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    PUBLIC MEETINGS . LOKD PANMUItE OJJ TUB UETUAJSSLATION OP THE ilinT . K . Tiik War Secretary has been stating his opinions on . the subject of a revision of tho Bible at tlie annual meeting of the Edinburgh Bible Society , at which lies presided . He believed that any meddling with tho received translation of the Scriptures would bo fraught ¦ with danger to tho Protestant liberties of this country , and to Protestantism itself . IIo was glad to find that the American scheme for revision had been almost utterly abortive . It was quite true that ia the present translation there were some nmrendoriugs , slight in . themselves , and not affecting any great principle ; but in a now translation there would bo danger of lotting in much worao mistakes , " partly from the criticism cf erudition , partly for tho purpose of introducing doirmas . " It

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    ing to Skircoat-green , and had got a few-hundred yards past the last houses , when he was pounced upon by two men , -who took from him a bag containing a 51 . note and two hundred and fourteen sovereigns . Affray with Poachers . —A desperate encounter took place between twenty poachers and seven gamekeepers on the estate of Sir John Harpur Crewe , Bart ., of Calke Abbey , Derbyshire . The keepers were onlyarmed with sticks , and three of them were dangerously wounded . J The Child-Murder at Wai / worth . —Mrs . Martha Bacon , the woman who stands charged on the coroner ' s warrant with the murder of her two children , was further examined at the Lambeth police-office on '

    Wednesday . She had much improved in appearance ; and there is now reason to doubt whether she is really disordered , in her mind . Circumstances also have arisen , to render it uncertain whether she is in fact the murderer . The additional evidence was chiefly to the effect that the children were not heard to cry on the Monday preceding the Tuesday on which the murder was discovered , and that heavy footsteps were heard pacing about the house . On the previous Saturday a man wag heard to speak crossly in the back yard . The -woman was again remanded . On the evening before , however , Mr . Inspector Young attended with the woman ' s husband , and said that that individual had told him that

    he had left the house to go into the country early on the Monday morning , and that , during his absence , a robbery had been committed , and several things stolen , including a 51 note . These statements he repeated several times , but with continual and important variations , and , on being brought before the magistrate , he rambled a good deal . He had a cat on one of his fingers , for which he did not satisfactorily account . He stated his belief that the murder had been done by some one who had entered the house ; and he accounted for his confusion by asserting that the police had crossquestioned him till he did not know what he said . The magistrate allowed him to withdraw .

    The Cape Foimjeries . —Edward Horace Montefiore was again examined at the Mansion House last Saturday , on the charge ' of committing forgeries on the Cape of Good Hope bank to the extent of 63001 . He was also charged with having defrauded Messrs . Gutarie and Co ., of London , of 81 / . The case was again adjourned to Thursday . —On Montefiore being again brought up on Thursday , the Lord Mayor said he had come to the conclusion that lie had no jurisdiction in . the ca 3 e , and the accused was therefore discharged . After he had left the court , he was arrested by a sheriff ' s officer for a debt of 250 ? ., at the suit of a gentleman in the Isle of Wight , of whom he had bought a -vessel for 800 / ., paying 507 . in cash , and giving bis acceptance for the balance , payable at the Bank of England , where he had no account .

    Bobbery bt Means or Chloroform . — A man , named Woodley , in the service of a gentleman living at Caversham Hill , near Heading , asserts that he was robbed , about seven o ' clock in the evening , not far from the entrance gates of the railway at Heading , by three men and a woman . The men , he says , pushed and held him against a wall , while the woman applied to Ms nostrils something which , he believed to be chloroform , and which produced slight stupefaction . About thirty shillings were taken from him . The whole thing was very quickly done , and the thieves then made off . Woodley did not communicate the fact to the police till th « following day . The thieves have not yet been discovered .

    Ef , under such circumstances , the prosecutor really believed it was the first offence , and yet refused to give the prisoner an opportunity of redeeming himself , it was not likely any one else would like to employ him . Mr . Smith said he could neither give him a character nor take him into his service again . Sir It . W . Carden then remanded the prisoner for a few days . Garottebs Defeated .- —Some garotters have been roughly handled at Nottingham by a young man named Gregg . He was proceeding up Shakspeare-street , when three men rushed out of a passage on him ; one seized his throat , and the other two tried to secure his arms . Gregg told them they had mistaken their" man , as he had very little money about him ; and he then kicked one so violently in the stomach that he fell . He also

    called loudly for help ; and a policeman came np , springing bis rattle . The ruffians then made off ; but they were ^ pursued , and one was knocked down and stunned by a blow from Gregg , and was secured by the police . It afterwards appeared that the thieves were ¦ waiting for the arrival of a gentleman whom they intended to attack . —Another case of courageous opposition to garotters has oecurred near Birkenhead , where a Mr . Saxby , a young medical student , has had a positive encounter with knives and sticks in the street , and early in the evening . He damaged his opponent's face 'with a pocket-knife very considerably , but at length received a stab In the side , and was then garotted , and left insensible , by a companion of the man he had teen fighting -with , fortunately , his wounds are not

    senons . GtArotctng at Cambridge . —Four men are under examination at Cambridge , charged with having robbed and attempted to throttle Mr . Jonathan Ambery , an undergraduate of St . John ' s College . Thkowtng- Missiles at a Raiiavat-tratn . —Frederick Goodwin , a boy about twelve years old , was charged at the Marylebone police-office on Monday with throwing some keavy missile at a train on the London and

    North-Western Eailway from the bridge near the tunnel at Kilburn . A polieeman saw him place a large brick or stone on the parapet of the bridge , lift himself up as the train : was going by , and push the missile over . Fortunately , it did no damage . On being seized , the boy said at first that le bad never done so before ; but he afterwards acknowledged that he " generally met with some other boys on the bridge to pelt at the trains . " He was committed for trial , but bail was accepted .

    Murderous Assacxt—John Stamp , a dock-labourer , about forty years of age , surrendered on his recognizances before the Thames magistrate , charged with cutting and wounding Henry Fubley , a young man who appeared in court with his arm in a sling , and in a very feeble condition . He is a basket-maker in the emplov of Mr . Cutts , who is also the landlord of the Globe anil Pigeons public-house , in High-street , Shadwell . On the night of Saturday , the 27 th of December , Nubley was in an up-stairs room of the Globe and Pigeons , when he heard a disturbance below , and , upon going down stairs , saw Stamp strike the potman of the house on the nose , and knock him down . Stamp then ran out of the house , and Nubley pursued ; but directlv he

    reached the street he was beset by three ' navvies , ' who attacked him and knocked him . down . Nubley soon recovered himself , and continued the pursuit of Stamp , whom he at length overtook , on which the man turned round , took a clasp-knife from his pocket , and , after opening it , cut Nubley on the vyrist , and then stabbed him in the side . Nubley called out " Murder ! " and a police-constable came up , and found Nubley weltering in hiablood on the ground . Some bystanders had seized Stamp , and he was given into custody . The wounds received by Nubley were of a very serious description ; he lost a large quantity of blood , and was an in-patient of the London Hospital until Monday morning . Stamp was committed , but good bail was accepted for his appearance at the sessions .

    How Savvaud Came to de a Barrister . —The question is properly asked , How did l Jem Saward , ' who figures in the * groat City Forgaries , ' get to the bar ? In the Law List he l a described as " James Townahend Saward , Esq ., of the Inner Temple and the Home Oirenit . " The date of his call is the 28 th of November , 18-10 . He has been for a long time the associate of thieves . Who is be ? By what two barristers was ho proposed ? By -whom of tho Benchers approved ? For , without this preliminary certificate of character , admission of a student is impracticable . The Inner Temple boaats of a sort of preliminary classical examination . Was ' Jem Saward * subjected to this ? These are questions which the society has a right to ask , and the proposers might properly bo called upon to state what waa their knowledge of him . "—Law Times . The Mtodbr of a Wiitb at Mkiithvr . — The inquest on tho body of Mrs . Lewis , tho murder of whom waa briefly described in our last pnper , waa resumed on Friday week , and terminated in a verdict of "Wilful Murdw by the husband . On the day before tho in ^ uoat waa resumed , John Lewis made two singular attempts at suicide in tho station-house coll . Pulling out a nail which secured one of the fixtures of the cell , he worked the- head o » f it into tho wall , so as to present the- point towarda himself . Ho then ran his head

    against it ; but th « nail , being- loosely fixed , dropped out , only inflicting ; a slight scalp wound . The man next seized the nail , and endeavoured to thrust it into his bowels ; but it was not very sharp , and , although it put Lewis to such pairi that he fainted , it did not cause any injury of a serious nature . Murder in Scotland . —Peter M'Lean has been found Guilty of the murder of Thomas Maxwell , a miner , on the highway . He was sentenced to death ; and William Mansfield , an accomplice , was sentenced to two years' imprisonment . A woman , who was charge d at the same time with participation , was Acquitted . The Bank Forgeries . —A further examination of Saward and Anderson took place at the Mansion House on Wednesday , when the testimony of Attwell , the convict , was confirmed by several witnesses , and the case was again adjourned for a week .

    Destitution and Theft .- — A boy , about fifteen years old , applied on Monday to Sir K . W . Carden at Guildhall for relief ; and the alderman told him to apply at the West London Union , and furthermore gave him a letter to the relieving officer , who , however , on ascertaining ; that the lad had slept on the previous night at the Eefugein Playhouse-yard , referred him to the parish of St . Luke's , in which the Refuge is situated . The boy , in despair , stole a skittle-ball from a shop in Long-lane , and immediately afterwards gave himself into custody . It appeared that he had neither father nor mother , that he had been knocking about the streets , sometimes lying there all night , and living how he could . On being brought before Alderman Carden on the following dav ,

    he stated these facts , and the case was adjourned , that the relieving officer mi ght be sent for . That person appeared on Wednesday ; and Sir li . W . Carden severely reproved him for his neglect . The alderman then dismissed the boy , who will now be provided for in the union . —A charge has been brought at Worship-street against the porter of St . Luke ' Workhouse , of refusing to admit a woman into the house on Wednesday night . The policeman to whom she appealed , and who tried in vain to obtain her admission , at length took her to the station-house , as he said he could not bear to see a fellow-creature out of doors on such a night . A police sergeant said it was a pitiable sight to see the many poor creatures who lie at the gate 3 of the St . Luke ' s workhouse . When the police knock , they are treated very roughly , and told to mind their own

    business . They have frequently been obliged to remove the destitute from there to the Shoreditch workhouse . This testimony was confirmed by others , and the magistrate said lie would consider the case farther on Saturdav ( this day ) , when the master would attend . Alleged Poisoning of a Wife . —An inquest is now "being held at Cheshani , Buckinghamshire , on the body of Mary White , who is supposed to have been poisoned by her husband . The stomach , &c , were sent to Professor Taylor for analysis , and that gentleman has written to tlie coroner , stating that be has detected the presence of arsenic in the stomach , but adding that the sum given to witnesses for attendance at inquestsnamely , two guineas—would not remunerate him for his time and trouble ; and he is in fact now waiting to see whether he will be properly remunerated . Several witnesses were exami ned at an adjourned i nquest , but some of them appeared rather reluctant in stating all they knew about the matter . The medical gentleman who made the post-mortem examination stated that lie had found proof of the presence of arsenic in the stomach , and also that he did not discover any other cause of death . The inquiry was adjourned to next Monday . Accidental Poisoning . —The inquest on the body of Mr . Marcooly , a tailor living at Broinpton , who was accidentally poisoned , owing to the carelessness of the assistant at the shop of Mr . Budd , a chemist in the neighbourhood , has resulted in a verdict of Manslaughter against the assistant , accompanied by a reproof to Mr . Budd for the apathy he had exhibited throughout the matter .

    Conviction" of a Gan g of Swindlers . —Carolus Bond , Sarah Jane Bond , George Alfred Fennell , and Jemima Fennell , have been tried at the Surrey Sessions for stealing property , consisting of jewellery , lamps , lustres , mantles , satin , clothes , wine , &c , valued at nearly a thousand pounds , from various tradespeople in different parts of tho metropolis . The court was exceseiv « ly crowded during the trial with tho victims who attended to have their property restored . There were fifteen indictments against the prisoners , on the first of which they w « re found Guilty , and then pleaded Guilty to tho others . The Chairman sentenced Bond and his ¦\ vife to eighteen months' hard labour each , Fennell twelve months , and hiawife sixjnonths in Wandsworth House of Correction .

    Highway ltoimisuY at Halifax . —A master stonemason and Bhopkeepor named Rawnsley was robbed of th « sum of 219 / . on tho high road near Halifax on tho night of Friday week . On tho morning of that day ho went to Halifax to pay some accounts , and obtained cash at ono of tho banks for a cheque for 130 / ., which had boon paJd to him as contractor for tho Sowerbybridge new town-hall . He visited several public-houses , and delayed his return until it was too late to reach Sowerby-bridgo , aa ho had intended . At about oight o ' clock in tho evening he left Halifax by tho read

    lead-V indict of Manslaughter Against a Che ^ hst . A coroner's inquest at Stoke-upon-Treut , on the body of a Mrs . Ann Hancock , a widow , has ended in a verdict of Manslaughter against a Mr . Hollis , a chemist , ia wiiose house she lived , and by whom she appears to have been pregnant . Hollis administered to her a drug which had the eft ' ect of bringing on premature and violent labour ; and the ultimate result was that she died . Conviction and Sh-vtknck fok Wiu Porgekv . — « At the High Court of Justiciary , Edinburgh , on Wednesday , Dr . Dionysius Wielobycki , who had been convicted on tho Friday previous of forgery and uttering of a fabricated will , was sentenced to fourteen yeaxa' transportation . The trial and its reault 3 havo occasioned great scmation . in Edinburgh , where the prisoner was extensively known .

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    January 17 , 1857 . ] . , THE . LEAPE It . 55

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 17, 1857, page 55, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2176/page/7/