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London, England, 1855-12-29 00:00:00

Sab3 Rub Vita.

TRZ CASE OF THE BANKRUPT GORDON, committed
for two years last week for illegally obtaining gouds
on the eve of bankruptcy, came on for bearing
before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn, at the Bank-

ruptoy Court, on Monday. After some discussion, in
which Mr. Linklater explained that two notices of ad-
judication, and one of surrender, had been duly
served, the petition was ordered to stand over until
the 24th of January next. The prosecution of the
bankrupt for fraud on Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and
Co., by means ci false warrants, will be continued
about the middle of January.
THE CASE OF DR. VAUGHAN was brought before
Mr. Justice Crowder, at the Queen's Bench, on
Saturday last, the prosecutors applying for the re-
moval of the case back for trial to the Central
Criminal Court. Mr. Clarkson, who appeared on
the part of the prosecution, rested his application on
the ground that the writ of certiorari had been ob-
tained secretly and against good faith, no notice
having been given to the prosecutors. The learned
counsel said that there was no ground or reason
whatever for the issuing of the writ, or why the case
should not be tried at the Central Criminal Court,
and he, therefore, urged that the certiorari should
be quashed, and a writ of procedatdi issued to return
the proceedings back to that court. Mr. C. Cr,
Prideaux appeared on the part of Dr. Vaughan, to
oppose the application. Mr. Justice Crowder said he
could not interfere to set aside the flat of another
judge at chambers; application ought to be made
to the full court. But in the present case
he thought the proper course would be to lay the
whole of the affidavits, on both sides, before Mr.
Baron Platt, for his reconsideration of his former
decision. The application was accordingly adjourned
for that purpose.
A HORRIBLE MURDER was committed on Wednes•
day last, in Church-street, Minuries, by a person
named Corrigan, in the employ of the East India
Company as foreman, at their warehouses in Leaden-
hall-street. The victim on this occasion was the
unfortunate man's wife, and, from the total absence
of all motive, as well as from the previous habits of
the murderer, there is but too much reason to sup-
pose that the act was committed more from the
effect, than under the immediate influence, of drink.
From the evidence given before the jury on Thurs-
day, it appears that Mr. and Mrs. Corrigan had been
spending Christmas-day with their friends in Church-
street, a Mr. and Mrs. Burton, and it was there
noticed that Corrigan himself was more than usually
reserved, and "looked very curious." On Christmas-
night Mr. Burton and the prisoner, with some other
male visitors, kept up their festivities till morning,
when Corrigan, "shortly before nine o'clock went to
his place of business quite collected," and in the
course of the forenoon his wife, accompanied by a
Mrs. Fearon, another visitor at lie Burton's, went
to Bethnall green for the purpose of seeing her four
children. During her absence the prisoner returned,
and asked for his wife; he was told she was up-
stairs, and on his coming down without finding her
" he looked round very curiously, and appeared in a
very abstracted mood ; " be then left the house,
stating that he was going home. About four o'clock in
the afternoon, Mrs. Corrigan and Mrs. Fearon returned
from Bethnal-green, and almost at the same moment
the prisoner came into the room where Mr. Burton
was waiting for tea, and observed that his wife had
come back. The two women went up-stairs to take
off their bonnets, and the prisoner seems to have
followed them. While there, they heard something
like the click of a knife, and Mrs. Corrigan called
out, "Is that you, Tom?" Upon which he imme-
diately rushed upon her, pushed her back on the
bed, and stabbed her in several places. Mrs. Fearon
attempted to save Mrs. Corrigan, but the prisoner
attacked her, and drove her from the room, Mrs.
Corrigan rushing after her. The screams of the
women brought Mr. and Mrs. Burton and his friends
to the spot, by whom the murderer was at once
secured. Mrs. Fearon, in her fright at being
wounded, hastened to a neighbouring surgeon's, and
while going there saw Mrs. Corrigan come out after
her and fall to the ground. She was soon rfter
brought into the surgeon's in a dying state,

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expired in a few minutes. The inquiry at the
Thames Police-office last Thursday, was adjourned
till the two female witnesses, who both gave their
evidence with extreme difficulty, are sufficiently re-
covered to attend without danger. Mr. Burton
states in his evidence that the manner of the prt-

soner on the day of the murder was very tiistaut ;
also, in reply to a question from Corrigan, that his
nervous system had been shaken by strong thinks,
and that it was mentioned on Christmas-day that

he ones had an attack of delirium tremens. "I have

no douLt," continued this witness, " that he drank to
excess, though I have not been much in his com-
pany." The prisoner is remanthtd ou the charge of

wilful murdeito Thursday next.

EUZA TRZNAINE, the Canterbury double of 'Alice
Grey, who has been committed for two months with
hard labour as a vagabond, presents in her history a
singular example of the easiness with which people
of all ranks suffered themselves to be imposed upon.

As early as 1843 this young woman commenced) her
system of imposture, sometimes taking the character
of a nursery governess in great distress, or as a re-
pentent Magdalen, or as a runaway for love, or as a
convert to Romanism, or, lastly, and more success-
fully than all the rest, as a truly repentant impostor
seeking forgiveness and consolation for her sins. In
such various characters for the last twelve 3 ears has

this young woman roamed over the country, from
Canterbury to Yorkshire, now taken iu hand by
benevolent philanthropists or earnest divines, and
put to school for reformation ; occasionally appre-
hended ane sent to gaol as an impostor ; while in
each and every case no sooner was she out of asylum
or prison than she instinctively returned to her old
system of imposture and deceit, as the easier and
more pleasant means of obtaining a livelihood. Her
exposure at Canterbury, and committal for two
months, is only another event in her career. As soon
as she is liberated, she will disappear from the
neighbourhood, and, probably wending her way to
some distant and hitherto unexplored counties,
prosecute her impostures with as much 111100431146
as ever.

ANOTHER CRUEL CASE OF WIFE -BR ATI 50 wtls
brought before Mr. D'Eyncourt, at Worship-street, oil
Monday last. Sarah Lander, a neatly-dressed, baud-
some, little woman, deposed that she had been mu-
ried to her husband, Edward Lander, fur nine years,
and that, though be had treated her well in the
earlier years of their marriage, he had lately given
way to drink, and was continually cruelly beating and
ill-using her. On Saturday night and Sunday he
was away from home, spending his wages in drink,
and when, after a long search, she found him, he
struck her furious blow* upon the face and head till
she was covered in blood, and would have injured
her more severely but for the interference of the
police. The prisoner etlinitted that his wife was every-
thing that was good to him, and that lie bad nothing
to say in his defence. Mr. D'Eyncourt then sentenced
him to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour,
in the House of Correction, and to find bail for six
months' further good behaviour.
THE 'WORLEY POISONING CASE 15 at present wait-
ing the decision of Dr. Taylor upon the stato of the
intestines of the exhumed bodies. No further facts
have been made public. The prisoner Palmer welt
removed to Stafford gaol last week, and a rumour
prevailed on Monday that he had succeeded in
voluntarily starving himself to death ; but this is
denied on authority. He is alive and a prisoner in
Stafford gaol. The analyses of the intestines of his
deceased wife and brother are being carried on by
Dr. Taylor, of Guy's. The police are making a
strict search for the ionising betting-book of the
deceased Cook—the discovery or loss of which will
form an important point in the trial.
THE INQUEST upon the body of Jones, killed on
the 11th in the fight with Madden, terminated on
Thursday, when a verdict of " Manslaughter " was
returned against Madden and the four seconds.
Warrants were immediately issued for their appre-
hension.
THE KEYNSHAM BURGLARY CASE, in which seven
men were charged with having entered and robbed
the house of Mrs. Baber at Keynsham, was inves-
tigated by the Bath magistrates last week. Three
of the prisoners were immediately identified by Mrs.
Saber and her servant, and their evidence baring
been heard, the magistrates committed the whole
seven to take their trial at the next Somerset
assizes.
THE MAN Nils, acquitted last week of the
murder of Jane Ileagley, at Cudham, was on
acquittal immediately arrested on a charge of
burglary, in August last, at Buckover, Gloucester.
At the request of the superintendent of police, the
prisoner was remanded, to give time for the collec-
tion of the necessary evidence.
EDMUND AND Louis SCHELL, charged with the
forgery of the ten-thaler Prussian notes, were fully
committed for tr al I y Mr. Bingl am on Monday.
The evidence is in.ibt voluminous ; the prisoners

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and reserving their detance.