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s appeared that he had swallowed oxalic acid . He was taken to a surgeoii , who administered an antidote , and on Monday he was charged at the Thames police-office .. It then appeared that he had got his cousin , a child nine years old , to purchase the poison , saying it was to stain boots with . This child was served by another child , a
Mr . Kirke , conceiving that a widow whom he knew had been cheated out of a shilling by the society , went to j the offices ana desired to see the principals . He eni deavoured to force himself in , and was assaulted by the persons in question with great violence . They were committed for trial .
boy about the same age , employed in his shop by a Mr . Hutchtns , a chemist and druggist . The boy assistant said the other boy had once before come to him with a bad arm . Mr . Selfe , the magistrate , said it was very wrong in Mr . Hutchins to allow the boy to serve in the shop ; upon which , Mr . Hutchins innocently stated , amidst much laughter , ' that he did not allow him to sell medicines of any description , or to prescribe for patients at any time . An old man said that the prisoner ( who is his nephew } was married on Christmas morning , and got intoxicated , and very much excited ; and he ( the uncle ) was afraid he was the cause of all the mischief , for he ordered him out of the house . Inspector Allison said that the prisoner's wife gave birth to a child on Christmas-day immediately after the wedding . Altogether , a strange history ! The man promised amendment , and was therefore discharged .
Committal of a Thief . —The man recently apprehended for trying to enter a house in Lambeth with a skeleton key , " on which occasion he assaulted a constable and a gentleman who stopped him , has been sent to Wandsworth House of Correction for three months . Christmas Drunkenness . —The three days' holiday at the close of last week , and the supplementary festivities pretty generally made on the Monday , have , we regret to say , been productive of a vast amount of drunkenness . The police-offices have literally been mobbed by the number of persons brought up by the police on charges arising out of excess in ardent spirits .
At Lambeth alone , these charges amounted to more than forty ; and at the other courts they were very numerous . A most disgraceful case was brought forward at Westminster , where William Richardson , a shoemaker , was charged with misconducting himself at St . Barnabas Church , Pimlieo , on Monday evening . He went to the church , intoxicated , used violent language , threatened to stab the porter , and abused , in disgusting terms , all those who entered the edifice . When brought before , the magistrate next morning , Richardson said he was thoroughly ashamed of himself . He was fined twenty shillings and ordered to enter into recognizances for future good behaviour .
Receiving Stolen Goods . —Henry Perry White , a marine store dealer , who has recently been charged at the Marlborough-street police-court with endeavouring to incite a policeman , lef t in possession of a house in Great Portland-street , which had been already plundered by a constable named Sankey , to a further robbery of the same premises , was again examined last Saturday at that . office on a charge of having received a part of the property , knowing it to have been stolen . The _ , who was discharged at his former examination , subsequently absconded , in consequence of which , suspicions
were entertained that he must have been m some way connected with the robbery committed by Sankey , and , information being given to a police constable , White wae " apprehended after seven weeks' search , in a public- house at Kensington . While being taken to the station-house , he attempted to bribe the policeman who captured him to let him go , promising to pay him 51 , in three hours from that time , for his release . Several articles of bed and table furniture were afterwards found at his house , and identified as a portion of the property stolen by the policeman Sankey . Mr . Bingham committed White for trial .
Another Poisoning Cask . —Inquiry is being made into the circumstances attending the death of Barbara Sagar , the wife of the master of the Koighley workhouse . Owing to various si n ister rumours , the interment was Btopped , and a poet mortem examination of the body was ordered . Arsenic has been discovered in the body by Mr . Morloy , of Leeds ; and several persons have spoken to the fact of Sugar having ill-used his wifo . The inquiry has been adjourned . Shooting into a Pouok-oiwick . —Early on Monday morning , while a clerk in the employ of the superintendent of polico for the Pontofraut division of the West Riding was Bitting in the County PoHce-ollico in that town , on duty , a gun was fired through the window , but the charge fortunately missed the clerk ' s head umi lodged in the wall behind him .
Ill-usage oic a Skiivant Girl . —A 'girl mamed Susan Doau iu now lying at tho Islington Workhouse in a very precarious state , owing to injuries inflicted on her , as she states , by her mistress , a Mrs . Augusta Leigh rresidingm-Park-place ,-LlverpoQlr , road . ^ Tive . giri has evidently boon most fearfully hurt , and aho has stated to tho Clerkenwell magistrate that her mistress on several occasions struck her with a poker , u hatchet , a bropm , and a brush . The inquiry has been adjourned , and in tho menu while Mrs . Loitrh has boon admitted to ball .
Charqiu against a Loan Sogikty . — . Two persons connected with an association called tho Temperance Loan Society , with ofneos at 16 , Now Out , Lambeth , wore charged at tho Southwaik police-court on Thursday with an assault on a Mr . Kirko , clurlc to a solicitor .
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GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW AND POLICE COURTS . John Dohebty , the Liverpool bankrupt , has followed the example of Mr . Stephens , and has failed to reappear in the Bankruptcy Court for his adjourned examination , on the plea of his health having been broken down by the harassing nature of the cross-questioning . It was decided to further adjourn the examination for a fortnight , and to require , at the end of that time , a medical certificate as to the state of the bankrupt ' s health . A strange attempt has been made by aii American seaman , calling himself Johnson or Barker , to incite the Sunderland
soldiers of the 9 th Regiment , stationed at , to a political mutiny . He gave one of the privates , one evening in the streets , a letter , which ultimately found its wav to the commanding officer , and proved to be an address to the soldiers of the regiment , exhorting them to proclaim a republic in the town . The writer promised that on the following night he would be before the barracks , ready to join the movement , which was then to commence with the disarming and securing of the officers and the appointing of fresh ones from the ranks . The letter was transmitted to the Mayor , who arranged that the following reply should be given to the man when he appeared at the appointed time : — " In answer to yours of yesterday , we , the soldiers of the 9 th , are prepared to do our duty . " The American was on the spot at the promised hour ; the reply was given to him ; and immediately afterwards he was arrested by some policemen in plain clothes , who were on the watch . On the police going to his room , they foun I a strong smell of opium , and a bottle labelled ' Laudanum—poison . ' The man said he had taken a large quantity , but it had made him sick , and thus his life was saved . He is now under remand before the Mayor ; but it seems to be pretty clear that he is crazed . A Mr . Richard Potts was on Tuesday examined on a remand at Bow-street , on a charge of stealing a bill for 200 ? . entrusted to him bv Mr . R . A . B . Jennings , for
purpose getting . xne was subjected to a severe cross-examination , and made some admissions to tho damage of his character . The defendant ' s counsel contended that Mr . Jennings had improperly obtained the bill from a Mr . Banks , and that Mr . Potts , on hearing that fact , determined not to advance on it any further sum , having already , as he states , given 201 . Mr . Potts was discharged . " We understand , " says the Northern Ensign , " that an action of damages for defamation was recently raised in the Court of Session by the Rev . Mr . Mackellar , of the Established church of Clyne , against his Grace tho Duke of Sutherland , the damages claimed being 2000 / ., and that a decree for that sum has been obtained , his Grace having failed to enter appearance . ' The ground of the action is said to be founded on a letter written by one of tho Du ' . te ' s agents containing defamatory statements regarding Mr . Mackellar . "
The first meeting under the winding up of the affairs of tho London and Eastern Banking Corporation was held on Wednesday at the chambers of Vice-Cliancellor Wood , before Mr . Loinan , Chief Clerk . The first subject brought under consideration was the amount of security to be taken from Mr . C . J . Stuart , of Threadneedle-strcet , and Mr . J . Ball , tho official managers . Mr . Peachey ( of the firm of Oliverson , Lavce , and Peachoy , solicitors to the London and Eastern Bank , und to the official managers ) , said they proposed to give security to the extent of 11 , 000 / . in each case , making a total guarantee of 22 , 001 )/ . on behalf of Messrs . Stuart und Ball . Those gentlemen having both oxpresscd their readiness to give security to this amount , it wan agreed thut they should ontor into their recognizances . After some brief discuasion , tho meeting adjourned .
An action was brought on Wednesday at tho Rotherham County Court by a workman at tho Park ( Jute Iron Works against another workman for compensation for the loss of tho plain tiff ' s eye , owing , it wus alleged , to soino carelessness on tho part of tho defendant . The jury guvo a verdict for 167 . dainugcs .
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M ISCEDiANEUUS . Tuu Couivt . —All interest in connexion with tho Court now centred in tho marriage of the l'linccaw Royal , some Uotails ^ oCwJMcXwj ^ gl yj ^ n ^^ This Royal Mauhiauic .- ^ A contempora ry , devoting itsolf to regal and courtly doings , gives tho following particular / I of tho arrangements for the marriage of tho PrinoosH Royal : —" Tho Quoen , tho Prince Consort , and all tho Royal family , will roturn to town on Friday , tho-lSth of January . , Tho nuptials will take place on tho Monday wools' following ( tho 25 th ) . On tho Wcdnoadny after tho marriage , her Majesty and tho Prince Consort will pay tho newly-wedded Prince and Princess a congratulatory visit at Wlndeor Castlo . Tho Royal party , including tho bride and bridegroom , will roturn to
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town on Friday , and a grand drawing-room will be held at St . James ' s Palace on Saturday , the 30 th of January , to enable the aristocracy to pay their respects to the Prince and Princess . Two state entertainments will be given by her Majesty at Buckingham Palace , to which the Ministers and the great functionaries Of state and the corps diplomatique will be invited , and a series of other entertainments wiJl follow . The alterations at the Chapel Royal , in anticipation of the august ceremony of the 25 th of January , are nearly completed . Arrangements are in progress to render some of the state rooms in St . James ' s Palace available for the more favoured visitors to view the marriage processions passing to the chapel . There will be three distinct processions before the
ceremony—viz ., that of the Queen as sovereign , that of the bride , and that of the bridegroom . After the ceremony , the Prince and Princess will proceed to Buckingham Palace , and , having exchanged their bridal dress for travelling costumes , will leave town for Windsor Castle . The Queen has not only retained a considerable portion of Claridge's and Farrance ' s hotels , but we believe it is her intention to retain a third hotel in St . James ' s-street , in order that the most ample accommodation may be secured for the continental visitors who are expected to arrive . " Prince Frederick William will leave Berlin on the 21 st of January , and the newly-married couple will start from London on the 2 nd February , and , previously to entering Berlin , will pay complimentary visits to Belgium and Hanover . The public entry into the Prussian capital promises to be a very splendid affair . —Some
official details from Windsor intimate that " the series of theatrical representations will take place at Her Majesty ' s Theatre , on Tuesday , the ' 19 th , Thursday , the 21 st , and Saturday , the 23 rd of January , at which her Majesty , the Roval family , and foreign visitors will be presont . " There will also be a state performance at Her Majesty ' s Theatre on Friday , January 29 tb , at which the young couple will be present . On the 28 th of January , at Windsor Castle , " her Majesty will hold a Chapter of the Garter , for the purpose of investing Prince Frederick William with this distinguished order . The Knights of the Garter attending the Chapter will be her Majesty ' s guests at the Castle , and will be present at a grand banquet to be given in honour of the occasion . " On the 30 th of January , the Queen will hold a Drawing-room at St . James ' s Palace , for the purpose of receiving congratulations on the event .
Ministerial Change . —Lord Harrowby has resigned the office of Privy Seal , on account of the state of his health , which renders it necessary for him to abstain for some time from all business . He is to be succeeded by Lord Clanricarde . Cufton Suspension Bridge . —The scheme for completing this structure has been abandoned for the present session . Some negotiations which took place between the provisional directors and the legal representatives of Mr . J . H . Greville Smyth , of Ashton Court , having proved abortive , sufficient time was not left for obtaining the amount required to be deposited in compliance with the Parliamentary standing orders , and the project has therefore been of necessity deferred for another year .
Fire . —The promises of Messrs . Aubin and Co ., tarpaulin cleaners , Battersea , were burnt down on Sunday afternoon . The flumes originated in some of the goods falling on a pipe-stove . Petty Fanaticism . —A Turkish gentleman , named Muhmoud Effendi , a convert to Christianity , residing in Devonshire , recently became engaged to bo married to a young English lady . The Chancellor of tho diocese refused to grant a marriage license , and the convert then applied to the Rev . W . J . St . Aubyn , rector of Stoke
Danuirel , to marry him by banns . That gentleman published the banns ; but on tho second Sunday they were forbidden by the Rev . J . Bliss , Mr . St . Aubyn ' s curate , who subsequently served a caveat ; against the rector . Muhmoud was afterwards baptized , and the curate withdrew tho caveat . Mr . Bliss is said to have had tho support of tho Bishop of Exeter , while Mr . St . Aubyn consulted , and received the sanction of , I > r . Addums . It is thought probable that proceedings will be commenced against tho curate for the ecclesiastical offence of brawling .
Purchase of thk Soulagus Collection for Public Instruction . —Tho Mayor of Manchester has invited the assistance of other corporate authorities in tho seats of manufacture in tho midland counties to induce tho Chancellor of tho Exchequer to purchase this collection , in order that it may bo mndo useful in improving decorative manufactures in inotala , pottery , glaus , &c . A Union of Art-Trades ha « also boon formed in tho metropolis , consisting of most of tho largest producers of decorative manufactures , in ordor to bring tho purchase boforo PnvH « mont--ns-sooii'a 8-it-roa 8 aemblep ,-aud tU < j . S . q ! 5 ; i . o ^ y __ of Arts lius allowed thu meetings of this union to tako p laco in tho Adolphi . Lord Granvillo , as Proaklont of thu Education Committee , expressed himsolf quiot favourable to tho purchase when a deputation of tho Institute of British Architects waited upon him ; ' so that'tho question now remains wholly to bo decided by tho Chancellor of tho Exchequer ana Lord Palmerston , doubtless in accordance with public opinion . ' Pkingu'alhiiu * op Glasgow Collicgk . —This office , vacant by the douth of tho Venerable Dr . Maofarlan , has
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ft > THB . LHADBB . [ No . 406 , January 2 , 1858 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 2, 1858, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2224/page/8/
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