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No. 389, September ,5,1857.] THE Ij E A ...
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GATHERINGS PROM THE LAW AND POLICE COURT...
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NAVAL AND MILITARY Admiral Lyons's Squad...
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MISCELLANEOUS. Thk Court.—The Queen arid...
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and wife -were very sober people . The magistrate directed that the boy should be given up . to his father , and the inspector promised that he -would go to the stepmother , and-reason with her on the violence of her tamper ! ' . Cb . vEl . tx to Wives . —William . Collins , a powerful fellow , having 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 on entering the court . She said that , at about two 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 hy 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 . Ryan was charged at Southward with an attack on has 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 hex tongue . He was remanded . —Samuel Fyle , an artisan , lias 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 . She did so , being frightened . 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 hair 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 hail on coming out .
A Cuergyman CONVICTED or Fbaud—A charge has been preferred at the Droxford Petty Sessions , on behalf of the Bishops Walthara Union Friendly Society , against the Rev . Mr . Scard , for withholding and misapplying a Sum of 150 / . entrusted to him , as an honorary member Of that Society , for investment . After an investigation of the clarge , the bench ordered the payment of the sum of 1501 ., the full penalty of 201 ., and 17 . costs , and , in default of payment , committed the defendant to three 1
calendar monthsimprisonment , 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 , on interfering , was attacked by one of them , and beaten until he became senseless . A reward of 60 ? . is offered to any person giving such information as will lead to the conviction of the person who committed the assault .
A Sham Barristkb . —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 persona he 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 bis clerk , at a salary of twenty-five shillings a week . But at length he was found out , and the police took him in charge . He was committed for trial , and bail was refused .
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No . 389 , September , 5 , 1857 . ] THE Ij E A D ER . Q 4 q
Gatherings Prom The Law And Police Court...
GATHERINGS PROM THE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . Mr . John Towksejtd , one of the members for Greenwich , las been forc « d to appear in the Court of Bankruptcy . The petitioning creditor is Mr . Shepherd , one of the lessees of the Surrey Theatre , whose claim amounts to 2007 ., money lent ; and the petition was supported by a declaration of insolvency signed by Mr . Townsend . Mr . Townscnd was an auctioneer and house-agent ; and his liabilities aro said to ho very heavy . The Commissioner granted an adjudication . A widow of the name of Chapman , attended on Monday before the Thames magistrate , and said she was in deep distress . She was the wife of a policeman -who , in February 1866 , waa seriously injured by a drunken ruffian whom he -was endeavouring to take into custody , and vrho threw him down , twisted his leg , and broke it . umng to that injury , ho lingered up to Sunday week , when he expired , leaving hia wife with , seven children to support , tho youngest being only a month old . Mr . Yardley , the magistrate , said that Chapman was a very deserving and respectable person , and ho deeply commiserated the dlatrosses of his widow . He gavo her a sovereign , observing that that was all he was enabled to ao at present ; but , in the meanwhile , ho advised her to see what her frienda could do . [ Tho Commiosioners of i oiice ought to Iinvo somo fund for tUo relief of cnacs such as this . ] laV fr ^ 'fi 1 " * named John Pass , giving his address » t K » " 8 qusre (* falao ad <* re 8 ») i is "" dor remand at uuuauall , on a chargo of cheating Isaac Simmon * , a general dealer , of lield-lano , of 13 / . II © took nomo gold
chains to the dealer , and asked him to , bay 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 , Walworth , 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 ruin arising out of the Royal British Bank . At the certificate meeting oa 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 / . had been given up to the official assignee . His ( Mr . Lawrence ' s ) clients considered that the failure had wholly arisen out of the bankrupt ' s connexion with the back , and they had instructed him to recommend the case to the court as one proper for a first-class certificate . This was granted by Mr . Commissioner Fonblanquo .
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 , Meet-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 , and negligent conduct , almost amounting to fraud . It appeared that the bankrupt compounded with his creditors seven years ago , paying them a composition of 10 s . in the pound . He had since resumed business , tut 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 , tie stock-in-trade was sold off , and such of tHe ' goods as remained were carted off into obscure lodgings , again removed ; anu 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 . Th « Commissioner spoke very severely of the dishonesty of the bankrupt and his * , and merely granted a third-class certificate , to be suspended for a year , with protection , however , as no absolute fraud had been proved .
Mr . Reuben Jones , a respectable-looking person , has been fined by the Lambeth magistrate 80 2 £ 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 .
Naval And Military Admiral Lyons's Squad...
NAVAL AND MILITARY Admiral Lyons's Squadron . —Some intelligence with respect to this squadron is contained in a letter dated Malta , August 24 t 1 i , where we read : — " Of the squadron under Admiral Lord Lyons tidings have been received up to the 12 th of August , when the Osprey steam gunboat left the Royal Albert , Conqueror , Centurion , and Princess Royal screw line-of-l > attle ships , Curlew and Vigilant steam-sloopa , off Malaga , whence tliey were to proceed to Gibraltar , Tetuan , Palma , Mahon , and Malta , which latter place will bo reached about tho middle of Septomber . After a stay of about three weeks at Malta , the squadron will visit Corfu , returning to Malta about the end of October to take up winter moorings . The Ariel is at Gibraltar and the Vulture at Oran . The only sliips at Malta were the Hibernia ( receiving vessel } , Osprey ( steam gunboat , under orders for Constantinople ) , and tho Hearty ( steam-tug ) . The Desperate and Cnrndcc continue at Alexandria , tho Harpy at Corfu , and the Medina at the mouth of tho Danube . " Recruiting . —Tlie recruiting sergeant is now busy raising soldiers for India . A great many harvest labourers have enlisted , especially in tho north of England . Tub Late Coi-onkl Finnib . —Tho chairman of the East India Company has , without any solicitation , forwarded to the Lord Mayor a cadctship for his nephew John Finnis , son of tho lato Colonel Finnis , murdored by tho mutineers at Meorut . Tint Transit . —Tho Sir James Brooko steamer , of tho Borneo Company , baa been chartered to the English Government , that it may proceed to the wreck of the much offending Transit . It will afterwards bo employed in taking three hundred troops to Calcutta .
Tiik Gknukal . Couht-Martiai , at Chatham . —Tho inquiry into tho alleged insubordinate conduct of Captain James S . Macauley , 1 st West India Regiment , haa be « n brought to a conclusion , but tho dacitioa will not !>•
S ^ T ? n ^ ^ the Commander-in-Chief . The trial of Captem C . J . Dowse , R . A ., for having made a false report to his commanding officer , and for leaving certain debts unpaid at St . Helena , wa ^ next proceeded ¦ with ; after -which the Court brokeup Majoe-Gkneral Sib Hugh Rose , K . C . B ., left a few days ago to assume his 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 Dockyajrd . —The erection of an iron ahed over the new ship-building slip , N " o . 5 , in Woolwich 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 T > y 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 aa to adapt it for building the largest class of men-of-war . —Times .
Troops fob India . —A division of the Royal Artillery , consisting of 23 . 0 rank and file , with their officers , left "Woolwich on Friday week for India . Various detachments of infantry also embarked on the 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 of Royal Engineers ; three regiments of cavalry ; four regiments of infantry . To embark as soon as transport is ready .
The Loss of the Screw Stbajier 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 ofFTenelifie on the 12 th of . Tune 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 heaTd , 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 .
Miscellaneous. Thk Court.—The Queen Arid...
MISCELLANEOUS . Thk Court . —The Queen arid 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 po 3 t carnages to the Royal residence . TIms Queen and suite proceeded to Balmoral by the Spittal of Glenshoe . At the Spittal Hotel , where there was a fresh relay of horses , ber Majesty was received by the Farqxiharson family and had luncheon , and then posted by Braemar , arriving at Balmorul at six o ' clock in the evening-. Great improvements have been effected in the residence and grounds since last year .
Ihe New Peera & es , Appointments , & c . —The Right Hon . Thomas Babington Macaulay is to bo one of the new Peers , by the title of Baron Macaulay . Lord Robert Grosvenor will take the title of Baron Ebury , which is the name of one of the oldest manors in his family . Mr . Archibald John 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 . Tiik West Indies . —The 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 , aa they were proceeding from tho Public Buildings to embark for England .
They and their companions , including some of the chief authorities of the colony , were assaulted with stones , plantain sticks , & c . ; and Mrs . "Wodehouao ( the Governor's -wife ) , the Bishop of Guiana , the Chief Justice , the Hon . W . B . Wolseley , and several others , were struck in the face , and considerably hurt . The police charged the mob , and drove them back , but took none into custody , for whicli they havo been greatly blamed , and 'indignation meetings' have been held , ending in addresses to his Excellency . Tho cause of tho demonstration of hostility ia not stated . —The yellow fover has greatly decreased at St . Thomas'a , and tho islands for tbo most part are healthy . Trade is tolerably active , and the crops are in good condition .
1 ' hk IIarvkst . —Accounts from almost all tho agricultural districts agree in stating tliat the injury done to tho wheat crops by the heavy rains occurring about three weeks ago is not material , and that tho supply ia ample , and of excellent quality . In somo localities , tbo farniera have been sufi ' erera ; but this is not general . Barley , however , is not in a good state , owlnff to tho want of moisture in the early summer . Tho potato disease , also , increases , and beuna and oata havo not turned out well . The green crops generally aro in good condition , and fodder for cattle is abundant Tho hop plant continues to improve .
Fiitica . —Tho ship-building promises of Mr . Dunbar , adjacent to tho Eaat India Docko , 111 nek wall , were burnt on Friday week , and tho ilainea wero so violent that they
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 5, 1857, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05091857/page/9/
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