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    gestion , however , arises out of no theory on the subject . It is but a servile imitation of a course pursued by Thomas Wright , of Manchester , who for forty years has applied his leisure and no small proportion of his substance in placing out discharged prisoners- Mr . "Wright las frequently availed himself of the guarantee as a means of accomplishing his object , and his report is tbat his liabilities have rarely ended in loss . SVhcn it is known that during this period Thomas Wright -was the foreman of an ironfoundry , labouring twelve hours a

    day , it may be thought that his leisure was not very abundant ; and when it is further known that the income which he derived from his occupation was burdened with the maintenance of eighteen children , it may be concluded that the surplus was not of the magnitude to produce extensive results ; yet the fact remains that , single-handed , he has rescued a multitude of poor creaturea'froni desperation , and gained them the opportunity by which they eagerly profited of abandoning for ever the paths of crime . "

    Burglaries . —Henry Jones has been charged at Marylebone with having broken into the house of Mr . Adolphus Mark Madot , Upper Baker-street , and stolen property to the amount of upwards of G 07 . The son of Mr . Madot detected the man while coming down stairs with a bag in his hand , containing the plunder of which he had possessed himself , and , after a severe struggle on the staircase , he escaped , but was soon afterwards captured , leaving ; the bag and the property in it behind . He was sent for trial . —Joseph Sewell has been brought up at Clerkenwell , on a charge of burglary at a house in Maiden-lane , Kentish-town . The case excited < n * eat

    interest in a crowded court , in consequence of the numerous burglaries which have taken place in the north part of London , and the insertion of several letters on the subject in the newspapers . For some time past , extra police have beea posted in Kentish-town , but to no avail , owing to the houses standing on their own grounds , and to the exposed nature of their hacks , there being nothing tut fields for a considerable distance . Sewell was met hy a policeman in the night , carrying a large bundle . Being questioned as to its contents , he gave an evasive answer , and ultimately made off , but was followed and secured . He was remanded ..

    Gakotxing . —Another case of violent assault and roboery in the streets was brought before the Southwark magistrate on Monday . Peter Courton , the injured man , who is a gardener employed at Penge Common , stated that on Saturday night he came up to London to see some firiendsuear the Bricklayers'Arms station , in the Kent-road . After leaving them he went down the Borough . The public-houses were then cloSGii , and in passmg by the Town-hall j . M met Dower ( the prisoner ) and three other men ^ o kccl him whether he wanted anything t ^^ fink . He said " Yes ; " and they took him " ^ . feTuse in Kedcross-cpurt . He gave them a shilling to pay for the liquor , and they entered the house . Feeling some suspicion as to their conduct he got away from the house , and as soon as lie did so he was suddenly attacked by four men . Dower seized hold of him by the

    throat , while the others caught hold of him by the arms , and his pockets were rifled . They so cruelly treated him that he thought they meant murder ; but his cries brought a constable to his assistance , when he was released , from the ruffians ' grasp , and they escaped . However , he followed Dower , and gaxo him into custody . He was remanded . —At the Lambeth Police-Office , Frederick Trayers , a convicted thief , wa 3 charged with being concerned with three others not in custody in attempting to strangle , and otherwise -violently assaulting , a Mr . John Moore , at midnight , near his house in Pleasantplace , Lambeth . A watch and chain were taken from him , but they were afterwards recovered , and Travers and the others , being alarmed by Mr . Moore ' s cries , Tan away , and Travere was stopped by a policeman . He was committed for trial .

    Incendiary Fiues . —Between twelve and one o ' clock on Sunday morning , a fire was discovered among some corn-Btaclts in the farm premises of Dr . Mathews , a magistrate for the West Riding , in the village of Hntfield , near Doncaster . The flames spread with great rapidity , and in a short time extended to fourteen stacks , the whole of which were completely destroj'ed , entailing a loss of 1400 / . The subsequent discovery of a powder flask on the spot points to the fact of the fire being the work of an incendiary . —An incendiary fire has burst out among some wheat-stacks on the premises of Mr . Sylvester , of Nottingham , and a third has consumed a haystack belong ing to Mr . Hart , in the same neighbourhood . Scoundrel Officers . —Three military oflicers

    stationed at Canterbury have been misconducting themeehrea in the streets after Vane Tempest fashion . They were in the company of John Stacc , a fruiterer of Devonport i al * d all four , between eight and nine o ' clock last Satarflay e vening , determined to have ' aspree . ' They ^ ° *™ 8 1 y xan through the streets , striking right nnd wit with ridlng-wliips , and injuring several persons , incmarog old , men and women . They were at length taicen to tno station-houae by the police . Charges 1 * 5 W , " againnt two of the officers , who were speedily bailed out . On the following morning , only one of the officers appeared before the magistrate , the other having , it is supposed , bribea the witnosa or witnewea againat him . A fine of nirty BbilUngs and costs

    were stopped and assaulted by a large band of nearT thirty men armed with hedge-stakes aud other weauonf The double-loom weavers , however , managed after a ti ^* to escape , with the exception of one of their party _ ,, having missed his companions during a scuffle was left behind , wheii ho was immediately pointed out a * " another two-loomer , " on which nil the rioters rusherf at him , and after beating him scveidy with thei * cudgels , knocked him down , and continued to assault him until he was insensible . They then left , and £ was discovered some time afterwards by his companions who returned to the spot where they had been attacked ! They removed him to the Bradford Infirmary , bleeding excessively from several wounds of a very severe kind He is progressing ,- however , tolerably favourably . The police of the district are making every endeavour to search out the ruih ' ans .

    bui'rosKD' MuiiDKKs . —The dead body of a womanhas been taken out of the canal in the vicinity of Great Cambridge-street , Hackney-road . From inquiries set on foot by the police , it appears that a girl named 3 Iarv Ann Brown , while passing near the towing-path , between nino and ten . o ' clock , observed a num-standing neat the water ' s edge , mid at the same time heard ' a-gurgling sound proceeding * from' tiic ' middle of the stream . On her -observing- to * him' that lie hud thrown soinetuiug into the water , he hastily ran away without . ' answering , she followed and saw him cuter a house in Great ° ( Cambridge-street . The woman ' s body was subsequently dragged out of the canal . About an hour previous to the discovery of the body , the man , who was a carver and gilder , and husband of the woman , was found lying -with his throat cut iu one of the * rooms oi' hid residence . He

    was quite dead , - and a-razor , the- blade of which-this stained with blood , lay by his side . The man aud woman , bad no family . The lodgers state that they lived unhappily , and that the man kept hia wife without necessaries . On . the evening on . which ' - their bodies were found , Mrs . Penn was heard to say to her husband , l \ Good-by , Henry , " and was seou to leave the house , followed Ly him . , He returned home , however , soon aiierw ' urd .-:, and put an cud to his existence . It would appear that the woman threw herself into the canal , and that the man in vain endeavoured to rescue hen—A young woman , named Lucy Tiedwell , in service at the I ' liiou Hotel , Worcester , has been found drowned in the Worcester and Birmingham canal . Her throat was cut mid there were marks of violence about her face and the

    back of her head . There were no signs of violence of another description . ' ' -. She-had . been missed for about a fortnight , the last that was known of -her -being that she bad executed some errands on which she had been sent , and was apparently returning to . 'the . hotel . The police are investigating the facts oi'the case . Thomas Sioyixll , this IstouMisn . —This man was tried at the . Surroy Sessions on Tuesday on a charge of obtaining , by . means' of false-. pretences ,- the sum . of Si . from Mrs . Perry , a landlady in Wai worth , lie has been known for a long time as one of the ' -touters' infesting the Lambeth police-court , in the neighbourhood

    was imposed on . the one -who came forward { Ensign liobert Gibson , 49 th Regiment ) , and also on Stace . The money was paid . Cruelty to a . Cat . —A charge of ill-treating a cat has been brought at Marlborough-street against Count Arthur Padovani de Guise , formerly a colontl . The cat in question was seated among some shrubs within the railings of Soho-square , and tlio Count , who had a large Newfoundland dog with him ,-threw several stones at the cat . He then poked it with a stick , which the cat laid hold of ; and the Count pulled the poor creature out

    by the tail , aud set the dog upon it . A crowd collected , and several persons expressed their indignation . A policeman was then sent for , and the scoundrel was given into custody . The cat was so much injured that it was found accessary to kill it . In his defence , the Count stated that , seeing the cat was in danger from the dog , lie poked it with his stick , in order to drive it away . The evidence , however , rendered it clear that the dog was purposely set on the cat by its master 5 and the man was therefore fined twenty shillings and costs . The money was paid .

    A Woman Charged with attempting * to Poisokuicb Husba'si ) . —A woman named Rebecca Penrose , the wiEe of a * millwright ,, working at the Dockyard , Devonport , is in custody on a charge of poisoning her husband . He was uTwitudiiirrhcesa in the course of last September , andtlie wife gave him some liquid , which made him very sick and much worse . On the following reorning- she expressed some surprise at his being still alive , and exclaimed , ¦¦ " What shall I do ? If he has a long illness , I shall be found out . " Nothing wrong , however , was suspected , till a -woman communicated something a week or two ago to the man ( who had recovered ); and on this information the wife was arrested . It appears that Penrose has about 125 / . in the savings bank , and it is stated that the wife connived with another ¦ woman to get possession of 25 / . of this money . The wife is remanded .

    The Murder ok a ' Gipsy King . ''—Ah ' . inquest' lias been held on the body of the old man , named Stanley , whose death , under suspicious circumstances , wo have already noted . His wife , Khoda Stanley , was examined , and stated that he left her to go to the horse fair , aud she never saw him alive again . Almost his last act was to buy a pony for his ' . " poor old woman to-ride , " as lie thought she ¦ was getting up in years , and needed help in her wanderings about the country . The witness seemed frantic with grief , as she said her husband * . " was suck a

    good old man to her . The ostler at the inn where Stanley last stopped , saw him standing in the passage in company with a " strange man , " who was respectably dressed . Mr . Haines , surgeon , said that death had been caused by strangulation . There was a dark red band round the neck , which had evidently being produced by the neckcloth being tightly pressed against it . His hands were clinched , and raised as if in self-defence , and there was a heavy frown on the countenance . The inquest was adjourned , as the police are still making inquiries .

    of which he had an oilice , and acted in the capacity of attorney . Mrs . Perry wanted- to obtain a-. music and dancing license at the Quarter Sessions , and Btowell introduced himself to her as an attorney , capable of getting the license . Believing he could do so , she employed him , and at ditiercnt times gave him as much as 5 / . to pay the necessary expenses . It was eventually ascertained that he had not performed his work . He then pretended that he was clerk to Mr . liingliam , the attorney , and that that gentleman had performed the work and taken the money ; but this was'false . ' There being former convietious against Stowull , he was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour .

    Kidnapping of a Youth . —Mr . Frederick Stephenson , a gentleman residing in Birmingham , who was accompanied by a ship ' s broker , waited on Monday at the Thames police-office , to complain of the forcible kidnapping of a youth named John Robert Stephenson , the son of the first named applicant , on board an American ship , the Nathaniel Thompson , now lying in the Victoria Do « k . It appeared that Mr . Stephenson ' s son , haying , a predilection for the sea service , was bound apprentice to Messrs . Timely ' and Co ., of Liverpool , on the 21 st of August , 185-i , and made one voyage in a ship called the Mary Hardy to Calcutta and back to Liverpool , where

    he arrived , on the 12 th of September , 18 yo . On the same evening , he went on ' shore to see his landlady , a respectable woman , residing in Oalton-strect , Liverpool , to whom he communicated his intention of visiting his friends and relations before his ship sailed again . No more was heard of him until May last , when he called upon a Mr . Short in Calcutta , and stated that he had been kidnapped and dragged on board the Nathaniel Thompson , an American ship , by main force . Ho subsequently died in the Calcutta Hospital , owing , as it was feared , to ill usage received on board the Nathaniel Thompson . Mr . Selfe , the magistrate , promised that he would institute an inquiry .

    ¦\ Vi-ioL . rcs . VLrc SwiNoi . icn . s —A nest of swindlers , doing business on a large scale , him just been broken up ; anil the evil-doers—Carolus I 5 ond ? a tall mail-with bushy whiskers and moustache ; Surah Ann Bond , his wife , a rather good-looking woman ; Alfred Fennel , who called himself a barman out of place ; and Jcmihiu Fennel , his wife , who acted as servant to Mrs . ]) i > iul—have been brought before the Southwark magistrate . Their plan was to order goods , to get them sent to houses iu fashiouablo parts of the town , and then to leave the neighbourhood Avithout payment . Inspector Mackenzie , who had charge of the case , said ho understood that they all

    MunPKRoos AssAuf / r nkak Bradford . —Considerable dissatisfaction , as our readers already know , has lately boon caused among a certain class of loom weavers in Yorkshire , in consequence of the introduction among them of the neir system of two-loom weaving . The local authorities at Baildon , near Bradford , the chief sent of the disturbances , therefore swore in above a hundred special constables . This prevented any disturbances in ttio immediate neighbourhood ; but the one-loom weavers without the township still threatened to Oo hnrm to

    worked together , and hud for some time removed gooils they had obtained as soon as they got possession of them . In one instance , they had removed three times in tlio same day , bo close were the police on their track . - hey furnished their houses splendidly ; nnd Mrs . Bond being fashionably Attired and of ladylike appearance , tlio tradesmen were put off their guard . The cvidcuco against her was very strong , but deficient in the case 01 all the others , who were therefore remanded , undallowcu to produce bail . Mr « . Bond vrus sent to prison , peuuiiig further inquiries , without the option of bail ; « "J , lftt " in the day , a . similar fate belel her lm ^ bund , n tf "" * whom a clear case of obtaining bottled etout 011 ialso

    those weaving on the now plan . The precaution had been adopted at Mr . Taylor ' s mill ( where ft sorioiis riot occurred a week or two ngo ) of dismissing the two-loom weavers from work earlier than tlio others ; anil one evening , about half past fivo o ' clock , ten or twelvo of them left their looms to go homo to their dwellings at Bradford , threo miles distant . They proceeded along the high road until they arrived at a spot where a footpath across the fields * from Shipley joins the principal thoroughfare . Hero they

    pretences was brough t forward . . Lom > Eunisht Vanu Tksuukx . —Sir Frederick lliesiger , on Thursday , applied in the Court of Quoeu s i" « c " for a ciiminul information against Lord Ernest Vfli Tempest for an outrage and assault - committed ui > o Mr . Ames , a comet iu tho . Fourth Light Uru goww

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 22, 1856, page 1110, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2168/page/6/