦ the evidence and to til * opinion of the judge , has written to the Times to ( defend htomlfnaod -hte ^ oM <| iMBit > n » fromvthe severe , but jiiar , oritirtBtawoCtht * c ^ ¦^¦ ry ¦ Th « letter ocoupies upwards of acolnatfoteUmymvUH + f ^ a » d ifl ^ rlttPn In that p « u ctrtMatyHhoforthottapfcyaoApunotuation , to say nothlng-of . comp 9 aittBBtiwWBtetwouW-. prob . bly nod fimmr w § tte > 4 Bir . Chttton 'Maptaftw . Fnn » H ^> al « us « ftrid-frttmrlWOtmiayMUIg ^ ttdydMhmtftg ********** Mm ,

      but ther defence seema to rest on the . assumption that the evidence of B urns , rthe chief witness , could not- be depended on in connexion with " this important and Critieal Afiwr . " If that werfr the case , it is . clear there should have been an acquittal . A great deal of irrelevant talk is introduced with respect to the prisoner Matthews , the mother of the infant , of whom the juror says : — " She . most assuredly could have saved the child ' s life She weak & feeble as she must have . been She knew that her newly bom infant was lying naked on the cold floor & though it wa 8 illigitimate yet she ought to have felt-a mother ' s care And what if she had made a maternal and pathetic appeal & intreated them to take care of her child wrap it in something warm & being to her . Should we not think that with such an intreaty that the stoutest heart would have yielded & a bad intent be cast aside . " The Suspected Murder at Hampton Court . —It will be recollected that the body of a Jewish-looking

      J ? J i —» Xli * v ' ¦ > ¥ * ** . vh ** r * « An m IJn * nnin , nl dlfXlivtr O man was found in the Thames near Hampton Court a short time back , and that it exhibited -wounds of a fearful description , suggestive of some murderous violence having been resorted to . The corpse has been since identified as that of Lewis Solomons * lately returned from Australia . - An inquest has been opened , but stands adjourned 5 and the story disclosed in . the evidence is singular , though at present rather obscure . In the course of 1853 , Solomons- went to Australia , leaving his wife in the care of her brother , Mr . Abraham Davis , a china and glass dealer in Tottenham-court-road . Mr . Davis soon found that his sister received the visits of a man named Gray , and in process of time seemed to regard herself as his wife . He remonstrated , and forbade Gray to enter the house . On this , his sister made a violent attack on him with knifebut he escaped without injury

      a carving- , . He then wrote to Solomons , informing him of the facts ; but Solomons replied in a letter full . of the most appalling threats against Davis for the calumnies he had uttered against " his dear Louisa . " On returning . to England , however , he discovered that the allegations were true , and he became very low , expressed a wish to be out of the world , and threatened to destroy himself . He was found to possess a pistol and a bowie-knife ; but he was induced by the wife of the man Gray to give them up . On the day he was last seen alive , he said he should return home in the evening : he was not then living with- his wife , but wasi boarding . at another house . Mrs . Solomons , who ia described as a morose-looking person , appeared at . the inquest as a witness ; and she stated that her husband had latterly become a drunkard . She

      also said that , some time before his death , she remonstrated with him for going about with so much cash in his pockets , as he might get murdered or robbed . Suspieion attaches to the man Graj-, on account of his having said previous to the death that Mrs . Solomons might consider herself a widow , as no other man should have her . During the < adjournment of the inquest the police will make inquiries .

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      STATE OF TRADE . Thb reports of the trade of the manufacturing towns for the week ending last Saturday are satisfactory . At Manchester , the market has been quiet , but the demand is folly equal to the supply , _ aad prices therefore show an improving tendency * The Wrmingham advices describe no revival in the * iron trade , a considerable reduction being-submitted to by second-rate makers . There is a fair home demand , however , and , as the heat of the weather haa caused many furnaces to be stopped , there will be no accumulation of stock . The general trade of the place has been assisted by some good foreign orders . At Nottingham , for-the period of the year , the transactions have been on a favourable scale , and orders are being received from the United States . In the woollen district * there has been great steadinefls , and a general improvement in . tone . The IriBh linen-markets have also Vuwn wall maintained . — ' Times .

      Thft Registrar-General ' s returns with respect to Life Insurance Oftices hav « recently been published . They extend over irregular periods , and are framed upon no coherent plan ; but it appears from them that , out of 54 offices , 30 show an expenditure in excess of premiums and interest received , and C an expenditure not only in excess . of premiums and . interest , bat also of capital paid up . That is to say , in 80 cases the claims on policies , the outlay for advertizing , the salaries of the directors and clerkB , and the dividends occasionally distributed , have more than absorbed all the receipts of th »

      companies , and have left them in debt either to general creditors or to capital , without the slightest accumulationhaving been made to meot the liabilities on the outstanding policies' on which the premiums have been received , and the force of » which increases with-every year of their duration . . Of the remaining 24 offices the expenditure of 22 ha » been below their receipts , and 2 havo rendered accounts so unintelligible- an to defy scrutiny . Thirteen offices appear to . htivo been compelled to dissolve , while 40 have found it either ; unnecessary or in * i convenient to send in any returns'whatever . —Idem .

      The WolverhamptoH Ghroniaie reports that t lie-Intense boat of the weather'has pufc a complete stop- to the mills and forges of the district , which subjects-the men-io groat privation ) fof \ with the high ' -price of provisions , they can ill afford to cane * work .

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      MAZZINI AND ' MANIN . We proceed to g ive some extracts from theThfrtl Letter of Mazzmi to Manin to which we briefly alluded last week . It thus commences : — " In one of your letters , dated—if I am not mistaken —May 28 , you proclaimed Victor Emmanuel the king destined to unite Italy ( re unificatore d'Italia ) . " In that of the 26 th of June , you profess to teach the Italians in Naples—throug-h the medium of the English press—the means by which to make of King Ferdinand the constitutional monarch of the Two Sicilies . * Whether thousands—or rather millions —of men , crushed under an unlimited , tyranny could quietly agree to practise universally a remedy always difficult , and rately

      attempted , even in countries where freedom and right are under the guardianship of deliberative assemblies ; and whether , even supposing such a miraculous harmony of will could be arrived at , it would not be better to raise barricades at once and rid themselves of their hated Government , is a question which the people of Naplesshould your counsels ever reach their ears—must decide . I write to ask you and your friends how you reconcile the unity of Italy under Victor Emmanuel , with the re-establishment of a constitutional monarchy iu Naples ? Italy , Manin , has long deplored your silence ; I fear that , ere long , you will deplore the hour in which the suggestions of false or injudicious friends induced you to break that silence . " '

      Signor Mazzini proceeds to question Signor Mania on the precise nature of his designs , and asks : — " When you say that the revolution is possibly at hand , do you hint at an uprising of the people , or a spontaneous movement of the monarch of unity ? When vou entreat Rome not to move , do you mean to teach a cowardly fear of insurrection , or do you trust in any hidden designs of the man of the 2 nd of December ? " It is your and your followers' duty to answer these things ; but you will not . You will not do it ; you will pretend to disdain questions , which you will call imprudent , and assume the air of diplomatists who cannot without danger reveal their secrets . But the fact is that you cannot answer . You have no secret , you have no programme , you have no principle to guide you . Yott do not breathe the breath of Italian life , but of foreign

      inspiration . " Italy is designated by Signor Mazzini as " Christ among nations , by her suflferings , " to whom " the word of the great universal resurrection" has been confided by Providence . On the day when she shall utter that word , " the sepulchre in which the peoples lie entombed will burst asunder to usher forth the new life . " The Italians , odds the writer , hold in their hands " the question of the nationalities—the map of Europe . " He then proceeds

      to show that the Governments , desiring , as in 1881 and 1848 , to avert the threatened popular insurrection , have resorted to the old contrivance of dividing the camp of the people into two sections , by urging on the tardy to a semblance of motion which comes to nothing , and restraining the eager " with the hope of a coming crisis and a general union of forces that will never take place , save as . the result of some daring feat achieved . " Signor Manin is then taxed with countenancing the design

      thus indicated l"To accomplish this plan , which i » the moving spring of all that ia being done or hinted at in governmental circles , and to create a dualism in ourrankB , they wanted a banner and the authority of a name known and dear to Italy , and they Belectod you . You arc , unconsciously , the Gioberti of 1 * 866 . " Turn again to us , Manin ; return to the national camp—to the men who defended the honour of Italy in Rome whilo you defondod in it Vcnico . Koturn to the people—to the people that combat and die—to the peoplo that do not betray—to the people of tlie uvo days—to the

      people of the great deeds of Sicily , of Holo tf im , of Hrescm , of the city that gave you birth . There ia yot time , fear up all your letters , and keep only the L If not , not' 01 the firat . A year of circumlocution . - * , of cowardly hesitation , and of unfulfilled hopoa , has for ever ciluced that If . ' 1 <> u resigned yourself then to a last trial ; dodaro that that trial ia now over . Keturn to us . t iny to thu Italians Accept mo as one among you ~ I lmvo no longer laitli but in you . ' They will recuivo you approvingly , and trust me—on the unanimous accord of the men oi every fraction of opinion—they will respond by deeds that shall be to tlio glorious tloctUvof ' 48 what the conllagrntlon is to the sparks that foretel it .

      " Italy is now on the verge of one of thoHO supromo moments in which the party must decide either to act undbe to-morrow , or submit to n deconnium of wlavory . Any-great deed accomplished in tho nuine 01 the people would bo hnitad as a Higunl for the uprising of the oppressed : — " But , ' on the other band—it in uooIchs to attempt to disguise It—public opinion it now disappointed . # »» *—

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      , woro Uicjtruirju * w ^^ l * uuiit vj ^* niuiij vrtjivj ** . » .. ^ - ^ ? Signor . Manin '« proposition wai a universui and pont « ueou » refusals to pay taxes .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 16, 1856, page 774, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2154/page/6/