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      and , being the stronger and stouter of the two , soon overpowered his antagonist . The latter then walked away , but presently returned with a large , sharp-pointed knife , and plunged it with such force into Johnson ' s left side , that it penetrated nearly to the heart , inflicting a very dangerous gash . The wounded man was immediately removed to Guy ' s Hospital , where he lies in a very precarious position . The people of the house where the assault was committed were so terror-stric'ken at the circumstance , that they did not interfere , and the man consequently escaped .

      Two Attemttkd Suicides . —A haggard woman of forty , and a good-lookinggirl of nineteen , Were charged at Worship-street , on Tuesday , with attempting to poison themselves , the one with laudanum , the other with oxalic acid . The woman appears to have got a sufficient quantity of the poison by going about from shop to shop ; while the girl obtained as much as three pennyworth of oxalic acid at the shop of one chemist . There appears to have been no connexion between the cases . The woman attempted her life because , being separated from her husband , she was unable , as she alleged , to see her child ; the girl , be ^ cause she had had a quarrel with a young man with whom she lived . The case being remanded , the husband of the woman came forward on the second examination ,

      and asserted that it was a common thing for his wife to attempt suicide . He said she was quite welcome to see her child if she came in a proper manner . The girl , appearing to be penitent , was discharged ; but the woman was ordered to find bail in 10 / . for her good conduct for the next two months . Not being able to find this surety , she was removed to the cells , crying bitterly . During the progress of the case , Sir . Burch , the resident medical officer at the London Hospital , where the women were taken , and Mr . D'Eyncourt , the magistrate , commented severely on the reckless way in which chemists sell large quantities of deadly poisons to chance applicants , without any inquiries or precautions . Mr . Burch said of one of the-women that she had " suicide photographed on her face , " which should have put the chemist on his guard .

      False Pretences . —James Cahill and Mary Josephine Cahill have been re-examined at Clerkenwell policeoffice , and committed for trial , on the charge , already detailed in these columns , of obtaining 250 / . from Mr . Alexander Duncan under pretence of providing him with a situation in the Admiralty . Murderous Attack . —About a fortnight ago , a man named James Buckley went to the house of Mrs . Eliza Davies , in Laurie-terrace , Westminster-roail , and asked the ser % r ant-girl if her mistress was at home . He was told she was not , and he then said lie would wait . The girl resumed her work in the wash-house , when the man , who had just before gone out into the back yard , came stealthily behind her , and struck her several times

      on the back of the head with great force , and apparently with a hammer . At the same time he said , " Don ' t halloo ; I'll not hurt you . " The girl broke away , ran through the garden , got over a wall to the front of the house , and brought in a man , by whom Buckley was secured . Mrs . Davies was in fact in the house at the time ; but the servant had denied her being there , in accordance with general instructions respecting the man , who had been in the habit of calling . Alarmed at what had occurred , Mrs . Davies jumped out of her bedroom window on to the leads beneath , a distance of fifteen or sixteen feet , and , striking against the water-butt , received very serious injuries . The servant-girl was so much hurt that , for a time , her life was in some danger . Buckley is now under remand at the Lambeth

      policecourt-Boy Tjjievjes . —James Dillon and James Barr , two boys , who , at the ago of fifteen , are already well known to the police , were brought up on remand at Bowstreet , on Tuesday , Barr for stealing G 5 L worth of property in a dwelling-house , and Dillon for being concerned with him in the robbery . Barr was found by the servant-maid at eight o ' clock in the morning , stealing the plate ; and Dillon was outside , but plainly in concert with the other . Dillon was further charged with stealing a teapot from the shop of Mrs . Sutcliffe , a gold and silver refiner in Long-acre , two days after the occurrence already related . Ho applied to Mrs . Sutclifle to change two foreign coins for him , saying that ho had taken

      them W mistake for fourponny-pieces . She went to tho back of ths shop to show them to Thomas Pavey , her foreman , and she had no doubt that , at tho moment when her back was turned , Dillon took tho teapot from the counter . She had seen it thoro safe at the time he ohterod the shop . She offered him sixpence for tho coips , which ho refused to take , and ho wont away . After he had loft , she miaacd tho toupot . In n littlo while , Dillon , with the greatest offrontory , returned to tho shop , and again producing tho two eoina , suid ho would take sixpence for thorn . She chargod him with the

      stealing teapot , which ho denied , and offered to Batisfy her that he was an honest , respectable boy , if » ho would allow him to go in olinrgo of tho foreman to fotoh his parents , who lived noa , r Russell-square . Thin wus agreed to , and Dillon took Pavey to a baolc street , wad gpt him into a , house , whore ho was sot upon and hustlod by a man and throe women , who . dotalnod lnim while tho boy escaped . Of course nothing more wus heard of tho teapot , which was worth 11 . Burr wus committed for trial on tho Hirst ohargo , and DUlon upon both . Subphoiqus Djsatii . —An inquest baa boon hold at

      Kingston on the body of Mary Ann Kebble , which was found drowned in the Thames . Some days ago , the woman had been seen in the company of James Smith , a hatter ' s cleaner . They had both been drinking , and were very quarrelsome , and the man had threatened the woman . Towards midnight , some piercing shrieks were heard close to the river , and next morning the woman ' s body was found . Smith showed much emotion when he saw it , and said it was the corpse of his wife . He had engaged a bedroom at the Black Lion , Kingston , on the

      previous night ; at eleven o clock he was seen m bed ; the next morning , he was also found in bed ; but in the course of the night the fastenings of the gate enclosing the premises at the back were forced , evidently by some one from within . At a quarter past eleven o ' clock that night , Smith was seen by a policeman in the open road ; but it does not appear that the persons who slept in the same room with the man were conscious during the night of his having left tiro chamber . The jury returned an open verdict . to

      Ali ^ eged Conspiuacy Defracd . — John Hind May , of Huggin-lane , City , aud Stanley-street , Pimlico , agent ; William Taylor , of 1 , Church-passage , Greshamstreet , agent ; and George David Myers , of 4 , Malvernterrace , Islington , also described as an agent , but who is reported to be a wealthy man , appeared before Alderman Humphrey , at Guildhall , on Wednesday , for final examination , " relative to a charge of conspiracy to defraud Mr . Gorman , of Lurgan , in the county of Armagh , Ireland , of a quantity of cambric handkerchiefs to the value of 500 / ., and Mr . Lawson , a manufacturer of the same part , of simliar goods to the value of about GOO / . A large amount of evidence had been given at the previous examinations , and on Wednesday the case was

      completed . The facto were rather complex ; but they were well epitomised in the summing up of Mr . Alderman Humphrey , who said : — " The charge against the defendants is for conspiring together to defraud Mr . Gorman and Mr . Lawson of their goods . I have carefully considered all the circumstances as affecting the defendants individually , and as being connected with each other , and my opinion in Gorman ' s case is that all the defendants acted together in concert to get possession of the goods . May first , through Taylor , atttempts to get the goods , but upon Gorman refusing to sell to him , Taylor writes to say Myers will buy them at the terms , 21 % discount ; Gorman accepts Myers as a purchaser , . and accordingly sends the goods to Taylor , who , on

      the same day they arrive , delivers them to May at the warehouse used by Myers and May . This was on Saturday the 28 th of March , and on Monday , the 30 th , May takes the goods to Mr . Meeking ' s and sells them at something like fifty per cent , under the invoice price made out by Gorman . May receives the proceeds and out of that very money he pays Myers a sum he is indebted to him , but for what it does not appear , and he pays Taylor 100 / ., but Taylor does not send that amount to Gorman until he finds it likely to be found out . I think the goods might have been sold at a better price , but it does not appear that any attempt was made by the defendant to sell them in any other market . As regards the character of May ' s conduct in this transaction

      it is so apparent that I need not dwell upon that part of the case . It is equally clear that Myers lends his name to Taylor , which enables him to get these goods , aud that May was so connected with Myers and Taylor in business that it was next to impossible for them not to know his transactions or for any of them to be ignorant that theso goods went to Meeking ' s . What then is Taylor ' s position ? Ho writes on tho 7 th of April to say that May intercepted tho goods , and on the 11 th ho tells Gorman that May got the goods when ho was out , and there is no doubt that Taylor know on the 7 th of April , that the goods had gone to Meeking ' s ; for ho writes on

      that day to say thut Muy liad sold the goods for Myers and Co ., whereas Hairby , Taylor ' s confidential clork , says that Taylor did not know where the goods wore until five days ago , which is very improbable . " Tho Alderman concluded by committing all tho prisoners for trial . Taylor and Myers were allowed to go froo on bail . This Gauottk Aoain . —Three mon and two women are undor remand at Southwaik , charged with committing a gnrotto robbery on Mr . Saul Lawrence , a clork , who had been drinking with them at night at a public house in tho Mint . He was very seriously hurt , and , when before tho magiatrato , could hardly articulate .

      Dhownino a Quit *—A miner named Philip Claro is In custody at Bilston , on a charge of drowning a young woman in tho oaual at Bradley . Tho chief witness against him is a privuto watchman , who alleges that ho saw tho murdor oominittod , and that ho was afraid to interfere because of tho threats of Claro to servo him in the same way should ho take any slops iu tho matter . Tho prisoner wiih remanded by tho magistrates . TiuiiiiATUNiNO Siu JUiciiaud Maynw . —James C ' asoy , formerly a policom / ui , who soino months ago was sent to prison for thruatenlng tho life of Sir Kiuhard Muyno , but who , having sent a penitent letter to that gentleman , received , ut Sir ll ' ichurd ' H request , u commutation ol' his soutenoo , wua on Thursday utfnln chargotl at Bow-stroet with a similar off ' onoo . Uo wan committed to prison for n year , in default of being able to provhlo surotios for good bohavlour during thut period .

      Fkuooiouh Ahbaui-t iiy a Soi . Diun . —Joseph Wilson , a prlvuta in tho 14 th Light Dragoons , was chargod on Thursday , ut tho Thames police-oHloo , with

      ivsstiulting Sarah King , a dressmaker , residing in Mulberr street , Wbitechapel . About twelve o'clock on t \ previous night , a policeman heard cries of ' Murder v > and , running to the house from which they came fnnnj the panels of the door broken . On entering hc ' « l J scuffle between Wilson and a woman , whose face I covered with blood . She was taken to the London Hm pital , and a certificate was now produced , statin « - thatshe was in great danger . The soldier told the policeman that on going to the Crimea he had allowed the woman 20 / . a year , and that on his return he found she ha ! ' taken up with another man . ' lie was remanded for , week . . ' a

      JlURDEK AT NEWCASTHI-UXDER-Ly . VE . —A hl-lt-ll murder was perpetrated about one o ' clock on Sunday morning , iu Blue-buildings , Fletcher -street , Newcastle Staffordshire . The name of the victim is James Rogers ' He was about forty , an Irishman , and unmarried . ° IIq was lounging at the door of the house at which he lodged , when a young countryman , named Rogan , avIio had some grudge against him , and had often sworn to be revenged , went up to him armed with a poker , with which he deliberately beat in his skull . Death v . as instantaneous . Rogan has absconded , and a reward of 20 / . is offered for his apprehension .

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      GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW A \~ D POLICE COURTS . The Lord Chancellor gave judgment last Saturday ia the Court of Chancery on an appeal fro m a decree of Vice-Chancellor Stuart in connexion with a . rattier singular claim for payment of a sum of oi ) 0 l . in virtue of " a bond which could not be shown to exist . The facts trrvelled back to more than half a century ap ; o . In the early part of the present century , Captain Edge , U . K ., seduced one Peggy Xuun , the daughter of a respectable yeoman of Suffolk . A son was born ; and an annuity of 20 / . was paid by the captain to the mother until the time of his death in 1812 . William Nunn , hid illegitimate child , married in 1827 when he was three-andtwenty years old , and died in 1843 ; and Pe ^ gy Xunn

      died in 1847 . In 1 S 4 G , the widow of William Nunn was informed by an acquaintance that a bond , binding the executors of the late Captain Kdge to pay' the sum of 500 / . to her late husband , had been executed by Captain Ikige . In consequence of this information , she proceeded to make inquiries , and , after long search , found the draught copy , as settled by counsel , and a copy of the bond , in the possession of Mr . George Bower , of Tokenhouse-yard , the successor of the solicitors ivitii whom the bond had been deposited by the trustees . Xo trace of the original bond , however , has ever becn ' discovered . Being reduced to great poverty , ' Mrs . Xmm applied to William Edge , oue of the executors of tlic late

      captain ' s will , for a littlo temporary assistance ; and she was paid 10 / . out of charity ( although the executors alleged that she was an impostor ) , on her signing a paper engaging not to make any further claim on the estate ol Captain Edge . Iu December , 1855 , a bill was liled , praying to have the release executed by Mrs . Nunn declared invalid nnd void , on the ground that it had been obtained from her by fraud , misrepresentation , and surprise , and to have it " declared that she was entitled to be paid what might be found due for principal and interest on the bond . Vice-Chnnccllor Stuart was so dissatisfied with the case made out by the plaintiff that he-dismissed counsel

      the bill without even hearing the defendant's m reply . From this decision Mrs . Nunn now appealed to tho Lord Chuneellor , who said there was np proof of a bond ever having been executed , or thut , if oxeaited , u had not been cancelled . Mr . liowcr , tho lawyer m whoso possession tho copies and draught of the bond were found , was not called to account for ! heir existence , which was a suspicious circumstance ; und no steps were takcm in tho matter uutil several year * after Mra . > unn first heard of the alleged existence of tho boml , when death had removed all persons capable of throwing ft light on the matter . The former decision was therefore confirmed , and the appeal was dismissed . ,, „ ., ol Appeal heart

      On the same day , tho Lords Justice * another appeal from a decision of \ iee-Clinncello Stuart , who had dismissed an appeal from r > . «» of Master Itlchardu , allowing tho claim ol Mi « i-Wiir on Uoyd and Miss Mary Boyd , oh IioLUth of ( our dentures of tho Royal Bank of Aiistrulin , H » reu f » r oW each and one for ' 200 / . Tho claim an . » u in tliu f » "owl o manner :-Tho lute Mr . Boyd , tho father ol <'' y !" " ' ' ] Bund his life in 1837 . in the United Kingdom Ll ° ^ ' onco-offloo , of which ho wus resident clh \ -i ! l » r , »> u »» »»« " - ¦ of his sons , Benjamin and Mark llovil , «' .. »• < ' « * " ™ ' ° 2991 )/ . 19 a ., " iu trust for Miss Marion Hoytl , ^''< Ml " > Uuyd , and MUa Joanna Htowai-t U « y < l . J " * * namod lady diod in her father's lifetime , and li . « fa

      larly paid tho premiums until his < lo « t ! i '" ' ,-18 / company paid tho amount duo on tho hirmnuio ' , < ; 4 s . 6 d ., by cheque to Mr . Mark JJoyd , one ol he < some material doduetlons being »> iule . I In ""' , who wore tho stockbrokers of tho Hoynl 15 "nk «¦ - tralln , laid out 1700 / . of tho moimy " tlio P ' | ° tho four debentures In tho " »' < ol llJ ll | ul l r ll l J ,, „ ' lutlj nurahano being dutod November ' 1 , 1 H''M . uu l , ; ..,,. „„ of March , 1857 , Mr . lMolmnl-, acting hi ho «« "' J ,, ^ of tho iimilra of tho bank , ullowoJ Iho * -lnlm «• 11 " 'Jj , no a debt agnliiat the bank for 1700 / . and «« ' - ^ 7 s . l () d ,, tho nmouut of tho coupons attached lo m

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      5 X 4 THE LEADgB . . JggL . glg , Saturday ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 30, 1857, page 514, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2195/page/10/