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No. 464/Febb^^ 197
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GATHERINGS FROM LAWAND POLICE COURTS. In...
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CRIMINAL RECORD. Fkauds to a considerabl...
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IRELAND. On Tuesday, Mr. Edmund Hayes, Q...
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS. A collision...
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Imperial Parliament. Monday, February 7....
Bolidating and amending the laws relating county Prisons in Ireland , He gave a succinct explanation of its Drovisions . —Some objections were raised by Colonel French , which were replied to by Lord Naas , and leave was given to introduce the bill .
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS . , Mr Cross moved tor leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to municipal elections . The existing provisions for preventing bribery at these elections he observed , were a dead letter , chiefly owing to the severity of the penalty . He proposed to substitute a small penalty and a summary remedy . —After a few remarks in favour of the object of the bill by Sir G . Pechell , Mr . Dillwyn , Mr . Ridley , and Mr . Griffith , leave was given . ; STATUTE LAW COMMISSION .
Mr . L . King , in moving for some returns respecting the Statute Law Commission , complained of the slow progress that had been effected towards consolidating the code , urging that the results hitherto achieved by the Commissioners had not repaid their cost . —Mr . IIadfield added some observations to a similar effect . —The Home Secretary consented to produce the papers asked for , with some exceptions . He concurred in the opinions , expressed regarding the Statute Law Commissioners , whose operations , he remarked , the Government was considering whether they ought not to suspend for the present .
Mr . Greek moved for copies of . the judgments in the Rolls and Chancery Courts in Ireland in a suit by the Rev . Dr . O'Fay against Major Burke , in relation to an agreement for a lease . —Lord Naas made a statement explanatory of the case and its circumstances , arid Mr . Grkek withdrew his motion . Mr . Corky brought up the Navy Estimates . After some further business , the House adjourned at a quarter to six o ' clock .
No. 464/Febb^^ 197
No . 464 / Febb ^^ 197
Gatherings From Lawand Police Courts. In...
GATHERINGS FROM LAWAND POLICE COURTS . In the Common Pleas , an action brought by a . lodginghouse keeper against Mn Tallis , the printer , for a nuisance caused by the working of a steam-engine and printing-machine in Arundel-street , resulted in a nominal verdict of 40 s . for the plaintiff , subject to a reference to an engineer to see if the nuisance could be removed . In the Court of Bankruptcy , upon the application for
certificates of George and James Prince , who kept the Prince ' s Club , in Regent-street , the Commis ' sioner ordered that certificates of the third class , only should issue oh the 10 th of June next , that being a period of live years from the date of their bankruptcy , during which time , in consequence principally of the imperfect manner in which the bankrupts had kept their books , they had been before the court . His honour remarked in strong terms upon the gross irregularities by which the case was characterised .
ance had been requested . The hearing was not completed . An action for libel , brought by ¦ Lieutenant- Colonel Dickson against the Earl of Wilton , was tried in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , on Thursday . The Earl was Colonel of the Tower Hamlets Militia , and the plaintiff yiras Lieutenant-ColoneL The libel complained of "was contained in a" letter , written to Lord Corhbermere , the Governor of the Tower , by the defendant , in which he charged the plaintiff with having misappropriated part of the sums subscribed for the purposes of the mess , and added that Colonel Dickson ' s conduct was such that he appeared to be a mere spy , by his reporting the conduct of the other officers of the regiment , and that therefore he ( Lord Wilton ) advised Colonel Dickson ? 3 removal from the regiment . The case occupied the whole day , and was not concluded . . ¦
At the Middlesex Sessions , Louis Manchot , a Frenchman , has been convicted of stealing , a cigar-case and a set of surgic al instruments , the property of Robert Harpor , in his dwelling-house , and also of another similar robbery . The prisoner ' s practice was to call at the houses of professional gentlemen and taking the opportunity of stealing whatever he could lay his hands upon . The Assistant Judge characterised the prisoner as a wholesale thief , and sentenced him to live years ' penal servitude . The prisoner said he had boon at Now York , and should like to bo sent back . The Judge doubted whether ho would be welcome on tho other side of the Atlantic .
A man who gave the name of William W . Chandler was placed at tho bar pf Bow-streqt police-court , charged with a number of forgeries for considerable sums of money on various persons . Evidence was heard in support of some of tho charges , and it was intimated that others would bo brought forward on a futu . ro day . Tho prisoner , reserving his defonco , was then remanded . " Tho Mercantile Loan Fund Association" wore brought on remand before , Mr . Corrio , at Clorkonwcll
police-court , charged with conspiracy to defraud . Tho porsons in custody , and who did business for their dupes under tho above titjo , at Woymoutli-tomico , Now Northroad , Islington , aro John Rood , alias Campboll , Samuel Thompson , Aim Thompson , and Thomas Smith . Their oporntiona soom to havo extended all over tho country ; and , under colour of grouting loans , they vocoivod advances of money for agon ts travelling oxponsos to institute inquiry and for other purposos . Tho prisoners aro again remanded .
fho Keats divorce ease has at longth como to a termination . Beforo the Court of Appoul , on Saturday , arguments wore urged for and against tho ploaof condonation . Tho Lord Chancollor delivorod judgment in lavoiu' of Mr . Koata . Tho marriago was tuou dianolvod , f " ' pnt 9 a 8 ; i ' oolll Bt 0 ftllow hIs wU > 0 th 0 HUin ol' 160 / i A somewhat romarkablo trial took plaoo in tho Court or kxohoquor , on Wodnoaday . Mr . Richardson , a bouoitor , on behalf of tula wife , brdught on action for Biainler against Dr . Grnnvillo , tho woll-known physician , nna Mrs . QranvHlo . Tho latter , who waft tho real < lo' ^ ulnnt > «»« u iriauo very sorious Imputations upon Mrn , wouarUaoa ' a ohnraotur , and alUiuuuh Di \ : < imnvlllo
ox-Tho appeals from tho decision of tho Maator of tho Uolla in tho extraordinary onsoof Tholliieson v . Thollusaon ciuho beforo tlio \ louse of Lords on Thursday . Thoro wiia a grout nuistor of t ! io noblo law lords prusout , and many ol' tho common law Judtroa attended , whoso
uabletpressed his great regret' at , what had been said , that lady felt it to be necessary to vindicate her reputation in a court of law . The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff , damagesi 40 s . ' A . curious action has been tried . in the Court of Common Pleas , in which a Mis . Thomas sued Nal Abut Allie , a gentleman connected with the suite pf the Prince of Oride , for 23 / . for board and lodging . It appeared the defendant met the plaintiff ' s niece on a Sunday , and married her on the Tuesday . He lavished a good slim of money upon her , and gave her plenty of funds to pay every expense . The defendant ' s , counsel said the action was an infamous attempt to rob the defendant , and the jury found a verdict in his favour .
At the Court of Bankruptcy an inquiry was instituted into the conduct of Messrs . Sleaman and Keen , silk manufacturers , of Cheapside , with reference to their obtaining silk in bulk from several wholesale houses , and obtaining advances upon the warrants of the same from the London Joint-stock Bank . The inquiry resulted in . Mr . Commissioner Fonblanque suspending the certificate ( second class ) of Sleaman for twelve months , and that of Keen ( third class ) for two years . We are glad to Had that under the provisions of the new Medical Registration Act there is a prospect of rooting out some of . the quacks who prey upon' public at present . A case has been tried in the Westminster County Court—Mary Scattergood v . J . G- ,
Bennett , alias Dr . Coulston— in which the plaintiff sought to recover 5 / . 5 s . from the defendant , a notorious quack , trading under various aliases . The amount had been obtained from the plaintiff ( who was only one of numerous victims ) under the pretext of curing her of deafness . Having given her a bottle of mixture ( totally useless ) , receiving five guineas for the same , the soi-disant " Dr . Coulston" was from that time invisible on her repeated calls for further advice . Tiro years afterwards she accidentally discovered him under the title of " Dr . Walters , " arid brought this action . - Tfae defendant and his brother carried on an extensive trade in advertising nostrums for nervousness , deafness , & c . The remedy for nervousness , upon the receipt of so many postage
stamps , consisted of a pill made up of new bread and plums , dusted over with flour , and ordered to be taken with caution , one at a time : In an advertisement inserted in a weekly paper it was set forth that , in return for six postage stamps * a preparation would be sent making ladies' skins like that of children of ten years of age . He also passed by the names of " Dr . Singleton and ' . ' " Dr . Ludies . " In his defence he srrore that he had never seen the plaintiff before in his life , and that there was a real , existent " Dr . Coulston , " whom his brother had acted as an assistant , and that Coulston had been subpoenaed to give evidence on the present occasion ; no suah person , however , appeared . The Judge said there could be no doubt but that
there had been a conspiracy and fraud committed , and he should issue a verdict for the plaintiff ,, the defendant at the same time to be taken into custody for perjury . The case of Mallalue v . Lyon , which has been tried in the Court of Queen ' s Bench before Lord Campbell , presents some singular features . The facts are as follow : —In 1848 , Mr , Lyon , a gentleman of fortune , married a daughter of Lady Charlotte Bury , at Florence , and settled upon her an income of 300 / . per annum . They returned to England , and lived happily together for a few years , ' when it was discovered that Mrs . Lyon had contracted an unfortunate taste for stimulants . The propensity gained such an . ascendancy over her that in tho winter of 1852 it was beyond all control , and for
some mysterious purpose she pledged her husband ' s plate t o " tlio extent of 8500 / . In tho beginning of 18 , 53 tho Tfldy was placed nt Torquay , apart from her husband , under tho care of a medical gentleman named Deakin . In the autumn of tho same year her intellect , which had been m a very impaired condition , was so far recovered that sho executed , in tho presence of her mother , a deed of separation , by which Mr . Lyon granted her an annuity of 130 Q / ., making , with the 800 / . per annum already secured by the marriago settlement , a clear income of 1600 / . per annum . In 1858 Mrs . Lyon instituted n suit in the Divorce Court for a restitution of conjugal rights , and hor husband consented to a docroo . By this proceeding ; tho deed was , of course , repudiated on both sides . The subsequent
conduct ; of the husband was malignant . Ho took a houso in Gloucester-pluoo to recoivo his wife , but obstinutcly treated hor as still lusano , and placed her undor tho guard of two female keepers , forbidding them to allow her mothor to cross tho threshold . In consequence of tliia frontinont , tho lady , who bail only ontorod tho houao on the 20 th of last JEfty , quitted on tho 1 st of tho following month , and has resided with hor mother ovor since . A ladies' outfitter , mimed Mallaluo , between the beginning of April , 1857 , nnd tho ond of Juno , 1858 , supplied goode to Mrs . Lyon , The balance duo to him on account of thoao transnotiona amounted to 802 / ., whioh ho aought to recover from Mr . Lyon by this action . Tho jury found n verdict against Mr . Lyon for 125 / . .,
Criminal Record. Fkauds To A Considerabl...
CRIMINAL RECORD . Fkauds to a considerable amount are discovered to have been perpetrated by Mr . James Purssell , who was formerly connected with tlie firm of Messrs . Purssell , the confectioners , in Cornhill . As . exaggerated rumours are afloat it may be useful to state the facts . It appears that having received genuine leases from two of the City companies , he proceeded to procure copies of them , arid affixing forged seals obtained advances thereon in various directions . The amount of his frauds is found to be about 30 , 000 / ., but fortunately is is spread over a wide circle , and in no individual instance is the loss considerable . The property the delinquent leaves behind him has been promptly taken possession of by his creditors , and will of course reduce the claims in question .
A young girl , named Hall , who had been on terms of intimacy with the national schoolmaster at Winlaton , in Northumberland j . became enceinte . She was sent to Darlington for the purpose of being confined , but soon , after her arrival there she fell ill , and died . Her remains were sent back to Winlaton for interment , and were on Wednesday about to be consigned : to the grave . As the funeral procession was proceeding through , the village to the churchyard , the mourners were abruptly stopped by the police , and ordered to return with the corpse . Suspicions , it was understood , pointed to the administration of poisonous'drugs , with the object of procuring abortion . The schoolmaster was taken into custody . ' '
Ireland. On Tuesday, Mr. Edmund Hayes, Q...
IRELAND . On Tuesday , Mr . Edmund Hayes , Q . C ., was sworn in a Justice of the Queen ' s Bench , Mr . Francis Fitzgerald as a Baron of the Exchequer , and Mr . John George as Solicitor-General . Extensive preparations are making for a Tipperary demonstration in favour of Reform , the ballot , and tenant-right . It is to come off at Thurles , and is to be , according to promise , a , revival of the O'Connell monster meetings . Eight or ten members of . Parliament are expected to attend . The proceedings are to be concluded with a banquet to the O'Donoghue , the representative for the county . Col
The recent relaxation of the statutes of Trinity - lege , by which the Roman Catholic youth are no longer debarred from some sliare in the substantial honours of the University , is beginning to tell favourably , and a little moro liberality in the stvmo direction would , no doubt , put an end to all rivalry between Alma Mater an d the essentially sectarian establishment of Archbishop Cullen , the Cntliolic university . Lord Egliutoun has contributed 1007 . to the fund for tho purphase of works of art for tho now National Gallery of Ireland . Preparations aro in progress for tho establishment of , tho Bunk of Dublin . Tho prospectus is to appear shortly , undor , it ia said , favourable auspices .
The pursuit after Delany , the murdoror of Mr . Ely , was ' taken up on Wednesday by forty of tho Waterford police . They proceeded to Kilmeadcn , crossed over to Mount Congrovo , and scoured tho woods , having boon informed that ho had earthed there . They wore accompanied by a mounted policeman , and after a fatiguing day ' s chaso , they returned in tho evening without tho game . Next morning a similar number ronewod the hunt , and were alike unsuccessful .
Accidents And Sudden Deaths. A Collision...
ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A collision took placo in St . Goorgo ' a Channel on Monday botwoon tho Prlnco Patrick atoamor and tho iron schooner Elfin . Tlio latter immediately sank , and tho maator , his wife and child , and two seamen wont down witli her and porishoil . A oorrospondont of tuo Times gives an account of a fonrful accident in tlio Scottish Highlands . Ho says : 14 It will probably intarost many who may bo familiar with the Crliiaii Canal , when taking this piotureaquo routo to- Obaii and tho North Highlands , to hoar tho particulars of th , o lato ( Haastor , whioU in loss thau half an hour has nearly destroyed this groat work . Its loss will vory much aflbct tho rising prosperity of thin part of tlio wot * t coiiNt , iih veil iih tho oonvoiiluiioo of multitudes of tourltttu . Among tho hllla wliloli hum In this
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 12, 1859, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12021859/page/5/
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