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    of receny a of extensive frauds committed by a clerk of the City Union named Paul , and l > y a parochial rate-collector of the same of Manini , in consequence of which a committee of emergency has been appointed to inquire into the matter . The investigation related chiefly to * : Paul , who las for the last twelve yeais been carrying on many fraudulent transactions of a very serious eharacler . The Board has engaged one of the most experienced officers of the detective police to tiace out and apprehend both the culprits , fur whose capture a reward of 100 / . has been offered ; and notices have been issued in several of the City parishes warning the ratepayers to abstain from paying anymore parochial rates until they receive further orders from tlie Board . Mr . Rowsell , clerk to the guardians of the poor , lias been suspended , though it is not 6 tated that he participated hi . the frauds .

    A SouciTOB in A Mess . —In the course of some investigations in the Bankruptcy Court into the affairs of Daniel Greenaway Porter , a wine-merchant , it was alleged that the petition for adjudication was obtained under jsuspicious circumstances , and . that a debt on an I O' U had been proved against the estate by one " William Snell , at the instigation of Mr . George Marshall , solicitor , of Sion College-gardeus . An adjourned meeting took place on Monday , when Mr . 5 iIarshalL denied that he had had any previous conversation witk Snell ; but he objected to answer a question wliether or not he had had any conversation with the bankrupt . Later in the proceedings , however , he denied the truth of

    the statements of the bankrupt and of a Mr . Bird , who asserted- that Mr . Marshall had said " debts must be made . " When exculpating himself before the commissioner , Mr . Marshall stated that " a Mr . . William Duvall , commercial traveller , was the only other creditor who had proved a debt . The signature ' W . H . Duvair produced was in his ( Marshall ' s ) own handwriting ; but Duvall had himself aflixed the second ( or underneath ) signature on the same -paper . It was a mistake his affixing the first signature . Snell lad acted as an attorney , and his ( Sneirs ) name had been entered as such . He wished to add that he ¦ . had ¦ never employed Snell on the bankrupt's Lehalf . " A . further adjournment was ordered .

    Manslaughter by a Caumas . —A cabman has been charged at the Maryleboue pulice-omeewith causing the death of a young woman who was riding in his vehicle with her sister . The evidence gone into was given at . great length , but the facts of the case are - ' briefly these : —On the previous night , the cabman , who was druulvj was driving his cab along the New-road ,-haying in it two women , and came into collision with another cat . He was thrown off his seat and lay in the mud stunned , and his horse , which was left to itself , ran away at a furious rate . When near Baker-street , the cab came into collision with , an omnibus , which was going to tlie Cit 3 , and by the concussion the pole of the omnibus was

    forced into the cab , and from the injuries which were inflicted the poor woman died within live minutes after being extricated from tlie cab . She was removed to the Marylebone Infirmary , "where the body remains awaiting a coroner's inquest . It was further stated that the cabman was exceedingly violent on his way to the stationhouse , and that he swore repeatedly that , if he had a revolver , such as he had in the Crimea when he was in the Land Transport CoTps , he would shoot the constables by whom he was taken , as he did a sergeant in the Crimea , owing to whom lie wns Hogged . He was remanded till Monday next , upon which day a surgeon from the institution will be in attendance .

    Garotting in Oxford Stkktct . —A singularly audacious instance of garottjng is related by a correspondent of the Times , who writes : — " Last evening ; ( Sunday ) , between eight and nine o ' clock , a young lady was returning home from church . Her way lay along Oxfordstreet , and she took the quiet south side , apprehending no danger in such a crowdu-d thoroughfare . Just as she was passing Laurie anil Marner ' s coach manufactory , a man , whom she had noticed for some time dodging alongside of her , suddenly seized her by the arms , and pinned them behind her back , At the same moment , another fellow rushed forward , apparently to assist in rifling her . The lady ' s terror was so great that slie could not call out ; but , for tunately , nt this instant , a policeman turned into Oxford-street from one of the small street * , and the vagabonds immediately ran across the street , Where they minglod with the crowd , and disappeared .

    The young lady was "brought home in a cnb , half-dead with terror and agitation . "—Another outrage still more daring is also communicated to the Times by a corespondent . The event occurred at about half-past three o ' clock , r . M ., at a house in Curzon-street , Mnyfair , and tho facts aro thua related : — "A man camo to the house with a parcel which Un said was to bo left there ; the woman in charge of tho house told him it was a mistake ; he then pushed by her and said it must be loft ; when inside , he shut the door , nnd ho immediately « nde « voured to strangle her by placing his arm tightly xcmnd her neck ; aho managod , however , to get tho door open and scream loudly , which caused the rulUan to decamp . "—An attempt to rob an old lady in Tooley-streot , Southwark , by means of the garotting process , haa failed . About twelve o ' clock at night , a Mra . Anderton wag passing by one of tho railway arches , when a niau

    seized her by the throat , which he twice heavily struck , and then grasped hold of her victorine with the intention of stealing it . Her sister , who . was with her at the time , screamed loudly ; on which the fellow , being frightened , ran away , but was pursued by a gentleman who was passing-, and caught . When brought before the Southwark magistrate , the man said , in answer to the charge , that he was struck first by the lady , who called him-very bad names , and then he took hold of her victorine and struck her . Mrs . Anderton denied that she ever saw the man until he pounced upon and nearly strangled her . He was committed to prison , for three months , with hard labour .

    Escape of Cojs victs . —Three convicts , named James Taylor , James Wright , and Joseph Wright , escaped on Monday night from the Defence hospital hulk , having first obtaiued possession of the gig belonging to the commander of the vessel ( Captain Warren ) , in which it is supposed they sailed dowJi the river in order to land at a secluded spot . Murderous Assaults . —A case of murderous assault was beard before the Bow-street magistrate on Monday . A man named Regan picked a quarrel with one Anderson , who is .-employed , in a fish shop in Lincoln-court , Drury-lane , and struck him . On the following day , he went again to the shop , aiid boasted of the act , swearing-that he would have Anderson ' s life before

    night . The master of the shop sent for a policeman ; oil which , Regan went into his own - house , a few doors off , provided himself with , a knife and bludgeon , and threatened to " rip open" any one who interfered with him . Tiie policeman who had been summoned , knowing the desperate character of the man , went away for assistance , and returned with another constable . When they arrivcil , Regan struck Anderson with the bludgeon , and then cried out , " Where is the policeman who will take me ?" ¦ Thome , the first constable fetched , said he would do so , and immediately closed with the ruffian . The other officer . was' at this moment attacked by some of liegan ' d companions , and was uuable to render any assistance , llegan , therefore , was enabled to make a stab at Thome with the knife , but the blow was stopped bv

    the metal , button of the policeman's undercoat . Both the constables wera then ill-treated by the disreputable characters who had assembled , and Regan was rescued . Subsequently , however , he was again arrested on a warrant , and has been fully committed . —Daniel Sullivan , a big Irishman , was charged at Bow-street with , an unprovoked attack upon William Draper , a market gardener . He pushed Draper down into the road in Long Acre , and nearly caused him to be run over by -his own cart ; and , -when he remonstrated , Sullivan threw ; a large stone or brick at him , which struck him on the forehead aud again felled him . The scoundrel then beat him over the head Avith the whip till he was insensible . Sullivan * was afterwards apprehended by . a policeman , and he has been twice remanded .

    The Kxife . — -Emanuel Cooper , a Portuguese seaman , has been examined before the Thames magistrate and committed for trial on a charge of cutting William Robinson , a coalwhipper . Ciumu ix Devonshire . —The inhabitants of the town of Xewton-Abbot , South Devon , were mucli interested last woek by the apprehension of a gang of burglars who have been committing numerous depredations in the locality for some mouths past . The chief Of this gang is John Ihray , a tickct-of-leave man , aud the other i ' our prisoners are John Hockings , Sarah Brown , and John and William Brown , her two sous . Mysterious Death ok a Youxg Lady . — The

    daughter of a Mr . Garland , a timber merchant residing at Bunbury , was left by hor sister on the railway-bridge oil Friday week , in company with a large Newfoundland dog . She did not return home when expected , and the family became alarmed . These apprehensions were afterwards increased by the return of the dog , soddened with wet and mire . Saturday passed over without any tidings ; but in the middle of Sunday the young lady ' s body was found in the river Cherwell , about a quarter of a mile from where she was last seen . Miss Garland was about eighteen years of age .

    Imi'ostuuic . —Thomas Hay , a square-built aud rather corpulent person , apparently about fifty years of age , and described in tho police-sheet as a gentleman , residing in St . Mary's-square , Kentiington , was placod at the bar of-the Mansion House charged with attempting to extort money by threatening language . Ho was also charged with obtaining money by false pretences . A few days ago , lie went to the house of a Mr . Greatrex , a surgeon in Holborn , and told a rambling story about M . ijor Harvey , a friend of his , who had been upset from a carriage , and seriously hurt . This he follo \ vcd * ui > by

    London-road , and offered to tell fortunes . Very speedily she succeeded in duping ibe sister of the master of the shop , and a young- man who served , though the latter at first said " lie didn't want any of her nonsense . " The result was that the young woman las been quite insane since , owing to what the gipsy had told her . The accused was remanded for a week . — Elizabeth Gaines , an elderly woman , is under remand at the Mansion House , on a-charge of obtaining money from Mr . Cazenove , of the Stock Exchange , by pretending to be in distress , and presenting a letter of recommendation which purported to come : from the Rev . Mr . Jenkinson , vicar of Battersea

    . —Michael Hyams is also under remand at the same office , charged with defrauding George Forbes , the master of a brig , from Sunderland , by selling him for 31 . a chain which he professed to be gold , but which was , in fact , sham , and riot worth more than half-a-erown . Ilyams , with astounding impudence , said that Mr . Forbes had cheated-Am by only giving 31 . for the chain ; that ie did not wisli to sell it , and therefore told Mr . Forbes that he ( Hyams ) had stolen it , thinking that would make him give up the idea of purchase ; but that , nevertheless , he would have it When Hyams was told he was remanded , lie said : — "Why , my lord , am I to be detained ? What have I

    done ? He has certainly committed an offence , but I have not . He is a purchaser of stolen goods . At least , he thought he was , and that ' s as bad . " The Lord Mayor told the accused that , as he had himself confessed to having stolen the chain , he must be remanded to ascertain to whom it really / belongs . Muiideu at Leeds . — -An Irishman , named Riley , has murdered another Irishman , named Burns , at Leeds , bystriking him ( apparently without provocation ) so violent a blow on the head with a heavy wooden stool that the skull was smashed . This occurred as long ago as the 20 th of last July ; but Burns lingered for five weeks , and then expired . Aii inquest was opened , adjourned from time to time , and only concluded last Monday . A verdict of Wilful Murder was returned against Riley , who has absconded .

    FitiGiitemed to Death . —A boy , fifteen years of age , employed in agricultural pursuits near Alfreton , ha 3 been frightened to death by a trick which was played off upon him by two youths , one about tlie same age , and the other twenty , who personated a ghost in a field , and threw the other boy iato such a state of nervous excitement , that , after suffering for some days with delirium , during which lie raved -of what he had seen , he exipired . The coroner ' s jury Bas returned a verdict of Manslaughter against the chief of the ghost personators . Burglary . — -Two men are in custody , and under remand , charged With the burglary at the house of Mr .

    Bradley , iiear Sheffield , the particulars of which appeared in the Leader of December 13 th . —A burglary was committed about ton days hgo at tlie ¦ resilience of Lieutenant Stokes , Royal Engineers , Fermoy . One of the thieves left behind him a pair of trousers , in exchange for a pair of the lieutenant ' s , which lie carried off . Tliis was the cause of his apprehension . In the pockets of the garments a document was found purporting to be the discharge of Patrick Shea from the West Cork Artillery . The police knew Patrick Shea as an expert ; pickpocket ; and he was speedily arrested , together witk another man .

    Mr . Justice Wildes upon TKAxsroRTATicw . —Two men , named Tombs and Parsons , wore convicted at Warwick Assizes , on Monday , of burglary at Birmingham . It appeared they had been old oftunders , and sentenced to four years' penal servitude in 1855 at the Birmingham Sessions , but the officers of the prison were ignorant of the reason for their being set at libevty before the expiration of their period of punishment . In passing sentence , Mr . Justice Willes made some observations on the ticket-of-leavc system versus transportation . Ho remarked : — " I think it is a great hardship upon men who have lost their character by being sentenced to penal servitude to let them loose in a country where persons will not employ thcn \ . I cannot understand why , either

    for the sake of the public or tho sake of yourselves , you , having been sentenced to four years' penal servitude ia January , 1855 , should be let out to commit fresh dopr ' edations , in the sa ? ne town as baloro , in August , 185 ff . Those who did that act may to themselves justify tho proceeding ; but for my part I cannot justify it , nor cart I follow the example set by those persons , for facts have proved the i ^ roccedLng to be fallacious and injurious to criminals and to the public . You two young fellows are well able to earn an honest licvolihood , and I heartily wish that you could . I hope , for the sake of the convicts themselves , that wo may return to a system whi < sb

    sends them out to a colony where labour is in great demand , and where they may ( us many transports have done ) regain good cliarauters and become useful members of society . In order to givo you a chance of being sent to such a place , in tho event of the former system being renewed—as many persona , together with myself , fervently hope it will he—1 shall sentenco you to bo transported for twenty years . "—Tho subjoined announcomont appears in tho Morning Star : —" Wo hoar that orders were issued on Tuesday from tho Home Oiflee for ( ho police to mnke strict inquiries into the habits of tho convicts now out on tickets of leave , as it is the intention of Government to rovoko tho licenses of all thoao whokavo

    a request that Mr . Greatrex would lend him "just a little small silvor , to save him the trouble of going to the West-und , ' for which he offered to give a cheque for 10 / . Mr . Greatrex recollected that a similar story had been told him some time before by the applicant , and ho therefore warned him not to call again , or he would be given into custody . The man then became abusive , and was handed over to the cavo of the police . It was shown that Iio was an old impostor , and ho was remanded . —A gipsy woman , named Jones , has been charged at Southwark with obtaining money under false pretences . She went into a cheese monger ' s shop in tho

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    Guardians have tldiscovered series ^ bcember 27 , 1856 . 1 THE LEADER . 1231

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 27, 1856, page 1231, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2173/page/7/