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and 1 l © leaned on Rossi ' s arm . In a little while , however , Kossi accidentally felt that his companion had a poniard in Ms pocket . He -taxed him with tn « fact , and asked what he meant . Foschini made no reply , but , seeming at once to recover his strength , returned sullenly to the restawcwt . Rossi also returned , and , while placing his haha on the handle of the door , he was stabbed in the shoulder by Foschini ; hufc the woxmd was slight . He exclaimed , "What are you doing , assassin ? " when he received another blow on the armand retreated into the house , followed by
, the desperate ruffian , who continued to strike at him with the weapon . Chiesa and De Rudio ran to his assistance , accompanied by Carlo Rouelli , a man of good education and birth , who has been reduced to act as waiter at Stucchi ' s house . Foschini now dealt his murderous blows at all present . Rossi rushed into the street , calling for help , and hastened to a surgeon ' s where his wounds were dressed . The assassin ^ then turned , off the gas , and , in semi-darkness , continued his deadly work . Rouelli , the waiter , who had been foremost in endeavouring to seize Foschini , fell first .
dangerously wounded in the head , the abdomen , and other parts of the body . De Rudio next succumbed , and Chiesa alone remained to graple with the assassin ; when Foschinii , finding , as it issupposed , his strength failing , retreated into the street , followed by Chiesa . On seeing himself pressed , the assassin turned again upon Chiesa , and struck Mm a severe blow in . -the abdomen . He fell , but still retained strength to call upon the bystanders , of whom nearly twenty were at hand , to arrest the assassin . The sight of the poniard and the determined appearance of Foschini i however , seemed t 6 strike a panic among them , and the assassin yras allowed to escape without mblestatioii . The time wagbetween eight and nine o ' clock .
• JITae \ reatmt / rarit , ph being entered , presented a frightful ; sight . RoTielli was found to be in so fiangerous a state that , on being removed to CharingCross Hospital , it was [ thought advisable to take his deposition atonce . In this he stated , " I am not awareof having given any offence . Foschini jumped on me like a savage . " The sufferings of the poor feUow were of the most agonising character "while the deposition was being taken . Ke rolled about from Bide to side , and continually exxjlaimed i " Ah i mio Dib ! Ah I mio Dio Immortale 1 Come io soffro !" Houelli w « b still alive up to yesterday ( Friday ) evening , and appeared to be better . The other men are ; going on favourably . The assassin is still at large ; but a police inspector and detective are in pursuit , and hope-to capture him speedily . ¦ R
ouelli -was to have returned to his own country in & few days , and , it is said / was giving a farewell supper . It is added that it was known to Foschini that Rouelli Bad five pounds on his person , with which to pay his passage hqnde ; though it would hardly seem that this nad anything to do with the attack . Stucchi , the proprietor of the house , was . in the country at the tmxe of the attack .
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WIFE-BEATI 2 JTG . BlOHAED Pitts , an elderly man , has been charged at Southwark with a murderous attack upon his wife . They had been married nearly twenty years , but , owing to the man ' s brutality , the woman lived apart from him with her three children . On Saturday night , the man went to hep house , and , on her opening the door , knocked her down , and struck her over the hea d with a walking stick till she became insensible . He had once before been committed to prison fox * ill-using her . On the present" occasio n , he was sentenced to hard labour for six months . Shortly after being removed , he endeavoured to cut Mb throat , and succeeded in inflicting a severe gash ; but the knife was then wrenched from hia hand .
him , " he might have struck her once . Fraser , afterwards said , " Oh , I shall not deny striking her , " adding that he was provoked by " an indescribable assault" she had committed on Mm . Mr . Bingham asked the girl if she slept in the same room with her father ; to which she replied , " Yes . " The case was adjourned .
Another case of assaulting a wife has come before a magistrate during the present week , and exhibits an unusual account of depravity . Joseph Fraser was the name of the husband , As in the previous case , the wife had been married twenty years , and she had had twelve children . The man had been in the habit of beating her for some time past , the reason , as alleged by the wife , being-that he desired to put their daughter , a young woman of eighteen , in her place , to live with him as hia wife . He Uad turned tho wife out of doors more than once , and she had boon obliged to walk the streets all night . On the last occasion—on Sunday nighW- she had re-entered the room , and said , " Am I safe in coming in ? Is my life
in-danger ? " Her husband then rose and began to beat her , saying that " no policomen should stop him or take him out of his place . " Tho marks of violence yireB ^ nted by her when before the magiBtrato were Miflioted by her husband-before she could get out of the houeoi / She was thon obliged to walk the streets ail night . She was quite , sober , though oho had been taWng part of Borne beer and drink with her husband and hia frienda tho night when ehe was laet beaten . N w £ tt al 18 W * f * ^ , «» d stated that her mother W ^ tho woraefor ^ rink , „ & imitated hw father , and BrffVwo « t ' ffl 0 ' * mothw fol 1 down , and give horfooL ? , ^\ * T mftt ^« a-Poa «> . Butafie odded , looking at hex fotW , m If to obtain W «!»« fw ™
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The Stwday Burglary in the Cirr . —William Augustus Fitzwilliam , the man charged with burglary and murderous assault at the house of Mr . Socker , of Mitre-square , Aldgate , was brought up on remand on Monday , when the injured servant , Richard Martin , appeared , and gave evidence . He was in the house by himself ; the front door was shut , and the back door , which led into the yard , open . He had been reading , but after awhile lay on the sofa and went to sleep . Suddenly wakening , he saw the prisoner standing opposite to him , looking at the candlestick on the sideboard . Martin rose , and said " Holloa ! " believing
it was a man belonging to the house . The prisoner then rushed forward with , the candlestick in his hand , and struck at Martin ' s head . The lattei- received the blow on the palm of his hand , and his arm dropped powerless . The ruffian then struck him on the head , < c and , " said Martin to the Lard Mayor , " my eyes seemed to strike fire , and all in the room appeared to go round with me , and the blood flowed into my eyes from the wound , so that , I could hardly aee anything . " He thenendeavoured to get ab the poler , but Fitzwilliam kept striking at his head until the candlestick rolled from his hand under the table . He then ran
the citizens of Exeter of the innocence of Mr . Hvett that a memorial to the post-office authorities , -pravimJ that he may be reinstated in bis office , has been si 4 ed by several magistrates and a number of influential persons in Exeter .
out of the room . ; and Martin , opening the window , called to a boy who was passing to fetch the police . "I was then , " he stated , " all over blood , and the boy went ort looking ab me , as if in terror . * ' ' While Fitzwilliam , who never spoie a word , was striking at the servant , the latter kept crying out " Murder ! " and " Police ! " and several persons , including the two policemen who captured the burglar , ultimately came to the door . Fitzwilliam . asserted his innocence , but remarked that he saw it was useless to say anything , as his fate was sealed . The police proved hint to be an old offender , and he was committed for trial .
Receiving Stolen Goods .- —Henry Edwards , landload of the Blue Posts public-house , Holborn . Bars , is xinder remand at Guildhall , on a charge of receiving a quantity of stolen goods , well knowing them to have been stolen . A large amount of silk and other articles of haberdashery was found by the police at Edwards's house , and ic would seem that the goods were stolen a few weeks ago from a warehouse in Smithfield . Edwards had sold a portion of these articles to a Mr .
•" gff > a'trimming manufacturer , alleging that he was merely negotiating the sale for another man . Mr . Legg , however , appears to have suspected something wrong , and he communicated , with the police . At first , Edwards denied that he had any more goods on the premises ; but a large amount was discovered . — A . Mr . Full-well , the owner of some flour-mills at Chelsea ., is now underremand on a charge of receiving a quantity of broken s ' tones , parish property , when he well knew that they had been stolen .
Embezzling . —Mr . Thomas Francis Richards , now a solicitor in Southampfccm-buildings , has been committed for trial charged with embezzling a sum of £ 2 Q 15 s . 6 d ., while an articled clerk in the employ of Mi-. Fluker , of Symond ' s-inn . The money was deducted from the sum of £ 300 forwarded by a Mr . Bearchall to his agent , Mr . Fluker , to meet all claims on him iu connexion with the winding up of a brewery in which he had been concerned . The regent Embezzlement by a . Government Clerk . — George Joseph Nathaniel Charlier , the Government clerk at Portsmouth , was tried on . Saturday for the embezzlement , under singular circumstances , detailed in the Leader of April 5 th , of . £ 1 , 130 ,
Government property . The jury found him not guiliy of embezzlement , but guilty of laroeny , under the third count , Tho usual question being asked by the Recorder , the prisoner , in a partially suppressed voice , said— " I throw myself on tlie mercy of the court . I have suffered the loss of my position , of my fair name , and of the pension of « £ 50 a-year to which I should have been en-titled if I had had to loavo the service from illness . I have been already deeply punished , and now I can only throw myself entirely on the meroy of the court . " He was sentenced to five years' penal sorvvtude , From the sensation produced in court , it appeared that tb . o sentence was regardod aa remarkably severe .
A Painful . Stoby . —A young man named Edward Hyott , a olerk in the Exeter Poat-omoo , was recently acquitted at the Assizes on a charge of opening a post letter from America . Tho prisoner stated at tho time he was acouaod that ho found the letter opened , and this statement has boen in a great measure confirmed l > y a communication from the person in America who Bent the letter in question . Thia communication , whiolx has been received since tho trial , statea that -the writer of tho previous letter ( a woman ) had great doubt at tho time she posted tho letter whether it would arrive eafo without opening , as tho material of tlio envelope waa almost too thin to bear the weight of its contents . Bo convinced aro
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STATE OF TRADE . The accounts of the state of business in the manufacturing towns during the week ending last Saturday show no alteration , the general firmness manifested in . the preceding week being fairly maintained , notwithstanding the absence of improvement in the money-market . At Manchester , the operations have been on a satisfactory scale , and prices are still tending xipward . At Bmningham , all doubt as to the existing rates in the iron-market being upheld throughout the current quarter seems to have been removed , a further influx of orders having occurred . At the same time , a continued increase is observable in the demand for tin and tin ware . Copper also remains
firm . In the general trades of the place , the transactions have been to a fair average extent . The Nottingham report describes a slight check to the previous activity , owing to home buyers being unwilling to pay the high terms required ; but the orders from America are good , and manufacturers refuse to make any concession . In the woollen districts there has been no change , and a healthy tone is apparent . The Irish linen-markets have been supported by good export orderB , and full reliance is placed on the prospect of an increased demand throughout the year . —Times . A strike has taken place among the Lanarkshire colliers . In consequence of a resolution on the part of the eoalmasters to reduce the wages of the colliers
Is . per day—viz ., from 5 s . to 4 s . ^ -great excitement has prevailed among the workmen , and meetings attended by several thousands were held last week in the various mining districts in Lanarkshire . Oa Thursday week a meeting attended by 5 t 000 men was held at the Govan colliery , near Glasgow , and resolutions were passed not to work excepting at the old rate of 5 s . per day . The men allege that the price of iron , for the smelting of which the produce of the pits is principally \ ised , fully justifies the former rate of wages . In the meantime , 14 , 000 men are on the strike in what is termed the Glasgow district , and , though hitherto the men have beea peaceable , much uneasiness exists as to the result . Very few pits still continue at work at the old wages of 5 s . per day .
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . Improvements in Field Guns . — -Some interesting experiments -were tried last Saturday at Manchester with a new rifled brass field piece , the invention of Mr . Whitworth , , the well-known machine maker . The casting of the metal had taken place at Woolwich , and -was of the dimensions ordinarily used for 24-pounder howitzers , having what is termed a polygonal spiral bore of four inches . Iron shot were UBed of a form termed polygonal con o idal , the length of 321 b . balls being llf inches , and that of 48-pounders being 164 inches . The experiments were made
by men of the Royal Artillery force , stationed at Manchester , under the direction of Colonel Griffin and Captain Campbell . The results showed that the heaviest charge of powder for a 481 b . shot , frred at an angle of 4 6 degrees , was only five ounces , and that the distance at which , the ball struck the ground wa » 735 yards , and the extent of / the practising-ground would not admit with safety of any increase of charge . The last experiment was at two degrees elevation , with a 481 b . shot , having a charge of 4 oz . of powder , and the shot first grazed the earth at a distance of eighty-three yards , and never rose to a height of more than three to four feot .
TKH ReVTJGW OB THE FLEET AT SPITHEAD by tb . 0 Queen is ordered to take place on the 2 3 rd inBt . < St George ' s day ) . Her Majesty will arrive at Gosport from London at eleven , and will leave on her return at five . Admiral SirWilliam Parlcor , G . C . B . is to be first and principal naval " aide do camp" in attendance oa the Queen ; that is to eay , ho will bo the . Commander-in-chief of the < lay . Captain Sir Baldwin Walker , K . C . B ., Captain the Marq . uis Townsend , Captain Lord George Pauleb , C . B ., and Captain Lord Edward Russell C . B ., will be among tho other " aides do camp , " A vast numbov of excursionists have visited Portsmouth . The floofc
IB augmented day by day , and a Dutoh man-of-war aohoonor amved . at Spithead on Monday , in order to witnass the approaching spectacle . Stands have boon orootod on Southsoa common , for the oonvonionoo o £ landsmen and landawomon . Tho directors of tho Southampton Dock Company hove agrood that no tonnage chies or othor oharges shall bo made oil tho 28 rd on steamers coming ia to embark or to land passengers . Tho Commnnder-in-Chief of tlio fleet ftfc Portsmouth , togothor witli Rear-Admiral Sir M . F . Berkeley , hold a levee on Thursday at tUo Admi ralty Houso , whioh wm attended by all tlxo oiiptaine of tho fleet , with tho object of finally determining the movements to bo oxooutod at tho review . A reheoreal
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. JSfeL . „ . -. THE LEADER [ No , 317 , Saturday .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 19, 1856, page 368, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2137/page/8/
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