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been recovered . The passengers included several of the Lucknow refugees . Court-Martial . —Mr . William Young , assistant paymaster of the ship Edinburgh , has been tried by a court-martial on a charge of being drunk and unable to speak intelligibly when required as a witness at the examination of a defaulter . In his defence , he pleaded ;« nervous debility of system brought on by seven co n ¦ secutive years of service on the coast ; and that he wa -suddenly waked from sleep and ordered to the quarterdeck . The Court decided that the charge was fully proved , and ordered the prisoner to be dismissed from Ther Majesty's service . The Duke of Cambrukje at Chatham . —The *< 3 ommander-in-Chief paid a visit to Chatham on Monday , and , having inspected the battalions of infantry stationed there , examined the buildings at Brompton Barracks . Sazlino of the Spring Fleet of Colliers . —The immense fleet of laden coal vessels which have accumulated in the north-east ports during the fortnight ending last Saturday , in consequence of the boisterous and adverse weather , put to sea on the afternoon of that day . At least a thousand vessels got under weigh , and the sea between Whitby and Warkworth was crowded with them . A great many ships had run aground and been disabled during the gales . TVr > n « raTVTrcTT m the Armt . —A General Order has been issued from the Horse Guards , instituting a system of prizes for good shooting among the infantry and embodied militia .
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THE ASSIZES . An atrocious case of burglary was tried at York last Saturday . John Hainsworta and Josiah Williamson were the offenders , and the rectory of Gilderstone , near Leeds , was the scene of the crime . Mr . Kinsman , the rector , was awakened between one and two o ' clock in the morning , by hearing footsteps in the house , followed by a scream in the room where his niece slept . Five men were directly afterwards discovered , armed and disguised . Two wore masks , and another had his face blackened , with the addition of blue streaks on each cheek . The inmates were threatened -with , instant death if they did not give up all the money they had . in the house . Lifepreservers were brandished , and pistols pointed at their heads . Under the influence of fear , Mr . Kinsman went down stairs , and gave the men 251 . in notes , besides some gold and silver . The ruffians then departed , uttering menaces of what they would do if any alarm were made . Hainsworth and Williamson were found Guilty , and
sentence of death was recorded against them . Another trial for burglary has taken place at Exeter . Only one person was concerned in it , and there were no circumstances of violence ; indeed , the robbery was not known till the following morning . The case against Robert Palmer , the accused , -was one of circumstantial evidence ; but it was conclusive , and the man was found Guilty , and sentenced to four years' penal servitude . The robbery took place at the Globe Hotel , Exmouth . It appeared that a door leading into the house from the outer yard , which is enclosed with high walls and gates , is allowed to be left open ( luring the night , in order that the ' boots , ' who sleeps in the stables , may call his master in the morning and get the keys of the malt-house . Palmer appears to have concealed himself in the yard during the day , and to have entered the house at his ease during the night . A large quantity of wearing apparel was missed in the morning .
A case of forgery , of a singular kind , has formed the subject of a trial at York . John Moore , the accused , was a cloth manufacturer at Pudsey , near Leeds . He and the prosecutor—one John Ripley , a cloth-finisherhad numerous business transactions , and , whenever Moore paid money to Ripley , he ( Moore ) wrote the body of the receipt , and Ripley signed his name on the adhesive stamp , which was the utmost ho could do in the way of writing . There was a running account between them ; and one day Ripley found that Moore had set to bis own credit four payments of 50 / . each , which ho said he had made to the other . Ripley said he had not received any such moneys ; but Moore produced his
receipts for them , and was therefore allowed to get tho sums down to his credit . In another case , Mooro claimed oredit for 60 / . ; but this was disputed . Tho amount having been reduced to 50 / ., to enable the matter to bo brought into tho County Court , a negotiation took place , and Mr . Ripley undertook to pay tho 50 / ., provided tho receipt were given up to him . This was done , and tho Btemp-wafl . found , to-be-a ^ viototr ^ ol ^ date of tho receipt was July 27 th , 1854 , and no violetcoloured stamps were issued till the end of tho following year . It became clear , therefore , that tho stamp had been fraudulently removed from one receipt and affixed to another . Moore was found Guilty , but eontonco wus deferred .
A third cuso of burglary—that known as the Black-Undo burglary—has been tried at Exeter . The particulars nre aleady known to our readers . Mr . Braddon , the gentleman at whoso house tho robbery was committed , was horribly maltreated ; but the throe prisoners were found Guilty of burglary only . They were
sentenced to penal servitude for life . Two of them are lads of eighteen or nineteen . George William Yates , a lieutenant in the Coast Guard service , has been tried at Exeter on- a charge of shooting at Nicholas Blank , a labourer of South Huish . There was some ill blood between the two ; but , on the 23 rd February , Blank went to the lieutenant to receive a small sum of money . This having been paid , Yates suddenly exclaimed , " Off ! I want nothing of you ; " and immediately afterwards snapped a pistol at him , and afterwards beat him severely with the weapon , so that he became insensible . He then told the boatswain under him to take care of the man , and he afterwards informed his captain of what he had done , saying he had only acted in self-defence . The defence took the same ground , and imputed provocation to Blank . The jury Acquitted the prisoner . h l
Mark Taylor , a labourer at Downham , in te Ise of Ely , has been tried at Cambridge for feloniously wounding his -wife . The facts exhibited an unhappy scene of domestic broils . One day , the man came home from work , and desired his wife to put the dinner on the table . She told him to take it up himself ; on which he became extremely angry , and she retreated into the garden . He then put the dinner on the table , and desired her to come in ; but she said she would not until he recovered , his temper . He then presented his gun at her , and , after missing fire once , wounded her in the face . He then followed her , and said he wished to fire at her again . The wife , in cross-examination , acknowledged that she frequently disobeyed her husband , and that he was a kind good man if she would give way tp him . She thought that he fired the gun in order to scare her . The jury found the prisoner Guilty of the misdemeanour of unlawfully wounding , and he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment , with hard labour .
Joseph Green , a boatman , has been found Guilty at Stafford of cutting and wounding one Isaac Bird , on the 26 th of last December , at Tipton . Several men , including Green and Bird , had been drinking together , and the attack made by the former on the latter appears to have been without any provocation . Green was sentenced to nine months' hard labour . John Banwick , a labourer , aged twenty , has been found Guilty at Exeter of killing his sweetheart , in a fit of jealousy , by stabbing her in the throat . "When arrested , he was found reading the Bible . He was sentenced to death . John Shepherd has been found Guilty at York of the murder of Bethel Parkinson , and has been sentenced to death .
John Sagar , late master of the Keighley Union workhouse , has been Acquitted at Manchester of the murder , by poison , of hia wife . The evidence made out a case of great suspicion , but did not amount to proof ; and Mr . Justice Byles directed a verdict of Not Guilty . A man found guilty of burglary at Carnarvon hurled an inkstand at the head of Mr . Justice Crompton ; but it fortunately missed him .
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Fatal Effects of a Seaman ' s Violence . —Charles Billings , a seaman belonging to the ship Cheviot , has been brought before the Thames-street magistrate on a charge of having caused the death of James Kingate , a boy on board the same vessel , while on the high seas . Billings and Kirigate had been on perfectly good terms for some time , until , on tho 22 nd of last January , the latter began to annoy the former by throwing some pieces of guano at him . Feeling irritated by the boy ' s conduct , Billings jumped down into the hatchway where he was standing , and struck him twice behind the ear with his fist . The boy Kingate immediately foil , and
was picked up by his assailant , but he never spoke again , and was dead in a very few minutes . Billings appeared very much concerned at tho boy ' s death . Mr . Yardley remanded him , but , in consideration of the deep sorrow he felt for his act , which he believed to be sincere , he consented to take bail for his future appearance . Concealment of Bxrth . —A poor woman at Liverpool has received a box , -which was found to contain an infant , dressed in gay clothes . It was still just nlivo ; but , on boing taken to tho Dispensary , and put into a warm bath , it died . Tho police are investigating the circumstances .
Street Robbery . —A yoang man of nineteen , named Richard Luke , has been examined at tho Thames policeoffice , chnrged with stealing a watch from a Mr . William Taylor , at mid-day , on Tower-hill . Ho was stopping before a shop-window to look at a picture , when ho was surrounded by a crowd of thieves , and Luke tore his watch away from him . He was immediately seized by Mr . Taylor , when he dropped the watch on tho ground , and it was recovered , much , injured . 'An attempt wau Jffl £ ^ _ iU ' esou iL Lukc ^ Jbut it failed . He pleaded Guilty at ^ tl » e " p oi'lce-office , and' ' was 80 nt 6 iic " ed ~ to ~ r Blx '" months ' hard labour . Middlicskx Sessions . —Henry Glow , an omnibus conductor , has been acquitted of a charge of participating in a robbery committed by two women in his omnibus .
MuitDjcn at Portsmouth . —A very remarkable murder has been committed at Portsmouth . A man in a macintosh and a slouched Jiat went for tho second time , shortly after twelve o ' clock last Saturday night , to tho house of a Mra . Viok , in St . Thomas-streot , and asked for an interview with a Mr . Howard , who lodged thoro .
Mr . Howard was in bed , but , on being told that some one wanted to see him , he put on a few things , and descended . On reaching the door , the man , with a brief exclamation , pointed at him what seemed to be a walking-stick . A slight hissing noise followed , and Mr . Howard fell mortally -wounded , and shortly afterwards expired . He had been shot with an air-gun . The affair is involved in mystery , and the murderer has escaped for the present .
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GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . Mr . Sandon , an architect and surveyor , has brought an action at the Stafford Assizes against the Hon . E . S . Jervis , late Sheriff for Staffordshire , and E . Dain , his bailiff , to recover damages for false imprisonment , and for preventing ingress to and egress from his house , as well as obstructing supplies of provisions . A wine merchant had obtained a judgment against Mr . Sandon for the price of a butt of wine , and a warrant was placed by the Sheriff in the hands of the bailiff Dain for execution . The latter , being unable to obtain entry into the house , tied up the pump and the back door , fastened an iron lattice against the back window , kept guard
outside , in turn with another man , and refused to allow any provisions to enter the house . This continued for four days , and Mr . Sandon and his family were seriously inconvenienced for want of food . At length , the police interfered , and the men went away . Some months passed , Mr . Sandon still keeping his house ; but , one day in August , a man named Woolrich planted a ladder against one of the windows , broke a pane of glass , and , touching Mr . Sandon on the wrist , declared that he was his prisoner . He then , finding the other did not surrender , told him he had escaped , and ultimately the street door was broken open , and Mr . Sandon was taken off to gaol .
Woolrich appears to have been a bad character ; but the point with respect to him was , whether the arrest was legal or not . Was the window open ? and , if it was not , and Woolrich broke the pane in order to touch Mr . Sandon on the wrist , was he justified by law in so doing ? The jury found that the window was not open , but shut , and that Woolrich put his hand through the glass , but that the plaintiff did not . They also found that the count for preventing ingress and egress was not proved ; and they then asked his Lordship what amount of damages would carry costs . Mr . Baron Watson at first hesitated in answering the question , but ultimately mentioned 51 . Is . The jury thereupon found for the
plaintiff ; damages , 51 . 5 s . William John Aitch' . son , a clerk in the Union Bank of London , and the son of a member of the Common Council , and Fanny Hill , the wife of an architect , have been charged at Bow-street police-court with stealing a purse from a Mrs . Harvey . The story told by the latter is , that the accused met her in th « neighbourhood of Russell-square and made several inquiries with respect to the neighbourhood , though it has since appeared that they are well acquainted with it . Mrs . Harvey afterwards missed her purse , and , following the accused , observed them dodging about in a suspicious way . She therefore gave them into custody , and the brother of Aitchison afterwards tried to compromise the case for money . The defence was , that it was an instance of mistaken identity ; and certainly the respectability of the prisoners mnkes the charge a singular one . Mr . Henry , however , decided on sending the case for trial ; but he accepted bail .
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . The Rev . R . Jenkyn , curate of Vaynor , Wales , has been accidentally shot . Ho was out shooting with two young gentlemen who were on a visit at his house , when his gun wont off . The charge entered under tho chin , penetrated the brain , and caused almost instant death . Mr . Jonkyn has loft a . widow and young family . Three pilots have been drowned oft" Point Lynns . A punt was lowered from a pilot boat , for the conveyance of a pilot to a ship not far off , when a wave upset the frail vessel , and tho three persons in it ivore thrown into the water . Every effort waa made to save them ; but they perished . A remarkable instance of long imprisonment , almost amounting to burial , la a snow-drift , occurred , happily without terminating fatally , on tho 7 th of tho present month to a young woman named Sarah West , servant to Mr . Nicholas Freeman , a farmer living at the village of Nowbold in tho East Riding of Yorkshire . The girl had been on a visit to her parents , who lived at the neighbouring town of Market Weighton , and wns returning homo to Nowbold tho same afternoon , wh"i » she waa suddenly overtaken by a violent anowntorm , nccoinpaniod-by-a- ^ ery-higli-wiad . ^ Owing-tp ^ UApJieaii ! 1 . ?!* of tho gale and the hilly state of the surrounding country , tho spot being closo to tho neig hbourhood ot the Yorkshire Wolds , the snow drifted In many pl » c ° a to a considerable doplli , and , night having overtaken tne young woman , aho lost her way . She novortlioloss , pushed on na long na bIio was able , but , being at longtn nearly blinded by tho enow , which was driven in her faco by tho fury of tho wind , she found it impossible to proceed any further . Shortly afterwards , her wholn body became immersed In tho snow , and it was as much « s she could do to keep her hoad abovo tho surface . "
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276 THE LEADER . L - 417 > March 20 , 1858 .
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OUR CIVILIZATION .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 20, 1858, page 276, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2235/page/12/
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