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      Accidents A2td Sudden Deaths. A Pkiwbytk...

      with herself . Search was made on the following day near the place where the body of the child was found , and the body of the mother was discovered , and was taken to the Turf Hotel , where an inquest -was held the same day upon mother and child . It appeared from the evidence that deceased and her husband had lived unhappily together , and had frequent quarrels . They had some words on Monday , but not of a serious nature . She had afterwards left her home , and several persons had noticed her In the streets , going about in an excited manner , though not apparently intoxicated . No more waa seen of her till she was found drowned in the Eden . lt . 1 * Ua ** oa 1 f SanivVh wna mafia n-n tVta -fWliswiriY *** j 1 a »

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      The Assizes. A Breach Of Promise Case, W...

      THE ASSIZES . A breach of promise case , which lias excited unusual interest iu the West of England , came on at Bristol on Wednesday . The plaintiff was a young lady , named Miles , of humble birth , but of great personal attractions ; while the defendant was Captain Magan , M . P . for Westmeath . The love correspondence was of such remarkable length , that it had to be printed , and made a Tolume of considerable size . The curiosity of those jresent , however , was not gratified , for when the case iras called on , counsel informed the court that the record ¦ would be withdrawn , as an arrangement had been « ffected . The terms of settlement were that the defendant should pay the plaintiff 20001 . and costs , and that all letters , & c , should be destroyed .

      Gatherings From La W And Tolicb Courts. ...

      GATHERINGS FROM LA W AND TOLICB COURTS . At the Lambeth police-court , David Sullivan , an Irish labourer , was charged with biting off a large portion of the nose of Laurence Camidge . The prisoner and the injured livan had been good friends up to Saturday night last , when a drunken quarrel took place , and the encounter that followed -was described to be more like that of savage beasts than of ha man beings The prisoner , in defence , said ; Camidge commenced the fight . He was remanded for a week .

      . A homicide , the circumstances of which are involved ia some perplexity , occurred in the Ux . bridge-road , Acton , on the 9 th instant . Two naval officers , Lieut . Clavering and Captain Miller ( according to their account ) , left the residence of the former at Bayswater , at ten o ' clock at night , fora constitutional walk . On their leturn they appear to have lost their way , and after ¦ wandering in a very lonely neighbourhood , and . haying observed several rough-looking men hanging about , they became somewhat anxious and on the alert . On regaining the high road they were intercepted by an apparently drunken man , who , after violently abusing them , sprang upon Lieut . Clavering . This officer states that in holding up a sword-stick which he carried , the sheath or blackthorn stick came off . The man ( hen struck him with the sheath across the heatl and

      shoulders , each time springing back . He told him that he would defend himself with the sword . The man then sprang at him again , but this time lie slipped and fell off the path . Lieut . Clavering picked up the sheath and placed the sword in it . They walked away , and ho remarked to his friend that he hoped he had not pricked the man . Before putting tho sword in the sheath he looked at it and did not perceive aii } r blood . After proceeding a short distance they met two men in a cart , and he told them to be careful , as there was a drunken man lying in the road . Ho then went home , and heard nothing more until he read tho account of tho matter in the Sunday papers , lie then immediately went to Sir Ittchard Mayne ; and an inquiry resulted at the Hammersmith police-court ; the body of a man having been found stabbed to the heart in the locality indicated by the lieutenant's statement . The deceased w-cis identified

      to be one John Gates , of James-street , Liasou-grove , mid liad been met , about ten minutes before tho assault , drunk , by a police-sergeant . Captain Miller had gono to Scotland . Lieut . Cluvering was held to buil , himself in 200 £ , and a surety in 100 / . The magistrate said that there wad nothing to havo prevented tho accused from 6 ° ing to tho Continent instead of giving himself up to tho police . At present , thy only evidence against him was that furnished by himself . A coroner's inquest has since been held , at which both Captain Miller and Lieut . Clavoring were examined . Captain Miller corroborated his friend ' s statement in every way , adding , that his conduct was most forbearing , and that neither officer had the least idea that the deceased was injured , lie further swore that Clavciing did not draw tho sword fro m the stick . Tho coroner bound them over to attend

      n Monday ; Clavoiing in oOO / ., and Miller in 800 / . —In a letter to tiic Times , Mr . Clavering Bays : — "I solemnly docliiru before tho world , that *¦ neither made a blow nor thrust at tho unfortunate loan . The infliction of tin * wound was purely accidental , caiiHod by tho deee . iHi'd htmsolf rushing' to close with mo in tho dark , the time being nearly jnldnlght , and neither moon , stars , nor gaslight visible . Aho sword-stick is ono which 1 procured to carry at night whon abroad , whore hoi no . such protection is neees' ary « I never had it out before * , and had no object or 'Mention whatever in taking it out with mo on ttic night

      question ; I merely did so because it was the iirst stick that came to hand as I was leaving my house to take the walk which has ended so disastrously . " The inquiry before the Coroner was resumed on Thursday . The jury returned an open verdict— " that whether the wound was inflicted wilfully or caused accidentally there is not sufficient evidence to prove . " Covent-garden Market is infested with juvenile thieves who spend the day iu plundering the dealers , employing their leisure in mischief of any kind that may occur to them ; and at nights sleep under the carts . One of these " town Arabs , " named Jones , managed to climb up : « _ . * : .

      to the roof of St . Paul ' Church , Covent-garden , and wras making an effort to reach , the hands of the parish clock , with the intention of putting the neighbourhood out of time , when one of the market beadles observed his movements , and quietly waited until he had descended . The boy , seeing that he was watched , made a hasty descent and a terrific leap , and bolted off . He was pursued and speedly overtaken ; but a number of his companions attempted to rescue him from custody ; an cmeute ensued , and the police were pelted with cabbage-stumps and offal . Three of the boys were sentenced to a week ' s imprisonment .

      A curious case was adjudicated upon by the Lord Mayor on Tuesday . A man who had not hired a cab , but who had ridden in it only a few yards , was summoned by the cabman for the fare due on account of the whole time that the defendant ' s companions had engaged the cab—a period of several hours . The Lord Mayor decided ha favour of the cabman . : At the Court of Bankruptcy , on the 17 th inst ., Joseph Bennett , of Bridge-row-wharf , Pimlico , contractor , passed his last examination without opposition . An examination meeting was also held in the case of Thomas Hatchings , an extensive railway contractor , who had been engaged in . heavy -works upon large public undertakings ; this was the seventh application to pass , he having been eleven months before the court . A

      strenuous opposition was offered on the part of the assignees , and a protracted investigation of the accounts was entered into , the result of which was that the bankrupt passed . A second-class certificate was granted to D ^ M . Lyons , a general merchant , of Sydney , New South Wales ; and one of the third class to Francis Franco , a merchant , of 47 , Lime-street , and of Lad broke-road , Xotting-lrill . At Rotherham , on Monday * the case of Mr . Eicliard Sellars , fanner , summoned for " being on land of the Earl of Eflingha m in search of coneys , " came on for further hearing and decision before a bench of magistrates , of which the Hon . and Rev . W . Howard ( brother of the Earl of Effingham ) was chairman . The case rested on

      the evidence of ono of his Lordship ' s keepers , who merely svvore to the defendant ' s walking with a gun through his own . farm , and remarking on the " rablrits making bad work with the corn , and that he thought there would be no harm in killing a few of them . " Por the defence it was urged tbat the farmer had a right to kill coneys , which are not legally " game . " It was further denied that Mr . Sellars was in search of coneys , though he had a right to be ; he was merely there to frighten away the birds , which , along with tlie rabbits , wore greatly damaging his crops , and that lie said , " I am here to protect my corn , and if you came oftenei to keep away the rabbits , you would be better employed than you sometimes are . " The magistrates consulted together , and dismissed the charge .

      A person called Joseph ben Houlicl , who is said to have been an interpreter attached to the French' army in tho East , having accumulated some property , was induced to purchase a considerable quantity of household property , chiefly nt the cast-end of London , and among them were several tenements in a place called Marlborough-court , Spitnlflelds , inhabited by person ^ of the very lowest class of Irish . Ono of these tenants , named Peter Mncguiro , on tho proprietor calling for some rent , violently assaulted him , striking him to tho ground , and otherwise injuring him . Tho frenchman added , that this was not an unusual occurrence with his ti-nants . Tho Irishman was lini ' d 5 / ., or six months .

      A man named James Barrett was , on Wednesday , fined live pounds for an indecent assault on a girl under cloven years old . The prisoner is a grocer at Litneliousc , and had hired the poor child ( an orphan ) from the workhouse to nurse his children , His wife and family being away , nt Oravoscnil , he dosed the girl with beer and gin , nnd ' shamofully abused her . In tho mornins sno escaped from his house , gave information , and pTrteeciliriRa wero taken , winch resulted aa above . At the Surrey fciessions , on "Wednesday , James Hill , a Msnvyor , vns convicted of nssaulting a police-constable on tilts i > tli of July . Tlio officer was brutally used by tlic prisoner . Tho prisoner ' s only defence was that ho was tipsy at tlio time , and know nothing of tho affair . TImj chairman suit I Hiich assaults ) must bo put a stop to , and that drunkenness vvus no excuse . Ho ( sentenced tho prisoner to twelve months' hard labour .

      At ( Jri'onwinh police-court , George Poland pleaded guilty ( o u clinr ^ o of forging a seaman ' s cortificnte of service , l > y which liu luul incurred a penalty of 100 / . It appeared that ho had presented a certificate to tho Hoard of Trade on tho 2-llu of January liwt , stating that he had served aa mnto in the Llttlejohu from Fob . 10 1800 , to Oct . 19 of tho Bamc year . Such certificate

      would have entitled him to a certificate of service , as it happened prior to 1851 , after irhich an examination of competency would be necessary ; but it was found to be a forgery as he did not join the Littlejohn until early in 18 ol . He was fined 10 / . HenryBunbury , the son of a deceased general , was tried at the Central Criminal Court for uttering forged bills of exchange . There had been some disputes between the prisoner and his relatives upon the subject of property and at a time when he was in great distress he placed the name of the solicitor to his relatives as the acceptor to three bills of exchang-e , thinking that he should , by this proceeding , compel his family to do something for him . The prisoner appeared to be under the impression that in so doing he had only committed a moral offence . He was strongly recommended to mercy by the prosecutor , and was sentenced to four years' penal

      servitude . Mr . Stevens , the stock-broker , was tried on Wednesday , for misappropriating a large sum of money that had been entrusted to him for the purchase of railway stock . He had been entrusted with about 6000 ? . to invest for trustees , and it appeared that he had invested a portion of that amount , and a sum of 4700 J . was found upon him , leaving a deficiency of about 1100 J . That sum had since beea paid over to the prosecutors . He was Acquitted .

      Criminal Record. Photography A Poxice Ag...

      CRIMINAL RECORD . Photography a Poxice Agent . —On Saturday a fine male child about six months old was found in the Thames at Reading . A bag filled with stones was tied round its body . It occurred to Mr . John Peck , the superintendent of the Reading police force , and also to the medical man who was called on to examine the body , to have a photographic likeness taken of the dead body , as a means of discovering the guilty party . This -was accordingly done on "Wednesday morning , and copies of the photograph were exhibited in different parts of the town . On the same afternoon the likeness was observed outside the police-station by Mr . Mortlock , the master of the Henley union workhouse , who recognised it as the

      illegitimate child of llary -Newell , who was admitted into the Henley workhouse in January last in a state of pregnancy , and was delivered of a male child on the 7 th of May following . ¦ Mr . Mortlock comnuinicated his suspicions to Inspector Burton , of the Henley division , and the woman was apprehended at Ipsden on Thursday night , afcout half-past twelve o'clock . To Inspector Burton she made a statement to the effect that between eleven and twelve o ' clock on Tuesday night last , whilst walking in the King ' s Meadow ( which is near the spot where the body was found ) , along the towing-path , the child rolled out of her arms into the water . The magistrates remanded the prisoner for a week , in order that the case miglit be completed .

      Execution . — -The convict Cherrington , found guilty of the murder of his paramour , his master ' s wife , was executed at Ipswich on Tuesday morning . Ho made a full confession , and expressed great penitence . Great exertions had been made to oltain a mitigation of his sentence , but the authorities could find no ground for compliance . The scene around the gallows was most demoralising , the assembled youth of both sojecs vieing with each other in revolting mirth and profanity . The surrosED Cask of Bigamy . — . Major Yelverton , apprehended on a charge of bigamy , was liberated from prison on Monday on bail , which had been fixed at 1 O 0 O ? . This proceeding has been allowed with consent of the Crown—the offence of bierainy beinff otherwise- an

      unbailable one by Scotch law . Major Yelverton , the second son of Lord Avonmore , went through tho form of marriage in Ireland with Bliss Longwortli , an Irish lady of respectable family , nnd some private fortune , who had formerly resided in Edinburgh , and had ulso acted as a lady nurse in tho Crimea , at the period when Major Yelverton was there on service . The marriage ceremony in Ireland was performed , it is understood , by a Roman Catholic priest , and there are mure than doubts as to its legal efficacy , Major Yelverton being a Protestant , although Miss Longworth had become a convert to tho Romish Church . The couple lived in Edinburgh , in tho avowed character of man ami wife , which would

      constitute a legal marriage according to Scotch law ; and also travelled on the Continent as Mr . and Mrs . Yelverton . In June last , Major Yelverton , leaving his supposed wife in Paris , came to Edinburgh , and on tho 20 th of that month wus married to the widow of Professor Edward Forbes . Tho first wife , having got a hint of Major Yclverlon ' a intentions , followed him closely from PuriH , arriving either immediately after the . second marriage , or even before it , though unable to prevont its solemnisation , or perhaps to ascertain whon and where it was to ho performed . She and her relatives took sucli steps aa have now led to tho arrest of Major Yolvorlon on tho charge of bigamy .

      Central Cimilnal Court. At Tho Central C...

      CENTRAL CimilNAL COURT . At tho Central Criminal CVitrl on Monday , Aloxandor Charles IJorro . noo , a ^ ecl tweiiLy-uine , who it will b « recollected as " Count" liorrinnoo palmed an account of an Italian confownou ( wliloli bad only oxUto . l m l »» own imagination ) on tho Times and Monuny Mai ' , rov

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 21, 1858, page 831, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_21081858/page/7/