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peror of Russia , The King of Saxony had not come up to Thursday ;
TStOWTKNBORO . Considerable excitement prevails in Montenegro . The prince seems perfectly indifferent to public opinion , and acts as arbitrarily as if be had half a million of bayonets at his command . Not long since he condemned a member of the ' noble family of Zuza to death for some political offence ; and a circumstance took place -when the man was put to death that deserves mention . As a dog belonging to the deceased could not be induced to quit the place of execution , the inhuman executioner tied it to the dead body . After a few days had elapsed , the poor dog became so hungry that it began to devour the body of its former iMaster . —Times Vienna Corre--spondent . ATTSTRIA .
" The General Assembly of the Catholic Unions at Salzburg , " says the Times Vienna correspondent , " appears , when compared to the Evangelical Alliance at Berlin , to be a complete failure . There tvero not more than 100 delegates present , and the great majority of them represented Austrian provinces and cities . Vienna sent 9 ; Gratz , 9 ; the Tyrol , 9 ; Upper Austria , 15 ; Bavaria , 15 ; Salzburg , 13 ; and other Austrian towns , 14 . German Home , as Cologne is here called , sent 10 delegates . The only circumstance worthy of notice that took place at Salzburg while the representatives of the Catholic Unions were together is , that , on the morning of the 22 nd of September , prayers -were offered up that the -whole of Germany might be reunited in the Boman Catholic faith . "
The amnesties granted by the Emperor -when in Italy « nd Hungaiy are far from being complete . Many refugees have" applied in vain for permission to return to their homes , and 5 a several cases no reply was given to i ; he petitions presented . - The Emperor left at midnight on tbe 29 th ult . for Dresden and Weimar .
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . Thomas Mtjxijcns , a tailor , lias been sentenced to hard labour for a year for a criminal assault on . a girl under ten years of age . The prosecution was set on foot by the Associate Institute for Enforcing and Improving the Laws for the Protection of Women . —A youth of nineteen has been found Guilty of the same offence , and sentenced to a year ' s imprisonment . Mahmoud Ali , a native of Calcutta , of good education , and lcnown by the alias of George Brown , - \ vas tried on Monday for stealing a cheque-book , value one shilling , from , Messrs . Grindlay and Co ., the East India and military agents . He went to the branch establishment Of those gentlemen in St . Martin ' s-lane , and said he
" wished to make arrangements for the transmission of a sum of 3765 ? . 10 s . 5 d . from Liverpool to London . He "Was told that the money could be received there , and that he must then draw upon them by means of cheques . Having professed ignorance of the nature of cheques , a cheque-book was shown him , and the process was explained . Shortly afterwards he left , but not before he had possessed himself of the book . In about an lour or two , a man brought a cheque for 16 ? . odd , drawn in favour of Messrs . Moses and Son 5 and , on the manager going to the Oxford-street branch of Messrs . Moses' business , he found Ali there , and gave him in custody . It was afterwards ascertained that he had no funds at Liverpool , and that he had committed various frauds by representing that ho was an aide-de-camp to
the Queen of Oude . Ali , who spoke . English fluently , cross-examined the chief witness with great acutcness . The jury found him Guilty , and it waa then proved that ho had been committed twico for three months as a rogue and vagabond , and sentenced to nine months under a conviction at tho Old Bailey . Mr . Doyle ( who appeared for tho prosecution ) said , there were three other cases against Ali—one for attempting to obtain a carriage , value 192 ? . 10 s ., from Messrs . Silk and Sons , of Long-acre ; one for the fraud upon Messrs . Moses ; and one for obtaining an opera-glass and ten tickets of admission to tho Surrey Gardens on the occasion of Mrs . Seacole ' s benefit , With intent to defrnud M . Jullicn , by representing that they were for tho < iuoen of Oudc . Mr . Creasy sentenced him to eighteen months' hard labour
A rather singular case wt » a tried on Tuesday . Ianae Hadfield , a midshipman , aged twenty-two , was charged with startling two rings , valued at 1 ? . 5 a ., from Mary Ann Madloy . Tho woman was a person of light character , und Iladfield fell in with her one night in llegcntstreot . On tho following day , ho accompanied her to the Crystal Palace ( though it would appear that nhe had to pay the expenses ) , and thero took a fancy to two rings tillo was wearing . Ho induced her to let him put them on lUa own fingers , and then refused to return lhcin . She thought , however , that lie was only joking ; but , on arriving lit London Bridge , he told her to wait for liim , and then , disappeared , and did not return . Some wcolca aftorwaTde , oho mot him in tho Haymurkct , and collared Jmnj but ho twisted himself from her grasp , and escaped under a cab-horse . A wcok afterwards , she ngaln met him in tlto Haymnrkot , and gave him in charge .
Rose Raoul , a Frenchwoman , has been found Guilty of keeping one of the notorious houses in Norton-street . The prosecution was instituted by the authorities of Marylebone . Judgment was deferred .
Mr . Creaay ( the presiding Judge ) told the jury they must acquit Hadfield unless they were clearly of opinion , that at tha time la induced the woman to part with the rings it wa 3 his Intention to steal them . Even if they thought he had no such intention at the time , there could bo no doubt that hi 3 conduct was shabby and contemptible in the extreme . The jury found Mm Not Guilty . Mr . "Creasy observed that , if ha had any manly or pioper feeling about Mm , he would make restitution of the rings , or give the woman their full value . Mr . Metcalfe ( who appeared for Hadfield ) said that the solicitor who instructed him would take care that such should be done . Hadfield was then discharged . He had been in custody since the 4 th of August . [ A very similar case is now under remand at the Westminster policecourt . " ] ~
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Ill-treating a Girl . —Two respectable women made an appeal to Mr . Paynter at the Westminster police-court last Saturday , on behalf of a little girl they had with them , who had . been neglected and ill-treated by her step-father . The child , whose father had been dead some time , lived at a house in Tnfton-street , where the applicants also lodged . Her" mother had lately married a stoker named Connor , and since their marriage he had behaved very brutally to the child , being constantly in the habit of beating her severely . On « night he chastised her with a policeman ' s leathern belt ,
and . repeated the same treatment the following morning , in consequence of which the two ¦ women lodging in the house interfered and applied to the magistrate for a summons . They likewise stated to Mr . Paynter that the child ' s mother , from , being confined to her bed by illness , was unable to protect her daughter from her husband ' s violence , but could only make a cry of entreaty when she saw her ill-used . The child ' s neclt , shoulders , and legs were covered with stripes and bruises . A sum'mons against Connor was granted by Mr . PavnteT .
Murdek rw Scotland . —The Circuit Court at Aberdeen was occupied on Thursday week with a charge of murder . John Bootli , a hawker at Old Meldrum , was drinking one night during last July , when he had his suspicions aroused with respect to his wife ' s fidelity , and he returned home vowing vengeance against her . Slie fled to the house of her parents , followed by Booth , who , meeting his wife's mother at the door of her house , stabbed her mortally in the arms , head , and chest . Booth pleaded guilty of homicide ; but this -was not received , and he was convicted of murder , and ordered for execution on the 21 st of October .
The Murder in Leigh Woods . —Beale has been examined before the Bristol magistrates . Inspector Norris , of the Bath police , said that he apprehended the accused at Captain Watkins ' s , Badley House , Daventry , where he was butlor . He found in his jacket pocket a pistol loaded with ball ; also two boxes in a cellar , and one in Beale ' s bedroom , answering tbe description of those in the possession of Charlotte Pngsley . Tbe boxes had been opened , and their contents partly removed . Another omcer proved finding in lieale ' s bedroom a second pistol , which had been recently discharged . Simeon Branscomb , gamekeeper to Captain Watkuns , Baid that Bcalc , on bringing the boxes to tho house , had stated that they Lad belonged to his sister , who was dead . The hearing was adjourned to this day ( Saturday ) .
Another Outrage in the Neighbourhood op RATCLiifKE . —A quarrel arose last Sunday evening between some foreign seamen at a beershop in the neighbourhood of Victoria-street , Hatcliffo ; and tho men , having gone out into the street , fought with knives . Tho result was that two of them were stabbed in the chest and back , anil that a woman who interfered to separate the combatants was hurt in the forehead . The wounded men are in a dangerous state in tho London Hospital ; and the men who committed tbe assaults , and who are both Arabs , are under remand at the Thames police-office .
Allkgkd 1 ? alsi 5 Prktenceh . —Lord Charles Pelham Clinton and Mr . Jofirce , of tbe Wheal Zion Mining Company , reappeared at tho Mansion House , last Saturday , in discharge of their own recognizances , for further examination , on the charge of having , together with several other persons , defrauded Mr . Francis Stockwell sharobrokor of Old Broad-street , Olty , of 500 / ., the particulars of whicli appeared in last week ' s Leader . Further evidenco -was received on the present occasion , when Mr . Stockwoll prevaricated a good deal in cross-examination Mr . Sleigh , who nppearcd for Lord Clinton , maintained that absurd
a more , frivolous , und utterly unwarrantable charge had never been brought into court , inasmuch n « , instead of hia Lordship and Mr . JeflYeu having obtained 500 J . by false pretences , Mr . Stockwiill held security to the valiio of GOO / ., which would immediately realize that sum on being taken into the mnrkot . Mr JofiVco ' s solicitor contended that Mr . Stockwull wns well aware that , when tho bill became duo 011 the . 4 th of October , it would bo taken up , while Lord Clinton did not know that the shares , which had been umd « over to Mr . Stockwell ns collateral security , would bo given un on payment of the bill . Ou the contrary ,-both his
Lordship and Mr . Jeffree had every reason to trelieve that the shares would not be given up at all . The Lord Mayor Baid that , although there had been very great impropriety in dealing "with the shares , he could not see any proof of an intention on the part of Lord Charles Clinton and Mr . Jeffres to defraud , and they must therefore bo discharged . Mr . Sleigh' warned Mr . Stockwell that a jury would have to decide whether he had not instituted the prosecution maliciously , and Mr . StockwelFs solicitor retorted that the defendants had not yet escaped . A Thieves' Tutor . —John Lee , a well-known thief , was charged at Sotithwark on Monday with attempting to pick the pocket of Catharine Marsh , on the incline of
the South-Eastera Railway , London-bridge terminus . Mr . Convbe asked what was known of the prisoner . Thomas iRicfrafcta , a detective inspector employed on the Brighton , railway , said he had known him for years as an expert pickpocket . He infested the railway station with a number of well-dressed lads , whom lie instructed in the art of thieving . Mr . Combe : " 'then he is a thieves ' tutor ? " Richards replied that he was , and the lads he selected as pupils -were good-looking , and dressed , like sons of the gentry . Several of them had been convicted of picking pockets . Lee said it was all false about the lads , but he acknowledged putting his hand in the woman ' s pocket . He therefore pleaded Guilty . Mr . Combe sentenced him to three months' hard labour .
Charge against A Jockey . ^ -William Bryan , a jockey , has been examined before the Monmouth magistrates , and committed for trial , on a charge of setting on fire a stall containing the race-horse Van Eyck , for the purpose of injuring the animal . He bad ridden a horse for the Chippenham Stakes , and Mr . Evans , the proprietor of that horse and of Van Eyck , refused to pay Bryan anything , owing to his having lost tbe race , as alleg-ed , through carelessness . It Would appear to have been out of revenge for this that he set the stall on fire . The horse was rescued .
As Irish Faction Fight . — -A fight between some Irish near Saffron-hill has resulted in a woman , named Bridget Sullivan , " receiving such serious injuries that she now lies in the hospital in a hopeless state . She was far advanced in pregnancy , and , after being knocked down , was kicked in the stomach . John Clarke , a eostermonger , his wife , and Margaret DaVeran , the persons concerned in the assault , are under remand at Clerkenwell . Mubd-erous Assault . —Thomas Kite , an omnibn 9 proprietor and coffee-house-keeper in Shoredituh , and William Ryan , a eab-driver , were on Tuesday charged at Worship-street with assaulting Thomas Meeres , a . driver employed by the London . General Omnibus Company . While Meeres was in the Lamb Tavern ,
Kingsland , on tho evening of the 21 st ult ., Ryan entered , picked a quarrel with a mnn named Coppard , and then , without any provocation , turned upon Meeres , struck him repeated blows on the head , knocked him down , and by kneeling on his chest , inflicted a serious internal injury . Kite ' s complicity in the assault was known by his sudden appearance in the apartment and exclaiming , " You are on the wrong man ; that ' s not him . " The police were called in , nnd , Meeres having been released from his assailant in a bleeding state , Kite observed to him " It was not meant for you but another , " alluding to Coppard , also a servant of the company ; " and he shan ' t be alive this clay week . " Kite was ordered to find surety to answer the charge , and Ryan was fully committed for trial .
Attempted SutcroE . —A girl , named ETleu Harvey , threw herself last Saturday night into one of the ornamental reservoirs in Trafalgar-square . Two gentlemen who were passing by dragged her out , put her in a cab , nnd took her to Charing-cross Hospital , as she ; appeared to be in a swoon . They there saw a drunken porter and a dirty old woman , who behaved very insolently , and kept tho girl waiting for admission so . long that the gentlomon took her to the King-street police-station , whore she received every attention , and was eventually removed to tho Westminster Hospital . On being brought heforc and
the Bow-street magistrate , she was remanded , Mr . Jardino promiwed to investigate the charge against the persons at the Charin ^ -cross Hospital . Nr . & ¦ A . Bennett ,. house surgeon at Charing-crons Hospital , waited on Mr . Jardine on Tuesday , in order to mako a statement relative to the alleged misconduct of the porter and nurse . Referring to a communication made hy his worship to the secretary , ho said : — " In coii . sef | iionco of your note , the secretary wished mo to cull uti < l offer an explanation of the facts , that there might be un investigation if you think it necessary . There appear to have been some little , confusion and misunderstanding . ' ^
gentleman brought tho woman round at about ono o ' clock . Tho porter wns nsleep in his room , and boiug tvolco up out of hi . s slepp wns perhaps a little confused . I lit * toad of bringing tho woman in at once , lie went to fetch 1110 . The gentleman was following him into tho privato part of tho hoapltul , Avhen tho nur . se sttoppc < l him und told him that he could 1 not go that wny , <> h it was private . I put on hoiiiq of my clothes and went down , when I found the gentleman had gone away . 1 followed mul spoke to him , but ho wuh so agitated that I ( lout think ho noticed-mo in tho confusion . Il « miy . i » 10 poitur wns intoxicated , but bo deoidodly " \\ 'i »« n <)< " . never know him othcrwtHo tlinn nobor . " Mr . Jardtiio declined to press tho demand foran investigation . A BicaaiMa Listxisr •¦ Imi'obtou . — James Doy le , n
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$ 4 $ THE LEABl !^ [ No . 393 , OceobkrS , 1857 . ^
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OUR CIVILIZATION .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 3, 1857, page 946, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2212/page/10/
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