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i nspectors and a strong body of police , had been engaged * n executing a number of search .-warrants issuted by Mr . Jardine , and such , secrecy had T > een observed up to the last , moment , that the denizens of Holywell-street were completely taken by surprise . Between two and three o ' clock ^ the police took possession of the street , guarding the approaches not only to the thoroughfares , but to each of the houses , so that it -was impossible for any of tho . ' property' to be removed . Some little excitement arose , tut the presence of so large a force of constablea effectuall y prevented disturbance . —Oa Wednesday , a person , giving the name cf "William Burke E ° che , and stai ;!^ - tuat he is the editor of a publication ¦ Coiled Paul Piy , attended at Bow-street to deny that copies of that journal had been seized , as reported in the papers . He also denied that Paul Pry is an obscene publication , and asserted that he was prepared to answer for all its contents .
Child Murder . —Bridget Kavanagh has been committed for trial on the charge , already related , of killing her infant child by administering to it a narcotic poison . The Ruffianism of the Race-course—A person named Spraig was summoned before the Doncaster magistrates last Saturday for being engaged in a disturbance on the Doncaster race-course on the previous day , immediately after Blink Bonny had won the Park Bill stakes . Mr . Superintendent Lit-tle , of Kewark , stated that lie -was in the ring after the race for the Park Hill stakes had been won , and dissatisfaction was expressed at the running of the winner , who ran the race in two or three seconds less time than the St . Leger was run in , though over precisely the same distance .
The owner and jockey were in danger of being ill-used , and policemen were called to protect them . The xiproar and excitement continuing , it was thought advisable to get Mr . I'Anson . away in a cab , but no sooner had they got that gentleman to the end of the enclosure than those in the ring followed , and then the disturbance was taken up by the * outsiders . ' The defendant was standing- on the top of an omnibus , in a conspicuous place . He shouted , and , holding up his stick , called out as loud as he possibly could , " Kill him , kill him ! " Had those at the outside got hold of Mr . I'Anson , he believed they would have killed him . The presiding magistrate said there was no proof of Spraig having done anything more than shout , and he was therefore discharged .
Middlesex Sessions . —The September General Sessions commenced on Monday ; but the cases tried did not present any features of interest . —George Mean , butcher , and Charles Hughes , alias Murphy , drover , were tried on Tuesday for stealing three heifers and one steer , the property of Mr . Drew , one of the magistrates of the county of Surrey . It would appear that the beasts were taken out of their field over night , hastily driven up to London , ancl there sold and slaughtered . One of the persons who slaughtered them , however , suspected that all was not right , and therefore communicated with the police , who apprehended Mean . He was foumd Guilty , and sentenced to four years' penal servitude . Hughes was Acquitted . —A young girl , "named
Elizabeth Hammond , was Acquitted of a charge of stealing from her master . It was mentioned that slie had confessed when before the magistrate , but that lie had determined on sending her for trial , that she might be sent to a reformatory for a longer period than a magistrate could order , as she had already been in prison three times for felony . This confession , however , could not be received as evidence , and the case was not complete without it . Mr . Creasy , the Judge , in dismissing the girl , feelingly exhorted her to amend her ways while there was time . —Mary Ann Myers , an Irishwoman , has been convicted , of an assault on Margaret Rush . The particulars have already appeared in this journal . Myers was sentenced to three months' imprisonment . —Charles
Lopez , a young Spanish sailor , was found Guilty on Wednesday of obtaining by false pretences the sum of foiir shillings . Three convictions were proved against him-, and he was sentenced to three years' penal servitude-. On hearing this , ho grinned with , a very malicious expression of face , and muttered something in Spanish to the interpreter , who , turning to the Judge , obsorved , " 3 b says , my lord , in Spanish , thnt when ho cornea out ofpriBon ho will run the last witness ( a Mrs . Miller ) through the body , if ho gets twenty years for it . " To this Lopez added , " Look here ! " and very significantly drew hia hand across his throat . Ho was then removed . ThO ' priaon officer said ho had twice attempted to use the knife dining hia former imprisonments .
PtAoiNo Obstructions on a Railway . —William Edward *) , a youth of sixteen , Hna been examined at the Clorltemvell police-office , and committed for trial on a charge of placing briclta and stoneB on tho rails of tho North London line at Islington . Homicide ht a Boy . —Jmncs Driscoll , a boy ten years old , lms killed another boy hy stabbing him with a penknife . They had had a seufllc , which terminated in Driacoll u ^ ing tho knifo . Tho latter has been examined beforo tho Thames magistrate , nnd committed for trial . Bail waa accoptcd . Driscoll showed great contrition , nnd frequently shod tenrs , during hia oxnminationi Averdict of Manslaughter has been returned against hint ' by the coroner ' s in n ' .
WHOLBSAr . ta FfeAUDS . —Benjamin mhacliff , a clbtlidrtMmer , 1 b under reman A nt Leeds , on a charge of chaining woollenr goods from various manufacturers in U 4- Riding-, under false pretences .
3 LXTR AORDESTARY ROBBERY IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE . —Between seven and eight o'clock on the evening of the 18 tfi inst ., Mr . James Slie , a gentleman connected with the examiners' office at the Customs , entered a first-class carriage & £ the Fenchureli-street terminus of the Black wall Railway , lO * the purpose of proceeding to Camden-town . Previous to tuS train , starting , a thickset , well-dressed man took his seat immediately opposite Mr . Slie , and next to the door . During the journey , this person began treading on Mr . Slle ' s feet , and soon after passing the Mbrpeth Castle Tavern , adjoining Victoria Park , he violently kicked him on the leg . Mr . Slie bent forward , and his assailant instantly seized a thick curb gold chain , suspended round his neck ; a
vlduable gold watch attached was forced from his waistcoat pocket , and the ruffian , opening the door with his right hand at the same moment , sprang from the carriage . So strong was the chain that it actually checked the thief in his exit , occasioning him to swing heavily against the ironwork of the exterior before it snapped , and then he disappeared from sight with his booty . He is supposed to have rolled into the canal close by , and there is no doubt that he was greatly hurt , for traces of blood were found on the earth . The man was shortly afterwards met by some tradesmen , who found him bleeding from the face , and wet , and to whom he said he had been robbed of his watch and thrown into the canal .
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GATHERINGS PROM THE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . A arEETiNG appointed for the last examination of Humphrey Brown took place in the Bankruptcy Court last Saturday , when his counsel prayed for an adjournment . Mr . Johnson ( official assignee ) said it was but due to the bankrupt to state that he had found him desirous to give every information in his power . On looking at the bankrupt ' s passbook with the Royal British Bank , he ( Mr . Johnson ) found that book the most extraordinary one he ever saw . It required serious explanations from the officers of the bank . Mr . Commissioner Holroyd ordered an adjournment till the 17 th of December . j ? tMr : Henry Smart , and Mr . Thomas Closs , picture dealers , have been again examined at Bow-street on the charge of conspiring to defraud Mr . Henry Fitzpatriek , of Sheffield , also a picture dealer , of 120 ? ., hy selling him a copy of one of Linnell ' s pictures as an original . After hearing one or two additional witnesses , who added nothing of importance to the facts already elicited , Mr . Jardine said : " . I cannot see anything in the evidence before me to justify the slightest imputation against Mr . Smart . There is the statement , certainly , that , when Mr . Fitzpatrick took the copy to him and asked him if it was the original picture which he had purchased of the artist , Smart replied , ' There can be no doubt about it , ' adding , very naturally as I think , the words , ' Why , hew did you get hold of it so soon T It is reasonable enough to suppose that , not having his mind directed to the probability of there being a copy , and looking at it casually and not minutely , he really believed it to be
the picture which he had just sold to Closs , although he declined to give a warranty , Fitzpatrick not having purchased the picture of him—a point which I think tells in his favour . I really don ' t see anything in Smart ' s conduct throughout this transaction -that can be said to be inconsistent with perfect honesty , and therefore there is an end of the charge of conspiracy . " The counsel for Closs said this waa nothing but a picture dealers' quarrel , and all picture dealers arc alike . < l It is notorious , " he observed , " that half the pictures which adorn the walls of titled collectors in Europe are nothing but very good copies . " He denied that his client had represented the copy as an original , and asserted that Mr . Closs ia respected in the trade . Closs , however , was committed for trial , but bail waa accepted .
Some discreditable transactions in connexion with tho affairs of a bankrupt " , one William Henry Smith , were disclosed on Tuesday befoTO ( Mr . Commissioner Hill . The bankrupt , who was a barrister , and member of the South Wales circuit , failed in June , 184 G , as a newspaper proprietor and printer . No dividend was paid on this occasion . In May of the present year , he wns again gazetted as a brickmaker , carrying on business at Swansea . The opposing creditor on tho present occasion waa a Mr . Lambe , who , by Smith ' s representations of the value of the business , became- a partner , and paid 1500 ? . as a premium for admission ' , and also aa purchase money of n third share of tho plant and stock , though at that time the plant and stock hnd been transferred to tlie bankrupt ' s solicitor , and tho whole of tho property was under mortgage . Ilia certificate , therefore , was refused , and tho Commissioner declined to grant protection oven for a limited period .
The affairs of Piorre Alexis Ferret , a Frcnchmnn carrying on business in JCxeter 'Change nnd in Lovelnne , Chcnpside , wero inquired into in tho Insolvent Debtors Court on Wednesday . He was opposed by two creditors , who alleged thnt ho had cheated them out of goods . Mr . Commissioner Murphy , in Humming up , said that he wns clearly of opinion that tho insolvent had contracted hia debts without nny reasonable cxpectationv if not without any intention , of payment . Ho ltiul obtained * goods from all who would trust him , had given notes upon bankers which were worthless , hnd Hold the goods under price , nnd had uncut tho proceeds
without , according to his own admission , paying to anv o the thirty-six creditors on the schedule a single fartbuie Altogether , the case was one -which required to be dealt with severely ; but in the instances of the creditors who appeared it had been shown tliat gross fraud had been practised by the insolvent . The judgment of the court was , that he be discharged after the lapse of eighteen calendar months from the date of the vesting order -Z Although ho has been in this country for fifteen years Ferret cannot speak a word of English . ' The affairs of Mr . James Gilbert , publisher , bookseller , and newspaper agent , of Paternoster-row , are no w in the Insolvent Debtors Court . The inquiry has been adjourned to November 10 th . His debts are 1100 ? Twice before he has been a bankrupt , and once beforeinsolvent . He is said to have sustained considerable loss by a pamphlet called Will the Comet / Strike the Earth ?
The examination meeting of the directors of the-Royal British Bank came on in the Court of Bankruptcy on Wednesday , and , after some discussion , was adjourned for two months .
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . The Reinforcements for Imdia . —The troopship Lord Raglan arrived at the Mauritius in sixty-nine days with the 4 th- Regiment of Foot . This body , nearly 1000 strong ( including women and children ) , was landed in perfect health . Nine births took place on board . The residue of the 33 rd Regiment had embarked in the Lord Raglan , and she was to leave for Bombay on the 13 th of August . The strength of the force which arrived at Calcutta with Lord Elian was—officers and marines 864 , and a detachment of the 00 th Regiment , consisting of 99 men . The following were expected immediately i —II . M . S . Pearl , with 109 men of the 90 th Regiment , and 260 officers and marines ; the steamer Lancefiekl , with 128 men of the 59 th Regiment ; the Kenniugton , with 150 of the 5 th Fusiliers : making a total arrived and immediately expected of 1700 men .
Competitive Examinations . —We are informed that arrangements are in progress for a competitive examination for commissions in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers , which will be held in January iiext , under similar conditions to those of the last examination . — Times . The Militia . — "Various regiments continue to be called out , and to assemble for drill . Collision at Ska . —The French ship Sainte Marthe , of Havre , on the way to La Ouayra , ran a few nightS ' ago , at some distance off Brest , into the Britannia , of Liverpool , bound for Buenos Ayres with coal , and so much damaged her that she went down almost immediately . Of the crew of eleven men , the Sainto Marthe
could only pick up seven , and these she took into Brest . Nkqi-ect on Board an Emigrant Ship . —An inquest has been held at Lyttleton , New Zealand , on the body of a man named Jonathan Deverell , Avho died on board the barque Ann Wilson , one of the Black Ball line of packets , on its passage out from England . The evidence of the doctor of the ship showed a great want of necessaries on board ; and the jury , after a deliberation of more than two hours , returned the subjoined verdict : — " That the deceased Jonathan Deverell , after an attack of diarrhoea , died from exhaustion , accelerated by the following causes ¦ : a short supply of water during the
whole voyage , tho want of proper medicines and medical comforts , the inadequacy of the cooking accommodation , and the bad ventilation of the vessel Ann Wilson ; and the jury hold the captain and charterers culpable for the same . The jury further record their opinion that groat neglect attaches to the emigration officer at the port of Liverpool , for not seeing a sufficient supply of water , medicines , medical comforts , and sugar put on board-They also consider the captain much to blame for not , putting in at tho Cape of Good llopo or other port few the supplies of afoie-montioned articles , when lie knew tho vessel wns so badlv supplied with them . "
BiuoAniER-GKNttitAi , 1 Ia . vim . ock . — Tho Duke of Cambridge has availed himself of the iirat opportunity of recognizing the services of Brigadier-General Ilavclook by conferring upon him a good-sorvicc pension of 100 / . a year . —Uniled Service Gazette . Loss oir this Ship Fusilikh at St .-Gowan ' s IIkad . —This iron-built ship , GOO tons burden , homeward bound from Valparaiso , with a valuable cargo of copper and wool , was totally lost on Tuesday night under St . Gowan ' o Head . Tho ship struck on tho rocks , an < l tho main hold quickly filled with water , Tor the preservation of their lives , the crew took to tho boat , and nt daylight , discovering tho position of the coast , made for Milford Ilavcn , wh « re they arrived in safety .
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M I S C ! E L L A N E O U S . Trrrc Court . —The Queen , on the ovening of Friday week , gavo a dunce in tho new iron ball-room at Balmoral , which ban just been finished . This British Association-. —Tho Princo Consort hn ^ pignifiod his intention to accept the-office of 1 ' rosMfiH ol tho British Association during their autumnal g : il boring in lStii ) . It will t .-iko placa at Aberdeen iliiriiia tho visit of tho Court to Balmoral . Fiuich . —Tho greater part of tho New Scotia mill At Blackburn , belonging to Messrs . K . Hopwood ami bon , cotton spinnerH , linn been-destroyed by lire , tho work , it is supposed , of nn incendinrv . Tho damage W cs * ~
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922 THE LEAPEB . [ 3 STo . 392 , September 26 > ¦ ¦ 1867 ..
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 26, 1857, page 922, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2211/page/10/
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