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    recently they had liad meat three times a week ; but some of tie parishioners complained of the expenditure , and meat was now only served twice a week , pudding "being supplied in lieu of the'thud , day's meat . They lad soup on other days , and supper after they had performed tbeir day ' s -work . Mr . Blake added that he ¦ would withdraw the charge if the accused promised to lehave better . They replied that they would rather go to prison . They were therefore committed for fourteen days , with hard labour . Mr . Blake having remarked that he believed the men had an idea that they -would "be better fed iu prison , the magistrate ' s clerk told them they were mistaken , -as they would only have bread and gruel .

    The Robbery at Lord Suffield ' s . —The two men charged with committing a burglary at Gunton Hall , Norfolk , the seat of Lord SuflELeld , on the night of the 12 th of December , have been sent for trial at the next

    . Eobson- and Keixpath ut Newgate . —The Observer denies that Eobson has been out of his mind , but says that he is subject to effusion of Wood on the brain , and that on one occasion lie had a fit . Kedpatb , on first entering the prison , objected to do the usual work , thinking it absurd that a gentleman such as he should be compelled to perform menial offices ; but he was soon made to understand that Newgate recognizes no distinctions of class . He and Robson sometimes see each other , but are never allowed-to have anv conversation .

    Outrage with " Vitriol . —Two men , named George and William Carpenter ^ have committed an atrocious outrage upon a servant girl , named Emma BuTges , against whom they had a spite . Their mother had called at the house where the girl lived , and requested her to take into her mistress a begging message . The girl refused ; and , as the woman would not leave the hwise , she was given into custody , taken before the magistrates , and sent to gaol , but was afterwards liberated on finding the required sureties . Since then , the sons have frequently placed under the door of the house very coarse and abusive letters , threatening to knock the girl on the head , and to throw vitriol on her . This they did last Saturday evening , as she was returning home . The vitriol was flung in her face , and she became insensible for a time , but was afterwards helped home by a policeman . Both the ruffians were afterwards apprehended .

    Convict Outrage at Portsmouth . — A warder placed o-ver the convicts at Portsmouth Las been stabbed in the neck by a criminal whom he was searching . The ruffian had been sentenced to transportation for life for stabbing a convict keeper at Bermuda -while under sentence there . The warder in the present case lies in a very dangerous state . A 'Past * Young Girl . —A girl in the service of a farmer at Stoke Holy Cross , Norfolk , recently absconded with' 90 / . in notes belonging to her master , and , assuming the character and costume of a ' fast' young ; man , travelled twice by Tail from London to Edinburgh , laid in a liberal supply of clotlies , and purchased several books , including two Church . Services ! She incurred considerable expenses at taverns , smoked a good deal , and enjoyed herself in thorough rollicking fashion . "When she was taken into custody , it was found she had spent nearly all of the 90 Z .

    ¦ Execution at LrsrLTmaow . —Peter M'Lean was executed on Monday morning at Linlithgow , for the murder of Thomas Maxwell . Robberies at Plymouth . —A great number of burglaries and street-thefts have recently been committed at Plymouth ; and it has been found necessary to i ncrease the police forco . Two convicts on their way to the Dartmoor prisons escaped from the station , and passed through Plymouth in their prison dresses , handcuffed together , without being molested or pursued . Fanny Kay . —Mr . Clark , the clerk of the Central

    Criminal Court , has received a communication from Mr . Baron Martin , directing him to make out an order for the Turkish Bonds that were found in the possession of Pierco , one of the bullion robbers , to l > o delivored up to Mr . Rees , the solicitor to the South Eastern Railway , in truBt for the benefit of Fanny Kay and her infant child . Thie proceeding is believed to be quite contrary to the understanding that was come to when the matter was argued in the Court of Exchequer Chamber last week , and it is said thnt the Corporation of London intend to resist the making of the order .

    Murder at Manchksticr . _ A handloom weaver at Manchester , named Jolm White , has been stabbed in the stomach by another weaver , named William Collins . White walked to the Infirmary , died there two days af tcmardB . Tho coroner ^ jury has found a verdict of WuPul Murder against Collins , who is committed for trial . Central CittMrNAL Oonirr . —The February sessions commenced on Monday , when the first persons tried wore two men , who wcro indicted for stealing a heifer hut tl » o jury , "being unable to como to an agreement ¦ were locked up for the niglit , one of the jurymen protesting against their being kept without any food . This occupied the whole of the ilny in the Old Court . On tho following day , the jurymen woro discharged . In tho New Court , Henry Myatt , a dork , was sentenced to twoLvo months impriHonmont for embezzling GO / , from lufl master ; and a boy , tliirlcen years of ago , pleaded

    examination meeting in the matter of Anton Leo commission agent and merchant , of Jeffrey-isquare . ' ~ accounts showed a total of debts and liabilities of 29 , O 00 Z ., and assets only sufficient to pay the expenses of the fiat . The bankrupt , when undergoing examina tibn , gave answers so vague and unsatisfactory that the Commissioner said he could not pass him . Mr . Lawrence ( who appeared for Leo ) said that the bankrupt kae-nr nothing of his own books , and that the cleTks who had kept them were the proper witnesses . The bankrupt was quite a young man , and evidently a tool in the bands of experienced knaves . His Honour said he had no doubt the bankrupt was a tool ; but the question was whether he was an ignorant or a willing one Ultimately , the court adjourned the sitting sine die with protection for three months ; the protection not to ' be renewed unless the bankrupt cleared up . his

    questionable transactions . A Hopeful " Youth ;—A lad in a sailor ' dress , about thirteen years of age , named Walter Smith , was charged at the " Worship-street police-office with , stealing three 51 . bank-notes and a quantity of coin in gold and silver from the residence of his father-in-law , at Lavender Villas , Dalston . The youth , who , though so young appeared to be well versed in the art of crime and quite incorrigible , was some time since imprisoned , for two months by Mr . Yardley&t the Thames police court for robbing his mother and a distant relative of money and a revolver . He bad likewise been three times in . a reformatory , which he had as often robbed , and then ran away . His father-in-law afterwards sent him ouf

    to the Cape of Good Hope , and on his return from that place about a month ago , his relatives believed that a thorough reformation in his character liael taken place , and they therefore consented to receive him again at home ; but it afterwards transpired that he had plundered the ship iu-which he went abroad , of a considerable quantity of its stores . On the 18 tli of last month , Smith entered his father-in-law ' s bedroom during the night , and , having stolen from his trousers' pockets all the money he could find , there , afterwards broke open a writing-desk and a bureau , in jieither of which he found anything valuable . The young burglar then left the house by the back door , but jeturned to it in the dead of night , without , however , being able to obtain an y further plunder . Mr . Hammill committed the accused for trial on the twofold charge of robbery and burglary .

    Shooting on Board an American Ship . —Peter Campbell , second mate of the ship James L . Bogart , was brought up before the Birkenhead magistrates on Wednesday morning , charged with shooting James Christie , a coloured seaman , who at present remains at the Birkenhead Hospital . The facts , as previously stated , were proved , and Campbell was committed for trial . O'Furber , the first mate , who was knocked , down by one of the crew after he bad fired a revolver at him , is out of danger , nnd will be brought tip in a . few day 3 under a similar charge . Forgeries by a Stockbroker . —The Court of

    Bankruptcy had a sitting , on Tuesday , for the appointment of trade-assignees , under the bankruptcy of Edward White , of Cushion-court , Old Broad-street , stock and share broker . The bankrupt ' s debts and liabilities are nearly 20 , 000 ? ., and , after committing ; several forgeries , lie absconded . After the admission of a number of proofs , trade-assignees were appointed . Embezzlement—William Holtaway , a very respectable-looking man , id under remand on a charge of embezzling various sums , amounting in all to about 1000 / ., from his employer , Mr . George Hyde , a stationer in Fleet-street .

    Some of the Secrets or Madame Denis's ' ¦ Establishment . '—A large amount of systematic profligacy was revealed , on Wednesday , in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , in an action brought by one Adolphus Harrison , alias AdoIpbus Harrison Iteistell , against the Marquis of Bath , for wines supplied and services rendered to him in the years 1853 and 1854 . The sum claimed was 78 / . The Marquis ( as he himself stated in his evidence ) was iu the habit , during tho years 1852 and 1853 , iu the first of which he came of age , of visiting an ' establishment ' l < ept by a Madame Denis , iu Denbigh-terrace , Pimlicoa den which was brought into groat notoriety , and broken up , in 1854 , by the celebrated case of Alice Lcroy . Harrison ( who was employed about the house , but who assumed to be a wine-merchant ) alleges that his lordship at various times ordered wino of him for

    Guilty to stabbing in two places a man who had boxed his ears for impertinence . He w-as sentenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour . —Join Plumlcy was found Guilty of uttering a forged 51 . note , and was sentenced to penal servitude for six years . —James Barber pleaded Guilty to charges of forging- a deed and stealing and embezzling money , the property of his master . He begged earnestly for a lenient sentence , on behalf of his wife and children , saying he had been driven into the offences by great pecuniary pressure , arising from his having been unable to meet a bill he had given . Sentence was postponed . —Henry Edwards , clerk , pleaded Guilty to a charge of forging a power of

    attorney to transfer certain stock , value 350 ? ., with intent to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England , and was sentenced to four years' penal servitude . —George Thomas Sambrook , a labourer , - was Sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for a murderous assault on Thomas Alexander Young , by "whom he was employed . The particulars of this case have already appeared in the Leader . The Fkauds on the City Ba ? tks . —Anderson and Saward . were further examined at the Mansion House on Thursday , and remanded till next Wednesday , wlien the depositions will be read over , and the prisoners coramittetfc-for trial .

    A Lawyer and his Servant . —An action has been brought in the Court of Queen ' s Bench against Mr . Launcelot Shadwell , the barrister , by James Parker , formerly a butler at the house of that gentleman . The claim was for 6 L 10 s . wages , and 11 ? . money paid , and also for indemnification for an assault and false imprisonment . The defendant pleaded never indebted , except 6 / . 10 s ., which he paid into court . He also pleaded a justification . Some plate was rnisseel on the day when Parker was going away , and Mr . Shadwell said , he must pay for it . Parker quitted the house , leaving his boxes behind him ; and the next day he called with his wife , when Mr . Shadwell said , if they would compromise the matter and pay fox the value of the plate , there should be an end of the matter . This was refused by Parker , who was then given into custody ; but at the station-house his wife persuaded , him

    to pay the money demanded , which she borrowed and handed over to Mr . Sbadwell , and her husband was then released . Mr . Shadwell , in the course of the trial , said he felt fully persuaded of the guilt of Parker both when he gave him into custody and when he took the money ; yet he afterwards gave him a character . The j ury were of opinion that Mr . Shadwell really believed that Parker was guilty of theft -when he gave him into custody , and a . -verdict was then given for the defendant on the count of false imprisonment . With respect to the other questions involved , the jury found that the plaintiff paid the 111 . to get rid of the criminal charge , but that it wois not proved to their satisfaction that he -was guilty , and they accordingly said he was not guilty of the felony . Upon this finding , Lord Campbell directed the verdict to be entered for the defendant upon the money count , giving to the plaintiff leave to move to enter the verdict in his favour for 11 / .

    MR . MaYHEW AMD THE TlCKET-OF-LjEAVE MAN . Mrr . Henry Mayhew , on Tuesday , attended at Marlborough-atreet , for a warrant against the presumed writer of a letter signed " Ned Salmon , Ticket-of-Leave Mian , " threatening him with garotting if he persevered im calling public attention to tickot-of-leave convicts . The writer of the letter was presumed to be the speaker who violently abused Mr . Mayhew at the recent ticketof-leave meeting ; but , as this could not be shown , the warrant was refused . TAMPEnrN © with A Registry . —Tho charge against a Mr . Thomas Green , barrister , of creating a disturbance at tho house of the registrar of births and deaths for the district of St . Mary , Paddington , and of wilfully damaging one of the . hooks , has been withdrawn .

    Bread Disturbances at Islington . — A gaug of idlers , assuming to be labouring men out of work , has been creating great disturbances in Islington and Pentonville , by going about to several bakers' shops , and demanding bread . By these means , many of the bakers were intimidated into giving away loaves , and in some instances money . The men , however , toeing told , at one place , where tho owner of the shop was a widow , that if thoy robbed tho place they would inevitably ruin Iier , desisted from making any attempt at plunder . As the police were soon on their track at Islington , they proceeded to Stoke Ncwington , where they became extremely riotous , and greatly ularmod . the inhabitants ;

    tho use of the ' establishment , 'which ho supplied . When the _ ' establishment' was broken up , Harrison was imprisoned for two years for complicity in the system of bringing over young Belginn girla . On leaving prison , ho called on the- Marquis , nnd received from him five pounds , nt the same time handing over to him two letters which he bad written to Madame Denis . Afterwards ho mado the doinaud for 781 . ; but thin was resisted , tho Marquis nnscrting that lie had tf iven no orders for wino . To this lie swore at tho trial ; and other facts strengthened hi .- ) repudiation . Ilnrrison gftvo adnto to his alleged supply of wino , which was actually during the time he was in prison ; and , on liia finding out bin mistake , ho endcavourod to Hhift tho date . Hu stated that tho Duke of Cambridge , Lord Batomnu , nnd Lord Somerton wcro among tho frequenters of Madame

    and , having entered tho bakers' shops , they obtained money and bread from all of them , except one , whero a young woman , seeing that tho men woro about to help themselves to tho loaves , took up a largo knife , and threatened to cut down with it the first man who uttemptod to touch anything . Tha mob was thus scared away . A police-sorgeant , who was informed of tuoao proceedings , went in pursuit of some of the gang , and in the Groon-lauoa apprehended three men , upon whom wero found aome of tho loaves which hnd been Btolen . They were * afterwards twice brought up at tho Clorkcnwcll police court , and finally eont for a month to tho House of Correction . A QUESTIONAKLE CASIO OF BANK RUPTCY . 111 the Court of Bankruptcy , laat . Saturday , was held the last

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 7, 1857, page 126, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2179/page/6/