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on the floor- Her throat was cut from ear to ear . Suspicion fell on a young man named James Seale , who had been seen by a -woman coming from the house just before the outbreak of the fire . This-woman had previously heard Sarah Guppy scream ( she described it at the inquest as " a sort of deathly scream" ) , and Seale , when he issued from the cottage , tried to avoid the bystander . She observed that his hands and trousers -were bloody , and he attributed this to his having been pulling up grass . He also stated that he had left the girl paring potatoes . Another person of the name of James Seale first informed the mother that her daughter had been murdered , and the cottage set oa fire . An inquest Las been held , and has terminated in a verdict against Seale ( wlio is in custody ) of Wilful Murder . He had been loitering about the cottage for some days before the murder , and had excited suspicion , as he was known to be an idle , dissolute fellow ; but no facts have transpired to show his precise motive for the act . He is a diminutive person , only twenty years of age , and looking ; imicli younger ; but he is a widower . ' Murder m a Newspaper-office . —A youth cm- ployed in the printing-office of the Halifax Guardian suddenly attacked , one of the compositors on "Wednesday afternoon with an iron dumb-bell , afterwards with another iron instrument , and finally with a hatchet , and speedily laid him dead and frightfully mangled on the floor . The murderer Cwho is evidently insane , and who had no cause of quarrel whatever with his victim ) was at once apprehended , and has "been committed by the coroner and magistrates for trial . He -was very violent before the coroner , and it took eight or tea men to restrain him . . Attempted Double Murder . —A man named Brown , has made a murderous attack- \ vitli a knife on a fellow-lodger named Perry , and his son . The former is not expected to live . The cause of the act is jealousy . Brown accuses the elder Perry of having been familiar with a woman with whom he ( Brown ) was living . ; but this is denied by Perry and the woman . The boy Avas ¦ wounded in running to his father ' s assistance . Brown is now under remand at the Clerkenwell police-court .
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GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . Ajx odd difficulty arose a few days ago at the Glasgow Spring Circuit Court in the trial of three men , named LI'Cartney , M'Crone , and Hiigbes , for a garotte . robbery . The Lord Justice Cleric intimated that there was no case against M'Cartney ; but the counsel for the prosecution did not withdraw the charge . The jury then retired to consider their verdict . On their return , the foreman had only got so far as to state that they had found M'Cartney Guilty , as libelled by a majority , when the Lord Justice Clerk stopped him , stating it was understood that the man was not to be convicted , and upon that understanding the counsel had not spoken in his defence . The jury were again ordered to retire , and the advocate was sent for to make the speech which he should have made before ; but it was found he had left the court . The result was that the jury were locked up for the night , so that they might be addressed the following morning , although by this time the Judge had summed up and they had actually agreed upon their verdict . The case was accordingly called on the following morning , vhen the anomalous speech was delivered , and the jury again retired . Ou their return , they had so far altered their minds as to iind the charge against M'Cartney not proved by a majority of one . The other prisoners were found Guilt y ; hut sentence , which will he that of penal servitude , was not passed at the time . Lord Campbell , on Wednesday , delivered judgment in tho Court of Queen ' s Bench with respect to the application for a new trial of the British linnk directors . The result was that the application was refused . Mr . Edwin James , last Saturday , in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , moved for a rule , calling upon n Mr . Carter , a stationer and newsagent at Hickmanawortli , to show cause why a criminal information should not lie filed against him fin * publishing a libellous account of tin ; proceedings at an inquest . An inquiry hud been held into tho duiith of a child of Mr . David Urquhart , formerly M . P . for Stafford , and at one time connected with tho Turkish Embassy at Constantinople . Tho child hud convulnioiiH in teething , mid had been placed in what i . s called a Turkish bath , but Iind died . The verdict ( if the coroner's jury wns " that tho child had died , but that tho evidence was unsatinfuetory hh to the causi of death . " Mr . Carter wiis one of the : jury ; and , in mi account of Urn inquest which ho . sent to tho Kucfchir / Jtrim Advertiser , lie appended the words , " that tho jury highly coiiHiircd tliu treatment pursued toward * the ileoensotl . " Those words , however , were- not , added by tlio jury . Tho report of the in <| iK' . st had been garbled , so a * to miiko out an apparent case against Mr . Urquliart . ; but INIr . Jmnos stated that it had been proved that Hint , gentleman rind Mm . Urquhart had ht'on verv kind to tho child , ami that tho treatment adapted had done it good . Lord Campbell imd Mr . . lu .-tici * ICi-lu wore of opinion that , thero was not tho leant ground whatever for impugning the conduct of Mr . and Mrs . llrquli .-u ' t , hut that th « niport could not be considered malicious and unfair . Tho application wua therel ' ont refused . The woman who wns concerned in tho roblmry of
jewels , &c ., from Messrs . Hunt and Roskell , of Bondstreet , which -we related last week , has been apprehended at the Paddington station of the Great Western Railway , whence she was abont to start for Dawlish . - Her name is Louise Montot , but she passed herself off for Miss Constance Brown , a lady with whom she had formerly travelled as a companion and who had an account at Messrs . Cox and Biddulph ' s . Taking advantage of her knowledge of this fact , the woman , on ordering ; the jewellery , gave a reference to that banking-house , and , when the assistants made inquiries , they found that a lady of the name of Constance Brown really did bank there . They therefore thought that all ivas right . Louise Montot had hired a ready-furnished house in Radnorplace , Hyde Park , and paid 42 Z . in advance ; and she had hired a boy and put him into a page ' s livery , that the deception might be carried on with the greater case . Mr . Commissioner Evans , in the Court of Bankruptcy , ou . Tuesday , gave judgment with respect , to the adinissibility of a proof against the separate estate of Gctavius King , corn factor of Dullingham . The Unity Joint Stock Bank was the party seeking to prove , and . the claim was resisted on tbe ground that , at the time of executing the bond in question , the bankrupt was an infant . The fact was admitted , but it was asserted that , at the time of executing the bond and borrowing the money , the bankrupt had stated he was of full age . That was a fraud ; and it was therefore contended that equity "would enforce the obligation against the bankrupt . The Commissioner , after reviewing the legal bearings of the case , decided 011 admitting the proof . The hoatSAvain of the American ship Excelsior was examined at the county magistrates office , Liverpool , last Saturday , on a charge of assaulting some of the seamen , VL 10 had swum ashore to escape furtlier illtreatment . Charges were also made against the second mate ; but he was not in custody . The crew appear to have been treated witli brutal violence ; and the boatswain was-fined 5 Z . for each case ( being 157 .-in all ) , " or in default sentenced to six months' imprisonment ;
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . Lieuxexa >; t Geneste ,. who was taken prisoner by the Russians at Hango , in the Baltic , during the late war , at the time when the flag of truce was fired on , has been dismissed the navy by court-martial , on a . charge of drunkenness . TiieSiiklt-S at SKB . vsToror ,.- —An English sailor , belonging to the ship IJeyrout , of Liverpool , w-lio was recently on shore at Sevastopol , picked up a . shell , which he presently afterwards threw" down on the ground . It ¦ immediately exploded , and killed him on the spot . Blessing Snirs . —Cardinal Wiseman , last Saturday , performed the solemn blessing of four ships ( to be employed against the slave-trade ) at Deptford . Tliis is probably the first occasion on which such a ceremony has been performed in England since the period of the Reformation . Steamboat Collision . —A fearful collision , attended with serious loss of life , occurred between Wicklow-head and the Kish light-ship on the Irish coast . . The Brigand , screw steamer , from liristol and Swansea , with her ordinary complement of passengers , and a , cargo of general merchandise , was pursuing her way up the St . George ' s Channel for Belfast and the Clyde , when ( shortly before midnight ) she came in contact with the ship William Campbell , Captain Sivell , master , bound to Trinidad from Girccuock . Both ships foundered in a very short period . Captain Sivell , of the William Campbell , and six of his crew arc supposed to have perished , and twenty-one of the crew and passengers of the steamer are missing . The survivor : * of both vessels , numbering in all nineteen , were picked up by the lvspoir , from Ostend i ' ov Liverpool , which safely landed them atlMilford Haven , on Sunday morning . One of tbe men onboard the Brigand had hceii wrecked once before on the same day by the capsizing of the schooner George , to which he belonged , lie Imd floated about in the water for a long time , and , when nearly exhausted , was picked tip by tbe Brigand , only to be again in peril of his life in tha ' coursc of ; i few hours . Tin-: Di : kk of Camiiiuik ; k wont down to Woolwich on Thursday morning-, and was present , during a variety of experiments to ascertain the best agent for lubricating cartridges , so as to adopt a medium between the wax and grease at present in use . His Hoy a I Highness also inspected the troops , who went through variou . s warlike evolutions ! .
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M I S C 1-: L LAN E O U S . Tun ( . VmitT . —The Queen gave a concert on Monday evening-, at . which tho following performers appeared — viz .. IMadlle . Titiens , Miss 1 'yne , Madamo <\ istellan , Al is * Kalfi ; , I \ l is . s I' / ilmor , ttigiior ( Jiuglini , Mr . Kini . s Kee . ves , ttigiior Uelle . Ui , Mr . Woiss , and SignoT Vialetti . Invitations were , issued to a party of about four hundred .- —The ; Countess de Per .-igny had an audience ( . t her Alujesly , on tlm wtiiui day , nt UucUiigham Palace , to t . 11 Ui > h > ave . —Tim Queen held u Drawing-room nt , St . . InniesVt Palace on Wednesday afternoon , when aliont . two hundred and . sixty ladies v \ viv presented . to the ( Jueeii . —Tho newly he ( milled Queen of Portugal" arrived m boiidon on Thursday , on a visit to ( lie Queen . 'line Wist Inihkm . —Her Mnji'sty' . s gun-boat Jasper
has arrived at Jamaica with a slaver which she captured on the coast of Cuba on the 22 ml of March . The slaver was a full-rigged ship , 750 tons burden , and lad 80 O 0 Z . in doubloons onboard . . She had a crew of between forty and fifty men but no slaves . The Styx ivas in company at the time of the capture , and left in chase of a barque supposed to have slaves on board . T"h e ¦ weather at Jamaica has been fine , and the public health satisfactory . The markets arc depressed , and stoeis large . Money matters remain very stringent . A party of troops has "been despatched from Jamaica to-Ifonduras to quell an outbreak of the Indians . The riots in Antigua have been suppressed , but not until fourteen uf the rioters -were killed by the fire of the police . The object of the insurgents -was to murder the white population and establish a negro
government-Madagascar . —The Governor of the Island of'Iis--union has applied to Admiral liigault de GenouilW for a naval force to chastise Tinang , a petty sovereign on the west coast of Madagascar , who caused the eajirnia and crew of a French merchant ship to be murdered . Death ok tjik Dean of York . —The Dean of York ( tlic Kcv . Dr . Coekburn ) died on Friday week , nf an advanced-age . lie was uncle to Sir Alexander Coekburn , the present Chief Justice- of the Common Tl ^ a ? , and brother-in-law to the late Sir Robert Peel . Australia . —By the last advices from Melbourne , which arc to the 17 th of March , we learn thnt the
threatened commercial crisis had passed away . Tho supply of gold was increasing . There has been aclinugo of Ministry . What was left of the Haincs Cabinet resigned on " the 23 rd of February . On the 2 nd of March ,. Mr . Chapman was sent for . The new Ministry consists of—O'Shanassey , Chief Secretary ; Chapman , Attornoy-General ; Arker , Treasurer ; Miller , Trade ; Duffy , Lan-1 and Works ; Irland , Solicitor-General ; Twaris , I ' or-tmaste ' r-GeneraJ . The construction of the Ministry give >; satisfaction ' . Mr . Gabrielli arrived by the mail , cmpowered to find means to construct railways . The Parliament of New South Wales was to jucct on the 2 : 3 rd of March . A forgery has transpired to the amount ¦ ¦ of 20 , 000 / . on the Australian Joint-Stock Bank , upcm a letter of credit purporting to come from Messrs . lining brothers . Trade at Melbourne is linncr , but dull in New South Wales . In the latter colony , new gold fields havebeen discovered . Dkpctatiox . —A deputation of gentlemen ropiesenting various ' metropolitan parishes had an interview u : i Tuesday with Mr . Sothcron Estcourt ,- the President uf the { Poor-lav Hoard , at Gwydyr House , Whitehall , to press on-him ., the necessity of equalizing the poor-rate--. 31 r . Kstcourt said that the Government could not rn-oiiiii j to support Mr . Ayrton ' s bill for effecting thai ohjecf , Lceause' they thought it would rather enhance Hum . diminish existing evils ; but that , nevertheless , the fae ' . s already elicited were sufficient ' . to justify an inquiry < ¦/ some sort . Until tbe debate on Ike second reading t ' ITr . Ayrton ' s bill had taken place , he could not ii !< li < -: ir : the precise nature of the inquiry . Consultation of Liukuai , MnuiEKS . —More than r . hundred independent Liberal members of PniTuuuent held a consultation on Wednesday in one of tlie committee rooms of the House of Commons to debate on the position of the Liberal party . Resolutions were adopted expressive of distrust of all mere Whig Governmentand of tin ! necessity of enlarging the basis of any future Liberal administration . It was also resolved t hat lw <> go ntlemcirshould be appointed to apprise Liberal and independent members of what was going forward . Punnixci ix Tim Pri . viT . —The ttishop of Oxford , preaching in St . Margaret ' s Cbureli last Sunday in aid of rlie Westminster Hospital , thus questioned the- motives of sonic people ' s charity : — " For instance , contrast the amount you give Ytlien tbe plale is bold at tin dour , and you can slip in your contribution quietly and unseen in passing out , with the sum you would give iu ihc same church and for tlie vary . < . ; tine object , - \ veiv ihe plate handed into each pew , and your respectability jml upon ! fs 1111-Ifli' /" Mi :. Lavakd ' s Rktlmin i-t . om India . —Mr . Layurd has just returned to England , after having traversed the whole of India from Bombay to the . Southern Mabralta country , and through the Nizam ' s dominions , jAlahvM , Central India , and tbe North-West Provinces , to Calcutta . Ho has collected a vast muss of facts from dm natives of rill classes , and from the Anglo-Indian community . An address , detailing the results of hi .-i experiences , will be delivered b y him at , St . . lumen ' s Hall . Regent .-. street , on Tuesday evening , May 11 th . . Sin Comn ( . ' A . Mi'iiKia , i .-, to be rai > ed " l . i > the peerage a-: a reward for Itih brilliant : services in India . It i .-s Mali'd that , bis title , will be Lord Campbell of Clyde , inalUi-i"U to bis beiiijv " » rn on that , river near Glasgow . iMit . Dk'kknhYi Ui < : aimn (; s . -Tins reading of tin 1 ( . 'lihncs 011 Thursday evening at St . Martin ' s Jlall < lr « » together a densely crowded andiciiee . Itwa .-. In tar more drainatieall y ed ' ective than tho reading" »> f '•'"' ( Jrirkv . t . ou lint lharth . The audience was deepl y mowd by tin ; marvellous reality of tin ; nutbor ' s elnirlicii'i i ' . ilioii . s . Tins third rending will be the C / n-i .-inuis < \ tr > J ; but . such is Ihe ileiniiuil for places Iliat it i . s fair !<> l "' l ' (! that , I \ Ir . I ) icl ;<; iiM will be induced to repeat tlie- : rvii ' . < dining tlui present . H-asoii in London . Tin-: Civ iu Si : kvu : k I'Isti . mathh for tin : your Inve \ n-i > i \ isMUfd . They amount to (! ,. 1 < i 2 , 'J <) 7 / ., aixl mo l ' - ^' tbau tlio .-u of tins yeurj 11 st expired bv lli . 'i , 111 / .
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442 THE LEADER . [ No . 424 a May 8 , 1885 .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 8, 1858, page 442, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2241/page/10/
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