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      Aldam-house . The officer was on his beat at Smithley , when he heard the voices of men in a meadow in which was kept a : number of sheep . Suspecting their intentions , he crept beneath , a hedge in one of the adjoining fields , and closely watched their proceedings . It was not long before he saw three men drive the sheep into a corner of the field close to where he was concealed . Having done this , they caught two of the flock , when one of the thieves asked what they should do with them ; to which another replied that they had better bo taken to the other end of the field . This was accordingly done , upon which the constable immediately emerged from his place of concealment , and , armed with a heavy walking-stick , pursued the ruffians . By the time he

      could not provide the necessary sureties , and was locked up . Alleged Embezzlement . — -Messrs . Hill and Brough , who were charged with having appropriated the amounts of two bills which had been sent to them as agents by Mr . Harrison , were discharged by the Lord Mayor on Wednesday , as they had given explanations which were considered satisfactory by the prosecutor . Infanticide . — -A young woman , named Mary Price , has been committed for trial on a charge of drowning her infant son in the Regent ' s Park .

      arrived at the spot -where they had gone , he could only see two of them , one of whom he struck with his stick , and the other he succeeded in handcuffing . At this juncture , a third man appeared ; and gave a loud whistle , ¦ which was responded to by five other men , who came forward , armed with life-preservers and butcher ' s knives . A very sanguinary fight ensued between the thieves and the policeman , in the course of which the latter ' s walking-stick being broken , he snatched a life-preserver from one of his opponents , and used it with great effect . The affray finally resulted in the escape of all the ruffians

      leaving the constable senseless and bleeding in the field . After a time he recovered , and managed with great difficulty to crawl to the nearest farm . He was frightfully injured all over , his head and face presenting one mass of deep cuts , and one of his shoulders being dislocated ; besides which , two of his fingers had been cut off in the Struggle with the men , and were afterwards picked up in the field , and a third it was found necessary to amputate . Scarcely any hope of the unfortunate man's recovery is entertained , as it is feared lock-jaw will ensue . Steps are being taken by the authorities at "Womb well for the apprehension of the xiiffians .

      Desertiom of an Infant . —Mary Lynch , a young Irishwoman , waa charged at Marylebone police-office with deserting her illegitimate infant . She was observed to throw the baby into a doorway , where it was found by a passer-by , nearly dead with cold , very thinly , clad , and covered with vermin . It was taken to the workhouse . The mother alleged in extenuation that she could not induce the father to support the baby , so she threw it into the doorway of a house where she believed the father was living . She was committed for trial . Ingratitude . —A man , named John Browning , recently called on Mr . Thomas "Wilkinson , -wharfinger , of Lower Clapton , and stated that he had been two days

      without food , and that he -was utterly unable to procure employment because of his being a ticket-of-leave man , though the offence of which he had been convicted he had had no concern in . Mr . Wilkinson gave him a shilling , and said he would endeavour to give him some employment ; but , in the course of the arrangements which were being : made for that purpose , the man one day contrived to get into Mr . Wilkinson's pantry , and to secrete some of the plate . One of the servants gave notice of tho fact to her master , who caught the thief on the spot , and gave him in charge . He -was remanded "by the Worship-street magistrate , before -whom he was brought .

      Burking Again . —The ' garotte' appears to be dying out , and this week we have a case which looks something like a return to the * burking' of five-and-twenty years ago . William Hammond and "William Saunders were brought before the Lambeth magistrate on Tuesday , on a charge of violently assaulting Mr . George Rnnkin , and covering his face with a thick layer of pitch , with intent to rob him . Prom the statement of Mr . Itankin , the left sido of whoso face was cut and contused in a very frightful manner , it appeared that on the night before he had been to an election meeting at the Surrey Gardens , and subsequently joined some friends ,

      • with whom ho had drunk rather freely , and stopped out long beyond his usual time . On his way home , ho got " picked up" by tho prisoners , Avho claimed acquaintance ¦ with him , and offered their services to take him home . On arriving at a secluded place near tho railway arch , Saunders gave him a desperate blow , which knocked him down , and deprived him of his senses for some moments . He called out for tho police , and two officers happening , fortunately , to be close by , they rushed to hia assistance . They found him lying on his back , with a thick layer of pitch , or tar over his faco , and the left side of it seriously injured , iho prisoners denied the charge , but were remanded to a future day , when they were committed . Robbery oi

      > HEMr—Samuel Walker Kirk , a warehouseman in tho employ of Messrs . George and Henry S ?™ ' f « I ^ G ^ T ^ -streot , RTld Mr < G £ K "™ ^ y and Kowc , hemp merchants , Til ? I , f r i r r 6 clmr e at Soutlnvarkon warehouse of the Mess rs . Scovoll . Mr . Rowo had dealioSf ^ V , ' I '™ T i 8 * ° e t ^ t , by means of certain false entries , ho contrived to possess hhmclf of a larger amount of homp than h 0 hftd pa , for > T 1 hcu was tho pro-party of Meaaw . Scott , Russian mwcW , and waa warehoused at Mcaara . ScoveU ' s . A ccrain portion had been purckasod by Mcasra . May and Uowo but , according : to tho charge against Mr . ltoue , he and Kirk loaded more than ho had any right to . Uoth wore remanded for a week , but bail was accepted , and was of course , forthcoming in tho case of Mr . Howe . Kirk

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      GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . A paesfdl scene occurred on Monday at the Kingston Assize * in connexion with an . action for the recovery of 106 ? -, brought by the firm of Davis and Co ., -warehousemen in the City , against a Mr . Catling . The liability was on account of a guarantee for tlie amount alleged to have been , given by Mr . Catling , tke debt being contracted by his son-in-law , George Hatton , who had been a draper , and had been furnished with goods by the plaintiffs . Hatton having been a bankrupt , the Messrs . Davis had refused to let him . have any more goods on credit unless he would give a guarantee . This -was furnished apparently by Mr . Catling , the document

      bearing a signature which purported to be his . In a little time , Hatton again got into difficulties ^ and could not paj'his debts . Messrs . Davis and Co . accordingly sued Mr . Catling , who pleaded that the signature was a forgery . One of the witnesses at the trial was Mrs . Hatton , who gave her evidence ia a painfully confused and excited manner . In cross-examination , Mrs . Hatton said she did not know where her husband was then ; the last time she saw him was a week before , in London . She denied that her husband was in the habit of opening letters addressed to her father , but admitted that all her father's letters were addressed to their house . A letter

      was shown her which she admitted she had sent to her sister , and in which she implored her to ask her husband to intercede with Mr . Catling , and endeavour to induce him . to pay the money , as , if there was any inquiry in a court , the result must be that her husband would be transported for fourteen years . She also stated in this letter that , if she was called into court as a witness , she did not think she should be able to go through with what would be required of her . She said that she could not explain what she meant by saying that , should there be any inquiry in court , her husband would be

      transported for fourteen years . Her object in writing the letter was that her relatives might intercede with her father , and iuduce him to pay the money . She endeavoured to evade the question as to whether she thought the signature was her father's , by saying that it looked like his writing . There had been a meeting of the family and other parties , to take into consideration the subject of the guarantee , at which it would appear that the father-in-law was implored to pay the money . The result of the action was that the plainti ^ s were nonsuited . .

      The County Sheriff ' s Court at York , on Friday week , was engaged in hearing certain cases arising out of railway accidents , for which the sufferers claimed damages . The case of " Waterhouse v . the North-Eastern Railway Company , " was the first . The declaration alleged that the plaintifF was a passenger on the railway , and that he sustained various injuries , in respect of which he claimed 4000 ? . An action was brought , the defendants suffered judgment to go by default , and the only question for the jury , therefore , was what amount of damages the plaintiff was entitled to . Mr . Vaterhouso was one of tho passengers in an excursion train which was run into at Church Fenton station at midnight on the 25 th of last July . He was seated in one of tho carriages which

      was smashed to pieces , and sustained very soiious injuries—viz ., scalp wounds , contused shoulder , lacerated leg , and broken ribs . He is a young man , twentyeight years of ago , is married , and has one child , and it is doubutful whether he-will ever bo able to attend to business as ho was before tho accident . After a deliberation of two hours and a half , tho jury assessed the damages at 2200 ? . —A similar case , ' " liraini w . North-Eastcrn Railway Company , " was next heard , tho plaintiff being tho husband of one of the passengers who was killed by tho accident . Tho defendants consented to a

      verdict for 1000 ? ., one half to go to the widower , and the other half to bo equally divided among tho children . —In a third case , " Nicholson v . thc North-Eastern Railway Company , " tho defendants agreed to give 150 ? . in compensation for the injuries sustained . —An action against tho South-Eastorn Eailway Company was brought at the Kingston Assizes , last Saturday , by a person whose leg was broken by the ( rain moving just as ho was getting out of a carriage , so that ho was violently thrown on to tho platform . A verdict was given for the plaintiff ; damages , GO ? .

      With respect to the ense of the girl who complained to the Westminster magistrate that flho could not get christened , tho Rev . Mr . Borroduilo , tho clergyman to whom she applied , waited on tho magistrate , and said that tho young woman was not respectable , and apparently only wished to bo baptised an a means of facilitating her emigration . An who refused to roccivo proper instruction for the ceremony , and would not approach it in a fit state of mind , ho declined to fullil her w iab . es .

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      NAVAL AND MILITARY . ~ The Troops fob C ^ ina were inspected by the Duke of Cambridge at Portsmouth , previous to embarkation on Monday . ' Loss of Vessels and Lives . — The weather oa -the coast of Valencia , Spain , has been very rough anJi several vessels have been lost . A good many seaSn also have been drowned . It does not appear that aS English ships were among these . * ; Forty Vessels Lost . —During last week , no fewer than forty ships have been reported lost at Lloyd ' s many having foundered with all hands . Among them were the barque Lord George Bentinck Captain Irvine

      , in - which the captain , steward , and two seamen perish ed ' the remainder of the crew , sixteen in number , suffered for ten days from , want of food and water when thev were picked up . The ship Hungarian , Captain Baker which sailed from . Liverpool , last October , for Philadelphia , with passengers , has not since been heard of The Duke of Bedford , from Smyrna , for New York , and the A . B . Van Olinda , from Philadelphia , have also it is believed , been lost , with all hands . '

      Stokm and Wrecks at Sunderland . — The effects of the equinoctial gales have been severely felt upon the north-east coast , and numerous wrecks have been . ' reported ; . At Sunderland , four vessels have been driven ashore — namely , the schooner Effort . Captain Perkins of Southampton ; the schooner Hannah , Captain Larkson , of Arbroath ; the brig Swan , Captain White of Sunderland ; and a Dutch bark named the Six Sisters from Rotterdam . The crews were all saved by the use of the lifeboat and rocket-lines . On Monday morning , the Dutch bark went to pieces , and her cargo was lost . '

      An English IBrig Burnt . — The English brig Roscoe , laden with coal , took fire off Ghediz , near Smyrna , burned to the water ' s edge , filled , and went down . The crew escaped , with some of their property , and were afterwards taken on board the Brandon , French steamer , and conveyed to Smyrna . Supposed "Wreck . —The late gales from the west and south-west -were felfc with great force on the exposed parts of the South Welsh coast , and numbers of vessels dragged their anchors . At Tenby , a large quantity of wreck has come ashore ; also a mast and spars with sails partially set , too plainly indicating that some vessel has gone to pieces . This belief receives confirmation from the fa * ct that seamen ' s chests have been

      picked up . At St . David ' s , pieces of wreck have drifted ashore . Nothing is known of these vessels , tboug-li it is believed that a large vessel has been lost on the coast .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —Ferukh Khan , the Persian Ambassador Extraordinary , - who arrived in London at the latter end of last week , had an audience of the Queen , at Buckingham Palace , on the 20 th inst ., for the purposeof delivering his credentials . The Colliery Explosion at Lundhill . —Tlie coroner's inquest still continues , but without adding much to the facts already collected . A large quantity of water has been turned into the pit , and the temperature has gradually lessened . Mr . Charles IIathews ' s Bankruptcy . —Cause . was

      shown in the Court of Bankruptcy last Saturday against a rule which had been obtained by Mr . Allcroft , the librarian , upon . Mr . Charles Mathews , the comedian . The rule had been granted upon an affidavit from Sir . Allcroft , in which it was stated that he -was a creditor of Mr . Mathews upon the occasion of his last insolvency at Lancaster , and that , being informed that Mr . Wat hews was in receipt of 80 ? . a week from Mr . Smith , of Drurj' - lane Theatre , under a settled agreement , thought some part of that income ought to be paid into court for the benefit of the creditors . An affidavit from . Mr . E . T . Smith , tho lessee of Drury-lane Theatre , was read , in which it was denied that any yearly engagement with Mr . Mathews to perform for a salary of 80 / . per week

      ever existed . The only engagement between them terminated on tho 19 th inst . Mr . Smitli further stated that Mr . Mathews , being indebted to him 1200 ? . for money paid , as surety and otherwise , on his account , he only paid to Mr . Mathews , during the period of _ his engagement , 20 ? . per week , tho remainder of the stipulated salary being -withheld on account of the debt due to himself , and othor debts from which Mr . Mathews had not been discharged under his petition . An affidavit from Mr . Mathews was also read . From this it appeared that Mr . Allcroft ' a debt was incurred prior to tho last bankruptcy , and had been voluntarily renewed subsedebts

      quently ; that 2000 ? . out of 5000 ? . of the Lyceum had been wiped off by Mr . Mathews ; and tha £ , . during his six weoka illness , he had received no saliqyat all . Mr . Allcroft ' a counsel objected to Mr . Mathcws ' s afudavit , becauso it contained personal reflections on Mr . Allcroft not warranted by tho facts nor the occasion . Mr . Commissioner Phillips thought it would be better that Mr . Mathews should make another affidavit , confining himself solely to the matter connected with tuid rule . Ho considered that a perfect answer had been given , nnd , when another affidavit was filed , the r » ilo would bo discharged . Nkyvsi'aim' . k PuorKKTY . —A circular lins been i . suc-d by tbc solicitors to tho aa ^ igviecs of Mr . Kdwiu ISalilwin , Announcing that the copyrights of the Morning Jlcrakt , Standard , and < SV . Jumes ' a Chronicle iicww'ii ) > ci'K » 1 C '

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      298 THE LEADER , ___ JZgiJgg > Sattjrpat ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 28, 1857, page 298, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2186/page/10/