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      Iowa the bills that had been already posted up , others violently assaulted the two nien who had nailed them to ; the wall , and finally expellid them from the room by j main force . Mr . Deane and some members of the committee afterwards entered , accompanied by four policemen , and a waiter , who was pointed out by several visitors as having made himself more conspicuously offensive than the rest , was apprehended by the constables , but not until after a desperate attempt had been made by nxany of his fellow-waiters to rescue their comrade . The man who urged the others to the rescue was also taken into custody , and so was a third waiter , who called aloud to his colleagues to resist Mr . Deane . An attempt was next made to turn the visitors out of the room ; but this was successfully resisted , and order was soon afterwards restored . Cutting axd Wounding . —John Crow , a crossingsweeper , was charged , at the Mansion-house , with stabbing- a gentleman named With am with a table-knife . Mr . Witham was taking some refreshment at a coffeehouse in Botolph-lane , and asked Crow , who was sitting at the same table , to hand him the pepper . The latter upon this uttered au offensive remark , for which a young Ttx&tL , who was also seated at the table , reproved him . Crow then took a knife from the table , and brandished it at bis companions , saying that was how he served those who interfered with him . Being remonstrated with , he laid down the knife , but immediately afterwards took up a stick , and at lust struck the young man a blow on the head . He was about to strike him a second time , when Mr . Witham ruse from his seat and prevented him by standing between him and the young man , upon which the ruffian flung down liis stick and again seized the knife , with which he inflicted two deep wouaids in Sir . Witham ' s hand , one inside the palm and the other across the ball of the thumb , lie then attempted to escape , but was detained by the young man while a policeman was sent for , when he was given into custody . Crow was committed for trial . The Late Tragedy at W aklkigh . —Thomas Miller , the man accused of murdering Andrew Border and his wife , has been examined before the Warleigh magistrate , and committed for trial . There , appears to be little doribt of his insanity ; his father is now in the lunatic ward of the -workhouse . Miller , the accused , is now recovering from the effect of the wounds he indicted , on himself . Attempted Murder . —A man named Burke , employed at the warehouse of Messrs . Fiudhiters and Co .,. ale and porter merchants , Tooley-street , Southvrark , made a murderous attack on Wednesday on a young man employed at the same place , who had been finding fault with him . He afterwards succeeded in making his escape , and was not arrested up to yesterday . His victim lies ia St . Thomas ' s Hospital in a "very dangerous state .

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      NAVAL AND MILITARY . SiiirwKEoics . —A ship , supposed to be three-masted , and of 3 U 0 tons , foundered with all her crew at lliu southwest point of . the island of Ushant on the Dtli i » st . A plank , on which the name " Symmetry" is inscribed in gilt characters , and a strip of the English Hag , have been found on the shore . Some broken pieces of raisinboxeii , on which nre written the name " Vincent Gaboila , Denia , " part of n mizenmast , and a dead body have likewise been washed ashore . —Twelve bills of hiding , three clinrterpiiriius , and forty-eight letters , which belonged to the English sloop Adventure , of 5 J toii 8 , Captain Crispin , were found on the coast nearConqnet . According to these papers , the vessel was laden witli Spanish wine . —The American barque Warden has been wrecked at Sauntou Sands , Hideford , with tho lo » of seven lives . The captain , with the remainder of the crew , three in number , got safely on shore . Tho cargo of iron , worth 1000 / ., wna not insured . An auction was held on Monday on Saunton Sands , when the remains o * tho vessel were sold , and fetched 120 / . fi A Wkht India . Ki ;<; i . micnt in England . — ' 1 he nrst detachment of n West India . regiment which has completed n coursu of instruction ' iu the EnUeld rine at tne School of Musketry , llythe , arrived ut Chatham last Saturday afternoon " , the draught being composted of noncommissioned officers and men of the 2 nd West India Regiment , in charge of ensign L . M'A . de Luncey , that corpw . A number of the privates are wen ol'colour On their return to tho West Indies , they will uo employed in instructing the men of their corps m tlio use of tho Enucld rifle . CouKT-MAiULiAr .. — A court-martial has assembled at Chatham garrison , to try Lieutenant George WHUam Vanaittart Ynlo , Koyal Engine-era , on charges ot au-Benting himself from duty without leave , of buhavjnf ,

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      GATHE 1 IINGS FROM THE LAW AN 1 > POLICE COURTS . Much amusement was created , last Saturday , at a Bitting of the judges of the Middlesex Sessions to hear appeals against convictions , by the determination of an elderly man , named Klrby , to have the payment of his expenses made certaiu before he gave evidence . The appeal was by Charles Thorp , formerly of 124 , Jermynstreet , now of the White Bear , Piccadilly , against a con-• viction for keeping a betting-house , under -which he was sentenced to two months hard labour in the House of Correction . Kirby lives on a little prop-erty ^ it Boston , Lincolnshire , but is in the habit of coming to London and of betting at Thorpe ' s house . Ou being put into the witness-box , he said he wanted to know who was to pay his expenses . He had been kept in town four days , and his expenses were 13 s . Gd . a day . Superintendent Haimant eaid that he went to Boston to serve Klrby with a subpoena , but he found he vras in town ; so that when he was served he only received 13 . with the subpoena . Mr . Bodkin ( who appeared in support of the co-nviction ) told the witness that the Solicitor to the Treasury would pay all proper and reasonable expenses . Witness : 4 t Well , give me his address ; but atop—I don't know any Solicitor to the Treasury , and before I begin I want my expenses . " Mr . Bodkin : " You will find ' Solicitor to the Treasury , Whitehall , ' on the back of your subpoena . Let me see it . " Witness : " Hero it is ; but there ' s writing on it of inin « which I don ' t want you to see ; it ' s the items of my expenses . I want the money , sir ; that ' s my ticket . " ( Laughter . ) Mr . Bodkin ( to the Bench ) : . Sir , here is a witness before you -whoso fair and reasonable expenses arc guaranteed by the Solicitor to the Treasury , and , if he refuses further to give hia evidence , I shall ask you to commit him . " Witness : " Well , rather than be committed , I ' ll begin ; but the Queen ia better able to pay my expenses than I am to lose them . I was ' had' once before in a horse case ; I wjih summoned thirty-seven miles , and wua only laughed at after all ; I don ' t mean to bo laughed at again like that . " Serjeant Bnlluntlne ( who appeared for tho appellant ) : "lie does not appear to have much confidence in her Majesty's Treasury . " Witness : " Not a bit . All tho confidence I ' ve got ia tluit I ' m confident I mean to bo paid . " ( Loud laughter . ) Tho representative of tho Solicitor to tho Treasury here landed tho witness bL , with which ho seemed

      very well contented , lie then gave his evidence with respect to the betting at Thorp's house , and , in crossexamination , said : —* ' I was once a farmer , but failed . I never had eleven days through falsely stating that I was an inspector of weights and measures . I was once at the Assizes eleven days , but 1 do not know , and never did , rightly , what it was for ; but this I know—I was acquitted without the aid of either counsel or solicitor . " Serjeant Ballantine : " That ' s a libel by inference upon the entire profession . " ( Much laughter . ) Kirby added that he went to the White Bear the preceding evening , and saw the appellant's solicitor . u He ( Kirby ) did not say he would stop away from the court if 20 / . were given him , but he said if Thorp would pay him the amount of his bet he would be out of the way . Why should he not ? He had no ill-will against Thorp , but he -wanted his money for all that . " Serjeant Ballantine : " You are from the north , are you not ? " Witness ( winking ) : " I should say I was , a bit . " { Much laughter . ) The conviction was affirmed , and Thorp was taken into custody , to undergo the sentence . A case of great interest to per . soii 3 belonging to benefit societies came before Mr . Prendergast , Q . C ., at the City Sheriffs' Court last Saturday . A working man , named Elias Dandridge , sought to recover a sum of money from the Wellington Life Assurance United Company and Sick Fund Relief Society . He joined the association about three years ago , and paid a certain weekly sum , which he was informed would enable him , when ill , to receive 11 . a week . Last June he was laid up , and for the fir ^ t week was paid that amount ; but he found great difficulty in obtaining it on the second week , and was at last told that he was only entitled to 6 s . 8 d . He now sought to recover for six weeks at 1 / . a week . For the defence , it was urged that Dandridge should have produced his certificate earlier , and that , while he was ill , new rules had been passed , certified by Mr . Tidd Pratt , which only entitled Dandridge to ( is . 8 d . a -week . Mr . Prendergast here said : — "Ifthat is the defence to this action , I will frankly confess that I never heard such a defence urged before . It is no defence . Some benelit societies seem to think they are dispensing charity instead of repaying moneys entrusted to them'for the benefit of the contributor . I shall only further express my opinion ~ b y giving a verdict for the plaintiff , and costs . " This was hailed by a burst of applause . At theTaunton County Court , on Monday , the lion . Cecil James Gordon , commonly called Lord Cecil Gordon , whose former petition for hearing was dismissed on the 7 th September on a legal technicality , and who had remained ia prison , was heard on another petition . His Lordship was opposed by a number of creditors re-¦ icieht at Bath . The debts on the schedule were 2039 / ., and the insolvency was attributed to the non-payment of about 2000 / ., as rent , to Lady Gordon , from some property in Ireland , to the diminution of gifts from friends , and to having a family of nine to support and educate . The opposition to his Lordship's discharge was on several grounds—contracting debts without reasonable expectation of payment , obtaining forbearance , and disposing of property . At the conclusion of the examination , the Judge declared Lord Gordon entitled to the benefit of the act , and ordered liiin to be discharged . The certificate meeting in the bankruptcy of Sadgrove and Iiagg , cabinetmakers and upholsterers , Eldonstreet , l'insbury , took place before Mr . Commissioner Holroyd on Tuesday . Mr . Maynard , the accountant who had been employed by the assignees to examine the bankrupts' booka and accounts , states in lii . s report that the partnership commenced in August , 1851 , when Sudgrove had a capital of S 3 u 7 ., and Rugg of 10 GC / . Since that period , they had dealt in accommodationbills to the extent of 39 , 378 £ Their practice was to get parties to accept in blank , and they afterwards filled up the acceptances with such amounts as thej- desired . At the date of the bankruptcy they owed on these bills 1-2 , 5731 . ; to trade creditors , C 4 G 8 / . ; to W . Sadgrovc , sen ., 3 Ml / . ; total , 22 , G 7 il / . There were also liabilities of G 54 G / . on customers' bills , which it was expected would be nearly all paid by the acceptors . The estimated assets were 14 , 842 / . ( There have been two dividends on the joint estate , amounting to about Gs . ( id . in the pound . ) The total amount of bills discounted was 95 , 27 L / ., for the discount of which 3005 / . had been paid . Their profits had been 15 , ' 222 / . ( upwards of ten per cent , on the amount of their transactions ) ; trade expenses , 15 , 508 / . ; losses , 48 G 4 / . ; drawn out by Sadgrove , 2427 / . ; by Ragg , 4 GU ; unaccounted for—cash , 483 / . ; bills , G 33 / . Mr . Bugluy opposed for the assignees and for Mr . Moore , a huge creditor . The main charge aguinst the bankrupts was that they had , during nearly tlio whole of their partnership , carried on u ayatcin of trafficking in fictitious hills , which did not represent any real tiado trim auctions , und had kept bud books . In 1855 , they had circulated accommodationbills to the amount of 87227 . ; and in the following year they had thrown upon the market no less than ' 2 9 , 3 , > ill . of such billn . Some of the names on tho bills were altogether fictitious , and others were wrongly described . A very largo amount hud bi . eu accepted by one Taylor , who turned out to bo a workman in tho employ of the bankrupts . Itagg gave his evidence with a . good deal of cft ' rontcsry , and udmitted that one of the acceptors of

      the accommodation-bills was a Mrs . Irons , a dressmaker in Ins employment at eight or nine shillings a WS In these transactions she passed as a Mr . Irons . Si bankrupt also said that some of the other names in con nexion vith the bills were purel y fictitious . A Mr " Smith , of the Isle of Wight , wa / in the habit of « cepting bdls for Mr . Ragg at one shilling per bill ^ of signing them in bundles ! A poor man Hvi " ' " £ London , who figured as a gentleman of Torquav no cepted twenty bills ; and a Mr . Brown , of Stratford terrace , was similarly obliging , and even authorized Mr Sadgroves nephew to sign in his name . On behalf of Sadgrove , it was submitted that he had alwava through a long life , borne an unblemished reputation and that he was wholly iguorant of these bill transac ' tions , as he was restricted by the articles of partnership from interfering in the counting-house department- an * this appears to have been the fact . The consideration of the case was adjourned . A singular case of mistaken identity has occupied the attention of the jtfarylebone magistrate durin <> - the pre sent week . Mr . John Probert , a wealthy " farmer at Llanfi-lly , AbergJivenny , was charged on Monday with stealing property to the amount of 100 / . from the shop ¦ of . Mr . Stradtb , a jeweller in London-street , Paddington The offence was _ alleged to have taken place on the 3 rd inst ., and last ' Saturday Mr . Probert was given into custody by Mr . Stradth ' s servant girl , who swore positively to his identity with the thief . The shopman also spoke with equal confidence . The case was adjourned to the next day , and bail was refused ; but ou Tuesday an alibi was clearly proved by a friend of Mr . Probert and by two persons in his employ , besides which , a letter was read from the rector of the parish where lie resides , speaking- highly of his moral worth . It appears certain that he -was at Llanfelly on the day in question . The counsel for the prosecution consequently withdrew from the case , and Mr . Probert was discharged . Mr . Stradth , it was intimated , will have to sustain an action for false imprisonment , which will undoubtedly be a hard case , as he was in no way concerned in giving Mr . Probert into custody . At the Surrey Sessions , on Wednesday , the Court was occupied in hearing applications for the renewal of music and dancing licenses . A license for music and dancing was granted to the Koyal Gardens , Vauxhall , but with the restrictions that there should be no balloons , and that the gardens should be closed at twelve o ' clock . A similar license was granted to the Royal Surrey Gardens , the same conditions being annexed to it . Some licenses were refused , on the ground of dancing having taken place , though not permitted by the previous license , and of the places being frequented by disreputable" characters . John Marks , Samuel Marks , and Abraham Simmonds , were finally examined at Marylebone on Wednesday on the charge , already detailed , of disposing of property subsequently to the issuing of a fiat of bankruptcy against tlie first named . They were committed for trial . William Clarke , an engine-driver on tlie Eastern Counties line , has been sent to prison , with hard labour , for six weeks , for driving at the rate of nine miles an hour past a danger signal , while intoxicated ; the result of which carelessness was that a collision ensued , though without any damage to life .

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      1016 THE LEADER . [ No . 396 , October 24 1857

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 24, 1857, page 1016, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2215/page/8/