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      for 200 / . at seven days , because two of the others were ! , f such a long date . A stamp was accordingly obf ! , ned and the bill drawn ; and Sill then produced the other bMs , and laid them on the table . John Broome , who was present at that time , asked to look at the 200 / bill and contrived to pick up all the rest and ocket them j at which Sill became furious , and threatened that be would never leave them until he had transported one of them . v _ Other witnesses were produced , who confirmed different parts of this account . Sheerman of the witnesses in support ot tne witnesses in t

      tit ~ T ^ n . one Mr . John Sheerman , one suppor of the charge against John Broomo , who said he had

      Mr . Secretary Walpole said he had never seen anything of Sill before that day , and it was certainly very unlikely that either of the two under-secretaries would take any notice of such a case as this . The Recorder summed up the evidence , and submitted to the jury the question whether the defendant had made a false pretence to the prosecutor knowing it to be false , and with the intention to defraud him of his money , and whether he had in fact defrauded him by such means . The jury , after deliberating for three-quarters of an hour , returned a verdict of Guilty . The Recorder said he would consider what sentence ought to be pronounced .

      Sill was brought up for sentence on Wednesday . Upon being asked what he had to say , he , in a speech of some length , declared , with great earnestness that , before God and man , he was innocent of the offence imputed to him , and in making that assertion he did not complain of the jury , or of the view taken by the Court , for , upon the evidence that was sworn to before them , they could not have come to any other conclusion j but of the conduct of the witnesses and the prosecutor he did complain . He had been the victim of a deep-laid conspiracy , and the charge had been supported by perjury of the blackest dye . He regretted that his counsel had not taken the course he wished to be taken , and examined the witnesses he wished to be called for the defence , and also that he should have been introduced to the jury as the associate of low characters . Such was not the

      case , nnd up to the present time there had never been a blot of any kind upon his character . He referred to the indictment in the Queen ' s Bench , upon which he was acquitted , and the different nature of the present onea circums tance , he contended , of itself enough to show what a man he had to deal with in the prosecutor . Had he been tried in the Queen ' s Bench , the Lord President of the Council , Mr . Justice Talfourd , and Mr . Charles Phillips could all have borne testimony to his character . Ho was prepared to show that his prosecutors were men not worthy of belief on oath .

      1 he Recorder said that there could not bo any interference with the decision of the jury , and be should not allow the prisoner to attack the character of the witnesses . If ho ( the prisoner ) wished the sentence to bo postponed , in order that tho Court might bo put in possession of facts to operate as a mitigation of tho offence , ho would consult tho Judge upon tho matter . The prisoner said , if tho Recorder pleased , he would file affidavits . The Recorder , having consulted tho judges in tho Old Court , said t hat he would respite judgment until next session . Mr . Parry , on the part of Urooinc , asked if , in tho ovent of the affidavits being a reflection on tho character of his client , they would be allowed to put in counter affidavits . The Recorder . —Certainly . The sentence was then respited until next session .

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      A WARNING TO SCAVENGERS . Go nn , Tamo , and SLaploton , three of tho Paddington A /!' ' (; on '' ru <; ' <> rH , appeared at tho Middlesex sessions on Monday to receive judgment . Sergeant Adams , tho UMBiHtiuit judge , in delivering tho sentence of tho court , wont , over tho hintory of tho circumstances connected with Ineir conviction . They ' wore convicted in the year 1850 , < "i 1 ho prosecution of tho pariah of Paddinglon , of keeping '" whurls in thut parish , iirnnoiiso collections of refuse , HweopinjrH ) 1 U 1 ( | ( m . tfio ' oflect of which was to create a JMioiic

      nuisance' by t | io stench arising from them , and lie , with t | M , <; ouHon ( , an j Banction of all parties , undertook j'lio tank of personally satisfying himself of tho state of "u > wharves , on tho undoruMwding that the defendants wore to udont any suggestions ho might make for the H Muoinont or Uio nuisance , or t | ie removal of their biminoss ¦<> Iohh objectionable , places . He found , on going to Staple " us wharf that , as ) m d uniiourotl from tlip evidence , the wnoio o | t |) 0 rofiipo from Covont-gurdon market wub dod <> . > * m ? ' £ h ** * flt P » ol » arising from it was , no uudi , a penoue nuiouacg , « wd au oiwoyttttoo to tho

      neighbourhood . Stapletori had then promised that such deposits should be removed , and the sweepings in future taken elsewhere , or the contract for clearing Covent-garden market should be given up . On a subsequent visit to the premises , Sergeant Adams was not satisfied with what the defendants had done ; and a s he was leaving he saw three cart-loads of the rubbish going to the wharf . Stapleton had said that it was only occasionally that Covent-garden sweepings were taken there when a cart might come in late at night , but he found on . questioning the man in charge of the three loads , that the supply had been going on . Both Gore and Tame seemed now to have their wharves in a satisfactory state ; but as Stapleton had not performed the promise which he had made he must pay a very heavy penalty . The sentence on Gore and Tame was deferred till the 2 nd of November , but Stapleton was fined 3001 ., and was ordered to enter into his own recognisance for 6001 ., and » to find two sureties of 501 . each .

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      STOLEN AND FOUND . In the month of April , 1843 , a " tall , gaunt , and extremely repulsive" woman waa brought before the Lord Mayor ( Alderman Humphery ) , charged with , having stolen a poy of three years of age . She had been seen for some time begging about the streets with this child , and had at last been driven to apply for admission to the Asylum for the Houseless Poor . It was then that the extreme contrast between the woman and child excited a suspicion which led to her arrest . At the Mansion House the child was taken from her , and when introduced to his lordship ' s children he seemed to be quite at home , and on hearing a piano played appeared familiar with its tones , and , approaching the instrument , spread his little fingers over the keys and repeated " A , B , C . " On being asked what a gold chain that was shown him was , he readily gave it its proper name , and said it was a watch-guard . He said he had two mothers ; his mother in the country was very kind to him , and loved him , but the naughty woman whom he called his straw-yard mother beat him and begged for money , fought , and got drunk . He said his name was Henry Saumarez Dupuis , and that the woman had often beaten him for denying that his name was Samuel Thompson . He remembered living at Canterbury , and that his mamma had a room , like the one he was then in . He said the woman had burnt all his clothes in the fire .

      Mr . Edwards attended last Saturday at the Guildhall justice-room with a well-dressed lad about thirteen or fourteen years of age , having a handsome and intellectual countenance , stating that this was Henry Saumarez Dupuis , that he bad been educated at the expense of a few private persons , with the aid of contributions received when he was taken from the woman . All efforts to discover his parents had failed . Dr . Bouri , who had settled in Melbourne , Australia , had sent over for the boy , and he was about to start immediately . Alderman Humphery said he hoped he would be successful in his new home , and that he would write to him to say how he got on . Finding that the boy had only eight shillings upon him , the Alderman ordered him to havelZ . from the . poor-box , and that 51 . should be remitted to Melbourne for him . The woman , who was discharged on foregoing her claim to the child , has onl y been seen once since , when she made an attempt to regain possession of the child . He sails for Australia from Southampton , in the JBlaokwall .

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      TOO NOTORIOUS . Captain Shepheed , R . N ., appeared again at Bow-street on Saturday in answer to a charge of assault . When tho case was called on , tho Captain requested to Jiavo tho case postponed , in order to enable him . to summons as a witness a porter at the United Service club , who , ho said , was not allowed to attend . Mr . Henry consented to postpone tho caso on condition that tho Captain should pay the complainant 3 s . lid ., and his witness 2 s . AJ ' ter waiting vainly sometime for tho money , Mr . Henry said ho must proceed with the case . Captain Shepherd . —I have sent a lady to my tailor ' s , in Itogent-stroefc , to borrow 10 s . As she is also a witness , I shall lose both my witnesses , if you take tho caso now . The magistrate , however , went on with the case ; and Mr . Lemaitre , the complainant , stated that as ho waa passing along Pull-mull , at 10 o ' clock on tho night of the 11 th inst ., opposite to tho United Service Club , ho saw the defendant get out ; of a cab , and rush towards a small boy , whom ho commenced thrashing immediately with a stick , apparently without the slightest provocation . Mr . Lomaitre followed him to the club , and told biin lie ought to bo ashamed of himself for beating a child like that ; upon which bo beat Mr . Lomuitre . The Captain was lined on a former occasion 'U ) s . for tho assault upon tho boy , John Cook , who now confirmed the testimony of Mr . Lomaitre . Captain Shepherd said that ho struck the first boy slightly because he found him crouched up in the supplicating attitude of a miserable beggar ; and ho struck tho other boy for interfering with him . lie bogged to refer his worship to his tavern bill for tho day , to show that ., having only had one bottle of champagne , bo could not have been drunk at the time . Mr . . Henry said it was n cowardly assault , nnd iined the Captain til . The lady was again sent for more money , but she had not arrived when the court rono .

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      A MODEL CRIMINAL . A GOOD deal of interest has been excited in Paris by the trial of tho assassin Prudeuux . This miscreant , in tho space of a single month , laut May , ussiumhmtcri three persons , two of whom were old women , and attempted it fourth murder . The resistance which ho encountered in his lust crinm happily prevented its completion and led to his apprehension . Tho prisoner is $ a yours , of ugo . His parents woro connected with tho manufacture of artificial flowers , ltauloaux , before ho took to asHUrtsination , lmd been three times

      imprisoned for robbery and swindling . As soon as he had obtained 200 f . or 300 f . by some criminal means he spent the money in a few days , and then had recourse to a fresh crime for a new supply . His first victim was a cotton manufacturer , whom he murdered in his bed on the night of the 5 th of April to rob his chest , which contained some 700 f . About the same time he contracted an engagement to mar . ry a girl named"Dardard . To defray the expenses of the nuptial feast he committed a fresh murder . This time his victim was a woman of 60 , the Widow Chateaux , of whom lie pretended that he wanted to hire a lodging . He paid a visit at midnight , knocked down the old woman with a violent blow on the head , and strangled her with an handkerchief . He then rifled her effects ,

      among which he found a bag of savings amounting to 300 f . Henceforth this became the pattern for Pradeaux ' s assassinations . He sought out the weakest victims , stunned them by a sudden blow , and then strangled them . Having murdered the Widow Chateaux on the 25 th , he proceeded to assassinate in precisely the same way four days after a woman of the same age , Suan , engaged in the artificial flower trade . But he ransacked in vain the drawers of this poor creature , who , notwithstanding her industrious habits , was obliged to eke out her subsistence by the charity of the Bureau de Bienfaisance . The next day Pradeaux led his bride to the altar , decorated , perhaps , with some of Mademoiselle Suan ' s artificial orange-flowers . He passed the night wandering about the orchards , the walls of which he had scaled to murder the cotton

      manufacturer , and at daybreak entered the cabaret of an old woman named Naudin . He asked for a glass of brandy , and , while she was getting it , he struck her on the head with a bottle and knocked her down . He then attempted to strangle her with a handkerchief , as usual ; but the old woman bit him severely , and her screams brought the concierge to her assistance . The assassin fled , was pursued , and caught . The jury found a verdict of guilty upon all the charges , and the prisoner was condemned to death . The appearance of Pradeaux is insignificant ; his features are small , his eyes sunk , his complexion pale . His whole life seems to have been one tissue of crimes . As soon as he had strength enough , he knocked down his mother and trampled upon her , and nearly assassinated his father with one of the tools used in their trade .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Queen returned from Belgium on Tuesday . The royal squadron left- Antwerp on Sunday , but the severity of the gale obliged them to drop their anchors off Flushing . The Queen landed and drove through the streets , and the fleet weathered the night in the Roads . The next morning , the squadron got under weigh at six o ' clock , but owing to the fog , they were obliged to put into Dungeness Roads for the night . On Tuesday the squadron reached Osborne about mid-day .

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      Mr . Rice , the American consul at the port of Acapulco , has been illegally imprisoned . He was arrested by Mexican soldiers , but the Government deny any knowledge whatever of the arrest . The honorary degrco of Doctor of Laws was conferred on M . Guizot and M . do Tocqucvillo , at tho Harvard University on tho 20 th of July .

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      Tho Duko oflTarniHon and Brandon died at his mansion in Portman-squaro on Wednesday . Il ' o was eighty-fivo years of age , being one of tho oldest members of tho peerage . IIo succeeded his father in 1819 . Ho was the tenth duko of this title ; a privy councillor , a Knight of tho Garter , ( i Fellow of tho Royal Society , und of tho Antiqnuriun Society , and president of tho lloyal Society ot " Scotland . It has been determined by tho Liberal electors of Great Yarmouth to petition against tho return of Sir K . 11 . K Lncon and Mr . Rumbold . The electors of Bury will give a dinner to Mr . F . Peel , M . P ., on tho Bth proximo . Sir . Tames Graham , Mr . Cobden , and Mr . Bright , aro among tbo guests invited .

      Mr . Joseph . Fletcher , one of tho Government , inspectors of British and Foreign schools , has died within tbo lust few days . Mr . Samuol Warren , Q . C ., has been appointed to ( ho rocordorship of Hull , an oflice filled successively by Mi-. . Justice Cresswell , the Right Honourable M . T . Humes , and the Into T . C . Granger , M . P . It is said that Mr . William Cobbott , late of ( lie Queen ' u Bench prison , arid brother of the presoijt member for Oldbam , is to bo a candidate for that borough in opposition to Mr . Fox .

      Sir James Parker , ono of ( ho Viee-Chancollors o"ied Just . Friday night at his country sent , Itoffiley Temple , Leicestershire , at the age of fifty-one years . r l he cuuso of death was angina poctorin , from which ho hut ) been suffering for about nine months . Tho Globe suvh it is expected that tbo oflieo of Vico-Cbaiicellor , which bus become vacant by tho deatli of Sir Jamey Parker , will be conferred upon Mr . Walpolo , or , in cifso of bin declining to accept it , will bo offered to Mr . . Tohn Btuurt . Tho Manchester Free Public Library haabeon presented to tho corporation , and will bo opened on tho 2 nd September .

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      4 Avovst 21 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 797

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 21, 1852, page 797, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1948/page/9/