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¦* k * &Btt owHdrbe easily \ ttanei , ^ the ^> Gr < tpen&d , 'arid ^« g ^ 4 bek * Mle * viiig At > mppasm 1 tyintb& * mi&Bt&t& * 3 . ^ MAKflBAtTOHTER . —HAn inquest has been held At the Fly «« itti ,. Guad&ill on'the body © f- 'John Tozer , of Ottery , Devour ^ dnum acp far-the South * Devon MUitia . On the previous eveai » gr ' -at nine o ' clock , he was partly Y « jMteeas « d . in ftj room occupied Thy seventeen i bandsmen « ad mothers , when William iTowton , < twenty , another ixlxntmier , without i provocation , struck him twice in- the < cke « t ? wlth Ws iflst . Tozerfthen -deoUred his intention - . to / report iTowton to f the ' sergeant-major , iand , when iflOOlrfnC up "to = vrihang his-coat , .-received ¦» tided blow maderfii * right ear , wften he ^ fell > on the bedstead , rolled -4 tfF , a « ld expired ^ within ten minutes . A verdict of manjjfcUwgbteTi was returned , and Towton was committed to Exeter for triaL
A Commercial . QuakkeXj . — -Thomas Turnbull , a young man of ¦ respectable exterior , appeared at the Mansion House on Tuesday under rather singular circumstances . He had had some dealings with a Mr . Bateman , a commission merchant in the city , but they were . not of a nature to inspire that , gentleman with confidence in- him , and , on ' his requiring some further goods , ' he . Was told he . must give a cheque on account . He agreed , and the goods ( to the value of about 120 / . ) Wertf-lheri sent by Mr . Bateman ' s brother , with directions not to'leave them unless-the money on account were . paid . . Turnbull r however , contrived to induce "Mr . E . 'Bateman' to walk with him ! back to his brother ' s house , -ttilder pretence that he ( Turnbull ) had the cheque with
£ tfm . . ' The goods were therefore left- behind , ; bnt « no oae ^ ne was forthcoming . Mr . E . . ' Bateman afterwards Iwent again to Turhbull ' s office , and , seeing the goods there , attempted-to carry them off ; but a man named 'Hurst and his eon interposed , said they had purchased . themand . sold them again ,, and threatened . to knock . the intruder "down and , to ~ kick him out . They then , in company with Turnbull , set upon . him , thrust him against the wall , and held him-down , while a boyrei moved the goods . ' The defence made by Turnbull . was VfchaOdr . JBateman was in his debt to an . amount ; consi-/ decablybeyond that of thq goods supplied . Thecase was . remanded ; . bail was taken ; - and the Alderman directed that , a search-warrant-should be issued for the seizure of
-iheLgooaa stated to have been detained . The case being ^ again brought on on Thursday , Mr . Turnbull was dis-/ Ctuumd . on thq goods-being given up . * . » « . T . vrtrvv . , ^ . ^ 7 ^— jajh . m-lOOK ^ n ^ . ZH %£ 2 , ZHHHCU Brown , wholiasbeen - previously accused of felony , was charged AtsBow-street with stealing a tableoloth from a fcrnished lodging in Arundel-street , Strand . Brown , Who . is in the habit of frequenting lodging-houses , more especially in " districts where , coloured people get accommodation , obtamed admission to the apartments of Mrs . 1 Warren , by representing himself as having just left the Sir Robert Peel ship * exhibiting some sovereigns , and talkxQg-about his boxes , which would arrive in a day or -two . rHe was accompanied by a smart-looking English
jdrh who said she was hiawife , and took an early opportunity of assuring the landlady that it was an uncongemal match , forced upon her by mercenary parents in consideration of his wealth . After feasting at Mrs . Warren ' s expense " for three or four days , Brown , the blaek , disappeared , taking the tablecloth with him , and : the ** : wife" was deserted . She' then . confessed that she was not married , and had only met the-. prisoner a few agghta previously in the streets . In the course of the examination of Brown at Bow-street , the young woman referred to came forward , and - said she was " an unfortuoategirj , ' and had been tempted by Brown to go to Mr lodgings , and , pretend- that she was his wife . To this she ; ( Objected at first , ¦ because the ¦; accused had confessed to , lienthat he was married . Mr . Hall , the magistrate ,
asked her if that was her only objection to nun ; 'to which she gave . an evasive repjy , saying that she " thought she should be comfortable , and that he-wa « well * off . " , She added' that she knew nothing of > the -taiMeeloth . A , police oergeant was about to give the yaggbtrate « history of the man ' s ( antecedents , but Mr . iHaU daeUned to be . prejudiced in that way , and ' dis-. chaTjgad Brown ,-who is said to be notorious for the same exploits , and for always leaving some "« wife" in the llodeingato baar the . brunt . ,, JnaoRKRTY Tbwmmbant . —A beast , possessing proi p « rty ,. and said to be connected ytith . a higb . Jy-reapect-•* ble ffa « uly , was charged , about a 'fortnight ago , at i ^ mtjbw / Wk , witKTan indecent assault on two female . children , « ged , respectively . abcand three years ,
dangh-, Ura > st £ * , > litowi in humble circumstances , whom , under K pretence of being . a medical man , he said he desired to examine in order to get r them into an Orphan Asylum . ,, ' The mother suspected ' he was an , impostor , from the "JtaiiWl waylin which , he used the ; children , and , when he ^ UM MaJn and desired to repeat his conduct , a plasterer , iji ^^^ been , previously hidden iaa cupboard , rushed out V ^ W * M the scoundrel , who . offered any amount to be OTWJip ^^ M | t , * w . given into custody . The examination 'l | pW ;| W ! B ^ I * ijrat «( tenmlnated in a rem and , and bail Mto ' lfatftoMfX 0 » q soused CWWionx Hobson Aubert ) in * QOpi , ftflfl two friends Jn 2607 . each . On the case again oonitog ; beTore the magistrate last , Satui'day , it waq 'ftyund that Aubert had jmade on . Mr . Solomon , his counsel , f aid that the money-would be at once paid on 10 the sureties , and added that ho . supposed the'case was
'at an-erid . '"The Society ' for the ^ Rescue of'Yotmg Women arid Children , however , 'determined "to take . active-steps for the apprehension Of the scoundrel . '• MtJJtDBBOvs 'Attack on a ' - Prison Wabdeb .--One of the warders at the Wakefield Prison has ' been nearly murdered by a "prisoner whom he had reportedffor niis--coridoct . 'The man struck'the warder a blow on * the side of the head with-tffcamtner ; but one of the other prisoners interposed , and saved'the life of the "injured man . 'An alarm was'then given , and the ruffian was secured . It is feared that' the - wounds the warder' has received will prove fatal . 'WtttOM BBTRNSj ^ wbo was convicted * at the'last ; sessions of the Central Criminal Court of robbing his employers , lead'merchants , - of 'Lambeth , of a' large amount of metal , but whose sentence was respited , ' has" beencoridenmed to penal servitude'for four years .
Gabotte Robbery . —John Smith , a militiaman , is under remand at Guildhall , ¦ charged with a garotte robbery , aided' by some women , on the person of a naval man , who was intoxicated at the time . The scene of the attack was the corner -of a court turning out of Golden Lane , and'the time was about twelve o ' clock at night . After the robbery was effected , which-was in a very brief space of' thne , the- man arid the women made their escape ; but the man was shortly afterwards apprehended . iNFATtrATioK . —^ The workshop of' Mr . Sirikin , carpenter and builder , in Little Earl-street , Seven - Dials , has been set on fire by a-neighbour , a-carver arid ^ gilder , named James'Moore . After he had . completed the . act , he went to'Mxv Smfcin- arid informed' -binr 6 f' the circumstance , and-afterwards- told a policeman arid . gave himself into-custddy . He-added'that he did not know . why he had done it , arid to the "Marlborough-street magistrate ^ he repeated-the same observation , saying , ' " It was all -done in a moment . I hdd no reason to do it . I
never had a quarrel with Mr . Sinkin . 'He was remanded-for-a week . A -SmPUB 'Eatusiee . —William Swilston arid * William Marshall were indicted at the Central Criminal'Court for stealing fifty sovereigns , the property of Robert Gregory . The prosecutor , who was . a farmer , was about to emigrate to Australia , and Marshall introduced himself a 3 a person Who was going to sail in the same ^ vesseL At his suggestion , they took a walk to see the-sights of London , visiting several public-houses on th « n »— . one of these , the other mm- - ; ' „__"' - ^ Z ' tl l : ue lus
--Z . *^ . t * , » i . .- ' - " - ^ appearance , repre - , u ; o iziT . z . . " nad just arrived from 'America , where he had ~ received a large legacy , arid , at length , when Mr . Gregory , who seemed a simple sort of person , was sufficiently thrown off his guard , the old trick of inducing hhn to produce his money was resorted to , arid a bag of farthings was adroitly substituted for his bag of sovereigns . Both the prisoners , having attained their object , then disappeared . 'They were' taken into custody a day or two afterwards , and thirteen sovereigns were found in the possession 6 f Marshall . The , jury found both . prisoners guilty . Sentence was deferred .
' RecktVictg -Stolen Goods . — Robert Chisnell , the keeper of a beer-shop in the Waterloo-road , has been found guiltyafthe Central Criminal Court of receiving a quantity 6 f' Bilk ~ which had been stolen , and which he knew to have'been dishonestly come by . He had employed a woman to pawn this silk , and upon her being apprehended , she said that she had given the proceeds of the-sale to a young woman with whom Chisnell cohabited . He was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour . A Rkckusss DatmKARiD . —Several of the ; passengers
tin' the Cambridge-road , Bethnal Green , on Monday afternoon , 8 aw a man driving a spirited horse in a chaise at sd furious a pace that they called out to him to take care what he-was about . He disregarded them , however , arid a policeman then started in pursuit , and at length stopped the chaise . The drive * being greatly intoxicated , ' the policeman offered to see him home , and tried to . get into the vehicle ; bnt the man ( who was a German ) , declined the offer in very abusive language , arid prevented" the constable from mounting . The officer therefore went to the horse ' s head , arid held it ; on which the German lashed the animal so vidlently that he
plunged' forward , and knocked the policeman down . Still retaining his hold of the reins , the constable was dragged some way along the ground , until the wheel running between his legs , passed over his body and went off at his shoulder . The German was himself thrown out of the gig , but not much hu ? t , and was- taken into custody by another officer , while the wounded policeman was carried off to the hospital , where he lies in a very dangerous state . Graaf , the German , was examined on Tuesday -at Worship-Street , and was remanded , that the result of the constable ' s injuries might be ascertained .
. THn BUBCHAttY IN SUTHKaiAND-BQUARJS , WAlrwobth . —^ It will bo within the reoollection of our readers that a burglary was committed ( during the absence of the family at church ) one Sunday evening , between two arid three months ago , in the house of a Mr , John'Knott , residing in Sutherland-square , WalwortU ; that the servant girl was found with her throat cut ; that she first paid the injury had been inflicted by the burglars . but that she afterwards confessed she was absent from the house , without leave , during the robbery ; and that finding on her return what had happened , she wounded herself as a desperate resource , to . csoupo being implicated in the
robbery . x ATnan , named Bobert ? Everett , aftos'Huniietfc who described himself as a pickle-dealer , of tJnion-street Lambeth , has' been examined during the present week on a charge of being concerned in . the burglary . 'Lucy Constable , the servant girl , was one of the witnesses an'd-from her statement it appeared that Everett , and a man-name'd . Brown ; ( now committedfor trial ) , introduced themselves ' to Jier- a few Sundays' before the robbery that a slight acquaintanceship sprang up ; and that on the'Sunday when thei house was entered she was induced to ^ go out with Everett arid have some brand y-and-water under pretence of meeting'his sister , who never came ' On her leavingrhim ,-arid returning home , she found the house-door open , arid the plate-basket empty . " I felt •» she then proceeded to say to the magistrate , "that my
character was . gone ; arid , in a moment of excitement I took a knife and inflicted a wound on . my throat . " She here became much affected , and sobbed loudly . In conclusion , she said the prisoner had all through acted towards her in a very gentlemanly manner . He has been committed' for . triaL Brown ia supposed to have been the man who entered the house in the absence of the girl . A Thief rs a Box . —^ Several , parcels have recently been abstracted . from ' the steam-packet office stores North "Wall , Dublin . A man named James Gray has at length been arrested , When . a most ingenious system of effecting the robberies was discovered . A large box , resembling a press ( says the Liverpool Mercury ) , was constructed , divided into two . compartments , which could be locked and bolted from the inside . In one of
these Gray was accustomed to secrete himself , and the other was left empty for the reception jof goods , but so 61 everly was the press constructed that no one looking at it would imagine the purpose for which it was designed . This case , containing the prisoner , was shipped from English . ports to this city , and deposited in the steam-packet company's stores , where it was left for a night , labelled , to . prevent any uncomfortable consequences to its inmate , " this side up , " and " to be left till called ' for . " In the night time the thief w ^ -a ' M un _
bolt the door , sally forth , arid , noiselessly , tl-aversing the stores ,, appropriate the most valua&y Daie 3 of silk and heaviest parcels of plate , a » * stow tfcem away in tne second compartment . ^ - ^ ould then , with the same precaution , r ** - m to his quarterS ) an ^ bolting himself wi *!! iu , would lie there quietly till- morning . Wlien the stores Tyere opened , and the porters busily engaged elsewhere , he would take the opportunity of departing unobserved , and call or send fat the case and boxes during the-day . . __ . _ . old
BcKCHiABY . —The house of . a . Mr . Pring , an gentleman , " living in a retired spot ¦ in the parish of Awliscombe , " Devonshire , has been entered at night by burglars , one of whom attacked Mr . Pring with a pitchfork , and inflicted several serious wounds . They then ransacked the premises , arid left . —A house at Westerham , Kent , bas been entered . The man who first presented himself was opposed by the householder , "Mr . Atkinson , and a murderous struggle ensued . Another burglar then came up ; but , alarmed at what he saw , he jumped through a window , carrying -a good deal of the glass and framework with him . Subsequently , however , either he or another man entered , and helped to overcome Mr . Atkinson , who was left severely wounded . Mrs . Atkinson was also injured ; and both lie in a precarious state .
The -attempted Assassination in Rupert-street , Haymabket . — Two of the ' injured men , Rossi and Ru'deo , have completely recovered from their wounds , and have left Charing-cross hospital . The other two arc likely to leave in the courso of a few days- Up to the present time , nothing baa been heard of the assassin Foschirii . . . 'The PoBTUGtTKSE Knifk . —A Portuguese seaman is m custody'for stabbing a Greek Bailor in Wellclose-square , out of revenge for some injury he thought ho had received in playing cards . Th « wounded man is in great danger .
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NAVAL AND MILI TARY . Military Riots at Mamta . —The Anglo-Italian Legion Stationed at Malta committed great excesses on the 5 th , 6 tfo , and 7 th inst . A large number of tho men collected in the streets , singing songs of liberty , insulting ^ -and menacing 'the > n * tiv * B , and finally drawing BtiieUi , and ¦» stabbing ; indiscriminately at any who came in their way . A blow aim « d at a police oonstoWo ivna dexterously avoided by tho officer , jand stabbed onooi the Italian soldiers , who was carried dying to tno hospital . On the following day ( the 6 th ) , M . Caruann , inspector of police , while-exhorting tho soldicru to disperse , was stabbed in four places , and expired almost renewed tno
directly . The disturbances having been on 7 th , strong measures were taken against tho Italians-They made an . attempt to « nter Valotta through tno Mareamuscetto Gate , but a email party of Kngl'Hh artillerymen brought thorn to « halt at the point ol tno bayonet . Tho drawbridge was then lifted , btronp , pickets were sent round tho town , the guarda wero doubled , extra sontrios posted , and threo hundred lingua " infantry despatched towards the suburbs of Illorin ""' to prevent any attempt by tho Italians to outer at i " Porta Realc . English artillerymen wore plucoa charge of tho guns at Fort Manool , whonco tho hIuck o ar amunUion haw been removed , and in tho ovoniiif , ' " Majesty ' s screw lino-of-buttlo » hip tho Hannibal , liavn'b
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Leader (1850-1860), May 17, 1856, page 466, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2141/page/10/
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