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      Sr-VSSSSSwSS'Sa SS fifJyearP * respected magistrate in his native for ^ w ° 1 ) Kth of tub Duchess of Nemouus .-The Duchess Regime . fffemourS intelligence of pilose death reached Windsor fifty sh ' asSeTi Tuesday afternoon , was first cousin to her a teach Sestv and the Prince Consort , having been the I . ChetaM au ' htrof Duke Frederick of Saxe-Coburg , uncle to v , olent th « Queen and Prince . Ou receiving the news , which- g , rl 1 , xused ' reat affliction to the Queen and the Prince , v , ho remam had vsiie-1 the Duchess at Claremont last Saturday Was hi : when apparently convalescent , orders were given for x > ia postpotSig the State reception of the Siamese Amtms- t of sadors , fixed for Thursday ; and all invitations to circun Windsor Gastle have been postponed for the present . womai ; : own s Irove rehicle jach time for a Assaults Regiment fifty a teacher Chelsea violent girl . had remand was hi Dkxjnk tor of womau own- "

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      ATTEMPTED MURDER ANX > SUICIDE AT Stead BARNSTAPLE . Hew ; \ f vum-servant named Henry Featherstone , recently Wooc " in the emplov of Mr . Passmore , a farmer at East Down , notwi I near Barnstaple , Devonshire , has hanged himself , after surge attempting to shoot two of his master ' s female domestics dead , by firing into the room . where they were sitting-. A , | a oj short-titae ago , Featherstone entertained an idea that get v Se two WOmfn had some unkind feelings ^ vith respect hous . to him , in consequence of which he gave his employer surg < notice to quit his service , and , having received the more araountof wages due to him , he departed . One evening Stea , XTtTWo women-servants were sitting at work mi the surg , kitchen , they were startled at hearing the noise of fire- bran arms ? and , immediately afterwards , shots entered the She _ room through the windows , which they broke , but did spin nTharni to anyone . Mr . Passmore , accompanied -by . the " ome ^ riends who were in the house at the tun e , ran out- then nS the garden with lights ; hut , although they ( bund Mrs several loose shots and percussion-caps , together with abst A some gunpowder , in a jacket which they recognized ^ mse SeVstone ' s , they : ^ to discover who it was that care had fired the gun . A large . horse-pistol was found out- cha siae the kitchen-window , apparently dropped justAvhere beft - it » ud been fired . The dead body of a man , who was was * aftenvarS ' d ' ntified as Featherstone , ™ £ g ™* && "J - dav or two later , hanging by a piece of rope from the ^ j i fe ? X ^ S ^^ o ^ hI ^ : S . fe ^^^ r ^ ' ^^ f : ^ z * tiniest wa / held , andthe jury retarded a verd . ct of »« lk Temporary Insanity . ¦ ¦ . I se \ Stead He was Wood surge dead a hope Kct house surgeon more Stead surbrandv ! She I spirit ' the ; then I Mrs i ins t care -c e befoS a was I ^^ n > s named it a ! him , f use i . no . gj se , so - Fe 1 si ( u sw « |

      aultingMr . l ' ocock , a ™* ° »» e ??'' ™?^ " ? , ^ „ mmm ^ m kept him in continual alann hy threats , even *> nce fo - say a ^ tx ^ t ^ r ^ r , ^^ i pPS |« isrti- * s ^ fi * - e ° - B ' cabma S r i Tr Ifc « ock f °£ to ""¦» K& s ^ i box « had 1 that B 1 , os- £ . reicna ftbmftn

      made a stop , and he gave the cabman a sovereign , , bat received no change . He was remanded week . . by Soldiers . —Two privates in the 2 nd of Life Guards have been fined respectivel y shillings and ten shillings for a drunken assault on of languages , committed near the dead wall of Hospital . There was also a charge of a more assault on a woman of loose character ; but the been to the barracks during the interval of a , and compromised the matter . This proceeding ghly censured by the Westminster magistrate . . to Death . —Mr . Joseph Dodgson , a solici-Leeds , has lately died under rather remarkable circumstances . He went to Sheffield and called upon a named Ann Stead , with whom , according to her Statement , - he had formerly been in love . This lived apart from her husband , and kept a small at Sheffield . Dodgson remained in her . compaiiy some days , sleeping first at a tavern , and afterwards house of a Mrs . Wood . During this time , Mrs . pli « d him with raw spirits to an amazing extent . taken extremely ill directly after he went to Mrs . ' s house , and several times said that he was dying ; notwithstanding which Mrs . Stead refused to call in a on , saying that , ns Mr . Dodgson would shortly be medical aid was of no use . She likewise expressed that he would die at once . As he continued to worse , Mrs . Stead wanted to remove him to her own ; but Mrs . Wood opposed this , and sent for a , who immediately attended and lbvbude any spirits to be given to the invalid , on which Mm . , who was intoxicated at the time , ordered the eon to quit the house , aud then bought a pint of , part of which she administered to Mr . Dodgson . was prevented , however , from giving him any more by the police , who at last interfered and turned woman out of Mrs . Wood ' s house . The patient got better , and stated that he intended to prosecute . Stead for stealing his money , as she had previously abstracted 561 . 10 s . from under his pillow , while !« £ » ¦ .. ¦;¦ ensibly with the intention , as she asserted , of takm . ^ . of it . She was accordingly apprehended on that harge ; but : Mr . Dodgson suffered a relapse , and died hc was able to give his evidence . An inquest held on the body , and terminated m a verdict of sSrJrs . —A man , named George Stake , lias been stabbed in the Edgeware-road by a youth of umeteen , Harris . The youth was met by Stake . on the morning of the 29 th of September and was asked by what the time was . Instead of answering , he made of an offensive expression , and , on be . ngjemonsa » ss . su s sktjsss SJsJKW- ' siiK- Sffi sssess -jsssss tai ^ pi ySiTSo vessel on board - ^ h Yates -ved ^ imm ¥ M B am 6 k = c ,, or , or «» i . t « nt-B « iMl « Mp « » Vnjurie . in-Walker Jlaimcd 1001 . as compensation toi ni )»>« dieted o- him by a ' ° ™»™™ ° f 3 j ^ n I » ™ ^ tf ££ ^« %£ ZS 2 S % r . ^ : ^ SE TS ^ rSi :- ¦» - ESSSi ^ K ^^ keeper , was n « t ^*™ f l WnlkJr wa 8 OTgaBOd in a at the - ""•¦^ "Vi nl , « nd had failed to leave the land wS 3 -uSiSd ' " nd had also by his own act af vhoi c » JJ"fe . modiiied damages were due , Ui e ^ s ^ rss sffiiW : s&svr& z disaatiafaction in the district . hinucsth 1 Tun Mubukkw H « iwiron » BiuBB . -Aa inau « st »

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      * j £ 2 ^ OBITUA UY . , SlR Auxucn CAUK ,, M , D . -Ireland ha ^ to ament t 1088 of this eminent p hysician ™* V ^™™ £ P ^ > va 9 died on the lOth iiwt ., m his w f ^ H ^ jfa ^ erBuiwIonH ^ l ^ . ^^ n ^ Sd ^ USK professional posi ; ' ia Ireland , and had uuca o *~ L puta witll de « ervcd credit tiona under aucceasivo Bwemmento jwti ^ ae e ion ssssa ^^ s fte decayed gentihty ^ after «« , ^ ^^ ^ Minsom c ? c Sante . Sir ^| J J , Jl hoin . ho 8 urvrvcd , Sydney Lady ; Morgan j , on y ^ ' ° consolation ttnd and whoso gifted daughtors wor L aapport of his last Uo « J w ^ ^ ^ Morgan Who » " J \ £ 5 ^ established in Dublia by tbo Afrtwon

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      " " ¦ ¦ "" ¦ - . - — ~~~ . - . ¦ ¦ - - ¦¦ - ; i _ i . . . - ¦ . - . . ¦ . ' THE O 6 VERNME ^ T AND THE BA ^ K OF " ^ ENGLAND- The following letter was addressed ^ on ^ -Thursday aftSnoon to the Governors of the Bunk of Eng land : — >' Downing-street , Nov . 12 . " Gentlemen , —Her Majesty ' s Government have ^ obr SsffiSsSSsSSw SnilSe mereaVe firn . 8 , oMenj . connected . mth ^¦^ SeSta a utrast which have resul « d from U&rSLana . for discount , and advance . « pon a ^ proved securities withottt " ^"" S . 'VsA ^ ke : Govern ! T ^^• fesss s ^^ si . r o . hi ; Se Bk « rn » Tt iUS » t should not be redded belov , ^ limits of the exigenciea W of the •^^' j ^ . " G . C Lkwis . | " To the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank , of England . "

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      « ' « W ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ fullv covered ); Messrs . Wilson ,. Morgan , and Co ., of v SVs ^ wholesale stationers Oiabilities , about 40 , 0000 ? Messrs . Fitch and Street , provision rner- e SiS , owing to-. tha suspension of Sanderson and Co . t CUabiUties , 55 , 000 / . ); Messrs . Coddington and Co . of c Liverpool , iron merchants , connected with New York ; and some Scotch houses . In some of these cases , it is thought that the debts will be paid in full . Some failures on the Continent are announced . At Paris the large Americau house of John Munra and Co . hS sto ? pe < lp ayment . At Amsterdam , the faiure h « taken place of the marcantile house of Gallerkamp , gSfeSSBS ^ SS sSesk : -, s = sp ss sSa rscr cs : s ¦ £ . Liverpool , the ' accountant . ¦ _ Tr ^ , - ;\ ^ i ^ -t ^ ^ , ^^^ tS ^ iSend to offer od . per hour whic h is only one halfDennv less than the men contend for . ^ TheGity of Glasgow Bank closed its doors on Wednesday morSng : . Thto establishment has about a hundred 1 \ T ^ lT 1 « 'llftS . '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - ' ' . ¦¦¦'¦' . ¦ '¦ . ' " . ¦ ¦ . . ¦¦ . ' . ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦

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      ' hint ¦ about to various coliee-sliopa where the TTTB L E A D E II . [ No . 399 , ^ ovEJOE Rji , 1857 , 1 O 88 ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ' ¦ ' " ' - . . •¦ - - JJ- ¦ __ —— - — - — — ~ " ~ " " . .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 14, 1857, page 1088, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2217/page/8/