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    houses , and a quarrel ensued , ending in the attack on the prosecutor . The three prisoners were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment , with hard labour . A Ruffian . —Mr . Robert Dye , parish clerk , was accosted on Saturday night , in Foster-lane , City , by a man who said that he was starving , and that he must and -would have money . On being refused relief , the ruffian threatened that he would charge Mr . Dye with a felony , and , following him to Jiis house , he seized his umbrella ,

    and swore he would not give it up unless he had two shillings . Mr . Dye , being very much alarmed , went into the house to get the money , but , on returning , found that the man had gone . He communicated with the police , and subsequently the man called at his house to inquire his name . Being , on the occasion of a second call , asked in , Mr . Dye kept him in conversation while the police ¦ were sent for ; and in the interval he repeated his threat . In the end , he was given into custody , and has been committed for trial by Alderman Carroll .

    A Double Marriage . —The Rev . Richard Meux , perpetual curate of Cowley , has been tried at the Oxford Assizes on a charge of remarrying a man and his wife who had previously been married at a Dissenting chapel , and with omitting to publish banns or license . Baron Alderson said he did not think a legal offence had been proved , and the jury , therefore , returned a verdict of Not Guilty . Poor Relief in St . Pancbas . —An inquest has been held at Hampstead on the body of Anne Greening , the ¦ widow of a builder , who drowned herself owing to want and to the neglect of the parish officers . The jury appended to their verdict a censure of the two relieving officers , and an expression of dissatisfaction at several of the parish arrangements . Decayed and respectable parishioners , it seems , are classed with vagrants and casual poor , and persons seeking in-door relief cannot l ) e admitted after a very early hour of the evening .

    An Enthusiast in his Trade . —A sailor , under the influence of liquor , having strayed into a public-house at Horsleydown , attracted the attention of a man named James Callaghan , who , with another ruffian , designed to rob him . The sailor appeared to understand this , and therefore asked the landlady to lock him up in some place of safety , where he might sleep for a short time . She did so , when Callaghan demanded the key , and , upon being refused , knocked the woman down , and severely ill-used her . Her cries for assistance brought her husband to the-spot , who was in turn assaulted by the ruffian , by whom he was kicked and bitten . Callaghan was committed for three months .

    A Strange Stort . —Some singular statements have been made before the Worship-street magistrate by a Mr . John "Weakley , a brush manufacturer in Highstreet , Whitechapel , and his apprentice , a youth about sixteen years of age . The lad , while out transacting some business of his master ' s , was met by a gentleman with a thick beard and moustache , who , jumping out of a gig , asked him to hold his horse , while he went into a shop . The boy did so , and the gentleman , when he returned , said he had no change with which to pay him , but invited him into his gig to ride to a certain place where he could obtain silver . As the } ' were riding along , the gentleman said he was a perfumer , and asked the lad if he liked perfumes . On his replying that he

    did , the stranger placed a scent-bottle to his nose , and immediately he became insensible . How long he continued in that state he did not know , but he thought it mast have been several hours , as it was quite dark when lie came to himself . Pie then found that he was in the hands of two men , who were pulling bint out of the gig in a lane , evidently some distance in the country . He resisted being dragged out of the gig , and called out for help , on which one of the men seized him by the neck and threatened to kill him if he made any more noise ; but he struggled and fought vigorously , and , having severely bitten the man who held him , ho was let go . He then ran away , pursued by the men , whose footsteps ho could hear behind him , but whom at length ho evaded

    by throwing himself down in a dry ditch , where he remained concealed till morning , his pursuers having apparently lost him nnd given up the chase . Afterwards he got out of the ditch into an adjoining field , but felt so faint and exhausted that he threw himself down and slept for several hours , and , on being roused by some men at work in the field , was told by them that ho > vaa about six miles beyond Ilighgate . Ho knew nothing of tho road , but the men directed him the way ho should take , and , on getting back to his master , ho informed him of everything that had taken place . Mr . Weakley gave tho boy a high character ( based on a knowledge of him for five years ') for truthfulness and honesty ; and tho magistrate udviscd that the matter should be placed in tho hands of the police .

    Affray nkak Nkwcastlk . —A furious not has recently taken place in the neighbourhood of Nowcastlcon-Tyne , between a party of Orangemen and a largo body of Irish Ribboninon , in consequence of which upwnrda of sixteen of tho fonnor havo been severely inj ured , and it ia also auppoacd that one or two of them have been killed . On tho day of the anniversary of tho battle of tho Boyne , several men belonging to tho Protestant Association of Orangemen assembled at ( Jntesuoad for tho purpose of mawhing in procession from that town to Newcastle . After proceeding some way , they wero Joined by another party of Orangemen , with whom thoy passed over tho bridge across tlteTyito towards tho

    Telling , where a third body of Orangemen was waiting to join them . Before they could reach their new companions , however , they perceived advancing "towards them several hundred Ribbonmen , all of whom were armed with deadly weapons , consisting of swords , pistols , bludgeons , and " morgan rattlers . " One man had a scythe , which he flourished over his head . On seeing this formidable body approaching , the Orangemen halted , and one of their party advanced to the Ribbonmen , and requested them to allow the others to pass peaceably onward , urging as a motive that , on St . Patrick's day , when the Irishmen walked , they were not molested or assaulted by any of the Orangemen . The Ribbonmen , however , cried out , " You shall never go on . Death , or turn back again ! " Finding themselves thus menaced , and being unarmed , and

    considerably overmatched by their opponents in point of numbers , the Orangemen turned about , with the intention of walking quietly back again to Gateshead ; but they had no sooner done so , than the entire body of Ribbonmen rushed forward with a savage yell , and commenced attacking them . The Orangemen fled precipitately , but many of them were knocked down by their enemies , while others were severely wounded by the firing of pistols . The Irishmen for some time dealt their blows right and left at random , in consequence of which several persons who were merely witnesses of the affray , and unconnected with either party , got seriously hurt . Although many of the Ribbonmen are well known , the police have as yet only succeeded in apprehending two of them ; the Gateshead and county authorities , however , are on the alert to prevent any further disturbances of the kind taking place .

    Charge and Countercharge . —A serious disturbance arose in Britannia-street , City-road , some few weeks ago , the particulars of which have only just come before the magistrate . Thomas Brown , who has lately returned from the Crimea , where he served as one of the Army Works Corps , was drunk and disorderly , and a policeman who interfered was assaulted , the man observing that murder should be done , for that either he or the constable should be killed . The officer then tried to take him into custody , and a fierce struggle ensued . The policeman , being greatly injured , drew his staff , and struck Brown several times , knocking him down , or being himself felled , over and over again . The mob

    aided with the prisoner , and the constable was so dreadfully maltreated that a tradesman took him into his shop , and was obliged to put up his shutters to keep out the crowd , who had by this time rescued the original offender . Herbert , the policeman , appeared on Tuesday at Worship-street , to give evidence . He was in a very feeble state , and it appeared that he had been kicked in the abdomen by Blown , and also on the ribs , head , and face . He will not be able to return to duty , and is utterly ruined in health . The defence was a countercharge of brutality on the part of the officer , who will be prosecuted by the prisoner's counsel . Brown was committed for trial .

    Assault . — A bricklayer , named Joseph Francois Gobel , has been examined before the Clerkenwell magistrate on a charge of stabbing Charles Chadwick and Daniel Livingstone . The latter , who appears to have received by far the greatest injuries , was a fellowlabourer of the prisoner , who is a Frenchman . One morning they quarrelled in front of a public-house in Somers Town , when Gobel asked Livingstone to pay him some money he owed . Livingstone paid him , and then attempted to go away , but was detained by Gobel , when the men again got quarrelling . During this

    second disagreement , Gobel pulled out a knife and inflicted six wounds ( each nearly an inch in length ) on Livingstone's back , chest , and thigh . Chadwick , who happened to be on the spot , was likewise stabbed in tho back . An alarm being raised , two police constables arrived , nnd , while one of them took Gobel into custody , tho other went with Livingstone to a surgeon . The wounded man is going on favourably . The prisoner , who stated that lie could not speak English , was remanded for the attendance of an interpreter , and al .-so until the result of Livingstone ' s wounds should bo known .

    How to Treat Dkbtous . —A correspondent supplies us with tho facts of a piece of tyranny and spite recently committed upon an unfortunate debtor . A coachmaker from a largo manufacturing house sot up for himself , but failed , and was unable to pay bis rent . Ho is old , but has a large family , and tho youngest of his children ia only nine months old . His landlord came to turn hiin out of his house , and , in his despair , tho poor wretch nailed up the doors and windows . Tho

    authorities , howover , broke through , seized him , and dragged him forth . But tho most disgraceful part of the story remains to bo told . A lurge crowd gathered round tho debtor , kicked and cuffed him , and pushed him along . Our correspondent adda that ho has been many yeans in India , but that he never saw tmch brutal conduct . Aa tho case stands , and unless there are some strong fuctn on tho other side , of which tho -writer has not boon informed , nothing can exceed tho infamy of the transaction , t

    Woman-Bicatino . —' John Maidinnn has boon committed to tho llouao of Correction for aix mouths for u sarayo attack on liia wife , in tho courso of which ho stabbed her under the loft eye with a knife . Ho has boon in tho habit of UMrealJnir her for tho lust woven

    years . —A similar case haaftome before another magistrate . The poor victim was so dreadfully used that sh < jumped out of window . The man was sent to prison . Camberwell-Fair . —The riotous character of th < proceedings at Camberwell Fair , the only one of thi suburban fairs now held , has induced the police to apph at the Lambeth office for a summons against the lords _ o the manor to show their right and title to hold the fair —The gentlemen in question admitted that they , had n < right , and the fair was therefore suppressed .

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    STATE OF TRADE . TirE accounts of the trade of the manufacturing districts for the week ending last Saturday , show general steadi ness . The Manchester market has been , without alteration . At Birmingham , although the price of manufactured iron has been maintained , a reduction of 7 s . 6 < L pei ton has been adopted in pig iron , as compared with the commencement of last quarter . The sudden decline iu copper which occurred last week has been followed by an equally unexpected reduction in tin . At Nottingham the export trade is usually dull at this period , buf the home demand has been very good . In the woollen districts there has been a fair business at firm prices , and the Irish linen-markets maintain a healthy appearance . —Times .

    The shipwrights' strike at Milwall continues to furnish matter for the decision of the Thames magistrate . Two men were on Saturday brought before Mr . Yardley , charged with violating their contract with Messrs . Young , Magnay , and Co ., shipbuilders . The defence was that the contract was signed under the influence oi a misrepresentation , it having been stated , according tt the men ' s counsel , that the strike was over , and that the union men had gone in . This was not the case ; and , had they known it was not , the accused would have refused to sign , as they desired to support , not to oppose the shipwrights on strike . Brown , the man employed by the firm to get the contract made , admitted that he had told a falsehood , to the extent of saying that ten men had returned , when none had gone back . Mr . Yardley said the contract had clearly been signed under a misrepresentation , and the men were accordingly discharged .

    An audacious fraud—for such it seems to have beenwas practised on Tuesday afternoon on the Stock Exchange , with a view to depreciating the shares of the Riga Railway . The price of the shares , at the commencement of business , was about 5 £ premium ; but rumours were speedily spread that certain Greek houses had received telegraphic despatches to the effect that no convention had ever been executed with the company by the Russian authorities . In consequence of this statement , the shares fell rapidly to 3 premium . The directors , however , did their best to nullify the report bv exhibiting to inquirers all the formal documents connected with the concern , and by protesting that they had received no information to warrant the current rumours . Subsequently , the shares recovered in some degree , though not entirely . It is stated that the reports were fabricated for speculative purposes .

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    IRELAND . Mr . James Sadleiu . —It is stated ( says the Times ' ) that the tales of Mr . James Sadleir'a flight in a yacht , and subsequent pick-up by an emigrant ship iu the Irish Channel , are the merest stretches of fancy . It is now said the delinquent took his passage , like ordinary honest men , on board one of her Majesty ' s mails at Kingstown about three weeks since , and was recognized at the pier by two gentlemen who were familiar with his personal appearance , antl who , to make assurance doubly

    sure , followed him into the steamer , nnd saw him take his place among the passengers with an air of the easiest nonchalance and most perfect innocence . —An order appears in the Gazette , from the Master in Chancery , directing that a call of forty shillings per share should , bo made on Mr . Wilson Kennedy for one hundred Tipperary Bank shares , and on Mr . Vincent Scully , as tho holder of seven hundred shares . —Three heavily laden drays arrived in Carlowon Friday week from Tipperarj ' . They were stated to be the property of the fugitive member for Tipperary , and were on the route to tho Irish metropolis .

    —At the Limerick Assizes , an action of ejectment was brought by Patrick Fitzgerald against James Sadleir . It appeared from tho statement of the case that tho grass had been cut grccu and unripe ofl' the lands held by tho defendant ; that tho house was knocked down , and the stones with which it was erected taken off ! Tho ^ defendant was not represented by counsel , and , tho jury having found for tho pluintifl ' , ' Huron Greeno made an order for immediate execution . —An injunction has been obtained from tho Master of tho Rolls to restrain James Sadleir , or ni \ y of hia servants or agents , from selling or disposing of any part of his property .

    This Mutiny at Nknaqh . —Tho Uov . Mr . Scanlan , the clergyman whose intercession on the occasion of tho late mutiny had ho excellent an effect , haws written to tho local journal , to exculpate , in some dogree , tho conduct of the men . Hu calla attention to tho hardship of' depriving tho men of their clothes , and of proposing to pay their bounty at tho rato of five uhillings a quarter , instead of lotting them have tho wholu flmount at onco ; and ho assorts that tho greater part of t *) O regiment ha < l

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    July 19 , 1856 . J THE LEAD E B ,. 681

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  • Leader (1850-1860), July 19, 1856, page 681, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2150/page/9/