The Press. — London, England, 1856-06-21 00:00:00

.~ 21, 1856. Two MYSTERIOUS CASES OF SUSPECTED MURDER have occurred in this country this week. At Melton Mowbray the old keeper of the Thorpe toll gate, and his little grandson, were found on Monday morning with their throats cut and otherwise horribly muti lated; and Mrs. *Knight, a lady of property stop ping at Illkey, in the West Riding, was found, on Monday afternoon, lying dead, with her pockets picked, in a ravine between Ben Rhyoding and I I lkey . PRINCE NAPOLEON visitel Shields and the neigh bouring coal fields on Wednesday. The Prince left the next morning en route for Leith, Edinburgh, the northern coast of Scotland, and then to Ireland. THE CLERKS AND PORTERS at the Liverpool termi nus of the North-Western Railway have struck work for higher wages, and for the dismissal of Mr. Carter, the goods superintendent of the Liverpool depart ment. Meetings and interviews with the Board of Directors have been held, and the board decline to entertain any one of the proposals of their employes. Their places will be immediately filled. Nearly nine hundred persons are thus thrown out of work, but the stoppage of all traffic on this portion of the line has caused serious loss to the company. THE PRESTON WEAVERS are moving for an advance of wages. Committees have been formed in Pres ton, and delegates are travelling about with the view of moiling a proper degree of organisation, prepara tory to the struggle that may ensue if an amicable arrangement is not entered into. A TURKISH FRIGATE arrived in the Mersey on Thursday. She is pierced for 42 guns, and has come to Liverpool for her armament. She is the first Turkish frigate that ever entered the Mersey. THE LARGEST STEAMER IN THE WORLD will arrive at Southampton in a few weeks. She is Yankee, of course. About the mime length as the Himalaya, she is 1,500 tons larger (5,000 to 3,500), and with sixty feet beam. She belongs to, and is named after, Commodore Vanderbelt, of New York. THE PRESS. eases, and L9rd Campbell animadverted severely upon the conduct of the societies. MRS. ELizt MeNAia, alias Minikin, widow since 1838 of Captain M'Nair, formerly of the 15th Madras Native Infantry, but some time since (in 1846) mar ried to a Mr. Minikin, was tried on Wednesday for defrauding the East India Company by continuing to represent herself as a widow, thereby receiving certain pensions forfeited by remarriage. The cir• cumstances of the case were made public in prelimi nary examinations before the magistrates in April. The remarriage of the prisoner was distinctly proved, and the only defence attempted was that she had committed the fraud at the instigation of Mr. Mi niken, who had absconded. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. Mr. Justice Coleridge sentenced her to imprison ment and hard labour for twelve months. CA3ES OF WIFE-BEATING are once more becoming prominent in our police reports. Two brutal cases have this week come before Mr. Arnold at West- minster. One Wright, a chimney-sweep, who had beaten his wife with a stick so severely that she lay in great danger in the Brompton Hospital, was re manded for a week; and Rush, a labouring matt, was charged on Wednesday with pulling his wife out of her sick bed, kicking her unmercifully about the body, biting her right ear, and endeavouring to strangle her by tying a handkerchief tightly round her throat. The poor woman stated that fur the last fourteen months Rush had been perpetually beating, biting, and kicking her. Rush, in defence, said that his wife was Irish, and she and two other Irish lodgers were leagued against him. Remanded. THE BROTHERS OwEN, so long successful in a career of extraordinary forgeries, were brought up for trial on Wednesday, but, pleading Guilty, Mr. Justice Coleridge deferred judgment till he had exa mined the depositions. THE EXECUTION OF PALMER took place at eight a.m. last Saturday, as arranged, and was detailed in our second edition. Several attempts were made by the chaplain and governor of the gaol to induce Palmer to confess, or, at least, to admit the justice of his sentence; but to the last he denied that Cook had " died from strychnine," and protested against the injustice of Lord Campbell's summing up and the execution of the sentence. On reaching the scaffold he evinced no appearance of alarm, placed himself under the rope, but turned deadly pale when the noose was fastened. After the cap was drawn down over his face the rapid collapse and inflation of that part just over the mouth showed the ternble suspense of the moment; another second the bolt was drawn, and he died almost without a struggle. Upwards of 20,000 persons were present. Connected with the trial of this man, we may mention that the Rev. Thomas Palmer has written to the Timet deny ing the authorship of the " Letter to Lord Camp bell ;" and that Mr. Herapath has also written to the same public source, inclosing a letter from Sir Fitz rcy Kelly, substantiating his denial of having, in the case of Tawell, waited upon Sir James Graham to urge the convict's innocence, and to obtain a re prieve, Tawell at that moment having confessed to the murder. 58VP ONE OF THE INMATES OF THE AGAPEMONE, " The Abode of Love," a Miss Maber, was found a short time since dead in a pond in the neighbourhood of the Abode. A protracted inquest has resulted in a verdict of " Self-destruction under temporary insanity." A sister gave evidence to the effect that another sister had died in the Agape:none, and that Miss Maber had, before committing suicide, made over her property (1,7001 ) to Mc. Prince. Official inquiries.are to be instituted into the" Abode of Love." George's-fit:Hs, to learn a trace in order to obtain his living, but being twentytwo years of age, he found he was ineligible, no person being admitted over twenty. He had no friends in London, no money, an asked for assistance to get back again to Bolton: Mr. Elliott asked how he managed to travel sneh a lengthened journey in safety? and the poor fellow replied that, " hearing" the hedges on each aide, he managed to keep the centre of the road as near as possible, and tra velled the whole distance without a single accident, but the roughness of the road had nearly worn out a stout pair of shoes. He never, he said, ran foul of any impedi ment that was as tall as himself, as he always " heard " it as he approached, and therefore avoided it. The lamp posts, he said, he " heard " as he approached within a couple of 3 ards of them, and could count every one on the side of the street on which he passed. The impediments which " puzzled " him were short posts, or heaps of stone not sufficiently high to reach his ear, but he generally managed to avoid accidents. Mr. Elliott much regretted that he had not, made his application to the institution two years ago, and Kindly ordered 11. to be given to the poor fellow out of the poor box, to enable him to get home, and at the same time desired that his address might be kept, so that he might be communicated with in case any benevolent person or persons interested them selves in his behalf. [ The rules of the society might be relaxed in this poor man's favour if sufficient in terest were excite.l.l FROM THE LONDON uAzETTP: Tuesday, June 17. BANKRUPTCIES AN ND ILE D.—Dlritac. DAVIS, Newing ton-causeway, Surrey, glass merchant—dorm Mosul' BATS, London-road, Southwark, White Horse-mill, Wisbeach, Cam bridge, miller. BANK RUPTS.—ALIMANDIE PAINE, Croydon, innkeeper— Fasuctsco DE SALVO, Leadenliall-street, City, merchant—Ww. SMITH and JAMES KIDDER, Church-street, Shoreditch, lliddle sez, grocers—daxes CHAPMAN, Balsall-heath, King's Norton, Worcester, licensed victualler—Ronsar THOMAS Rirelsosc.x, Newark-upon-Treut, Nottingham, hock manufacturer and draper —WILLIAM ADAMS MANNINO. Totneds, Devon, dealer in corn, grass, and clo.er seeds—Saacuer. Ponwn, the y .rt mouth, Devon, ropemaker—Wcuda w !Swop' &MIXT, Great , ' George-street, Liverpool, draper—Jonx SrANsz,otroar, l'oxtetit park and Liverpool, licensed victualler. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.—JonN PoLLock, Glasgow, dyewood manufacturer and merchant. Friday, June 20. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.—GEoacis Halms°, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, innkeeper. BANKRUPTS.—CHARLES VRNARLES, the Younger, Clettlen, Bucks, paper manufacturer—W[l.MAX ADAMS MANNING, Tot nese, Devon, corn dealer--Jostau 'FasosidAs, Saint Agn ,, e, Cornwall, d raper—Jo it x WOODRUPFE, City, licensed victualler —JOHN RUMENS, Lower Clapton, Middlesex, builder-40XX F.DWARDEs, WOlVllltaillptoD, wine merchant—Sant:at Paoun, jun., Dartmouth, ropemaker THOMAS DURSTON, Taunton, brewer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—Cksucaox and Co., Spring field Mills, near Edinburgh, paper-rnakers—Thostas BOOR DONNELLY, lately shipowner in Greenock, surgeon. THE SEAMAN LEWES, charged with a felonious attempt to excite a mutiny on board the Stebonlieath, on her passage from Australia, was tried on Thurs day at the Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Justice Coleridge, found Guilty, and sentenced to transportation for life. Dr. T. S. HOLLAND, returning on Saturday last from Renkioi Hospital, in the Dardanelles, was found on Tuesday morning dead in his bed. He was subject to epileptic fits, and it is thought that while in such a fit he had died. At the inquest the coroner, after remarking on the melancholy nature of the case, said he had been informed that the deceased gentleman had latterly been writing a great deal for a publica tion relative to the late war, which, perhaps, had excited him. The jury returned a verdict in accord ance with the evidence. A GENTLEMAN SHOT HIMSELF ON THE PARAPET OF LONDON BRIDGE on Wednesday evening. He fell over into the water, was picked up, can ied to St. Thomas's, but died very shortly. No clue has yet been obtained to his name or connections. A Yount BLIND MAN, THOMAS SCHOLFIELD, who had walked to London from Bolton, in Lancashire, since Monday fortnight, applied to Mr. Elliott, at Lambeth, on Wednesday, for assistance to get back to Bolton. It appeared that he had come to London to ob4in admission to the 81414 School, in St. Comm EvExTs.— The practical correctness of the public press was never, perhaps, more remarkable than in their prophetic declaration that the graceful Bournous would " entirely supersede, among the haale voile, every other description of oloak for evening dress, the prome nade, or the Opera." This beautiful article of attire is now identified with its originators, the proprietors of the " Sponsalia," Regent-street ( opposite ti anoverC home] ), and is appropriately designated, as a epre;alite, " the Bour• nous dla Bedmein." Every lady should possess one of these charming appendat,es, for, like the composition of certain poets, the Bournous is a fashion in itselt—a " thing for all time." HUNTLY—On the 14th instant, at Orton Loncrille, the Mar chioness of Huntly, of a son. MI LDNIAY—On the 18th instant, in Cheshern-street, Belgravia, the lady of Sir Henry St. John Mlldmay. Bart., of a daughter. STEWART —Ou the 10th instant, at Newport, Isle of Wight, the wife of Major Stewart, of a daughter. SUFFIELD—On the 15th iustant, in Berkeley-square, Lady Suffield, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. WALLACE—ANNESLEY—On the 12th instant, in Dublin. Wm. Nevin WaLace, Esq.. to Catherine Mary, daughter of the late Han. Francis Charles Alinesley, Captain R.N. DIGBY—BANKES—On the 17th instant, at St. Margaret's, Westminster. Charles Wriothelley Digby, Eiq., of Meriden Hall, Warwirkahire. to Adelaide, daughter of the Right Hon. George Banked, M.P. DEATHS. COCKBURN—On the IGth instant, Lieut.-Colonel. Weroyas Thomas Cockburn, late 60th Rifles. DUCKETT—On the 15th instant, in Gloucester•gardens, Sir George Duckett, Bart., aged 79. FREE—On the 2nd tilt.. at Ferozepore, North-West Provinces, Lieut.-Colonel John Free, 10th Bengal Light Cavalry. aged 48. HORSFALL—On the 16th instant, in Portland-place, Matilda Jane, daughter of Thomas B. II Wall. Esq., M.P.. aged 19. PATERSON—On the 13th instant, at Woolwich. Lieut.-General Thomas Paterson, Colonel-Commandant of the sth Bat.aliou Royal Artillery, aged 73. PRICK ETT—On the 12th instant, at Cheltenham,Rear-Admiral Thomas Prickett, aged 68. RAMSAY—On the 14th instant, at Cheltenham, Rachel, widow of the late Hon. Andrew Ramsay, aged 72. ST. Ay BYN—On the 14th instant, at Putney, Lady St. Aubyn, aged AT. SWEEDLAND—On the 15th Instant. Pitt. daughter of the late Sir thrir TALHOT--con the Bth instant, at ' Talbot. slant. at Kensington, Sophia iriatopher Sweedland. Naples, Lady Tiotoria Sawa . _ Satu 110 Norte. THE Coln SHOWER BATH employed at lunatic asylums would appear more superabundant in quan tity and depressive in effect than ordinary habituili of this invigorating act would believe. The " Asylum Shower Bath " continues for thirty minutes, more or less, with a fall of water at the rate of twenty gallons a minute. These six hundred gallons of water are poured upon the heads of " excitable " patients in order to invigorate and calm them, while a dose of medicine on coming out is immediately administered to insure that desirable result. Such is the system of the bath employed at the County Lunatic Asylum at Wandsworth, the resident surgeon of which asylum, Mr. Space, was on Monday summoned before Mr. Henry at Bow street, charged with having subjected a patient, one Daniel Dolley, aged 65, to this treatment, from the effects of which he died. The evidence was con clusive as to the fact. Dolley was in an excited state on the Monday of the 9th of March. Mr. Snipe saw h;m, said " come this way, Dolley," and walked off to the bath-room. Just as he was opening the door, Dolley struck Mr. Snape a blow on the head, and tried to escape. The keepers soon caught him, he struggled, cried out to be put to " farm work " anywhere but in the bath. Mr. Snape was inexorable. Daley was put in the bath ; and "Barnett." said Mr. Snape to the ke3per, "pull the string, keep him in half an hour, and then give him a ' good dose' of the light coloured mixture." Barnett not possessing a watch, kept Dolley in " about twenty eight minutes," then took him ont, gave him a double dose of the light-coloured mixture, thought he looked very pale, and shivered much, went away for a few minutes, and returned to find him— dead. A slight fit had occurred, and the poor old man had died in the struggle. A post-mortem examination was held, nu cause for death could be discovered; and there the case rests at present, Mr. Henry having adjourned it for three weeks, owing to the impossi bility of bringing it on these sessions. A REMARKABLE LIFE ASSURANCE CASE has been tried this week at the Court of Queen's Bench. Two actions were brought against the Householders' and Prince of Wales Assurance Companies, by a Mr. Truelock, to recover the sums of 1,0001. and 7,0001. due on policies of insurance effected in August and September, 1854, en the life of Mr. Joddrell, who died in November, 1855, the son of Sir Richard Jod drell. The defence set up in both cases was that the contracts were entered into by the companies only on the false representations of the plaintiff as to the value of Mr. Joddrell's life. It came out, however, in evidence, that the companies possessed the know ledge that Mr. Joddrell was a man of intemperate habits, and that his case had been refused by the Kent Mutual, but they had agreed to take his insurance upon fourteen and eighteen years being added to the life. The jail retuned a verdict for the plaintiff in both