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      Murderous Assault.—A Pitman, Named Henry...

      of a quarrel , near Ratcliff Highway , about some loose -women . - ¦ Murder at Over Daswes . — -A young man named Thomas Kershaw has been apprehended at the village of Over Darwen on the charge of murdering his father , Robert Kershaw , who lived with his family at the same place . The murdered man had formerly been a farmer , but , from reduced circumstances , was compelled to seek employment at the mills at Over Darwen , where he and all his children had worked together for some time past . One day , his son Thomas absented himself from work , Baying that he was going to Blackburn ; but the rest' the family went to the mills as usual and found both their parents at home when they came in to dinner . Whenhoweverthey finally returned home from work

      , , in the evening , their father was absent , and they inquired of their mother where he was . She told them he was out , but she did not know where he was gone to . About nine o ' clock , the whole family retired to bed , and had not been there very long , when the eldest son Thomas told one of his brothers ' who slept with him , that he found his father lying dead on the floor when he came home from his work , and , on seeing this , he dragged his body down stairs into the coal cellar , and buried it under the coals . At the same time he enjoined his brother to keep the affair strictly secret ; but the latter immediately got up and mentioned the circumstance to his uncle , who lived close by . The police were then communicated with , when several constables went to the house of the

      murdered man , and , having descended to the cellar , and dug away nearly half a ton of coals , they discovered the body of Robert Kershaw . He was quite dead , and it appeared evident that death had been caused by a heavy bloAV on the forehead ; but the throat and face were horribly mangled . The son Thomas was at once taken into custody , and his mother , who related to the police a few circumstances in connexion with the murder of her husband , but who appeared to be in some measure an imbecile , was likewise apprehended on suspicion of being concerned in the affair . The coroner ' s inquest on the body has terminated in a verdict of Wilful Murder against Thomas Kershaw , the son . Mrs . Kershaw has been discharged .

      Bukglary . —The house of Mr . Joseph Clarkson , an old gentleman of considerable wealth , residing in a very lonely spot about five miles from Barnsley , was entered by a gang of masked burglars early on Wednesday morning . Mr . Clarkson was a good deal ill-treated , and his daughter-in-law was threatened ; but the ruffians were attacked by a servant-man with a gun , and put to flight , carrying with them only a very small amount of booty . Irish Ruffianism . —' Two Irishmen are under remand , one at Guildhall , the other at the Thames policeoffice , on charges of fracturing the skulls of men with whom they had picked quarrels . In both cases it appears highly probable that the wounded men will die .

      Murder at Wadsworth . —The body of Bethel Parkinson , a cattle dealer and stone delver , has been found in a field on Wadsworth Moors , Yorkshire , frightfully mutilated . The man was probably returning from a cattle fair or market , and appears to have been murdered for the sake of a large sum of money which he had about him , and which was not found on the body . A young man , named Shepherd , is in custody under

      suspicion . Embezzlement . —Isaac Brouwer , an agent recently employed by Messrs . Poole and Co ., cattle salesmen , appeared on Wednesday in discharge of bail at Guildhall , to answer a charge of embezzling various sums of money , amounting to upwards of 20001 ., the property of hia employers . He was committed for trial ; . but bail was accepted . Garotte Robbery at Manchester . —About halfpast aix o ' clock on Tuesday evening , Mr . David Ritman , jeweller , while on his way home from his shop in Stork-street , Cheetham , Manchester , was attacked by three men and robbed . One of the men put his arm round ) Ar . Ritman ' B neck and garotted him , while the two others deprived him of a leathern case containing twenty-three ailver watches , twelve gold watches , twentyfour gold guard chains , and three 10 / . Bank of England notes—in all , about 400 / L worth of property . They then made their escape , leaving their victim in a etate of insensibility .

      The Kkiohlet Poisoning Case . —John Sagar has been committed for trial on the charge , already described , of poisoning his wife with araenic . Murder ob- a Daughter . —The girl Bennet , who haa been in the Oamberwell workhouse for some time , owing to injuries inflicted on her by her drunken mother , died on-Wcdnesday ^ OYenlng ,. ^ . ^ ..,

      80 The Leader, [No. 409, January 23, 185...

      80 THE LEADER , [ No . 409 , January 23 , 1858 .

      Gatherings From The Law And Police Court...

      GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . A case concerning the conduct of a eolioitor was brought last Saturday before the attention of the Court of Chancery . Tho solicitor in question , Mr . Daniel Koane , had written an offensive letter to one of the Mantore of the court , who handed tho letter to tho Lord Chancellor , and an application was made to his Lordship to take nuoh a course as Boomed necessary under tho

      circumstances . The Lord Chancellor , in delivering judgment , gave a severe reprimand to the solicitor , who was ordered to be present , and declared that the letter was most improper , and such as never should have been written . The solicitor , however , had put in an apologetic affidavit , and on that account he would not visit him with the censure of the court further than to compel him to pay all the costs of the application . Mr . Justice Byles , the new Judge of the Court of Common Pleas , took the oaths last Saturday , in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , and was congratulated by Lord Campbell on bis elevation . This was followed by the introduction to the court of Dr . Adams , Dr . Phillimore , Dr . Deane , and Dr . Twiss , the new Queen's Counsel . These gentlemen were complimented by Lord Campbell on the accession of learning and talent which they bring to th « common law bar .

      Sir Cresswell Cresswell , the Judge Ordinary of the new Court of Divorce , took his seat for the first time last Saturday morning . Doctors Adams , Phillimore , Deane , and Twiss , were called to the inner bar as Queen ' s counsel . The first case was then called on , when Dr . Phillimore appeared in a suit for divorce , promoted by Ann Dean , against Arthur Dean , by reason of adultery . The suit was instituted by letters of request from the diocese of Oxford , in last Michaelmas term ; and the Dean of Arches had pronounced the husband in contempt , but efforts to serve the decree had not been successful . The decree was via et modus , or by ways and means . The present proceedings were merely preliminary , and the case was adjourned for a week .

      Mr . JBeadon , the Marlborough-street magistrate , gave judgment on Monday in a question arising out of -a charge against a pawnbroker of receiving , and advancing money upon , a Crimean medal belonging to a man who was recently in the 44 th Foot , and is now in the militia . The medal had been pawned while the man was totally unconnected either with the regular army or the militia ; and the question was , whether , being a civilian at the time , he had not a right to dispose of the distinction . Mr . Beadon decided that he had not . It was evidently intended , he observed , that the medals should . be handed down from generation to generation as a species of heirlooms ; and the Legislature therefore prohibited their being disposed of . The War Office , however , would not press for a conviction in this particular case , provided the medal were given up .

      Captain Thomas Denkin , of the ship Hiberma , was on Monday summoned at the Mansion House on a charge of attempting to defraud the Maritime Passengers Insurance Company of 110 / . Previous to starting for Quebec , he had insured a quantity of wearing apparel and nautical instruments . During the voyage , the ship was waterlogged and abandoned by the crew , who were afterwards picked up by the Hermann , of Bremen . The captain ' s things were saved , though they were somewhat damaged by salt water . He afterwards distributed them among the crew , saying he did not care for them , as he was insured ; and , on coming back to England , he made the demand of 110 / . on the company . The charge was supported by the evidence of the sailors ; but it appeared that they had some pique against Captain Denkin , and the Lord Mayor dismissed the case .

      In the Court of Bankruptcy on Tuesday , Colonel William Petrie Waugh again failed to surrender to pass his examination , and was proclaimed as an outlaw . The choice of assignees wus perfected in the case of Messrs . Jonathan and Robert Hills , bankers , of Dartford and Gravesend . The claims of unsecured creditors amount to about 26 , 000 / ., and nearly the whole of the property of the bank is held by tho Commercial Bank of London as security for advances of about equivalent value . The case of Samuel J . Haynes came before Mr . Commissioner Murphy in the Insolvent Debtors' Court on Tuesday . He was a linendraper at Bow , and is now in custody at the suit of Messrs . Keats and Mechi , the late sheriffs , for 140 / . law costs entailed upon them by an unsuccessful action brought by the insolvent . There

      appears to have been an attempt on the part of Hayncs to defraud the sheriffs , and tho Commissioner felt so strongly that the insolvent had perjured himself , that ho announced his intention of submitting the facts to the Attorney-General , in order to ascertain whether any other steps could be taken . He refused to sanction the discharge of Haynea from the suit of the sheriffs till the lapse of eighteen months from the vesting , order . Applications under the Divorce Act have been made during the week at the police-offices for protection to tho property of married women abandoned by , or separated from , their husbands . At the Lambeth office , an order was granted in the case of Mrs . Freeman ; and tho

      consideration of a case at Clerkenwell was postponed , in ordor that tho wife might bring witnesses as to tho desertton ~ of-herby-her hu 8 bahdr ~ - rho-nrat-appUcatioiL . in Leeds under tho provisions of tho act came before tho borough magistrates on Tuesday , when a respeotablolooking woman appeared for the protection of her property . Slie stated that , on the l « th of February , 1800 , she -was married to George Wilcoek , who deserted her without Just cause on the 18 th of March , 1848 , since which time they had boon soparatou . During tho separation tsho had acquired property by her own earnings , consisting of eleven houses , furniture , money , & o ,, and she applied to tho Court for Us protection from her

      husband and his creditors . The husband was not present and the order was made . ' Mr . Cronin , a medical gentleman , has obtained ( by an action in the Court of Queen ' s Bench ) 260 / . damages from Lord Powerscourt , on account of injuries received by him owing to the careless driving of the defendant , which caused a collision between his Lordship ' s carriage and that of Mr . Cronin ,

      Obituary. The Right Hon. Sir William Hen...

      OBITUARY . The Right Hon . Sir William Henry Maule . —Xhia acute lawyer and eminent Judge died last Saturday morning , in the seventy-third year of his age , after an attack of bronchitis which only commenced on tho previous Monday . He was a fellow of Trinity College , Cambridge ; led the Oxford circuit for many years was M . P . for Carlow from 1837 to 1889 ; was subsequentl y appointed a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas , which position he resigned in 1866 ; and was made a Privy Councillor in 1865 . In politics , he was a Liberal . The Duke of Devonshire died suddenly , at an early hour on Monday morning , of paralysis , hi the sixty-eighth year of his age . About five years ago , he had an attack of the same nature , from which , however , he recovered sufficiently to return to all the active pursuits of life . He was recently entertaining large parties at Bolton Abbey for grouse shooting , and had for some time enjoyed such good health that he did not pay his usual autumnal visit to Brighton . In politics , he was a Whig , but he never spoke in the House of Lords . He was sent on a special embassy to Russia in May , 1826 , as Ambassador Extraordinary at the coronation of the late Emperor Nicholas , and astonished the Russians by the superb character of his retinue . It is said that lie spent more than 50 , 000 / . beyond the allowance made by Government . Nicholas conferred on him two Russian orders of knighthood , and on returning to England he was made a Knight of the Garter . He has twice served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household . He wa 3 never married , and is succeeded in the title and estates by hit

      kinsman , the Earl of Burlington . His fondness for horticultural pursuits , and his great benevolence to hit tenantry ( who derived great advantages from his truly paternal regard for them ) , gave Leigh Hunt occasion to observe , with equal pertinence and beauty , in one of-hit dedications , that the late Duke was " one of whom it maybe said , without poetical exaggeration , and even without metaphor , that his footsteps may be traced ia flowers , and that he has made the houses of the poor to smile . " Mrs . Nisbett . —Lady Boothby , better known to playgoers as Mrs . Nisbett , died last Saturday at her residence , Rose Mount , St . Leonard ' s , of an illnesj brought on by domestic griefs . She was a Londoner by birth , and was the eldest daughter of Lieutenant Frederick Hayes Macnamara , of the 52 nd Regiment , When only thirteen years old , she was obliged by family misfortunes to take to the stage ; and , when scarcely nineteen , she married Captain John Alexander Nisbett ,

      of the Life Guards , who shortly afterwards lost his life in trying a horse not thoroughly broken in . His widow then returned to the stage , and acquired a brilliant reputation in light comedy . Again marrying—this time Sir William Boothby , Bart . —she was again speedily left a widow , and once more went back to the stage , from which , however , ill-health shortly compelled her . to retire . There was recently some talk of another «• appearance ; but death has interposed to prevent any such pleasure to the frequenter of the theatres . The almost sudden deaths of her mother , brother , and sister , to whom she was tenderly attached , gave such a shock to her system that she expired after an illness of only two days . She was in the forty-sixth year of her age . Her acting was especially distinguished by tho quality of joyousness—of hearty , impulsive hilarity and buoyant ease ; and this gave to it a fascination which dwells in the memory like sunshine . She did , not possess an ? over pathos but her comedy was charming .

      power ; Archdeacon Venablks died a few days ago , ini nia eighty-fourth year . The Archdeaconry of Carmarthen , and the vicarage of Nantmel , Radnorshire , are thus left vacant . . Vice Admiral Sir John Coodb . —An offliccr who distinguished himself during the last war with France and at tho bombardment of Algiers in 1816 , died oa Tuesday evening at his residence , St . Andrew ' s-terraco , Plymouth , in tho sovonty-nintu year of his ago .

      Miscellaneous. The Court.—Tho Duke Of Sa...

      MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —Tho Duke of Saxo-Coburg Gotha arrfrw at Buckingham Palace on tho night of Friday we «« . JChoPrincoss of Prussia arrived on tho following ««<* - noon . 6 nl £ 55 St ! i y ?* ttWmia ^^ Prussia , Prince William of Baden , tho King «» Belgians , tho Duko of Brabant , and tho < f j " Flanders . Tho Prince of Prussia reached Bucking !""" Palaco on . Tuesday . Tho Quoou and hor guests , « j Tuosduy evening , visited Hor Majesty ' s Theatre , m » saw Macbeth performed by the special company , v Wednesday evening , a State Ball was given at »" " $ ham Palaco , to which 1100 persons wora Inv « w . Among tho moro distinguished company was tho »» " »

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 23, 1858, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23011858/page/8/