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      guage , and finally he threw her over the palings , in consequence of this violence , she had a miscarriage . The prisoner was found Guilty , but declared his innocence . He was sentenced to a month ' s imprisonment } the Judge ( Mr . Bliss , Q . C . ) being of opinion that * he had used more force than was justifiable . '

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      A Cawnpore in England . —Under this heading , the Northern Daily Express gives , on the authority of an eye-witness , an account of a most appalling piece of legalized cruelty committed in the barracks at Newcastle . A court-martial was recently held there on a private of the second battalion of Northumberland Fusiliers . We are not told what the offence was ; but , the man being convicted , the punishment ordered was fifty lashes . The whip used is what is called a cat-o ' -nine-tails , so that at each blow nine gashes are inflicted . That used at Newcastle is described as having the separate ' tails' weighted with pentagonal pieces of case-hardened steel , eightyone in number . On the morning when the torture was to take place , the soldier respectfully refused to strip ; on which sixteen of the strongest men in the ranks

      hurled the offender , face downward , on the stone pavement of the racket court , and stripped him by force . He implored that the punishment might be changed to that of death ; but he was tied up to the triangles , and . one of the largest drummers in the . battalion proceeded to inflict the torture . "What follows is described by the eye-witness in terms which we hope , and cannot but suspect , are overcharged . Suffice it here to say that the victim shrieked aloud at the first blow ; that his back was horribly mangled ; that the colonel and major were overcome by the sight ; that the surgeon nearly fainted ; that several men in the ranks actually did faint ; and

      that the poor wretch now lies in the hospital in a dying state . Gangrene has ensued on the wounds , and it is stated that it is scarcely possible that the man can live . We c ! o not , of course * commit ourselves to the truth of the narration ; but , if it be established , the indignation of the country will demand that such an atrocity be severely punished . The Robbeky op the Earl of Suffolk ' s Pictures . —John Darbon , the person charged with stealing certain valuable pictures from Charlton-park , Wiltshire , the residence of the Earl of Suffolk , has been examined before the magistrates at Malmesbury , and committed for trial at the next Wilts Assizes .

      A Young Lady Thief . —A Miss Annie Walker , of Wakefield , has been committed for trial on a charge of plundering several linendrapers ' s shops ; 601 . worth of drapery goods was found at her residence . Escape fbom Hereford County Gaol . —A man who had bee n committed for trial for housebreaking has escaped from the Hereford County Gaol , having wrenched off bolts and picked padlocks -with a great deal of strength and ingenuity . A bag , composed of strong twine network , is deposited in his cell every night , and in this he places his clothes when he goes to bed . It is then removed until six o ' clock the following morning . Of this bag he formed a rope ladder on the morning of his escape , making the steps out of his wooden trencher which he broke into pieces . Since his escape , a robbery has been committed at a . house in the direction in which it is supposed he has gone .

      Highway Robbeby . ^ —Mr . James Barraclough , cotton waste dealer , Todmorden , has been attacked by two men on the high road near Hebdon Bridge . One of the men ¦ Btruck him a violent blow on tho head ; the other seized his throat . Though somewhat affected by liquor ( for ho had been drinking at a neighbouring tavern ) , Mr . Barraclough freed himself sufficiently to uao his stick with good effect , and one of the ruffians was knocked down . Ultimately , however , Mt . Barraclough was overpowered , and the men then threw him into the river Calder , which runs parallel with the road . Mr . Barraclough kept his head above water by clinging to a bramble bush until a policeman , came up . Next morning he was ( sufficiently recovered to return homo . He iiad only a few shillings about him at the time ; so that the thieves wore . disappointed , in their expectations .

      Inimsciuminatic Almsgiving .. —Sergeant Milham , of ¦ th e WeBt Sussex constabulary apprehended a man last Saturday for begging in the town of Bognor . Upon searching him , ho found in his possession three sovereigns , eight half-sovereigns , one half-crown , ten shillings , fifty-five sixpences , one fourpenny piece , and two halfpence , amounting in all to 9 / . Ob . 5 d . ; also one silver watch , with silver guard-chain attached , and one metal watch , about two pounds of bread , and a small piece of cliceso . Ho was bogging of a shopman in a draper ' s shop , to whom ho declared ho had not broken his fast that day . Ho was wearing three shirts , three waistcoats , throe pairs of trousers , one jacket , one coat , one necktie , and a lurgo wrapper , and had sovorul — -other-BhIrtB ^ and-Btooking 8-in-hia 1-paojlc .- ,-T-i . / 8 iM « defl > .-ulrf » . vertiaer .

      Murpkkous Assault on a Wipk . —A married woman living at tho east end of tho town , named Julia Spillling , has been severely wounded by her husband , Patrick Spilling ; . Sho had boon repeatedly ill-used by lura , and ho had more than onco threatened to murder "her . , She wus at length compelled to leavo her homo ' and tnko refuge in tho hoiufo of n neighbour , in Fort ' sbulldlnge , Shoreditch , where eho remained for some time , until ano evening "Spilling , having ( Uncovered hor place of uhcltor , abruptly entered tho house , and ordoral her to

      return home with him . He repeated this three times , and on being refused the third time , he pulled out of his coat-sleeve some sharp-pointed weapon , and stabbediwa wife with it three times . The last wound was particularly dangerous , the instrument having penetrated to the woman ' s stomach , and caused her to bleed profusely , and become extremely faint and ill . After this , the ruffian ran away and threw something into the street , which was picked up by a woman who was passing at the time , and proved to be a large iron spike with a very sharp point . Spilling was afterwards taken into custody and examined before the Worship-street magistrate , by whom he-was remanded .

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      GATHERING S FROM THE LA ¥ AND POtlCE COURTS . The adjourned certificate meeting in the case of Henry and Cheslyn Hall took place in the Court of 'Bankruptcy last Saturday , when Mr . Bagley appeared for the bankrupts , and contended that the charges against them had been greatly magnified by the press . They had engaged , early in life , in turf transactions , and had become embarrassed . He did not mean to say that the Messrs . Hall were free from blemish . They wereneedymen , andno doubt had desired to dothe best they could for themselves ; but he denied that they had " acted fraudulently or dishonestly . Mr . Commissioner Fane said he should take time to consider his judgment . An appeal has been heard in the Court of Exchequer from a conviction by the Justices of the Peace at Lindley , in the West Riding of Yorkshire . A publican named Whitely had been mulcted in certain penalties for keeping his house open on Sunday between half-past two and three o ' clock . By the 9 th ' George IV ., all public-houses were to be shut on Sundays during the usual hours of divine service in the morning and evening . By later enactments , the time of keeping closed in the afternoon was restricted definitely to between three and five . On behalf of the appeal , it was contended that Whitely was justified in opening his house at the time specified in the indictment . * The contention on the part of the justices was ttfat , as the 9 th George IV . had never been expressly repealed , its provisions still remained in force . Barons Martin , Bramwell , and Watson agreed that the conviction could not be sustained , and it was accordingly quashed .

      An action has been brought in the same court on a bill of exchange at four months , dated June 29 th , 1857 , for 250 £ , drawn by Messrs . Sanders and Woolcott , accepted by the defendant ( the house steward of the late Duke of Devonshire ) , and endorsed by Messrs . Sanders and Woolcott to the plaintiff Mr . Ries , the proprietor of a cigar divan in the Strand . Mr . Ries , according to his statement at the trial , had discounted , a few years ago , some bills accepted by Mr . Ridgway , the defendant , with interest at thirty per cent , per annum . This he had done at the request of Messrs . Sanders and Woolcott ; but Mr . "Woolcott had since committed suicide , and the firm had fallen into difficulties . As Mr . Ries was unable to obtain the payment of the last of these bills from Mr . Ridgway , he brought the present action , the defence at which was that the signature of Mr . Ridgwaj' was a forgery . Mr . Chambers , who appeared

      for the defendant , said : —" His client by virtue of his office \\ tu \ to pay many Mils for building and for furniture , and the firm employed for building purposes were Messrs . Sanders nnd Woolcott . During the time buildings were in progress , he gave acceptances to Woolcott , in order that tho work might ; , proceed . When tho accounts were sent in , the defendant saw what had been paid by bills on account . Tho balance was then calculated , tho amount paid , and all tho bills destroyed . There was no attempt to deny that the defendant had frequently given Woolcott acceptances for work done ; but what ho said was , that Woolcott , taking advantuge of tho genuine acceptances , had introduced acceptances which he know were not genuine , and this was one of them . " Tho jury , after consulting for four hours and a half , could not como to an agreement , and were therefore discharged .

      Mr . John . Bailley Davis , described as a merchant trading in Spanish goods , was charged ut Guildhall , on Monday , under the Bishop of Oxford ' s Act , with the abduction of a young girl alleged to bo under seventeen . Elizabeth Wynn , n good-looking girl , apparently not less than eighteen years of ngo , stated tlmt sho was turned seventeen years of nge , and that flho wns on n visit to an aunt at Liverpool about three weeks ngo , when she mot Mr . Davis in tho street for tho first time . Sho saw him afterwards , nnd consented to accompany him to Spain . They wont first to Manchester and then to Sheffield boforo coining to London * Sho went voluntttrilyr-with-Mr ,-. JDaA ia ,-aiid-ho . hud-npt-promiat ; ilJjerji 1 !;) y money or anything elso . Sho consented to go to Spain with him of her own froo will . Sho did not go for monoy ; sho wont with him for lovo * Sho did not want any money of Mr . Davis ; elio lind plenty of hor own . Shq did not wish to leave hiih . On hearing those . state-, merits ; tho Aldonnati discharged Mr . Dr . via . Tho case of tho Northumberland and Durham District Bank enmo pu Tuomlny boforo Vico-Chancellor Kin-Uoraloy upon aevornl petitions praying tho compulsory winding-up of tho com pan }' , or , In tho altornutho , that two liquidators might bo added to thoso alrcudy chosen

      by the shareholders of the company in the process of a voluntary winding-up . The Vice-Chancellor thought that the proper order to be made would be—that so much of the petitions -as prayed a compulsory wintlingup stand over ; that a voluntary winding-up take place , subject to the terms that no action against a shareholder for calls be compromised without the leave of the court , and that no action against any creditor for a sum exceeding 2000 ? . be compromised without the like leave . Mr . Commissioner Fane , in the Court of Bankruptcy , on Tuesday , delivered judgment in the matter of Edward Baldwin , upon the right of the mortgagees to the sum of 16 , 000 ? ., the purchase money of the Morning Herald , Standard , and St . James ' s Chronicle newspapers . Two petitions were entered—one on behalf of Edward Foss , the other on Tbehalf of Charles Baldwin . The Commissioner came to the conclusion that there was no

      evidence to show that the property was not in the use , order , or disposition of the bankrupt , and consequently the petitions were dismissed . The 16 , 000 ? . will therefore be divided among ' the general creditors . Certificates were refused , in the Hull Bankruptcy Court , on Wednesday , in the case of Harrison , Watson , and Co ., bankers . The French spy system is becoming rampant in London . An Italian gentleman , on Tuesday , waited on the Southwark police magistrate , to complain that he had recently been dogged about the streets by French spies , connected , as he supposed , with the Paris detectivepolice . Could he give them into custody ? The magistrate said lie could not , as they had committed no breach of the law . No doubt they would soon find orrt they were on the wrong scent , and leave the applicant . In the meanwhile he had better take no notice of them .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —The Queen and : the Prince Consort ,, with the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice , attended by Major-General Buckley and Colone * F . H . Seymour , went on Tuesday afternoon to Battersea Park and the new bridge . —The Queen held * a levee , the first of the season , on Thursday afternoon , at St . James ' s Palace . Sib Jamjcs Melvill , having on the 3 rd instant completed a service of fifty years , has , in fulfilmcat of an intention long since announced , retired from the office of Secretary to the East India Company . It is understood , however ,, , that he will remain to offer such assistance as his long experience may enable him to afford during thipresent Parliamentary discussions . —Times . Indian Relief Fujsd . —A , remittance of 150 ? . 18 s ., has been received from her Britannic Majesty ' Consul at Charleston , South Carolina , accompanied by a letter containing the following statement— " I think it proper to add that a considerable proportion of this amount has been subscribed by American citizens , who have been desirous of uniting with the British residents in the expression of their sympathy with the sufferers by the Indian mutinies . " ViCToniA Station and Pimlico Railway . —The bill for this very useful undertaking . ( an outline of tins proposed plau pf which appeared a few months since ) has passed through the Stunding Orders of the House of Commons , and it is stated by the half-yearly rupori of the Brighton directors that their company has been

      the first to consult tho public convenience by securing the use of the terminus . There seems , therefore , every probability that this scheme ^ will bo speedily carried into effect .- ^—Times . Lord Palmkkston and Trrrc Oranqb Association . —A deputation of members of Parliament connected with the Conservative party , and of gentlemen representing the Orange Association of tho north of Ireland , waited hist Saturday upon Lord Palmerston at hid private house , Piccadilly , for . tho purpose of presenting ii memorial protesting against tho letter of tho Lord Chancellor of Ireland to the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Down , directing him not to recommend gentlemen to be justices of tho penco who would not tmbscribe a declaration that bo long as they held the commission they would not connect themselves with Orange Lodges . Tho Premier , in answer to the

      observations addressed to him , said that there had bcou no intention whatever to doubt the legality of tho Urango I confederation , or to assort that its members are . 'disloyal /' Thoro in nothing in their political opinions of a niiUiro to 1 dinquulify them from exorcising magisterial functions ; ! " but it is impossible not to porcoivo that suHpicioiiB may and must prevail among a conaiilernblo portimi ol tho Irish people . " This was tho consideration wlileli induced tho Lord Lieutenant and tho Lord Clinimillov to take the stop in question j and thoy Iinvo tho entire approval of tho Govornmont . ¦ t — . . k . Q . 'ffl ! . ffu . ttMMav * fio ( * on . _ Wj-dnoaday weok at T »( l « li" 6 " tonParitTQioucoatoFelllro . ¦ ¦• ¦ ~•¦ - ' — Till !) BaRUBKISY COM-lKltY EXI'LOSION . Tllirt lll <| U 08 l was brought to n close ou Monday , tho jury tlndlii ^ s that tho explosion was tho rotn . lt of firing a shot or blunt ., and thut it wiiti oonnoquontly accidental . Tho deaths t" t » e present tiiuo are 02 in number . Nifw Fountain a . t Hoi , yi . oou . —Tho quaint , niili < jiio fountain in ttio contro of tho quadrniiglo of Linlltligow Palace , Avhioh wan irrotriovably ruined in tho troiil > K' «* oi 1745 , is about to bo restored ' at tho duggotitlon of ait Bonjuinln Hull .

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      178 . Tgi LEADER [ No . 4 ia , Pebkxtajiy 20 , 1858 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 20, 1858, page 178, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2231/page/10/