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      Law, Police And Casualties At Tho Winche...

      suffferings , and especially the fear of being taken back to slavery , preyed upon Ins mind and occasioned insanity . . _ ..:.. n A man named Wilthew , living at Jarrowvnear Shields , on Tuesday morning murdered his wife by cutting her throat , and he afterwards inflicted a deep wound on his own throat , but it is of sueh a nature that he is expected to recover . It is stated tjiatjie voluntarily admitted that lie had committed the crime charged against him . Jealousy is supposed to be -the cause , but there appeared to be no reasoa for it . There was nothing in his recent conduct to lead to a suspicion that he intended to commit such a crime . The police have taken charge of him .

      Some additional particulars of the awful murder committed at Dedbury a few weeks ago hare just been broug ht to light . Two bank notes -were amongst the property stolen from Mr . Maresfield's office , and one of . the police-officers was acute enough to take the aslies of some burnt paper from the firegrate in the room lately occupied by the prisoner , and preserve them between pieces of glass . On subjecting the remains to a powerful microscope , it seems there is evidence sufficient to prove that they are the ashes of bank notes . Other evidence , but not of a direct character , has been found against the prisoner , and the trial will take place in the beginning of August . indicted for

      On Wednesday George Richards wa . 3 stealing a watch from the person of Kichard Reynell , in a public-house . It was endeavoured to be shown that the affair was only a joke , but the jury found him guilty , and several former convictions having been proved against him , the judge said it ¦ was useless to pass a light sentence on one who had committed so many crimes ; he would , therefore , sentence him to four years' penal servitude . Two women named TJllmer and S witzer were convicted of robbing their master of articles of silk . The case was chiefly remarkable on account of the prisoner TJllmer ' s daughter being brought for ward as a witness to convict her . The Assistant Judge commented with just severity on the conduct of Ullmer , who had employed her own daughter in the disposal of the stolen property . The prisoners were sentenced to two years' hard labour .

      At Nottingham a gentleman named Mobbs has been charged before the magistrates of that town with having given one sovereign and promised another to an elector namedBarron , for the purpose of inducing him to vote for Sir . Mackenzie , the T ory candidate . The defendant was committed for trial , but was admitted to bail . At the York Assizes John Reilly was tried for the wilful murder of his wife . He had often brutally assaulted her , and at length , after quarrelling with her , he cut her throat . He . then attempted to strangle himself , but was accidentally prevented from doing so . The jury returned a verdict of guilty , and the prisoner was sentenced to death .

      IP . the Court of Bankruptcy this week , another petition was presented against the Metropolitan Saloon Omnibus Company praying for a windingup-order , which was not resisted . At Lambeth Police-court , Mr . Samuel Nunn , a chemist of Mount-terrace , Hercules-buildings , Lambeth , appeared on a summons , charged with having unlawfully infringed [ the provisions of the Medical Practitioners' Act , by styling himself a " surgeon" without any right to do so . The prosecution was instituted by the London Medical Association . Mr . Seeker said , as it -was the first conviction , he should only fitie him 40 s . and \ l 8 s . cost .

      At Guildhall , Lyon Goldsmith , cigar dealer , of Finsbury-pavement , was charged with having obtained goods en credit within three months of his bankruptcy , under the false pretence of carrying on business in the ordinary course of trade . A number of witnesses were examined and cross examined at great length , which occupied the court for four hours , when it was arranged that further evidence in the case should bo gone into on Monday , bail being refused in the meantime , ' The Royal Mail Stearn Company have received news of the wreck of their new steamer Paramatta , of 3 , 002 tons , on the voyage from Southampton to

      the West Indies , with the mail of Juno 17 . The Magdalena left the Paramatta on the 2 nd of July badly stranded on the Arnaegada reef ( near St . Thomas ' s ) but wo have no further details . A despatch received since adds the satisfactory information that , the , crew , passengers ,, and mail were saved . The Paramatta was completed only a few months » go by the Thames Iron Shipbuilding Company , and oost about 160 , 000 / . ; unless she can bo got off tno loss will fall entirely upon the company , who insure their own vessels . Slje was navigated by Captain E . Barntop , who has been a commander in the service of the company einco the year 1802 .

      No. 487. Jm-V 23, 1r5q.1 The Leader. 859

      No . 487 . Jm-v 23 , 1 R 5 Q . 1 THE LEADER . 859

      Tftoitir Ftotren.—-The Annual Dinner Of ...

      tftoiTir ftotren . — -The annual dinner of the Trinity v-orporation has taken place , but the Prince Consort was absqnt , and only ono or tyro Cabinet Ministers wore able to attend .

      Ikelam Y The Officer Commanding The Antr...

      iKELAm y The officer commanding the Antrim . Artillery , although a " Grand Master , " or some such officebearer in the Orange institution , is , nevertheless , in religious matters one of the most tolerant and liberal minded men in the kingdom , and all par ties may rest assured that the cause of truth will not suffer at the hands of Lord Massereene in the course of the pending inquiry into the origin of the late outrages . The Cork Constitution says : — " The Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the Royal Antrim Artillery , the Earl of Massereene and Ferrard , has had an interview with the General of the district * the result of which was that an investigation into the affray will be opened this day . The regiment , which numbers about 400 , are strictly confined to barracks > and the officers are not permitted to enter the city unless by special leave of the General . Belfast papers bring accounts of the arrest of a noted leader , " General" James Hackett , in the Riband or Phoenix Club conspiracy , who is to be put upon his trial at the ensuing assizes for the county of Antrim . Letters from Tralee state that the general impression there is that the Phoenix prosecutions will not be proceeded with at the present Kerry Assizes , and that the prisoners will plead " Guilty" upon . the terms of being held to bail , to appear for judgment at any future period . The Crown , however , is prepared to go on with every case , if necessary . AH the witnesses will be in atteridanee , and the Attorney and Solicitor General are hourly expected .

      Geneeal Home News.

      GENEEAL HOME NEWS .

      The Court.—Her Majesty And Her Family Ha...

      The Court . —Her Majesty and her family have been all the week enjoying the sea-breezes at Osborne in the strictest privacy . H . R . H . the Duchess of Kent is stopping with the Queen ; arid on Thursday Prince Alfred arrived on a visit , having received " leave of absence" from the Euryalus . Tke Conservative Baxqitet . ' —At this great demonstration , last Saturday , the Earl of Derby said " Although we are defeated , I am happy to think that ve are not disgraced ( loud cheers ); and if I rightly appreciate the tone and character of this meeting , not only are we not disgraced , but we are hot discouraged or disheartened . ( Cheers . ) We have before us a proud and noble cause : we have a

      treme liberty , "whose hopes and expectations have been excited" by the interference of France and Sardinia , ¦ will be doubly disappointed at the , failure o £ their cherished anticipationa . On the subject of national defences , his lordship said : However much E may trust in the good feeling , the good wishes , andi sound policy of the Emperor of the French , I echo * the noble sentiment uttered the other night by my illustrious and venerable friend , Lord Lyndhurst , that , whatever confidence I may ; have in others , t will not consent to be dependent for the safety , honour * and interests of this country on the goodwill or forbearance of France , or any . other country in the world . —Mr . Disraeli said : It has been stated , that the period of party politics is past in England , is not in with that

      but this meeting consonance , opinion . I apprehend we have met together to vindicate party principle and to celebrate party connexion . I have always been of opinion that party government and Parliamentary government were identical ;—no party , no Parliament , A great writer once denounced the cant of religion j and I would fain hold up to public reprobation the cant of politics . When you read , as you frequently do , that the line of demarcation between parties has ceased , and that party principles and party feeling : no longer exist , you may depend upon it that some attempt is about to be made against the hberty of the country , or some important interest in it . I hold that there are two parties in this country *

      and only two . There may many opinions prevalent—there may be many noisy sections , but when you come to the question of the possession of power you find practically that there are onlytwo parties . Now , there is a party in this country which has always held that it is forthe advantage of public liberty and good government that the administration of public affairs should be carried on by a federation of great families . ( Cheers and laughter . ) No doubt that principle is sanctioned , by distinguished services , and by many memorable events ; but there is another party in the State which has always held it to be the best security for public liberty and good government , to maintain the institutions of the country , to uphold the

      prerogatives of the Crown , to support the privileges of Parliament , whether hereditary or elective , to maintain the national church in alliance with the State , to sustain that great fabric of local government which has planted liberty throughout the land , and has been mainly supported by independent corporations , and , above all , by an independent bod y of magistrates . The last party which I have attempted to describe , and which is called the Tory party , nearly thirty years ago , after a too protracted tenure of office ( for there is no doubt that a party too long in possession of power is apt to forget the original principles of its connexion , and to lose that spirit , enterprise , and energy which are necessary in the service of a free State ")—that party , I say , was

      caught napping by the Whigs . ( A laugh . ) Mr . Disraeli thus concluded : I have to offer you my gratitude for the generous confidence which now for many years you have been pleased to extend to me . ( Loud cheers , ) I know well that your confidence during that period has stood many tests and manytrials . In times of great difl & culty I have experienced from you a forbearing and favourable construction of my qonduct . Do believe me when I say unaffectedly that at those anxious periods I have been sustained by some conscious rectitude of purpose . ( Renewed cheers . ) I can truly say that from the earliest moment when I gave my attention to public affairs I have ever had it as one of my main objects to restore the power and repute of the great party to which we are proud to belong , and which I believe to bo intimately bound up with the welfare and renown of this country . ( Cheers . )

      My connexion with that party has existed in days of trial and comparative adversity , but I have never ceased to have faith in its destinies , because 1 believed it was foundod on principles to which the great body of the nation responded . 1 ' alaob or tkr People . —On Saturday the site of the People ' s Palace , Muswell Hill , was fcrmjUy inaugurated . The speech of the day was approp" ' ately delivered by Lord Brougham , tban whom no man living had a greater right to mice a P ™ mnent part in such a demonstration . T ' P ™ <*«' ff ? were interesting , and there can bo no doubt of the success of tho project . Tub Kuan BANQi / ET . —On Wednesday a grand ffi £ s £ ?& % ?^* " » ^

      S 6 an fl pVofgssional ability , and to the excellencies ot lisnrivato character . The general company consist J of about 000 gentlemen , and the galleries were occupied by a number of WlQB , among whomMrs . Kan held a conspicuous nosltlon . She was cordially ohoorod tho moment efto made her appoarance in ; ho hall .

      united party ; we have a gallant bapids of friends , bound together by ties of constitutional association and personal feeling , and we have , above all , a Sovereign who never stepping out of her proper constitutional position will ever be disposed to regard with favour and with confidence any Minister who has the honour of serving her , if she believes that it is Ms wish and endeavour to serve her faithfully and well . I believe that ia ~ justice has been done to my noble friend lately at the head of foreign affairs , than whom no man has been more rancorously or more industriously defarned . And it is only due to him to say that the correspondence which has been laid before the country has

      shown the labour and anxiety which he displayed on the subject . With regard to the affairs of Italy , Lord Derby said ; I , who honour constitutional governments —I , who , in common with the true friends ofliborty , looked , with the most earnest admiration upon the example of the kingdom of Sardinia struggling into a state of constitutional freedom , avoiding the excesses of despotism on the one hand , and of unlimited license on the other , saw with pain that Government depart from their constitutional course . I foresaw that in inviting the co-operation of a powerful neighbour against the fancied apprehension of invasion on the part of Austria , they were in effect bringing down on themselves , as well as upon tho rest of Italy , the

      most serious dangers and tho' most inevitable calamities . And what , I ask you , lias been the result of this effusion of tho blood of 100 , 000 men-r ^ for not less than that number have been put hors de combat in tho course of this campaign ? The Constitution of Sardinia itself has been suspended—I hope only during the continuance of the struggle . The Milanese , the possession of which was recognised by the Emperor Napoleon as the just patrimony of Austria , as long as she confined herself within her own limits , and from which there was no pretence for driving her , Austria has renounced . Has Milan

      the olioice of a Government ?> No ( What has beon done for the improvement of the Government of the Papal States ? Notlxing I But wo are told there is to be an Italian Confederation of all the States under their former rulors , including Venotia , under Austria , That confederation , including Piedmont itself , is to be subject to the presidency— -the honorary presidency—of the Sovereign Pontiff of tho Roman States . Those are the results to , tho promised liberty of Itttly fsoin the carnage whloli has taken plivco . One result I think is Inevitable—those frioatls of liberty , whether of liberty in excess or in moderation , but moxo especially those frionds of ex-

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), July 23, 1859, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23071859/page/7/