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      and wife -were very sober people . The magistrate directed that the boy should be given up to hia father , and the inspector promised that he would go to the stepmother , and reason with her on the violence of her temper ! - CsuBi-Ty to Wives . —William Collins , a powerful fellow , laving the appearance of a ' navvy' and a prizefighter , was charged at Lambeth on Tuesday with committing a savage assault on his wife . The woman was so weak with loss of blood as to require support oh entering the court . She said that , at about tvro o ' clock that morning , she got out of bed to let her husband in , and the moment she opened the door he commenced abusing- her . She hastened back , to her bedroom ,

      followed by the man , who made a violent attack on her , and such was his cruelty that she . soon became senseless . Mr . Elliot , observing the poor woman to be in an exceedingly exhausted and dangerous state , ordered a remand for a week . —George Wilson and Thomas Mullings are under remand at Westminster , charged with brutal ill-usage of their wives . —Martin Hyan was charged , at Southwark with an attack on his wife of so savage a nature that she was nearly murdered . He was sentenced to six months'hard labour . —William Smith , a seaman , has been charged at Liverpool with having violently assaulted Catherine Simmons , a young woman , in Whitechapel , by which she sustained an . injury to

      the chin , and had lost for ever the end of her tongue . He was remanded . —Samuel Pyle , aa artisan , has been examined at "Westminster on a charge of assaulting his wife . He came home intoxicated , and ordered her to stand in a corner , like a child . Slie did so , being fr ightened . While she was there , she heard her child cry , upon which she ran into the room , where it was . She was followed by her husband , who knocked her down , leant upon her with all his force , and tore a quantity of hah- from her head . He was proved to be an old offender in this respect , and was sent for four months to the House of Correction , and ordered to find bail on coming out .

      A Clergyman Convicted op Fbaud—A charge has been preferred at the Droxford Petty Sessions , on behalf of the Bishops Waltham Union Friendly Society , against the Rev . Mr . Scard , for withholding and misapplying a sum of 1501 entrusted to him , as an honorary member of that society , for investment . After an investigation of the charge , the bench ordered the payment of the sum of 150 / ., the full penalty of 20 / ., and 1 ? . costs , and , in default of payment , committed tlie defendant to three

      calendar months imprisonment , with hard labour . Murderous Assault . —Several poachers were engaged on Wednesday in netting a piece of barley growing in a field at Abbots' Leigh , when John Porter , gamekeeper to Mr . William Miles , M . P ., of Leigh Court , observed them , and , oa interfering-, wa 3 attacked by one of them , and beaten until be became senseless . A reward off 50 ? . is offered to any pers&i giving such information as will lead to the conviction of the person who committed the assault .

      A Sham Barrister . —A man named John Lundy has been examined at the Wakefield court-house on a charge of pretending to be a barrister-at-law . He engaged rooms at the house of a shopkeeper ; stated that he was in the law ; told several plausible stories of the cases he was engaged in , and the persons ] ie had got off ; borrowed money of his landlord on the strength of these assertions ; made overtures of marriage to the landlord ' s daughter ; and promised to engage her father as his clerk , at a salary of twenty-five shillings a week . But at length he was found out , and tlie police took him in charge . He was committed for trial , and bail was refused .

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      NAVAL AND MILITARY . Admiral Lyons's Squadron . —Some intelligence with respect to this squadron is contained in a letter dated Malta , August 24 th , where we read : — " Of the squadron under Admiral Lord Lyons tidings have been received « p to the 12 th of August , when the Osprey steam gunboat left the Royal Albert , Conqueror , Centurion , and Princess Royal screw linc-of-battle ships , Curlew and "Vigilant steam-sloops , off Malaga , whence they were to proceed to Gibraltcr , Tetuan , Palma , Million , and Malta , which latter place will bo reached about the middle of September . After a stay of about threo weeks at Malta , the squadron will visit Corfu , returning to Malta about the end of October to take up winter moorings . Thfi Arinl is at Gibraltar and the Vulturn nt Or / in . Thfi

      known until approved of ly the Commander-in-Chief . The trial of Captain C . J . Dowse , R . A ., for having made a false report to his commanding officer , and for leaving certain debts unpaid at St . Helena , waa next proceeded with ; after which the Court broke up . Major-Gemebal Sir Hugh Rose , K . C . B ., left a few days ago to assume hia command in India , proceeding direct overland to Suez , and thence to Calcutta . Colonel the Hon . Percy Herbert , C . B ., does not proceed to India , the arrangements for his departure being countermanded at the last moment . He is now visiting in Scotland .

      Woolwich Dockyard . —The erection of an iron shed over the new ship-building slip , No- 5 , in Woolwicli Dockyard is now completed , with the exception of some trifling fittings to the machinery . This building at present consists of one centre span 82 feet wide by 261 feet long , and 94 feet high to the ridge . It also contains two side spans , each 32 feet wide by 232 feet long . It is , moreover , in contemplation to extend the roof by an addition of 58 feet , so as to adapt it for building- the largest class of men-of-war . —Times .

      Troops for India . —A division of the Royal Artillery , consisting of 230 rank and file , with their officers , left Woolwich on Friday week for India . Various detachments of infantry also embarked on tho same day . The following force is under orders for embarkation for India as reinforcements : —One troop of Horse Artillery ; three batteries of Royal Artillery ; five companies of Royal Artillery ; four companies o > f Royal Engineers ; three regiments of cavalry ; four regiments of infantry . To embark as soon as transport is ready .

      Thb Loss op the Screw Steamer Niger . —The Greenwich magistrate , Mr . Traill , assisted by Captain Harris , of the East India Company ' s service , held on Thursday an official investigation into the loss of the African Steam Shipping Company ' s screw steamer , Niger , of 482 tons register , which was wrecked off Teneriffe on the 12 th of June last ( while conveying her Majesty's mail homeward ) , as alleged by mistaking the light on the southern coast of Santa Cruz . After a great deal of evidence had been heard , Mr . Traill said he had much pleasure in stating , on his own behalf and that of Captain Harris , that in their opinion the loss of the Niger was not occasioned by any neglect of duty .

      only ships at Malta were the Hibernia ( receiving vessel ) , Oaprey ( steam gunboat , under orders for Constantinople ) , and tlie Hearty ( steam-tug ) . The Desperate and Caradoc continue at Alexandria , the Harpy at Corfu , and the Medina at the mouth of the Danube " Recruiting . —The recruiting sergeant is now busy raising soldiers for India . A great many harvest labourers have enlisted , especially in the north of England . Tub Lath Colonkl Finnis . —The chairman of the 12 ast India Company has , without any solicitation , forwarded to the Lord Mayor a cadetship for his nephew John Finnis , son of the lato Colonel Finnis , murdered l ) y the mutineers at Mcerut .

      The Tuanhit . —The Sir Jamea Brooke steamer , of the Borneo Company , has been chartered to tho English Government , that it may proceed to the wreck of t he much offending Transit . It will afterwards bo employed in taking three hundred troops to Calcutta . Tine Gknkkal . Coukt-Mautiai , jVt Chatham . —The inquiry into tho alleged insubordinate conduct of Captain James S . Macauloy , 1 st West India Regiment , Itas boon brought to a conclusion , but tho decUion will not be

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —The Queen and Royal Family arrived at Holyrood at about half-past six on the evening of Friday week . They proceeded in open carriages to the Palace , where they dined and passed the night , and , at half-past nine o ' clock on the following morning , started for Balmoral . Having arrived by train , at Blairgowrie at half-past twelve , they were conveyed by post carriages to tho Royal residence . Tho Queen and suite proceeded to Balmoral by the Spittal of Glenshec . At the Spittal Hotel , where there was a fresh relay of horses , her Majesty was received by the Farquharaon family and had luncheon , and then posted by Braenoar , arriving at Balmoral at six o ' clock in the evening . Great improvements have been effected in the residence and grounds since last year .

      The New Peehages , Anointments , &c . —The Right Hon . Thomas Babington Macaulay is to be one of tlie new Peers , by the title of Baroa Macaulay . Lord Robert Grosvenor will tnko the title of Baron Ebury , wliich is the name of one of the oldest manors in hia family . Mr . Archibald Jolin Stephens is appointed Recorder of 'Winchester in tho room of Mr . G . A . Arney . Mr . Henry George Allen is appointed Recorder of Andover in the room of Mr . Stephens . The West Indies . —Tho most important intelligence brought by the last mails is an account of an outrageous attack made by a rabble of women and boys on the Governor of Demerara and his wife , as thoy were proceeding from the Public Buildings to embark for England .

      They and their companions , including some of tho chief authorities of the colony , were assaulted with stones , plantain sticks , &c . ; and Mrs . Wodehouse ( tho Governor ' s wifo ) , the Biahop of Guiana , the Chief Justice , tho Hon . W . IJ . Wolseley ., and several others , were struck in the face , and considerably hurt . Tho police charged the mob , and drovo them back , but took none into custody , for which they have been greatly blamed , and 'indignation meetings' have been hold , ending in addresses to hia Excellency . The cause of the demonstration of hostility is not stated . —Tho yellow fever has greatly decreased at St . Thomas ' s , and tho islands for the most part are healthy . Trade is tolerably active , and the crops aro in good condition .

      The Haiivkst . —Accounts from almost all tho agricultural districts ngreo in stating that the injury dono to the wheat crops by tho lieavy rains occurring about thrco weeks ago is not material , and that tho supply is ample , and of excellent quality . In some localities , tho fanners have been sufferers ; but this is not general . Barley , however , is not in a good Btnto , owing to tho want of moisture in the early summer . Tho potato disease , also , increases , and boana and oats have not turned out well . Tho green crops generally aro in good condition , and foddor for cattlo ia abundant , Tho hop plant continues to improve .

      Fiiiks . —The ship-building prominos of Mr . Dunbar , adjacent to tho Eaat India Uocks , Blackwall , were burnt on Friday week , and tho flames were » o violent that they

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      chains to the dealer , and asked him to buy them . Simmons had them assayed * and , after some haggling , gave 137 . for them . Pass then put down on the counter what appeared to be the same parcel of chains , took up the money , and left , saying he would fetch" a receipt stamp . He never returned , and Simmons ultimately discovered that the chains which had been left with him were brass . A petition has been filed in the Court of Bankruptcy against "William Tyler , of Penton-place , Walwortb , and of Cringleford , Norfolk , dealer in foreign animals and birds , and the former proprietor of the Surrey Gardens . The petitioner is Mr . William Southby , of Old Kent-road , the firework-maker to the Gardens , who claims 543 / . The liabilities are stated to be between four and five thousand pounds , chiefly on account of the shares held , in the concern . An adjudication , took place .

      A Dr . Richards , an apothecary of 36 , Bedford-square , whose affairs are now in the Bankruptcy Court , presents another instance of rain arising out of the Royal British Bank . At the certificate meeting on Wednesday , Mr . Lawrence , who appeared for the assignees , stated that the bankrupt was the holder of thirty new shares in the Royal British Bank , upon which he was now liable to the amount of 1084 ? . There were no other debts , and 210 J . had been given up to the official assignee . His ( Mr . Lawrence ' s ) clients considered that tie failure had wholly arisen out of the bankrupt ' s connexion with the bank , and they had . instructed him to recommend the case to the court as one proper for a firat-class certificate . This was granted by Mr . Commissioner Fonblanque .

      In the same court , and before the same commissioner , a case of great dishonesty elicited some severe comments . The occasion was the certificate meeting of R . J . Norton , a ladies' outfitter , of 41 and 42 , Fleet-street . The main grounds of opposition , urged with a view to a total refusal or suspension of the certificate , were reckless trading , bad book-keeping , aud negligent conduct , almost amounting to fraud . It appeared that the bankrupt compounded with his creditors seven yeara ago , paying them a composition of 10 a . in the pound . He had since resumed business , but had latterly become very much involved , so much so that he was obliged to quit his business in order to avoid arrest The management

      then fell upon his wife and son , the latter of whom behaved scandalously , for , in a very short time after the father ' s departure , the stock-in-trade was sold off , and such of the goods as remained were carted off into obscure lodgings , again removed , and ultimately sold at a ruinous sacrifice by a Mr . Burton , an auctioneer . Through the promptitude of the assignees , however , some of the property had been recovered , and Mr . Burton had given up everything he held upon payment of the moneys he had advanced . The Commissioner spoke very severely of the dishonesty of the bankrupt and his son , and merely granted a third-class certificate , to be suspended for a year , with protection , however , as no absolute fraud had been proved .

      GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . Mr . John Townsenb , one of the members for Greenwich , haa been forced to appear in the Court of Bankruptcy . The petitioning creditor is Mr . Shepherd , one of tho lessees of the Surrey Theatre , whose claim amounts to 200 / ., money lent ; and the petition was supported by a declaration of insolvency signed by Mr . Townsend . Mr . Townsendl was an auctioneer and house-agent ; and his liabilities aro said to be very heavy . The Commissioner granted an adjudication . A widow of the name of Chapman , attended on Monday before tho Thames magistrate , and said she was in deep distress . She was tho wife of a policeman who , in February 185 C , waa seriously injured by a drunken

      ruffian whom he was endeavouring to take into custody , and who threw him down , twisted his leg , and broke it . Owing to that injury , ho lingered up to Sunday week , when lie expired , leaving his wife with seven children to eupport , the youngest being only a month old . Mr . Yardloy , the magistrate , said that Chapman was a-very deserving and respectable person , and ho deeply comnnseratcd tho distresses of hia widow . Ho gavo her a sovereign , observing that that was all he waa enabled to ao at present ; but , in tho meanwhile , he advised her to see what her friends could do . r _ The Commissioners of Aohco ought to have aomo fund for the relief of casea ouch aa this . ]

      - r foreigner , named John Pass , giving his address at A » , Euoton-square ( a false address ) , is under remand at tjnudhull , on a charge of cheating Isaac Simmons , a general dealer , of Field-lane , of 13 / . Ho took some gold

      Mr . Reuben Jones , a respectable-looking person , has been fined by the Lambeth magistrate 802 / . 16 s ., for having in his possession six boxes containing 1338 pounds' weight of smuggled leaf tobacco , the value and duty on which were 267 ? . 12 . In default he was committed to prison , there to remain during her Majesty's pleasure .

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      jfo > 389 ^ September 5 , 1857 . ] TE E LEADER , 849

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 5, 1857, page 849, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2208/page/9/