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small and sharp spurs in them to rake cut the eves or teat up the flesh of any person struck with them . A horrible fight ensued , and Smith endea . vou . red to stab the policeman with , a . dagger . He was sentenced to a month ' s imprisonment . A CLELtG-YMAX in Trouble . — A commission , appointed by the Bishop of Bath and Wells , has been sitting at Yeovil to inquire into a charge of drunkenness and undue familiarity with his servant maid preferred against the Rev . Joseph Davenport Elliott , incumbent of Handford , Yeovil . The commissioners have decided that there are sufficient grounds for proceeding further .
The W 1 LT 4 Forgery Case at Prestox . —The inquest on the body of Edward Turner , reed-malter , was held . on Friday week . The prescriptions given by Mr . Monk were produced , and pronounced by three medical men suitable to the deceased ' s bowel complaint . There were no appearances of poison in the body . Dr . Taylor ' s analysis stated that only a few small portions of mercury were discovered ; and these might have been medically prescribed . The jury immediately returned a verdict of ' Death from natural causes . ' Extensive Robbbky . —A large amount of property , in . gold and silver -watches , nags , jewellery , and cash , the -whole valued at nearly 1000 £ , has been carried away by burglars from a shop in Castle-street , Swansea , a central thoroughfare . The thieves entered through tha cellar-plate , and were not heard , although three or four persons slept in the house .
The Eastern Bank . —The examination of Stephens has been brought to a sudden stop by the disappearance of the bankrupt . Application was on Monday made on his behalf for an adjournment , but this was met by a request for a warrant for his apprehension , which was granted . In a letter to the trustee , Stephens states that his health has suffered greatly from his long-continued and harassing examination . It-was unreasonable , he adds , to expect that he should on the instant account for the contents , of the many letters , books , and
documents of the bank kept by subordinate officers , and that he should have the responsibility of all their entries fi ^ ed on Mm . On subsequent inquiry , he finds that he has niade statemenls to his prej udice , which are acknowledged to be erroneous , and he therefore wishes ample time to look over the bank books that he may rectify aad prevent erroneous statements in future , and that he way show that all the advances to Waugh were sanctioned by the directors , and that so late as last Februaryhe was assured by Colonel Yates that Waugh ' s security ayiy wanted time to be worth a million .
Supposed Murimeb .- —A human skeleton has been dug up in a field at Middleton , Norfolk . It is supposed to be the body of an old gentleman named John Bell , who ia thought to have been murdered about eight years ago . An inquest has been opened and adjourned , and the police are making : inquiries . A Thief of JIigh Degree . —A youug man , who gave his name $ s Richard Johnson , but who was said to be the son of a clergyman and the brother of a . baronet , has been examined at the Mansion House , charged with
stealing a bag , valued at two shillings , from a shop in < Jiacechurch-stieet . He was partly dressed like a sailor , and a gentleman in court privately gave to the XtOtd Mayor some particulars of him , from which it appeared that lie has been condemned before for thefts . There does not seam to have bean any excuse of poverty , and the young man himself said , in a desponding way , that he couldn ' t think why h « did such things , lie was sentenced to throe months' hard labour ; but the casd seams rather to ba one for an . inquiry de luiuitico .
Cutting and Wounding . —A child of six years old , n » mod Philip M'Guinness , living at Short ' s-gardens , Drury-lane , has been charged at Bow-street with having seriously wounded an errand-boy of the name of John Hall . The child ' s mother was drunk , and creating a disturbance in the street , in . consequence of which a ra . ob had gathered about her . Hall and another boy were in the crowd , and , when the former saw what was the matter , ho said to his compa-nion , " It's only a drunken woman . Let ' s go on . '' He had scarcely uttered thcac words when M'Guiuness rushed upon him and stabbed him in the shoulder with an open knife . The boy Hall immediately fled , but was pursued by his assailant , who then inflicted so severe a wound in his ribs , that he fainted from loss of blood . A policeman having witnessed tho occurrence , took M'Guiuuess into custody . He was remanded for a week .
The Tragbdy at Croyi > on . —The inquest on the bodie 3 of tho persons poisoned at Croydon at the latter end of last week was hold <> n Tuesday , when tho jury returned tho following verdict : — That Mary Smithers find Charles Srnitherd wore wilfully murdered by the administration of poison by William Holton Smither * , and that William Holton Sinithora afterwards committed Holf-dostruction , while suffering under temporary mental derangement . " Muhoer and Suicide by a Frenchman . —About a fortnight ago , a man and his wife , -who had apparently just arrived from tho country by rail , inquired at a coffoehotiso in Drummond-stroet , Kuatoii-squaro , within a very short distance of tho London and North-Western Railway terminus , if they could bo aoeomniodatotl with lodgings there . They wore answered In tho affirmative , and wore aftorwards shown into a room on the ftrat iloor ,
which they took possession of and remained in until last Sunday , without paying either for tbe lodging or anything with which they had been accommodated during their stay . About one o'clock on Sunday afternoon the waiter asked the man to pay the bill , -which by that time amounted to more than 5 Z ., but , being answered evasively , he called Mr . Harper , the person who kept the house , by -whom a request was likewise mad ? for tlie money . The man and his wife upon this went to their own roonij for the purpose , as was supposed , of bringing the required sum ; but several hours passed , and they did not make their reappearance . At last , at ten o ' clock at night , Mr . Harper went up-stairs to the room they occupied , and knocked repeatedly at the door , but not
receiving any answer , lie called in the aid of the police , and the door was then forced , open , when the man and woman were both discovered lying dead 011 the floor . They were weltering in blood , their throats having been cut by a razor , which tho man still held in his hand A towel in the room , and some clothes which were scattered about , were stained with blood , the blade of the razor having apparently been wiped on them by the man after he bad killedbis wife and previous to destroying himself . Although many persons were in the house the whole of Sunday afternoon , nothing calculated to create alarm was heard by any . ' of them . A good deal of property , including some articles of jewellery , waa found in the room occupied by the deceased couple .
A Bukglak STUAxroKrvY Caught . —A man , named John Palmerston , has been several times remanded at the Mansion House , for firing off a pistol on Tish-streethill . On being again brought up on Monday , a warrant by a magistrate at Shrewsbury was produced , authorizing the man ' s apprehension on a charge of burglary ; and a woman , in whose house he lodged at Shrewsbury , identified him . The Lord Mayor accordingly endorsed the warrant , and he was removed . Assault . —Frank Valentine Saunders , a tidewaiter , has been charged at the Mansion House with violently assaulting Mr . D . S . Harding-, Inspector-General of . the Water- Guard at the Custom House . Ho had been accused of not keeping his watch , and Mr . Harding , having inquired into the case , found that the charge was not proved . Saunders was committed for trial . He has pleaded Guilty at the Central Criminal Court , and sentence is deferred .
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GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW AND , POLICE COURTS . Ax action for breach of promise of marriage , with a singular plea on the part of the defendant , was tx-icd in the Court of Queen's Bench List Saturday . The plaintiff is the daughter of a gentleman's coachman , and the defendant is a miller . The young woman , on the strength of the miller ' s proposal of marriagej declined a situation which she might otherwise Lave obtained . The defendant pleaded that , since he made the promise of marriage , he had become afflicted with a pulmonary disease , which rendered the least excitement dangerous to Mm . It was stated on tho trial that he was not expected to live long ; and this statement was clearly proved by the medical testimony . The jury , after a short absence , stated that in their opinion marriage would have been dangerous to tho defendant , but tliat the plaintiff had no notice of the fact ; and they therefore assessed the damage at 100 ? . Mr . Justice Erie said lie considered the plea Substantiallyproved , and would direct a verdict to be entered for the defendant on it , with leave to the plaintiff to move to enter it for 100 ? . A Mr . Brown , a cork-manufacturer , has brought an action in the Court of Common Pleas against the South-Eastern Railway Company , for compensation for injuries received by him while travelling on tlioir line , on tha occasion of the lamentable casualty which occurred on the night of the 30 th of October , 185 G . There was no doubt as to the plaintiff having been , hurt ; but the points were , whether he had not exaggerated his injuries , and whether the fact of his having accopted the sum of Gl . as compensation did not bar all further claim . Mr . Brown asserted that , when Mr . Adams , tho surgeon of tho company , called on him , and proposed 61 . as compensation , ho waa in so confused and bewildered a state of mind , owing to the accident , that ho did not know what he was saying or doing ; in fact , ho might have taken a tithe of what was proposed , if he had been asked . Tlie evidence of one of his workmen confirmed his assertion that ho had not had entire
possession of his faculties since the accident . This witness had assisted him in writing an account of tho collision , which was sent to a daily paper ; and had also helped him in the composition of letters . Mr . Adams admitted that he had only been ten minutes with Mr . Drown ; that he did not examine las injuries ; that he ( Jslr . Adams ) proposed the sum , to which Mr . B rown nssuntud ; and that ho was in the habit of making bargains with sick persons in their boda ( he waa alluding to persons injured on tho railway ) . He thought Mr . Brown's seemod a slight case ; but the patient's own surgeon gave a , very different account . Tho jury , however , after some consideration , found a verdict for the defendants . Tho hearing of tho case of Lord . Gooigo Town abend was resumed last Saturday , in tho Insolvent Pcbtora *
Court . The Commissioner said it was clear that the insolvent had deliberately lived beyond his means , though he acquitted him of any intention to defraud ; but the Protection Acts wore manifestly not intended for the protection of such persons , and the case was therefore adjourned sine die , without protection . On leaving the court , his Lordship was arrested . An action for libel , presenting some unusual features , was tried in the Court of Common Pleas on Monday . Captain Godden , tlie plaintiff , is the commander of the Harlequin , a vessel belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company ; and the defendant , Mr . Abel Haisman , was a passenger ou hoard -this vessel , from Yarmouth to London , on the evening of September
10 th , 1856 . At one time , there were several persons below drinking champagne ; and Mr . Haisman observed the captain take some of that liquor , after having already disposed of what seemed to be a glass of l ) randy-andwater . According to his account of tbe affair , the captain got intoxicated , and he then asked him who had the middle watch that night . Godden at first refused to answer , and was very abusive , the company "backing- him up , and using exceedingly low and even threatening language . However , at last the captain said that he himself had the - \ rafcch ; upon whicli Mr . Haisman retorted that lie was not in a fit state for it , and next day he made observations to the same effect . Subsequently , he wrote two letters , one to the registrar of seamen ,
and the other to the Shipping Gazette ( whicli refused to insert it ) , accusing Captain Godden of getting drunk on the voyage . Tha Board of Trade directed proceedings to be taken ; but the investigation ended in a complete acquittal of the captain . It appeared , from his statement on the present trialj that what seemed to be brandyand-water was in fact only water coloured with bitters , it being a rule ou board these vessels to practise that evasion when the passengers ( as they frequently do ) ask the . captain to drink with them . If gin-and-water ba the beverage proposed , plain water is brought fi > r the captain ; in the case of a darker liquor being ordered , the water is disguised with bitters , as already stated , or with porter . The evidence as to the alleged " drunkenness of
Captain Godden . ' was : conflicting ; but the jury gave a verdict in his favour ; damages , 501 . In the course of the cross-examination of tlie plaintiff by Serjeant Byles , counsel for the defendant , Lord Chief Justice Cockbum reproved the learned gentleman for asking frivolous questions . Tina elicited considerable applause . —Another action has been brought . by the commander of a vessel . The plaintiff sought to recover compensation for his dismissal from the command of the ship Prince Albert , belonging- to the Belgian Transatlantic Company . Tlie defendant pleaded that the plaintiff had grossly misconducted himself , and was of intemperate habits . 601 . were paid iuf . o court ; but tha jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for 600 Z , including the 60 / .
A boy has been charged at the Lambeth police-office with disturbing a congregation ' . of Johanna Southcotians , meeting at a place in Wai worth known as the Royal Manger . It appears that the edifice is a great nuisance in the neighbourhood , especially on Sundays , when flags are hung out , drums beaten , and candles lighted inside , so that the place resembles a ' penny gaff . ' The bo-y now accused of misbehaviour went in to see the proceedings , and for a time sat with great decorum while a man , wearing a number of sashes , aud having a sword in his hand , gave out a prayer , and while the dram was beaten , and the congregation sang . But , when a woman got up and related her experience of a French famine , saying that she had received a loaf which contained ' a rats ' -
nest , he burst out laughiug , and for this profanity was given La charge . He was merely required by the magistrate to put in bail to be of good behaviour for n month . In the Court of Bankruptcy on Tuesday , an order waa made for winding up . tlie London Unadulterated Food Company . There arc some allegations of dishonest conduct on the part of the company towards shareholders ; but these are denied . —An adjournment of tho examination meeting was ordered in the case of Messrs . Gotch . and Gotch , bankers , of Ivettering . —Two cases came , before tho Court , in which small trade 3 inent had been induced to accept accommodation bills for Messrs . D . and J . M'Donald , of London and Glasgow , ^ vhoae estate ia uudor sequestration iu Scotland .
Francis Smith , Jamea Hilder , Tilden Smith , and George Serivens , bankers of Hastings , applied in tho Bankruptcy Court on Thnraday for their cortificntea . Mr . Lawrence , who appeared for Mr . Scrivens , * aid that the estate had already paid ten . shillings in tho pound , and that it would . probably yield a further dividend of from three to five shillings . Tho Commissioner paid a very high compliment to Mr . Scrivens , and gave him . a first-class certificate . Tha saina was also accorded to Mr . Francis Smith . The examinations of Mr . Tilden Smith and M > . llildor wore adjourned to the- 5 th of February .
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1 IISC K UiANEOUS . The Coukt . —Tho Queon and Royal Family still romain at Osborn . Jfothing worthy of recoixl has occurred during tho we « k . Adjouunmisnt ov Paiiuaxisht . —Tha two Hougea wero adjouriioi last Saturday to Thursday , tho 4 UU , o £
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 19, 1857, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19121857/page/7/
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