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band had been in the habit of quarrelling , and the man had been compelled to take out peacewarrants on account of his wife ' s violence . On Saturday evening , according to the evidence of an intelligent lad , their son , the woman bad been drinking and her husband called her by an abusive name . At the time she was chopping a sparerib of pork , and she threatened if he repeated the epithetto chop him . He did so , and she immediately struck him across the arm . The wound was deep , and brought on erysipelas and death . A case has just come to light like that for which Sansome was condemned to death at the Nottingham Assizes . Ann Tollington , a young woman at Nottingham , anticipating the birth of a child , applied to a Mrs . Whyatt to adopt means of prevention . Mrs . Whyatt resorted to violent means , and the young woman died . Whyatt has escaped ; but the police are on her track .
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THE DEFAMATION OF A CLERGYMAN " . The evidence brought forward on the second day , in the case of Dr . Nolan v . Pettigrew was not much calculated to vindicate the character of the reverend gentleman . Several witnesses were called on the part of the plaintiff , but none of them stated anything to shake the testimony of the witnesses for the defence . Mrs . Postlethwaite , who was recalled and examined , after deposing that she had never had improper relations with Dr . Nolan , went into a violent fit of hysterics , and was carried out of court in a state of insensibility , amidst much sensation . Mr . Martin , as counsel for the plaintiff , stated in the conclusion of his speech that " the manner
in which Dr . Nolan had come forward to meet this charge was strong testimony of his innocence , and he was authorized by him to state that , on his solemn oath before God and man , there was not one word of truth in the charges against him . " In summing up , Mr .. Baron Rolfe reminded the jury that , in order to sustain the action , they must not only be satisfied that the words were uttered , but that they were uttered maliciously against the plaintiff . If the statement that Dr . Nolan had committed a felony and endeavoured to procure abortion , was said merely to put
people on their guard against him , it was perfectly lawful . Altogether , the case was one of the most painful which had ever come before him . In their decision the jury must either come to the conclusion that a man who had been for many years the minister of a large congregation in Manchester had during that time been debauching the souls and bodies of the female part of the congregation who had come to him for religious consolation and instruction ; or that three members of his congregation , evidently religious persons , had engaged in a most diabolical conspiracy to crush a man whom they
believed to be innocent . After a brief adjournment the jury found a verdict for the defendant , on the ground that his statement regarding Dr . Nolan was a privileged communication , and not uttered maliciously . Presuming that the verdict must be in his favour , the Reverend Dr . Nolan had brought another action against a Mr . Molding , for slander of a similar kind , relating to an alleged attempt , of Dr . Nolan ' s to debauch a minister ' s wife at Northwich , Cheshire , whilst doing duty there in that minister ' s absence . This case did not come on , however , the record having been withdrawn .
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TRICKS UPON TRAVELLERS . The country papers of this week contain several cases in which travellers have been imposed upon ; a short notice of them may serve to put others on their guard . The most remarkable one is that of a man residing at Handsworth , who was robbed in a railway carriage while travelling from Edinburgh to Birmingham . He relates that , when the train had passed Carlisle , two men in the same carriage offered to him and a fourth passenger a lozenge each . The latter ate his lozenge , and
immediately fell asleep , and slept all the way to Birmingham . The Handsworth . man , although he did not eat his , fell asleep for a few miles , and on awaking found that he had been robbed of £ 12 . He accused the lozenge-givers of robbing him , which they , of course , stoutly denied ; and the man was simple enough to let them leave the train at Crewe without attempting to give them in charge . His supposition is that the lozenges were given for the purpose of " hocussing" him and his fellow-traveller , a mode of operation which has lately been attempted in
cases . The old trick of " ringing the changes , " as it is technically called , was successfully practised at Preston , last week . The victim was a native of Glasgow on his way to London , and the rogues were two very respectablydressed men , who managed to ingratiate themselves so far with him that he proposed they should sup together , and accompany it with a glass of " whiskey toddy . " Accordingly they adjourned to a tavern at Preston ; and , after drinking for a while , the Scotchman ' s vanity was roused by some remark about the respective weight of their purses . One of the sharpers produced his in heaviest
support of his asseverations that it was the ; the Scotchman did the same . The other sharper , who pretended to be a stranger to both , was appointed judge , and , to shew his strict impartiality , he produced two leather bags in which the two purses were placed . Having balanced them in his hand for a short time , he declared that the Scotchman had won the wager , but he insisted that they should each retain the leather bags as a keepsake from him to put them in mind of the carnival night they had spent together . Next morning on examining his purse the simpleton found that , instead of fourteen good sovereigns and some silver , the purse contained thirty-five sovereigns—counterfeits .
An Italian lady , passing in an omnibus from the terminus of the Dublin Railway to that of the Junction Railway , in Drogheda , felt the hand of a person , who had the appearance of a gentleman , in the act of pulling
something from her pocket . Having ascertained that her pocket-book , containing £ 8 , was gone , she gave notice to the police , by whom the gentleman pickpocket and the confederate were instantly apprehended . The two prisoners were attired in the most fashionable style , and had £ 49 10 s . in their pockets . They were committed to take their trial at the Dundalk Sessions . A tradesman of "Versailles , who was proceeding home in his gig , last Saturday , overtook a well-dressed young woman , near Sevres , who seemed greatly fatigued . She begged of him to give her a seat , as she said she could
walk no further . The tradesman willingly consented . After proceeding a little way they saw two men , whereupon the woman expressed a fear that they might be thieves , and asked the man if he were armed . " Oh no , " said the tradesman ; " but there are never thieves on this road . " On reaching the men the woman called out , " Thieves , thieves ! " This was evidently a signal ; the men stopped the gig , and pulled the tradesman out of it . They then drove off in the direction of Paris , leaving the shopkeeper in the road .
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MISCELLANEOUS . The Royal Family still remains at Windsor , where the Queen has continued to take her usual morning walk , accompanied by her husband . The younger branches of the family have taken walking and pony excercise daily during the week . The Duke of 'Wellington arrived at "Windsor Castle on "Wednesday evening , on a visit to the Queen and Prince Albert . A public reception was given to Lord Gough , at Bath , on Monday , upon the occasion of the presentation of an address to him by the corporation of the city . His lordship was enthusiastically received by a large assemblage . A dinner was given to him on Wednesday , at the Guildhall .
The Queen has presented to the Orphan Working School , as nominee in right of her donation of 250 guineas , Joseph Parrett , one of seven children of the Rev . C . E . Parrett , Independent minister of Mevagissey , Cornwall . His wife died of cholera last year , and his income arising from all sources is under £ 70 a-year .
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Professor Bain has resigned the assistant-secretaryship to the Board of Health , and is succeeded in that office by Tom Taylor , Esq ., barrister-at-law . Sir John Milley Doyle is appointed vice-consul at Santa Martha . Dr . Wolff has volunteered to Lady Franklin to accompany the expedition to the North Pole , or to go by land with the Esquimaux , amongst whom some of his countrymen are missionaries , in search of Sir John Franklin . Alexandria letters mention that the Earl of Lincoln and a party of friends intend to return to England via Maltaearly this month .
, Thomas Earl of Macclesfield , whose death is announced this week , was the Father of the English Peerage . He died at one of his seats in Oxfordshire , in the eightyseventh year of his age ; having been born in June 1763 . Lord Macclesfield was but little known in public or private life , having succeeded to the earldom only eight years ago , when he was at the advanced age of seventynine . He married first on the 16 th of March , 1796 , the daughter of Mr . Lewis Edwards , of Ludlow , by whom he
had four daughters , three of whom are living , namely , Lady Amelia Montgomery , Lady Matilda Montgomery , and Lady Louisa Parker ; secondly , on the 9 th of March , 1807 , the daughter of Mr . William Breton Wolstenholme , of Sussex , by whom he left a son and two daughters—Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Viscount Parker ( now the sixth Earl of Macclesfield ) , the Countess of Antrim , and Lady Lavinia Dutton . The present Earl is in his fortieth year ; is married to Lady Mary Frances , daughter of the Marquis of Westminster , and has a family of
four children . Mr . Macready took his final leave of an Edinburgh audience on Saturday evening , in a crowded theatre . He performed King Henry Fourth , in the second part of Shakespeare ' s play , and Lord Totonley , in " The Provoked Husband . " The Primate of Ireland has lately endowed a chair of ecclesiastical history in Trinity College , Dublin , and has named the Reverend Dr . Butcher as the first professor . The appointment is made for five years . The Rev . Dr . Vaughan , the distinguished Principal of the Lancashire Independent College , is said to be a candidate for the principal professorship of Owen s
College . The Earl of Derby is now engaged in draining nearly the whole of his extensive estates in the township of Halewood , Eccleston , Knowsley , Bickerstaff , and other places . Lord Munster arrived in Paris on Monday from the Holy Land . Lord Brougham is also there ; he and Lord and Lady Aylesbury , Lord and Lady Normanby , Lord Mnlmesbury , and the Duchess Stephanie of Baden , dined with the President on Saturday night . There has been some gossip in diplomatic circles at a supposed slight put on the English Ambassador at this dinner . His name was the last which was called over when the party
emerged from the saloon to the dining-room . A statement having appeared in a London paper that the Bishop of Norwich was about to enter the matrimonial state , the Norfolk Neics states , " on the best authority , that the rumour is altogether unfounded . Lord Seymour was re-elected member for Totncss on Saturday without opposition .
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By the new postal convention with France , the single postage is to be Od . for letters weig hing half an ounce , instead of lOd . for letters weighing a quarter of an ounce , as at present . , _ . . The Commissioners of Woods and Forests took possession of Marlborough House , on Monday , on the part of the Crown . The commissioners have arranged
that soon after Easter the Vernon collection of pictures shall be removed from the National Gallery to Marlborough House , which , in addition to two suites of rooms on the ground and first floors , contains a spacious Arrangements are at length concluded for affording much increased facilities of admission to the gardens and grounds of Chelsea Hospital . At present certain portions of these grounds are accessible at certain seasons of the year , and on Sundays pnly . It is now arranged to throw open daily , at all times , the centre walk and
terrace . The proposed submarine telegraph between Dover and Calais is approaching completion . The tower for the battery , offices , and general works at Dover are nearly erected , and it is said that the insulated wires will be sunk across the Channel in the course of the next month . The utmost exertions are used night and day , at Woolwich , to complete the Arctic expedition by the 24 th of April , relays of workmen being employed upon the two steam-vessels , which are advancing very rapidly . Two of the steam-tugs connected with the port also convey a large number of shipwrights , riggers , caulkers , and other artificers and labourers to Blackwall every morning , to complete the Resolute and Assistance sailing-vessels . It is confidently expected that the flotilla will clear the Shetland Islands by the first week in May .
The United States expedition in search of Sir John Franklin , which has been started by private subscription , will consist of two or three schooners suitable for the navigation of the Arctic seas , of from 70 to 90 tons burden . Lieutenant Derhaven , who was attached to the exploring expedition , has accepted the command of the enterprise , and will sail on the 1 st of May . It is announced in the papers as a novelty—perhaps the transaction is newly settled—that Denmark has sold to England the five Danish forts on the Gold Coast , Africa , with all their stores and territory , for the sum of £ 10 , 000 . A vote of the money by the House of Commons is all that is required to complete the purchase . Diplomatic relations between England and Spain are about to be renewed , through the friendly intervention of the King of the Belgians .
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A meeting of the principal manufacturers of Stockport was held on Wednesday , when , in consequence of the high price of cotton and the discouraging state of the goods market , they determined to limit the production by working only four days a week , commencing on the 1 st of April . —Stockport Advertiser . After hearing evidence on both sides , Mr . Robert Stephenson , M . P ., has decided in favour of the scheme for supplying Liverpool with water from Rivington Pike . This has created a great ferment in Liverpool ; the Pikescheme being very unpopular . the
A meeting of the committee appointed to promote formation of a public park for the borough of Finsbury , was held on Monday evening , and it was resolved that an aggregate meeting of the parishes in the borough shall be held before the subject is brought under the notice of Parliament . At the usual meeting for the election of a churchwarden for the parish of St . Giles ' s in the city of Durham , on Easter Tuesday , the Rev . Francis Thompson , incumbent , nominated and elected himself as his own churchwarden , stating that , as he had never been able to appoint one that gave him satisfaction in the discharge and elect
of the duties of the office , he would nominate himself . The meeting protested against the appointment as being inconsistent with his other duties to the parish , and nominated two inhabitants to fill the office . The reverend chairman would only put one of the persons nominated to the choice of the meeting , and the other as an amendment . The parishioners insisted on electing both , if the chairman refused to appoint a parishioner as usual . The chairman stated that he would only return himself and a Mr . Joseph Dawson , who had the majority of votes , at the next visitation as elected . A scene of confusion ensued , and the parishioners then left the vestry in a body , declaring that such conduct of the chairman was tantamount to shutting the doors of
the church . m Destitution at this moment prevails in Syke , Lewis , and other islands , to a considerable extent . Families who formerly derived a precarious subsistence from the potato , are now driven to the most miserable shifts to eke out a meal once a day . In the vicinage of seashores there is a constant search for shellfish , with a few chance turnips to an occasional handful of meal . — Elgin Courier . In a letter to the Times , Mr . Hind predicts that the great comet of 1264 and 15 / 56 will return to its perihelion on the 2 nd of August , 1860 .
The wooden edifice for the exhibition of the Chinese junk at the foot of Essex-street , Strand , was blown down by the wind on Saturday morning . Fortunately no person received any serious injury . The Mayor of Southampton has refused to sign about forty summonses of parties who have declined paying church-rates in that town . The Mayor also presided at an anti-state-chuich meeting held last week in Southampton . A Sheriff ' s Court was held at Liverpool , in the grand jury-room , on Monday last , before Mr . Aston , barrister , for the purpose of assessing damages to be paid to
Messrs . Rathbone Brothers by John Miklejohn , their warehouseman , who was convicted sometime ago of embezzlement , for which crime he had completed an imprisonment of nine months and paid a fine of £ 200 . The present action was brought in consequence of Its having been discovered that he possessed property to the value of upwards of £ 3000 ; and as he had never had more than a paltry salary , it was naturally supposed that this property belonged to his employers . The jury awarded the payment of £ 2005 16 s . lid . to Messrs , Rathbone .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 6, 1850, page 31, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1839/page/7/
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