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which- ah * liv « d ,, and the poi » n . was , prevented . from ZSSng its&taleffect * butifcwasfound necessary tore . ™^ hp , wamaa , to the London Hospital ; where she re * mainedJfor sometime in- averj ? weak condition , and was the * taken before , the Worship-street magistrate ,,-who consigned her to the caro of her father , a respectable macha » ic , who * up to that time . had . been ignorant of the degraded condition of his daughter , but who promised . to take such steps as would ensure her future safety . Exebnbivb Fokgeby OF Nast Bills .-A respectably-dressed young man , who gave the name of Charles Holloway , was on Wednesday placed before the magisr trates at Rochester , charged with being , concerned in uttering , a number of forged navy bills * , by which the Admiralty has recently been defrauded to a considerable amount . He was remanded . Akceoed Mukoeb by a . Pitman .. —James ( Megee * a
Durham pitman , has tilled his . wife wbila they were both in a state of intoxication . He appears to have beaten her with savage brutality , , and her persoriiwas covered with frightful wounds . The inquest stands adjourned .
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GATHERINGS- FROM ? THE LAW AMD POLICE COURTS . TffE morality of trade received a singular illustration last Saturday at the Croydon Assizes in the course of an action for assault . Mr . Edwards , the plaintiff , carries on business-as an insurance broker in the City of London , and is in partnership with a Mr . Pittman . The defendant , Mr . Bullen , is in the same business , and in partnership with a Mr . Hancock . All the parties are members of Lloyd ' s . In the course of last June , Mr . Pittman went on a visit to a Mr . Wilson at Broxbourne in Hertfordshire ; and , while there , he was told that Mrs . Bullen , who had recently left England for America , was a lady of light character ; . that her husband himself called her ' a stale piece of goods ; ' that he had got tired of her , and sent her away ; that he had since lived
with other women ; and that , before parting from his wife , he had brought home an illegitimate , child , and educated it with his other children . On returning to business , Mr . Pittman—who was described on the trial as ' a very strict man in his ideas '—conceived it necessaTy to vindicate the morality of insurance-brokering ; and he therefore ( as well" as on some other grounds not mentioned ) directed his partner to close the- account between them and Mr . Bullen . Mr . Edwards , who is a young man of about six-and-twenty , thought , according to his own account , that it would 6 e unfair to do this without making some previous inquiries , and he appears to have been also influenced by the fact that the business transacted with Mr , Bullen was mutually profitable . He therefore mentioned the rumours to a Mr . Beddome , also a member of Lloyd ' s . On the trial , he stated that his only motive for doing this was one Of kindness , as he wished , if possible , to disprove
the accusations , and so preveut the closing of the account . According to his version , he said to Mr . Beddome , " Don't let this go further ; " but Mr . Beddome denies it . At any rate , Mr . Beddome did let I it go further , for , after consulting with another and older member of Lloyd ' s , he mentioned the rumours and the name of his' informant to Mr . Bullen . On the 24 th of June , Mr . Edwards received a . letter in Mr . Bullen ' s handwriting , which ran thus : —" Mr . Bullen will be obliged by Mr . Edwards calling on him this afternoon at his counting-house . —N . B . To save a scene at Lloyd ' s , " He accordingly went , and was shown into an inner room , in which he found Mr . Bullen and . his partner , Mr . Hancock . The former accused" him of spreading a report about Mrs . Bullen . Mr . Edwards asked to be allowed to sit down , and give an explanation ; but Mr . Bullen refused , and , exhibiting a stick , asked , the fated Edwards if he knew what it had been
bought for . The victim replied that he did not ; whereupon his ignorance was speedily enlightened by a shower of blows over the arms , back , and legs—Mr . Ballen , in the meanwhile , frequently asking 1 him if he did . not ' spread it' ( meaning the report ) , and Mr . Hancook , the partner , sitting quietly looking on . It also appears that the enraged husband used many oaths , and said he would kill Mr . Edwards for twopence . That gentleman- was beaten for Jive or ten minutes , during which time he made a somewhat nice calculation of tho
number of blows he received , for he stated on the trial that they amounted to ' twelve or fourteen , ' which , spread over ten , or even five , minutes , must have boon a rather-adagio-movement . Released at length from hia torment , the battered Edwards went at once to his partner at Lloyd ' s , and informed him of the affair ; and , during the same aftornoon , Mr . Bullon , flushed with viotory , also appeared at JLloyd ' sj and , pulling forth a broken stick—token and relic of his groat encountersaid he should buy a thiokerstan ? if he did not get a letter
of apology . The defence was that Mr . Edwards had maliciously spread the reports to the discredit of Mrs . Bullor , and that these were utterly false , as she had left England for America simply for the benefit of her health ; that Mr . Bullon had no legal remedy for this Injury , and had therefore taken the law into his own hands ; and that , consequently , the jury ought only to give the lowest possible damages . The charge with , respect to tho illegitimate oHild > was admitted to be true . The Lord Chief Baron , in summing up , said it appeared to
liim , thai ; , ths-business a £ iny ^ jmnt ^ mig ht , be , oaraed- on without-an inquiry into * thad 6 flieat | e . * ffajia ofcthe .. pari ties ; wW wished ta effect , such , business , ; : and . he must say that he . thought a * barrister , would be as . muoh en--titled to , inquire , into , the , private- character o £ a . client before-he . accepted a brifef Jfromhim , as Mr .. Pittman , waa to go inta the domestic arxangeinenta of Mr . BiiUesu Still * the assaulkwas . quite unjustifiable , and contrary to . law . The jury gave a . verdict for the plaintiff ; damages * .
250 / . Messrs . Copland , and Barnes , provision ; merchants ,, who failedjn March , for . 26 , 000 / . * passed theie examinar . tion in the Court of Bankruptcy on Tuesday . The claim , of Alexander . Lonl Lavat , in the peerage of England , to the barony of Lovat , in the peerage of Scotland' —a . case which has been-several times before the House of . Lar . ds- —was on Tuesday allowed by . their Lordships . Mr . Henry Spicer , surgeon ,, of Kennington , has appeared before theMarlborough-streetmagistrate , charged with publishing a . libel , on . Mr . William Day , solicitor , of Queen-street , May-fair . The libel waa contained . in a placard which , set forth that . Mr- Day had enticed . Mr . Spicer ' s wife , away from , her home ,, and still , held her forcibly in confinement ; that he was acting as the agent
of Mrs . Spieer ' s brother , Mr . John Dawson , of Sussexsquare , who had deprived her of certain property to which she was entitled , and against whom proceedings in Chancery had been taken , which it was now sought to burke by the alleged transactions ; and that it was feared ' that no means , however desperate and unscrupulous , would be spared by those who have possession of her , at all risks , to prevent her from returning to her home . ' A reward of 501 was offered to whoever would give such information as would lead to the conviction of the parties . Mr . Day was examined , and emphatically denied the truth of the allegations against him . His counsel said he was instructed that the present proceed- ^ ings were taken with the knowledge and by the desire of the lady , who only feared to fall again into her husband ' s hands . The case was sent for trial . Bail was
accepted for Mr . Spicer . The disgraceful attempt on the part of the London General Omnibus Company to crush the opposition offered to it by the Saloon Omnibus Company was brought before the notice of Alderman Wire at the Mansion House on Wednesday , when a- driver employed by the first-named association was charged , on a summons , with misbehaviour . Every time a S aloon omnibus starts , one of the others starts immediately before it , and a second behind it , and every obstacle is offered to the rival vehicle obtaining passengers . This was proved to be the case in the present instance ; but such conduct is no offence at law , and the summons was therefore dismissed . It is to be hoped , however , that the public will support the new company in its struggles against a monopoly which has falsified its promises , and will not allow others to do better .
A meeting for the further examination of Hugh Iunes Cameron , of the Royal British Bank , took place in the Court of Bankruptcy on Thursday , when an adjournment to the 30 th of October was agreed to .
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . A New Weapon of Vae . — Mr . Charles Shaw transmits to the Times a copy of a letter he recently addressed to an Influential member of her Majesty ' s Government , ' urging the authorities to adopt in India an invention which he originally proposed foe use in the Crimea , and the : effects of which he thus describes ;—" Any attack off war junks or pirates may be repulsed [ by it ] . Boarding is rendered impracticable , as the attacking party must be partially or totally disabled , and this with little or no loss to those acting in defence . But , if an attacking party be provided with this invention ,
they , with little or no loss , can board any ship with the almost certainty of success . If fifty or a hundred British troops , in any house or outwork , be- provided with such invention , no number of an attacking party , if unprovided with artillery , can suceoed in taking such house or outwork ; . no troops or armed parties can advance through streets if one or two houses be supplied with this invention ; and any barricade , through this invention , can be made impregnable . " Mr . Shaw demands a certain unspecified sum of money for the use of this invention ; but it appears that he has received no answer from : Government . The Circumlocution Office is
probably thinking about it . Reduction of the Jnfantky Standard . —A circular from tho Horse Guards states that tho standard of recruits for tho infantry is reduced to five foot five and a half inches . Thhj War in Pbbsia . —< -Tho following despatoh ( says tho Gazette of Tuesday ) has boon received at tho East India-house from tho Governor-General of India in Council to the Secret Committee of tho East India Company : —" Fort William , June X 9 . —We have tho honour to forward for your information printed copies of notifications issued by tho Right Hon . tho Governor-General in Council , under date tho ISthimt ., Nos . 180 and 140 , announcing tho ratification of tho treaty of peace with Persia , and recording liis high sense of tho important services rendered by Lieutenant-General Sir James Outraui , K . O . B ., commanding the forces . It affords us
thai , highest gratification ., to recommend , to the mosfa favourable consideration , of the Hon . Court of Director * and her Majesty ' s Government the , arduous and- successful , services ^ of the military a £ &naval , forces . - engaged ) in the operation directed ; against ^ j ;^^" -. vyfej . v . ? Jf \ CS } c : twro are . appendedin . the : £ «««» . b > k the , general p ^ rA port of them isi indicated by the fcqregpiog . Indian A ^ oj ^ nwmw . - ^ M ^ QTr G ^ mrai ^ Windb , ain and Sir Hugh , Rose will , each command a division , in , India ,. and , Colonel Bercy Herber . tr , has been . ; appointed to the coituaand of a .. brigade .. Reimfoboemenxs rpK ikraA continue- to leay < e England for the disturbed ; districts . The Royal Abttllejsy Garrison at Woolwich was inspected ; by the Duke , of Cambridge on Wednesday . Four companies on the same day embarked for India . The . Dockyard waa visited by Sir Charles Wood , and olhfirs .-
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IISGELiAKEO-US . TkECbrrRT . —Tfi © visif of the Emperor of . the French to Osborne , whatever may have been its private importance , has presented no public-features , of special interest . On the morning of Friday week , the two Imperial visitors walked round the farm at Osborne in company with- the Queen and Prince Albert ? aaid in the afternoon they went on board the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert , and steamed towards the Needier returning to Osborne a Iittlb before eight o ' clock . Saturday was signalized by an evening party , which took place in a marquee erected on the lawn . At a quarter before ten o ' clock , Prince Albert entered the marquee , leading the Empress of the French , the Emperor following with the Queen . Prince Princess
Alfred ; Prince Arthur , the Princess Royal , Alice , Princess Helena , the Duke of Cambridge , and Prince Leiningen accompanied her Majesty . Dancing immediately commenced , and-was continued till a little before twelve o ' clock , when the Royal party retired . In the course of the evening , the Emperor and Empress joined m Sir Roger de Coverley . On Sunday , the Imperial visitors attended the Roman Catholic chapel at Newport . Several English Protestants were present , including the Mayor . "At a quarter past two o ' clock on Monday afternoon , ' * says the Times , "theEmperor and Empress of the French embarked at Osborne beach- on board her Majesty Queen Victoria ' s state barge ; and were steered by Captain the Hon . Joseph Penman to the Imperial state yacht , the Reine Hortense ; There was no guard of honour on the beach , but the departure was as private as the arrival of the' Imperial visitors ' . the
Her Majesty and the Prince Consort accompanied Emperor and Empress in the barge , and were escorted by a flotilla of boats from the fleet . On board the Reine Hortense , her Majesty and the Prince Consort bade farewell to their guests , and the French Imperial 1 yacht immediately weighed for Havre . On her Majesty and the Prince leaving the French yacht every demonstration of respect was paid them by all on board , the Emperor remaining 1 uncovered and bowing repeatedly . _ Her Majesty and the Prince embarked on board the Fairy ^ which accompanied the Reine Hortense fbr a short distance from Osborne , and then put about and returned . The British white ensign was hoisted at the fore , the French at the main , and the blue British ensign at the mizen of the Reine Bfortense , which was followed at the distance of about half a mile by La Corse , the Pelican , and the Ariel , having British flags at . their mastheads . "
Punkkal op Bishop Blomfield . —The late Bishop Blomfield waa on Tuesday interred in the churchyard of the parish of Fulham in a manner strictly private , according to his own express instructions . It waa a walking funeraL attended only by the members of hia own family , the archdeacons of his diocess , and hia chaplains ; but a large number of the clergy assembled in the churchy accompanied by tho principal inhabitants of the parish and neighbourhood . Thh Cbystai * Paiaob . —A Committee of Shareholders haa just sat upon the affairs of the Crystal Palace Company , and issued its report . It will cause a little surprise to hear that the gardens of tho Palace at present employ 146 gardeners . The Committee not
unreasonably thinks this rather too largo a staff , and considers that a less number , -with , more supervision , will do as well . But it is not so much the . expenses of the general management , which , are not considered ' excessive , as those of the ' frequent novelties and varied attractions , ' which incur censure . These latter , it appeals , have been great failures . The Handel Festival docs not come into this report—why we do not know . But tho other ' attractions' have been all but universally losses . The ' Peace Festival' cost the company 1908 ? ., and only brought in G 28 fc r making a loss of 1280 J . to tho Company . Tho Poultry Show cost 9897 ., the single article
of coops boing 196 / ., and only just cleared its expenses . The Flower Shows were a better speculation , bringing in a balance of 482 * . But now comes the formidable head of ' Opera Concerts , ' under which tho Committee considorB tho Company a loser of 500 Q / . It seems that for twelve Opera Concerts thq agreement gave Mr . uv 0 10 , 0881 ., which sum various other Items swelled to 11 , 461 * . Then tho Committee complains generally of tho carelcsanoflB of the Directors In the contacts made , 1 which have been one-sided and muoh against the interests of tho Company . ' TIi « Company , e . ., has lost 200 / — 6 d . per dozen—in tho course of tho year by soda *
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 15, 1857, page 779, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2205/page/11/
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