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    1<Ma ^TBE LEADER. [No. 397, October 31, ...

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    SrNGUiiA.it Case of Fraud.—A. young man,...

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    THE FLOODS. The heavy rains which fell t...

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    GATHERINGS FROM THE I,AW AND POLICE COUH...

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    MISC K I, LAN 10 O U S. This Couut.—The ...

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    Central Criminal Court. This Court Resum...

    by her injuries from falling about during a drunken fit , and indeed suggested that line of defence to the husband ' s counsel . The woman was a confirmed drunkard , ¦ while the man is represented , as a hard-working , respectable -person . Mary Anne "Wood has been found Guilty of setting fire to some oakum -with intent to burn the llarylebone workhouse . She was sentenced to a year ' s hard labour .

    1<Ma ^Tbe Leader. [No. 397, October 31, ...

    1 < Ma ^ TBE LEADER . [ No . 397 , October 31 , 1857 .

    Srnguiia.It Case Of Fraud.—A. Young Man,...

    SrNGUiiA . it Case of Fraud . —A . young man , named John Singleton Ccpley Hill , described as an accountant , has been tried at the Reading Sessions on . a charge of obtaining 50 ? ., by means of false pretences , from Mr . Pole , a grocer at Reading . Hill went to the house of Mr . Pole , and said he "was authorized by the house of Caster and Co ., of Old Jewry Chambers , London—an establishment doing business as agents for the collection of debts—to require the payment of 3 Ir . Pole's liabilities . He first of all demanded the sum of 4 = 5 ? . 12 s . 3 d . ; and a cheque for that amount was given . He then asked for 1147 . 14 s . on another account , and Mr . Pole said he -would give a cheque for that also . But Hill said , " There is no use in your doing that , for to-morrow morning I shall receive by post authority to demand of

    you 800 / . due to your creditors . " Mr . Pole was quite startled by this announcement , and indeed it appears that he did not owe a quarter of that amount . Hill then suggested that Mr . Pole should let him lookinto the books , adding , "There was a xneeting of your creditors yesterday at Caster and Co . ' s , who aie authorized to act for them ; and I have in my possession notices of bankruptcy . " Pie mentioned the names of the persons signing these notices ; but among them was a house to which no debt -was then due . Mr . Polo consulted his solicitor , who advised him to let Hill see the books . This was done , and Hill proposed to take off threefourths of the book debts as being possibly bad ; to estimate the stock in hand at one-half its value ; and to fix the worth of the household furniture at 20 OL or

    300 / . Finally , he said to Mr . Pole , " If you will give me 50 ? ., we will get you through for 12 s . 6 d . in the pound . We will divide the debt you have already paid me , and I will return the amount in the statement I will send up to your creditors in London . " Mr . Pole indignantly refused to accede to such terms ; and , having telegraphed to one of the alleged creditors , ascertained that the statements of Hill were wholly false . A verdict of Guilty was returned , coupled with a recommendation to mercy . The Recorder sentenced Hill to a year ' s hard labour . Execution at Aberdeen . —John Booth , convicted of murdering his mother-in-law at Old Meldruni , last July , has been executed by Calcraft . He addressed the crowd , contradicting his statement made to the Judge in court , that his wife ' s unfaithfulness , abetted fay her mother , had led to the murder .

    Murder and Attismptkd Suicide . — Henry Barker , a gardener in the employ of Mr . John llaisters , Register House , Beverley , has killed the housemaid of the same gentleman , to whom he was engaged to be married , and has also cut his own throat , though not with immediately fatal results . The girl was missed for a time , and her fellow servants searched the garden , which was very large , but without finding her . They discovered , however , that Baker had left his house , and had taken his razors with him . The police were communicated with , and the garden was searched by them with greater closeness than it had been by the servants . It was not long beforo they discovered the man and the woman with their throats horribly cut—the Litter dead , the former only just alive .

    Middlesex Sessions . —Thomas Bastin , a young man , assistant to a pawnbroker , has been tried on a charge of robbing a . girl of the town of a ring valued at fourteen shillings . He was in the habit of visiting lier , and one day took the- ring , and never returned it . She afterwards met him at Cremorne , and taxfd him with the theft , which he at first denied , but afterwards acknowledged taking the ring in joke . He added that he had lost it ; but it ultimately found its way into tlio hands of his father , who returned it to the girl . Ba . 3 tin was Acquitted .

    The Floods. The Heavy Rains Which Fell T...

    THE FLOODS . The heavy rains which fell towards the close of last week have caused serious floods , especially in the eastern parts of the country . Some of the culverts on the Eastern Counties Railway were so overcharged that they burst , and damage was done to the line ; but it was repaired in a day or two . In the meanwhile , however , the traffic was suspended , the line at different points being under water , and the road partly destroyed . The Lea river burst its embankments , and the adjoining

    marshes were for some days covered with water . The country for miles round presented the appearance of a large lake , with small islands of trees standing up here and there . Several boats rowed about over that which had been dry land , and a vast amount of property , including several haystacks , fell before the advancing torrents . The station on the North Woolwich line at Stratford was inundated to the depth of several feet , and the officials had to fly with some precipitation . The farmers have been great sufferers . One of them has lost fifty sheep , besides some cattle , and on one farm the upper

    sou s was away oy waters . The barns and other farm buildings were inundated to the depth of several feet , while the farm houses themselves have not escaped serious injury . From IBurnham , a sad catastrophe is reported . A wedding in the town had been attended b } - a party of young farmers from the neighbouring district , and two of them were on their way home at night , in a horse and gig , when they were met by the flood . One of tliem , Mr . James Rham , on jumping down to secure the horse , was swept away by the torrent and drowned . His body was found next day some distance from the spot . At Colchester Camp , the storm on the night of Thursday week wa 9 severely felt , and a high wall adjoining the military road wa 3 carried down by tho wind and the flood .

    Between Hertford and "Welwyn the rising of the water has been very great . The lower parts of the former town have been flooded . At a neighbouring village , Murden , a blacksmith who left home on tlie Thursday evening was overcome by the flood , and was carried away by a stream leading from Seacombe pond . His ! body , much mutilated , was found on the following morn-¦ ing . At Chelmsford , the Chelmer overflowed its banks , ' and a fanner is reported to have lost his life . At Colchester , the rain came down in torrents , and for an hour

    or two on Thursday week there was thunder and lightning . In Kent and Surrey , the fall of the rain appears to have been nearly as yreat as on the northern side of i the metropolis . At Greenwich , LowiHhain , and on the banks of the Ravcnsbourne , tho floods destroyed much property . Tho torrent from the hills swept away trees , plantations , stacks , & c . For several hours , tho lower part of I'Gwishnni was completely under water , the houses were inundated , and the inmates were compelled to seek refuge iu tho upper floors , where they remained until the ilood had subsided . A similar scone was witnessed in some parts of Greenwich , where several houses were inundated to tho extent of three or four feet .

    Gatherings From The I,Aw And Police Couh...

    GATHERINGS FROM THE I , AW AND POLICE COUHTS . A . mbbtino for the proof of debts in the bankruptcy of the HastingH Old Bank , and for the examination of one of the chief partners , was held in tiio Court of Bankruptcy luBt Saturday . Mr . James lEilder , who is about eighty-aoven yeavB of age , and who spoko with great reluctance , wan questioned at considerable length . It appears that ho managed the Robertftbridgo branch ; that the tiookfl were irregularly kept ; that tlie private ledger had been destroyed since the bankruptcy l > y Im wife , ' who was not of a mind that it should injure his character ; ' that Mr . Hilder frequently gavo largo mum of money to his aon John ( now on tlio Continent ) , with the understanding that they wcro not to be returned ; that thin sun was told ho might draw to any amount lie liked ; that , for Homo little while beforo the hunk stopped , Mr . Hu \ Uir , nenior , knew that it wan in a very precarious position ; that the . two Smiths , tho chief proprietors , were larp-oly indebted to tho concern , and h-art boon so for many ycara : that at one time tho debt of Mr . TiWcn

    Smith was about seven or eight thousand pounds mor e than the amount of notes they had in circulation ; and that Mr . Hilder had made a settlement upon his son John of everything he possessed , excepting his household furniture aud his share in the bank . Mr . Hilder , it seems , had also had another son , named James , born before wedlock , and now dead , to whom he had paid , in all , between 12 , 000 Z . and 13 , 000 ? . He was under the impression that he had bound John not to give James any of the property settled on the former . He wished ' to keep James from ruining the family . ' The proceedings were adjourned . Evidence was given in the Court of Bankruptcy on Thursday in support of the charges against Mr . Samuel Adams , the hanker of Ware and Hertford , of having put forth untrue accounts , and concealed a sura of 3500 J . from his creditors . A summons was issued for his appearance iu court on the following Thursday morning . Mr . Commissioner Fonblanque has granted a certificate of the second class in the case of "VV . Hadfield , a merchant of Liverpool , and late of Constantinople . Francis Allen , a newsyendor of Bath-street , City , is under a remand at Guildhall on a charge of stealing a ream of London Journals from the shop of Mr . Clark , Warwick-lane . He is also suspected of thieving other property to a large amount .

    Misc K I, Lan 10 O U S. This Couut.—The ...

    MISC K I , LAN 10 O U S . This Couut . —The Queen , Prince Albert , the , Prince of AVuIch , the l'rincess Koyal , and Prince Alfred , visited tho ( Jountcss tie Neuilly at Cluremont last Saturday morning . They afterwards went to Hampton Court Palaces , and then returned to Windsor . ' Mio 15 kn' CitAOitKD , — It wain discovered laut Saturday that the celebrated new bull in the clock tower of tho Houses of Parliament whh cracked . ' Bij £ Hen'is , therefore , nucleus , and iiuiHt lie recast at a grout expense ? to tho nation . It in alleged thnt tho bell wns unfairly tried by being Mtruck when only in u temporary and dinadvimtagcotiH portion ; and it is also ( stated Unit , it was struck in n veiry injudicious manner , llowcvor thin nmy ho , ' Itig Hen' for the present in no more . Soukgibok Tina Wonn ' Ti : i , k <; ham . '—The liwt

    English journals all contain a new word which will doubt less come into immediate use on both sides of the At " lantic . In speaking of a telegraphic despatch , thev eill it a ' telegram . ' But this is not a term of English coin age ; it was used by some of our country c ontemporaries a yeaT or two ago , the Syracuse Journal , if -we mistake not , having invented it . It has rather a queer look at first ; but it is a very convenient term , and it will soon become familiar to the eye . — -N ~ ew York Times . [ ' Queer ' by the way , is thought to be a slang word , ami it is one which hardly serves any purpose ; but 'telegram' is certainly a useful coinage , whatever the scholars mav say . "]

    The late Smuggling Case at Leito . —The Provost of Leith has received a communication from the U . oavel of Customs In answer to a memorial adopted at a public meeting there , i-elative to the case of nine men of the steamer llolyrood , who , in default of payment of lOOf . each , were lately sentenced to imprisonment during her Majesty's pleasure for being found on board of a ' vessel in which was a quantity of smuggled tobacco , statins ; that the board have directed the immediate release of nfl the parties concerned except Dixon , against whom it appeared , from the report of the evidence submitted-to the board , that the evidence was stronger thati against the other parties . c >

    Is it Possible ?—The Leicestershire Mercury announces that Lord Palmerston has given a pension of 50 / . a year to Mr . S . . 11 . Bradbury , a gentleman writing under the signature of ' Quallon . ' We have more than once , in our literary : columns , noticed some very indifferent poetry by Mr . Bradbury . ; and his appearance on the pension , list is certainly a surprise to us . Even if his faculty were considerable , the justice of making him a grant of . public money before- he has Avon his .-purs would be open to reproof . The fund set aside for men of approved genius is . but small , and should onlv be

    given in cases where the recipient has earned a high position by years of service , or by some signal achievement , and where he really requires it as a mean * of life . Mr . Bradbury , wo believe , is young , and he is connected with the provincial press ; so that he cannot be in-want . From his last volume of poems it would seem that Lord Palmerston takes . a peculiar interest in-him ; but that is no reason why 50 / . a year of public money should he intercepted from tho 3 u who have grown grey -with lifelong toil ? . If every writer of a few volumes of verse is to have a pension , the demands on the national exchequer in thnt direction will be very large .

    Mu . La-yard AN-i > Mr , Mackav . —Mr . Mackay has written to the papers to ex plain , thnt the letter to him from Mr . Layard which was published last week found its way into a Liverpool paper by accident ; that it was ' written partly in jest ; ' that hu owes art apology to Mr . Layard for its appearance in print ; and that , for himself , lie is content , in ' these dull times , that , ' tho ' public should have a laugh at bis expense ' Thk Siamksk Emuassy landed at Portsmouth cu Wednesday . They -were received by a guard of honour ; breakfasted in state at the Admiralty House ; wero shown over the dockyard , which greatly astonished them ; walked about the town ; took up their temporary quarters at the George Hotel , within , the garrison ; and in the evening went to the Theatre Koyal . They were objects of great curiosity to the vulgar , who almost stared them out of countenance . " The chief

    Ambassado r , " says the Times , " acknowledges to the luxury of fifty-eight wives , and it is minted of him that on goin- £ round the dockyard to-day his eye lighted on a young- lady whom he would Iimvo liked to innk »! the " ' fty-nin tli at the purchase-money of : 5 < H ><>/ . This was related to us by a lady to whom the Kustcrn Mormon confessed the we : ikne > ss , with whoso diann . s lie ; i 1 m > acknowledged himself smitten . " The ambassadors iviiched London by one oYleirk on Tluirsdny morning . —This ' LT . i , n . sritATi . i > Invi ntok/— " We huvu received

    The first number of n now illustrated journal under this title , unit , . so t ' tir a . s wo nmy jndgi * - from n first glance , it appeal's to us , if not . to iill an obvious void , as thu cant phrase , of new journals runs , at all I'venls to fulfil a very useful and orniuiu-iitul office , and ut . leas ! , in mnterial respects , to be a creditable and meritorious production . Its speciality , wo presume , will be . to represent art aivl science particularly , as the llfnatntlvtt I . < h « I < m -A «<' . ¦ represents the , world and its doings generally . lMU de

    Lkctuukj * on India . —Tho Nov . . lolm -w - livered an interesting lecture upon tlie pn . st and present state of India on Tuesday evening lust , at the A ^ emMy liooms , St . Jobn ' s-wood . The room was crowded to excess , and many having been unable , to obtain ridnurtsion , Mr . Bellew has consented to repeat- the led urn oil Monday evening next tit Exeter Hall . The proceeds will I ) Q handed over to the Indian Keliuf Kimd . ^ Naviwation ok tiih Indian Uivicuh . ^ l' ' ' tluit the . ' Oriental Inland Steam Coinpino' hnfl

    1 I i . ¦ A ¦ It I I . , . l / llllli All ordered two trains of barges , propelled . by M' - " " Mr . Bourne ' s plan , for the navigation of the ln <>»* nu 'J its branches . Eaeli train consists of a steam- vcsmim towing threo cargo-biirgo . s , one passimgcr-bargf , mid <> i >« troop-bai-tfo , milking nix vo . ssols in nil . The two tritium will therefore contain twelves vessels ; and these ves ,-elH , it in expected , will be plying in India within twelve ! niontlm from tins jiresetnl , time . The trains , when lmlen , will not draw more than two feel , of water ; mid e : i < j » train will curry on this draught n good ninny Inmdieiis

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 31, 1857, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31101857/page/10/