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before Mr . Paynter . The defendant in the case was till lately the wife of the plaintiff ; and the perjury was said to have teen committed in giving evidence in a suit instituted by her for dissolution of marriage on the ground of cruelty . The case was adjourned till Tuesday . Mr . Rowley ' s evidence , which occupied the entire hearing , consisted altogether of a series of denials to specific charges of cruelty towards his wife , which had been brought against him . Another adjournment was again ordered , that the solicitor for the defendant might be furnished with copies of a number of letters required .
At the ' 'Middlesex Sessions , JohnBraisher was indieted for feloniously receiving a gold watch' chain , value . £ 15 , the property of the landlord of the Great Western public-house , in Hampton-street , Harrow-road . It was proved that the prisoner had tempted a boy in the service of the prosecutor to rob his master , and to give the property to him ; it ¦ was also proved that he had tutored four Other boys to thieve for his benefit . He had been previously convicted of felony . He was found guilty on the present charge , and the Assistant Judge , saying it would be a waste of words to dwell on the enormity of his conduct , sentenced the prisoner to penal
servitude for fifteen years , —Felix Newman , who was convicted at the last sessions of stealing a cash-box , containing . £ 232 in notes and money , from the shop of Mr . Moore , Iiisson-grove , and assaulting Mrs . Moore , "was brought up for sentence , when it was shown that the prisoner had been previously sentenced to seven years ' transportation for thieving , and the Court now sentenced him to ten years' penal servitude . — Henry Hawkins , convicted of robbery and housebrenkiug , received sentence of penal servitude for life , the learned judge remarking that he was one of that desperate class of persons who would scruple at nothing to carry out their designs of plunder , violence , and outrage .
At the Surrey Sessions , William Laurence and John Lazarus , two lads , were c 6 nvictecl of stealing a shawl at the book-stand of the terminus of the South-Eastern Railway . Lazarus had been convicted six times of felony . Lazarus was sentenced to four years ' penal servitude , and Laurence to twelve months' hard labour . Laurence said if he was not sent with Lazarus he should go a thieving again as soon as he came out . An officer of the Surrey Volunteer Rifle Corps made complaint to Mr . Norton , at Lambeth Policeourt , yesterday , of a member of the corps , that he had pawned his rifle and somehow disposed of Iris uniform . A summons is to be issued against the delinquent for illegal pawning . Will there not be another required against the pawnbroker for receiving an article having the government stamp impressed upon it ? .
Mr . J . S . Mansfield , at present stipendiary magistrate of Liverpool , will take his seat on the bench of Worship-street ( London ) Police Court on the 5 th of January . A scoundrel named John Davis was fined 40 s . by Mr . Hammill , at the Worship-street police-court , on Tuesday for raising a false alarm of fire at the Britannia Theatre . He " only did it for fun . " Kington , a young man , aged 22 years , pleaded guilty at the Warwick Assizes , to the wilful murder of his wife . Ho had ill-treated his wife , and appears to have nourished suspicions as to her conduct . He met her in the streets of Coventry , took her to a Held , knocked her down , and cut her throat . Mr .
Widdrington , the gaol chaplain , informed the judge " that the prisoner had acted under his advice in pleading Guilty , and that otherwise his spiritua ministrations would have been unavailing to the prisoner . " He thereby deprived the wretched man of the only chance for his life . The prisoner wanted a paper read that he had put in , containing grave imputations on others , but consented , by the persuasion of the judge , to its being forwarded to tho proper quarter , the judge intimating' that he could not hold out any hopo of its mitigating tho sentence of death he passed upon him . At the House qi Correction in Coldbath-fields , a
prisoner , named Hayes , while engaged in work , threw a large stone at one of tho warders . This fortunately missed him , but tho prisoner , not content , threw another , which struck tho warder such a violent blow that it knocked him down and injured him very much . Whilo down , tho prisoner rushed on tho weirder , and attempted to strunglo him ; and had it not been for tho immediate assistance of some of tho warders and prisoners , murder might have been committed . Tho prisoner , who did not deny tho charge , was fully committed to tho Central Criminal Oourt for trial .
At the Guildhall Police court ; Mr . Alderman Copeland mode a further statement respecting what is called tho Equitable Investment and Reversionary Company ( Limited ) . It is ft case in which tho names of influential Individuals have boon used without tholr consent . Mr . Alderman Copeland read letters showing that such was so . Be had given notice to Mr . Harris , who represents the company ,
that he would do this ; and Mr . Harris , and made the best explanation-that lay in his power . One of the letters read was from Mr . D . Dunbar , the eminent shipowner , who said he invariably refused all applications for his name in such cases , upon the principle that lie would not take a part in " robbing the public . " On Sunday night last a fire broke out in the roof of St . Matthew ' s , the ancient parish church of Bethnal-green , which by 4 a . m . had destroyed the fine peal of eight bells , organ , pulpit , pews , and all the church furniture , leaving nothing but the tower , denuded of its valuable clock , and the four outside walls , entirely gutted . The church is insured in the Imperial for . £ 5 , 000 , and all the parish registers , going back nearly 200 years , were rescued from the flames , nnd safelv deposited in the Rectory-house .
The English sloop Hope , of Dover , foundered at sea on Wednesday night not far from Calais . This calamity is attributed to a hurricane which blew from the north , accompanied by thick snow , which prevented the captain from seeing the Calais lighthouse . It is feared that the crew perished while endeavouring to save themselves in a boat , as one was picked up in a shattered state on the French
coast . On Saturday morning , about one o ' clock , a fire broke out on board the American ship , Sea Belle , 900 tons register , laden with coal , lying in the floating Harbour at Bristol . The origin of the fire is variously attributed to spontaneous combustion , and to have proceeded from the galley : Water had but a trifling effect in staying the conflagration ,. and the shipwrights set to work to scuttle her . At ten o ' clock , however , she was still burning furiously , with no chance of the fire being subdued . She is a perfect wreck .
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The Court . — . Wednesday , the privacy which the Queen has been enjoying at Osborne was terminated by the return of the Royal family aud suite to Windsor Castle . Immediately on their arrival the Queen and several of her children visited the Duchess of Kent at Frogmore . The Prince of Wales arrived home from Oxford for the vacation , on Saturday , and is now at the Castle . The only visitors announced this week have been the Prince and Princess Leiningen , and tlic Baron de Locwcnfels , the latter being the bearer of the insignia of the Ducal order of Saxe-Coburg , from Dukb Ernest to his nephew and godson , the Prince of Wales .
The Public Health . —Judging by the rate of mortality , the health of the metropolis was not affected by the cold of last week , the deaths that occurred during that period being exactly the same as in the preceding week— -viz ., 1 , 289 . , Of this number 164 persons died from bronchitis , and 134 from phthisis . Last Saturday was colder than any day since Dec . 22 , 1855 , the mean temperature of which day was 21 ' 5 , whilst that of last Saturday was 22-8 . The births last week amounted to 1 , 831 . Dr . Letheby reports the state of tho public health within the City to be highly satisfactory .
Ioiid Hollakd . —Ims nobleman died at Naples on Sunday , after a short illness . The deceased peer was born on tho 7 th of March , 1802 , and marri 6 d on the 9 th of May , J 833 , Lady Mary Augusta Coventry , only daughter of tho late Eurl of Coventry . On the death of his father , in October , 1840 , he succeeded to the title and family , estates . His lordship not leaving any issue , the barony becomes extinct , and the valuable family estate at Kensington goes to his only sister , Lady Lillbrd . The Late Chief Commissioner of W . oitica , — . The Right Hon . Henry Fitzroy died at , Brighton last Saturday , after a long illness . He was tho son of Lord Southampton , and heir presumptive to that
barony . Ho was born in London in 1807 . and married , in 1839 , a' daughter of Baron N . M . Rothschild . From January , 1845 , to July , 1846 , ho filled the post of a Lord of the Admiralty , and was Under Secretary of State for tho Homo Department from Decombor , 1852 , to February , 1855 . In that year ho was appointed Chairman of Oommitteos for tho House of Commons , a position which ho filled with groat ability , Mr . Fitzroy sat for tho borough of Groat Grlmsby in 1831 , and in 1837 was returned for Lowes , which borough ho represented from April , 1837 , to March , 1841 , when ho was an unsuccessful
candidate , but succeeded in unseating his opponent on petition , and again entered the Houso in 1842 . When Lord Palraorston was callod to tho ' holm of State , " Mr . Fitzroy recoived tho appointment of First ConMpissionor of Works , which ho held to tho day of lriraoath . In early life Mr . Fitzroy ndvooated moderate Conservative principles , but latterly oxpressed himself strongly in favour of Liberal measures , and uphold reform and progress . * Tho death of Mr . Fitzroy causes a vacancy in the representation of tho borough of Lowes . Cwx MATxnRS , — ThQ City Commissioners of
Sewers met on Tuesday , Deputy Christie in the chair . A deputation , consisting of the church wardens of St . Michael ' s , Cornhill , and a number of the inhabitants , presented a memorial , in which they protested against the project of placing a public indicator in the Royal Exchange-buildings . Mi Bailey , the churchwarden , addressed the court on the subject , and described the indicator as an intolerable nuisance . Permission having been formerly given to erect the indicatorDeputy Harrison
. now moved tliat that permission be revoked . Motion agreed to . After disposing of the remaining business the court adjourned . The municipal elections in the various wards of the city of London took place oh Wednesday . The discussions which took place were almost exclusively of a local character , and had reference to such questions as Corporation Reform the proposed new lunatic asylum , and the free drinking fountains .
Novel Entertainment . —A new service was commenced in the Britannia Theatre , Hoxton , on Sunday , So far as numbers went , the inaugural night of this series was a decided success . The building , which is said to contain 4 , 000 persons , was crowded to overflowing , and multitudes went away unable to obtain admission . The scene outside was very unlike that usually witnessed among persons anxious to join in worship . Before the preacher niade his appearance there was some unseemly noise , but throughout the service the utmost decorum prevailed . The Rev . W . Brock , of Bloomsbury Chapel , officiated .
A New Light . —An improved form of the . lime light , originally experimented upon by Captain Drum mom :, some j-cars since , was s'hofrn by Sir Charles Bright in the Exchange News-room , Liverpool , on Saturday last . A single jet of the improved lime light ( which is of enormous power ) is estimated as equivalent to forty argand , or eighty fishtail burners , each consuming five cubic feet pel hourj or to 400 wax candles of four to the pound , and its power , unassisted by a reflector , was stated
to be forty times greater than the present oil lamp ; and for coast light ? , under the same circumstances , should the light be as economical and capable of as easy manipulation as it was on this occasion , there can be no doubt it will eni'Ct a considerable change in the lighting of lighthouses , public rooms , large thoroughfares , and probably of factories , and other crowded places , where the present system of extracting the oxygen requisite for respiration from the air is so objectionable .
St . Geokge ' s-in-the-East . —For the first time these five weeks * the morning services on Sunday were conducted by the rector himself . There was but a thin attendance and little interruption , A considerable number of persons left the church at the commencement of and during the sermon . The Litany service in the afternoon passed off with tho usual interruption , in the shape of coughing . The rector was again present , but the licv . Mr . Maconochie officiated . In the evening the rector was not present , and the services were conducted by the Rev . Mr . Lowder . There were now and then during tho prayers considerable interruption by means of coughing , but during the sermon that description
of annoyance seemed to have reached its climax , for so violent was it that the preacher had frequently to pause until it subsided , the noise completely drowning his voice . A public meeting of the inhabitants has been held at the school-room of the district church of St . Mary , iu tho same parish , for the purpose of considering the present ecclesiastical condition of the parish , nnd the conduct of tlio rector in calling to his aid the police constables ot tho district , to enable him to perform divine service , Resolutions were passed condemnatory of the innovations made by the rector , and plugging tho meeting to do all in their power to abolish "Pu 6 eyitc . " practices .
Mr . Stephens , Mr . Compton , Mr . YuungUusbanu , and other gentlemen having spoken , a petition to Parliament and a memorial to the Queen wero unanimously agreed to . Tho former document embodied tho substance of tho resolutions , and prayeu that eomo remody may bo devised whereby tlioiaiiy . as the integral portion of tho church , mav haven cheap and speedy mode of redress of such gr » ° y . , ? n s ns those under which the petitioners suflcr , in wo absence of any effectual means for rofltramwg or removing an erring or wrong-minded incumbent «» a parish . Tho latter document pray oil her MnjajJ to command tho ltoyal Commission also to puw «»
a Protestant catechism and hymn-book . SYWJt'ATiasBns with tuu Poi'is . —A body ot gentlemen , dating tholr opistlo from 13 , ClUIo rd-fltreot , London , and subscribing thonasulvos as W Catholics af England and Scotland , havo mndjrtue recognteed organ of tho Papacy in Groat » ni 1 "" ; tho Tablet newspaper , tho medium for ft lengthy" ™ solemn declaration , prptesting against tho rouoiww In tho Romagna . Thjs accuses tho people or ww Legations of having risen in unjustifiable rotoJUJJ and assails the Governments of other cauntriosi w » having stood by and suffered tho Holy JTather to w despoiled of his possessions , They doolaro . w »»
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attended 1386 THE LJEADER . QNo . 509 . J > ec . 24 , 1859
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 24, 1859, page 1386, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2326/page/6/
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