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    wounding Jiannah Edwards with intent to do her grievous bodily harm , and notwithstanding a very able defence by Mr . Sleigh , he was found guilty of wounding , and sentenced to twelve months' hard labour . ¦ " ' . The investigation into the alleged poisoning case at poplar was begun at the Central Criminal Court on Thursday ; two judges presided on the occasion , the Lord , Chief Baron and Mr . Justice Williams , The case against the prisoner , George Frederick

    Koyal , was stated by Sir Henry Keating , the Solicitor-General . The prisoner is defended by Mr . Sleigh . Tne Solicitor-General affirmed that poison had been administered , but he admitted that Dr . Letheby and Mr . Webb differed in judgment as to its peculiar nature or name . The evidence of Dr . iLetheby was to the effect that the deceased had died by a powerful irritant , which could not have been generated in the system . Mr . Webb called it cantharides , or crbton oil , or , he said , it might be a combination of both .

    Three sisters , named Julia , Ann , and Kate Nash , were indicted at the Middlesex Sessions for several robberies . They were young women who had beea practising for some time the trade of shoplifting , and being dressed in a fashionable manner , and having a respectable appearance , they were very successful in their operations . It was stated that they were the daughters of a highly respectable person , now dead , who had given them the education of ladies , and they were very accomplished ; they were not pressed by want , but it seemed that they had a penchant for thieving . They had been previously tried and had suffered twelve months' imprisonment ; They were now found guilty , and sentenced to three years' penal servitude .

    A woman named Susannah Brooks , in whom the passion for drink had overcome every natural affection" was sentenced to six months' imprisonment by the magistrate at Worship-street Police-court for neglecting , starving , and cruelly ill-treating her children . It was stated that the prisoner had not been sober for the last two years ; but the prospect of six months' total abstinence appeared to act like a charm , restoring her to perfect consciousness . A " respectable" man named Benjamin Crbwder was examined at Marlborough-street Police-court relative to a charge of fraud and .. perjury in the disposal of a' Quantity of household furniture to a lady . The question of perjury arose from a declaration made to the effect that there was no encumbrance , whereas it was asserted that a bill of sale had been executed on the property . Mr . Bingham remanded

    the case , and admitted the accused to bail . In the Court of Bankruptcy this week John Lockhart Morton , merchant , of Finch-lane , Cornhill , passed his final examination . His case has already acquired so much notoriety that it is scarcely necessary to remind our readers of his conviction somie time since , and sentence of four years' penal servitude in consequence of the extensive forgeries ( exceeding £ 20 , 000 ) he had committed on several discount banks . The accounts show liabilities to the extent of £ 125 , 000 , but of these it is not expected t , iat more than . £ 70 , 000 or £ 80 , 000 will eventually be proved against the estate . It is said that the assets will realise £ 40 , 000 ; but the official assignee has hitherto received only £ 9 , 553 , and this amount will shortly be made applicable to a dividend of about 3 s . or 4 s . in the pound on the claims at present established .

    At the petty sessions at' Ashburton , one Mr . Cockayne was charged by Mr . John Stuart Littler , twenty years of age , and , son of the late General Sir John Littler , with assault . The defendant is the complainant ' s stepfather . A short time ago complainant was in his room dressing , when Mr . Cockayne entered , accompanied by three men , and commenced caning' him . Ho gave him twenty lashes , upon which the complainant asked him how many more he was to have , and defendant said , "I shall complete the number of thirty-nine . " ' He then pushed up complainant's shirt , and struck him , over the back and arms , leaving blue stripes there for some time afterwards , The chairman said that the defendant was convicted of a cowardly , brutal , and indecent assault . The Bench resolved to inflict on him a

    penalty of £ 5 , or , in default of payment , to bo sent to gaol for two months , with hard labour . At the Surrey Sessions James Tregent was indicted for stealing a gold watch from John Scott . The prisoner- had committed the robbery in the most daring 1 manner while Mr . Scott was looking in at a shop window . The prisoner said lie was drank at the time , and was pushed against the proeeoutor j 1 mb he was proved to have . been sober , and he Vfts found guilty , after which evidence was given that he hud be . en punished before for similar robberies , nnd traa the associate of thieves . Mjr . Til / sou eaid it was quite time that * such a dangerous person . i « W taken care of , and sentenced him to six : years ' Kn&VforVitude . ffl ? J 9 ^ 5 roan warned Farrer hae pleaded guilty to wJSw& , e * W * oye ; rs , the proprietors of the Oity ffi <; f ^ W 0 » fc « Me prisoner , said that his wieiwWwwre' highly respectable , and if the learned

    judge could allow such a course they would undertake that the prisoner should be removed from this country , After some inquiries , the judge said he must pass such a sentence as would deter others from the commission of a like offence ; he then sentenced him to three years' penal servitude . Charles Annois , alias Francisco Antonio Piero Guimaraes , a Portuguese seaman , has been indicted at the Old Bailey for the wilful murder of Philip Barker , master of the barque Margaret , on the high seas . Several witnesses having been examined for the prosecution , the counsel for the defence said the only answer that could be given was , that the prisoner was not in a state of mind at the time that could render him accountable for his actions . The jury , however , found him . guilty of wilful murder , and the learned judge ( Williams ) passed sentence of death upon him in the usual form .

    Harriet Haslett . charged with the manslaughter of Richard Haslett , her infant child , by exposure and neglect , has been declared not guilty , and discharged . At the Central Criminal Court , the Lord Chief Baron has granted an application for the postponemeneofthe trial of Sarah Jane Wiggins , charged with the murder of a child , to the next session . At the Court of Bankruptcy a lengthened hearing has been given to the adjourned application for certificate by Cuthbert Anthony Clarke , a warer .

    houseman , who carried on business in Newgatestreet . The two grounds , upon which his application were opposed were reckless trading and obtaining goods by misrepresentation , with the view of disposing of them at a sacrifice . Tlie Commissioner gave the bankrnpt the benefit of a doubt , and acquitted him of the latter charge , but considered the former fully proved , and consequently suspended the certificate ( third class ) for twelve months , but in the absence of opposition on this point , granted protection during the suspension . bookseller of Paternoster

    Mr . Tallent , a -row , who was summoned before the magistrate at Guildhall , for refusing to pay a church-rate in the parish of St . Faith the Virgin , grounded his objection on . the Popish practices in the church . The churchwarden , in answer , stated that the service was intoned , and that was the worst feature in it . Ultimately the summons was dismissed for want of jurisdiction , the prosecutors being left to seek their remedy in the ecclesiastical courts . Sir Peter Laurie , who presided upon this occasion , was as wise and witty as ever ; and elicited the applauding merriment of the audience by his facetia . The church warden , however , and , perhaps , also some other members of the Church of England , do not consider the matter in so jocose a light .

    The charges against Hughes , the bankrupt solicitor , have been again gone into at Guildhall , before Alderman Lawrence , This case , tedious but for its magnitude , has now passed through the preliminary stage of magisterial investigation . A formal remand for a week was ordered , to complete the depositions , when the prisoner will be committed tor trial . An explosion of firo-damp took place on Saturday morning at Washington Colliery , near Newcastle , by which three men and a boy lost their lives . The bodies of the unfortunate miners have been recovered , and an inquest was opened to ascertain the cause of the catastrophe .

    The storm of Tuesday , which continued and increased on Wednesday morning to almost a hurricane , as experienced also in the metropolis , has told with fearful effect on the shipping on all parts of the coast . In the Channel the devastation has been great j and it is to be feared that the reported wreck of nearly 100 vessels , with a proportionate loss of life , win prove tp come far short of the full extent of life' lost and property dostroyed . The

    full force of the gales appears to have been felt in the north , the accounts from Hartlopool reporting no less than 45 ships ashore , 5 of which are described as " total wrecks , " What loss of life has occurred in connexion with those numerous disasters is not mentioned in the telegram received , but it is feared that it is considerable . Later advices mention that one of the vessels is the screw steamer Admiral Cator , which struck the pior in entering West Hartlepool , and sunk .

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    GENERAL HOME NEWS . The Coukt . — The Queen held a Privy Counoil on Saturday , at which Parliament was ordered to be prorogued till the 15 th December . The royal family continue all in excellent health ; but , notwithstanding , do not intend to part with their doctor / , Sir Janies Clark , who was erroneously Bald , by our elegant contemporary , the Court Journal , to be about to retire from his post , after 97 yoars' watching over the Queen ' s health . The visitors at Windsor , tliis wcok , have been the Piomler , Lord Elgin , Countess Bluohev , Lord Sydney , the Duke of Somerset , the Duke do Nemours , and tho Right Hon . 0 .

    P . Villiers .. Preparations are being made at Windsor for the reception of Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia , who will arrive shortly before the 9 th proximo , in honour of the birthday of the Prince of Wales . They will remain to take part in the celebration of the birthday of the Princess Royal on the 21 st of that month . ' The Prince of Wales . —The impression which has gained ground , to the effect that the Prince is of age at eighteen , is erroneous . He does not come of age until he is twenty-one , unless , unfortunately , the Queen die before that time , when his majority ( as provided by Act of Parliament ) would be taken to have commenced at eighteen years . His Royal

    Highness may be considered to have fairly entered upon his career as an Oxonian . His resolution seems to be to conform to all the rules of his college , and to conduct himself in nearly all respects like its ordinary members . He has been a regular attendant at such of the lectures as have yet taken place ; and , so far , unlike many of his less illustrious colleagues , he has " saved his fines , " "by being at chapel punctually at eight o ' clock every morning . Any day the Prince may be seen walking along the streets in his cap and gown , almost unattended , or strolling in the quadrangle of Christ Church with his brother undergraduates , among whom he is very popular ; and be seems equally disposed to submit to college discipline , and to bear his share in college sports .

    Death in the Peek age . —The Earl of Jersey , who succeeded to the earldom on the death of his father on the 3 rd inst ., expired at Brighton on Tuesday . The deceased nobleman had for months past been in declining health , and early in the last spring repaired to the south of France , but only received temporary relief . In politics the late peer was a Conservative ; and during the late Sir K . Peel ' s administration of public affairs lie voted in favour of the repeal of the Corn Laws and the subsequent Free Trade measures of that eminent statesman . The deceased Earl married in 1841 Julia , eldest daughter of Sir Robert Peel , by whom he loaves issue three sons and two daughters ; he is succeeded by his son ,

    Victor Albert George , born in 1845 . —Vice-Admiral the Earl of Waldegrave died on Monday at Hastings . The deceased was the eighth earl , was educated at Eaton , and , at the early age of twelve years , chose tlie navy as his profession , in which he distinguished himself as a daring , spirited , and skilful officer . During the cessation of active service he entered Piirliament as the Hon . Capt . Waldegravc , and devoted himself to the- ' improvement and elevation of his unfortunate fellow subjects . The colliers in the Somersetshire mines speak of him as the first person who made himself acquainted with their mode of life , by descending their pits and endeavouring to improve their moral and social condition .

    He obtained the captain ' s good service pension m Feb ., 1842 , and in 1846 he accepted the rank of rearadmiral on the retired-list , in accordance with his own long-expressed opinion , that the good discipline and thorough vigour of the British nayy would be best maintained by the elder officers retiring , and making way for their younger brethren in the service . In the same year he succeeded to the family dignity as eighth Earl of Waldegrave , on tUe death of Ins nephew . The loss of his gallant eldest son , Viscount ChewtonCaptain in the Scots JPusilcor Guards ,

    , from wounds received at the glorious battle of the Alma , was a blow to his happiness and health , from which he never recovered . The people of Hastings will not easily forget tho active part he took in the autumn of 1849 , by personally visiting tho close alleys of some of the poorer inhabitants ot that town , and how ho worked nnd assisted the Poor Law guardians in all their labours , until the breaking down of his own health in 1856 . xm lordship has left most strict instructions that his funeral should bo nrivato and simple . The deceased his

    Earl is succeeded in his title and honours by grandson , William Fredorick , now ninth EarMYaidegrave , born on the 2 nd of March , 1851 . ' Public Health . —The Registrar-General ' s return for last week again exhibits a satisfactory state of tho public health . Tiio deaths were 910 , being about 200 less than the estimated average tor tne season . The number of births was l , 7 » o . more was an extraordinary fall in tho toaiporaturo a """* the woek— -the thermometer in the shade stood iu tw degrees on the Sunday , and on tho Saturday ten w 28 degrees , or 4 below freezing point . On the 4 tn oi October tho moan temperature waa 00 degrees . A New Stokist muck needed . —• ' ! no Motro-• nolltan Board of Works have succoodod in purchasmio

    ing a largo number of houses situated on tho " the new street from Southward to Westminster , as soon as those houseB aro taken down and vonioyeu , a further sale will take place , it bolng the lnto nturn of the Board to proceed with tbo construction ol ujo new line of street as rapidly as possible . Whenit " finished , it willgroatly relieve the trafflo on tho north s ide of the river , ,. , „ ,,,, Nhw Bronze OoiNAau , —Tho Government intona to issue a new coinage of a bronze alloy , to ropm * - "

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    1194 THE LEADER . . [ No . 501 . Oct . 29 , 1859 .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 29, 1859, page 1194, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2318/page/6/