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    again . Mr . Yardlev then admonished her , and directed that she should be taken to the Probationary Refuge for Penitent Girls in Thomas-street , Mile End . She appeared to be extremely dejected and ill—The wife of a policeman living pear the Mile End-road has killed herself by swallowing a pennyworth of oxalic acid . Her mind appears to have been , deranged . —Sarah Smith , described as a prostitute , was charged at Clerkenwell with attempting to throw hcrsslf into the Regeni ' s Canal .

    Jealousy appears to have been the motive . She said to the magistrate she was sorry for the act , and had a child to keep , whose father had gone abroad . Mr . Tyrwhitt addressed a few kiad -words to her , discharged her , and gave her a trifle for the child . —Marion " West , a respectable-looking young woman , lias appealed at the Marlborough-atreet police court , charged with twice attempting to hang herself in the police cell of . "Vine-street station . She pleaded intoxication as her excuse , and was committed to prison for seven days .

    Attempted Suicide bit a Man .- —Thomas Burdett Howe , who said he had been employed for ten years in a printing office , was charged on Monday at Bow-street with jumping off one of the river steamboats at the Adelphi Pier . He was got out of the -water by the captain and two others , and , according to the witnesses , seemed very glad of it . He was drunlc at the time , and alleged in his defence that he was confused by liquor , aud by an attempt which had been made on board to rob him .. He was discharged . ^—A man has committed suicide by throwing himself from the top of the Surreyside shaft of the Thames Tunnel . —Au elderly man was brought before the Clerkenyvell magistrate on a charge of throwing himself into the New Riveiy Stoke ^ ewiagton . He said he was borne down by difficulties ; and a gentleman who knew him haying promised to be answerable for him , he was discharged .

    Criminal Youths .- —Edwin "Walker , about twenty years of age , was charged at Clerkenwell with stealing a quantity of gold and silver from his employer ; and a watchcase maker , who carries on business in Albert-place , City-road , was at the sanies time charged with receiving the property , though well knowing it to have . been stolen . The former confessed his guilt , but said that another ajjprentice was equally bad with himself . The man who had bought tile plunder ' was . discharged , thoiigh . not without a severe lecture from the magistrate , who observed that the entries of the goods bought by him of "Walker were very slovenly and obscure , and not such as a fair and honest tradesman would have made . In future ^ he must be more cautious , and make inquiries in

    under suspicious circumstances . The ^ receivers these cases the magistrate regarded as worse than the thieves ; for it is owing to the facilities they offer that robberies are of frequent occurrence . Walker was sentenced to the House of Correction for three months . —The same sentence was passed on George "Williams , a boy , of fourteen , who was charged with stealing a timepiece and a pair of boots , and who also admitted his guilt , adding that he wished to be sent to some reformatory . The magistrate said he would bo sent to school during his imprisonment , and , when tlie term had expired , he had better call at the court , and something should be done for him . The boy thanked the magistrate , and was locked up .

    Tub Lord Justice Clekk ox Strikes aotd Intimidation . —At the close of the Glasgow circuit on Thursday week , the Lord Justice Clerk , in addressing the Sheriffd of Lanark , Renfrew , and Dumbarton , made some remarks on the stato of the law bearing upon intimidation arising from workmen ' s strikes . His Lordship's observations were caused by the recent report of the Commissioner for the Alining Districts , in . which it was stated that , during the late great miners' strike in

    the west of Scotland , certain sheriffs-substitute expressed the opinion that tbey could not interfere to repress great assemblages of men held for the known purpose of intimidating their fellow-workmen , unless violonce had been actually committed . This opinion was emphatically denied l ) y his Lordship , who said he thought it was very injudicious and indecorous in any judge to put forward such an interpretation of the statute , which , besides being entirely erroneous , was calculated to induce workmen to believe that there i 3 a want of consistency and firmness in the administration of the law . Murder in XoRTiitMnERLA ^ D . —Two men—Mark Cunningham , a native of Durham , and Michael Cawthorn , a pedlar belonging to Warden—were drinking at a public-houso at Ilcxham , when a quarrel arose , having reference to some alleged cheating at cards . Cunningham struck at the other , and then proceeded to his own lodgings , followed by Cawthorn , who resumed the quarrel , and , suddenly pulling out a large knife , stabbed Cunningham three timoa in the loirer part of the bowels . Medical assistance was tailed , and the wounds were pronounced to "bo deadly ; but tho man , being of a strong constitution , lingered for three or four days , when inflammation ensued , and ho died . Cawthorn is in custodv , and has been removed to Morpoth Gaol on a coroner ' s warrant , charged with Wilful Murder .

    necessaTy to enable a man to rule his own | household Encouraged by these views , a member of Mr . Bird ' s congregation beat his wife most unmercifully because refused to attend the same place of worship as he did Upon being brought before the magistrate , the offender asked if he was to obey the laws of God or of man . He was sentenced to a month ' s hard labour ; and the Rev Mr . Bird then delivered a course of lectures , i n which he chirped forth his wife-beating and Scriptural doctrines . Forgeuy . —Thomas Clark was on Tuesday brought before" the Lord Mayor , charged with having forged and uttered a cheque for 10 Z . 10 s ., with intent to defraud Messrs . Cooper , Lee , Bevan , and Co ., the bankers . The

    cheque purported to be signed by Mr . T . Roper , wholesale druggist , Falcon-square , City , -who had an account at the bank ; but the writing was not his . Clark who had given the cheque to a boy to be delivered , -was ' committed for trial . —A respectably-dressed young man attired in deep black , who seemed to feel his position ' very acutely , and who gave his name as Thomas Freeman , of 40 , Britannia-terrace , City-road , described on the police-sheet as a lithographer , but passing for a Methodist preacher , was brought before Mr . Come , at Clerkenwell , charged with knowingly uttering two forged orders on the 27 th of September , one being for the sum of 7 / . 7 s ., and the other for IV . 19 s . He had paid the first of these to a tailor in quittance for a bill he owed

    him , and the other he got the same tradesman to cash for him . Some time previously , he had gone to the printer of the cheques , and asked him to let him have some of them ; but this was of course refused . However , he would seem to have stolen some of them ! He was arrested at Lewes on Sunday . A remand until Monday was agreed to by . the magistrate . —Richard Crump Barford , a man in a smock-frock , is under remand at the Mansion House , charged with uttering forged notes , purporting to lie notes of the Bank of England . He went four times to a hara and beef shop in Leadenhallstreet for small purchases , and each time passed a forged 5 / . not " . At length , he was suspected ; and , oil going a fifth time , he was given into custody- He wrote his name and address on the notes he tendered ; and he

    referred on each occasion to a neighbour . The last time , he seems to have designed passing a forged 10 / . note , as this was the only thing in the shape of money found on him . Robbery by a Soi ^ dier . —Joseph Woodford , a private in the Fusilier Guards , lias been committed for trial on , a charge of stealing three 10 J . Bank of England notes , and ten sovereigns , the notes belonging to the Hon . Colonel Charteris , and the gold to Pay-Sergeant George Stewart , of the same regiment . A Pig and Bull . Story . —Two young men , James Cardwell and William Cross , have been examined , before the magistrates at Rotherham , and committed for trial , on a charge of stealing two sheep and some wheat . It also came out that they had endeavoured to

    steal a pig , which escaped from them in a . very singular manner . They were driving the animal along a narrow footpath , and , coming to a field gate which they desired to cross , they thought they would kill the pig first . One of them took out a pocket-knife , and commenced cutting its throat ; but the creature escaped , jumped through the bars of the gate , and ran off , loudly squealing , across the field . The thieves pursued , but Avers soon forced to retreat by the sudden apparition of a ferocious bull , which , aroused and irritated at the noise , ran full tilt at the invaders of its domain . They narrowly escaped being tossed , and , after lingering about for some time in the hope that an opportunity might present itself for retrieving their fortune , they -were forced to go away without their prize .

    The Case of Slanderin g a Lady . —Mr . Arthur Henry Welch , the barr ister , summoned at Bow-street to answer a charge of sending slanderous letters to Miss Colquhoun , a . young lady to whom ho had been paying his addresses , appeared again on Tuesday , and signed a document agreeing not to molest the lady any more , and to relinquish all claim to her hand , lie also offered , through his counsel , an apology for his conduct . Wife-Beating . —Charles Hanham , a man wearing the Crimean medal , and Samuel Crow , were respectively

    lUE Bankruptcy of G . F . Lilligrap . —The certificate rneeting of this banlcrupt ( the particulars of whose insolvency have already appeared in t \\ d Leader " ) took place on Monday . The court had ordered the bankrupt to be indicted for having abstracted property with a view to cheat his creditors . He was acquitted . It was now urged that the court could not take cognizance of the specific offences of "which the bankrupt ~ had been acquitted by a jury . Mr . Commissioner Goulburn said : " The Lords Justices , in the case of a bankrupt named Martin , bad decided that it would be unfair towards a man who had been on <; e tried to put him again in jeopardy for the same offence . He should take tliat

    view of the case ; and , the bankrupt having been already eighteen months without a certificate , he considered that a sufficient punishment for the recklessness and improvidence of whioh he ha < l been guilty . An immediate certificate , third class , would now , therefore , be granted . " The Height of IsmnncNCE . —The shop of a law stationer in Harewood-place , Oxford-street , was recently entered , and several legal documents , of no use but to the owner , were carried off . Shortly afterwards , a paper was received by tlie stationer , containing an advertisement intimating that , on the receipt of 80 J . all that had been stolen would be given up . An answer was requested . Accordingly , 81 . were offered ; but the proposal has not been accepted .

    with severely -wounding three other men who came to the landlord ' s assistance . Braun entered the house one evening in a very wild and excited state , and called for drink . The landlord , perceiving that the man was intoxicated , refused to let him have any , upon which the accused took a knife out of his pocket , and deliberately aimed a blow with it at the landlord , across the counter . The latter fortunately dTew back time enough to elude the blow , but Braun , exasperated at his failure , sprang on to the counter , and attempted a second time to stab the landlord . He would probably have succeeded in his endeavour , if three men , who happened to enter the premises at the time , had not seized the ruffian , and thus rescued the landlord from harm : but in so

    doing the men received several severe wounds from the knife ; one of them nearly had a finger cut off . Ultimately a policeman was called , and Braun was given into custody . When brought ; before the magistrate , he stated , through an interpreter , that he was so drunk as to be scarcely conscious of what he was about . Mr . llammill fined him bl . Not being able to pay the amount he was sent to prison for two months . —A seaman , a native of Peru , calling himself Thomas Royal , was charged at the Thames police-court with assaulting Mrs . Biggs , landlady of an ale and beer shop in St . Leonard's-road , Bromley . The accused went into the shop , and ordered half a pint of beer , and , on its being given to him , asked for some tobacco . The landlady

    told him that they had noiie , but gave him a light on his requesting to have one . After this , the man began abusing Mrs . Biggs in broken English , and , when she told him to leave the shop , he seized her mouth with one hand , while he . inflicted a -violent blow on the side of her head with a large stone which he held in the other . A severe wound was caused , and the woman fell to the ground , shunned by the blow , and fainting from loss of blood . She had suffered immense pain ever since . In his defence , the man stated , through a policeman who could sneak Spanish , that he struck Mrs . Biggs because

    he thought she had mixed Svater with his beer . Ihis the landlady denied . He then told the magistrate that he had lieen confined for some time in a lunatic asylum . Mr . Selfe , the magistrate , said that , though the action lie had committed was very like that of a madman , he must treat him as a sane person . . He therefore committed him for three months , with hard labour , to the House of Correction . —^ Daniel Driscoll , a ticket-of-leave man , has been committed for trial on a charge of attempting to rob the till of a public-house at Pickle Herringstairs , Bcrmojndsey , and of violently assaulting the barmaid who interfered to prevent him ..

    Scoundrels Rightly Punisiikd . —A Mr . Webster , living at Holloway , -was summoned at the Clerkcnwcll police-court on the charge of causing the death of a St . Bernard dog l > y ill-treating it . He came across the animal in the streets , and deliberately kicked it with great brutality . The poor creature on going home vomited a great deal of blood , and , though attended by a veterinary surgeon , died in the course of a few days , when it was found that the bladder had been ruptured . The dog was of great money value , being of a race which is celebrated in Switzerland for saving the lives

    charged at Marlborough-street with assaults on their wives . The first was sent to prison for six months ; the second was ordered to find one surety to keep the peace for three months . —At the Worship-street olltee , Edward Wayne , a journeyman brushmaker , was sentenced to two months' hard labour for beating and illusing his -wife . At the termination of his sentence , lie is to find bail for good behaviour for another six months . He was in the hnbit of getting drunk , and frequently acted towards his wife with great brutality ; but she , & * usual , desired to screen him , probably through fear .

    of persons lost in tho snow . Mr . Webster admitted having kicked the animal , but alleged that it had run among his children , unmuzzled . He said ho had no objection to settle with tlie owner for tho loss ; but , the compromise being rejected , the accused ( to his great surprise ) was sent to prison , with hard labour , for a month . —Michael Hayes , a costcrmongor , has also been sentenced to a month ' s hard labour by the same magistrate for beating his donkey with great brutality . He had repeatedly struck it with a thick ash stick over tho hips and back .

    Middlesex Sessions . —Tho October Quarter Sessions commenced on Monday . —James Green , described ns n stableman , lias been found guilty of stealing a inaier value 40 / . lie wns sentenced to penal servitude for plx years , being proved to bo an old offender . —George Mitchell , twelve years of age , and Charles John Mitchell , nineteen ( brothers ) , and Mary Ann Mitchell ( tlwir mother ) , pleaded "Guilty" to stealing six knives aim other articles , tho property of John Miors , tho master of

    A Clerical , Apologist fok Wifk-beatinci . —The Rev . George Bird , of Whitehavcn , has publicly preached in favour of wife-beating , which ho holds to bo in accordance with the law of God , perfectly Scriptural , and

    Assaults ra Public-iioubes . ^ -A privato in the German Legion , named Georgo Braun , was charged at the Worahip-stroet police-court with attempting to otab ( ho landlord of a pubUc-liowso in lietUnal-green , and also

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    968 T H E X E A D EH ; [ No . 342 , Satuepat ,

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 11, 1856, page 968, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2162/page/8/