The Press.
London, England, 1856-09-06 00:00:00

'SAW anb Volta.

A PETITION for an adjudication of bankruptcy
against the Royal British Bank was filed on Thurs-
day at the Bankruptcy Court.

ONE OF THE GROSSEST CASES OF BRUTALITY TO WO'.
MEN made public for some time was brought before
Mr. Hamtnill at Worship-street Court on Saturday.
Joseph Lazarus, a thick -set fellow of thirty, was charged
with the following conduct. Caroline Runge, a
wretched-looki g creature, who was manifestly en-
during extreme pain, stated that she had been living
with the prisoner for the last four years as his wife,
awl had been subjected to such constant cruelty and
brutality that she would repeatedly have left him had
it not been for his threats of wreaking a fearful ven-
geance upon her if she did so :
Formerly he did obtain a living for them both, but for a
long time past he had not only not done so, but refused
to look for work, and compelled her nightly to seek an
infamous living in the streets, while he sat at home in
laziness, and made her bring home the wages of her
shame to him. On the preceding niAbt he forced her out
in this manner, and she obtained is. tid., which she
hastened home with and hauled to him, but instead of
expressing satisfaction at the amount, he grumbled at the
smallness of it, abused her terribly, and drove her out
again. This time she was not so successful, for she
paraded the streets uselessly for hours, and feeling herself
at length so footsore and exhausted at three in the morning
that she could scarcely stand, she was reluctantly making
up her mind to go home penniless and chance his ill-usage,
when the prisoner suddenly met her and demanded how
much more she had received. She told bun " Nothing
more," and that all she had obtained she had given him
when she went home before. This so disappointed Dim
that he flew into a violent rage, loaded her with the most
disgusting language, and having threatened her with an
oath as he left her that he would murder her before the
night was out, she became fearful, and tried to get hon e
first and bolt him out. The prisoner, however, followed
her so sharply that he got there as soon as she did,
fastened the door upon both, and then struck her in the
face, and upon her dropping to the floor continned furiously
kicking her upon the head, legs, and body, until her screams
at length attracted the notice of a constable, who forced
his way in and rescued her. The witness added that this
was not the worst even of the prisoner's conduct to her,
for upon one occasion she was too ill to earn money in her
usual manner, and he therefore forced her out to steal, the
result of which was that she was caught and detected at
once, and sentenced to two months' imprisonment. She
felt ill, neirly the whole of her person wds covered with
bruises, and she asked for protection.

SEPr. 6, 1856.

A constable of the H division corroborated the state-
ment of the witness as to the brutal ill treatment.
Mr. Hammill said that of all the scoundrels who ha
been ever brought before him the prisoner he be•
lieved was the worst. He would make sure of her
protection from such oppression for as long a term
as he could, if not for ever, and his sentence was that
the prisoner be committed to the House of Correc•
tion for six months with hard labour, and at the end
of that put in substantial bail for a further period of
like duration.

Two DEAD INFANTS, a boy and a girl, were dis
covered one morning last week in the garden of 31,
Pembroke villas, Kensington. An inquest was held
on Nlonday, and, on the medical evidence that the
children were born alive and perished from exposure,
a verdict or "Wilful murder " was returned.

A ComPosrrost, withadiseased heart, while stating
a charge against a pickpocket at the Sheffield Police-
office last week, was so alarmed at a sudden howl set
up by a number of drunken Irishmen just then
brought in that he fell down dead on the spot. An
inquest was held, and a verdict accordingly returned.
Two OFFICERS OF THE GERMAN LEGION, Herman
Dittmar and Major Yates, have fiAured at the
police court this week. It appears that Dittmar,
who has left the legion, bad some personal
against Major Yates, and on the evening of Tuesday
week, meeting him at Cremorne Gardens, with a
thick stick struck him two severe blows over the
head and shoulders, crying out, "tell them at Alder-
shott I kept my word, I thrashed the major." The
police refused to interfere, blit after some days Major
Yates obtained a warrant against Dittmar, and the
case was heard at Westminster before Mr. Arnold,
who, after a remand, decided upon sending it to the
sessions. The solicitor for the deendatt made a
strenuous effort to induce Mr. Arnold to adjudicate
upon it summarily, but Mr. Arnold declined, and the
witnesses were bound over to prosecute. Dittmar
was liberated upon bail.
A VERDICT OF " WILFta, MURDER" has been re-
turned at Newcastle, against one Fleming, for
causing the death of the woman he lived with by
brutal ill-treatment.

THE PREVENTION Or CRUELTY TO ANIMALS SOCIETY'S
officers have this week been unpleasantly exposed.
Several of the men have been charged with taking
bribes to suppress prosecutions. These charges,
however, must be received with caution, pending
examination by the committee of the society, as
they are prosecuted by men who have been punished
for ill-treatment to horses through the evidence of
the officers they charge with taking bribes. The
four officers under suspicion have been suspended
by the society, pending inquiry.
MR. ILLINGWORTH, income-tax collector at Black-
burn, has been arrested and lodged in Lancaster
Gaol for defalcations to the amount of 1,0001.
A PAINFUL CASE, in connection with the Royal
British Bank, came before Sir Chapman Marshall at
the Mansion-house on Wednesday. Mrs. Susanna
Chipp said her husband had been captain of the Ide,
belonging to Messrs. Linklater and Green, and on June
28th he sailed from Jamaica for Liverpool in perfect
health. On Tuesday she got a telegraphic message
from Queenstown, stating that herhusband had died on
the passage home, leaving her a widow with two
children, one fifteen months and the other five
weeks old. On Wednesday she went to the Royal
British Bank, and drew out 3201. which she had de-
posited there in December last. It was all she had
in the world to support herself and her children.
One of her brothers, who was with her, and who has
3001. similarly deposited there, told the manager of
the bank the eircumstanoies of her misfortune, and
that she wished to deposit the money for safety.
The manager assured her it would be perfectly sale,
and advised her to leave it. Upon that assurance she
gave back the 3201., and received the usual deposit note.
They left the bank, but, from a rumour they heard
they returned in about a quarter of an hour, and
their astonishment was extreme when they found the
door closed, and a placard on it, stating that the
bank " had suspended payment during negotiations."
She was now utterly ruined, having lost her husband,
and with the money every other means of support.
Sir Chapman Marshall, after consulting with Mr.
Martin, the chief clerk, said he did not know that he
could interfere; but, as it was a case of the greatest
hardship, he would send Mr. Roe, the officer of the
court, with them to the tank. Mrs. Chipp said she
did not think it would he of any use, for there was a
crowd round the door, knocking and ringing, but n
answer was given to them. Sir Chapman Marshall
said that, if anybody could get in, Mr. Roe could,
and they bad better go with him. They accordingly
accompanied him, and on their return, Mr. Roe
stated that he bad been admitted to the bank and
has seen a clerk, who took the deposit note to the
directors, who were then sitting, and laid the appli-
cant's case before them. When he returned he said
the directors dare not pay the money now, but they
bad no doubt but that everybody would be paid in
full. With this assurance the poor widow was
obliged to be satisfied for the present.