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bering doubtless who would suffer most from the separation , ho cried out to his wife in a " vindicti ve" tone , "I hope you are satisfied now . " She must be satisfied , to Starve—in peace . The general fact that the operation of Fitzroy ' s Act has not diminished the number of assaults on women , is particularly confirmed by a case tried on last Saturday . JohnWagstaff came home drunk to dinner , and on his wife making an observation as to the children having nothing to eit , he struck her violently and left the house . He returned at midnight , dragged her from bed , and flung her in her nightdress into the street . She stole inio the house again , but he caught her and beat her until she fainted beneath hia blows . He was sentenced to four months' imprisonment . But this man
has been already imprisoned nine months for four s eparate brutal assaults on his wife . Two or three other worse cases of wife-beating are narrated in the papers of the week . Those daring crimes called " garotte robberies" are boldly done of late . At his own door a clergyman in Worcester was caught by the throat aad flung to the ground , two men choking him until he became insensible . They then tore away his watch and purse . His own servants looked out , and in the darkness of the night saw their master struggling with the men , and thought it was a drunken row . A quarter of an hour after they heard a knocking at the door , and a feeble voice , which they mistook for that of a drunken man , and it was with some difficulty that Mr . St . John made them understand that it was he who was knocking . On their opening the door they saw their master with his face covered with blood * and he was so much injured and exhausted that medical in StJohn is still
assistance had to be called . Mr . . very ill . Another case has occurred this week •—A countryman named William Hopkins came into Bristol with 16 ? . in cash , and deposited it in a breast pocket . While takin g some refreshment in a public house , a femalecame in and forced a conversation with him , which ended in her prevailing upon him to accompany her to her lodgings near the Newmarket-passage . On their way to this place she placed her arms round him , immediately upon which two men , who had been observed in the act of following , came up to them . One , without saying a word , knocked the countryman down , and the other immediately threw himself upon him , seized him by the neck , and squeezed him till he became insensible . A man named Richards saw the two men , a woman , and a third man who had joined them , in the act of emptying Hopkins ' s pockets , which they rifled of everything they contained . The robbers are in gaol , but the woman escaped with the money .
At Croydon Assizes , Mr . -Atkinson , an attorney , seeks damages against Mr . Baldwin , formerly M . P . for Totness ) , for seducing from him the affections of his wife . Mrs . Atkinson ' s servant swears to . gross and guilty acts . Baldwin is an old man of . sixty-five , and is married . Mrs . Atkinson is young and handsome , and Mr . Atkinson is about forty . Baldwin s counsel makes the usual dextrous defence ; firstly , that his client is not guilty , secondly , that if he be , Mr . Atkinson allowed the improper intimacy with the disgraceful intent of making money by his grievance , and thirdly , that Mr . Atkinson was a cold and neglectful husband .
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MISCELLANEOUS . Onoe more Queen Victoria has visited the camp . On Tuesday she sailed through the Spithead fleet , amid salutes and cheers . On Thursday , she visited the army at Chobham , and , in semi-military costume , rode down the lines . On Wednesday , she acted as sponsor to the infant eon of Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor ; and afterwards she received the Prince of Wurfcemberg , the sonin-law of the Emperor Nicholas . We may remark , too , that on the same day , the Queen of England received visits from the ex-Queen of the French , and of the Duchess of Orleans , the mother of the Count of Paris , a pretender to the throne of our ally , tlie Emperor of the French .
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The Countess of Minto , mother of Lord John Russell , and wife of Lord Minto , died at Nervi , Piedmont , on the 22 nd of last month .
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The Customs revenue of Bristol is increasing at the rate of 160 , 000 ? . a year . Farms in Devonshire , lately sold , obtained 41 , 36 , and 32 _ years purchase . ; The manufacture of goods for Australia is very active . Leg-irons and hand-cuffs form a considerable item , and a large quantity of coffins have been ordered . One million six hundred thousand pounds has already been voted to defray the cost of building the new Houses
of Parliament . The shipment of goods to New York is so active at present , that merchants are forced at Liverpool to cast lots for ship room . The rate of freight is now 51 . per ton . To bring Australia within fifty-five days of London is the aim of the Australian Direct Steam Company . Its capital is one million , and it has just got a charter . The specie received in London from New York , the West Indies , and Australia , on Monday and Tuesday of this week , amounted to 560 , 000 ? .
Fenchureh-street and Kew are now connected by a circuitous railway 18 £ miles long , completing the half circle round London , leaving the Thames near the Tower , and terminating at Kew-bridge . The best pupils of University College were severally rewarded on Monday by the distribution of prizes . The proceedings were interesting . Austen H . Layard , M . P ., was in the chair , and spoke highly in praise of the Institution , giving credit to Lord Brougham and Mr . Groto for their kindness and liberality to the College . He expressed pleasure at the introduction of Sanscrit among the languages , especially in view of the late reforms in Indian appointments .
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Dublin is crowded with English visitors . At one popular cafe dinner is laid for 600 guests every day . Dr . Higgin , Bishop of Limerick , is named as successor to Dr . Whately at the Irish National Board . Mr . Francis B . Beamish is the new Liberal candidate for Cork city ( vacated by Serjeant Murphy ' s appointment ) , and Colonel Chatterton , in tho Conservative interest , has published his address . The Queen ' s visit to Ireland is to take place on Monday , tho 29 fch of this month . She will 6 tay in Dublin until the following Saturday , and then leave for Balmoral , touching
en route at tho Giants' Causeway . Tho Irish Exhibition is now " in apple-pio order . " Everything is woll arranged , and tho display is very perfect . Tho " English invasion" of tourists continues , and foreigners swell tho stream . Public balls and private parties give tho Dublin folk a welcomed gaiety . Some London clergymen wont to Limorick to preach against Romanism in tho open streets . The peoplo got excited , and hooted , pelted , and insulted tho missionaries . Tho magistrates advised thorn to givo up opon-air preaching . They Baid they would .
Over ton millions' worth of Irish land has boon sold under tho Incumborod Efltatoa Act . This proporty wan ownod by 1081 insolvont proprietors ; it is now owned by 5000 steady and solvont landlords—mostly ekillod farmora or intelligent capitalists . Tho vicar of Clara ontorod his study at eleven o ' clock at night . Ho had a lighted candlo in his hand , and ho stood for a momont at a desk . Tho window wub opon ; through it Homo assassin fired , and tho bullot narrowly whit is naid is inoffensive
missed tho clergyman , o an person . Clara is in tho King ' a County , Ireland , and tho vicar is tho Rovoroml WilliamTurpin . Tho" dissension in tho Irish Board of Education throatona to load to separation in tho schools . Tho guardians of tho South Dublm Union havo withdrawn thoir bcIiooIh from tho control of tho Board , and havo further roBolvod that tho childron of difforont creeds shall bo oducatod separately under tho control of tho guardians of each porsuasion . This latter resolution tho Poor Law Commissioners rofuao to sanction .
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Tho rolationa between Moxico and tho United States forebode serious difforoncos . Tho journals of both countries talk in ft warlike w « y .
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Tho Crystal Palace is rapidly advancing to the completion of tho more important structures of tho building-. The huge scaffolding that spans across tho great transept , about seventy feet wider , and proportionately higher , than that of tho old Palace , was sufficiently rebuilt by Thursday last to be ready for the raising and fixing of tho first rib of tho iron work yesterday ; and the same day being , fortunately , tho anniversary of tho raining of the first column , tho double event was celebrated by a dinner amongst the directors in the Palace , and a fcto amongst tho men at Bouluh Spa . It was interesting to seo those artisans , marching along , all dressed in their best , nnd hoacled by a band of their own—English , French , Italians , and Germans , all fraternally exulting in this frosh triumph of engineering skill and industrial energy , A largo amount of work has boon done this session . Tho bills and papora already amount to 1 ) 00 . General Anaon intends to rotiro from tho representation of South Staffordshire . Tho Ministerial whitebait dinner—tho invariable fororunnor of tho oloso of tho parliamentary Boasion—ia fixed for tho 13 th instant . Tho borough of Sligo sooms a hot-bod of bribery and petitions . Tiiroo now potitions aro to bo prosontod . Tho continued contests may load to tho dosirablo consummation of tho disfranchiaomont of tho borough . Tho Canterbury GommissionorB huvo reported that direct money bribory took place at the last Canterbury olootion , and at provious elections , but tho only candidates they convict of cognisance of nuch bribery , aro tho Hon . Mr . fimytho , and Mv . H . P . Gippu .
The Directors of the East India Company have resolved on accepting the new Bill , their suggested amendments having been duly considered and then ? power over their servants being unimpaired . This resolution was submitted to the Court of Proprietors , but not assented to . Mr . Holt Mackenzie proposed a string of resolutions against the Bill , but after some discussion , these were withdrawn , and with the consent of the chairman of the directors , a petition to the House of Lords against the Bill was finally agreed to . ; ' ¦¦ The charge against Lord Fitzwilliam , of aweing electors into voting for " his candidate , " and of punishing _ those who did not , seems proved by items of this week ' s evidence before the Committee . Robert Lee , a farmer , deposed that before voting for Walley at the last election he received as much as 40 ? . a-year for the supply to the Fitzwilliam bailiffs of drilling and thrashing machines , but that now
he received nothing . He would not vote for the Fitzwilliam candidate ( Mr . Cbrnewall Lewis ) , and Earl Fitzwilliam ' s bailiff ( Gibbs ) on paying him his last bill said "he was determined to stop it , and that he would not employ any one who voted against the Earl , and that he was ordered so to do , and would have nothing of that sort done against the Milton interest while he held the situation . " Mr . W . Pentney , printer and stationer , of Peterborough , refused to vote for Mr . Cornewall Lewis . Mr . Wilkinson , a steward , afterwards read him a letter from Earl Fitzwilliam , the substance of which was as follows : — "Mr . Wilkinson is perfectly right in informing Mr . Pentney that he is at liberty to continue in the house provided he pays an advanced rent ; but if Mr ; Pentney exercises his franchise offensively , or uses the press and prints and circulates anything offensive to me or my friends , I shall feel bound to have him removed . "
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All the newspapers , English and American , are now prohibited circulation in Cuba . The noted slave-ship , the ZadgSuffolk , has at length been seized by the British man-of-war brig Daring . For a world ' s testimonial to Jenner , the great physician who mitigated the terrors of tlie small-pox , the United States has subscribed sixteen hundred dollars . A " new element of difficulty" is said to have arisen in the Fisheries dispute between the States and the British Provinces . The matter must , it is thought , be referred to Congress . News from India and China reached town on lasfc
Saturday . From Bunnah tho intelligence is that no advance is to be made on Ava unless our troops or civil servants are molested ; and our present position there is to be maintained . Many officers have died . The Empire of China is divided , and Nankin is independent of the Tartar dynasty . Great anxiety was entertained for Canton , and a rising was daily expected there . Seventy thousand persons are living at present at Melbourne , and the crowd causes disease . The town besides is filthy and ill-drained ^ but 200 , 000 * . is to be spent on its sewerage . Food is still comparatively cheap , the low tariff keeping the market well supplied . ( The import duties are 7 s . per gallon on spirits , Is . per gallon on wine , 2 s . per lb . on tobacco 3 d . on teaand 10 s . per cwt . on coffee . ) Farm
, , and dairy produce continue very dear . In Melbourne cabbages are Is . each , potatoes 3 d . per lb ., and butter 3 s . At the gold fields eggs sell readily at lOd . each (!) , onions at Is . 3 d ., and potatoes at ' 6 ( 2 . per lb . Land near towns is very dear . Melbourne lots average 2000 Z . per acre , and country townships from 501 . to 200 Z . per acre . The Australian " post-offices are sadl y mismanaged ; not ' , one-half of the letters sent from England ever reach the parties to whom they are addressed . About 90 , 000 persons are now at the gold fields , 20 , 000 of whom are women and children , 10 , 000 storekeepers , government officials , and tradesmen , and 60 , 000 miners . An ounce per man per week is the average earning . [ The Times and other papers , in
condensing the late news from Australia , stated the earnings at an ounce per man per day ; but in the very column containing the error , they might have read the right account from the Sydney Empire , a respectable paper . ] Railways from Melbourne to Hobson ' s Bay , to Geelong , and to Mount Alexander , are talked of . Two pounds per week for a two-roomed cottage , is the rate of rents in Melbourne . Immigrants are to be taxed 5 s . per head ; the proceeds of the tax will be devoted to a sanatorium for persons arriving in ill-health . County-courts have been established in most of the leading towns ; and " concerts , evening lectures , restaurants , and public schools , " have been established at the gold fields .
A portrait of Pitt ( by Hoppner ) has been presented to the National Gallery . , „ , „ The scull-rowing contest for "Doggett ' s Coat and Badge , ' took place on Monday on the Thames . It was a close struggle , and was won by Fennis , of tho Tower . The first ascent of Mont Blanc this season has just been made by two Englishmen . They experienced no great difficulty as the weather was fine . A mat factory in Southwark took fire , and was consumed . The conflagration was great , the fire ranging for one hundred feet along tho factory and adjoining houses . A lady on visiting the Houses of Parliament on Saturday was struck to the marble pavement dead , by one of the doors swinging back . Tho fine old parish church of Kegworth is being restored in all its antique glory of splendidly-dyed windows and Gothic architecture .
At Cardiff now stands a colossal statue of tho Marquis o £ Bute : erected by tho county as a testimonial to his worth . It is draped in tho robos of the Lord High Commissioner to tho General Assembly of tho Church of Scotland . Tho inhabitants of Kingston went to law with tho Duko of Cambridge , for stopping a customary road on tho Coombo Warren ostate . It was shown that tho right of way avoso incidentally in tho erection of a telegraph station , and was not legal , and it was decided that a footpath was legal , but not a carriage-road . The corpso of a strango young woman was found m a field near Littloport , Cambridgeshire . Tho corpse waa marked with a penknife wound in tho neck , and stono found in bottlo
wounds on tho head . Poison was a near tho body , and prussio acid was found in tho stomach . Sho was seen tho night before with a young man , also a stranger , dancing in a booth . In tho words of a popular author , " tho whole affair is involved in myBtory . " Tho VogotarianB hold thoir sixth annual meeting , and a banquet in celebration of it , at which three hundred guests wero prosont , in tho Town-hall , Salford , on Friday , tho 28 th ult . Wo aro informed that tho society now contains 800 members , all abstaining from tho ilosh of animals lor poriodn extending from that of a few months to forty-hvo years , eighty or ninety of whom havo boon abstaining irom every spocioa of flesh , fiah , or fowl tho whole of thoir hvoa . Thero aro already to bo found healthy childron ot tho third
gonoration of vegetarian practice Tho betting on tho last Goodwood races was heavy . In amount it haa seldom boon surpassed . At lattorBall s on Monday , room , terrace , and ynrd wore crowded , mat it had been a smiling mooting for tho Holders waa vor ^ y ovidont , but " tho truo joy ia when tho monoy comos ; and what with tho lato attondanco of some parties , tho total ubflonco of tho accounts of others—heavy bottom , too—and the diaappointmont caused by throo or four hit and missinjr " ono of whom used to bo doop in commissions , and whoso hums standi in futuro is likoly to bo in that paradmo pf defaulters , Boulo g , thoro was a fruitful boutco of vexation and complaint . . ¦ , '¦ , Ti . n wlrlnw nf n . nawio wob romarkablo among tho people
of Goole for her miserable life and penurious habits . She doniod horaolf tho nocosaarioB of life , and refused to givo anything to her brother , who with his family was nearly starving ' . Sho died tho other day , and on searching her house , gold , " yellow , glitter ing gold" turned up in odd cornors . On © haa had , 600 Boverekna j at tho bottom of *
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 6, 1853, page 755, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1998/page/11/
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