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tttoBcMng thorn . Something in his appearance alarm " * lie sister , Mrs . Bwye , and she proposed that they shou frn back ; but Miss Butler replied that it . was daylight , aitd that there was no necessity to be alarmed . The saornent the man approached them , he began beating Jdisa Butier about the face and head with a bludgeon , until -she fell senseless , when he walked away . Mrs . Bwye wag so terrified that she could not raise any « 3 arm ; but a man who came out of a cottage at the time -went in pursuit of the maniac , accompanied by . a policeman . When taken to the police station at Iloddesden , Arnold seemed quite calm and collected , and * aid h&knew he had been hitting- a woman about the beads but hoped he had . not hurt fcer . The poor young '
Lady died the same night . An inquest w-as held oft ift ( day : weelt , when a verdict of Wilful Murder was returned , , in order that the case may go for trial ; but of coarse Arnold will be -acquitted on the ground of in-SfcnUy .- ^ -Robert . Powell , an inmate of Mr . Armstrong- ' 3 Xun » tic Asylum , High-street , Peckham , has murdered Another of th& inmates—a boy twelve years of age : —5 n s . sudden access of fu » y . The poor lad was found 5 a one of the cupboards with his skull fractured . Powell Bad previously been much attacfced to him ; and , on being asked wby he had killed tie boy , replied , " It's all right , doctor ; there ' s an angel coining from Heaven with 10 , 000 ? . for me . " The coroner's jury , As in tlie other case , Drought in a formal verdict of Wilful Harder . ' " . ' . '¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ , ' '¦ ' ' , ' . ' l ¦ ¦
SllDDtiisex Sessions . —A rather singular case ofxobljery was tried at the Middlesex Sessions on Monday . "Plie prosecutor was a licensed victualler , named Shaw , « n whose premises in St . John-street , Clerkenwell , a fire broke Oiitoa the night of the 31 st . Latchford , the prisoner , who was one of the crowd , pretended to assist in -extinguishing the fire , and , suddenly . seizing hold of Tfix . I&haw'a hand , he wrenched a gold ring off the little finger , witt so much violence as Jo give great pain . Mr . Shaw called out ; and a policeman stopped Latchford , who dropped the ring , which was then picked up and restored to the . owner . The accused was found Guilty . Ex-Inspector brennan proved that in .-1848 the prisoner Was convicted of burglar' , and sentenced to twelve
months' hard labour . Since then , he had been , summarily convicted , and had been in custody for stealing , a cab and horse . He was -. ' . a . regular and constant asaopate of thieves . The witness added , that he thought it Jbut just to the prisoner to adcE that he had been of assistance to him on several occasions "with respect Jtp . other persons . Latchford afterwards stated to the court ( which was very unwilling to hear him ) the nature of the services rendered to Brennan . That officer , lie said , gave him a shilling to go with anotlei convicted i man to drink at a public-house , and there he had tie landlord up for it . This , however , waa'denled by Bren-: nan , and the Assistant-Judge refused to bear anything mure of the affair . —Previous to a case of theft from a
militiaman , tried on Tuesday , the prosecutor , another militiaman , two Guardsmen , and a sergeant of the Grejjadiera w « re in court some time before the evidence was taken , and , on being requested fcy the crier to take off £ heir caps , they refused , under tlie direction of the sergeant , to do so , that officer stating that it was contrary to military . regulations for soldiers to uncover before a . oivjl tribunal . This having been comnurnicated to the fiencb , tj * e Chairman ordered tbe soldiers to remove their cups or leave the court . "As several of them were witnesses , " he , observed , " they would bo bailed in , and , | f then they refused to remove their caps , ho should commit them to prison for contempt of court . " The . floluieis then went outside , refusing to uncover ; but , on Joeing again . called in , they complied with the directions .
--Tlie _ Grand Jury , on being discharged , landed in the . following presentment , some bills on the subject alluded 'i ? ' , ^ . aviPS teen . preferred before , them : — "The Grand ^ fifipy oanDot separate without . expressing to tJUo court Tjheir digguat at the means takcox by parish authorities to ^ ensure convictions against the keepers of disorderly Rouses . They believe that engaging a man . for a paltry , JUpend to cojine Fpr ^ ard and swoar that he has peraon--Wfy viBited the house with , a woman Is unnecessary as it Is revolting . to . i , ho feelings of . those who ore- obliged to Tlrear aucW . evidence . The Grand Jury bog farther to add their re ^ rot ; tbat , 8 orn « steps have not been taken by the M ^ » l . t » r « to render au ^ h proeecutiona wholly unneces' . Mvm > m ^ mp Suicide w j , Pommi Lady . — -Th « of
Jtfww a Polwh refugee , named Mary Ann JJr * ndflak a , has put a period to h « r own and her son ' s life i v « ry horrible manner . Her husband hud formerly n am officer in the Polish army , but lie died an exile . London about four years ago , sinco . which tirric bia jyldcw , though . a highly educated and accomplished lady yt ** reduced almost to u suite of beggary , and compelled to cam aminernblo subsistence Tor herself and her child by doing needlework . During the last fow months Bhe had lodged at a bukcr ' a shop in ih « neighbourhood of Ihc Gray ' s Inn-road ; but for several days slio and her child wore missed , in consequence of " which the . people « .. f the bousa at lust burst open the door of her room , and found both the , mother and Bon lyina dead upon the floor . The bodies were quite black , ami in u very putrid and decomposed state . A nan or h ., m »
tharcoal was llkewiae- found in the room , which whs « ouq shut up , and it appear * that tlio woman hiul deliberately smothered herself and her son In tho hot nnd
close atmosphere of the apartment . An inquest was held on the bodies , and the jury returned a verdict of ' •• Wilful " . Murder" * i gainst Madame Brandwidska , and of Tetode&ei as applied to the destruction of herself . A Domestic Tragedy . —A terrible story came out in evidence on Monday before the "Worebip-street ' . magistrate . .-Charlotte' Morris , a woman of thirty , who appeared in a state of wild excitement , was charged with making a disturbance and attempting suicide . She had been for some time past in the habit of going , while intoxicated , to the lodgings of her mother , who refuses to see her , and creating a great noise . The nuisance at length . grew to so great a head that the owner of the house gave the young woman into custody . While in
the police-cell during the night , she made four attempts to strangle herself with portions of her clothing , and nearly succeeded in doing so . On being brought before Mr ; D'Eyncourt , the magistrate asked her : " What is the meaning of this ? " She replied , looking fixedly at the magistrate : " It means that I will destroy myself . " "But from wfcatmotive ? " Prisoner ( bitterly ) : "twas taken away from my husband by a gentleman—no , no , man , I mean , for a gentleman lie was not—who ran away with and then abandoned me , and I am now resolved to destroy myself . " Sergeant Heath : "I will explain
what she means , Sir . Some months ago , a person named Best ran away with this woman from the house of her husband , and Best deserted his own ' -wife . to enable him . to do so . Best ' -was subsequently brought here for abandoning his wife , and sentenced for that offence to a month's imprisonment , and during his incarceration Best ' s "wife , in her grief , destroyed herself with poison . " Mr . D > 'Eyhcourt : " What is the prisoner ' s husband ?" Prisoner : "He is a clerk in Chancery-lane . " Sergeant Heath : " The prisoner , I believe , Sir , is now | without a home , as Best refuses to have anything more to say to her . " She was remanded for a week . Attempt to Poison . —A , servant girl , fourteen years of age , has been examined before a bench of magistrates at Leeds on a charge of attempting ; to murder her mistress by administering arsenic to her in a cup of tea . The act was done in revenge for hex -mistress charging her with a theft . The girl has been committed for trial . ' ... .. ' ¦ : ¦' . ' . . ;¦ ' .-. ¦ •' , ... '¦• • ¦ : '¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ .: •; ¦ ¦ -
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OBITUARY . Mb , James Jardine , G E ., is dead . He introduced the Crawley water into Edinburgh , constructed tlie Union Canal , was the engineer of the DaJkeith Railway , and drained Loch Leven . He was bom in 1786 at Applegarth , in Dumfriesshire . The Earl , of ' Glenoall died on Tuesday morning , rather suddenly , at Cowes , Isle of Wight . He was the author of the popular farce of tbe Irish Tutor , and otber dramatic works . Tub Hon . Arthur Theixusson , youngest and last surviving son of the late Lord Bendlesham , died a few days ago at Bath , in the fifty- eighth year of his age .
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . Thr St , \ VEi Trade . —On the 14 th of last September , as the Blocdhound , paddle wheel steamer , Lieutenant Commander Charles R . IWbson , was riding at anchor in British water oflf Quilta , a black man was observed Bwimming towards the vessel . A boat with four hands was Bent ont towards him , as tlie -water was full of sharks at the time ; and , on being fcrought on board , the negro said that his name was Johnson , that he was a native of Cape Coast Castle ( a British settlement ) , that he h ad been smuggled from shore by Captain Cousens , of the American barqnc Thomas " ( Vatson , that he had heard the captnin sell him as a slave , and that he had been beaten and otherwise ill-treated on asking * to go on
shore , until he had resolved on escaping . Having made this statement , the negro ' s back was examined , and marks of ill-treatment were discovered . Commander JR 6 bsonand one of'his officers accordingly went on board the Thomas Watson ,. the captain of which at first consented to pay Johnson the wages-due to him , but on the following morning refused , and demanded that 'Johnson should be returned . Of course , Commander Kobson declined to'do this , and ordered that the Thomas Watson should be Bent to the Judge-Advocate of Sierra'Leone for his opinion ; but that officer declined to interfere , in
consequence of the vessol being an American , adding that , had she been a Spanish or Portuguese ship , tho caHe might have boon different . The Thomas Wateon was then allowed to proceed to her port of destination . On a representation being made by the American Consul to tho Commander-in ^ Chief , tho Bloodhound was ordered homo to bo paid off . The supercargo of the Thomas Watson was a Portugaoa-o , nnd she bud na pnsseri tfers tho crews of two slnvors which had been condemned , both Biuling under American colours . Sovenil American * , were taken in each of the ' slavers , with Portuguese and Spaniards .
Majou-Genkrai , Viscount Miavit-uc , K . C . 1 V , tho Gftiienil Commanding tno troops in-Scotland , nnd Governor of Edinburgh Casile , hns buen appi / imed Colonelin-Chief of the I 00 t ! i ( or Prince of Wales ' s Royal Canadimi ) Regiment , recently added to the rogimontaof the line Navat , Gunnery .-A commission , consisting of Renr-Admiral Sir Thomas Muitlnnd , C . B ., Rear-Admiral George Elliot , C . B ., Cnptnin R . H . Hewlett , C . B ., of
her Majesty ' s ship Excellent ; Captain Jernin" -ham if her Majesty ' s ship Cambridge ; and Commander ^ M'Ken zie , of ner Majesty ' s ship Excellent , sit dailv at the Royal Naval College , Portsmouth , to revise the book of instructions for naval gunnery and to take into consideration several other important matters connected with the efficiency of the naval service in that and similar branches . Reinforcements for Ihdia . —Orders were issue ! on Tuesday for reinforcements , . giving an . aggregate of 5000 men of , all ranks , to embark for India . Other reinforcements have also been ordered .
Cookt MARTtAL . — -Mr . Jonathan "Tanner Sparke paymaster of the steam-sloop Hecate , was tried bycourt martial on Tuesday , on board the flagship Waterloo , at Sheerness , for drunkenness and insubordination * The charges were declared to bo proved ; but , in consideration of the high testimonials produced in favour of the prisoner , ho was only adjudged to be dismissed the service . . The . Duke of Cambridge inspected the troops for India at Chatham , on Thursday , afterwhich he minutely examined the arrangemeuts of the camp . On the same day Major-General the Hon . Sir James Yorke Scarlett , K . C . B ., commanding the South-west district , had a grand lield day at Portsmouth , comprising a mock siege of that fortress . ¦[ - . .
Generai . Sik "W . F . "Wit-MAMS and the officers of the Royal battery entertained on Thursday night Major-Genei'al Sir Archdale Wilson at a banquet at their messroom at Woolwich . There was also a review on the common , and a sham battle .
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MISCELLANEOUS . The CouRU . — -The Duke and Duchess- of Brabant went last Saturday raojniug to the Tower of London- The Duke afterwards inspected the East India Docks and the Royal Mint . lathe afternoon , the Duke and Duchess of Brabant and the Count of Flanders visited the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland ut Stafford House . —The Prince . Consort went in the afternoon of Wednesday to the Licensed Victuallers' Aaylum ^ . Aaylum-roafl , Old Kent-road , . for the purpose " .-of'laying the foundationstone for the erection of additional habitations on the grounds « f the institution ., ' to be styled the " Albert -wing . ' , / . . ; ¦ . ;¦ ¦ . ¦ . ¦ : ¦ - . = ¦ ¦ - ; . ¦¦ ' . . . . ¦ ¦ ¦ . The National Portrait Gallery . —The first
report , of the trustees of the new National Portrait Gallery to the Lords of the Treasury , was published on Monday , by command of Parliament . The donations include portraits of Shakspeare ( the Chandos picture in the Stbwe collection J , presented by Lord Ellesmere ; William Wilber ' fprce , " Lord Sidmouth , Mr . Perceval ( the assassinated Minister ) , Thomson , the poet ; Fox , tbe Martyrologist ; Nollekens , Wright , of Derby , Sir Francis Bufdett , Lord Chancellor Talbot , an ! Mn T . Stothard ,
the Royal Academician . The . purchased pictures include portraits of Raleigh , Handel , Dr . Parr , A . Blurphy , Speaker Lehthall , Home Tooke , Dr . Mead , Robert Harley , Earl of Wyndham , the first Oxford ; Sir W . Earl of Cadogan , Richard Cumberlamd , " La Belle Hamilton , " Mr . Huaki 38 on , Archbishop Wake , Bishop Warburton , Sharp , the engraver ; Captain Cook , Chambers , tl * e architect ; Elizabeth Carter , Bishop Hoadley , Cardinal Wolsey , and Ireton . The cost of the purchases is not stated .
Thb Westminster 'Bjshs . —AQ the bells for the Clock Tower of the new Houae 3 « if ^ Parliament have been sent to their place of destination . Bjg Ben arrived some few weeks ago , and the four quarter bells were delivered by Messrs . Warner at tho foot of tho Tower on Friday week . All the , bells -are Jugbly approved of , except the thicd or £ bell , which will be recust . Thif , however , will only take a few we < k-i , and in the meanwhilo the hoisting of tlie others will be proceeded with . A Fortunate Puucuase . —A few weeks since , a furniture dealer at Stratford disposed 6 J a chest of drawers .
The purchaser , some days after , in searching tho drawers , discovered to iyis great surprise And satisfaction a H ) 07 . Bunk of England note . During tlie last fortnight , the person who supormterids the . sale department at tho same place of business discovered in anothot chest , of draweni another 1007 . note , which ^ e Bent . to the Bank of England the following < lay , artd receh'Cd in exchange one hundred sovereigns . It would seem that < h . o prior owner of the drawcra waa n person possessed of considerable property , and -was in the habit of depositing -money in various places about ttie Ivoubc . —Ghtilnutford Chronicle . Salis
TnE Kk-nsogtou Xlmaxm . —Tlio Marquis of - bury , as Lord President of the Council , held ft conversazione at tho South Remington Museum last Saturday evening , to which the wliolc of tho members of both Houses of Parlinrncnt were specially invited . It was very numerously attended . Fikks . —An unusually large fire nncVserious eonl ' ngrfition burst out at Liinohouse last Saturday niglit . It began on tho iircmises known ns the life-boat tnanufiictory of Messrs . Forrest nnd Co ., situated between tho Stepney and Limchouso Btationn of tho'BlnckwnU Railway . A lurge amount of timber was hcio stowed awny i " )(> f'y buildings , resting on brick wills nnd piers ; and the area eovcrcil by tlun burning muss in estimated at rn oro thnn four acres . Another timber yard bounded tho premises of Mosjsrs . Forrest on the oust , nnd tho oak tim lying abort there speedily cuught «' re from the adjoining con " fl . igrotioi > . Tlio nlnrm 6 f fire wns first given at ten
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GtA TtBCB LEAB ER . [ No . 431 , £ une 20 , 1858 .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 26, 1858, page 610, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2248/page/10/
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