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      CRIMINAL KECORD . The unfortunate man , Edward Tombes , who is charged with the murder pf Charles Ganty , by cutting his throat , still remains in Newgate , and it is the opinion of the medical officers of the prison that ho is in a hopeless state of insanity . Ho ia constantly raving , »" d doe « '" J appear to have the least consciousness that he ba » committed any offence . If he should continue mtta * dition he will , of course , remain in custody for the rest of his life . _ * «„ .-At the Oxford Asaizes a young woman named Mary Newell , has been tried for the murder of her '"^" J child by drowning . The case was fully proved « g « Mt the prisoner . The defence was that . *• . £ ** " £ & a state of madness by the brutal ^'"^ fj ? " father of the child , one William Francis , a P ^ > » Reading , who had seduced her and M ^" * V £ 2 speaking also very cruelly to her when ^^ g . assistance . She was found Guilty , and sentenced death , but recommended to mercy .

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      GATHERINGS FROM LAW AND POLICE COURTS . A raw days ago a dead body wm found fljjjjjjg M&rgate , and aa it was discoverod to » e pwrv holes' a ' . uaplelon pf fpul play ir « s o « Jj d , wd J £ ronor'a inquest returned a verdict of *»•> m « r * Against aomo person or persons ' . ' . " .. renown . Al ' Thames police-court , on Tue *' » tl ) 0 mystery « 'W e , * plained by a sailor , w '; w M ! d \ hit bout . U ^^ ho wna on bo »^ of tho llgIll ¦'" P ^ 'J'SU W ? ri , « aa body floated past . ^ , ^ pie-cod « nfc the body , but this being « »•««;?«?« of »»•««} In vnrloua place- —honoo the . appwJJ » J to botb » t of which it presontod . The body » s belioveu * WK 2 £ v »* »« . « * -asJ 5 S » ^^ w ^ j ^ -- ; prcflsod bo groat »» Intoronf , » »• " » ^«

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      POLITICAL FORESIIADOWINGS . Mb . Crum Ewinc , M . P . —At the-Paisley meeting the horn gentleman said that he concurred coidially with the resolutions on the ballot r . nd triennial parliaments . He was also sensible of the anomalous nature and injustice of the present division of the country into electoral districts ; but he had not yet heard any opinion on the subject in which he could fully concur . There was great danger in exact proportion of members to the the of Londonwhich

      population , and he instanced case , , on this principle , might have fifty or sixty members , who would , as the metropolitan members now do , combine for carrying out gross jobs —such , for example , as purifving the Thames—which they would fain have done " at the expense of the whole country , while London ought alone to bear the cost . Mr . Ewing said that although not in favour of manhood suffrage , he would not support any measure that did not , in some way or other , recognise household suffrage . Lord Wil

      PuoviNcrAT . . Movkments . —On Saturday - liam Graham was returned for IIereford ? hire without opposition . The noble Lord avowed himself to be an advocate of Conservative progress , but added that the Radicals had done the State some service . —At Stockport a crowded meeting adopted the Guildhall programme . —At Paisley an enthusiastic assemblage of Scottish men declared in favour of manhood suffrage . — At Hoi-sham , a crowded public meeting was held on Monday . A deputation attended from the Ballot Society . A resolution in favour of the ballot accompanying any Reform Bill was voted unanimously , and it was arranged that the proceedings of the meeting should be communicated by letter to Lord Derby , to the members

      for the countv , and to Mr . Seymour Fitzgerald , M . P ., Uuder-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and member for the borough . ~ A meeting of the Bradford Liberal Registration Society was held on Monday . It was stated that Mr . Bright had cheerfully accepted an invitation to address a public meeting at Bradford . —The adjourned meeting of the Manchester Manhood Suffrage Association was held on Tuesday . The principal resolution which was carried , ran as follows : — " That thia meeting having accepted the principle of manhood suffrage , the vote by ballot , triennial Parliaments , and equal electoral districts , heartily recommends the Manhood Suffrage Association to the support of all thorough ^ Reformers in Manchester and the surrounding districts . "

      The Ballot Societt . —The weekly meeting of the executive committee was held on Tuesday . Mr . Washington Wilks was authorised to represent the society at Reform meetings in the North of England and in Scotland . A letter respecting the ballot in America , from a citizen of Edinburgh , formerly resident in the States , was read . This letter states : — " Lord Palmerston has said , that he defied any one to bring proof that there was anything like secret voting in America , How Lord Palmerston got this information I am of course ignorant , but I am not ignorant of this—that there is secret voting in America—and , further , that all Americans , who look up with pride to their constitution , look upon the ballot as one of the most important safeguards of that constitution . "

      Bill would draw a line and disfranchise the bur JT under it . lie was satisfied that if they now chSi the representation , and should they treat the great S of the people with generosity , before twenty years u 3 the course of generosity in 1859 would be found to h the path of absolute wisdom . He then spoke of th law of entail . The land in Scotland did not belo to the people . Was there any reason why land shouM not be as free as machinery , ships , household furniture or the goods and manufactures in their Warehouses ? He had travelled from the rising to the setting of the sun upon the lands of one man , and found there fe tenants and . little agriculture . There was little social freedom , little industrial freedom , and less politic 1 freedom in districts such as these . He said the laws of primogeniture and entail were most pernicious , not onlv to agriculture , but to all other classes of the country He then spoke at some length upon the selfish and in which

      unpatriotic manner foreign a / fairs were conducted . The people of this country knew as litiJe of foreign affairs as did the people of Russia , Austria . and France . He also spoko briefly of the horrors of war . He compared Great Britain to Egypt , and the Foreign-office to an Egyptian temple , in which there were serpents and creeping things , in defence of which the British fleets were traversing the world , and their children ' s blood was shed like water . Reform in Parliament would change all this . He then spoke at considerable length on the extravagance of the Govern * ment . Freedom in land , he said , would produce as much benefit to the country as the abolition of the corn laws , He sat down after speaking two hours . Resolutions were passed in favour of bis scheme sf Reform . : Mk . Moncribff , M . P . —The late Lord Advocate addressed his constituents at Leith , on Monday , after expressing his opinion that the defeat of Lord Palmerston ' * Government was a national misfortune , and giving his reasons at great length , Mr . Moncrieff considered the general question of Reform , particularly animadverting on the views of Mr . Bright . As a member of a Government which had- ' seven 3 * ears previously introduced a Reform Bill , he ( Mr . Moncrieff ) thought the country did not need the advice of Mr . Bright . He was favourable to i large extension of the franchise , though he avoided pledging himself to any precise amount for

      fixing it . At the same time he showed that the voting mode proposed by Mr . Bright was totally inapplicable to Scotland , and could never be introduced there . He was in favour of a 101 . county franchise , but expressed himself in the most decided terms against the Ballot , which he considered to b « thoroughly vicious in principle . He also exposed ' the absurdity of the system of electoral districts ; and , with reference to the grievance in the ship-building trade , remarked that he would be most unwilling to have the reciprocity clause imposed , believing that , to do bo , would be to imperil tto advantages which Free-Trade had conferred on the country .

      Mn . Bright is * Glasgow . — On Tuesday evening Mr . Bright addressed the citizens of Glasgow in the City-hall , which was densely crowded . Mr . Walter Buchanan , M . P .,. filled the chair , tho Lord Provost of the city having declined . Mr . Bright said they were there to discuss a great constitutional question , and to consider how far they might with security extend tho liberty they had received from their fathers . They might have liberty with monarchy , as they had iff this country , and they might have a monarchy without liberty , aB there was in many nations of tho continent . Ho had been told that he used the same facts and figures in his addresses , but what if ho had used other facts and figures when the case was the same ? Suppose he were

      to assemble all tho 6 , 000 , 000 men in Scotland upon a heath , which he would hardly do oven in imagination , for fear of disturbing those sacred animals tho grouse , tho Constitution would say to 5 , 000 , 000 of those men , " Wo don ' t want you ; you may return to your homes , and the million which remains will do your business for you . " He alluded to tho large number of members returned by small boroughs , and said it was impossible to devise a system more cumbrous and untrustworthy than that which now existed . Aa to tho inequalities of representation , ho remarked that Edinburgh and Glasgow , had onlfour

      with a taxable property of 7 , 800 , 000 / ., y members , while ono hundred and ono boroughs in Lngland and Ireland had 126 members , although tho vnluo of tho taxable property In these borougha was less than 7 , 484 , 0 U ( M . Mr . Bright denied that ho had in way moderated his principles , and ho dc - » "f anxloua to aeo lodfcera admitted ? 'V ™ iu 8 na they are admitted in eomo ¦ ' ^ tho , i ™« il by proving that th- titles of Sootlnn « , n , iiinoly , not spoken of , . / pay ft rout of lQfc Ho « J been 1 p- ' . the Ballot at Edinburgh , and t had .-. aufttod that ho had changed his m nd . Ho . Adored the Ballot absolutely l ^» BP « h B A J- * tJKS I tonulpn of tho suffrage . Ho presumed tUat any Keiorm

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      The Riff . —A letter from Spain says : —The pirates of the Riff having gained a certain notoriety by their repeated attacks on unarmed ships , it may not be uninteresting to you to know something of their country . The Riff commences at Tetuan , and extends along the coast of Morocco to Nemours , a distance of 150 miles . The country has a depth of territory varying from 10 to 30 niilea ; it is mountainous and diflicult of access . In good seasons it produces much wheat and a greater quantity of barley , which is the principal food of the inhabitants . Well cultivated it would produce almost any crop , hut at present it is in a miserable state . Excellent honey is found there , and numerous almond-trees . The pasturage is abundant , but of horned animals goats are the most numerous ^ The Riff is rich in iro n , lead ,

      and rock salt . The population of the Riff may be estimated at 80 , 000 souls , of which one-fifth is armed . It is divided into twenty-two tribes , and he among them who possesses a pair of oxen is regarded aa a wealthy proprietor . The inhabitants of the Riff are barbarous thieves , whose entire pursuit is piracy . Muley Abderahman , Emperor of Morocco , like a true Mussulman , delights in their success against Christians , but he will not assume the responsibility of their acts . He collects a light tribute from them through a Caid , as the head of their religion , and he leaves the Christian Powers full liberty to punish them for their acts of piracy . It is the general opinion that , without the aid of France , neither Spain nor Prussia can accomplish anything effective against the pirates of theRiff .

      St . Thomas ' s Dat . —The municipal elections in the numerous wards into which tho City is divided took place on Tuesday . The question which chiefly occupied the attention of the various meetings was the proposed county rate for the erection of a new lunatic aaylum . The opposition to this obnoxious rate was most emphatic , scarcely a voice being raised in its favour . The question of Parliamentary Reform was mooted in two wards , but in only one of tbem with success . Courx of Commom Council . —At a special court , held on Monday , it was agreed to refer ( he question of fountains in the

      the desirability of erecting drinking City for the working classes to tho City Lnnda Committee to examine and report thereon . The chairman of the General Purposes Committee brought up a report respecting the arrangements in progress for the fruitmeter . 3 . The report was agreed to , and referred back for execution by the committee . A report was brought up from tho Officers and , Clerks' Committee upon the mode of conducting business in this department- , but , after a discussion upon some proposed amendments , the consideration of the report was adjourned , and the court separated . Royal College of Surgeons . —A conference of

      members and fellows of this body was held at tho Freemasons' Tavern on Monday evening , when resolutions were carried unanimously to the effect that in the opinion of that conference tho council , having excluded members and fellows from o voice in the election of their representative to the General Council of Medical Education and Registration , undor tho Mtfdlcal Act , had thereby Invaded the corporate rights of tho members and fellows , and infringed tho provisions of tho act ; and further that in tho opinion of tho confovenco a nrinolnlo was Involved in the election that would aubyor tlie representative rights granted io tho inombora and fellows by the LegUlaturo In that act . Tho meeting stands adjourned .

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      done its duty by the Irish people . " I don ' t forget their services ' to myself , " said Mr . Rea , " and I intend to repay them . " The . case of " Harrison r . Peavce , " for libel , tried in the Court of Exchequer on Tuesday and Wednesday , opens that difficult ' question , the rights of trades ' -union combinations , or rather the right of workmen to "dictate" the terms upon which they will work for their employers , and the means they may take to secure their own terms , by preventing others from underworking them . In the present case , Mr . Harrison , the proprietor of the Sheffield Times , objected to what he considered the " dictation " of the men employed in his printing-office , who were members of a working printers' union ;

      and he proceeded to fill the places of the union men with other workmen who were not members of the union . The consequence of this proceeding was the publication of a libellous placard , which was repeated hi the Sheffield Daily News , a rival paper , which warmly espoused the case of the outstanding union men . " The libel had the effect of greatly damaging the sale of the Sheffield Times , and the jury gave 500 / . damages . The point lost sight of throughout the Sheffield struggle appears to have been the perfect right of each party to decide for itself the terms which would give or receive labour , but not to coerce either side into an acceptance .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 24, 1858, page 1404, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2274/page/4/