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was tried on Wednesday . The defence set up was that the Goodwins had led lewd and improper lives ; and witnesses were brought to prove that they had received young men at their house who smoked and drank there . One of the witnesses swore thaft he was there frequently , in the bedrooms sometimes , that he had sat in the lap of Miss Goodwin , and been most familiar with her sister . Tho sister denied these things ; but she declined to say whether she had been always continent . The jury , for a wonder , believed the woman , or afc least thought her case a hard one , and brought in a verdict of damages for the plaintiff , 50 ? . Stewart , a clever metropolitan chevalier & Industrie , has been charged this week with swindling certain verdant dwellers in Cockaigne , out of " goods and monies . " He proposed to extract oil from London clay , and gum arabic from beet-root , by electric agency . They paid for ^ the apparatus , he pocketed the seller ' s commission . The magistrate did not hold that it was quite swindling .
We pride ourselves on the perfect safety of streettravelling , and not without reason , although garotte robberies do happen , and women are sometimes assaulted by other persons than their husbands . A case of the latter kind came before Mr . Hall , at Bow-street , on Monday , in which a Mr . Potts , Ormerod Potts , preferred a charge against a Mr . Burgess , " gentleman , " for assault . About seven on Saturday evening , Mr . Potts was walking along Pall-Mall , accompanied by Ms wife , and when opposite the Reform Club ho left her for a few moments , desiring her to walk quickly towards the end of the Mall , and then return , while he stepped into the club to speak to a gentleman . He was detained a few minutes only , but on walking down the steps to rejoin his wife he saw her at a short
distance in greSfc distress , leaning against the railings and exclaiming , as she pointed to Burgess , "he has insulted me . " Mr . Potts demanded an explanation . Burgess replied , " I did not know the lady was . your wife . I will go back and apologise to her . " Potts rejoined , " Before I accept your apology I must learn the nature of the insult . " Mrs . Potts said , that while she was walking from the club , Burgess came quickly behind her , and putting his hand into her muff , exclaimed , "My dear , where are you going ?" at the same time pushing his hand up her sleeve to the elbow . She forced his hand away , and told him that she was a married lady , and that her husband would be with her instantly . He replied , "Your husband ! Oh , no ; I will protect you . Your way is mine , and wherever you go Til fro . " She then saw her husband running down the steps of tho Keform Club , and said , " Thank God , he is
here . " Potts , on hearing this statement said , " You must be a d coward to insult a lady in this way , and if I had been with her I would have broken your neck . " Burgess insolently took Mrs . Potts by the wrist for the purpose of showing how it occurred . She withdrew from him indignantly , and Potts , irritated by his conduct , called him a"d- snob . " Burgess , in a supercilious manner , said , "I am sorry for what has happened , and have apologised to the lady , and if you are not satisfied with that , here is my card . " Potts tore up the card in his face , and , taking his wife ' s arm , was about to walk away witU U ** , w \\ ei \ —S- ' -gcss-oVrurtciltnrTrbTow . ' Potts returned it , and a scuffle ensued , during which they both fell upon the pavement—Burgess managing to get over him , and striking him several blows in the face while in that position . Mr . Hall eeverely lectured Mr . Burgess , and fined him 51 ., which of course he instantly paid .
At Bakewell Petty Sessions on Friday week , Mr . Siddall , of Dronfield , was summoned for trespassing in pursuit oi game . It appeared that on the 13 th of November last , Mr . Siddall was shooting on land at Totley , over which he had tho right of sporting . Jfo shot a bird , which dropped on land belong ing to tho Duke of Jtutland . Leaving his attendant , with his dog and gun , he ntcppedover tho fence to fetch the dead bird . This constituted tho trespass now complained of . The magistrates decided that Mr . Siddall had been guilty of the trespass in pursuit of game , inasmuch as tho bird continued to fly after it had beon shot at : they therefore- inflicted a penalty of 5 s . and costs .
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An investigation into tho indulgent treatment accorded to Jurwan in Kilinninham gaol , has ended in tho resignation of tin ) deputy governor . Agrarian outrage has shown itself in Wenf . moath . Somo days ago a farmer named Karroll was shot in his own houso at Kilbeggan by a party of armed men , the cause assigned boing that ho had taken land from which tho former tenant had boon evicted . Another murder baa boon perpetrated at a placo called Jonoslake , adjocenfc to Moato in the samo county . Tho victim in thin case , Thomas Kerry , waa waylaid on Thursday week by four men , who boat him ho dreadfully with bludgeons thai , ho died on tho
following morning . Tho unfortunate man was in tho employment of an enterprising Knglish fanner , Mr . Sills , who rents tho farm at . JonoHlnke , where ho has boon miceossfully carrying on tho iniuiufaoturo of cheese . It appears that on Wednesday work a labourer named Marsh , in tlio employment , of Mr . "M 'Donald , a Scotch Tiomiin Catholic gentleman , who purchased ( he demesne of Castlo Daly , in ( ho Kneumbered Mutates Court ,, wits fired at , in his own houso , but fortunately iwnped with a slight wound in ( ho thigh , a quanlit . y of slug * having lodgod in ( ho wall bo . sido him . Those e ' rinio . s urn imputed to tho spread ofribhonism ; which is now known to havo its lodges in Kngland and Scotlandas well as Ireland .
, Halliday , who in accused of having assaulted find caused tho death ' of Mrs . Duflil in tho railway carriage , has boon committed for trial . Mrs . Slonno wan discliargwl from , Newgate on Wednesday . . IIor hiiHbaiid diod soino tinio ago . They will bo roni < iinhin-od for having suhjcctml . Juno Wilbrod , ( heir Hervant , to unheard oforuelt ies . Tho lilMo child , ( mywood , having died in tho Greenwich Union from tho ellec ' ls of tho Iroalnioiit < dio received at tho hands of ( ho woman Oldhniu , a ( Woihu- ' h . Inquest has boon bold . The jury returned a vordiot that ( Jaywood had diod from water on tho brain , iK-eolorated by tho injury inflicted by tho nuruo M ury Ann () ldham . Coroner . —That ,
gentlemen , amounts to a verdict of " Manslaughter . " Is that your verdict ? Foreman . —It is . The coroner then issued his warrant for the committal of Oldham to Newgate . As a lady was standing on the platform of the Great Western terminus at Paddington , a fellow came up and openly snatched her purse from her hand . Not a single policeman , official , or detective was at hand , and the thief got off ! This is rather too bad . Adams , a post-office official , receiving a salary of £ 400 a year , has been sentenced to fifteen years' transportation for embezzlement . The City Recorder has adjourned the trial of " Captain " Johnson until the next sessions , in order that Mrs . Stewart , who is now very poor , may find funds to prosecute him as he deserves . It appears that more evidence seems to be required .
Edward Bragg was a clerk at the Great Western Railway station , Paddington ; and he possessed a great taste for the property of other persons . The company have established a library , to which the clerks and officers subscribed . By one of the rules it is set forth , that should the library be dissolved , the books should be held to be the property of the company . Bragg took out a book and pawned it . The assistant-judge at the Middlesex Sessions construed the rule to mean that the company had no
ownership in the books until the library was dissolved ; consequently , as a man cannot rob himself , so Bragg could not have stolen the book . The counsel then said that there was a similar charge against Bragg for stealing a snuffy box , but as the same question of ownership arose on it , hd " should not press the charge . But Bragg was caught at last . When searched at the police-station , a duplicate for a coat fell from his pocket—he had stolen it from a fellowclerk , and Mr . Serjeant Adams sent him to prison for nine months .
An investigation is going on at the Mansion-house into a charge of killing a native of Honolulu , preferred by certain other 1 natives against the mate of a ship . The names of two are " Tom of Ohau , " " Joe of Ohau . " Before they were admitted to give evidence , the lord-mayor questioned each as to his knowledge of the nature of an oath ; and he received the following reply : — " A man who tells a lie will have nothing but pain hereafter . ( Pointing to the iire . ) The spirit of a good man will leave his body and go to heaven . The truth is always told when the heart , is warm , ( purely directed . ) God is Jehovah in heaven . The body dies , goes to dust . The soul lives after death . It never dies . The oath I take is like a prayer , calling upon God to look and see that what I say is true . " The evidence was conflicting and the case adjourned .
The Tribunal of Correctional Police recently tried a rnan , named "Verault , for a very impudent piece of swindling . On New Year ' s day he went round to all the customers of a manufacturer , pretending to be his porter , and wishing them all the compliments of the season , obtained presents of money from them . When the real SimflK Pure arrived he was told , to his great mortification , that nothing could be given to him . In his defence the accused maintained that lie had done nothing wrong . " I had the trouble , " said he , " going to the customers , wearing out my boots and a pair of Berlin gloves ; I had the trouble of wishing them many happy returns of the day , and that they might go to Paradise at the end of their lives ; and yet it is pretended that I was not to accept tho money they offered ! Why , I had clearly earned it—and you know , M . President , that we should give to Caesar what belongs to Cicsar I " Unmoved by this reasoning , tho tribunal condemned tho man to three months' imprisonment .
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MISCELLANEOUS . We observe that Queen "Victoria has taken both walking and driving 1 exercise this week , walking in tho park with tho Duchess of Nemours , on Monday morning ; and driving out with Prince Albert and the Duke and Duchess of Nemours , in the afternoon . Among the guests this week havo been tho Orleans Princes , the Dako and . Duchess of Lcinster , tho Earl of Carlisle , the Earl of Mulgravo , tlio Lord Chancellor and Lady Cramvorth , the Earl of Aberdeen , tho Earl and Countess of Ellesmere , Lord and Lady Ashburton , Mr . Sidney Herbert and Mrs . Herbert , and Sir William and Lady Molesworth . ¦ Prince Albert ' s recorded out-door pursuits are still the healthy exercise of hunting and shooting . Macbeth wiw played before tho Queen lost night by Mr . Charles Kciui .
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The labourers of South Wiltshire havo struck for higher wages , and a settlement on Friday , instead of Saturday . The movement has hef ^ n gathering head nil the week , ami looks likely to bn . successful . Tho Dundee sail-makers and shipwrights have obtained a rino in their wages ; and the coal-minors of Ayrshire huve also obtained a rise . * In the lattor case , the masters have raised the price of coal < 1 . v ., of which the men get l . v ., making ( lie wages 4 s . a day . The Government . shipwrights at Devonport met on Monday , and adopted a memorial to the Admiralty . They pray that their wages may he advanced ; as they now obtain only 4 . v . a day , while merchant shipwrights are fitting (! . v . and 7 . v . a day .
The carpenters and joiners of Hristol havo also united for an advance . Eleven ( Jroenwich watermen emigrated to Australia last week ; otherH are expected to follow them . . Emigration from'Liverpool , chiefly to tho United StAtnn , has gono on rapidly increasing for tlio last twelve years . In 1810 , it , waa 40 , 000 ¦ in 1862 , 22 $ \ OOO .
A young gentleman , of Glasgow , who has shipped for Australia these last four years , now finds that he has made £ 40 , 000 by successful consignments of rough goods to that quarter ! This may appear incredible , but it is nevertheless a fact . —North British Mail . Mr . William Howitt , writing from Melbourne / on the 26 th of September , notifies that Bank of England notes are at a discount there of 20 per cent . ! They are not legal tender ; He urges intending emigrants not to bring out notes , but gold . He complains of everything as dreadfully dear ; and says that the emigrant will be lucky if he fighta his way to the diggings with " the skill of bis teeth" untouched .
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The Dumfries and Galloway Standard has hunted out a Kirkpatrick of Conheath , who is a grand aunt of the Empress of the French . We understand Viscount Combermere , as constable of the Tower , has received her Majesty ' s commands to prepare , forthwith , a suitable place for the reception of the funeral car upon which the remains of the late lamented Duke of Wellington were conveyed to their last restingplace . It is intended that the car shall be exhibited to the public without any unnecessary restriction . —Morning Post .
The following paragraph from the Standard leaves Mr . Perceval ' s connexion with a certain club no longer a matter of doubt . " The noblemen and members of Parliament belonging to the National Club intend to have a Parliamentary dinner on the re-assembling of Parliament . The Earl of Clancarty will preside on the occasion , and Mr . Perceval , the late candidate for the University of Oxford , will be of the party . The majority of the dinner list has already been filled up with the names of leading members of the club . " Mr . Perceval is here played as a trump card . That Chantrey ' a grave may not be without mark , the vicar of Norton , Derbyshire , where Chantrey was born , and where he lies buried in a grave of his own making , proposes to raise a subscrip tion to erect a plain granite obelisk to his memory .
The following very extraordinary statement appears the Belfast Banner :. — " We have reqeived from an Edinburgh correspondent & letter , dated the 29 th ult ., in which it is stated that , during the last week , a French steamer has been cruising off Berwick , and every night the men are engaged in taking soundings of the Tweed , while during the day artists are employed in making sketches . of the coast . Our contemporary adds that this steamer , having completed its mission afc Berwick , has gone to Newcastle on a similar errand . "
Magazines are ordered to be constructed on the Gosport lines , as also on the Hilsea lines , and a strong gateway is forming on the latter , on one of the old sites . Some earthworks will be sp ^ dily thrown up at Gomer-pond , Browndown , preparatory to the erection of a permanent fort . The marfcello towers on the Sussex coast are to receive an armament forthwith . —Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette . By a letter received from an officer who visited her Majesty ' s ship Plover , in Behring ' s Straits , dn the Arctic search for Sir John Franklin , we leara that a survey was held on board that ship by Captain Frederick of the Amphitrite , and other officers , when many thousands of pounds weight of the preserved meats , in Goldner ' s canisters , wore condemned as unfit for human food , and were thrown into the sea . Wo challenge official contradiction of this . —Plymouth Mail .
Tho notorious Mr . Christopher addressed some of his constituents at Lincoln , yesterday , explaining his position and recounting the defeat of tho Derby Ministry—by concert , he would not say conspiracy . Mr . Christopher ' s position is not a whit different from what it was ; and he has not yet learned to call things by their right names . A public meeting is announced for Monday evening next in tho now vestry-room , King ' s-rood , St . Pancras , to consider tho motion of which Mr . T . S . Duncombo has g ^ iven notice in tho Houso of Commons , on tho subject oi tho prolonged hostilo occupation of the ltoman States by Franco and Austria . Professor Newman will take the chair . Several influential friends of Italy will bo prcsent / and the members for the borough are invited to attend . This is an excellent beginning of a movement that ought to extond throughout tho United Kingdom .
A public mooting was hold in tho Hall of Science , Cityroad , on Monday evening , January 31 flt , to explain the objects of tho Economic Freohold Land Association . Mr . John Cramp in the chair . Tho following resolution , moved by Mr . llonry Nicholls , and supported by Messrs . J . Iiigby and I . Ivory , waa carried unanimously : —" That in tho opinion of this mooting Freohold Land Societies offer great advantages for tho social and political elevation of tho middle and industrial classes ; that tho Economic Freehold Land Association stands pro-oininoiifcly forward in thin respect , boing removed from those evil tendencies attending meetings held at public bouses , and this meeting pledges itself thoreforo to forward tho objects of this association . "
At tho Marylcbono vestry mooting , held on Saturday , in a discussion which aroso upon tho fltato of tho churchyard at St . John ' s Wood , Mr . Noados , undortakor , said that on Sundays bodies wore brought into tlio church for funeral service in hiicIi a ntato that it rendered it exceedingly dangerous for persons to attond service there in tho ovoning . Sir P . Laurio : -That is an alarming etatomont . How many bodies aro buried in St . John ' s Wood Churchyard on Sundays P Mr . Noados : —From fourteen to twenty-two . My rnon , after placing bodies in the church , have often to hurry homo and cha ^ go their clothes , through the frightful state of those bodies . —Sir Potor Laurio : —Instant measures should ho adopted to prevent tlio public attending service , tlion , on tho evenings of Sunday , otherwise tho most fatal results may bo anticipated , [ Surely the facto can bo easily tosted . !
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 5, 1853, page 130, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1972/page/10/
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