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W THE LEAIDER. [No. 341, Saturday,
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sister ( Miss Olliver ) anda Mr . Packwood respecting the disposal of a bill of sale and a sum of money , which had been paid into the hands of each , the Commissioner ordered the last examination of the bankrupt to be adjourned sine die . JIoBDBR k Staffordshire . —A man named William Fisher , an excavator , living at Ogley Hay , near Shenstone , Staffordshire , lias been murdered by his fellow-labourer , John Burrpwes . Fisher had seen the other man put his arm round his wife's waist , through the window of a shop in which they both were , and , when
the woman came out into the street , her husband , in a fit of passion at what he had witnessed , knocked her down and afterwards kicked her . He then struck Burrowes so violent a blow on . the face that his lip was cat , in consequence of -which lie lay in wait for Fisher with a poker in his band . " With this weapon he felled his victim to the ground and beat his skull so as to drive one side completely in . Fisher died the next morning . An inquest was held , and a verdict of ' Wilful Murder ' returned against Burrowes , who was committed for trial at the next Staffordshire Assizes .
Attempt to Murder . —George Martin , of Oddington , farmer , was charged on the 18 th ult ., before the magistrates assembled in petty sessions at Oxford , -with attempting to discharge a loaded gun at Captain William Polhill , with , intent to murder him , on the 10 th ult , at Broadwell . The man , who was drunk at the time he committed the offence , .. had . been irritated by Captain Polhill refusing to let him shoot over his ( the captain ' s ) land . Assault by a Churchwarden in a Chukch . —A Mr . John Mortimer , one of the churchwardens of Rippenden Church , near Halifax , has been fined 1 ? . 6 s . for attempting to drag a Mrs . HellivrelL . out of a pew . He alleged that the pew belonged by right to some other persons ; but this seemed to be doubtful .
The Crystai . Palace Siiare ~ Fravd 3 . —A petition in bankruptcy was opened on Tuesday in the Bankruptcy Court against William James Robson , lately in the service of the Crystal Palace Company , whose fraudulent transactions in the shares of that undertaking have attracted much public attention . He is described as an antimony smelter , of Bowling-green-mews , Kenningtonoval ; and the petitioning creditor is Mr- G . S . Clements , of Bank-buildings . — - ' jThe Committee of the Stock Exchange , on Tuesday , after further deliberation upon the . questions arising out of the recent frauds in Crystal Palace shares , adopted ihe following resolution : '' Resolved—That where shares in the Crystal Palace
Company have been duly registered and acknowledged by the company , the committee decline to interfere . " As regards a considerable number of shares in respect of which , although , transfers have been sent in to the company , certificates of registration have not been issued by the company ' s recognized officer , -we understand ( says the Daily News ) that the committee have come to the resolution to trace such bargains to the original seller , who will then be required to supply other shares of acknowledged validity . The decision of the committee appears to be based upon the view that the buyer of these shares considered that he was buying the genuine stock of the company , and that consequently his right must be maintained .
The Newcastle Commercial Bank . — Trader debtor summons have , it is stated , been taken out against Mr . Alderman R . H . Kennedy and Mr . Farmery J . Law , with , regard to an alleged claim of this banking company for 4000 ? . -with interest . The summoning creditor is Mr . C . Garbutt , of Dunston-lodge , Durham , one of the registered officers of the Bank . The validity of the demand , howevci , has yet to be decided . Clerical . Misappropriation . —A painful case has been heard at the close of the proceedings , in' the Lancaster Insolvent Court , against the Rev . Arundel Verity , lato incumbent of All Saints' Church , Habergham Eaves
near Burnley , Lancaslvire . The insolvent was opposed on tbo grounds that ho had preached a sermon in his own church , in May , 1855 , on behalf of the Putagoniun Missions , and afterwards appropriated the amount of the collection made on that occasion to his own purposes ; and that he had received 150 ? . from the Church Missionary Society , partly as salary in advance , and partly for his outfit . It would appear , moreover , that he had applied other moneys dishonestly to hia own use . Among his debts were 26 ? . for wines , and GO ? , for an outfit for the Crimea , to which he had gone . He was remanded by the Judge for six months .
Intensive Frauds by the Secretary to am Odi > Fellows' Lodge . —Bills have been issued in Birmingham , offering a reward for the apprehension of a man named William tfowlor , who had absconded , having plundered an Odd Fellows Lodge of between COO / , nnd 700 L , partly by means of embezzlement , and partly through , a fraudulent" mortgage . ?? ~ *^ HlEBl ANI > HIS 'f t » u * TBR . —Henry Barclay , errand-boy to Messrs . Meyers , of Bow-lane , Choapsldo , was brought . before Mr . Alderman Cubitt , charged witk SnS'V ^^ i and Thoma « Griffin waa charged with having : received' the goods , well knowing WuirlU » n on * T ° ' Tlro «™ nd-boy had been S ? h 5 JJJ ? fiTT occaalon ' towing been detected on the prernwes with two umbrellas concealed about hla person , and subsequently Griffin , who kept a stall in n
street near the City-road , was apprehended in consequence of a statement made by the boy to the effect that Griffin had seen him passing one day near the stall , and , after treating him to rum , induced him to steal articles of the kind , which led to the commission of several other similar offences through the same instrumentality . Barclay was placed in the witness-box , to testify to these facts , which he did ; and both he and . the man Griffin were committed for trial . Bail was accepted , in the case of the latter . The boy alleged in his defence that his wages ( eight shillings a week ) were
not enough for him to exist upon . A Lawyer and a Lady . —Mr . Arthur Henry Welch , a , member of the bar , residing in Stone ' s buildings , Lincoln ' Inn , ; attended before Mr . Jardine upon a . summons , charging , him with a libel upon a Miss Colqukoun . Mr . Bodkin , who appeared in support of the summons , said , in his opening statement : —" The late Mr . Colquhoun , the father of the lady , admitted Mr . Welch to liis liouse , regarded him as a friend , and became so attached to him that , when he died , he made Mr . Welch one of the executors to his will , in conjunction-with his . eldest son . There was at that * 'time- ' ari understood or
anticipated engagement between the defendant and the oldest daughter of Mt . Colquhoun . Shortly after the father ' s death , however , some circumstances occurred which- made it desirable , in the estimation of the family , and with the entire consent of the lady , to break off the connexion . Mr . Welch was forbidden the house . In a spirit of revenge , he immediately threw the affairs of the family into Chancery . Finding that even this course of conduct failed to produce the effect anticipated , he commenced a , system of annoying the family by every means in his power . He addressed letters to them ; he waylaid them ; indeed , he used every effort to interrupt their peace and happiness . Letters known to be in his handwriting were returned to him unopened ; other letters , written in a feigned hand , were opened ,
and also returned on their authorship being ascertained . At last , on the 14 th of July , there came a letter which forms the subject of these proceedings . To that infamous letter I will now direct your attention . Here , Mr . Welch , rising up , said , — " For God ' s sake , Mr . Bodkin , don't read that letter . Mr . Jardiae , I do entreat you , for the sake of the la < ly , do not allow that' letter to bo read . " Mr . Bodkin replied that the disgrace rested on him , not on , the lady . After a good deal of discussion , in the course of which Mr . Welch repeated that the case must be terminated rather than that the letter should be read , an agreement was drawn up , with 1 he consent of Mr . Bodkin , Which Mr . Welch promised , to sign ; but shortly afterwards he disappeared , and it was found necessary to let the summons stand over for a
week . Homicide by a Soldier . —A soldier , named Wilson , belonging to the 1 st Dragoon Guards , now stationed at Exeter , has killed one of his comrades , who was also an old friend . The men were about to exchange into another regiment , and there was some trifling quarrel between them . Shaw , the man who has been killed , and who was ' -sligiitly' intoxicated on the occasion alluded to , struck Wilson a blow in the face . He , being irritated at this , seized a poker , and said that if Shaw repeated the blow he -would knock him down . The other , however , advanced , and Wilson dealt him a severe blo- \ v with the poker on the head . Blood flowed from the wound , which was dressed by some of the men , and Shaw was put to bed , no serious consequences being apprehended ; but , on the following morning ( the occurrence took place on Monday evening ) , alarming symptoms set in , and the man died after being removed to the hospital . Wilson was then arrested .
Charge of Robbing Employers . —Benjamin Norris and William Kennedy , who hare been charged at the Mansion House witli having aided and ^ bctted a man not in custody in robbing his emplo 3 'ers , Messrs . White and Brice , - wine-merchants in the City , of upwards of 100 ? , have been discharged . Burolahy . —A burglury has been committed at the house of Mr . Kidson , at Essington Sneed , in the parish of Bushtmry , near Wolverhampton . Four men , masked , entered tltc house , ransacked the premises , and departed . The inmates were not injured , though at one time a pistol ( supposed to be without ball ) was discharged at them . A Serious Chakge . —A Mr . John Marsh , for twenty years a first-class weigher in tlie Customs , has been committed for trial on n charge of indecent conduct with a man who is not in custody , in the Borough-road on Monday night . lie was sot at liberty on bail .
loitGERY . —William Salt Hardwickc , mariner , and Henry Attwell , -were brought up at the Mannion House , charged with uttering and forging a cheque for 410 / . 7 s . 4 d ., with intent to defraud Messrs . Gosling nnd Co ., bankers , Fleet-street . Evidence was tendered to show that false names nnd addresses hud been given by tho prisoners in their transactions with Mr . Turner , solicitor , Red Lioni-squaro , by whom the false cliequo purported to bo aigned ; and it was also shown that a Mr . Wait , to whom Mr . Turner was instructed to write by Attwell for an I O . U for 100 ? . ( and which was paid in consequence ) , ihad ncvor livod at 5 , Melton-street , Euston-square , although ho engaged a room there for a week , and culled for and took away three letters which
arrived there addressed to him , but neither of the prisoners was the man so representing himself to be Mr . Hart . The prisoners were both committed for trial , Mr Mullins , counsel for the prosecution , intimating his inl tention to prefer another charge against them on a future day . ¦ " . .
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¦ M'lSCE-L iANEOlia The Couut .: —The Duchess of Kent leaves Abergeldfe for England on the 8 th , and it is expected that the Queen -will leave Balmoral on the Wednesday or Thursday following , travelling by the Spittal of Glenshee to Coupar Angus , where the Royal train , will be in-waiting - but no positive arrangements have yet been made . The NkwLohd Mayoh . —In accordance with oldestablished custom , the Lord Mayor for the ensuing year was elected on Michaelmas-day . The choice fell on Mr . Thomas Quested Finnis , alderman and bowyer The present Lord Mayor , in returning thanks for the expression of the approbation of the liveryrn « n , said : — ¦ " He hoped he might at least be regarded as one who in this country had done something for the Nonconformists . He did . not mean for any particular section of Nonconformists , but for that large bod y some of whom were altogether separated from the communion of the Established Church , while others differed from tlat Church in various respects . He had endeavoured to show that a man might be a Nonconformist without offending the religions feelings of others . He had felt it Ms duty on all public occasions to pay that respect which he thought was due from a man in authority to the established religion of the country . He had endeavoured to evince on every occasion , not only the respect due to the established religion of the country , but also the regard due to the principle of religion ; for he conceived that , unless a man ' s conduct were regulated by religious principle , he was utterly unfit to be a leader of others or to hold high office in this country . He must say that it li ad afforded him tlie greatest pleasure and delight to find himself so well supported as he bad been by the clergy of various religious denominations . "
Ihe New Sheriffs , Messrs . Mechi and Keats , were sworn in at Guildhall last Saturday . The presentation to the Barons of the Exchequer , for the formal approval of her Majesty , took place on Tuesday , when the usual childish ceremonies of faggot-chopping and nail-counting were gone through , and the result was declared quite satisfactory . The Recorder , in addressing the Lord Chief Baron , gave a few particulars of the lives of tie sheriffs . Those relating to Mr . Mechi are interesting on account of that gentleman ' s achievements as ah agricultural reformer : —" Mr . John Joseph Mechi , senior sheriff , and citizen and lorimer , who was connected . with the eastern division of the metropolis , was a gentleman of Italian extraction , but although he had sprung from the Italian race , who were remarkable for tlie cultivation of the arts and sciences , he was proud to be enrolled
amongst the merchants and men of . business of tliis country . His father was born at Some , but early in life changed the scene of his pursuits , and was for a long time employed in business in France . During the Reign of Tenor , he , with many others , quitted tbat country and took reffige in England . In this country he attracted tlie attention of the royal family , and was soon afterwards enrolled in the royal household . His son , in consequence of his proficiency in the Italian language , was taken into a house in the City , and his career might offer an example to the yoxing men of the present day . He pursued his business fox twenty-nine ycara ; he had been selected to preside over a large banking corporation , and he now stood on the footing of one of the first citizens of London . " The inaugural banquet was given by Messrs . Meclii and Keats in the evening at tho London Tavern .
Cambridge University Commission . — - The Commissioners named in the Cambridge University Act of last session held their first meeting last Saturday at No . G , Adel () hi-terrace . The commissioners present wero—the Bishops of Lichfield and Chester , the Right Hon . M . T . Baines , the Right Hon . SirL . Peel , the Dean of Ely , and Dr . Vaughan . Mrs . Stowe on English Intkmperahcr . —An invitation was recently sent to Mrs . Stowe to attend a tcmporance meeting at Derby . She excused herself on the ground of her husband being about to leave England . In her reply to the Earl of Harrington , through wliom the invitation had been sent , sho saya : —" It is my belief , from observation and travel in England and Scotland , that almost all the poverty and miseuc of the
lower classes now arises from tho traflic in intoxicating drinks . In no country lias benevolence been moro energetic and tho progross of social reform more rapid . Tlie benevolent works of England strike a stranger n » really stupendous , yet this ono cause seems to nullify nil and kenp up misery , vice , and distress . It seems to mo that there is now scarcely any cause of poverty and distress which tho suppression of tho liquor traflic would not remove . Since emigration to the colonies lias equalized the population , it would seem as if there might bo money onough and work enough to support tho wUolo labouring population , wero it not for the enormous taxation nml drain of ardent spirits . Tho view of jour great cities ( laming nightly with signs of ' Rum , brandy , and gin , ' is to tho eyes of an American as appalling as tho slave-
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 4, 1856, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04101856/page/8/
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