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    OBITUARY . 11 k . Gitmurt AttBO'rx A'BrccKisrr . —A gap has been mndo in the current comic literature of tbc country by the death of this sparkling -writer , which took plnco at Boulogno last Saturday , under peculiarly painful circumstances , Mr . A'fic-clcctt ' s eon , n boy turned nine years of ago , died nt that French sea-Hide town , on the Thursday provioualy , of malignant sore throat ; and tho shock , conning upon tho previous anxiety , and coupled with an attack of typh us fever , appears to have precipitated , or augmented , in tho case of the father , a fit of congestion of tlio brain , under which ho rapidly

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    with his wife lived in a village called Greenside , a few miles west of Gateshead . They Lad fallen into -very intemperate habits , and on the evening of Friday-week had both retired to bed in . a state of intoxication . About half-past two o'clock oa Saturday- morning , tlieir domestic , a girl named Davison , -was awakened by the ringing of a bell in her mistress ' s room . She proceeded to the bedroom , and found her mistress lying partly off the bed . The girl lifted her into a proper position , and retired . Her master was then either asleep or too drunk to notice anything . About four o ' clock the same morning , sue was again aroused by the voice of her master , and , upon springing out of bed again and running into the room , she observed her master sitting up in bed holding her mistress's hand . He said to the girl , "I believe she is dead . " The girl touched the body , and , finding it cold , ran out for a neighbour . When they returned , Sir . Baxter -was still in bed with Iris dead

    Seaman , and to a . fourth , who was not present Mr " Weyinss promised there should be an inquiry ' Wifft respect to the oxiginal charge , Sir Peter Laurie , on vie * ? ing the horses , thought the case-was not a strontr on * and therefore only imposed a fine of five shilling and costs . Four of the Society ' s constables have since been suspended . —Another charge of cruelty was brought for waTd at Lambeth , where a cab-driver was fined ten sill " Imgs for driving a horse with a wound on its neck The aninial also exhibited signs of severe lashing-, which L-wT caused the blood to flow ; and it appeared to be half starved . The cabman said he gave only 3 ? . 10 s for-it-It-was condemned to the knacker ' s yard .

    Supposed Murder of Twin Infants . —An . inauest hasbcen held at the Kensington-Workhouse , on the bodies of two newly-born infants , a hoy and a < nrl -who had apparently been born together , and . afterwards murdered by suffocation and exposure . The bodies were discovered in tie front garden of a house in Pembricteevillas , Notting-hill , wrapped up in a large bundle They had evidently been bom alive , and were very fine strong-looking infants . A verdict of Wilful Muxder against some person or persons unknown wa 3 returned , A Policeman Fined . —Cornelius Dempsey , a police constable , has l > een fined tlristy shillings bv the Lambeth magistrate for excess of duty in violently assaulting a woman of the town in the 01 < l Kent Eoad at three o ' clock in the morninor .

    Aijleged Murder at Newcastlts-ok-Tyne . - A woman , named Ann Fleming-, died on Friday week at a house in Back-row , Newcastle , under suspicious circumstances . It appears that , for some ' time past she had been subjected to most -violent and cruel treatment from her paramour , whose name is William Fleming , an Irishman . The girl , a few days previous to her death , charged all her injuries on the man with whom she has been living , and who has absconded . Destitution . —Six young women , in the last stage of destitution , were charged at Marlborotigh-street with

    being found sleeping in Hyde Park The park-keeper stated that he liad seen most of tbe women in the park foi some nights past . The women said they had neither money , friends , nor home . They were obliged to sleep in the open air , as they could not pay for a lodging . They had been sleeping in Hydo . Park for the last fortnight . On being questioned , they appeared to be from the country . Mr . Bingha . m said he . would .- discharge them if they would promise to find their way back to the country . . The womeu having given the promise , were discharged .

    The RoYAii British Bask .- —A case seriously reflecting on the Royal British Bank was brought forward on Wednesday at Guildhall , / where a Mrs . Susannah Clupp applied to the sitting alderman for advice . She said her husband had "been captain of the Ide , belonging to Messrs . Lhiklater and Green , and . on the 28 th of June last ho sailed from Jamaica for Liverpool in perfect health , On the previous-day , she received a telegraphic message from Queen ' s-town , stating that her husband had died on the passago home , leaving ier a widow with two children-, one fifteen months , the other five weeks , old . She wont to tho Royal British Bank , and drew out 320 ? ., which she had deposited therein December last . It was the amount of a bequest she had received on the death of lier father , and it was all she had in tbe world to support

    herself and her children . One of her brothers , who was ¦ with her , and . who has 3-00 / . similarly deposited there , told the manager the circumstances of her misfortune , and that she wished to deposit tho money for safety . The manager assured her it would be perfectly safe , and advised her to loaV . e it . She had received the money in two notes—one for 300 ? . and one for 20 ? . —but upon that assurance sho gave them up , and received tho usual deposit noto about twelvo o ' clock . They left the bank , but from a rumour they lieard thoy returned in about a quartor of an hour , and their astonishment was extreme when thoy found the door closed , and a placard on it

    stating that tho bank had " suspended payment dur negotiations . " Sho was now utterly ruined , having lost her husband , and with tho money every other means of support . The alderman suggested that an officer of tho court should go with tho woman to tlio bank . This was done , and , on his return , ho stated that ho hadbeon admitted , and had scon a clerk , who took tho deposit noto to tho directors , who wore then sitting , and laid tho applicant's case before thorn . When ho oamo back , lie said tho directors durst not pay tho money now , but they had no doubt everybody would bo paid in full . " With this assurance tlie poor wonmni was obliged to be satisfied for tho present .

    subsequent day ,. Coojyer ' s solicitor ,. Jfr . Thompson , was examined- ( though with . great reluctance on his part ) , ¦ when it . appeaie& . that the cheque-books had been handed tor him . by the accused ,. He was . ordered , to produce them on . a future day , and the case was again postponed . Andbbw Bbacken . —The sentence of death on Andrew Bracken , a man . ¦ who killed another hi a Lancashire fight t- Tinder circumstances of great brutality , but apparentlyin hot "blood , and without any long premeditation , lias been commuted to transportation for life . A Revengeful . Gbrmlan Dbagoow . —An ex-officer of dragoons ia the German Legion , earned Herman Von

    Dittmor , was charged , at the Westminster police court ¦ with violently assaulting his senior officer , Major Yates , belonging to the first regiment of the same corps . The man ' s conduct had previously been made the subject of a-court o £ -inquiry in . his regiment , as he had behaved disrespectfully to Maj or Yates . Be had likewise been severely reproved for his conduct , in presence of all the officers of . the corps . Soon after this , he quitted the service , and nothing snore was seen of him until about ten days ago , when , as Major Yatc 3 was -walking in < 2 remorne < jrardens , he suddenly heard some one exclaim , " I have him . " Almost at the same moment , lie received a heavy blow on his arm from a bludgeon , and directly -afterwards another on bis head . The blow on his arm

    was struck with such force that it "broke one of the small bones , and the major was laid upfor-severaldays in conr sequence . Having in vain applied for assistance both to the police on duty in the gardens and to the nearest police station in Chelsea , where thoy said they could not interfere , Major Yates applied at the Westminster court for a -warrant , and the German was apprehended . When in custody , the man confessed to the policeman that the assault on the major was a premeditated act . Mr . Arnold could not understand why the police at Cremorne and Chelsea refused to protect Major Yates , as the assault committed on Una was one of the very worst description , and certainly' called for their interference . He remanded the accused , who has since been committed for trial .

    Burglaes SUKPR 3 &ED . —Two lough-looking fellows , well-kno-wn to the police , and bearing the names of Smith and "Underwood , were charged at Clerkonwell with a burglatry in the house of Mr . Bradford , in the Shakesford-roadj Stoke Newington . They had been seen lurking about the premises in the early part of the day , by two servants at a neighbour's house . In the evening , they appeared-again , and were observed to open Mr . BranfbroVs door , and enter . The girls told their master of their suspicionaj aad h © j with the aid of a policeman , entered the premises , and caught the thieves . The lower rooms were covered with property , strewn about

    in . the greatest disorder , and , upon , proceeding up-stairs , the same scene of confusion presented itself ; The depredators were found crouched in tie back room ; but , as soon as Underwood saw the police constable , he said , " Do not strike us , and we will surrender at once . " The policeman , upon searching the chimney of the back room , found a "jemmy , " tlie end of which corresponded with the maTks on the workbox , and a large number of skeleton keys , and in another roorn , in the chimney , were also some more skeleton keys . The men were remanded , in order that previous , convictions might be proved against them .

    Womak-Beatino . —A very infamous case of prolonged ill-usage o £ a woman lias been brought out in evidence at Worship-street , where Joseph Lazarus was charged - with an assault on Caroline Rouse , a wretched woman -with whom he dwelt . The scoundrel lived in entire idleness , ani supported liimself by forcing the poor creature into tho streets , to obtain money by her own shame and degradation . A few nights ago , having driven her forth for this purpose , sho returned with 7 s . 6 d ., with which , he was dissatisfied , and . told her to go out again . Sue wandered up and down till three o'clock : in the morning without obtaining any more money , when suddenly she mot the man Lazarus , who , on learning , sho "had not been successful , flew into a violent rage , and threatened to murder lier before the night had passed . Sho then went homo , hoping to bolt the ruffian out ; but ho was too quick for her , and .

    fastening the door upon them both , struck her a fearful blow in tho face , knocked hor down , and kicked her on the head , legs , and body , till her screams brought a policeman to hor aid . In giving her evidence before tho magistrate , tho poor woman added that tliis was not the ¦ worst of the prisoner ' s conduct to her , for , upon one occasion , sho was too ill to cam money in her usiml manner , and ho therefore forced lier out to steal , tho result of which waa that sho was caught and detected at once , and sentenced to two months' imprisonment . Sho now ft » lt very ill , and nearly tho whole of lier person was covered ¦ with bruiaes . Horo slio beenmo so tremulous and . aflfoctea , that she was led out into tho air . Tho magistrate aentaneed Lazavua to six months' imprisonment jnth hard Ubour , and ordored that at tho end of that hmeho ahomld put in aubstnntial bail for a further poriod of like duration .

    Gat <* ncad , charged with murdering his wife . The Wowod had lotircd upon a ponaUm 0 * 250 ? . a year , and

    wife , but he was induced to get up , and the body was laid out . At . the inquest , Mr . Gallender , surgeon , who had examined the body , assigned drunkenness as the cause of death ; but , after the evidence of the servant girl , the jury again viewed the body , and discovered that one of the legs was discoloured from the ankle to the thigh . The arms and chest were also discoloured , and the throat from ear to ear was intensely black . The inquest was then adjourned , andaj ) ost morte 7 n examination was made by Mr . Callender and Dn Barkus . Some - wounds were found on the scalp , which , however , were not sufficient to cause immediate , death ; but large masses of coagulated blood were also observed between the scalp and the brain . From those and othex appearances , Dr . Barkus came to the conclusion that the ¦ woman had died from strangulation . The jury , however , could not agree as to their verdict , being divided between murder and manslaughter ; and the inquest was adjourned in consequence .

    Mukder at Malta . — A Maltese has assassinated the superintendent of the Marine Police at Malta . Shortly after noon , on the 25 th of Augnst , as the Honourable Captain Thomas Graves , R . N " ., tlie superintendent of the ports at Malta , -was about eatering a calesse , in Strada Reale , to embark for England in the Ava , on leave , a Malte 38 waterman rushed upon him , and inflicted two wounds in his stomach , from which the captain has since died . The miscreant , ^ yho was arrestad on the spot , with the bloody knife in his hand , gloried in the act . He assigns as a motive fox its commission the having had Iris boat hauled up and suspended from plying for a fortnight for an offence which he considered unworthy of such heavy punishment .

    CRCELTr to Aniblals . — -An awkward countar-charge was made against some officers of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to animals in the course of a case brought forward by-that body against Joseph Fry , a carrier from Rickmansworth to London , who was charged with working three horses while they had the mange , two of them , moreover , having open wounds . The man was- an old offender , and had been fined before by one of the metropolitan magistrates . He denied the alleged cruelty , and said that , if ] ie bad givon money to the Society ' s officer , lie might have got off . There was a person in court , he added , who could prove this . Here , aj Mr . Porter , a farmer at Chesliunt , in Hertfordshire , stopped forward and said that , as he was taking a load of hay to the railway , his vehicle being drawn by a mare

    which had a sore back ( though , as the saddle-strap had been padded tho wound was not hurt ) , a man . came up to him , asked to look at the mar « s back , and threatened to take him into custody . l inally , ho offered to take money to forego the chai-ge , and , having roceived 5 s . 9 d ., he left . One of tho Society's oflicers , who was in court , in connexion with the charge against Fry , said a man was convicted about a year ago of receiving money under similar circumstances . Mr . Porter added , lie should know tho man again ; ho was an Irishman . To this , tho Society ' s officer replied that there was not an Irishman among their body . He believed the man would be found not to belong to tho Society . Tho case was adjourned to the next day . On its being resumed on Tuesday , Mr . Weymss , the new manager of tho Society , who has just succeoded . Mr . Forstcr , attonded with all tho constables ( with one excoption ) , seven in number , and said lie was prepared to go into tho case . Fry and Potter wore both unable to identify any of tho

    officers as men who had domnndod money for suppressing charges . Tho case then seemed at an end , and Mr . Weymss intimated that tho Society would prosocuto at its own expense any man talcing money under tho falso pretence of being ono of its oflicers ; but at this point Fry said ho recognized among tho constables a certain John Poarsall , a man who had taken monoy from him . However , ho waa not prepared with a witness . Pearsnll said ho had been obliged to keep a constant watch on the horses of Fry nnd of Fry ' s father , and had caused ono of tho two men to befitted 30 s . and costs ; and they had . trumped up this story in rovongo . Fry furthermore said ho had treated another officer , Smith , tjj > some alo ; he hail also treated Pearsall . Pearsall , on this , admitted that ho had-drunk a glass of alo , on Fry ' s invitation , after tlie conviction at Marlborough-strcot ; but he did not know whethor Fry paid for the liquor . Smith utterly denied tho charge Fry then stated that ho had given alo and monoy to a third oflioer , Goorgo

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    846 THE LEASES . . /¦¦ . [ ffo . 337 , Sattj ^^ y ,. ^> - ^ m ^ a ^^ —— . .. ^ " ^ ' ' ' n n

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 6, 1856, page 846, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2157/page/6/