The Press. — London, England, 1856-09-13 00:00:00

SEPT. 13, 1856. His HoNona: Did you ever object to any demands made upon you by Pemberton? Bankrupt : Yes. Mr. BATESON : Then, why did y3ll borrow money of him after having objected to his charges for interest ? Bank rupt : Because I could usually get money of him when wanted it. . _ Mr. Maxxsox : And you mean to tell us that it is true, Si stated among your trade expenses, that in five years and a half Mr. Pemberton has charged you 4,0721. 17s. 4d. for interest on loans ? Bankrupt : That is correct. By consent, the examination was adjourned for three weeks. Mr. Bateson observed that there would not be much difficulty in showing where the corn money had gone to. AN ELDNIILY MAN AND A YOUNG WOEIAN with a child entered the parlour of the Malt Mill inn at Armley near Leeds on Thursday about noon. Shortly after wards a younger man joined them. The old man went out, and in a few minutes the landlord, hearing shrieks of " Murder !" rushed into the parlour, and saw the man and woman struggling on the floor. Several persons hurried into the room at the same time, and the man springing up escaped. The poor woman's throat was frightfully cut ; medical assistance was instantly sent for, but she died very shortly. A hot pursuit after the villain was com menced, and in about an hour a man covered with blood, but wearing a clean shirt over all, was arrested, identified, and locked up. Au inquest will be held at ones. Ma. Barna, the drunken retired excise collector charged with the murder of his with, has been dis charged from custody for want of evidence. Da. MATCHAM, a surgeon.accoucheur, at Lowestoff, has been committed to prison, charged with having, by unskilful treatment in labour, caused the death of pm Mary Jeekells. THE HAMPTON CounT adjourned inquest upon the body of the man Solomons, found dead in the Thames on July 28, was resumed and concluded on Tuesday. Beyond the medical testimony of Dr. Garrett as to the result of the post-mortem examination, no further evidence of importance was adduced. Dr. Garrett merely stated that he had discovered eleven shots in the left lung and body, and that the rents in the heart supposed to be stabs were caused by the ex plosion of the firearm. Mr. Wakley then summed up at length, declaring his conviction on the evidence that Solomons was a madman, and his belief that he had destroyed himself, for it was quite probable that some one at Hampton, finding the body, had ri fl ed the pockets, and then tumble the body into the river. For some time previous to his death the man had committed all sorts of eccentricities, such as biting a piece out of a tumbler and chewing the glass, threatening to murder his sister and Mr. Davis, and to take away his own life : His own conviction was that the man had died by his own hand, that he discharged the pistol himself deliberately, and with a fixed determination to destroy his own life. Then, it might be said, why did not the shot go through the Guernsey shirt? In answer to that he would say that there were such things done by madmen when committing there rash acts that those peculiarities could not be ac counted for. Every now and then a man would leave a hall-room, pull off his best clothes, and put on his worst to cut his throat. Another would carefully bleed himself to death in a washhand basin, because he would not spoil the carpet or table-cover. There was no accounting for this ; it was quite possible that this man had lifted up his shirt with one hand for the purpose of placing the pistol nearer the heart, with a view to a more certain death. He (the coroner) therefore did not think that there was any thing peculiar in that. There was another circumstanoe somewhat remarkable in the man's conduct—namely, that he had left his waistcoat and watch at home, and Mrs. Arnold had stated that he had never done so before. It appeared to him (the coroner) that the deceased had lett his watch with a determination to commit suicide before his return. It was a relief to one's mind that there had been no murder committed at all. The jury, after considering the evidence for some twenty minutes, returned a verdict, " That the de ceased had died 'rota wounds inflicted by a pistol shoi,, but whether such wounds were self-inflicted or inflicted by some other person, there was not sufficient evidence to show." The matter, under these circumstances, still remains open for farther inquiry. TITZ GAROTTE MEN are not particular in their choice of neighbourhood, but they evince a par tiality for archways and mews. On Sunday night 141. Sapseid, a tradesman in Charles street, Grosvenor-square, while on his way home, turned down an archway in Bruton-street. In an instant he was seized by a couple of men:— prisoner Garrett caught him round the throat, and dragged him down, compressing the throat with so much force as to prevent him from calling out or doing any snore than groan. The other prisoner, Murphy, came up to him, an d b eat hi m a b ou t t h e f ace w i t h his fist, cutting his mouth and making it bleed. The prisoner Murphy then laid hold of the Albert chain attached to his watch and tore it awsy. His groans fortunately attracted the attention of the police, who hastened to the spot, and the prisoners ran off. The prisoner Garrett squeezed his throat so tightly that he was all but strangled, and he was still sutlering from the injury indicted upon him. His watch was not taken, but the Albert chain, worth about was taken away, and had not been found. THE PRESS. Two police constables who were close at hand de posed to hearing the groans and seeing two men standing over a third on the ground. They ran to the spot, ant the prisoners Gatratt and Murphy made oft; but were ultimately captured. Police sergeant Loome, B 11, said he knew the prisoners, and had seen them together in Victoria street, Westminster, a few hours previous to the robbery. Murphy had been tried at the Old Bailey about four years ago, and sentenced to be transported. He did not know whether the other prisoner had been sentenced to transportation, but he had reason to believe he too was a ticket-of-leave man. The prisoner Garrett said that he alone did the robbery, that Murphy bad nothing to do with it, and that Murphy had been mistaken for another man. Both prisoners were fully committed. AN ARMY FARRIER, one Darwin, lately returned from the Crimea, was found last Monday sitting in his room, 1, Smith's•place, Hackney-road, with his throat cut. The room was in great disorder, with pools of blood hero and there. The man's wife lately ran away from him, and for the last week he was in a desponding state. An inquiry has been held, and, from the evidence adduced, the jury unanimously returned a verdict, "That the deceased destroyed himself in a fit of temporary insanity." A YOUNG ROGUE FOR A REFORMATORY, George Davenport, was brought before Mr. D'Eyncourt, at Worship-street., on Tuesday, charged with robbing the Hackney orchards, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment. The police officer, in his evidence, said a singular fact was connected with the boy's way of life : Some time since witness, in conjunction with other constables, discovered, while passing through a bricktield in the same locality, a complete cave beneath the earth, the mouth of which was carefully concealed, while the in terior afforded every accommodation for its tenants. There were a frying-pan, gridiron, and other utensils for cooking, while a brick chimney, cleverly built, served to carry off the smoke. In this hiding.place the prisoner, together with another boy, were taken, and doubtless it served as a retreat for others. ONE OF THE WORKMEN at Messrs. Sadgrove's, Bishopsgate street, Leon Rodwell, hanged himself last Saturday because the salesman would not give him a fair price for his work. He was discovered and cat down before death had ensued, but he died on Sunday evening from congestion of the brain. A verdict of " Temporary insanity" was returned at the inquest. A PRECOCIOUS YOUTH of eleven years of age, Henry Richardson, was brought before Mr. Ingham on Wednesday, at Westminster, charged by Lis mother with felony. Mrs. Richardson, a poor widow, who obtains a living by charing, said it was a most painful thing to have to charge her own child, but she really did not know what to do with him. On Monday last she sent him to school with his brother, a child of only seven years old, and then went to do half a day's work. On her return home she found that the prisoner had been there, and, having undone a box, had carried off his brother's new cap, which be sold. He afterwards stripped his brother of his jacket, shoes, and waistcoat, and left him nearly naked, at two o'clock on Tuesday morning, near the wooden bridge at Pimlico. Prisoner did not return home, and on her meeting with him yesterday she gave him into custody Mr. Isausx : Have you any other children besides this and the one he stripped as you described ? Prosecutrix (crying bitterly) : I am a widow woman, left with four children. The one before you now is the eldest, and I can assure you it is a hard struggle to endea vour to feed and clothe them. Mr. Noun': Has he ever robbed you before ? Prosecutrix : Repeatedly, or I would not have brought him here now. Mr. Isoitast : It is a very distressing thing for you, and I will try whether committal for a short time, with whip ping, will have a beneficial effect upon the prisoner. It does, sometimes, in the case of criminals of his age. Committed for three days, with a whipping. THOMAS AND HARRIET CLARK, marine store dealers, 24, Dudley-street, St. Giles, were remanded by Mr. Jardine at Bow-street this week for having a large quantity of globestands, globes, and maps, ttre., identified as having been stolen on the 23rd August from Mr. Wyld, the eminent topographer, Charing cross. isaHatton. ME C►PTURED RUSSIAN IRON GUNS—SOMO 1,500, which cost so much blood to win—says a corre spondent of the Times this week, are lying neglected and covered with rust at the east end of Woolwich Arsenal; " and I am told that they are to be de stroyed immediately for the sake of the iron, while it is reported that the brass guns—hid in another ob scure corner—arc to be melted down an I made into gates ": Contrast this (continues the correspoii.lent) with the proceedings of our gallant allies at Paris; they are taste fully arranging their guns captured at Sebastopol along 875 the boulevards; how infinitely more gratifying to the nation and army than in the shape of statues or gates! Could not our trophies be arranged in a similar manner along Con atitution•hill and the Mall, or in the centre of the Green. park, for instance ? AN OUTWARD •BOUND STEAMER, the Sydney Hall, was run down in the Thames below Gravesend, by one of the Cork boats, on Tuesday morning. No lives were lost, but the Sydney Hall, cut down to the water's edge, was run aground, and now lies on the Essex shore. A MONUMENT TO THE Dukz OF WELLINGTON has been decided upon by the Government. Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., M.P., as Chief Commissioner of Works, has given notice that it is the intention of her Majesty's Government to erect such a memorial of the Duke in St. Paul's, and has invited designs from artists of all countries. THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS have investigated the charges made last week against their officers, and have dismissed two from their situations. THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE CRIMINAL LAW BILLS of the Lord Chancellor, laid on the table of the House of Lords at the close of the late session, have recently been printed. They relate to offences against property, against the person, against forgery, and also to accessories. In the last-mentioned bill there is a clause to the effect that abettors in misde meanours shall be indicted and punished as principals. PnorEssue J. R. HIND writes to the Times this week to announce that " the reappearance of the great comet of 1558 is near at hand." He says : Let me suggest to those who are provided with suitable telescopes, and are desirous of searching for this long expected comet, that no time should be lost in commencing operations. Greater vigilance will be necessary iu the winter months than during the summer. AN OLD " VICTORY" MAN, Peter Moser, aged eighty-three, lately died at Greenwich Hospital. The old veteran had been in several engagements of the British navy between 1791 and 1806, including the Battle of Trafalgar. When Nelson fell, Peter Moser served on board the Victory as captain of the main top. In recognition of his services, which extended over more then twenty years, he received two medals (one with three clasps), and was for the last thirty years of his life an inmate of the hospital. It is worthy of note that Moser had the honour of carrying the first flag at the public funeral of Nelson. TRAVELLERS ON THE Airs should be careful in their selection of horses. To be sure it is a sort of " Hobson's choice ;" but if you have any doubts about your horse's tempers it is better to be content with the " none at all," as the following incident de tailed by a " Clergyman of Kent" will show. His party were on the High Alps, and about to crest the Furka. Three horses were obtained at St. Got lard. The first, an amiable creature, was givta t) the lady ; the second carried the baggage ; an l the third—but we will let the clergyman of Ke it tell his own story : The third, appropriated to me, was a wiry-looking brute, with a most uneasy eye ; but being vehemently assured on all hands that he was perfectly safe, and not wishing to seem over nice, I brought up the rear on his back not without misgivings. About a mile from Hospenthal the path is carried along an ugly neck of land, banked high on the right, and falling sharply on the left to the bottom. On entering this a presentiment (providentially) made me free my feet from the stirrups, and sit ready for any thing that might possibly come next. A few hundred yards further on the single peasant recklessly sent in charge of the horses stopped for some fidget about his straps and gear. My horse, then, with a vicious cry, made a rush at the forward party (the path being only three feet wide), and jammed himself among them. Unable to get forward he reared with a back swing, sprawling his fore legs up the bank. After another struggle he lost his balance, and reeled clear over the parapet, left @boulder forward. Our first pitch was upon a place just sloped enough for some long grass to grow; to this, being rolled ou my breast, 1 could cling with my hands, while, being freed from anything to drag, I felt tie animal slip from between my legs, and heard him roll over and over to the bottom. The rest I need not describe. THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC is daily having all its terrors mercilessly stripped off by young men of good constitution and in tolerable) form. Another ascent bas been made, and the successful adventurer de clares that the dangers have been grossly overrated. The route is as well known in Gliamouni as the path up Primrose-hill in London : As to the danger incurred in ascending these mountains (writes Mr. Coleman) exhibition of courage, and so forth, it is all stuff and nonsense —a very pretty tale and very romantic fur those who want to make themselves out heroes; everybody knows that a fortnight's clambering over rocks and precipices braces up the nerves to an extent undreamt of at home, and that even the gentler sex sometimes undertake the scoatarduons excursions. It is not likely, sir, that my chief guide, Jean Tairraz (of Los Praz), who has a wife and six children, and is the captain of Mout Mane, would undertake this journey if it were so very dangerous. The fact of his having returned eighteen times in safety shows how little cense there is for alarm. His brother Victor has been sixteen times; several other guides tine and ten times.