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    Wilful Murder against Clare , who vras committed for trial . The Rotal British Bank Tbxaia—The trial of the Hon . Mr . Stapletori , M . P . for Berwick , Mr . Humphrey Brown , late BI . P . for Tewkesbury , Mr . Hugh Innes Cameron , and the other persons -who were arrested for the alleged frauds in connexion with the Royal British Bank , Trill take place in . the Court of Queen ' s Bench , "Westminster Hall , on . or about Monday , the 30 th of November . Loid Campbell will try the cases . Garotte Robbery in a Beer-shop . —Henry Moore ,

    a well-dressed man , having the appearance of a farmer , but known to the police as a ' swell mobsman' who lies in wait to victimize countrymen in London , has been examined at the Southwark police-court on a charge of being concerned -with two other men , not in custody , in garotting and robbing Simon Kelson , a German Jew , in a beer-shop in the Waterloo-road , on the 29 th of last April . The landlord was apprehended at the time under suspicion of having , aided in the robbery ; but he -was acquitted at the Central Criminal Court . Moore has been remanded .

    Robbery bt a Youth . —Thomas Crosland , a youth of sixteen , living with his mother at Leeds , has been committed for trial on a charge of entering the -warehouse of his employers , Messrs . De Suva and Co ., cloth merchants , and stealing 1107 . in notes , and a draft . The robbery was discovered late at night , and Mr . De Suva at once went with the police to the youth ' s residence , and arrested him in bed . He at first denied the theft , but afterwards confessed it , and produced the money . Iixustrious Criminals for Austbama . —Sir John Dean Paul , Strahan , Bates , Kobson , Agar , Tester , Saward ( alias Jem the Penman ) , together with the notorious swindler Bedpath , are now on board the Nile convict ship , "which vessel , about noon last Saturday , got tinder weigh from £ he Little Noie , made sail , and proceeded towards the Downs with a strong south-west wind . :

    Suicide , t— Mr . WingSeld , coffee-house keeper , of Farringdon-street , was found hanging in the cellar last Sunday morning . He had but a day or two before been discharged from prison on recognizances for ill-treating his wife , when he returned home and began the same conduct again , even turning the whole family into the ¦ treet . A fresh warrant was obtained and left on his table v and tins , no doubt , caused him to destroy him-8 « lf . " Alleged Child Murder . —A Toman from the Hackney Union workhouse , named Maria Clarke , has been examined at the " Worship-rstreet police-court on suspicion of having drowned her illegitimate daughter in the Regent ' s Canal . About nine o ' clock in the

    morning , a police constable on duty in the Queen s-road , Dalston , perceived a crowd of persons assembled on the towing-path , near the bridge , and was told by one of them that a little girl had fallen into the canal , and that her mother was gone to fetch the drags . Very shortly afterwards , the woman appeared , accompanied by the keeper of the adjoining lock and by another woman , ¦ wh o presently drew out of the water the lifeless body of a female child , about eight years old , dressed in work-Jiouse clothes . In reply to certain questions put to her by the policeman , the woman said that she and her child had been for some time pant inmates of the Hackney workhouse , b ut that on the previous morning she had obtained leave of absence in order that she

    might look out for a place , and she accordingly left the Union , accompanied by her daughter . As they were proceeding on their way together , thii woman , according to her own statement , noticed a rent in her child ' a dress , and therefore sat down on some steps leading to the towing-path of the canal , in order to mend it . She speedily missed the child , and , after an unsuccessful search for her , ahe went to the house of her sister at Cambridge-heath , where ahe remained , during the night . On the following morning , she returned to the spot near the Regent ' s Canal where she had missed her daughter the previous day , and seeing , as she alleged , the child ' s bonnet floating on the water below the bridge , she proceeded to tlie loek-keopers , who ultimately succeeded in

    finding the body . Tho constable , however , took her into custody . A police sergeant in court stated to the magistrate , that , having been told wliat had occurred nt Dalston by the policeman who apprehended the woman , he went to the house of her sister , and learnt from her that at twelve o'clock on the previous day , the child was brought to her by Maria Clarke , who complained of their ill-trvatmont nt the workhouse , and begged her to undertake the protection of the girl , which would afford her ( the mother ) an opportunity of entering into domestic service . As she was not in a condition to comply with the request , Clarke went awny with the child at

    an officer © f police instead . The man Philip is still at large . Robbebv bt A ' Betting Man . '—John Brooks , alias Baker , a well-dressed person , well known to the polica as a member of the ' swell mob , ' and who described himself as a ' betting man , ' was charged at Lambeth on Tuesday with stealing in the dwelling-house of Mr . John Coloman , the King ' s Head , in Meeting-house-lane " Peckam-rye , 200 / . in gold , and fire 5 ? . Bank of England notes . Mi . Coleman said that on Tuesday evening , the 1 st of the present month , he was robbed of two hundred sovereigns and five 51 . notes . The property was in a drawer in his bedroom on the first floor , and . was safe at six o ' clock , but at half-past mine he discovered the

    drawer open and the whole of the money gone . A woman who lived opposite said she saw Brooks in a front room of Mr . Coleman ' s house a little after nine o ' clock , with a light in his land . He was remanded for a week . Oub Workhouse System . — Henry Marshall , a miserable , half-starved old man , was charged at the Southwark police-court on Monday with , wandering about the streets at night , having no home to go to . About midnight last Saturday he went to the BeTmondsey police-station , and told the inspector that te was starving , and without a borne . A constable was then directed to take him to the Bermondsey workhouse ; but the authorities refused to admit him or give him shelter . The case being evidently desperate , the

    policeman kindly gave him money out'of his own pocket' to buy food with , and he was then locked up in the stationhouse , where he was again supplied with food on the following day . On hearing these facts , Mr . Burchani , the magistrate , said : — " I have had occasion before io complain of the conduct of the authorities of Bermondsey workhouse—conduet which appears so brutal that it is a disgrace to humanity . They refuse to shelter the casual poor , and the clerk of the guardians , who was here a f « w days ago , actually had the coolness to astme to point out the Act of Parliament which compelled them to do so . I have no doubt that they are the orders of the parish , authorities which are so deliberately acted on . The destitute poor of Bermondsey are actually

    refused admission into a workhouse belonging to the parish , and driven to apply at another workhouse , where the authorities have better instincts of fcumanity than those in Bermondsey think proper to act upon , the consequence of which is that the burden is thrown on those parishes unjustly . I have here a case before me of a man without shelter and food , and in a state of starvation , being brutally thrast from the doors . He is then compelled to seek shelter at the at « tion-house , where the constables , with great humanity supply him with food from their own pockets . I wish to avoid as much as possible making any harsh observations on any individual , either in his private or public

    fore the magistrate , she denied the charge against her-She was remanded for a week . Returning from Banishment . —A returned convict , of the name of John Frederick Mortlock , vrho was tried at the Lent Assizes in 1843 , and sentenced to twentyone years' transportation , for attempting to shoot his uncle , the Rev . Edmund Mortlock , of Christ ' s College , Cambridge , has been examined before the mayor of that town , at the Chesterton County Court , on a charge of being a convict unlawfully at large . Since his former conviction , he has resided for fifteen years at Norfolk Island , and also on ticket-of-leave at Tasmania ; and , while at the latter place , he received in 1854 a pardon from . Government , on condition that he did not return

    to England until the full term of his transportation had expired . However , during his residence in the colonies he amassed the sum of 46 / ., which he transmitted from Tasmania to the Colonial-office in London , and , about a fortnight ago , he called at that department , where he gave the name of Morton , and asked for the money for Mortlock . This was refused him by the secretary ; in consequence of which he shortly afterwards wrote a threatening letter to that gentleman , in which he said that he would thrash everybody employed at the Colonialoffice , Measures were therefore taken for the apprehension of Mortlock , under the direction of the Secretary of State , and , after a diligent but unsuccessful search by-Mr . Ellis , Governor of the Borongh Gaol , who was telegraphed for to London , the culprit was ultimately captured at his mother ' s house at Little Abingdon ,

    by-Captain Davie 3 , Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire , and other officers . " When brought before the Mayor of Cambridge , Mr . Ellis identified Mortlock as the same person who was given into his custody in November , 1842 , for having attempted to kill his uncle by firing a pistol at him . He is about forty-eight years of age . He stated that he had naturally felt very anxious to see his native country and relatives again , which was liis only reason for returning to England , as he had no friends elsewhere . He had resided for some time at Boulogne , and he thought it very hard that he could live at a place within twenty miles of Dover , and yet not be permitted to go to England , where he had some money belonging to him , which he came over to receive . He had intended to petition the Secretary of State to allow him , to remain here . He was fully committed for trial .

    "Wounding a Child . —John Shoe , a labouring man , hits committed a murderous Attack on a child , during a fit of drunkenness , and apparently without any motive . He was found in the streets last Saturday evening , so helplessly intoxicated that an excavator named Ballend took him home to his ( Balland ' s ) house , to keep him out of trouble . Balland then -went to a . public-house , and , while there , information wa 3 brought him that his little nephew , whom he had left asleep in the same room with Shee , had been attacked by the drunkard , and seriously

    wounded . He ran home , and found the child , who is seven years old , in the arms of a woman , and bleeding shockingly from , the face and other parts . Shee was lying on the bed , which was soaked with blood ; and , on being questione . l , leaped up and ran off . Balland pursued him , however , and a policeman secured Mm after a struggle , during which the knife was taken from him with which he had wounded the little boy . It was covered with blood . The man has been remanded by the Worship-street magistrate , and the child is under the care of a surgeon .

    capacity ; but I must say the conduct of these parish authorities of Bermondsey is most discreditable and inhuman in the extreme . It is well known that person 3 seen wandering about and sleeping in the open streets may be taken up and sent to prison as rogues and vagabonds . The conduct of these parish authorities actually drives these poor people into the streets , so that they may be sent to prison , instead of being provided with food and shelter . I shall not convict in such a case ; therefore tke prisoner is discharged . I must , however , remark , that the conduct of Mr . Rayner , the master of St . Olave ' s workhouse , is quite different , aa he generally admits many poor creatures refused by Bermondsey . This does infinite credit to hid humanity . "

    Charges of Bigamt . —George Meaden , a surgeon , living at Ratcliff-row , St . Luke ' s , was examined nt the Clerkenwell police-office on a charge of unlawfully marrying a Mrs . Taylor -while his wife was still living . Mcaden , who was formerly a shoemaker , had been several times before the court and liberated on bail , when it transpired that he had married not less than three wives , all of whom were living . His first wife attended on these occasions , but , as it was necessary that a certain witness then residing at Liverpool should likewise attend , in order to > prove that she was the wife of Meaden , tho case waa adjourned . This witness had since come to . London , but the woman was not then to be found anywhere . A friend of Meadoii stated to the

    Extensivk Swindling at lktAiwonD . —A young man , who has been Lrought up a stationer , and who is a cousin of the murderer William Dovo , of Leeds , and another young man named Andrew Bohan , an Irishman , and described as a gentleman , were charged at the Bradford Borough Court-house , on Tuesday , with having through forged documents , purporting to have been written by Messrs . Newsome and Lennox , stationers , Leeds , and the responsible servauts of tho Low Moor Iron Company , swindled Messrs . Dale , Mr . Charles Stanftold , and Mr . Mawson , booksellers , out of various quantities of note paper and sheets of postage stnmps . Dove had served his apprenticeship as a stationer with Messrs .

    magistrate that it had since been discovered that the first wife had married another husband , and was now living with him . Tho solicitor of tho accused asked for a further adjournment of the case , and requested that the bail might he doubled , « a Meiulen was suspected of an intention to abscond . Wr . Tyrwhitt consented to a week ' s further remand , and added that , if the necessary evidenco were not then forthcoming , Mcaden would be discharged . —A strange story of wholesale bigamy ia told b y tho Allan Advertiser , which says : — " In the priuoii of Grcenlaw there ia at present a woman whose maiden name ia Margaret M'Lcan , but who

    mar-Ncwsome and Lennox , of Leeds , and was subsequently an assistant to Mr . Stanfield , who is also stamp distributer for tho district , and was hence partly acquainted with his customers , and the way in which he transacted business . After he and Uohnn lmd obtained a certain amount of goods , suspicion was excited , and the two men were watched by tho police and taken into custody . From their own confession , it appears they intended to operate largely upon some of the stuff houses in the town in tUu course of the present week . Both are old offender * , Dove having been already imprisoned for obtaiuing good . 4 on false pretences , and llohan under a conviction for felony . They were committed for trial on the present chnrcrc .

    ried a bind , or farm labourer , named Houliaton , residing near Dunse . The woman afterwarda took to h . rselfa second hus-band , named Philip , and ahe bus buen indicted to stand her trial at tho ensuing Jedburgh Circuit Court . Houliston ( husband No . 1 ) . stands charged with the same crime in a nioxe aggravated form , he being alleged to havu not fewer than three wives , all alive , and mothers and children are said to bo doing well . II « also stands lib trial at next Jedburgh Circuit . Philip ( husband No , 2 ) is reported to have been married a second time , and it was on hearing of thla marriage that the woman M'Lcan went in search of her husband , but met

    Shooting a Ciiim > . —A man named "William Minchin ha » been examined on remand before tho Wolverliampton magistrates on a charge- of shooting a littlo girl about ten years old . The child , who wan unablo to appear at tho previous examination , now stated that bIio wan returning home ono < lny from school in company witli two other children , when she « aw Minchin vrith a gun in his hand , seated on a atilo in somo fields skirting « lane through which aho had to pitas . Directly ho aaw

    six o clock in the evening , expreasing her intention to proceed back to tho -workhouse ; but sho returned alo » o some time after , and accounted for the absence of her daughter by stating that sho had accidentally lost her . The woman abruptly left her sister's house tho next morning , and the latter saw no more of her until after she was in custody on the charge of murder . According to the atatcinent of Mr . Driacoll , mnatcr of th « Hackney ¦ workhouse , tho woman had frequently before absconded from the Union with her child , and had its often been brought back by the polica , by whom she had been seou lingering near tho Kegent ' a Cnnal . Wlton brought bo-

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    No . 390 , September 12 , 1857 . ] THE LEASER . ' ' . 873

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 12, 1857, page 873, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2209/page/9/