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appareL Several articles of furniture were also alleged to hare been destroyed . The counsel for the defence stated he -would prove that there -was nothing like that quantity of furniture in the house , and that Mrs . March was in the habit of going about without any stockings . A good deal of evidence was given on . both sides , and finally the jury found a verdict for the company . No less than three cases of attempted suicide by women were brought before the Lord Mayor last Saturday . The first was that of a respectable-looking woman named Sarah Hurley , who attempted to drown herself by jumping into the Thames from tne Custom House stairs . She was seen and rescued by one of the river policemen who happened to be on duty at the time near
the spot , and was afterwards brought up at the Mansion House and remanded for a week , in order that she might have the benefit of the prison chaplain's advice . When again brought before the Lord Mayor , she said that she tvas intoxicated at the time , and , upon promising not to repeat the offence , she wa 3 discharged with a caution . — The second case was that of a woman ntimed Sarah Bell , who attempted to commit suicide by leaping from the parapet of London-bridge . Two policemen , who saw her in the act of jumping , clutched hold of her clothes , fortunately in time to prevent her from falling into the river ; but it was not without great exertion that they succeeded in dragging her away from the spot . She afterwards attempted to strangle herself in the cell , at the police-station . One of the constables
who rescued her stated to the Lord Mayor that she had often before been brought up at that court for the same offence , and likewise for window-breaking . The woman , who appeared very miserable , and who wept throughout the examination , had nothing to say in her defence , and ¦ vvas ordered to find bail for her future good behaviour , As the required sum was not forthcoming , she was committed to prison for a month . — -The third instance was that of a haggard-looking Irishwoman named Margaret Quale , who-was taken into custody for breaking a square of plate glass at a public-house . Like the woman in the preceding case , she attempted to throttle herself in the cell at the station-house . She -was ordered to pay 31 ., the value of tie broken glass , and , in default , was committed to two months' Lard labour .
Charles Steel , a carpenter living at Wandsworth , has been brought before the magistrate of that district , on a charge of unlawfully leaping out of a railway carriage while the train was still in motion . He jumped from a second-class carriage just as the train arrived at the Wandsworth station , but missed his footing , and , before he could jrecover his balance , fell a second time , and only saved himself from being crushed to death under the wheels of the carriages by grasping the buffers with his hands until the train came to a halt . Steel acknowledged leaping from the train , but said that he did not know lie was doing wrong , a 3 he had seen many other people do the same thing . He was ordered to pay the sum of 9 a , including costs . A fine of 40 s . might have been imposed ; but the railway company , hearing that the man had a wife and family , did not press for an extreme conviction .
A young man named William Alfred Brown , describing himself as a Doctor of Laws , has been fined 101 . by the Westminster magistrate for assaults in the Brouipton-road on a respectable tradesman and his wife , at twelve o'clock at night . He had endeavoured to take liberties with his wife , and , on being spoken to by the husband , he committed the assaults . Helen Broderick , a decent-looking young' woman , who has recently been in the service in a high family at the West End , was on Monday sent to the House of Correction for one month by the Southwark magistrate , for deserting her illegitimate infant , two days old , by leaving it in the ltoman Catholic church , Farker's-row , Dockhead . She had been seduced by a married man , discarded by her relatives , and apparently driven to despair .
An examination meeting took place in the Court of Bankruptcy on IMonday in the case of Robert Leslie , merchant , of 19 , Abchurcli-lane . The- debts amounted to 105 , 0007 . ; the assets to 30 , 000 / ., some of which are doubtful . An adjournment was ordered , to allow time for investigating the bankrupt's transactions with Messrs . Swaynoand Bovill , in whose favour lie incurred liabilities to the amount of 30 , 233 / . on bills of exchange . A Mr . Burgess , a manufacturer of asphalt , has , by uipans of an action in the Court of Common Pleas , obtained 85 OZ . damages from the Great Western Railway Company on account of » n accident which happened to
him on their line . He was waiting at the Twyford atation on the 27 th of last October , for a train to London . He asked whether there - » vas time to get a glass of ale at the neighbouring hotel , nnd , being told that there was , he went there . The train came up almost immediately , and Mr . Burgess ran towards it in the durk . The result was that he ran into a siding three feotdeep , which -was unfonccd and not properly lighted , and broke the small bono of one of his lcgn . The defence was that the plaintiff * had previously been shown a safe way by one of the porters , and that ho liad negligently gono another -way , but the jury , as already indicated , woro not satisfied with this excuse .
Signor Mattioli , an Italian singer , ban brought an action in the Court of Queon'a Bench against nuother Italian , Signor Galliotti , to recover 3500 franca . Tl : o
defendant , who is a theatrical agent , wished , in . June , 1857 , to make an engagement Avith the plaintiff to sing at Rio de Janeiro . The latter pleaded a previous engagement at Turin ; upon which , Siguor Galliotti said that , if Signor Mattioli would pay $ 500 francs , he thought Die could cancel the contract . That sum was accordingly paid , and a bill -was given for another sum of 3600 francs in payment of commission . Signor Mattioli received 28 , 000 francs , and went to Rio , where he sang on one night . He then received ( as he alleges ) a letter from Signor Galliotti , informing him that the contract for Turin could not be cancelled , and recommending him to go to that city . This lie did , and fulfilled his engagement there . The plaintiff afterwards
returned to Paris , where Signor Galliotti made an arrangement between him and Mr . Lumley that he should sing in London . He received one month ' s salary in advance , and came to London , but did not sing here . Mr . Lumley informed him that he was no longer manager of Her Majesty ' s Theatre , and said he might go . This was the plaintiff ' s case : the defence was a set-off , and a contention that , according to the usage among theatrical agents , commission is never returned . It was suggested that the manager of the Rio theatre was dissatisfied with Signor Mattioli ' s performance , nnd that that was the reason of the plaintiffs leaving Rio- The defendant , on coming to London , was arrested at the instance of the plaintiff . The jury returned a verdict for Signor Galliotti .
John . Lloyd Lenson , a person who has been in custody at Marlborough-street several times , was charged on Tuesday at that court under singular circumstances . He went to a lodging-house in Half Moon-street , Piccadilly , kept . by a Mrs . King , and asked for apartments . Rooms were shown to him by the servant , but , as Mrs . King was out , aio definitive arrangement could be come to . However , he was allowed to wash his hands , and was furnished with refreshment . On Mrs . King coming home , sh e requested the stranger to give her a reference ; to which he replied , " Ob , Sir Charles Forbes is , my reference ; I am related to him . " Subsequently , upon being further questioned , he became very abusive and noisy , threw up tlie window , and called out loudly to the passers-by . A mob collected ,. and at last the intruder w-as given into custody . The ' magistrate'told , him he must provide two sureties in 507 . each , and be himself bound in . 100 Z ., to keep the peace for six months .
Thomas Clark , a seaman belonging to the American ship Southampton , lying in the East India Dock , was charged at the Thames police-office on Tuesday with stabbing James Trainer , another seaman staying at an infamous house in Elbow-lane , Shadwell . The assault took place in the open air , and was the result of a previous quarrel and a desire on the part of Clark to revenge himself for a beating received by hint' from Trainer . The latter , indeed , appears to be a profligate and brutal fellow- Clark was lined 3 f ., or one month ' s imprisoiimciit in default . An action has been brought in the Court of Queen's Bench against the South-Eastern Railway Company by a Mrs . Search , to recover damages for a serious injury sustained by her in the fatal accident at Lewisham last summer . The jury found a verdict in her favour , and assessed , the damages at 1500 / .
The case of the Queen v . the Mayor of Rochester was decided on Monday in the Court of Exchequer . The Court of Queen ' s Bench had issued a mandamus to the mayor , calling upon him to revise the burgess roll of the voters of the city , to which a return was made that the Mayor was not elected at the time the burgess roll of 1856 should , according to Act of Parliament , have been revised . The previous Mayor had refused to revise the list on the ground of informality , nnd the result was that several hundred voters were virtually disfranchised . In November , the return was turned into a special case , and , after a lengthened argument , the Court of Queen ' s Bench gave judgment for the Crown , holding that the new Mayor was bound td have revised the list , and against that decision the present appeal was made . A majority of the Judges in the Exchequer Court were in favour of the judgment being affirmed ; which was accord inglv done .
The Lords Justices of Appeal have delivered their judgment in the case of Denton v . Lord John Blanners . The appeal was from the decision of the Master of the Rolls that the bequest in the will of Lucius Graham Kinderley , deceased , of his rcsiduury estate , was invalid , as falling within the prohibition of the Mortmain Act , 9 Geo . 11 ., c . 30 . The gift was "To Lord John Manners , ov the secretary for the time being of the Association for Buying Incorporate Tithes and Vesting tlicm in the Church of England ; " nnd in the same clause of the will the tuotutor directed thai , in case at l » is tlcuth any part of his property . should be invested in real estate ,
or railway ahnr « 3 , or any other security which would innku a gift to a charitable use void nnd invalid , sucli property so invested should bo applied towards payment of his debts and other liabilities , ami his pure personal estate be applied to the above-mentioned charitable purposes . Tlioir Lordshipa were of opinion that upon the true construction of the -word * of th « gift , its intended purpose was for "buying up impropriatotithes and vesting them in the Church of England , " and thai such a bequest was within the prohibition of the Mortmain Act , and , consequently , invalid . The appeal wna therefore dismissed .
A case has occupied the Court of Queen ' s Bench . portions of two days , though the facts may be related in two minutes . Mr . Richards , the plaintiff , feeling a little heartburn one day after dinner , went to the shop of Mr . Cocking , a chemist and druggist in great Portland-street , and asked for a certain amount of fluid magnesia . Mr . Cocking handed him something in a glass ; but , the moment it touched his lips , he found he was swallowing some burning , caustic fluid . Taking up the bottle from which it
had been poured , he saw a label ou it , with the words " Sir William Burnett ' s Disinfecting Fluid . " Mr . Richards asked to be allowed to sit down in the private room ; but Mr . Cocking would not let him , and he went back to an hotel where he was staying , and was very ill . A great deal of antagonistic evidence was received , and Mr . Cocking swore that all he gave was a solution of Epsom salts , or sulphate of magnesia ; but the jury found a verict for the plaintiff , and Mr . Cocking will have to pay 75 / . damages .
The affairs of one Jane Lawrence were before the Insolvent Debtors' Court on Tuesday . On a former occasion , the insolvent swore she was married to hei late husband , Mr . Lawrence , at Slough , in May , 1850 . She was cautioned on the subject , but persisted in the statement , saying that she was " married on the sly , " and that her mother burnt the certificate , as she was not married according to the Jewish ceremony . Her mother ( Mrs . Nathan ) also stated that she believed she had been married . The case stood over on a question
as to a bill of sale given to Mr . Furber , on which there was upwards of 200 / ., and a question was raised -whether Mr . Furber was not entitled to his full claim . Since the hearing , inquiries bad been made respecting the marriage , and Mr . Reed , v > hq appeared for the insolvent , now admitted that there had been no marriage , though the woman had lived with Mr . Lawrence . On this , 3 Mr . Commissioner Murphy said that there was an end of the petition , as it had been filed hi a false name . Mr . Furber was clearly entitled to his claim , and the insolvent would be indicted for perjury .
Just before the rising of the Bankruptcy Court , on Tuesday , Mr . Shepheard , solicitor , of Moorgate-street , procured an adjudication in bankruptcy against Alfred Skeen and Archibald Freeman , of No . 15 Old Broadstrtet , tiniber-brokers . The petitioning crali tor is Mr . Hnnry Bat em an , of Sun-street , Bishopsgate , timbermerchant . The aggregate amount of debts due by the bankrupts is stated at between 40 , 000 / . and 50 , 000 £ ; the assets at about GOOOJ .
The last examination meeting in the case of Reuben Elle 3 ' , of Wol . verfcon , Buckinghamshire , innkeeper , and of Wicke . , Northampton , innkeeper and butcher , took place in the Court of Bankruptcy on Tuesday . It has been discovered that the bankrupt clandestinely removed A van of furniture in the night to Church-road , Chelsea ; that he had disposed of a brougham , a cart , nnd eonae horses at Aldridge ' s , and , after disposing of some valuable pictures , went off with his wife to Australia , and nothing has since been beard of him . As he did not
surrender , he was proclaimed an outlaw , and is therefore now subject to penal servitude or transportation . A suit has been instituted before Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart by a Mr . Helling , -who claimed to be entitled to box No . 124 of Her Majesty ' s Theatre , against Mr . Lumley , as the sub-lessee , and Lord Ward , as the principal lessee , of the house . The circumstances of the case are somewhat involved and technical , and do not contain any points of general interest . The "Vice-Chancellor gave judgment in favour of the plaintiff , the defendants to pay the costs of the suit , and the decree to be without prejudice to the right of the plaintiff to compensation , should it appear that he had lost the benefit of the actual enjoyment of the box : through the acts of the defendants .
Messrs . WJiitfield nnd Co ., bankers at Lewes , have brought an action in the Court of Qncen ' s Bench against the Soutli-Eastern Railway Company , to recover compensation in damages for injuries sustained hy them in consequence of the defendant * having sent Ly the telegraph on tlioir railway a message to the eilhet that the Lewes Bunk had stopped payment . There were counts for slander and carelessness . " The person who sent tlic message was not mentioned during the trial . The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiffs ; damages , 2000 / . In the . Court of Bankruptcy on Wednesday , Messrs . Davidson nnd Gordon , the colonial brokers , &c , of West Ham , whoso names were so much before the public a few years ago , passed their last examination with tho full concurrence of their assignees and of all the creditors .
Two trials for breach of promise of murriuge , on Wednesday , gave the , usual amount of amusement to tho Judges , counsel , and listeners , in tliu Court of Queen ' s Bench and Common Pleas . In tho Urst-mcntioned court , tlio plaintiff was a Miss Ami Read , « n < l tho defondant was a corn- morchuiit named W « 1 Ih . Tho neculinrity of tho cuso wan that , after a time , tho fair Ann was courted by Mr . Wella ' s father « tt tho tmino time that the son'a suit was progressing . fcSho ujipeurn to have given tlic old gentleman no soil of encouragement ; but the unfortunate circumstance ) of that individual intruding hia own attentions on tho young lady noonm to haveled to tlic breaking off by tho son of hit * engagement—for winch fuUhlessncsHJthc jury have mulcted him in 0001 . —Itt tho other cane , the charmer is tho daughter of an innkeeper at Thorlcy , Essex , named Hugger ; whilo tlio a wain is
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No . 4 * 33 , July 10 , 1858 . j THE LEADER . 657
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Leader (1850-1860), July 10, 1858, page 657, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2250/page/9/
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