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gun at the port gangway , by some means unexplained , was fired before the men charged with loading it had ¦ withdrawn from the muzzle . The man was blown into the sea ; and , on being recovered , it -was found that his hand had been blown off between the wrist and the elbow . He was sent immediately to Haslar Hospital . James Macdonald , a workman at the saw-mill of Mr . Pratt , timber-merchant , Hunslet-lane , Leeds , has been torn to pieces by the machinery . He was endeavouring to replace a strap on a drum while the latter was in motion , when his arm got entangled , and he was whirled round the . shaft . The machinery was immediately Stopped ; but death had already ensued , and the body was horribly mangled . ¦
A Mr . Greene , cashier of the Mount Osborne colliery , near Leeds , has been killed while out with a party of pleasure who had gone to the Strid . They occupied an omnibus , and ' at one time Mr . Greene got on to the roof , that he might the better command the scenery . While thus standing , the bough of a tree struck him on the bead , and knocked him into the road . The back part of his head first touched the ground , causing concussion of the brain , from which he died the following morning . An engine on the Great "Western Railway atBathampton got off the rails on Wednesday morning , and ran along the line , tearing up sleepers and rails before it . Ultimately it ran into a bank , which put a stop to its progress . The whole of the passengers in the train attached were a good deal frightened and somewhat shaken ; but no greater ill resulted to them .
A mishap occurred on Tuesday evening to the express train which left King ' s-cross for Manchester at nv « o ' clock , by / which several persons appear to have sustained slight injuries . When , near the Carlton station , in Nottinghamshire , the tire of the near driving ¦ wheel of the engine broke , and the engine and some of the carriages ran off the road into the fields , which are on a level with the line at that place . The guard ' s van , and the end of a second-class carriage next to it , were considerably damaged , and some of the passengers were severely shaken and bruised .
A frightful catastrophe has occurred near the Chilham station of the South-Eastern Railway to tlie express train which left London at half-past three , p . m ., on Wednesday . The crank axle of the engine broke , and caused nine of the carriages to run off the line . The result was that several persons were injured ; about half of them seriously so . The rails were torn up for at least fifteen feet , and several of the carriages were completely crushed . Medical aid was promptly obtained from Canterbury , and every assistance was afforded to- the unfortunate wounded ; but three of the cases are considered hopeless .
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GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . A suit has been promoted in the Consistory Court , to the effect that the Rev . Henry Hampton , the party proceeded against , might be admonished not to perform any ecclesiastical duties or Divine offices in an unconsecrat « d building called the temporary church of St . George , Tuffnell-park , Holloway , in the parish of St . Mary , Iilington , without a license or other lawful authority . It appeared that the rev . gentleman , notwithstanding a notice from the bishop , had performed Divine service in the building in question on various occasions in the month of May . The Rev . Mr . Hampton , who appeared in person , fully recognized the bishop ' s authority , but complained that it had been oppressively exercised , the
bishop having withdrawn his confidence in consequence of malicious and unfounded slanders . He had asked for a searching investigation into his case , and on its refusal had been obliged , most reluctantly , to transgress the law of the Church by exercising his profession contrary to the will of the bishop , in order to save his family from starvation . He again asked for an investigation into the allegations against him , and prayed that judgment might be deferred until the result could be ascertained . The judge said ho had no power to accede to the rev . gentleman's prayer , as he was exercising a ministerial rather than a judicial function . The articles having beon proved , he was bound to admonish Mr . Hampton , to condemn him in costo , and to warn liim not to offend again in like manner .
A gentleman who is the owner of houses in GlobefieJds , Mile-end Old-town , applied to the Thames magistrate , last Saturday , for his advice . One of his new houses had been . hired of him by a mnn apparently respectable , who gave a reference to another housekeeper in Stepney , from whom n high character was obtained . The man to whom he had let the house had since underlet it to other parties nt an increased rent , and they turned out to bo a gang of swindlers , who had given extensive orders to tradesmen for goods of every
descrip tion , with a promise of immediate payment . The tradesmen soon found out that they could not obtain Oither money or goods , and it woa known that articles supplied to the gang had been directly afterwards sold for less than the invoice price . Mr . Sclfa advised the applicant to consult his solicitor as to tho best means of getting rid of his very objectionable tenants , and to give information to tho inspector of police at tho adjoining station of tho doings of the swindlers . The officers of the court stated that a gong of swindlers had taken
possession of houses at No . 7 , Arbour-street West , Holmes-street , and No . 50 , Bromley-street , all in Stepney . Their plan is to give references to one another . . John Dooley , a cabinet-maker in High-street , Stepney , has been examined at the Worship-street police-office on a charge of violently assaulting a Mrs . Elizabeth Lee , a widow , to whose daughter he was at one time to . have been married . The intended match was broken off by him last Christmas , and on the evening of the 8 th of May he went to Mrs . Lee ' s house for the purpose of re moving some articles of furniture which , during the time of his courtship , ho had deposited there . Mrs . Lee
opposed the removal ; whereupon , Dooley dashed her on the floor of the hall , knelt on her , and bit her left arm in five places . He then went up-stairs again , followed by Mrs . Lee , whom he again assailed , and flung her down stairs . While lying helpless , he trampled with all his force on her arm , until a policeman , drawn to the spot by the cries of " Murder ! " found his way into the house ; but on hearing that the contest had resulted from a disputed claim for rent , he declined to interfere . The injuries received by Mrs . Lee were so serious that it was not until last Saturday that she could appear at the police-court . Dooley was committed for trial ; but the magistrate , strange to say , consented to accept bail .
>\ nliain Wilmshurst , thirty-nine , has been examined at the Mansion House , and committed for trial , on a charge of having uttered , at Tenterden , Kent , two forged cheques , one for 457 / . 10 s .. and the other for 1500 / ., with intent to defraud the London and Oounty Bank , Lombard-street ; and < m another charge of stealing 6 / . 10 s ., from a . widow residing in Bartlett ' s-buildings , Holborn , where he was clerk in an office . Charles Rees , a journeyman painter , was charged last Saturday at the Lambeth police-court , together with his wife , with neglecting and ill-tieating his children . The attention of a policeman had l > een called to a little girl , about twelve years of age , -wha had been seen by a baker ' s wife crawling about with her legs chained , together , and begging for food . He conveyed the child to the workhouse , and then went to the residence of her parents , where he found four other children in a state of great
filth and almost total nakedness . These he took away with him , and apprehended the father and mother . On the prisoners being brought before the magistrate , all the children were present , and the chain on the little girl ' s legs was found to be fastened by two padlocks . Her clothes were very scanty and filthy ; her legs and feet were bare ; and the flesh about the ankles , where the chain had rubbed , seemed much swollen . Site said that she had been chained so for about a week , but added that at night the manacles were taken off . The constable stated that he had ascertained from inquiries in the neighbourhood that both the parents are given to drink , and this has been the sole cause of their own and their children ' s wretchedness . The father acknowledged that he earned nearly thirty shillings a week , and said that he had chained the girl because she was in the habit of running away . He was remanded , and the mother and children were sent to the workhouse .
A shipwright , named Henry Brady , living in Newstreet , Bermondsey , was charged before the Southwark magistrate , last Saturday , with beating his wife . For the last twelve months Brady had been constantly in the habit of ill-using her , sometimes apparently without provocation . One evening he came home and beat her about the head and face in a savage manner ; and he would probably have murdered her , had not the neighbours , who were alarmed by tho screams of the woman , rushed to her assistance . Bradv said that he had
struck his wife in ft fit of passion , and he felt extremely sorry . Ho was sentenced to six months' liard labour in the House of Correction . —Two cases of a similar kind came before the Southwark magistrate on Tuesday , and the same sentence as that passed on Brady was awarded by Mr . Combe , who said that wife-beating had been very prevalent of late , and who expressed a hope that the Legislature would tuke the matter in hand . On tho other hand , the wife of an an oilman has been charged at Marlhorough-strcet with ill-using her husband . . She wns bound over to keep tho peace .
An important action for assault lins been brought in the Court of Queen ' s Hench . A lieittcnnnt in the nnvy , on half-pay , named Kennedy , was the plaintiff ; and the Key . Mr . Hunt , a clergyman of the Church of England , was the defendant . Tho former opened a school nt Torrimio-ternice , and th « latter acted for n time ns his head master . Differences nroso between them in time , and , nccord ' mg to tho statements of Mr . Kennedy , tliu clergyman abused him in very coarso lnngnagc on one occasion , and , on another , utrucli him a violent blow behind the left ear , without any provocation whatever ,
and rendered him insensible . Tlio pinintiff also asserted that Mr . Hunt encouraged the boys to insult him . The story of tho assault wna confirmed by tho Ilov . Hugh Nicholson , a friend of Mr . Kennedy ; but , for tho defence , Mr . Hunt swore that , on the occasion in question , Mr . Kennedy was excessively intoxicated ; thut lie seized hold of Mrs . Hunt ' s hands , and kissed her ; and that ho ( Mr . Hunt ) then pushed his head on ono aide , lmt did not otherwise assault him . Mrs . Hunt swore to tho same effect ; bo that tho point the jury had to determine was on which side tho perjury had been committed , for tho pluintiff emphatically denied , on his oath , that he
had behaved in any way rudely to Mrs . Hunt . A verdict was returned for the defendant . An adjourned examination meeting in the bankruptcy of Robert Hills , banker of Dart ford and Gravesend , took place on Tuesday . The bankrupt passed , and October 19 th was appointed for the certificate meeting . William Dobson has been finally examined at Marl * borough-street , on a charge of stabbing his wife . The woman has been separated from lier husband about four years , and since the passing of the Protection Act has obtained a protection order against her husband for property acquired by her industry , and also for considerable property to which she is entitled . The assault was committed on the 14 th ult ., in Earl-street , and the wife was stabbed so seriously that she fell senseless , and remained in a very dangerous state in the Charing-cross Hospital for some weeks . Dobson has now been committed for trial .
An action has been brought in the Court of Exchequer by a Mr . Eastwood and another against a gentleman connected with the Surrey Gardens Company , as the endorser of a bill of exchange , dated July 24 th , 185 £ , at two months , for 500 / ., and drawn on the company , which , it will be recollected , was formed on the principle of limited liability . The defendants on the record were the late Mr . James Coppoqk , the well-known Parliamentary agent ; Mr . Thomas Knox Holmes , also a Parliamentary agent ; and Mr . George Bain , all of whom were shareholders in the company . The bill in question had been accepted in favour of Mr . Scott , who had built the refreshment-rooms . Mr . Scott had endorsed the bill to Pritchard and Son , the
sub-contractors , who had in turn endorsed it to the plaintiffs , who had supplied the bricks . Mr . William Ellis , the secretary to the Surrey Gardens Company , said , in crossexamination , " The body of the-acceptance to this bill is in the handwriting of Mr . Coppock . He did not accept that bill in the lobby of the House of Commons . Mr . Coppock frequentlj' brought me bills before there was any minute authorizing their acceptance . The company was registered on the 17 th April , 1856 . Mr . Scott , the drawer of this bill , was a shareholder of the company . He held ten or thirteen shares . The company got into difficulties
from the date of the first bill , I suppose . They have never been out of difficulties since . They were hopelessly insolvent before the bills became due . They had no funds to meet these bills except what came in from the entertainments . " Mr . Edwin James , who appeared for the defence , submitted that the defendants were not liable , that no misrepresentation had been proved , and that no damage had accrued to the plaintiff , us the company was insolvent when the bill was . received . Bv the direction of the lord Chief Baron , ' a verdict was taken for the plaintiffs for the amount claimed , subject to ulterior proceedings .
Ihc affairs of the notorious Windle Cole were before the Court of Bankruptcy on Wednesday . Mr . Linklater , on behalf of tlic assignees of Messrs . Davidson and Gordon , presented a proof for COOOZ . against the estate of the bankrupt , who formerly carried on business in Birchin-hine . Mr . Murray , for the assignees , said the bankrupt alleged that Messrs . Davidson and Gordon were indebted to him in 47 , 000 / . He proposed an investigation , and that tlic proof should be admitted as a claim . The court concurred . An appeal has been vnndo in the Appeal Court from the decision of Vice-Chancellor Kindersley , refusing to remove from the list of enntributories of a Joint Stock Company , the affairs of which were in the course of being wound up under the provisions of tho
Windingup Acts , the name of Mr . Jessop , iu respect of four hundred and seventy-four additional shares . It appeared that Mr . Jessop had originally subscribed for one hundred shares , and hud afterwards become the proprietor of three hundred and seventy-four shurcfl . After the company had fallen into difficulties , and various ineffectual attempts had been mude to reinstate its affairs , the appellant had transferred his shares to a Mr . J . C . Spence . This trunsfur tho Vice-Chimccllor had regarded as invalid in law , and , therefore , as not having relieved Mr . Jessop from liability as a shareholder . Their Lordships held the transfer to have been validly made . They therefore reversed tho Vice-Cliuiiccllor ' s order , and directed tho name of Mr . Jessop to be removed from the list . The ofticial manager is to be allowed his costs out of the ebtute ; but Mr . JeHsop is not to have any costs .
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CRIMINAL RECORD . Tub Daokniiam Mukdkk , —George Hlewctt , the farm lubouror charged with , being concerned in the murder of tho policeman near Dagenham , Essex , in 1840 , was again examined aiul remnnded at lll ' urd on Monday . Tho woman Smith , who first gave the information , repented the statements she lias already made to tho police . From these it would appear that her deceased husband Page was the person chiefly concerned . He , in company with lllcwett , and two other men named Wood and Chalk , went out at night to steal corn from a burn . Tho woman Smith , then tho wife of Page , was ulso of the partj ' , and appcurs to liavo served as a watcher . At any rate , she gavo tho alarm that tho policeman was coming ; on which , Page , after a few words of parley , struck tho constable several times with what is called a loaded stick . Tho other three men then assisted in despatching the officer , and Page ' s wife
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No . 432 , July 3 , 1 . 858 . \ THE LEADER . 633
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Leader (1850-1860), July 3, 1858, page 633, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2249/page/9/
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