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    November 26, 1853] THE LEADER. 1137 ' ¦'...

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    ••olin Itnlph, a neamiui, hired a boatma...

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    STEALING A MISTRESS. Vincent Lambeegbe, ...

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    MISCELLANEOUS. While Prince Albert and t...

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    The telegraphic despatch, from Trieste, ...

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    The Tynemouth Bribery Commission continu...

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    Sir Edmund Lyons touched at Lisbon, on t...

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    The Wife-Beating Mania. The Severity Of ...

    James Crosby , 36 , an ill-looking collier , residing- at Pye-street , Westminster , was charged with assaulting his wife , who is at present an inmate of the London Hospital . It appeared from the evidence of a woman named Valentine , that on the previous evening , as the prisoner and his wife were passing through Cottage-row , Commercial-road East , he told her to make haste . She replied that she was going as quickly aa she could , on which the prisoner took up his stick and gave her a dreadful blow across the face , which witness believed broke her nose . In a moment the poor woman was covered with blood , and the prisoner was given into custody . The injured woman appeared to be perfectly sober . Mr . Yardley said it was a very bad case , and inflicted the full penalty of aix months' hard labour .

    Grinney , the man who pretended to be jealous of his wife and tried to murder her , has been committed for trial . The case occurred last month . Mrs . Grinney ha 3 been for nearly a month in the hospital . But she appeared in court this week and told her story . Having to go to my sister ' s that morning , I got up soon after six o ' clock and went down stairs , leaving my husband in the bedroom ; He came down stairs and joined me in the lack room , and while I was dressing I called out to him and asked what o ' clock it was , and he replied , " It's close upon seven , my dear , " and was at this time in the act oi coming down stairs , and came close to me on my left side . I was in the act of putting- my brooch into the front of my dress , when my husband , who had his riffht

    hand in his trousers-pocket , gulled out a black-handled table-knife , exclaimed " Now is the time , you —— , " instantly grasped me by the back of the neck with his left hand , and commenced cutting my throat . He gave me one cut before I could protect myself , and inflicted the larger wound in the upper and front part of my throat . I raised my hands to protect myself , and , having got hold of the knife by the blade , succeeded in getting it out of his hand , and threw it away . He then laid hold of me hy the hair , and dragged me across the room into the passage , and forced me on the ground . He lere drew a second knife from his pocket- —the same trousers-pocket from which he had taken the first—and again commenced cutting at my throats He endeavoured to cut me on the left

    side downwards , but I struggled very violently with , liim , and called to my daughter to open tie parlour window , and cry out for assistance , as my husband had secured the door . I was fortunately enabled to defend myself by putting my hands up , and thus prevented my throat from being cut . As my daughter was passing us to gefc into the parlour , my husband made a desperate thrust at her back with the point of the knife , and if she had not fortunately stumbled at the instant , the knife must have gone through her , as sho had nothing on at the time but her chemise , and when he saw her open the window , he extlaimed , in a savage manner , " You , I will pay you out for this . " I here ; by great exertion , succeeded in getting the second knife from my husbandbut in accomplishta

    , — -. - ~ —~ — — — ¦— — - * m— « - _— ^ »* - w _^ ^ . 1 - " ^^^ r-r w- ^^^ i r * J *^* mrf % n — -i ^ v ^^ WAii B ^ q ¦¦ >¦ J ¦ ¦ ~ - ing this I received some severe cuts oji my hands , and threw it away also—I threw it into the passage . When deprived of this knife , my husband forced the tops of his fingers into the wounds in rny throat , and not only endeavoured , but succoeded , in tearing tliem larger . My husband by some means got a third knife , and having succeeded in dragging me into the front parlour , and drawn my head towards the cupboard , must have , in my then exhausted state , succeeded in cutting my throat had not assistance at that moment arrived and released mo from him . I then ran out as far as the front gate , and have no recollection whatever of what occurred until I found myself in the hospital .

    Mr . Norton to Mrs . Grinnoy ; Had any other conversation passed between your husband and yourself . than that you have stated , on tho morning of this < lc 8 pe « # te attack on you?—' Mrs . Grinnoy : Yes . I recollect his ns . ku \ g mo if tho youth Tone and Leo wore not in the front room , and I flaid , " Wiry , Philip , you must bo foolish , for you to talk so , you know you let them out at four o ' clock ! " He thm paid , "Wo arc all alono now ; " and I replied , "Woll , thoro arc as many as are wanted . Thoro aro you and I , and our three children . " Immediately upon this , it was , that ho said , " Now is tho time , you ¦ , " and commenced tho attack on mo . The witness hero went into a lengthened statement of the conduct of her husband towards hor , produced in a great measure , as it appeared , from his jealousy , not only of Lee , but hor own brother . nil Lhero

    ^ . was one thing most remarkable in ( ho proceedings , and Mint was that , during her lengthened examination , Mrs . Grinney did not , from beginning to end , betray tho slightest , emotion ; and hor daughter , a nice-looking girl of eighteen , sat by her sido all tho timo , and appeared a if tho dreadful detail referred to tho moat coimuon-plaeo ttfluir ; and oven tho prisoner heard the evidence with tho utmost nonchalance . Anothor case- was brought to light on Thursday , making tnYi Hovtmteonth in twonty-five ( lays . Margaret . Rogorn , Reluctantly deposed , indeed tho oviofoneo was wrung from hor , that her husband , John Itogorn , had boon i ' tho last , two youi-H in iho habit of boating , kicking , and cutting hor With knives at intervals . On ono occasion ho thi-UNt hia nand into hor mouth and tried to tear it open ! Ho avilh wont < , <> prison for nix months , and at tho ona of that timo « "u bail for good behaviour .

    November 26, 1853] The Leader. 1137 ' ¦'...

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    ••Olin Itnlph, A Neamiui, Hired A Boatma...

    •• olin Itnlph , a neamiui , hired a boatman named Bolas to i » ko him iKjrofjH t \ ia rjV ( , rj , Uk 1 ( , Ji ( , n wanted him to row n long distance for sixpence . Bolusrefused . Whereupon ¦ luilph savagely attacked , / lung him into tlvo rivor , and ' ¦ nod f ; o murder him . Fortunately another hontman eamo M P , and Bolus wan oavod . Jtalph in committed for trial . l ^ as fc w « dlc a )> olicoman nmnod Humo , charged ono witty , a ciUiUo doalor , with assaulting him , and three oilier policeman Hworo to tlio fnet . This wiwk tho super-Oll < lont of ( , lu , ( livision a-juxNtrori in tho Wiuidsworth ¦ olico Court with evidence — -tho written confessions of M » o m < ui—that tho throo had nworn 1 ' alnoly . The Hvo men wow drinking together , when Vmtty Ugm " larking "

    with Hume , who instantly took him into custody . The men are suspended . The burglary at Peckham has taken a mysterious turn , and its dramatic incidents have been further developed this week in the Lambeth Police Court . The constables aseerteined that Mr . Young ' s servant had been frequently seen with a noted " swell . mob ' sman , ' and she admitted the fact . In reply to the questions of the magistrate ^ she sai d that about four months ago she was accosted by a "

    gentleman" in Peckham , who invited her to take something to drink , and she had a glass of g in and water with him . After that she had frequently seen the same " gentleman " and drunk with him , and she ultimately invited Mm to see her at the house of her master . He had been there three times at least , and on every occasion but one he had been seen by other persons besides . He represented himself to be a stationer in the City , dressed like a gentleman , wore a gold watch and chain , and said his name was Taylor .

    Mr . Norton : Has this person ever taken improper liberties with you ?—Witness : No , sir , never . Mr . Norton : And for what purpose do you think this " gentleman , " as you call him , visited you?—Witness : I thought he wished to keep my company , but I might be silly for thinking so ( laughter ) . Mr . Norton : Then he has made love to you , has he?—Witness : Yes , sir , he has . Mr . Norton : It is much more likely that his love was directed towards your master ' s plate chest ( renewed laughter ) . Two men were arrested on suspicion , but the girl could not identify them , and they were liberated .

    A very dirty and drunken specimen of feminine humanity was charged with a sudden assault upon another woman . Here are her reasons : " Why , on Saturday night I came across Mary Parsons , who'd been a challenging me for the last six months , and bouncing about what she'd do when she laid hold of me . . So I says , ' Now , Mary , let ' s have it out , a fair stand-up fi ght , and whichever gets licked , not to police the other . ' For she ain't no woman as wouldn ' t fight it out there and then , if so be as how she has a quarrel with another woman . " She was sent to prison for a month .

    Stealing A Mistress. Vincent Lambeegbe, ...

    STEALING A MISTRESS . Vincent Lambeegbe , a Polish refugee , was summoned for an assault upon Ivanhoff Wellinski , his fellow-countryman . The case was heard at the Guildhall , and out of it rose a singular scene . It appeared that the complainant , who was a medical man , received 51 . from the defendant , who alleged it was by way of loan . The complainant , however , stated ho had a claim against the defendant for medical attendance exceeding that amount , and on meeting him in the street a demand was made ft ) r money , which complainant refused , denying that he owed defendant anything , upon wliich he struck complainant . Alderman Humphery said : Tho question of debt you must settle between yourselvos , but an assault has been committed , though not of a serious nature , and I shall , therefore , have the defendant bound over in his own recognisances of 25 ? . to keep tho peace towards complainant and all her Majesty ' s subjects for twelve months . Mrs . Wellinski : Can you not do anything else to protect my husband ? Mr . Lamborger lias assaulted liim before , and threatened to run him through the body .

    Alderman Humphery : I have bound him over to keep tho peace . Mrs . Wellinski : But who is to keep me , if ho killa my husband ? Alderman Humphery : You have nothing to fear from him now . I have given your husband all the protection in my power . Mr . Holland , of Grout Tichborne-strcot , horo camo forward , and said : I wish to ask your worship ' s advice . Mr . Lambergor has taken away my house-keeper , who has robbed me of some of my goods . Alderman TEumphory : Were you living with your housekeeper then ?—Mr . Holland : Yes , sir . Alderman Humphery : How long have you boon living with her ? Mr . Holland : About nine years and a hal f , flir .

    Alderman Humphery : I cannot help you . You should not keep n inintrras . Mr . Holland : I only do that which many in tho higlior circles of society do , and I don't oeo why I should bo thought worse- than thorn for so doing . Alderman Tluinphery : But I liavo no doubt thoy suffer aa much ns you from tho impropriety of thoh * conduct . Mr . Holland : That man ( pointing to Mr . Lamborgor ) in a roguo and a vagabond in thin country , for I took him in without a rag to Inn hack , and kopt him from starving . lln lodged with me , and I now conHidor I am not nafo , iih ho has threatened to tnko my lit * with a nword-Htick that ho tronorallv carries about with him .

    Aldorintin Humphory : Vt ; ry well , then , if you will bring him up tho iirnt timo lio rnpoatfl that ; throat , with a Hword- « ti « k . in his po . ssoBflion , I'll puiimli him ; but at proHont J can only bind him down to kopp the pouco towards you . With regard t , o Mr . Lamberger ' H robbing you of your minfcroHH , what aro your respective agon ? Mr . Holland : Tho lady was iHJ yours of ago , and I am nearly as- old ; but ; Mr . 'Lamborger was only 24 . yours old . Alderman Humphory : I . suppouo tho lmly preferred tho younger man . Is aho present P Mary . ITumo ( a very unprepoflHOHsing-looking fomnlo ) horo camo forward and said sho loft ; Mr . Holland liecuuso ho 111—troatod her , and flho had to Iroop him .

    Aldermiin Humphory : How can you do that ; ?—Mary XLumt ) .- J rocoivo an aflowanco from n Mombur of Parliament . Mr . Holland : Yob , sir ; Sir John M'Taggart allowH her ROL a , year . Alderman Trumphoryi Did you Uyo with 0 iv John M'TfttjgnjftP—Mftry BCumoi "Yea , efr .

    Alderman Humphery : And does he know that you have been living with these men ?—Mary Hume : I believe not . Alderman Humphery : I suppose not , or he might psrhaps stop the allowance . But it was not altogether right , after living with a man nine years , to leave . him to go with another . Are you living now with Mr . Lamberger ?—Mary Hume : Yes , sir ; but ho did not take me away from Mr . Holland . I left him voluntarily .

    Alderman Humphery : Well , Mr . Holland , I cannot do anything to punish Mr . Lamberger for robbing you of your mistress . At present he is bound over to keep the peace towards all parties . If you will keep a housekeeper you must take bettor care of her , or put up with the consequences attending such immoral connexions . All parties concerned then retired .

    Miscellaneous. While Prince Albert And T...

    MISCELLANEOUS . While Prince Albert and the Duke of Brabant were visiting Cambridge , on Tuesday and Wednesday , the Queen , with the Duchess of Brabant , came to London , on the latter day , and visited Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament . A . privy council was held , at Windsor , yesterday . The Queen was to leave for Osborne , to-day .

    The Telegraphic Despatch, From Trieste, ...

    The telegraphic despatch , from Trieste , stating the contents of the Indian mail , arrived , yesterday . ISTew wars , in Burmah , are expected ; and there haa been fighting in the Nizam ' s dominions . The news from China adds nothing to previous accounts . The new Indian appointment continues that series which testifies the desire of the Indian Government to promote practical improvements . Mr . Thomason is succeeded in the government of the North-wesfc Provinces by Mr .

    J . Pv . Golvin , one of the judges of the Bengal Sudder Adaulut . Mr . Colvin is not an unknown man ; he was Mr . Thomason's junior by two years , and he has served with distinction . Ifc is said of Mm , that not one of his decisions has ever been reversed . All the services in India will look upon this selection with pleasure , and those who have compared the successive appointments since the passing of the " Government of India'Bill , " will recognise in this important addition to the series a now proof of the spirit by which the Government is actuated . —Globe .

    The Tynemouth Bribery Commission Continu...

    The Tynemouth Bribery Commission continues its sittings ; but the existence of corruption lias been so generally ascertained that these inquiries have no interest . The Scottish Rights movement has extended to Glasgow , where a meeting , under the presidence of Lord Eglinton , will be held on the 15 th . December . Apparentl y Ministers have yielded an instalment to tho " Scottish Itights" cry . A Scotch contemporary says , " believe that in a few days steps will be taken by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to ro-iloor tho Picture Gallery hi Holyrood Palace , it being at present in so rotten and unsafe a condition that tho greatest caution requires to bo exercised on occasion of any groat assemblage , such as at the election of a representative peer . "

    Sir Robert Peel has consented to deliver a lecture in five or six towns of tho Midland district , in aid of tho fund being raised to employ a paid lecturer in connexion with tho Midland Union of Mechanics' Institutes . —Birmingham Gazette . Tho Archbishop of Dublin has taken away the licence of ono of tho curates in his diocese . Tho offence is signing a document , condemning tho conduct of J ) r . Gobal , Bishop of Jerusalem , for proselytising amohij tho Greeks .

    Doctor Seve , of Cannes , has addressed tho following letter to tho Union die Var : — " In a former number oi ' your estimable journal ifc is stated that ' Lord Brougham appears to have retired from public Hfo , and to have iixed Ilia residence at Cannes , in ord « r to dovote himself to tho cave of hia broken constitution . ' It is my duty , an tho physician of tho Brougham family at Cannes , to correct ; an error calculated to nflhct the numerous friends of tho nohlo lord and fcho entire scientific world . Never did Lord Brougham onioy moro perfect health during tho twenty

    years which he has visited our country . " Cardinal Wiseman is still at Jlomo , whither he wont from Paris , after attending at tho translation of the rulics of St . Theodosia , at . Amiens , and id w considered more than probable that ho will not return again to . Kngluml . His health is said to have sud ' ered considerably from tho severity of bin labours in -England sinco Che estaMishmoiifc of tho Pniml hierarchy ; and a growing opinion is , wo understand , prevalent in " Roman-eutholio circles , that tho Popo will employ him in Homo high diplomatic post , at ; Iloino , instead of sending him back to superintend tlio affairs of tlio Jtomnn-catholie church in JEnglurul . Mr . Apskvy Pelliitt , who mldroHsod hid constituonffl , on Tuesday , announced himself as in favour of a distinct corporation for the horough of Soutliwark .

    Mr . . T . 11 , Hope Scott , of Abbotsford , Q . C , delivered tho introductory leeturo to tho O alushiuls Mechanics' instituto on the 8 th niHt .

    Sir Edmund Lyons Touched At Lisbon, On T...

    Sir Edmund Lyons touched at Lisbon , on the 12 th , on his way to tho Dardanelles in tho Htoaiii-rthip Torribla . Tho TmpSritmtto , 60 , fiorow , Captain WiiIkoii ; l r alaraunf W , paddlo ; Duaporata , 8 , screw , proceeded to soa at . four o ' clock , on Tuesday , under steam and sail , Tho Agamemnon has boon victualled for months ; and , nftor touching of , Malta , will proceed to the Dardanelles . Tho othors aw to rcxulmvouK at ; Malta , bub will probably join Admim ) Carry ' s umiftdvon shortly .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 26, 1853, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26111853/page/9/