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The Assizes. Captain^John Anderson Chris...
large a sum as 1000 / . at one time . The largest sum I ever recollect him to have lent me at one time was 6002 . The money was lent me for my convenience , and possibly some of it was to pay losses I had sustained on the turf . I had borrowed money of the plaintiff both before and after this transaction of 1850 . In 1856 , 1 was a defaulter on the turf for about 5000 / ., and since that time I have been abroad . I have been out of the way of my creditors . I only came in their way-last Monday . QA laugh . ) I intend , of course , to get out of their way again as soon as this trial is over . { Renewed laughter . ' ) I did not ' show * at Tattersall ' on the settli ng day after the Derby of 1856 . I did show on the Monday , and received some bets , but did not pay any . I received 2842 . for bets . One bet was paid me by Mr . Richard Tattersall , another by a gentleman named Maxwell , and a third by Mr . Whitburn . I did not pay a farthing of the bets I had lost myself . The money I received did not pay my journey to Jersey . I . received the money on the Monday , and ^ started for Jersey on the following morning . I believe this is what is called on the turf « levanting . '" ( Laughter . ) The contention on the part of Mr . Hill , the plaintiff ; was that the loan was of the ordinary kind ; to which it was replied that there was merely a colourable pretence of its being so . The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount of the bond and interest ; together , 2559 / . A nan named John Devine was tried at Chester on Wednesday for the wilful murder of Thomas Flannegan , in a street fight at Birkenhead . He was found Guilty of manslaughter , and sentenced to penal servitude for life .
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GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW AND POLICE COUKTS . Me . Commissioner Goulburn gave judgment in the Bankruptcy Court , on Monday , in the case of a bankrupt named Munn , who was one of the seventy or eighty retail traders who have been led by the Macdonalds of Glasgow to accept accommodation bills in their favour . His Honour , having referred at great length to the judgments- of Messrs . Commissioners Evans , Fonblanque , and Holroyd in other cases of the kind , concluded by saying that it was desirable that the judgments of the Court should , as nearly as was practicable , be uniform . Ac . ting upon this view , the certificate of the . bankrupt ( third class } would be suspended twelve months , with protection .
• William Lakey , a master mariner , is under remand at the Thames police-office , charged with feloniously sinking the brig Clipper , of Dartmouth C ° f which he had the command ) , at sea , near Dungeness , with intent to defraud the underwriters at Lloyd ' s . The mate is also involved in the same charge . —The authorities at Gibraltar have been investigating a similar charge ftgft jnnt the master , mates , and carpenter of the Swedish barque , Gerb , from Newport for the West Indies . Copies of the depositions have been forwarded to the Earl of Malmesbory , Lloyd ' s , and the Swedish Government .
Three writs of certiorari have been received by the clerk of arraigns at the Old Bailey , removing into tbe Court of Queen ' s Bench the trials of Truelove and of Stanislaus Tchorzewski for libel , and tbe indictment for conspiracy against Dr . Bernard . The trial of Dr . Bernard will take place at the forthcoming sessions at the Old Bailey .
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MISCELLANEOUS The Cocbt . —The Queen and the Prince Consort , accompanied by the Princess Alice , honoured Baron Marochetti with a visit to his studio last Saturday morning . —Prince George of Saxony arrived at Windsor Castle on Wednesday afternoon , and had an audience of the Queen , who has been staying during the week at Windsor . —The ancient charities associated with Maunday Thursday were distributed , the day before yesterday , at Windsor , to thirty-nine aged men and an equal number of aged women , -with the usual formalities . The number of each sex corresponds with the age of the Queen . —The Prince of Wales having been examined on Wednesday by the Dean of Windsor , was confirmed on Thursday at the Castle in the presence of the Queen , the Prince Consort , the Ministers , and other company . The Bishop of Oxford read the preface , and the Archbishop of Canterbury- performed the ceremony , concluding the service with an exhortation . The Queen and Royal family then entered the Green Drawing-room , -where hor Majesty received the congratulations of the
company . Thb French Embassy . —Softon House , the mansion of the Earl of Sefton ' s family , in Belgrave-square , has beeBrtnkonrfor-Morfihal' -the'Duke' » of ^ Mftlakoff , vanQ-wiU be the future residence of the French Embassy . Australia . —Mr . Haines ' s Reform Bill is making progress In the Lower House of Victoria . A modified form of providing for the representation of minorities was sanctioned by the Asaembty on the llth of February by a majority of twenty-four to seventeen . Thr West-end and Ckystal Palace Railway . — The remaining portion of this now line , designed to connect tho treat end of London with the Crystal Palace ond
London and Brighton Railway Company under a working agreement , one stipulation in the arrangement between the two companies being that the London and Brighton shall pay for the use of the line and stations a fixed charge or rental of 80002 . a-year , or something like one per cent , on the outlay , instead of a toll upon the London and Brighton West-end traffic that may come over this new line . This is a condition from which the public is likely to be largely convenienced . " Drunken Lunatics . —Professor Christison has read a paper on ' The Relations of Habitual Intemperance to the Civil Law' before the President and Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons at Edinburgh . His object was to show that an insatiable craving after drink is a kind of disease or insanity , and that ( in accordance with legal forms ) it should be competent for relations to send habitual drunkards to a sanatorium such as already exists for voluntary patients in the Isle of Skye .
Brighton lines , was finally inspected , last Saturday , by the directors , accompanied by several gentlemen connected with the railway interest . Some months ago , the line was opened from the Crystal Palace to Wandsworth-common ; the remaining portion is that running from thence to the terminus at Battersea . " The line , though prompted and carried out by an independent proprietary , will be worked , " says a contemporary , *? by the
Commission of Lunacy . —An inquiry into the state of mind of Mr . Deeble Peter Hoblyn , a gentleman of property residing at Plympton , near Plymouth , took place at Exeter on Tuesday and Wednesday . The decision was that he was insane . The Earl , of Morton died on Wednesday , after a short illness . Royal Theatrical Fund . —The thirteenth anniversary of this Fund was celebrated at the Freemasons ' Tavern on Monday evening . Mr . Thackeray was in the chair , " and humorous speeches were made by him , by Mr . Dickens , and Mr . Bucks tone . It appears that the society has already accumulated 10 , 0002 . Chelsea Suspension Bridge . — This new bridge ( over which the Queen passed on Friday week ) was first opened to the public on Monday .
Mr . Hooan , tke celebrated Irish sculptor , died last Saturday morning in Wentworth-place , Dublin , after a short illness , in his fifty-seventh year . Mr . Bright , M . P ., os Finance . —The unemployed of Birmingham having passed a memorial to the Queen , praying for some gigantic system of free emigration , authorized their chairman to ask Mr . Bright to present the memorial . The following reply has been received from Mr . Bright : —" London , March 25 . —Dear Sir , —When your memorial reaches me or Mr . Scholefield we will at once take the usual course with respect to its presentation to the Queen . I am sorry to find that the ' unemployed' should be bo numerous in Birmingham as to induce them to unite , with a view to
some public measures for their relief . At this moment the unfavourable condition of the markets of the United States and of the continent of Europe will account for much of the suffering which is being endured by the working men of England . I confess , however , that I can see no remedy for a large portion of the mischief complained of , so long as we find our taxes constantly on the i ncrease , and our national expenditure augmenting . We are now spending 20 , 000 , 0002 , a year more than we were spending only a few years back , and our military expenses have doubled since the year 1835 , when the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel were in power . This year , I suppose , we shall raise in taxes at least 50 , 000 , 000 / . sterling more than will require to
be raised by an equal population , living , not in England , but in the United States of America . Surely this will account for much of the evils which you and the memorialists and the working classes generally suffer , and I am not surprised that sensible men should wish to quit a country where the burdens are so heavy and the political privileges of three-fourths of them are so few . Every man who is not prepared to compel a better and more economical Government at homo should emigrate , or the pauperism of his day will be deeper and more without remedy in the days of his children . I wish I was able to come to Birmingham and talk to you about those great questions . —Yours very respectfully , John Bright . "
Mr . Dickens in Edinburgh . —Mr . Dickens read his Christmas Carol to tho members of the Philosophical Institution , Edinburgh , on Friday week . There waa an audience of at lease 2000 persona , who expressed their delight and sympathy in tho most enthusiastic manner . At tho close , the Lord Provost ,. in the name of tho directors , presented to Mr . Dickens a silver Christmas wassail bowl of elegant and elaborate workmanship . This waa acknowledged by the novelist in terms of groat cordiality . - —LonD-STANiioi » B ^ -wa 8-installcd .,. oa _ JCriday __ w , eck _ a 8 . Lord Rector of Mariaclial College and University , Aberdeen . Ho delivered a long address on the good effects of systematic study and montal discipline , and of the cultivation of oratory .
Tub Artists' General Benevolent Institution . 'Tho forty-third annual festival of this association took place last Saturday at tho Frcornasorw' Tavern . Lord Eloho , M , P ., presided . The Vocal Association will give a grand
performance at St . James ' s Hall , Regent-street and p- """ diUy , on Wednesday evening next , April 7 th * hto ^" programme wiU be entirely Mendelssohn , and coma * the following works -. —The First Wal purgisNiX ^* ley , Violin Concerto , Cappriccio Brilliant , & cin band and chorus united will number four hundred formers . W " Monday Evening Concerts for the People _ n is intended to commence a new series of these potm ] concerts , on . Easter Monday , in the theatre of the M chanics' Institution , Southampton-buildings , Holbo ** when , in addition to the usual vocal performance , a ne ' musical and pictorial entertainment will be introduced the designs for which have been kindl y contributed b several artists . Mr . S . C . Hall will preside as chairman on the occasion .
The Crystal Palace . —The Directors of the Crystal Palace Company have unanimously elected Mr . Robert K . Bowley to fill the office of general manager to the company . Mr . Bowley is already known to the public as having been one of the officers of the Sacred Harmonic Society , Exeter-hall , for the last quarter of a cen ^ fury . The Asylubi for Idiots . —The eleventh anniversary of this institution was held at the London Tavern on Wednesday evening ; the Duke of Wellington in the chair . There are at present a greater number of applications for the admission of sufferers into this noble charity than the institution can provide for ; and an appeal is therefore made to the public for more funds . Asum of 35002 , was subscribed during the evening .
The Reform Agitation . —Reform meetings continue to he held . One at Nottingham on Monday evening was largely attended , and addressed , among other speakers , by Ernest Jones . Watt , the Engineer , —This unfortunate victim of Neapolitan tyranny is now under the care of Dr . Forbes Winslow . He will talk sensibly on some subjects , but forbears to allude to the question of his imprisonment , being apparently under the belief that he is still in the power of the Neapolitan Government , and that he may criminate himself . His physical condition is very good . The Late Abstraction of Income-tax Returns . —The official Correspondence on this subject was published on Mondav . The clerk to the Commissioners of
Income-tax , who was inculpated in the affair , is acquitted of any evil intention , but regret is expressed by the Commissioners that greater care was not taken in preserving the returns . ( It will be recollected that some of them were found to be used by fishmongers in their business . ) No specific measures seem to have been taken for guarding against a recurrence of the evil ; and the upshot of the correspondence is of a very negative kind . Health of London . —Under the influence of fine weather , the mortality is much reduced . The deaths in London were in two previous weeks 1487 and 1431 ; last week , they fell to 1268 . In the ten years 1848-57 ,
the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week waa 1217 ; but , as the deaths returned for last week occurred in an increased population , they should be compared with the average after the latter is raised in proportion to the increase—a correction which will make it 1339 . The present return i « , therefore , so far favourable , that it shows the number of deaths less by 71 than that which the average rate of mortality towards the end of March would have produced . —Last week , the births of 1000 boys and 924 girls , in all 1924 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1848-57 , the average number was 1 G 16 . —From the
Registrar-GeneraVs Weekl y Return . . Emigration . —A meeting was held on Tuesday evening , at the school-room , Whitechapel road , for the purpose of forming a committee for raising and applying funds towards assisting workmen of good character Delonging to the British Workman ' s Emigration Aosociation for facilitating emigration with loans to enable tnem to emigrate to such of tho British colonies as may anoro openings for their employment . The Rev . W . " Champneys , rector , presided , and resolutions were adopted in accordance with the objects of the meeting . nan
The Main Drainage Scheme . — -A deputation the several vestries and district boards in tho mewo {™ 3 waited , by appointment , upon the Itiglit Hon . w » John Manners , her Majosty'a Chief Commissioner o Publio Works and buildings , on Tuesday , on the suiw " of tho main drainage and sewerage interception o ' J » metropolis . They expressed a strong objection oiwv scheme , tho sanitary necessity for which they <* " ° ™ * had not been proved . Lord John Mnnnen prom" *" » give the subject tho most minute attention , but dccimw to express any delinitive opinion . f o The Trial of Dr . Uehnard . —At the court'rt ** dermon , held on Tuesday , a letter was reud from «»« *" . . ChancellclvalmoW ^^ commission of Oyer and Terniiiier to try Dr . We ™« | and to include in tho commission the Lord J »» y » r , the Aldermenand the letfal odicora of tho corporation .
, Mr . Layard ' s Prookksh . — Mr . Luyurd , who waa Indore enrly Just month , was about to leave tliut ony Agra . From Agra he will descend to CuloutU . Funiskal Oration on . Ousini . —A P" ™ . . , £ L , himaolf'Iconoclaef dolivorcd at tho Literary Inauw w
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Leader (1850-1860), April 3, 1858, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03041858/page/8/
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