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    defend ant has a double object in nursing the childat that age . Alder 2 * Wire . —I suppose she is well known in the justice ™ L tT Smkey said she had been upwards ; of forty times committed to Bride ^ ell , the governor of which did not know what to do with her altl * invariabl y as it were under the protection of her S , t'JT wSl La set a pernicious example to the less daring bep-o-ar * am ' fJeUlIt the child he taken care of ^ fifi ^ . ^ * hat 21 days' confinement with very low diet will do for the mother jhe defendant , who has been a beggar from her infancy wasXS from the bar but she swore that she would pummel the whole body of the police before she would give up her child . y ot Murder op a Wife by her HusBAND . -. Henrv HorW « retched looking man , in a state of intoxication , was brought before Udermen Fixnis and Copelanb upon the charge of havinl cut his The is

    ^ s throat with , a razor . prisoner a journeyman shoemaker _ In consequence of the condition m which the prisoner was in when p laced at the bar , the Alderman directed that the chief clerk should take no more evidence than was necessary to justify a remand . —John Dixon , 55 , city police , sauL-At 10 o ' clock this morning , in consequence of information which 1 received , I went to the house of No . 76 Sunstreet , Bishopsgate , the attic in which house is occupied by the prisoner , I saw Mrs . Rogers , who is the mother of the prisoner ' s wife and the prisoner in the passage leading to the street . She said to me that she had come for ner daughter to take her home with her to Bath , and she could get no information where her daughter was , and that she had been up-stairs and called to her daughter " Ann !"

    several times , but received no answer . I asked the prisoner why he did not tell the mother where the daughter was . He said , " It is all right , I slept with her last night . " I asked the prisoner if she was in the house . He made no reply to the question . The mother then said , " You villain , you have murdered my daughter . " He made no reply , and I then took him to the stationhouse . He was dnmk at that time . I searched the prisoner , and found upon him one shilling and three farthings , a shoemaker ' s knife , and a key , but there were no particular marks upon his dress . I then left him in charge at the station house , and returned with Police-constable Balchin to the housed and we went up together into the attic , which was opened by the latch . Against the window was a bedstead , and I turned down the

    counterpane of the bed and saw the dead body of a woman , with her throat deeply cut aud the windpipe severed . I observed blood upon the bed and bolster . They were both saturated with blood . I then sent for the doctor and searched the place , and in a workbox on the top of the bedstead I found the razor produced . ( Here a razor , the blade of which was stained with blood , was produced . ) The razor was shut , the lid of the workbox was closed . It was a sort of bureau bedstead . —The prisoner here said something which was not quite intelligible about the interference of his mother ' s wife between him and the deceased . —Aldermen Finnis and Copeland advised the

    miserable wretch to make no observations , and remanded him for further examination . The prisoner was remanded . On Wednesday , Dixon , the police-sergeant who gave evidence on the former day , added the following statement : —I conveyed the prisoner , when he was remanded on Tuesday , to prison . In going along he said—After mother left the night before , I had talked with my wife respecting her leaving me in the morning to go home with her mother , which , I believe , she did not -want to do , and we then agreed to destroy each other . She took a knife , and I took one also . I then was on the bed with her , and

    said to her , " remember this will be the last time . " I was then on the point of cutting her throat with the knife I had in my hand . She then said , " Henry , stop , I will tell you where your razor is , by which you can do it quicker . I ( the officer ) said to the prisoner , was she undressed ? " No , ? ' said he , " we were not undressed either of us . " He also said it occurred before day , early in the morning . When I first "discovered the body it was dressed . The prisoner upon being asked whether he wished to ask any questions of the witness , said , " Oh , not at all , not at all . " Witness , in continuation , said : On the evening before I was sent by the inspector to the prisoner ' s house , I saw the deceased and her mother sitting in the room . We came down

    stairs together , and there met the prisoner , and the mother said she had come for her daughter . The prisoner said he had worked very hard to keep her and make her happy and comfortable , and he should do so still , and they would be very happy together if the mother would not interfere with them . The deceased said to him , " Henry , if you ill use me I certainly shall not stop with you . " I said it ' s a pity you cannot settle your affairs ; if your husband ill-uses you , you know where to apply . She said , " It ' s not the first or second time he has illused me . " He made no reply to that observation . The

    prisoner—It ' s an untruth to say I ill-used her ; but she said so I know . Ann Rogers , mother of the deceased , said—I am the wife of a mason who resides at Bath . The prisoner married my daughter , Ann , on the 30 th of June , 1851 , at St . James ' s Church , Bath . I came to London in consequence of a letter which I received from Ann . I went with my sister to her lodging , at 76 , Sun-street , Bishopsgate , and had not time to speak a dozen words to her before he came in . In answer to my inquiry after his health he said he was very poorly . I said I did not wonder at it from his treatment of poor Ann , and I

    told him that I was come to fetch her away . After a few words , expressive of the determination of the witness to take away her daughter , the prisoner went away and soon afterwards returned with a police sergeant , who told her she was breaking the peace in forcing a man ' s wife away from him . To that she replied by stating that it was the wish of her daughter to go , and the deceased confirmed the statement , at the same time acknowledging that she should have-no objection to live with him if he would keep his hands off her . I said to my daughter ( continued the witness ) , are you ready to come with me , Ann I have a return-ticket to Bath at 9 o ' clock . She said , " Yes

    * I shall , hut I hardly think I am going . " She then began to pack her things in the trunk . The prisoner then said she should not go that night , but she should go with me at 10 o ' clock m the morning . I told him that I did not consider her safe with him . He then took her by the hand and pulled her on his knee , saying to her " You are not afraid of me Ann , are you dear ? " She replied «^ o provided you keep your hands off me . " After some further conversation he * said he would next morning get her clothes out of pawn , and she should be S y to go with ml to the country . She then wanted me to sleep m . J s . . .-. i . i „ n 4 . „ A ™ a + n ! d ma T should have some objectedand told me I should have ome

    the roomfbut the prisoner , coffee in the morning , and that my daughter would be ready to go SI I toMhim I did not consider her safe with him , and I asked him what I could think when he strove to strang le her last jeek , and her neck was bruised ? He said was your neck bruised , Ann ? » Yes ' said she " it was bruised ; I'll never run from my word . All thislook place while she was sitting on his knee . -1 got a lodging in the neighbourhood , and in about a quarter of an ^ uT feTw ^ dsl returned and got a bed-gown from her , and I told her to he m Suet to co me with me next day . They both replied that she

    would . I did not see either of them that ^ ff ^„ ^^ 2 ' at a little nast 10 , 1 went upstairs , and called " Ann at their door , alu ? te ^ uL I heard him say , as if speaking to somebody , "Oh ! that ' s Mrs . Rogers . " I said " Why don ' t yon open the doo to me Henrv ' —Where is Ann ? " He said , " She is all right . The w ^ Ssl herfproceeded to state her suspicion of the desperate nature ofthenrisoner ' s conduct , and the fact of alarming , the police , as Sdb ^ Sntod hi effect in tho other evidence . Other witnesses , from the Snce of some of whom it appeared that the prisoner had ^ to *? * £ a beastly ^ state of ™^ ™ * ^ and the Alderman stated that he would commit the prisoner for trial .

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    ^ . ¦— . ¦ .. — - _^ _ \ — MARLBOROUGH STREET . < fl ? M ^ of Hertford street , Mayfair , was brought before Mr . Hardwick , charged with having violently assaulted the Rev . James Murray , of No . 69 , Berners-street . Mr . Murray said , he was passing through Park-lane apout 10 o clock the previous evening , when he -met the defendant , who was an entire stranger to him , and who in passing lifted a stick which he carried , and , without saying a word , dealt him a violent blow across the nose . The stick was produced . It was an agateheaded walking cane , and appeared to have been fractured by the force of the blow , which was . given by the thick end . George Raymond , of No . 14 , Chapel-street , was passing at the time , and ' saw the defendant strike the complainant a severe blow across the face with his stick . Just before this the defendant had struck a boy with the

    stick as he passed . Mr . Scott ' s defence was , that he was a gentleman , that he had been dining out , and had taken too much wine . Mr . Hardwick remarked , if taking too much wine had the effect of rendering the defendant incapable of mastering his actions , the proper course was to abstain from dining out altogether . Mr . Scott did not mean to commit any assault . He was sorry for what had accurred , and would take care it should not occur again . Mr . Murry had no wish to press the case with severity now that the defendant had expressed contrition . Mr . Hardwick would inflict the full fine of 51 , or two months' imprisonment , in order to teach the defendant to be more guarded in his conduct for the future . The fine was paid .

    WORSHIP STREET . Murderous Attack . —Thomas Watford , a harsh-featured elderly man , described as being a journeyman plasterer , was charged with a murderous attack upon his wife , ' Eliza Watford , and placing her life in imminent danger . —Mr . D'Eyncourt ordered him to be committed until that day week for the completion of the evidence , and to afford time for ascertaining the result of the injuries the wife had sustained .

    CLERKENWELL . Robberrt . —James White Hinde , a young man of respectable , appearance , was charged by Mr . Jackson , watch-maker , of Red-Lionstreet , Clerkenwell , with having been concerned in stealing a gold watch , value £ 30 ., and other property , to a considerable amount . He tras remanded for a week .

    SOUTHWARK . Important Decision . —Mr . A'Beckett gave his judgement in the case of a cab-driver named Thomas Hill , who was charged with plying for hire within the enclosed space at the terminus of the London and Brighton Railway station , that being a place not authorised by the Commissioners of Police . As it had been understood that the real issue was the right of railway companies to withdraw the cabs at the stations from the provisions of the general statutes and the superintendence of the police commissioner , a considerable amount of interest attached to the trial . Mr . A'Beckett said that he had well considered

    not only the case , but the opinion of counsel which had been placed before him by the company , and was unchanged in the opinion that in plying for hire in a place not sanctioned by the Police Commissioners —for that was the only question—the defendant had broken the law . In prohibiting the plying of hackney carriages " elsewhere " than at places approved by the commissioners , the legislature meant without exception , otherwise such exception would have been particularised . It was not desirable that a number of public vehicles should be withdrawn from the supervision to which , by law , all were subjected . The railway authorities were irresponsible , and if at one time their regulations were made for the

    public , at another they were made for their own profit . Some of the regulations made by the company were most inconvenient , witness the placing of other numbers on the sides' of cabs than those of the license , thus leading the public astray , and in the cases of summonses causing confusion . The company had had time to consider their course , and comply with the law , but had not done so . It was his duty to put the law in force , which he would do , by imposing the nominal penalty of Is ., with costs . — -Another case , was heard , and a cabman plying at the same station was fined 40 s ., for refusing , in obedience to the company ' s rules , to take the first faro that called him . It was announced in court that the company had resolved to comply with the act in future .

    LAMBETH . A Ruffianly Father . —William Bailey , a ruffianly-looking fellow , was finally examined on a charge of attempting to cut the throat of his daughter , and inflicting a wound on her right arm , From the evidence of the daughter , a young woman 20 years of age , it appeared that on Thursday night last she went to a public house , where she was told her father was , getting drunk , to endeavour to get him home and after much persuasion he with much reluctance came home with her . They had scarcely reached home , however , when he began to

    abuse her in the most disgusting language , and ultimately attempted to cut her throat . She threw up her right arm to save her throat , and the prisoner inflicted a deep flesh wound on it , but did not , fortunately , injure any of the principal blood-vessels . He was proceeding to inflict further injuries when the residents in the house , whom the screams of the complainant brought to her aid , rescued his intended victim , and he was given into custody . In reply to the charge the prisoner said he was very drunk at the time , and that * his daughter , who was not quite sober , was very abusive to him . The daughter having expressed much reluctance to prosecute , the prisoner was convicted in a penalty of 51 ., or two months' imprisonment , and was further ordered to find good bail for three months more .

    HAMMERSMITH A Protector of Law and Order . —James Barry , an athletic young volunteer in the Royal Middlesex Militia , was brought before Mr . Beadon , on the charge of having violently assaulted Mrs . Robinson , a respectable married woman , residing in Simpsons-place , Hammersmith . On Monday evening the prosecutrix was standing in King-street , with her boy , waiting for her husband , when the

    prisoner , who was very much intoxicated , came up to her , and commenced using the most offensive and disgusting language , and called her by several opprobious epithets . She asked him what he wanted , and he replied with an oath that he wanted money , and money he would have , and he would let every woman know that he was a militiaman . He then , without any provocation , struck her a violent blow and knocked her into the mud . A constable of the T division

    fortunately came up at the time , and secured the prisoner , who repeated the disgusting language on the way to the station , and after he was locked up in the cell . The prisoner in answer to the charge pleaded drunkenness as an excuse for his violent conduct . He was never so drunk in his life as he was on Monday night , and he really was quite unconscious of what he did . He received 15 s . on being discharged from drilling , and he had none of it left . Mr . Beadon—The prisoner has received money fbr the protection of country , and the first thing he did was to get drunk and violently assault a respectable woman without any provocation whatever . He fined the prisoner 51 ., or two months' imprisonment . The prisoner was locked up in default .

    MARYLEBONE . Horrible Cruelty to a Cat . —William King , of Andover Lodge , Finchly-road , was summoned for roasting a living cat . The prosecution originated with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals . Harriett Dunn , on being sworn said , I am maid of all work in the service of the defendant , and have been so for live months . Last Friday fortnight I gave him notice to quit . Our cat , which was large with kitten , was in the habit of going to the next house , and

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    my mistress told me she did not approve of it . I never heard my master say that he would do anything to her for going away . In the afternoon of last Monday three weeks mistress told me that she wanted the cat , and I therefore fetched it from the next house ; it returned thither , and I brought it back again . This was at four o ' clock . I put the animal in the kitchen , and at half-past seven my master came down , when he asked for " Tibbs , " which was the cat ' s name . I informed him that she was behind the door , upon which he took her up in his arms and put her upon the table . He asked me for a piece of string , and after hesitating for a little time I gave him a bit of cord vrrllinti T mnnn / vnW 4- *\ ¦ £ «/ - ! TXsv A /\ nZi * nJ - i ^ _ t ~ 1 I « . 1 «» aJ > iJwhich I managed to findHe desired to make sliknot in it

    . me a p- , but I told him I did not know how . He then made the knot , and put the cord round the cat ' s neck . He asked me where he should hang it , and I said I did not know , My mistress , and a gentleman , a friend of my master ' s , were in the kitchen at the time . ' Being frightened , I went out and stood upon the stairs , In three or four minutes I heard the poor cat cry out in a dreadful manner , when I came down and saw the poor animal hanging in front of the kitchen fire—the same as if a joint was being roasted ; it smoked as it went round , and screamed and cried shockingly . —Mr . Broughton . —Where were your mistress and the gentleman at the time that this affair was being transacted ?

    Witness—Close to the kitchen door . Mr . Broughton . —Tell me what occurred immediately upon your entering , after goiugup the stairs . Witness—The gentleman told my master it was too bad of him to serve a cat like that , when he remarked that he would teach it ingratitude . After the cat had struggled as long as it could , it ceased to » cry , and appeared convulsed . My master said it was dead , and the gentleman said , " It ' s astonishing how long these cats retain life . " Master was going to cut it down , but mistress said , " Don ' t do that , for it may go mad , and run all over the place . " Master then said , " Oh , no , it ' s not dead , " and with a wooden roller which he took from

    behind the door gave the cat two blows upon the head as it was hanging . The poor thing opened its mouth , and directly afterwards I was convinced that it was dead . It ' s struggles had been so strong as to bend the hook it was hanging on . My master took it down , and having put it into an apron , I , at his desire threw it away into the road . I have not seen it since . My master and the gentleman then went up stairs to take some brandy and water and cigars . I told the servant next door what had happened , and I afterwards mentioned the matter to my friends . Mr . Broughton—Is the gentleman or your , mistress here ? Witness—Neither of them , sir . Jesse , the officer of the court , by whom the summons was served , said , the first witness

    pointed out to him the hook alluded to , which was much bent . Ske also produced to him a piece of cord , which she believed to have been that by which the cat was suspended before the fire . Mr . Broughton —( to the young woman Dunn )—Was the fire such a one as you could have used for cooking ? Witness—I could have roasted a leg of mutton , by it , but slowly . The cat was hanging altogether about ten minutes . Mr . Broughton—What was defendant doing while the cat was hanging , and before he knocked it on the head with the roller ? Witness—He was standing by smoking a cigar . Defendant , in answer to the charge , said that he had lately kept some Cochin China fowls , and that the net-work , which he had been at much

    expense in putting up , was continually being damaged , and as his cat , by which a number of others were attracted to his premises , was a source of great annoyance , he determined upon getting rid of her ; he therefore tied her up in the kitchin , and despatched her as speedily as he could , as he had no intention of acting with any degree of cruelty and he thought he had adopted the best course he could , as he knew of no other place in the kitchen where he could have despatched the animal ; it was not near the fire , of which there was very little at the time . He was quite incapable of a cruel action , and was quite surprised that such evidence should have been brought forward against

    him—he was not at all prepared for such statements being made . If the magistrate would allow him a little time he . could bring the gentleman who was with him as a witness . Mr . Broughton , told him that he had had ample opportunity allowed him for doing so , and that he should not adjourn the case for that purpose . Mr . Thomas said that the defendant was told at the society ' s house that ho had better produce the gentleman . He was the son of Mr . Phillips , the auctioneer , of Bond-street . Mr . Broughton said , that no one in court could , he was quite . certain , from the manner in which the first witness gave her testimony , doubt the truth of what she had stated , aud he

    ( the magistrate ) had no hesitation in saying that a more horrid act of cruelty he had never heard of , except in one instance , when a monkey was put down to roast ; the perpetrator of the act , however , subsequently turned out to be a lunatic . Defendant—I hope , sir , that if you cannot look favourable upon me , you will inflict a fine . Mr . Broughton , after some further observations , gave him to understand that to a man in his situation of life a fine would be no punishment at all , and he should therefore send him at once to the House of Correction . He was then locked up .

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    Narrow Escape . —In consequence of the fire which broke out on board the steam ship Severn , in August last , during her homeward voyage from the Brazils , the directors of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company , besides taking other precautions to guard against the awful calamity of fire at sea , ordered a supply of Phillip ' s patent ; fire an nihilaters to be provided to each of their ships . Two were ac- cordingly put on board the Severn and were kept ready for use . On . the outward , voyage , however , we are informed that one of these ma- ¦ chines suddenly and spontaneously ignited , and the plug blew out , , sending forth such a volume of flame and vapour as was exceedingly f

    difficult to subdue . Water was thrown upon the machine , but this 3 only seemed to increase the offensive fumes without decreasing the e flames . The deck of the vessel was much burnt , and some little e damage was done before the fire could be got under . Taking all thee circumstancs into account , the Severn had a second narrow escape ie from destruction by fire , inasmuch as if the annilators had been kept ) t in the store room ( which might have been presumed to be a very na-Ltural and suitable part of the ship for their safe keeping ) , anotherjr and fearful edition to the loss of the Amazon would in all probabilit have resulted .

    Meeting op Ministerial Supporters . —A numerous meeting of membersirs : of the House of Commons , supporters of the present Administration , was Jielcfeldl on Monday , at the Earl of Derby ' s official residence in Downing-street . Twcwo hundred and eleven members were present . The Earl of Derby was accom-npanled by the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Mr , Secretary Walpole , the Kighghv Hon . J . W . Henley , and Lord jVaas . The conference lasted about an hour . Insecuri ty op Property in New York . —The chief of the New YorlorM Police , in his last report to the Mayor , says that the daring manner in whicliicl !

    robberies are committed almost exceeds belief : —f Cattle are butchered an < an « dressed , on farms adjoining the city , smd brought to this market for . sale : whilbiU < droves oi sheep are carried vway in the . night from the immediate neighbourhooioon of the i ' avm-iiouse without alarming the owner ; ships are boarded and robbeibew of cables rigging , & c , while the officers ace sitting in their cabins ; the eabiuoiui of vessel are entered at night , and the pockets of the sleepers rifled of theiheii contents * , and other like offences are of such frequent occurrence as not even tu tt excite suvVrise when related . "

    Lo ^ O Dosses . —In his " Fortnight in Ireland , " Sir F . B . Head confessessa to a p atf * vaV H 3 for bare ankles and naked feet . " There can be no doubt , " 1 " 11 says , V VwMhere is a freshness in this costume of nature that cannot belong ig 11 a " fash otu \\ Ac gown , which , from sweeping the ground , and from being tiglitglitll bandaged yo \ Wq \ the waist , forms a splendid unventilated palace , in which tt til architect ha * ^ 'gotten to insert ei ther chimney , staircase , door , or window ! " 1 " Rectorship pi ? Glasgow University . —On Monday , Lord Eglinton w ; m elected Lord Rector by a majority of three out of the four nations , over , the DulDul ] of Argyll .

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  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 20, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20111852/page/7/