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      flown . He then went to close the shop , and as lie was entering to fetch one of the shutters , she pulled down a two-pound weight , which was fi xed to a EJP . near the door , and struck him on the top of the head with it . He immediately fell insensible , and a doctor was sent for . Rayson produced a certificate from the surgeon who attended him , Setting forth that the wound was of a serious nature , and had it been inflicted an inch lower it must have proved fatal . In defence it was said that Kayson had pointed a poker at his wife , but that was proved to have been done on provocation .

      Double Murder in WARHEsr-sraBET , Fitsbotbqttjuie . —It will be remembered by many that some time since a Frenchman , named Emanuel Barthelemy , was imprisoned for two months for having killed a man , named Cournet , in a duel / He has recently made himself more notorious by committing two murders in Warren-street . The first victim was Mr . Moore , a soda-water-manufacturer ; the second victim was Mr . Collard , who lived next door . He was described as being a remarkably fine man , who had oeen formerly a soldier and then a policeman . These two deaths are all for which he can be held lega % responsible—but he is morally guilty of the death of Mrs . Collard , who has since died through grief at her husband ' s fate .

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      A GEETNA-GEEEN MARRIAGE . An amusing case has appeared before the magistrates at Carlisle . Jane Ho > ve was married at Qretna , in November , to John Of re , but the marriage was not " consummated , " and . lie refused , to support her . She then made application to the workhouse , not so much for relief , as to compel a Summons against Orre , thereby obtaining a decision frorn a bench of magistrates respecting the validity of lifer marriage . Complainant stated that she was servant to her aunt , who kept the Jolly Butcher , at Carlisle , Defendant asked her to go to Gretna , and she started with him on the night of Tuesdaythe 7 th ult .

      , M'Castlin and Leach , friends of Orre , went with them . They were married , but the marriage had never been consummated . She did not see Orre till the Saturday afterwards . Subsequently he refus ed to support her . Mr . Hough , for the defendant , said that it was no marriage , because Orre was too drunk to enter into a contract . Various witnesses were called , and from their evidence it was doubtless a conspiracy to marry Mr . Orre . They stated that he was in such a state of drunkenness immediately before and after the inarriage as to be quite incapable of knowing what he was about . One described him as being mad , a second crazy , and a third " regularly Mue'd . "

      It was also stated that M'Castlin had taken a man dressed up in female clothing to the defendant ' s htrtiso on the previous evening , with the intention of making a fool of him . The defendant ' s counsel facetiously recommended the plaintiff to try the Ecclesiastical Courts . * The magistrates decided that the case did not concern them ( the magistrates ) in any way , and dismissed it .

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      • DEATH OF LORD FREDERICK FITZCLARENCE . Tflfc Globe says : — " Wo sincerely rcgrot to announce the death of Lord Frederick Fitzclarcnco , G . C . H ., Commandor-in-Chief at Bombay , and Colonol of tho 86 th Regiment . His lordskip was second son of King William tho Fourth and Mrs . Jordan ; was bora in 1799 , and in 1821 married Lady Augusta Boylo , daughter of tho Earl of Glasgow-Lord Frederick ontored tho army in 1814 , and at hia death hold tho rank of Lieutenant-Gcncrnl . Although ho had never scon notivo sorvicc , Lord Frederiok FitKclarencc always took a very warm interest m lua profession , and the benefit * of his military administration of tho Portsmouth district and of tho Bombay Presidency have been sensibly felt !> y those under liia command . "

      Without wishing to make Rny harsh remarks against tho subject of tho above , wo must tnke this Opportunity of expressing our disapprobation of the oystem which gives such very high offices on such very alight claims . We trust there is an end of tho ennoblement of royal bastards .

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      AN ARISTOCRATIC INSOLVENT . Mit . Rtcjharid Augustus Bicthku ,, son of the Solicltor-Goneral , has petitioned tho Dublin Insolvent Court . Tho disclosures show that betting lius principally caused tho application . Mr . Purcell / for an opposing creditor , snicli " Tho'balance-shoot 5 b ono of Iho most , extraordinary things of tho kind ovor exhibited , niul It dlaplnycd ft course oT the moat Tocldesa nnd extravagant conduct ,

      and which any person in the garb of a gentleman ought to be ashamed to pursue . The amount of the balancesheet was 12 , 168 ? . ; but the insolvent alleges that he only received value for about half that sum , and there was no doubt that , when the eatire case was heard , it Would be found to come within the 458 th . section of the act- If the Couit looked to the debtor side of the sheet , it would be seen what the Insolvent was possessed of when he contracted these debts . 800 ? . a-year from his fatfrer ; gifts , 6 O 0 Z . ; 100 ? . a-year by his wife ; and from his practice at the bar he teade 150 / . Then , on the other side , he puts down his expenses : — ' ¦ Rent for two years and a half , 360 J . ; taxes fw horses and servants , 35 / . 5 servants' \ ffages £ l& 5 ? . ; other household expenses , 300 ? . ; wearing apparel , 210 / . ; law costs , 200 ? . ; stabling

      and keep of horses , 200 / . ; paid during the same period fx > r interest , bonuses for loans , discounts , and expenses for warrants of attorney , 1000 ? . ; lost in betting-offices aud on the turf , 40 OOZ . ; lost by the sale of horses , 35 ? , ; lost on Australian gold mining shares , 125 Z . And then he ascribes the cause of his present insolvency to the large amount of interest paid by him for money , to his being frequently sued to execution and compelled to compromise , to lis losses on the turf and in London betting-houses , and to his being compelled by the state of Ms circumstances to abandon his position at the English tar . So that on the very face of his schedule he suggests that he incurred all these debts to enable him to carry on letting in London gaming-houses and on . the turf . There iras another item to which he should allude . It was for

      the . sum of 1100 ? ., and he says in the observation attached to that entry- —" The amount of my promissory note made by me in favour of this creditor , for value given to me , 10 O ? . being the only sum I ever received . " They had here a gentleman allowing every species of imposition to be practised upon him" by these London money-lenders , and did not those items prove that the insolvent was so reckless that he would nave signed a bill for 1000 ? . in . order to obtain possession of a 5 ? . note ? Altogether there were 8 i creditors described in the balance-sheet , no property was returned , and he trusted that this English gentleman would learn to his cost that Irish courts of justice were not to be trifled with . " In cross-examination the insolvent said :

      . "In September , 1853 , he was led to believe that his father ' would make some arrangement relative to the payment of his debts . Did net believe lie would pay 11 , 000 / . for him , but knew he had » ffered to pay 3000 ? . Purchased a diamond bracelet from Byfus , in September , 1853 , for 90 ? . ; paid him 30 ? . in cash , and gave six bills for the remainder . Purchased it for the purpose of- presenting it to a lady . Pledged it for 55 / . in a few days after he bought it . Considered when Ms father paid Ms debts once lie would do the same thing again . If Ms creditors had taken 10 s . in the pound , thinks they would have been paid . His father paid his tradesmen ' s bills . " The Counsel for Mr . Bethell then made an elaborate speech , showing that the insolvent was more sinned upon than sinning-.

      The Commissioner seemed to agree with this view , and thought that the creditors relied on the wealth and position of the insolvent ' s father . At a subsequent examination , in giving judgment , he said" The opposition was confined to two creditors . Upon looking over the schedule he perceived that there wns not upon the face of it a single trade debt , and that the whole of the insolvent ' s liabilities had been incurred through an unfortunate propensity which lie had for gambling and speculations upon the turf .. Ho could not help remarking that such a reckless course as had been pursued by the insolvent wns extremely disgraceful , and ho trusted that tho humiliating position in which he waa

      now placed would cause him during the remainder of his life to pursue n very different course . The opposition , however , was conilncd to two creditors , neither of whom appeared in court with clean hands . As regarded Mr . Morphin , it waa perfectly apparent that he made advnnces of money to tho insolvent for tho express purpose of enabling him to bet upon horses ; at least tliat charge was alleged against him , nnd as he had not appeared and denied tlia [ statement , ho liad no right to ask to have tho insolvent punished . Tho second opposing creditor was a Mr . Uyfus , whom his counsel had represented to bo a respectable jeweller , but who had turned out to bo n Jew , who carried on his business by travelling from rnco-coureo to race-course , betting upon horses , nnd , at tlio same time , endeavouring to sell his merchandise to

      the unwary . Ho wau likewise perfectly acquainted with tho condition and prospects of tho insolvent , nnd ho had not come over horo to deny that such wa « tho case . Had ho been n xospectahlo jeweller , or had the insolvent been opposed by men holding any honest position in society , the judgment , of the court would bo very different , ami ho ( tho Commissioner ) would have marked hi « reprobation of muili reddest ! extravagance and mincomluct , by imposing a fierlouH remand ; but when ho considered liow thosu debts were contracted , and tho character of tho pornoim to whom the insolvent wan liable , ho could not help oonnidorlnif that tho creditor *) ¦\ voro entitled to no consideration at tho handtt of the court , ami therefore ho would grant tho insolvent a ftwt dittohartrc . "

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      ADVERTISING EXTRAORDINARY . As the advertisement duty no longer sins against the strength of journalism , we have no hesitation in giving additional publicity to the following wail of a bereaved imbecile : — TO THE EARLY WIDOWED . —Owing to recent family differences , a gentleman , of character and education , aged 28 , and of a constutition unimpaired , wbo lias retired , not without honour , from IO 3 C . S . in quest of an Alliance more consonant with , his taste s * would fain ¦ devote his , at present , unavailing energies to lighten the sorrows and smooth the Patlv of Ouo who has been tliUB Bereaved-3 > he localit / of residence is comparatively immaterial , but pecuniary circumstances should of course be proportioned to Ms own , as ho will be in a position to devote an income of 300 Z . per aim . ; on such points , however , tho sacred ness of Woman ' s Grief renders , it is felt , further allusion at the present moment unbecoming . This gentleman , ' whose Namo and Family command Distinction , and whose appearance has ever been regarded amongst his ( perhaps over-partial ) firfondsas of a highly prefioss essing ¦ character , is a nan of tho most Delicate sense of [ onour and of principles eminently Religious : the Candid inquirer uootl not , therefore , hesitate for a moment in dropping an early and Sufficiently explicit " billot to tho Hon . H- —h . JJ . i \ l -e , 19 , Wentworth-plaeo . Dublin .

      N . JB . —A idiotograpluc likeness will lio sent ir required . It is trusted that the Al ) ovo will nob bo responded to by any display of heartless levity-If we were only a widow we should certainly obtain a portrait of this I-liburnian Honourable . Wo are far les $ inclined to comply with the wishes of the following advertiser , who , like " Willikind , " is cursed with a cruel payrient : " — THE Son of a Dissenting Minister , who wishes to duvoto himself to God ' s service in tho Ministry of tho Churcli , can receive no assistance from , hia father 'for tho purpose of forwarding his education , l ' orhaps aomo member of tho Church would lend liim for a few years what monoy ho might require . Tho highest references can be givon . J'luaxo address J . P . 1 ' .. " Guardian" Olllco , 16 , Beaufort-buildings , Strand . — The Guardian .

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      A SUEZ SHIP CANAL . Tina Giasijow Commonwealth gives some interesting information respecting the old project of a ship canal across Suez : —¦ " Captain Allen , a well-known topographer , has proposed abundoning tho canal across the Iathmuu of Suoz , nnd joining the Haas by tho formation of a vast saltwater lake in tho valley of tho Jordan . Tito Jordan runs from tho north to tho south of Pulestino , and flows into the Dead Sen . Its course from tho I > oad Soa to tho eastern nrm of tho Hed Sea in supposed to have been chocked by tha convulnioii that took place at Sodom and

      Gomorrah . It it ) proponed to introduce water along tUia Tvholo lino , nnd to join it , near tl « o « ea of Galileo , to the Mediterranean by a nhip annul . Tho boat spot for thifr oanal would bo imintidlntoly north of Mount Camel . Horo tho valloy of Uio Kiwhou runs up from tho Spa . through tliu plain of Kudruolon ; and , at the water-elred , J cured in mot liy tho viilloy of Joxreol , which ru «» HtraifrfU . t <» tho Jordan . Tli « two valley « form « i » copy modo of ucooh . i from the ono pjaco to tho other ; nnd tbfia a oannl mitflit . I / ft w «< lo tln-ongh whluh the Mcditorrwnoan might , flow of it" ) own accord to flll tho Jordan valtyy . Tho length of tho caiml from lluifu to Itathahau would

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      CHARGE OF FELONY AGAINST A MERCHANT . At Bristol , considerable sensation has T > een produced by the arrest of Mr . John Gilbert , jun ., an extensive oil merchant , on a charge of having con * spired with certain workmen in the employ of Messrs . Ayres and Co ., of Temple GSate Oilworks , to steal sundry parcels of oil , the property of that firm > It appears that circumstances which came to the knowledge of Messrs . Ayres caused them to give three of their men intocustody forstealing oil . Oneof the men then made statements involving Mr . Gilbert , who , it was represented , had personally , and by hia foreman , dealt With the prosecutor ' s oil cooper for

      oils stolen from his master ' s premises , paying only half the value . It was stated also that on one cask being purchased of the Messrs . Ayres in the regular way by defendant , there was an arrangement between the latter and the oil cooper that three casks should be delivered , and this had been done several times . Davey , the prisoner ' s foreman , has absconded , but a junior clerk in Mr . Gilbert's warehouse deposed at the examination before the magistrates to having been sent by his master to purchase oil of Messrs . Ayres' oil cooper , at 7 s ^ the

      four-anda-half gallon can . The witness further deposed that Mr . Gilbert vrrote a letter and gave it to him topost , addressed to Dayey , at Liverpool , in which he professed to upbraid Davey for having brought suspicion upon him by being mixed up with . Messrs . Ayres' robbery , and in which he asked him to confide to Mm what he had really done . The witness , also stated that as late as Tuesday Messrs . Ayres ' can , in which tuuch of the oil lad been stolen , was in Mr . Gilbert ' s' warehouse , and that that gentleman had directed witness to conceal it on the roofl which he

      did . Officers have started in search of Davey , and Mr Gilbert has been remanded till Monday next .

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      December 16 , 1854 . ] ' THE LEiBEB : z&tj

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 16, 1854, page 1187, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2069/page/11/