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368 T HE LEADE R> [No. 317, Saturday.
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WIFE-BEATING, Richard Puts, an elderly m...
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The Sun dat Burglary in the City. —"Will...
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STATE OF TRADE. The accounts of the stat...
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NAVAL AND MILITARY. Improvements in Fiel...
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Our Civilisation. Assassination Iw Ruper...
and he leaned on Rossi's arm . In a little while , however , Rossi accidentally felt that his companion had a poniard in hiB pocket . He taxed him with , the fact , " and asked what he meant . Foschini madeno reply , "but , seeming at once to recover his strength , returned sullenly to the vestamant . Rossi also returned , and ,, while placing his hand on the handle ol the door , he was stabbed in the shoulder by Fosehini ; but the wound was slight . He exclaimed , " What are you doing , assassin ? " when he received another blow on the arm , and retreated into the house , followed by the desperate ruffian , who , continued to strike at nim with , the weapon . Chiesa , and De Rudio ran to his assistanceaccompanied by Carlo Eouelh , a man ot
, 'good education and birth , who has been reduced to act as waiter at Stucchi ' s house . Foschini now dealt his murderous blows at all present . Rossi rushed into the street , calling for help , and hastened to a Surgeon s where his wounds were dressed . The assassin then turned off the gas , and , in semi-darkness , continued his deadly work . Rouelli , the waiter , who had been foremost in endeavouring- to seize Fosebini , fell first , dangerously wounded in the head , < the abdomen , and other parts of the body . De Rudio next succumbed , and Chiesa alone remained to graple with the assassin ;
when Foschini , finding , as it is supposed , bis strength -failing 1 , retreated into the street , followed by Cbiesa . On seeing himself pressed , the assassin turned again upon Chiesa , and struck Trim a severe blow in the abdomen . He fell , but still retained strength to call upon the bystanders , of - whom nearly twenty were at hand , to arrest the assassin . The sight of the poniard and the determined appearance of Foschini , however , seemed to strike a panic among them , and the assassin was allowed to escape without molestation . The time was between eight and nine o ' clock .
The restqnvrant , on being entered , presented a frightful sight . Rouelli was found to be in so dangerous a state d that , on being removed to C & uSng CJross Hospital , it was [ thought advisable to take his deposition at once . In this he stated , " I am not aware of having given any offence . FdBchini jumped on nle like a savage . " The sufferings of the poor fellow Were of the most agonising character while the tlepoSitaon was being taken . He rolled about from side to side , aild continually exclaimed , * ' Ah ! mio Dio ! Ah 1 mio Dio Ln ^ ortale t Come io soffro !" Rouelli was still alive up to yesterday ( Friday ) evening , and appeared to be better . The other men are going on favourably . The assassin is stillat large ; but ; a police inspector and detective are in pursuit , and hope to capture him speedily .
Eouelli was to have returned to bis own country in a few days , and , it is said , was giving a farewell supper . It is added that it was known to Foschini that Rouelli had five pounds on his person , with which to pay his passage home ; though it would hardly seem that this had anything to do with the attack . Stucchi , the proprietor of the house , was in the country at the tune of the attack .
368 T He Leade R> [No. 317, Saturday.
368 T HE LEADE R > [ No . 317 , Saturday .
Wife-Beating, Richard Puts, An Elderly M...
WIFE-BEATING , Richard Puts , an elderly man , has been charged at Southwark with a murderous attack upon his wife . They had been married nearly twenty years ., but , owing to the man ' s brutality , the woman lived apart from him with her three children . On Saturday night , the man went to her house , and , on her opening the door , knocked her down , and struck her over the head with a walking stick till she became insensible . He had once before been committed to prison for ill-using her . On the present occasion , he was sentenced to hard labour for six months . Shortly after being removed , le endeavoured to cut hie" throat , and succeeded in inflicting a severe gash ; but the knife was then wrenched from his hand .
Another case of assaulting a wife has come before a magistrate during the present week , and exhibits a . n unusual account of depravity . Joseph Froser was the name of the husband . As in the previous case , the wife had . been married twenty years , and she had ha d twelve children . The man had been in the habit of beating her for some time past , the reason , as alleged by the wife , being that he desire . d to put their daughter , a young woman of eighteen , in her place , to live with him as hia wife . He had turned the wife out of doors more than once , and she had been obliged to walk the streets all might . On the last occasion— on Sunday night— she had re-entered the
room , and said , " Am I safe in coming in ? Is my life in danger ? " Her hushand then rose nnd began to beat her , saying that " no policemen should atop him or take him out of his place . " The marks of violence wresented by her when beforo the magistrate were itiflUjted by her husband before oho could get out of vfuj ^" " 9 ho waa tllen ob l » fied to walk the streets alright . She was quite sober , though she had beon ^? WW ° 5 Bome k * and drink with her husband wad bis farads the nighfc when ehe was last beaten . 1 he daughter waacallod , and atatod that her mother Waa tho worse for drink , and irritated her father , and S ^ V ° /^ nal ! ^ ^ -P ^ -. But »& added , AooMug ot her fother , as if to obtain her due from
Mm , "he might have struck her once . " Fraser , afterwards said , "Oh , I shall not deny striking her , " adding t hat h « was provoked by " an indescribable assault" she had committed on him . Mr . Bingham asked the girl if she slept in tie same room with her father ; to which she replied , " Yes . " The case was adjourned .
The Sun Dat Burglary In The City. —"Will...
The Sun dat Burglary in the City . — "William Augustus Fitzwilliam , the man charged with burglary and murderous assault at the house of Mr . Socker , of Mitre-square , Aldgate , was brought ujp on remand on Monday , when the injured servant , Richard Martin , appeared , and gave evidence . He was in the house by himself ; the front door waa shut , and the back door , which led into the yard , open . He had been reading , but after awhile lay on the sofa and went to sleep . Suddenly wakening , he saw th e prisoner standing opposite to him , looking at the candlestick on the sideboard . Martin rose , and said " Holloa ! " believing
it was a man belonging to the house . The prisoner then rushed forward with the candlestick in his hand , and struck at Martin's head . The latter received the blow on the palm of his hand , and his arm dropped powerless . The ruffian then , struck him on the head , " and , " said Martin to the Lord Mayor , " my eyes seemed to strike fire , and all in the room appeared to go round with me , and the blood flowed into my eyes from the wound , so tliat'JL could hardly see anything . " He then endeavoured to get at the poker , but Fitz william kept striking at his head until the candlestick rolled from his hand under the table . He then ran
out of the room ; and Martin , opening the window , called to a boy who was passing to fetch the police . "I was then / ' he stated , " all over blood , and the boy went on looking at me , as if in terror . " " While Fitzwilliam , who never spoke a word , was striking at the servant , the latter kept crying out "Murder ! " and " Police ! " and several persons , including the two policemen who captured the burglar , ultimately came to the door . Fitzwilliam asserted his innocence , but remarked that he saw it was useless to say anything , as his fate was sealed . The police proved him to be an old offender , and lie was committed for trial .
Receiving Stolen Goods . —Henry Edwards , landload of the Blue Posts public-house , Holborn Bars , is under remand at Guildhall , on a charge of receiving a quantity of stolen goods , well knowing them to have been stolen . A large amount of silk and other articles of ha » £ rciash « ry was found "by the police at Edwaids ' s house , and ifc would- seem that the goods were Btolen a few weeks ago from 2 warehouse in Smithfield . Edwards had sold a portion of these articles to a Mr .
Legg , a trimming manufacturer , alleging iliai he was merely negotiating the sale for another man . 3 > fr Legg , however , appears to ' have suspected something wrong , and he communicated with the police . At first , Edwards denied that he had any more goods on the premises ; but a large amount was discovered . — A Mr . FullwelL the owner of some flour-mills at Chelsea , is now under remand on a charge of receiving a quantity of broken stones , parish property , when he well knew that they had been stolen .
Embezzlikg . —Mr . Thomas Francis Richards , now a solicitor in Southampton-buildings , has been committed for trial charged with embezzling a sum of . £ 26 15 s . 6 < l . f while an articled clerk in the employ of Mr . Fluker , of Symond ' s-inn . The money was deducted from the sum of £ 800 forwarded by a Mr . Bearchall to his agent , Mr . Fluker , to meet all claims on him in connexion with the winding up of a brewery in which he had been concerned . The recent Embezzlement by a Government Clerk . — George Joseph . Nathaniel Charlier , the
Government clerk at Portsmouth , was tried on Saturday for the embezzlement , under singular circumatances , detailed in the Leader of April 6 th , of £ 1 , 130 , Government property . The jury found him not guiliy of embezzlement , but guilty of larceny , under the third count . The usual question being asked by the Recorder , the prisoner , in a partially suppressed voice , eaid— " I throw myself on the mercy of the court . I have suffered the loss of my position , of my fair name , and of the pension of £ 60 a-year to which I should have been entitled if I had had to leave the
service from illness . I have been already deeply punished , and now I can only throw myaolf entirely on the meroy of the court . " He wns eentenced to five years' penal servitude , From the sensation produced in oourt , it appeared that the sentence waB regarded as remarkably severe , A Painful Story—A young man named Edward Hyett , a olork in the Exeter Poet-office , was recently acquitted at the Assizes on a charge of opening a post letter from America . The prisoner stated at
the time "ho was accused that he found the letter opened , and this statement has boon in a groat measure confirmed by o communication from the person in America who tient tho letter in question , Thifl communication , which has boon received since tho trial , states that the writer of tho previoue letter ( a woman ) had great doubt at tho time she posted tho letter whether it would arrive safe without opening , as tho material of tho envelope was almost too thin to bear tho weight of its contents . So convinced arc
the citizens of Exeter of the innocence of Mr . Hyett that a memorial to the post-ofiice authorities , praying that he may be reinstated in his office , has been signed by several magistrates and a number of influential persons in Exeter .
State Of Trade. The Accounts Of The Stat...
STATE OF TRADE . The accounts of the state of business in the manufacturing towns during the week ending last Saturday show no alteration , the general firmness manifested i n the preceding week being fairly maintained , notwithstanding the absence of improvement in the money-market . At Manchester , the operations havebeen on a satisfactory scale , and prices are still tending upward . At Birmingham , all doubt as to the existing rates in the iron-market being upheld througho ut the curre nt quarter seems to have been removed , a further influx of orders having occurred . At the same time , a continued increase is observable
in the demand for tin and tin ware . Copper also remains firm . In the general trades of the place , the transactions have been to a fail- average extent . The Nottingham report describes a slight check to the previous activity , owing to home buyers beingunwilling to pay the high terms required ; but the orders from America are good , and . manufacturers refuse to make any concession . In the woollen districts there has been no change , and a healthy ton © is apparent . The Irish linen-markets have been supported by good export orders , and full reliance is placed on the prospect of an increased demand throughout the year . —Times .
A strike has taken place among the Lanarkshire colliers . In consequence of a resolution on the parfc of the coalmasters to reduce the wages of the collier 3 Is . per day— -viz ., from 5 s . to 4 s . —great excitement has prevailed among the workmen , and meetings attended b y several thousands were held last week in the various mining districts in Lanarkshire . On Thursday week a meeting attended by 5 , 000 men was held at the Govan colliery , near Glasgow , and
resolutions were passed not to work excepting at the old rate of 5 s . per day . The men allege that the price of iron , for the smelting of which the produce of the pits is principally used , fully justifies the former rate of wages . In the meantime , 14 , 000 men are on the strike in what is termed the Glasgow district , and , though , hitherto the men have been peaceable , much uneasiness exists as to the result . Yery few pits still continue at work at the old wages of 5 s . per day .
Naval And Military. Improvements In Fiel...
NAVAL AND MILITARY . Improvements in Field Ghras . —Some interesting experiments were tried last Saturday at Manchester with a new rifled brass field piece , the invention of Mi * . Whitworth , the well-known machine maker The casting of the metal had taken place at Woolwich , and was of the dimensions ordinarily used for 24-pounder howitzers , having what is termed a polygonal spiral bore of four inches . Iron shot were ¦ used of a forra termed polygonal conoidal , the length . of 321 b . balls being llf inches , and that of 48-pounders being 16 J inches . The experiments were made
by men of the Royal Artillery force , stationed at Manchester , under the direction of Colonel Griffin and Captain Campbell . The results showed that tie heaviest charge of powder for a 481 b . shot , fired at an angle of 4 5 degrees , was only five ounces , and that the distance at which the ball struck the ground wax f 35 yards , and the extent of the practising-ground would not admit with safety of any increase of charge . The last experiment was at two degrees elevation , with a 481 b . shot , having a charge of 4 oz . of powder , and the shot first gra zed the earth at a distance of eighty-three yards , and never rose to a height of more than three to four feet .
The Review of the Fleet at Shtheap by the Queen is ordered to take place on the 23 rd hist . ( St George's day ) . Her Majesty will arrive at Gosport from London at eleven , and will leave on her return at five . Admiral SirWilliam Parker , G . C . B . is to bo first and principal' naval * ' aide de camp" in attendance on the Queen ; that is to say , ho will be the Commander-in-chief of the day . Captain Sir Baldwin Wulfeer , K . O . B ., Captain the Marquis Townsend , Captain Lord Geoigo Paulet , C . B ., and Captain Lord Edwavd Russell C . B ., will bo among the other " aides cle camp . " A vast number of excursionists have visited . Portsmouth . Tho fleet
is augmented day by day , and a Dutch , man-of-war schooner arrived at Spithead . on Monday , in order to witness the approaching spectacle . Stands have been crectod on Southsoa common , for the convenience of landsmen and landawomen . Tho directors of tho Southampton Dock Company have agreed that no tonnage dues or other ohargoe shall be made on tho 23 rd on steamers ooming in to embark or to land passengere . Tho Commandor-in-Ohief of tho fleet at Portsmouth , together with Roar-Admiral Sir M . F . Berkeley , held a levee on Thursday at tho Admi ralty House , which was attended by all tho aapUino of the fleet , with tho object of finally determining tho movements to bo executed at tho review . A rohcarsal
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Leader (1850-1860), April 19, 1856, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19041856/page/8/
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