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    , eth Harris ' s father , acted in the interest of Clarke , and aduced the girl to go to the man ' house , where hor rum ras effected . A few days afterwards , she was taken way by her friends . Rosa Bush was found Guilty , and Bntenced to nine months' imprisonment . William Moyes , a gardener , was on Wednesday found } uilty of shooting at John Joseph Hicktnott , on the 8 th f June . ' Tne act was committed while Mr . Hickmott ras proceeding to eject . Moyes from a cottage he held m iromley . The jury recommended him to mercy ; but e was sentenced to hard labour for two years . Joseph Fixman and Rachael Fixman , man and wrfe , -ere tried for setting fire to a house , in which several ersons were dwelling . One of the persons who was to ave appeared as a witness—a certain John King—had bsconded , and was not in attendance . Jixman said the

    aarge liad been trumped up against him by tins man ; ad he called two Jews to speak in his favour ; but they lid they knew nothing about him . In answer to a nestion put by the J udge , one of these persons said he ad received information that some poor foreign Jews ere in Newgate and wanted assistance . As it was the jstom among their people to subscribe money in such ises , he went to see the prisoners , but they were entire rangers to him , and , as he afterwards ascertained that ley were not Jews , but had changed their religion , the jople of the Jewish persuasion would not assist them , ixman here said it was true that he was a Christian jw , and this was the reason the witnesses would not y anything for him . The jury , after some delibera-3 ii , Acquitted both the prisoners .

    Eichard Cotter , labourer , and William Jones , moulder , ere tried for a burglary in Great Bland-street , Dovertad , accompanied by great violence to an old lady , key were both found Guilty , and , several previous conctions having been proved , sentence of death was reirded against Jones , and Cotter was sentenced to six jars' penal servitude . The latter punishment has also sen awarded to Henry Pitt , labourer , for a burglary . William Mann , a diminutive , imbecile-looking per-, Was sentenced to four years' penal servitude for atmpting to murder Mary Anne Jerrard , a young omanwhom he had courted and of whom he was jealous . Joseph Jones was found Guilty of stealing a watch am Isaac Ahronsberg , in Petticoat-lane , a few

    Sunlys ago , at noon . The prosecutor was surrounded by mob and hustled ; and his watch soon vanished . — fter the sentence Mr . Payne ( who appeared for the osecution ) said that he understood that Petticoat-lane as an open market held upon Sunday morning for the le of stolen goods , and expressed his surprise that thing could be done to abolish it . A police-constable , answer to the Court , said that Parliament had tried put it down , but failed , as the bill had not passed , ie place was a perfect market for thieves , who were sisted by the shopkeepers . Mr . Payne : " Commis-> ner Harvey knows all about it , and also the Lord ayor ; but still the nuisance remains unabated , " The iliceman said the coffeeshops sold beer , and that , when me one gave the word that the police were coming , erybody was gone . It only occurred upon Sundays .

    Michael Crawley , labourer , was tried on Thursday for e murder of his wife . The facts were extremely simple , awley and his wife , wlio were both old , lived at Stratrd , Essex , and on the 20 th ult . they had a quarrel iout a pennyworth of nails . This ended in Crawley atinghis wife about the head with such savage violence at she died the following day . She was found insen-> le in the evening by her married daughter ; nnd she as then lying in a pool of blood , frightfully mangled , ie man , after committing the act , -would seem to have . t off her pocket and taken away some money . John rawloy , his . son , mentioned at the trial a curious reark he made to his father , after the latter was in cusdy . He said , " Father , how came you to do it ? You ovld have struck her with yourjiat , and not hnvo used i instrument . " Crawloy was found Guilty , and conunned to death .

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    Arson . —Aaher Stern , a German Jew , about thirtyre years of age , and lately carrying on business as a iterproof clothing manufacturer , in Alic-streot , Whlteapel , was brought up last Saturday at the Thames lice-court , from WhUeoross-stroct Prison , charged with ilfully eetting fire to his dwelling-houso on the 15 th of st March . A few weeks since , three men , named rtenbaum , Robinson , ami Keichnrd , were convicted at io Central Criminal Court , and each sentenced to four huts' penal servitude , on the oath of Stern for nttempt-S to extort money from him under n threat of charging m with setting firo to hi * premises . Stern moat lemnly denied that there was any truth in the

    nccusa-> n made by the throo men . Since the trinl , however , any new facts have come to light , tending to prove the nocence of the men , and the guilt of Stern , who has fln arrested for debt , niul is now dctnined on the iminal charge . Two of hia victims , Grionbnum and > blnaon , were brought up last Saturday to tho Thames uxt by writs of hnheaa oovjma from the Millbnnk : iaon , for tho purposes of giving evidence , against orn . . Another of the . witneaaoa wn « a labourer nnniod Uidall , who on , tho lfith of Mnruli wna living in tho uao in AHo-Btroot , tho upper part of which wns oopied by Stern , and usod for business purposes . On lUday , tho houao wns found to bo on firo at the top ; nnd radall , by stripping tho blanket * off hia own bod ,

    soaking them in water , and applying them to the source of the flames , extinguished the conflagration before it grew to any great height . Previously to this , a man had endeavoured to throw a pan of water over the fire , but was prevented . Stern afterwards told Randall that he had no right to put the fire out , as he ( Stern ) was insured . The same evening , the house was found to be on fire again , some waterproof coat 3 having apparently been set light to . Joseph Rayowski , a Polish Jew , ' ' had worked for Stern , said his employer owed him 8 / ., and wanted him to be a witness against a Mr . Blunt , a man lie never saw , and to swear that he brought things from Blunt ' s house . "He . refused to swear falsely as

    his employer wished , and Stern swore be would be revenged . * A subpoena was served upon him to attend upon the trial of the action against Blunt , but he received no fee with it . Stern wanted people to swear against witness , and wished to serve him as he had served the ' poor devils' convicted at the Central Criminal Court . He wanted him to go to the ' poor devils' with money , and then swear it was extorted from him ; and because he would not , Stern said , ' Then , I will transport you . ' "—Mr . Daniel ( who appeared for Stern ) asked the witness : "If you had received 8 / ., would you have appeared against the prisoner ?"Witness : " Yes , I would . I have come here to tell the truth . "—Stern has been committed for trial .

    A Bettjng-Housb CiRCUi-Ait . —Sir It . W . Carden , the sitting magistrate at Guildhall , has received a letter from Mr . Johnson , a gentleman living at Bristol , informing him that his ( Mr . Johnson ' s ) two sons Iiave lost a great deal of money in betting transactions , and , as a means of checking such habits , he requested that the Alderman would give publicity to their proceedings . Mr . Johnson had written to the same court with a similar request once before ; but , as the publication of his sons' letters appertaining to certain bets , did not seein to do anvthing towards putting a stop to this mode of obtaining money , he now wrote a second time . Mr . Johnson ' s letter enclosed the following circular : — " Dear Sir , —It is unnecessary for us to recapitulate our

    reasons for adopting the same course over the ' Goodwood Stakes' which was attended with so much advantage over the various other races : suffice it to say , that through the kindness of a nobleman we are prepared to back the absolute winner , and we seize the earliest moment of apprizing you , in order that you may remit the amount you wish to invest , which , however , must not be less than 2 ? . We shall pursue the same course as on previous occasions . We can strongly recommend you to invest liberally ; the odds will be very good , and the horse will win . To secure these odds , however , you

    must reply immediate ^' . The winnings will be remitted the following Monday . It . is unnecessary for us to observe that the same feelings prompt Us on this as on the last occasion—your benefit only . This would be frustrated were we to adopt any other course , and when we have a good thing we must be cautious not to endanger its success by publicity . —We are , dear Sir , yours faithfully , H . and C — P . S . Orders payable to Henry Howard , post-office , Coventry-street , Soho . Hank-notes may be sent by letter with perfect security . " Sir R . W . Carden trusted that tho postmaster of the

    oliice in Coventry-street did not know what transactions he was aiding , by taking in letters for these young men , which he had been in the habit of doing for tlie last five years . The Alderman added that he hoped tlie Postmaster-Cieneral would devise some expedient to prevent the mischief arising from these practices of the post-office keepers . The Assizics . —The Cardiff Assizes commenced on Tuesday , when John Lewis was found Guilty of the murder of his wife at Merthyr . The man and his wife took enre of the offices of a Mr . Morgan , a solicitor , and ,

    on tho 14 th of lust January , Lewis killed his wife , appnrentlj' in orUer that ho might obtain some money of which she was possessed , and spend it in drink . Ho was sentenced to death . — -David Gibson has been tried at tbo Hertford Assizes for a felonious nssault on a girl fifteen years old , nnd , being found Guilty , was sentenced to pcnnl servitude for twenty years . —At tho sumo Assizes , Elizabeth Croft was indicted for tho wilful murder of her illegitimate infant . Tho charge , liowcvor , could not bo satisfactorily proved ; but sho xrna convicted of concealing tho birth , nnd sentenced to

    linrd labour for eighteen months . OuTitAuis at Caudii'p . —Anotlior of those sanguinary nets which arise at Cardiff among tho foreign seamen to . ik place on tho night of Thursday week , when Arthur Davis , tho second ninto of an American ship , stubbed n I ' rencU or Spanish sailor with n Lowio Imife , under nn impression that ho had stolen n sheath . Jlo then throw him overboil d , having previously tliroatoncd to servo in tho snmo wny a nmn who had interfered to protoct the foreigner . Tho police were cent for , nnd Davis wna found nslitep In bod with tho bloody Itnifo by hia side . IIo linn only recently boon discharged from prirton for a murderous outrage . Tho foruignur escaped with lain life , though much hurt . A Savaok Woman . —One of tho officers of tho Sheriff of Middlesex wont last Saturday with n warrant to ... ntnn anonn L . mw . w In I ' n at 1 n . flllil V AV ll 11 ( U'lllUiul . TIlO

    • warrant wnn road to tho pooplo , and thoy wore lulmved till Monday to got out . On tlmt day , tlio oflloer wont jigaln , with an naaiatant and n logiil goiitlummi , but found tho houses barricaded , and a large mob collocted

    outside . A young woman named Carroll then threw a pail of hot water from an upper window- over the officers . Some constables were fetched , and several of the occupants were ejected , tho others quietly leaving , though with some unwillingness . When at last the officers entered Carroll ' s house , she resisted outrageously , bit and fought with great savageness , and kicked the sheriff ' s officer in the stomach . She was taken in charge , together with another woman who behaved vio ^ lently , and-both were fined ten shillings by the-Worshipstreet magistrate ; in default , eight days' hard labour .

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    GATHERINGS FROM TPIE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . Judgment was given in the Court of Queen ' s Bench last Saturday in a special case raising various questions as to the rateability of certain portions of the University and Colleges at Oxford io the poor ' s-rate . Mr . Justice Coleridge addressing himself first to the case of the Bodleian library , said that that w « is the great storehouse of all that was valuable and curious in literature , and might be considered as almost an indispensable ' appendage of the University , aud the court were of opinion that the rate could not be imposed in respect of this building . They likewise thought that the divinity schools ought to be exempted from rateability , as , without them , the institution would not le complete , it being a part of the public functions of the University to test the proficiencv of students by public examination ,

    and to confer degrees . The court were also of opinion that the convocation house , the old convocation house , and the law schools came within the same rule . The Sheldonian Theatre was not so clearly a necessary part of the University , but it did not conflict with its main purposes , and there was no such occupation as would render the University liable . The case with regard to the cellar was somewhat different . It was not used for public purposes , being occupied by an individual for his own benefit , and the fact of no rent being paid to the University was immaterial . Therefore , to that extent the University was rateable to the poor ' s-rates . Some difficulty arose with respect to the college chapels and libraries , which , though unquestionably subservient to the public purposes of the University , -were not under its government ; and looking to the whole circumstances , the court thought that these libraries and chapels were so occupied as to make the University rateable .

    On Monday , in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , whither it had been carried from the Criminal Court to be tried before a special jury , the prosecution instituted , by the Bank of London against Lawson and another , for a conspiracy to injure the credit of the establishment and extort money , resulted in the parties being sentenced respectively to a \ -ear ' s imprisonment . Our readers will recollect the case of Sir Edward Conroy and Mr . Barker , the latter of whom obtained a criminal information against the former for a libel on him uttered by Sir Edward before tlie Wokingham Bench of magistrates , under circumstances mentioned in our paper of the 6 th ult . Sir Edward Conroy has now tendered a full apology through Mr . John Walter , M . P ., and has consented to pay the costs of the law proceedings . Mr . Barker has accepted this apology , though regretting that it was not offered sooner .

    • In addition to the other prisoners charged before tho Greenwich magistrate with being concerned in the late accident on tho North Kent line , David Wild , the Lewisham signal porter , and John Griffiths , Blackheath signal porter , were on Monday examined at the samo office , under suspicion of having contributed to that lamentable catastrophe . Wild was discharged , and afterwards gave evidence against tho other , who was committed . Mrd . Thatcher , the daughter of Captain Ross , the Arctic explorer , has brought in tho Court of Exchequer un action for breach of promise of marriage against a Captain D'Aguilar . Tho parties recently appeared before tho Brighton magistrates , when Mra . Thatcher affiliated her illegitimate daughter on the captain . After tho proHont action hud gone on forsomo time , tho counsel for tlio plaintiff consented to tho suggestion of tho Chief Baron , and withdrew a juror . Tho case , therefore , came to an end .

    A verdict of 25 / . lias boon given in tho Court of Common Plows against the Observer newspaper for a libol against tho former superintendent of tho Marylebono Workhouse , who wns accusod of plundering some pauper children and of causing their death by starvation . These statements were made on tho faith of a correspondent ; but tho editor nfieiwurda mado an apology , acknowledging that ho hail boL-n misinformed . Tho verdict for tho plain tin " , with 25 / . damogos , was agreed to after a consultation between tho counsel of tho opposing party . An action agiunnt Motors . Simpson nnd Co ., attorneys , Moonruro-Mtreotfor nogligonce , hns been brought in tlio

    , Couit of Queen ' s Hunch . Tho plalntlir , Mr . Woodlluo , of Horiii'hurcli , in Kttaex , was defendant in tho caso of Smith v . Woi . dflno , mi action for broncli oi promise ol innrrlntfe , which win * trlocl In the Ci . urt of Common Pica liMt July , nml u vonllct was obtained by tho plaintiff for 8000 / . Mr . Woo . Hlno now nlloged that tho houvv , amount of damage I" thnt action wmj to bo attributod to tho 8 KM > nOKllKonco of the proeont defendants , as hi » attorney * , mid ho brought thia action to rocover conipoiinntlun . Tho negligence complainod oi

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    No . 381 , July 11 , 1857 . 1 THE ^ LJE APE B , _ . _^______ , 6 S *

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  • Leader (1850-1860), July 11, 1857, page 657, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2200/page/9/