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it ; Upon fcrns walkabout 20 , 000 / . was raised by way < mortgage , an * afterwards , by transfer , the propert caSS , the possession of Mfcsst * Stuckey and Co banfcess * of Bristol ., © n ^ proceeding * to . sell the property the Meaww . Stuckey , to their great surprise , were in formed that a later will was in existence , rendering th former entirely inoperative , and giving to . Mr . Jahi Carter a life interest in the whole of the property , wit ! remainder to his children , and with an annuity of onlj one hundred ; a year-to the other members of the family for their lives . The first will contained the following rather singular passage : —" And now , not having * « single real Mend , having found that all I have met witl through life are a set of toadies , I will and desire , " &c The charge of perjury was based on the fact of Mr John Carter having proved the first will of his brothei when h » knew that a second was in existence . According to the evidence of Mn Francis Plumbley Lasbury , £ brother-in-rla-w of Mr . John Carter , the suppression oi the second will was deliberately planned in his presence by the defendant and Mr . Carter , sen ., his father . This witness said he was perfectly willing that the second ivill should be destroyed ; but , in his cross-examination , le prevaricated a great deal , and resorted to the " noE ni ricordb" manner of statement . The defence was that ; he family were aware of the second will ^ but , after a 3 trict search , had been unable to find it . The case was adjourned for a week ; and Mr . Carter was liberated on bail . The Poisoning Case at Bath . — Thomas Tutton [ not Fulton , as stated last week ) , who recently fled Erom > Bath under suspicion of administering arsenic to iis father , gave himself up at Dublin on the 5 th inst ., ind was taken by the police back to Bath . It appears hat the father is not dead , as at first stated , but that ; here is no hope of his recovery . Two attempts at roisoning would seem to have been made : one on the L 9 th of August , when the prisoner , at dinner time , took iway the jug of beer , under pretence of there being too nueh ; and the second on the 27 th of August , after Mr . [" utton , sen ., had had for his supper some fried potatoes , n the cooking of wlflch the son assisted , on the plea of tastening the meal After both these occasions , the ather was seized with vomiting ; the second time more eriously than the first . On the first occasion , the irisoner himself fetched the medical man , but not until fter a long time had elapsed . Some of the vomits on he 27 th were taken away and analysed ; and arsenic ras discovered . The frying-pan , plate , and knife and ark , have also been analysed , and have disclosed rsenic . The young man , who is only twenty-three ears of age , has been remanded . Bobbing the Crimean Hospital and Patriotic ' und . —At the Southwark police office , Jane Gibson , > rmerly a nurse in the Crimea , and subsequently in St . 'homas ' s Hospital , was charged with having in her ossession a large amount of property belonging to the Mmean Hospital and the Patriotic Fund . A police onstable and an inspector went together to the prisoner ' s odgings in ^ Redcross ^ street . She was told to open four lrge . boxes in . the room , and she pulled out a great many rticles , consisting of linen shirts , sheets , tablecloths , flannel shirt , napkins , &c , all of which evidently elonged . to the Crimean hospitals , as they had marks idicating where they came from . Besides these , several oaks and a large waterproof sheet were found at her idgings , which she said a soldier gave her . On being iterrogated by the policeman as to how she got the other lings , the woman replied that they were given to her y . Miss Nightingale , Miss Bracebridge , and Miss tanley . This statement she repeated to the magistrate , he . had been sent . out with other nurses to the East , but ad been discharged owing to intemperate habits . On 4 r . jKtnrm to England , she went to St . Thomas ' s Hosital , which she afterwards left for a similar reason . On lopolico inspector saying that he wishod to commuicate on the subject with Government and with Mrs . idney-Herbert , the woman was remanded for a week . The Sorrows of Mr . John Jacobs . —John Jacobs , le Jew burglar , who objected to being tried before " old orjoaut , Adams , " hat * been brought up at the Middlesex eaaions before Mr . Witham , He fulfilled his promise f Pleading , Guilty , and added that he should like to be iufc out . of the country at once , as ,, being an old thief , io police had dodged him abput from , pillar to post , had reyttttted his getting an honest living , and hud reularly huntod blim down . Ho was sentenced , however , » si * years * penal servitude . TflQffl Cash , oh twm Collins . — Thomas Collin has iat ) ten , on . behalf , of hhpself and his brother George , to io , Editor of' the Time * ,, stating that polioonaan Hicks , bo , arrested them , had no warrant foe so doing , though a produced a piece of paper which at the time was , listytan , foe one ? by the Collins . Tho chiof constable for WW ^ Qantain M'Hardy , having , inquired into the matter w ^ qaj ^ dateiL August ) 7 th was transmitted to him , by a * JfcWr ., M « , gemming , through Mr . Godwin , Superintend ont of Police at Epping , ?«¦ thereby deceiving him ,, and lakjng hhn , b « jljiAve , that all waa done regularly * which urns out now not to have boon , the cose . " Collin adds lat ho believes tho cleric , to . the magistrates at Epping idfldkjidc QWigdbK oat this deception . ' As soon aa the L < Hk : « Aqifi : 0 nl « fl prison , Mr . Brow * told thorn , that , if ley did not go gifc'with ., their work , ho would send them
» f to prison , again . They are consequently now working y foe- him' for four guineas * though , on their way home , , from Chelmsford Gaiol , they were offered by other r , farmers six guineas for the same amount of work . Captain Samuel Hay , of the Hon . East India Come pany ' s Service , appeared at Marlborough-street on q Monday , charged with obtaining goods from two tradesti men by fraudulent means . He had gone into their / shops , ordered different articles , and given in payment j cheques on Messrs . Alexander Fletcher and Co . In j both cases , the cheques were returned with the intimal tion , "No effects . " He had offered , in the case of one l of the tradesmen ( a tobacconist ) , a cheque for 30 / ., and 4 requested to have the difference handed over to him ; . but this was refused ; . Captain Hay stated to the r magistrate that he was not aware the Messrs . Fletcher - had no money of his in hand , and that he had given i them a power of attorney to receive his pay as an officer F of the East India Company ' s Service , and the produce i of some property he had in Scotland . He consented to ; return the goods ; and , under these circumstances , the L complainants said they had no wish to press the charge , any further . He was remanded , in order that inquiries l might be made into the truth of his statements . On ; Wednesday he appeared again , and was discharged . i No sooner , however , had he left the court , than several i tradesmen entered , and made similar charges against l him ; but they were too late for the allegations to be investigated . i Burglary . —George Wheeler has been committedfor L trial , charged with breaking into the premises of his emi ployers , hat manufacturers in Great Charlotte-street , Blackfriars-road , and stealing valuable property . Seri geant Romaine said that on Saturday morning he ex-, amined the premises , and found that an entry was gained at the back of the Mitre public-house in Broadwall . The thief then must have climbed over two roofs , then opened a window , which admitted him into the yard adjoining the counting-house . By means of a ladder , he ascended the roof of that place , and on removing a square of glass from the skylight he gained admission into the counting-house . The prisoner , on being taxed with the robbery , confessed it , and said he had done it because his master did not pay him sufficiently . — Humphrey Delory , a returned transport , has been committed for trial on a charge of burglary in the house of Mr . Ballard , near the" Old Kent-road . He was assisted by others ; and , after their toils , they regaled themselves in the cellar with wine and whisky . Shocking Brutality . —Richard Dutton , residing in the cellar of a house in Tindle-street , Liverpool , went home drunk , and , after cruelly beating his wife , turned her out of the house , with her child at the breast , and two sons . The mother and child took shelter at a neighbour ' s house ; but the poor lads went and lay down on a brick-kiln , where they were found on Thursday morning at six o'clock , one dead , and the other insensible . The younger boy was immediately taken home , and he is likely to get better . The father was taken into custody . Bank-note Robbery . —> Samuel Franklin is under remand at the Mansion House , on a charge of stealing bank-notes to the amount of 46 / . from Mr . Edward Ward , corn-factor . That gentleman was making up his cash and cheque accounts for his banker in the subscription room over the old Corn Exchange , when an accomplice , it is supposed , of the prisoner diverted his attention for a time by a question , and , on his again looking round , the notes had vanished . Franklin was sitting at his side at the moment . On being taxed with the robbery , he darted out of the room and fled , but was ultimately captured . The notes have not been recovered . Reckless Loan-contracting . —A case exhibiting very reckless trading and contraction of loans to an extraordinary extent , has been heard at the Bankruptcy Court at Bristol . The bankrupt , Mr . T . W . Lawford , nephew of Mr . Edward Lawford , late of Drapers' Hall , and solicitor to the East India Company , was a solicitor and farmer , and , without having any practical knowledge of . such matters , engaged in speculations for supplying London with grapes from Carmarthenshire . He also undertook to hatch chickens by steam ; and he had a mining concern in Prussia . He speedily became embarrassed , and then commenced a system of borrowing , which appears to have been , stimulated by the facilities offered by various insurance offices , several of which are understood to have suffered heavily . At first , Mr . Edward La-vvford , the uncle , waa security for those loans ; but afterwards they seem to have been made chiefly for his sake , and ultimately they reached a total of 80 , 000 * . Of this amount , 80 , 000 / . only waa repaid , leaving 44 , 000 / . due at the time of the bankruptcy in September last . The debts altogether amounted to 60 , 000 / ., and the assets scarcely exceed u shilling in tho pound . No books had been kept , and the transactions altogether exhibited great recklessness . The income of Mr . Edward Lawfordi was at one time lft , 000 / . a year . As regards tho nephew , the Bankruptcy Commissioner arrived at tho conclusion , that his errors " were caused rathor- by an over-sanguine temper and extreme infirmity of judgment than by wank U rectitude . " lie felt it his duty , howovor , to suspend * tho certificate for twelve [ months ,, and to ordra that tt > jkould then be of tho
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NAVAL AND MILITARY NEWS . Sir Charles Napier's Plan for Abolishing the Admiralty Board . —In the course of some comments on thft late bombardment of Sweaborg , Sir Charles Napier observes : —" The Admiralty Board is not reformable . Abolish it altogether , and put an active , intelligent officer at the head of the Surveyor Department , with the title of Vice-Admiral of Great Britain ; put another at the head of the Victualling Department , with the title of Rear-Admiral of Great Britain ( abolish the sinecures of that name , ' and give those who hold them compensation ) , and let each be responsible for his own department , and make the Accountant-General
responsible for his ; put over the whole an Admiral as commander-in-chief , with a captain of the fleet to- assist him , and as many secretaries and clerks as are necessary ; and if you . must have a civilian to control the expenses , make him Minister of Marine , but let him have nothing to do with the promotions -or the management of the navy , and change him with the ministry , if necessary . Let . this be done , and the navy will be well conducted and millions saved . Take care the right men are in the right places , and , if they do not do their duty , turn them- out and get others . " Sir Charles is . of opinion that , had Admiral Dundas been furnished with a sufficient number of mortar-vessels , Sweaborg must have been destroyed .
Prince Napoleon Bonaparte visited , on Monday , the Plymouth and Devonport Dockyards and the prison at Millbay , where one thousand Russians are now under confinement . The Prince left the Sound in the afternoon , under , salutes from the citadel at Plymouth and the flag-ship Impregnable in Hamoaze . Militia Riots at thus Curragh . — Some rather serious riots have recently occurred at the camp on the Curragh of Kildore ; but no courts-martial have been , held , and there has been an . " evident desire to hush up
the matter as much , as possible . One or two of the Irish regiments have , it is said , been , removed , and English regiments are to occupy their places . The Freeman's Journal attributes the disturbances to " the insulting rule of the War ^ Office which directs the regimental baud to , accompany and play the Protestant members of the regiment to church and back again to their borrapks , and for . bids the band to pay those military honours to the Catholic soldiers and officers . " Nothing , certainly , can be more scandalously unfair than this rule .
Woolwich Arsbsnax . was visited on Wednesday by Lord Panmure , Mr . Frederick Peel , and Mr .. Mjonaell , who afterwards repaired to , th © marshes , to- view tho fireworks which were displayed in honour of the victory at Sevastopol . An imperial salute of 101 guns was fired , and an immense bonflro was lit , which burnt till long ufter midnight .- —Sir Charles Wood ,. Admiral Berkeley , and Admiral Richards visited Devonport Dockyard on Tuesday . Turn Dublin Garrison had a grand field-day on Tuesday , to commemorate the successes in the Crimea , The Lord-Lieutenant reviewed tho troops .
Dumuii to Swi G « oaens Brown at Eloizn . — - Sir GeoEg © Brown having visited his native towu of i £ l « ui , tho inhabitants honoured him on Tuesday with a pwWw dinner . In the cpurso of ; the speech which ho dpUv « W » on this occasion , ho remarked : — " I hope the u « wa wo have heard , thia evening will prove of groa * in > J"M" *«* and that we shali be able to do something *«* iv « b wj hitherto we have boeu fighting with one » ** V " have not been able to move the army , b ^ a ^ 7 isfofl * rttzzjztxZF ^ sB&s SSXLZ 3 ST ! £ > EI&S ? SB&
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lowest class . When commenting on the- case ,. Mr . Commissioner Hill observed ¦ : «— j "la commission to- loanagents , in solicitors' costs , in premiums of insurance on the life of the borrower paid to the offices granting the loans , — -which insurances were , as- usual ; suffered to drop when the day of ruin came , an * consequently can produce nothing for the benefit of the creditors ^ and ; finally , in interest on the loans , more than 25 , 000 / 1 has been expended ; an outlay at the rate of 5000 ? . per annum . " r
Eliza Williams , a woman who had been living under the " protection" of a " gentleman" who afterwards east her off , got into a state of raging passion against the woman who , though married , had supplanted her . Breaking a glass tumbler , she struck her rival 1 with it , inflicting a serious wound on the forehead ; Williams was brought before the magistrate at Lambeth , and committed for six weeks . Having threatened the other woman after hearing this sentence , she was ordered to find bail to be of good behaviour for two months . The Cudham Murder . —Robert Peeling has been committed for- trial at the next assizes for thecounty on the charge of murdering Jane Beagley . In the further examination , several witnesses stated that- they had received different accounts from the prisoner of his whereabouts on the night of the murder ; but considerable doubt was thrown on all of these .
Edward Frederick Wilks , Thomas Wilks , and John Waller , his clerk , have been committed for trial on the charges detailed last week .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 15, 1855, page 883, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2106/page/7/
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