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her nnd the'other-obildMa , he . said he would shoot the biggest of thetrt . The girl told him that she-was the bigges $ ,. and he-then eaxHtxathe weald have a , shot&tlier , and he immefKate ^ y discharged the contents of his . gun , whidh was loaded wifli email gravel stones , . at the child , inflicting a -dangerous -wround . She has since been under medical treatment , ^ b ut the gravel ihas been extracted , and she is now « ut of danger . A working man said £ h& % , a £ ew iwxxxe vbefbre tthe oeeunenoe . took place , he was w-alking up fhe lane , when he saw Minchia , and askeilTrim if had shot all the sparrows , to which he -replied , . pointing to some T > oys who were near , " Those are the fellows Jthat want shooting , and , if they don ' t mind their eye , I will shoot some of them . " Minchin admitted Iiaving shot the girl , but said he did not do it intentionally . The magistrates committed him ior trial , but consented to take bafl .
• trafce ta hard lobaar&a two anooths fer a violent assault on his wife . He is an old-offender in this way . tEaacBg&BKENX . —WilluMB Waldon , s well-de 9 « sed
A Uoy Forger . —An extraordinary case of ( juvenile crime lias come before the magistrates at the Auckland police-court , . the culprit being a-boy of fourteen ,-named John Atkinson , the son of very . respectable . parents At " West Auckland . . Several extensive forgeries , amounting altogether to -upwards of 10007 ., have recently been detected , and It is now discovered , that they have been committed by this . youth , whose paients were utterly ignorant of the fact . He had been employed-as clerk in the office of Mr . Brown , an engineer , at Hank Top , Darlington , daring which period he forged two cheques , one for the sum . of 6 £ 14 s . 26 L , and the other for 10 / . 6 s . These cheques he t ' ookat different periods to Mr . JDakers , a draper . at CBishop Auckland , ^ nd got them cashed . Mr .
yoangman , formerly a-clerk in ' . the earvdoe of the South Yorkshire Raitway and Eivbt Dun Coal-Company , -and who had been apprehended at Toronto . by a detective officer , 'was brought before Mr . Alderman Sale at the Mansion House , -on Thursday , . upon the charge of having eiivbezzled the moneys of ihis -employers . { Evidence having been received against him , he was remanded . A Butlkr Committed fob Theft . —John Jeffrey , butler to Mrs . Carey , Park-crescent , Portland-place , has-been committed for trial on a charge of stealing a large quantity -of plate belonging to hie mistress . The magistrate warmly condemned * he conduct of the jpawnhre&ar in taking rthe silver in . pledge when there Jhad been an obvious ^ attempt to erase the crest .
uAi . TiF . gbd Attempt to iPoison a Moceher . — -Anne Suxk-e has bean examined oa remand at the -ClerkaaweU polioe-eourt , cliarged with , attempting , to poison her mother—not her-sister , as , previously reported . One of . her sisters now came forward , and said she was sure Anne had no intention vto , poison her mother : the words she had used were merely an idle threat . The magistrate thought . there was not -flitffioient -evidence to justify bis committing the vgid , rand she -wa 3 . therefore disoh&rged .
Mdedeb j ut . Notiinghamshirk . — A farmer named James Wright , residing at North Searle , Nottinghamshire , hasBhot one William Holland , a man with -whom he bad had a quarrel about aomeipro-perty , and who had defeated him in certain . law proceedings . After shooting him . ia the ; left knee , -Wright 3 aid , " 3 h « ve done what I meant to do . If I can't have you by the laws of the country , I'll have you by laws . of imy own . " Holland ' s leg was amputated , but he sank under tha effects of the operation , -and died . Wright has been com mitted for trial
Dakers shortly afterwarflsjjaid aneof tiem in . to Ms credit at his banker ! s . and in course-of time it was returned to him dishonoured . The . ether -cheque was not paid away . After the . return of . the first draft , information was given to the police , and < stepa . urere taken for the apprehension of the lad Atkinson , wh © was ultimately taken into custody . Five pounds of the imoney which he had obtained from Mr . Dakers were found on . thetiles of an outhouse . The rest iad been partly spent . in meerschaum pipes , cigars , a gold locket , &c , and partly lost in . gambling with . a man under ihe railings of Auckland Park .
Besides the . two forgeries already mentioned , three other forgeries of cheques , amounting altogether to 1000 ? ., were committed by the young criminal . One of these drafts was presented by Atkinson at the Auckland Bank for payment , but the bank agent refused . to trust so young a person . This cheque was for 5 O 0 L The signatures to all the cheques forged by . Atkinson are but indLfierent imitations of the signatures they professed to be , and might at once be . detected asdforgeries by anybody at all acquainted with the handwriting of the persons in whose names ; they are signed . The . magistrates committed Atkinson , who pleaded guilty , for trial .
The Mobdee in the Hampstead-uoad . —Cornelius Denny , the smith charged with murdering a young Italian in the Hampsteatl-road , was finally examined . at Marylebone on Tuesday . From the further evidence it appeared that Benzanelli had made several attempts to kick Denny before the fatal wound was given . On Denny being taken to the hospital to be present at the dying deposition of the youth , he confessed hie guilt , and asked Benzanelli to shake hands with him . The other replied that he would forgive rhim if God would . The defence was reserved , and Denny was committed for trial .
A Case of Cross . Swearing . —On the information of a dirty-looking . Jew , named Elias Benjamins , a 3 'oung man was recently sent to the House of Correction as a deserter . Benjamins said that he watched him into a public-house , and heard him bargain with two Jews for the sale of his regimentals ; and that he then gave him into custody . Before the magistrate , the young man confessed that be had deserted , and said he had done so because his company was under orders for India , and he did not widh to leave his wife . Benjamins tlien undertook to find the two Jews Who , as ho stated , had bought the regimentals j and last Saturday he charged
one'Phillips with the offence . Phillips earnestly protested his innocence , and . declared that Benjamins , was a convictedthief ; but he was sent to prison for a month , being unable to pay the penalty of 5 f . On Tuesday , a man named Samuels -was chiacged by Benjamins with being tno other Jew concerned in the purchase ; but three or four persons in court came forward to testify that they "knew Samuels to bo an honest man , while Benjamins was a notoriously bad character . One of these persona , being , sworn , said that Benjamins had himself purchased the regimentals . Tho magistrate , therefore , ordered tho latter to Jbo detained in custody while investigations aro made into tho affair .
_ Sham Medicines . —A . pretended doctor , named William Langley RHoy , has been examined at the Wakcfield Court-house , and committed for trial , on a chnrgo of cheating various people by protending to soil various medicines which woro afterward * found to be \» ttorly spurious . For theso ho would charge- sums of money amounting in some cases to 5 s . 6 d ., -while , tho ' medicine ' would bo some rubbish costing a few ponce , nnd -wholly inefficacious . A't one placo ho represented himself as a medical rmtn sent by Government for tho benefit of tho poor , whom , he said , ho would simply chnrgo tho price of tno medicine-stamp . By thcao transparent frauds ho cheated a great number of simple persons . Wrim- > BKATma . —Frederick William Rriant , a furnitnx © doider , has been sentenced by tho Thames . mngis-
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GATHERIirGS FROM THE XAW AT ^ TD POLICE COURTS . A ttAXF-BUND _ young Swiss has recently twice presented himself at the llarlborough-street police-court to bring his unfortunate circumstances before the notice of the public . His name is Jacques Winckler , and he belongs to Zurich . He arrived in this country about three weeks ago , with the intention of giving public specimens of certain extraordinary powers of calculation which he possesses . Soon afterwards he met with a person in whom he was induced to place confidence ; but this man robbed him of all his small stock of money , his clothes , and a packet of letters of introduction to persons of scientific eminence here , of whose addresses he retained no recollection . Being utterly without means , he wandered about the streets for a week , when he was at
freljpww&elms , ' . which came upanMm « t > &nea . - »" explained th . s to be an irresistiWedesire to gointo J 5 ¦ church , and there pray and praach < a sarmnn . ^ floiBBlusther ^ xami ^ tioi ^ tos ^ iallDwadito ^ l ter
length taken by a police sergeant to Mr . Albert , the interpreter at Marlborough-street police-office . On appealing for the first time before the magistrate , he gave a specimen of his powers . He calculated eight , ten , and twelve . figures l > y four , six , and eight figures mentally , with unfailing accuracy . He extracted cube roots to six . places of whale numbers , and as many places of fractions with . facility ; and such appeared to to his power of mental calculation and mnemonic tenacity , that whenever a doubt about any solution was hinted he instantly repeated the whole series of figures and went over the calculation again . Mr . Beadon directed five shillings to be given him from the poor-box for h 5 s present necessities . Last Saturday , the young man
appeared again , and , in the course of conversation , said he became blind some yeara ago from over study , and then cultivated his calculating powers to their present extent . Ho had now , liowever , partly recovered his vision . His chief inducement for coming to England was the "kind notice which had been taken of his case and powers by Mr . Dickens in Household Words . Mr . Beadon gave "Wincldor -five shillings more , and advised him to make application to the Directors of the Polytechnic or some other popular and scientific institution . Tho young man came forward a third time on Thursday , to thank his'benefactors publicly , and to soy that lie had obtained offers from societies and individuals to give specimens of 'his powers
-A man , who refused hts name and address , was brought up at Guildhall on Wednesday , charged with being found in St . Sepulchre ' s church , apparently for tho purpose of felony . Tho sexton said : — " About half-past six w ' clock last night , T found tho norr ti door of St . Sepulchre ' s church open , and upon going in I saw tho prisoner in tho pulpit reading the Litany . He refused to come down whoa I told him , because , ns he said , the Almighty had sent him there . After n . ahort time , ho came down and got on tho steps of the south Bide of tho church , nnd commenced reading a ^ ain from
tho Prayor-book . Ho then went to the south aide of the altar , whoro I aaw some whito artificial roses . I asked him if they belonged to him , and ho said they did , and inquired if I knew for whom ho had made them . I said I < lid not , and he then told mo ho hnd made them , for tho Scarlot Lady of Baby Ian , upon -which I told him to talto thorn to her , as we < lid not want them there . 1 then took him by tho collar , nnd run him out of the church . " On being questioned by Sir Po . ter Lnurio , tho main , who was evidently out of his mind , oaid tliat ho went to tho cliurch becauso ho lmtl « an enunciation of
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EKENCEt AM ENGLISH FISHEE MKTT LorjJB G ! FFOE «> , master of < the boat No . 299 , ^> f Die and BTxcolas Germe , -master of No . 348 , of BoulS which vessels had been broaght into the Tyne on ^ w ! day morning , by the English cruiser the Otter ftr ?~ infraction of the fishing regulations by fishing JitK ^ . u o ^ 1 h / ° - ± he COaSt ' were brou ^ t before ^ tNTorth Shields magistrates on Wednesdfv when tnt charge was proved by Lieutenant Simpson and i £ « . ^ - The M < T >* asked Lieutenant Simps ^ if ta . had many complaints from the English fisheS with , regard to damage done by French boats fisninS upon English ground ? Lieutenant Simpson replied that complaints were incessantly made to him of dainaee arising to English , "boats through the French vessels destroying their nets . The night before , it was complained to him . . that a large French lugger had sailed
through a fleet of English fishing -cobles with a grapnel over its stern , which tore up and utterly destroyed five or six of the nets belonging to the cobles . The Frenchmen , "however , he said , covored their number , and the English fishermen could not identify the lugger , otherwise 'he would liave brougnt her in . The Mayor said the . magistrates of the borough were determined to see . that . the fishing treaty which exists between this country and France is properly carried out . In this case , the defendants would each be rfinedlOZ . and costs ; bat he desired them to tell -the masters of oftrer Frencn vessels on the coast fhat , if any more were caught breaking the 'law , their vessels would in all probability be detained in port three months .
The Government employs only one small steamer , the Otter , to protect our-fishermen along one hundred and fifty miles of a dangerous coast . Consequently , the most hardy and deserving part of our population— 'the very nursery of our maritime strength—is left to suffer from these encroachments . This is scandalous , -when many of our steamers are lying idle , and when the Government finds no difficulty in supplying vessels for the Conrt , for the Admiralty , and for royal visitors . The encroachments are systematic , and are often accompanied by outrageous insolence ; but the Government does nothing to protect its own subjects on its own coasts . If a' strong Government thus fails in one of its "first duties , perhaps we had . better try a weak one .
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K&VAL ANcD MILITARY . Presentation of a-Silver Tankakd . —A -very handsome silver tankard has "been presented at Chatham to Colour-Sergeant W . 3 STorth , 52 nd Light Infantry , who has been in the corps upwards of twenty-one years , sixteen of which he has -filled the responsible office of clerk of tlie regiment in Bengal . The tankard was purchased by subscriptions received from the non-commissioned officers of the corps in India together with those belonging to the depot . Coixjsiows at Sea . —Amongst the numerous casualties reported at Lloyd ' s last Saturday , there were no few « r than fowr ships reported to have been rundown oQ the coast . In two instances it is feared that loss of life took place . A . fine schooner , called the Truth , belonging to Goole , came into collision with a screw steamer , on the morning of the 3 rd inst ., off Cromer . The
schooner filled and went down in deep water , the master and the Whole of the crew , with the exception of one , perishing . Off the same coast , another ship was run do-wn , and tho crew have not been heard of . A threemasted 'vessel is reported -as sunk in about seven or eight fathoms water off tho Norfolk coast , and several boatmen have gone off to-the wreck . The third vessel lost by collision was the Helena , of Dundee , laden with flax , bound to Dunkirk from Archangel . Whilst keeping her courrao along the coast , she was run into by the barque Flavio , from Cork , anil immediately sunk . The crew were saved . Tho Isabella and William of London , for Amsterdam , -was run down by alight brig off the Doggerbank . The crew escaped in the boats . Up to Saturday , the name of the barque run down with nil hands by tho American ship Western Star , off Scilly , had not been ascertained .
Thk Militia . —Tho City of Edinburgh Militia have volunteered their services to recruit for tho regulaT nrmy , and have received authority to enlist for seventeen different regiments . Notices have been issued cnlling upon the 4 th Royal Lancashire Militia to asstnnblo for embodiment at the Militia Storehouses , Warrington , on Tuosday , September 22 . Tho Durham Artillery , under Ijientcnant-Colonol Stobort , will assemble at Suinlerland during this month for training : tho regiment is anid to
bo very efficient . Iwoss of thk Mail Steamship Kkin . —Mr . Trnlll , assisted by Cnptain Sullivan , K . N ., lield nn official inquiry at tho Greenwich polieo-court last Saturdny into the loss of tho Peninsular and Oriental Stemn JNnvigntkm Company ' s ship Erin , of 8 f > 0 tons burdfin , which Wfla wrecked on the oast coast of Oeiylun , on th « ( itli of Jnwo last , while convoying her Muje » l . y ' a mail , treasure , apecie , nnd si large enrgo of opium , to tho amount of aOfljOOO ? ., from Bombay to Point de -tiallo and Ohina .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 12, 1857, page 874, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2209/page/10/
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