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324 THE tBIDEB. [No. 367, Saturday.
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OUR CIVILIZATION. THE ASSIZES. Henry Cat...
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Middlesex Sessioks.—The April quarter se...
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MISCELLANEOUS. Resignation of the Bishop...
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324 The Tbideb. [No. 367, Saturday.
324 THE tBIDEB . [ No . 367 , Saturday .
Our Civilization. The Assizes. Henry Cat...
OUR CIVILIZATION . THE ASSIZES . Henry Catung , John Lewis , and John Caswell ( not in custody ) were indicted at Liverpool for the manslaughter of a man named George . A . ' second count charged the prisoners with the manslaughter of a person unknown . George -was . a youth of eighteen , a native of France , but a citizen of the United States , who shipped for Liverpool on board an American vessel , but was killed during the voyage by the brutal ill-usage ( as alleged by the prosecution ) of the accused . Catling was Acquitted ; but a verdict of Guilty was given against Lewis . A doubt arose as to the power of an English court to try the accused , who are Americans . The question will be Teferred by the Judge who tried the case ( Mr . Baron
Martin ) to the Justices of Appeal ; and , should they decide that the trial cannot take effect , lewis will be discharged . Another case of murder arising from ill-usage at sea was tried at Bodmin , where James Burns was indicted for causing the death , of a lad named Beecroft , a cabin boy on board a commercial vessel of Dundee , of which the accused was the captain . The particulars have already appeared in this journal . " .- Burns was Acquitted , the defence , that the boy ' s death resulted from scurvy , arid was not accelerated by the captain ' s usage of him , being held to be sufficient - Unless the -witnesses perjured themselves , however , It was clear that the lad was shockingly ill-used . ' ¦ '• * . "
Alfred Matcham - \ yas tried at Liverpool for the manslaughter of Mary A . nne Jeckells , at Lowestoft ,. on the 29 th of September . The accused is a medical man , having a large practice , and especially in midwifery cases , at Lowestoft , where he has resided some five or six years . He was engaged last September to attend Mrs . Jeckells , -who had borne four children before , iu her approaching confinement , she being then only seven months gone . On the 19 th she was taken ill , and from that time to the 22 ad , Mr . Matcham -was unremitting in his attendance . On that day , she appeared to the women about her and to tie prisoner to be sinking from a very protracted labour , and the prisoner determined to resort to the use of instruments , and after three attempts the child -was brought into the world . Mrs . Jeckells , however , died on the 29 th , in consequence , as was alleged , of the unskilful way in -which Mr . Matcham used the instruments . When Mrs . Jeckells was within a
fewdays of her death , her husband wished to have further advice ; but the accused said the lady was . doing very well , and it was only when all hops was gone that another medical man was called in . Mr . Matcham was not qualified by an English , diploma ; but he stated that he had a diploma from New York , and it appeared that he was in large practice as an accoucheur . The defence was that tne charge was malicious , and had been brought forward through professional jealousy . The accused was Acquitted . Nathaniel Serjeant , eng ' me-drivoi-, has been Acquitted at Monmouth of the charge of manslaughter arising out of the railway accident -which occurred last November at the Nantyderry station on the Hereford and Newport Railway . It appeared that he was new to the business of engine-driving , and that he had acted to the best of his judgment . .
Elizabeth , Oram has been found Guilty at Monmoutk of the manslaughter of her illegitimate son , a boy about ten years of age , by several acts of ill-usage and bystarvation . She was sentenced to transportation for life . Josiah Parker , a butcher , was tried at Taunton for the murder of his wife , whom he knocked down , and kept hacking on the head with a chopper . Ho was addicted to drink , and had become insane under a belief that his wife was unfaithful to him . On tins ground lie ¦ was Acquitted , but will of course be detained in custody . William Nelson and John Leach were tried at Liverpool on "Wednesday for the murder of John Cragg , a man whose body was found , on the 22 nd of last February , " at the bottom of a quarry a short distance from Lancaster . The evidence was altogether circumstantial , and the accused were Acquitted .
Mary Anne Reynolds , aged forty-seven , was tried at Norwich for -wounding her husband . The case was vwy distressing . For many years the wife toad been subjected to the most horrible ill-usage from her husband , who was a confirmed drunkard . One night , she followed him to a public-house , where a quarrel ensued . The scoundrol struck his wife a violent Wow in the eye , on which she gashed him two or three times across the face with a knife . Ho bled profusely , and she helped the others to bind up the wounds . Mr ! Justice Erie warmly condemned the ruffianism of the man , and 8 ympathiz « d with the woman , oa whom ho passed a sentence of only four days' imprisonment . He also withheld the husband ' s expenses .
Thomas Smith , a labourer , aged twenty-one , was tried at Chester fox the murder of William VaughanTpol ce-XLSJ ?"^ " * 1 O V ° nigUt ° f tb 0 2 » rdof ast December . Tho accused was making a disturbances at the door of a public-louse at about &* ££ ! £ V $ 2 £ in the morning when the policeman came up and tried to pcrauado him to go home , aa ho was already in toxicated . Ho and a companion accordingly moved on , the officer following . Finally , on the two mon refusing to
give their names , Taughan seized Smith , and another con - stable took the second man . Smith then stabbed "Vaughan , who died from the wound . The defence was that th 8 policeman was not justified In . apprehending th . e accused , and that therefore the crime was only manslaughter . Of this , Smith was found Guilty . He appeared to be relieved by the verdict , but had previously been sobbing convulsively . Sentence was deferred .
Middlesex Sessioks.—The April Quarter Se...
Middlesex Sessioks . —The April quarter sessions commenced on Wednesday morning , when ( among other eases of slight interest ) John Browning , a ticket-of-Jeave man , pleaded Guilty to a charge of stealing four silver forks and other articles , the property of Mr . Thomas Wilkinson , who had benevolently given him money , and endeavoured to get him a situation . The facts have already appeared in this journal . He begged for a merciful sentence , but was sentenced to six years ' penal servitude . . Electors , Candidates , ant > Thieves . —A meeting of the electors of Finsbury was being held by the friends of Mr . Serjeant Parry at the Freemason ' s Tavern on the evening of Friday week , when one of the gentlemen present felt a hand in his waistcoat pocket . He turned round , seized the thief , and forced him to return the
money he had taken . On the arrival of a policeman , the man was given into custody . When the case was before the magistrate , Inspector Mitchell said there were no police present at the meeting-, as it is not usual on such occasions , and would probably give offence . The consequence is that a number of thieves get in , turn down the gas , and in the confusion that follows reap a plentiful harvest . One gentleman ivas robbed of a valuable gold watch not more than a yard from the spot where the prisoner had been at work . The man , after a little fencing , pleaded " Guilty , " and asked the magistrate to deal summarily with the case . Mr . Henry remanded him to ascertain if he had been previously convicted , in which case he must commit him . The presence of thieves at such meetings presents a curious feature . They ought to ask the candidates what they mean to do with respect to the ticket-of-leave system .
Attempt to Extoet Money . —About a fortnight ago , a fire broke out in the house of Mr . Stern , waterproof manufacturer , of Wellclose-square , in the absence of that person . It was put out , but in about half an hour afterwards it broke out again , and burnt some 400 / . worth of goods ; Mr . Stern was insured in the West of England fire-office , by which company his claim was at once allowed . Oneof the persons who-had been employed by Mr . Stern for three months previously to the fire , and who was thrown out of work by that calamity , was Abraham Recbthard , a German ; and , three or four days
after the fire , he went to Iris former master , and demanded 121 ., under threat of reporting at the fire-office that Mr . Stern had set his house on fire , and of thus getting him transported . After a good deal of menacing , Rechthard consented to take 5 / . ; and Mr . Stern gave him two marked sovereigns and an I O U for 31 . He then communicated with the police , and gave Rechthard into custody . The marked money and the document were found on him . He was examined at the Mansion-house , and committed for trial ; and two other men , named Barnet Greenbow and Mark Robinson , who had joined in the attempt , were also committed .
An Officer ciiakged with Swindling . —Ernest Augustus Lloyd , an oflicer in the army , is under remand at Marlborough-street on a charge of obtaining goods by false pretences from various tradesmen . Bail was accepted for his reappearance next Monday . In the course of the day , numerous inquiries were made at the police-office relative to the accused . The inquirers were tradesmen . A Ruffianly Cabman . —Edwin Moseley , a cabdriver , appeared at the "Westminster police-court on Monday , to answer a summons charging him witli demanding moro than hi 3 fare , and using insulting language . A Mr . Hagreen , cashier at the Nino Elms station of the South-Western Railway , rode , together with a lady , in Mosoley ' s cab , from Chelsea to the foot of Vauxhall-bridgo . There they alighted , and the driver demanded three shillings . Mr . Hagreen refused to give
more than half that amount : on this the fellow made a disgraceful imputation , in which tlie lady was concerned . Ho then proposod to drive them to the police-station in Rochester-row ; to which they assented , and re-entered the cab . The man , however , drove them to a lonely spot opposite the Penitentiary , whero he stopped , and , admitting that his faro was in fact only Is . 6 d ., attompted to extort another cighteenpenco by a repetition of the imputation ho had already made , adding , " I don't wish to oxposo you , and if you like to get out I'll any no moro about it . " A policeman , however , was called , and the man was forced to drive to the station . Ho then sot up a claim to tlio overcharge by alleging that damage had been done to his cal ) ; but tliia was manifestly false . Moseloy was sentenced to two months ' hard labour in the House of Correction , and to forfeit his license .
Dkkraudino the East India Company . — Lewis Evans , alias Edward L . Evans , a vonorablc-looking man , seventy-three years of ago , has been examined before the Lord Mayor , upon a . charge of having fraudulently obtained , during several years , orders for the payment of money from the East India Company . Ilo alleged
that he had been a gunner on board several of the Company ' a ships , and by those means he obtained a pension but there appears to be a doubt whether he really possesses the claim . He was committed for trial . The Fratricide at Maeostone . — The final ex amination of George Kebble Edwards , for the murder of his brother , Thomas Edwards , took place before the Mayor and "borough magistrates of Maidstone on Tues day morning . After evidence had been received the prisoner was asked if he had any statement to make His answer was , " I have nothing to say about the case only that I am innocent of the crime . " He was then committed to take his trial at the next assizes on the charge of Wilful Murder .
Suspkcted Murder . —The body of a collier , named Lambert , has been found in the river Don , near Conisbrough , about four miles from Doncaster . Several wounds were discovered in various parts . The man had left home on . the 3 rd of January , and had not been heard , of since the night of that day , -when he was drinking at a public-house at Rotherhatn , and got into a quarrel with some young men , but it did not appear that they used any violence towards him . The inquest was adjourned till next Wednesday . Murder at Bbal . —A young ensign of the 44 th
Regiment , stationed at Walnier baxracks , Deal , named M'Carroll , las been murdered by a publican in the town named Samuel Baker . Mr . M'Carroll went to Baker ' s house one morning between one and two o ' clock , and called for something to drink . Seeing that the young officer was already rather intoxicated , the landlady refused to supply him with anything , upon which Mr . M'Carroll struck her with his cane and quitted the house . Being afterwards informed of the outrage committed on his wife , Baker started off in pursuit of the officer , and , having learned from one of the coastguard which way he had gone , he returned to his house and
armed himself with some heavy weapon with which he walked ofif in the direction which . Mr . M'Carroll had taken . Mr . M'Carroll was afterwards found in the streets with , a fractured skull , and he has since died . Baker has been committed for trial .
Miscellaneous. Resignation Of The Bishop...
MISCELLANEOUS . Resignation of the Bishop of Kokivich . —Tie Bishop of Norwich , Dr . Hinds , has issued a faiewell address to the clergy of the diocese , on his resignation . After alluding to his long-continued ill health , which has estranged him personally from the clergy and the diocese for several years , the Bishop thus notices tie circumstances of his resignation amd the position of the diocese :- —" Better had it been for the diocese and for
you— -I am painfully sensible of it—had the step which I am now taking been taken long ago ; and this would haye been the case had I acted in adherence to my own views and wishes . It is now three years since—despairing of ever being again strong enough for the requirements of a , diocese suck as this is—I contemplated resigning . Friends , however , with whom I took counsel , were inore hopefal of my restoration to health and energy , and I permitted my own judgment to be overruled by theirs . "
Lokd Cowley . —This nobleman , now ambassador at Paris , is to be immediately raised to-an earldom , - with the title of Earl Cowley , in consideration of his public
. The LttrNDHiUi Colliery Explosion . —Tlie pit has been opened , and is being emptied of the water that was turned in to quench the fire . From the accounts published in the daily papers , we learn that lime is mixed with the water drawn out of the pit as a disinfectant , to prevent any injurious consequences to the residents of the neighbourhood . Much anxiety still exists among the friends of the deceased as to the recovery of the bodies , aad many assembled to witness tho commencement of operations . A waggon-load of coffins sent from
Barnsley to Lundhill a few days ago , to be ready when the bodies shall bo recovered , created a very painful sensation in the intervening villages . The roventilation of the pit -when empty will be promoted by two large fans which are being erected for the purpose , and it is understood that the hazardous task of exp loration and recovering the bodies will be entrusted to a number of the most exporiencd minors who can bo found in the district . Tho temperature of tho water in tho pit not being yet quite uniform , it is said that some doubt still exists in well-informed quarters as to -whether the Jiro is yet extinguished . Solicitor
Tub Hon . Mr . Stuart Wohtley . — The - General is recovering from his late serious attack ot brain fever . Lords Palmbrston and MALMEswimv . — The following reply of lord Palmerston to the letter of Loru Malmesbury , of which wo gave portions last week , has boon published : — " 94 , Piccadilly , March 25 . —My dear Lord Malmcbbui-y , —I havo received this evening your letter of this day . I havo neither time nor inclination to ronow tho China debate . I have used a right , vmcli I do not deem myself deprived of by rny official position , to express publicly my opinion of the conduct of public men on an occasion of no small public importance ; nnu I havo nothing to retract or to qualify . — Yours faithfully , PALMKUSTON . " Tun Convict Reotatii . —The leasehold residence . No . 27 , Chestcr-torraco . Regent ' s Park , of LoopoW
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Leader (1850-1860), April 4, 1857, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04041857/page/12/
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