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      jjear the Dock-cottages , Birfcenhead , observed coming ' towards them a labouring man named John Dunn , who told them that he and a friend of his named John Drury had been drinking , together with three other labourers , at the N " ew Dock Hotel , and that he had been stabbed in the back by one of his companions just as they were entering the avenue leading to the cottages , while his friend Drury was at the same time robbed . One of the policemen felt the lack of Dunn's coat , and found a hole there , into which le put hia finger , and then discovered that the man had been dangerously wounded . Assistance was immediately obtained , and Dunn was removed to the hospital , where he now lies . The body of Drury -was afterwards discovered lying close to the

      Dock-cottages , quite dead and in a frightfully mangled condition , with , numerous deep cuts in the left jaw , and several others under the right ribs and near the heart . Close to the body -were found a large stone and a pocket knife , the ' blade- of which was wet with blood . The police subsequently apprehended , at one of the Dockcottages , three men named Francis and John Smith and Peter Gallighan , -who were all lying together in the same bed . They were partly dressed , their clothes were stained with blood , and one of them was wounded in the hand . A quarrel is said to have arisen amongst the five men about some theological question they were discussing , and this ultimately led to the oritne . The inquest has tsrminated ia a verdict of Murder against the three

      men . Murder at Bail ' s Pond , Islington . —Thomas Uobert Davis , a dirty and miserable looking man , who haa worked as a carpenter , and who lived in Dorsetstreet , Ball ' s Pond-road , Islington , has murdered his wife by cutting her throat while he was intoxicated . They quarrelled about eleven o ' clock on Tuesday night and Davis then attacked Ms wife -with a razor . She ran down stairs with her child in her arms , staggered for a moment , and then rushed out into the stTeet . On . Davis being examined on Thursday at the GlerkenwelL police-court , Mir . John Stamp , a lodger in the house , said : — - " He was in bed , and heard his -wife say , ' For God ' s sake , Jack , do go down stairs , for Davis says hell murder his wife . ' He heard screams of murder . Upon proceeding down stairs , lie saw Davis standing in the passage near the bedroom door , with a razor in his hand , covered "with blood . Mrs . Davis wa ^ running along the passag-e . He ( Stamp ) said , ' For God ' s sake , what have you done , Davis ? ' Davis replied , 'I have done the dee-d for her this time . Come on , Jack , I will give myself up to you . ' Witness said , 'But what a foolish man you must be . ' Davis answered , ' I do not care ; I am a happy man now , and I ¦ will die for her . '" Davis was committed for trial . "When he was leaving the dock , he turned round , with tears in his eyes , and asked to be permitted to see his dear child—a request which was at once acceded to .

      Attempted Suicides . —An elderly man , namedJoseph Wallemarke , was charged at the Mansion House with attempting to hang himself on a lamp-post in the street . A man , passing ; along Hutchinson-street , Houndsditch , observed the accused standing close to one of the gaslamps and fumbling his neckcloth in a manner that excited his suspicions . He therefore watched him , and presently saw him take his neckcloth off , and , having first tied a noose in it , fastening it to the upper part of the lamp-post , which he climbed for that purpose . He then , endeavoured to slip his head into the noose he had made , but before he could do so , the other man ran forward and pulled him down by his legs . Wallemarke struggled violently , saying that he had a right to kill himself , but the other held him with the assistance of a gentleman who was passing by , until a policeman came up , when ho gave him into custodv . It afterwards

      transpired at the Mansion House that the man was well known in the neighbourhood of Houndaditcb , and that he had also been brought to that police-court once before , when some doubts being entertained as to the state of his mind , he was sent to the workhouse , but ho refused to stay there . The Lord Mayor ordered him to bo sent to the infirmary , that a medical certificate as to his xnental condition might be obtained , before finally determining what to do-with him . —A young girl of seventeen has attempted to commit suicide under peculiar and horrible circumstances . She had been brought to the Btatlon-houso one night for disorderly conduct in the Streets , but shortly after her arrival she waa suddenly token ill , and had several fainting fitsin consequence of

      , which the divisional surgeon attended her . She was then placed in the reserve , room instead of being locked in a cell , and early tho following morning , havfrig partly recovered , she ashed and obtained leave to walk ia the yard . She was followed' soon afterwards by tho fl olice inspector , who presently found her lying hvndork corner of tho yard half strangled by a j ) icco of tape which she had tied tightly round her throat . Sho was subsequently brought up at the Westminster 1 policecourt , and remanded . She refused to give her namo or nny account of herself , and appeared greatly deprcs . sed When the police inspector attempted to soothe her , she told him that her own father hud seduced licr , and she Had in consequence left her home in disgust .

      A BuooiMa-LicTTRn Impostok . —John Doyle , alias Edward Sims , alias James Hill , was on . Tuesday brought ttp on remand before the Lnmbotii magistrate for furtlioi examination on a charge of obtaining money by nicaim

      of forged "begging-letters . Mr . Elliott convicted him as a rogue and vagabond , and sentenced him to three months' hard labour . Alleged Fraudulent BAonCKtrprcT . —John Marks , Samuel Marks ( his brother ) , and Abraham Simmonds , were re-examined -on Tuesday at Marylebone on a charge of fraudulently disposing of a large amount of property subsequently to the bankruptcy of the first named . One of the "witnesses was a man named William Molloy , who was in the service of John Marks , and who was actively employed in disposing of the property ; and he was now asked by Bfr . Sleigh , who appeared for the accused , whether he had claimed 200 ? . from Samuel

      Marks , threatening that , if he did not receive that sum , he would transport them all . In reply , he swore that he had not done so either by word of mouth or by letter . He added that he had written a letter at the dictation of Samuel Blarks . Mr . Sleigh then handed him a letter signed in his name , and asked if it was in his handwriting . He said it was . It was then read , and was found to contain the very request and threat which he had denied . He repeated that he had written this at the request of Samuel Marks , who had given Mm a sovereign for doing so ; but the magistrate said it was clear that Molloy had perjured himself . The prisoners were again remanded .

      A Homicidal Maniac— "William Browbill , a moroselooking , middle-aged man , working as a shoemaker , has cut his wife ' s throat , but not fatally , under an inipulseof insanity . Having done so , he said to his son , a boy of fourteen , " Bill , I have just cut your mother ' s throat . " The mail , and his wife had generally lived together on affectionate terms until the last few weeks , when Browbill began to show symptoms of mental derangement . On the man being examined at the Worship-street police-court on Tuesday , the wife said : — " On the morning of the 18 th of September , I was awakened by my husband , who complained of feeling * a strong sensation in the head , and that he was unable to rest . I did all I could to tranquillize lis mind , but he got more excited ,

      and , on telling him tliat if he gave way to such feelings , he would bring his family to the workhouse , he stared hard at me for a moment , and all at once caught up his working ; knife , and , dragging me forwards to the side of the bed , drew the blade three or four times across my ^ throat . I have no recollection how I got away from hiru , but managed somehow to find my way into the street , and was afterwards taken by the policeman to the house of my brother-in-law , where I have remained ever since under medioal . care . " The man said it seemed to him like a dreain , and that his mind for some weeks had been in so perturbed a state that he could not control himself . The surgeon at the House of Detention , however , testified that he could not see any evidences of insanity in the man . He was committed for trial .

      Customs Fraud . —Belfast has been the scene of a singular Customs fraud , one of the supposed agents of which is now in custody . " A teadealer named Moore , " says the Times , " had let some premises in the rear of his office for the purposes of a bonded store . Moore contrived to get a key to this store , and having access to the yard at all times has pursued the practice for upwards of a year of entering the place after the outer official gates were closed , and helping himself to such supplies of tea as he might deem expedient , filling the emptied packages with bricks and other rubbish . "In this way a quantity has been removed , estimated at the value of from 10 , 0 O 0 Z . to 12 , 0007 . When the discovery took place , it seems to have been made a subject of gossip long before any active steps were taken , and meanwhile

      Moore absconded . Some of his assistants , however , wero forthcoming , and those persons appear to have avowed their perfect cognizance of what had been going on , as if the idea that they ought to have refused to have anything to do with it had never suggested itself to their minds . Andrew Harbison , formerly a traveller in the house , William Kennedy , a clerk , and John Robb , a porter , together with Mrs . McClelland , an old housekeeper , were examined . Harbison knew all about tlio false lcey , and Kennedy , although less communicative , was apparently not much behind him in information . Rbbb , the porter , liad actually made himself bandy in helping to remove the packages , and an apprentice named Blake only two months previously had emigratod to America so as to avoid being called ' upon whehover an exposure might occur . "

      "WiKE-MuuoKR . — - Henry Wolcli , a stoker employed at the Vauxhall gasworks , ia under remand at Lambeth on a charge of causing tho death of hia wifo by Ms ill-usage of her . Two Officers rknt to Prison . —Lieutenant Barton and Cornet Echalnss , both of tho 7 th Dragoon Guards , have been sent to tho House of Correction for ten dnya for an assault on tho police . They stated that they wero under orders for India , and that , if' Blhit tip in prison , they would be mined ; to winch the magistrate ( Mr . llinghain , of Marl borough street ) replied that lmforo "ho altered liis decision ho must cause inquiries'to be marto ut tho W ~ nr-ofiico .

      ExTitAoitDiNAiiY Ootraok . — A wheelwright and contractor , named Josoph Ashman , fired a gun at th « Rev . G . A . IMnhon , on Sunday , the 27 th ult ., while he was performing service in tho cliurch of Lcigh-tipon Men dip . The weapon was discharged through an opon window , and tlio contents struck tho clergyman on tho right temple . He fell back stunned for a moment , and

      on recovering himself , found he was splashed with blomT This he at- first believed was his own ; but it was soon discovered that the gun had oeen charged with blood ? which the man had recently purchased of a butob . es The service of course was hastily concluded , and Ash man was captured . He has been examined by the Wl magistrates , and remanded . The Murder in Leigh Woods *—William Beale Las been again examined on the charge of murdering Char lotte Puggley in Leigh Woods , near Biistol . The evf dence tended to show that he was in the company « f the woman about the time of the murder ; that he was in possession of a pistol like that now in the custod y of the police ; and that Pugaley , when she left her situation had money about her , Beale was committed for trial .

      Thk Murder and Attempted Suigede at Boxton-—An inquest has been held at tho Borough Court * Bolton , on the body of Alice Mellor , the young woman who was murdered by her husband on the night of Thursday week , as briefly mentioned in our Postscri pt . The act , as well as the man ' s attempt to cut lus own throat , was committed in the open street in the sight of passers by , and seems to have been caused by the wife reproving her husband for minding nothing but drink and allowing the children to starve . She had also threatened to ' do something' when she got homo . A verdict of Wilful Murder has been returned against Mellor .

      Fratricide at Liverpool .. — William Jones , a butcher at Liverpool , has stabbed his elder brother with a butcher's knife . The fratricide was rather intoxicated , and he had been quarrelling with his brother a good deal during the evening . The neighbourhood was greatly disturbed , and the police inspector of the district stationed two of his rnen near the house to keep watch . Thi 3 , however , proved of no effect ; for , at half-past eleven o ' clock , while the two brothers were at supper , the quarrel was resumed , and William Jones pulled forth , a butcher ' s sheath-knife , and stabbed the other in the left breast . A third brother was just entering the room at the time , and was obliged to fly into the attic under fear that he also might be attacked ; but not before he had grappled with the fratricide , and seized the blade of the knife , with which he was a great deal cut . Cries of "Murder !" were raised , the police entered , and William . Jones was secured . The elder brother died almost

      directly . It appears that he had first struck and wounded his brother ; and the coroner ' s jury therefore brought irt a verdict of simple Manslaughter . Attempted Murder and Suicide . —A manat Doverhas cut his wife ' s throat with a razor , and then his own ,. in a fit of passion . The police with difficulty wrenched the weapon from his hand . He is but slightly hurt , however ; but his wifo is seriously wounded . She managed to escape from her husband , and , running ' to the police-station in her night-dress , and with the blood pouring ; from her throat , informed the officers of what had happened .

      Stabbing . —Michael Henry , " a labourer , lias been examined at the Thames police-office , on a charge of stabbing Edward M'Donald , a greengrocer , living at Shadwell . Tho two men had apparently quarrelled about some women , and Henry then attacked M'Donald in the street , threw him down , and bit him . They were separated , but Henry again rushed on the otlier , and stabbed him with a knife in the right thigh . This took place as long ago as the Gtli of September ; but M'Donald has been confined to the hospital ever since . Henry has been committed for trial .

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      GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . A singular inquiry in connexion with tlie elevation of Sir R . W . Carden to the office of Lord Mayor hns been going forward at tho Mansion House . A person named Thomas Plant Rose was summoned on a charge of attempting to extort money from Alderman Carden by offering to abstain from tlio publication of an alleged libel on him . Three or foiir individuals were told by a man known to be in communication with Sir R . W . Carden , tliat 40007 . had been subscribed to get up nn opposition to liiB election , -while to " several others it was asserted that tlio sums of 1500 / . and 2000 / . had been raised for ! tho same purpose . In one place it was stdte < l thnt at lloast 1 C 00 / . would be required to prevent tlio opposition . Mr . Millard , one of the corporation , was informed that WOl . must be paid to Mr . Roho to induco

      'him to forego Mb opposition , and this was accompanied ! b y a request that Mr . Millard would mention tho matter to Sir It . W . Cartlen . lie did so , and Roses ' application for money was apparently met by a refusal ' on tho part of tho Alderman . Upon thin being » ia ' 'known to Rose , lio requested Mr . Millard to see Sir 15 . W . Carden again , but ho declined to do ho , and advised Rose to go to Sir Robert ' s deputy . Roso mibHcqnently . had two interviews with the deputy , and in the course of one of them lie took ' a ' manuscript , from his poi-Ueft ' ami said : — " I huvejust discovered that this is nboul , t 6 bo printed to-morrow night . " The < l « i »»< . V f " ' ' " llow did you not that ? " and ho said , " It , wiih m tho 'hands of a person who prints tiling * for mo oi . -oiisionull y . I went in , saw tliin , and it was put into my lwm'l * t () read . I put ; it into iny pocket , and tho printer wan rory innoli oflfonded rifc my doing ho ; but I refund to K'V" •' back , mid have brought it to you . " On thnt very i » £ l 11

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      9 E& 'THE I / EiAPBlE . pSfoJsa ^ QtEEOjgftR 10 . 1853 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 10, 1857, page 970, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2213/page/10/