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Branch Ambassador , M . Thouvenel , for the authorization of the cutting of the canal through the Isthmus of Suez . RUSSIA . The Russian troops have recently thrice attacked the Cir cassians , but each time unsuccessfully . The imperial troops lost a thousand men in these disastrous enterprises . * SWITZERLAND . The Cantonal Councils of Basle andNeufchatel refuse to receive the new French Consuls , and the Federal Council of Berne has charged Dr . Kern to make known to the French Government the feelings of reprobation -which the new measures relative to passports have produced among the public . Indeed , so great is the excitement , that it ia thought it will be almost impossible to ¦ carry them out . It is stated at Berne that Dr . Kern , the Swiss Minister at Paris , has declared to the Federal Council that , if Switzerland should refuse to receive the newly appointed French Consuls , France will reserve to herself ihe right of withdrawing the exequatur granted to the Swiss Consuls in France . DENMARK . The Danish Government has sent a reply to the Frankfort Diet relative to the affair of the Duchies . The Danish Government proposes to submit to the States of Holstein the first six articles of the Holstein Constitution , upon which they had not hitherto been called to vote . It moreover engages itself not to present any Dills to the Supreme Council which it was the intention formerly to submit to the States , and not to increase the extra tax on the duchies for two years . To settle the differences which exist respecting the general Constitution , the Copenhagen Cabinet proposes ¦ that the question shall be discussed by two delegates , one ' representing Denmark , the other the German Diet , to meet at Frankfort as soon as the States of Holstein shall have expressed their opinion on the subject . SPAEN . Some excitement has been created in the Senate by a -demand made by Seiior Vasquez Queipo that the budget -of the island of Cuba should be presented and examined . He accused General Concha of extravagant expenditure , and said that the Guban Government had made itself almost independent of the home authorities . The President of the Council replied that it would be dangerous to call in question the capacity of the Governor-General of Cuba , and that the budget ought not to be discussed . , . A royal decree enacts that a general direction of public safety shall be established ; and another orders the formation of a battalion of infantry and two squadrons of -cavalry under the title of Urban Guard of Madrid , to be organized and disciplined by the Minister of War , while the Minister of the Interior shall direct the manner in which it shall be employed . These establishments are for the preservation of ' order , ' and show that the ( evolutionary feeling is yet strong in Spain .
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CRIMINAL RECORD . Murder by Three Boys . — Matthew Poppleton , Charles Woodcock , and William Needham , three lads employed at the Barnesley Old Foundry near Leeds , have been examined and remanded before the presiding magistrate of that town , upon the charge of having caused the death , through rough usage , of a moulder employed on the same establishment named Benjamin Clarkson . One morning , Clarkson was at work as uaual at the foundry , and went to a box to get a crank handle . One of the boys , who was working at the box , disputed the possession of the handle with Clarkson ; but the latter succeeded in obtaining it after a slight altercation with the lad . However , about a quarter of an hour afterwards , the youth vowed that ho would have the instrument himself , and called to his aid a couple of his fellow . apprentices . All three wont to Clarkson , and told him they were determined to have the handle whether by fair means or foul . As Clarkson refused to yield up the article , a quarrel ensued , in the course of -which the boy Popploton was struck by Clarkeon with the wooden handle of a rammer , which ao exasperated the throe lads , that they ru 8 lied on Clarkson in a body , and throw him to tho ground , when Poppleton struck him a severe blow on the crown of his head with a hammer , while Woodcock dealt him another on the side of hiu head with a heavy iron rammer , which completely stunned him . He was raised up by two men at work on tho foundry , and removed to tho nearest surgery , whore his wounds woro examined . Having recovered his consciousness , ho was able to walk home ; but ho gradually sank , and expired on tho evening of the same day . An inquest was hold , and a verdict of manelaughter-retumod . ttgaiastJ ? join 4 otpn , JSm 4 hs ; n ,, jand ^ Woodcock . Ciwminaxion and Recrimination . —Four persona havo been committed for trial from tho Wandsworth polloo-oourt on charges of robbery and attempted murder . A policoman named Folia watches tho case , und this oonstablo one of tho prisonora accuses of being concerned in tho robberies and of conspiring to obtain money from , a young woman . Fells gives a posltivo
denial to these charges , and proves a previous conviction against his accuser . Murder ' xn Liverpool . —Michael Warey , an Ame rican seaman , stabbed a Dutch shoemaker to the heart , on Wednesday night , at a casino in Blundell-street , Liverpool , after a good deal of altercation and scuffling . The wounded man died almost immediately ; and the American then commenced an indiscriminate attack on all the other persons present , one of whom he stabbed in four places . Escaping into the street , he was secured by a policeman , and has been committed for trial . Murders and Suicide .- —Mr . Peter Williamson , a merchant and farmer residing at Lerwick , Scotland , has killed his wife , a son , and two daughters , and afterwards committed suicide . Another son was seriously hurt , but escaped with his life . The case has not yet been officially investigated . Respite . —William Davies , the man condemned last week for murdering a woman who had the reputation of being a witch , has been respited . Street Ruffianism . —Mr . Octavius Freire Owen communicates to the Times two instances of boys being attacked in the streets in the open day by prowling ruffians , by whom they have been seriously hurt . In neither case was any assistance to be obtained from the police . Assault in a Railway Carriage . —Robberies and assaults in railway carriages are becoming of frequent occurrence . A case of this kind will be found in our Assize intelligence ; and another has been investigated at Croydon , where an Irishman is under remand on a charge of attacking and attempting to rob a Mr . John Malley on the railway . The ruffian nearly succeeded in throwing Mr . Malley out of the window , and it took four policemen to convey him from the railway to the police-station . Fatal Affray . —A lamentable event has occurred at Foulsham , Norfolk . Edward Chaplin , a farmer , and Richard Archer , a butcher , had a dispute about a gun belonging to the former , but left with the latter as securit } ' for a loan . Chaplin clandestinely recovered possession of the weapon , and , in a scuffle between him and Archer , Chaplin was knocked down and shot dead .
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THE ASSIZES . Captain John Anderson Christie , master of tne ship Elizabeth , of Liverpool , has been tried at the Liverpool Assizes on the charge of murdering Francisco Rodriguez , a seaman on board the vessel . The Attorney-General prosecuted , and the evidence showed that the man died in consequence of the ill-usage he was subjected to on board ship by the captain . Anderson was found Guilty of manslaughter , and sentenced to penal servitude for life . —James Millard , the mate of the same vessel , was also tried on a charge of assaulting the deceased , and , being found guilty , was sentenced to a year ' s imprisonment with hard labour . Sarah Brawn , a girl of thirteen , has been tried at Kingston on a charge of killing her brother , an infant one year and nine months old . Both were illegitimate ; and , on the 18 th of January , the mother left the boy and another illegitimate child under the charge of the girl , while she herself went out to labour . On returning home she found that tho little boy was very ill , and that he was scalded on tho back . He lingered to the 23 rd of February , when ho died . The girl stated that she had put her little brother into a pan of warm water to wash him , but denied that tho water was boiling hot She also said that she had placed the child before the fire to warm after washing it ; and , on the day when tho affair happened , she seemed to be very much frightened . Tho jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty . A woman named Annie Sadlier has been found Guilty at Liverpool of forging and uttering a receipt '; but sentence has been deferred , in order that inquiries might be made as to her sanity . Anne Richards , or Pritchnrd , an old woman indicted at Taunton for the wilful murder of her husband , has been Acquitted on the ground of insanity . Tho facts of the case wore related in our last issue . A remarkable action for libel was tried at the same Assizes last Saturday . Tho plaintiff , Mr . Dudman , was a clergyman , and tho defendant , Mr . Showbrooks , was a builder , and tho action was brought to recover compensation in damages for a libel published of and concerning tho plaintiff . Tho dofontlunt pleaded a justification that the words were truo . Mr . Showbrooks had boon employed by Mr . Dudman to build a now rectory-houso , but , as wan said , ho did not pay his workmen , and it was supposod that tho plaintiff was liable for tho payment of tho workmen ' s wages . Mr . Dudman . thereupon inserted an advertisement stating that ho was not responsible for such wages , and that tho defendant alone waa answerable . Upon this , Mr . Showbrooks published a handbill , which was tlio libel complained of . It oIuiT ^ 5 a ~ Mr 7 T ) MTfraTi ^« itlra ^ wIckod-arid-diabolical" tompt to destroy Mr . Showbrooke ' s credit , and with falsehood . In connexion with this matter , Mr . Dudmau wroto tho following extraordinary letter to the architect : ¦— " In making such a statement , you havo committed a deadly sin—u sin for which it is my duty aa God ' n minister to forewarn you . Except you repent and malco restitution tho eternal Humes of hell await you aa a just rowan ) , as
-- it is written in the Word of God : 'AH liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimatone , ' which is the second death . Amen ! Trusting you to the way of God in the prayer that He may grant you repentance with salvation , I remain ( although I refuse my confidence in you as my architect ) , your faithful servant ,. L . Shdbreff Dudman . " Mr . Justice . Willesy in summing up , adverted to this letter , and observed that it was perfectly melancholy to see a person occupying a > respectable position , and who ought to set a better example , mingling sacred things with profane in such a manner as had been presented in this case ; and he could not help advising Mr . Dudman to consider his own ways , and to abstain for the future from such horrid blasphemy . At this , there was loud applause . The jury retired for a short time , and then returned a verdict for the . der fendant . A man named Michael Brannon has been tried at Liverpool for a very serious and audacious crime . Ha entered a carriage on the Manchester Railway , on the 11 th of last February , in which there was only one passenger—a Mr . Richard Wainewright . After the train had proceeded some way , Brannon presented a pistol at the head of his companion , and threatened to blow his brains out if he made any disturbance . Mr . Wainewright became insensible , apparently from fear , and , on recovering himself , he found that Brannon had possessed himself of a small bottle of chloroform which Mr . Wainewright had been purchasing for a toothache . The contents of this the ruffian poured over and . into the mouth of his victirn , who again became unconscious . When the train arrived at Walsden , the carriage-door was found open , and Brannon had disappeared . Mr . Wainewright was found lying senseless , his pockets turned insiae out , his watch gone , and his neck found to be marked by the grasp of four ringers . He had been robbed of 111 . in money , besides the watch . For the defence , an alibi was set up , bit it failed totally , the witnesses being persons of noUi ; u ^ ly bad character . Brannon was therefore found GuiiLy , and sentenced to penal servitude for life . A solicitor , named James Mellor , recently practising at Ashton-under-Lyne , has been indicted at Liverpool for forgery . Mellor , who , besides his business as attorney , had also followed the profession of a scrivener , was some time since employed by Mrs . Mary Clarke , a widow , as agent to a will relating to trust money which had been left by one James Hart , and of which Mrs . Clarke , among other persons , had been appointed executrix . Another lady , Mrs . Fothergill , who had likewise an interest in the will , claimed at one time the sum , of 400 ? . or 500 / ., and Mrs . Clarke gave her an order on Mellor for the payment of the money . The latter sent Mrs . Fothergill 150 ? ., together with a receipt which he had himself prepared ; and the lady , after accepting the money , signed the receipt for the amount . Some time afterwards , in consequence of something that had transpired , Mrs . Clarke desired her sister , Miss Hart , to see Mellor , and she accordingly visited him at his office at Ash ton , and inquired if he had paid any money to Mrs . Fothergill . He replied that he had , and on producing the receipt at the request of Miss Hart , it was discovered that the figure 1 had been altered by Mellor to 4 . When , this was shown to Mrs . Clarke , and she saw tho alteration that had been made , she said she would keep the receipt ; but Mellor objected to this , and begged it might be returned to him . However , he ultimately consented to her keeping it , and made an appointment with Miss Hart to see him a few days afterwards about some other business . Miss Hart went to his office on the appointed day , but did not see the lawyer , and it was subsequently found out that ho had left the country , together with his son , who was likewise charged with forgery . An officer of the detective police was sent in . pursuit of them , and both the culprits were apprehended in America and brought back to England , as related in tho Leader a . few weeks back . Tho jury having returned a verdict of Guilty against the prisoner , Mr . Baroa Martin sentenced him to penal servitude for life . William Bryan , aged eighteen , a horse jockey , has been Acquitted at Monmoutli of a charge of setting flro to some stablos , and thus causing the destruction of tho race-horso Van E } 'cke . Tho alleged motive was revenge against Mr . Evans , tho owner of tho horse ; but the evidence broke down . Joseph Ashman has been Acquitted at Tuunton of tha charge of firing a gun at tho Hov . Mr . Mahon through tho open window of a church in which the rov . gontleman was conducting divine service , and inflicting on him . several wounds . Subsequently , ho was found Guilty of inflicting bodily harm , mid auntoncod to a year's hard labour . — On a previous day , another person aupposodto bo concerned in tho same case had brought an action for fulso imprisonment against Mr . Mahon \ but a vordlot wub givon for tho defendant . A betting case -wan tried nt Kingston on Wednesday . Tho-aotion-waa-U'OugUUUlPJUULyj !^ and interest , to which tho dofomlant ( a Mr . Fox , woll known as a ' turfmun *) pleaded that tho bond -was givon to secure tho payment of bota that had boon lost upon horse-racing , and that , it was consequently null nnd void . In hid croHfl-exttininatioii , Fox apoko with extraordinary eiVrontory . Ho siild : — " Tho plaintiff used to lend mo moaoy very often , but I don't tuluk ho over lout mo ao >
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Ko . 419 , Apb&l 3 , 1858 . ] THE L 1 ABEB , 319
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Leader (1850-1860), April 3, 1858, page 319, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2237/page/7/
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