Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-12 00:00:00

NORTHERN HOSPITAL

The annual meeting of the Trustees of -tliensioithern
Hospital was held in the Board-room-of the. Institution,
at twelve o'clock .yesterday. The chair was taken :,by
Wm. Brown, Esq., M.P. . The treasurer, Mr. Heywood
Jones, read the statement of accounts:—

Accidents
Medical cases .. 452 Relieved .....
Surgical cases
In-patients, 1857 .... ...... 106 Incurable
- Died . .
3,173 Out-patients
In the hospita

ACCIDENTS

Fractures . .
DislOcations ..........
Barns and scalds
Wounds and contusions ..
Suspended animation
Attempted suicide ......
Various

2,267 I
PATIENTS

Labourers
Sailors ...
Mechanics
Women .
Children .

918 England
206 Ireland
395 Scotland
326 I Wales

Thanks were voted to the honorary medical officers, to
the donors, to the chaplain, and to the vice-president and
committee. A resolution was also passed, expressing the
deep regret of the members at the loss the institution
has sustained by the death of Mr. Charles Inman and
Mr. Mozley. Some formal resolutions having been
passed, the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks
to the chairman.

LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCI

BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.

THE EVERTON CRINOLINE CONSPIRACY. —His Wor-
ship received 6s. from a friend, from the Sailors' Home,
for the benefit of Christopher Thompson, the poor yonng
fellow who was so falsely accused in the above case, and
whose family are in such destitute circumstances.

" THE LAST BOAT."— Officer Medcalf, 471, brought
up a respectable-looking person, who gave the name of
Hugh Thomas, and said he was a merchant. charged
with being drunk and disorderly, and for assaulting him.
The officer said : At one o'clock in the morning, I saw
the prisoner crossing from the George's-dock bridge and
go to a public-house' and try to get the people up, but
they would not let him in ; he was very drunk .at the
time, and I wanted him to go back, as the place was
dangerous. He would not go, unless along a passage
that leads from George's-dock to the Saithouse-dock, and
that is a very dangerous place, and several persons were
drowned in it, and I would not let him go that way. I
put him away three times, but he would still come back.
He said he lived at the public-house, but they would not
let him in. At last, as he-would not go away, I took him
into custody, when he kicked all the skin off my shins,
and they are as raw as a beef-steak this morning, When
I took him to the station, he said he lived at Seacombe.
If he had told me that at first, I would have taken him
to the boat. The prisoner said he missed the " last
boat," and, as he knew the people in the house, ,he
thought he would-get a bed there. He was fined £1 and
costs,
or one month's imprisonment.

" OUT OF TILE FRYING-PAN INTO THE FIRE."—A
juvenile Goliah, named Evan Lloyd, was charged by a
cab-driver under the following circumstances : The
complainant said the- prisoner hired him the previous
night, and he, was driving him along the George's Dock,
when on a sudden he leaped out of the cab, and fell under
the wheel, and narrowly escaped being killed. He (the
witness) managed to prevent, the wheel from going over
his head, when the prisoner got up, and ran headlong
towards the'dock, and would have rim right into it had
not some one caught hold of him, but he was so near the
dock that his hat fell into it. The prisoner said he did
not remember anything about the affair at all. He was
fined 2s Gd (the fare of the cab), and 5s and costs for
hefty-, drunk, and is compensation to the cab-driver.
. AtionnioNnsT BEGGAR.—A miserable-looking old man,
named Benjamin Ross, was brought up by police-officer
Quigley, 672, on the • following charge :—The prisoner
went into Mr. Thompson's book-shop, in St. James!s-
street, and solicited alms, and was relieved. When leaving
the shop, a boy observed him put a book up his sleeve,
and he was then given into custody. The officer then
went to where the prisoner lodged, in a court off Ashton-
street, and in a room he, found a box which contained
tumbler-glasses, with the names of publicans on them ;
also a number of brass weights, knives and forks, sugar
crushers, pocket-books, and other articles, all of which
had been evidently stolen out of shops, into which the
prisoner went to beg. The prisoner was remanded for
further enquiry.
DISHONEST SERVANT. Detective officer Laycock
brought up a girl, named Margaret Gannon, charged for
having stolen £6 from her late master, Mr. Edward
Brooks, publican, Concert-street. Laycock said the
prisoner lived at prosecutor's house, as servant, for about
three inonths._ She left about' the end .of December,

but did not take her box with her. Some time in this
month, she returned for her box, and when going up

stairs with a little girl, the daughter of the Aprietorc
she went into the bed-room of the latter, saving she
wanted a drink of water. Whilst there, she contrived
to open a drawer in a safe where he (Mr. Brooks),
kept his money, and extracted £6 out of it. She
was subsequently arrested in Vauxhall-road, by the officer,
who got £1 7s. in money on her, to,,mether with a quantity
of new clothes, and she confessed. to him that she had
taken £5, but not X 6, out of the drawer. She was sent
to gaol for one month, under the Criminal Justice Act.

BIRKENHEAD POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY
BEFORE J. S. JACKSON, ESQ.

LE OBTAINING OF
PRETENCES. A wretched looking woman, named Bridget
Callander, was charged by various persons with having
obtained goods by means of false pretences. The first
witness, was Mr. J. Hope, who said he was assistant to
his brother, Thomas Hope, draper, Chester-street. On the
the 18th of December the prisoner went into the shop,
and, addressing herself to witness, said she wanted some
flannel for Mrs. Armstrong, of No. 2, Cambridge-terrace,
Birkenhead. Witness asked what price she wanted, and
she replied that at is 6d or is 8d per yard.
She selected six yards of that at is Bd. She wanted
some twilled calico and binding, and selected six
yards of calico at 6d per yard, and a small quantity of
binding at 2d per yard. Mrs. Armstrong being a cus-
tomer of Mr. Hope's, witness, without hesitation, gave the
goods to the prisoner, and on the 20th of December,

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100D3 UNDE

prisoner again went to the shop and obtained some
calico and other articles. Witness wrapped them
up in a parcel, gave them to prisoner, and she
went away. Mrs. Armstrong was a frequent customer
at Mr. Hope's shop for such articles. The calico and
articles produced are the same as witness supplied her
with. Mr. James Watt said he was assistant to Mr.
Benussi, draper, of Paradise-street, Liverpool. The
prisoner had been to the shop and obtained a quantity of
flannel and calico in the name of Mrs. Armstrong.
Mrs. Armstrong, who resides at Cambridge Villas,
Claunhton, said she had been in the habit of purchasing
articles at the above shops, but never authorised the

prisoner to .get the goods- in her name. Mr. Brierley,
draper, Hamilton-street, Birkenhead, said that, on the
13th December, the prisoner went to his shop and got
four yards of flannel, at is 4d per yard, and other
articles, for Mrs. Beddinfleld. He knew Mrs. Beddin-
field was a customer, and therefore let the prisoner have
the goods. The articles produced were the same he gave
her. Thomas Shaw said, he was assistant to Mr. All-
wood, pawnbroker, Albion-street, Birkenhead. He
produced the calico which was pledged on the 29th
of December by the prisoner, and was quite satisfied
that she was the same woman. Mrs. Margaret Beddin-
fieldi who resides at No. 4, Midland-street, Birkenhead,
said she never authorised the prisoner to obtain the
goods in her name. Mr. Kine said he kept a general
toy and Berlin wool warehouse in Chester-street, Birken-
head. On the 23rd December last the prisoner went to
his shop, and obtained a quantity of fleecy wool, stating
that it was for the emigrants. He knew that the ladies
who prosecuted in this case formed part of the Birken-
head Female Emigration Society. He showed the pri-
soner 31bs. weight, in different colours, which she took
away. Knowing the names of the ladies, and thinking that
the prisoner had been sent by them, witness packed up the
goods, and she went away with them. On the 11th of
November, the prisoner obtained 11 yards of cord in the
name of a Mrs. Whittle. Mrs. Watson, of Claughton,
said she knew the prisoner, and had occasionally given
her needlework, but never authorised her to get goods
in her name. Another witness who resided at Claughton
Villa, also stated that the prisoner had never been
authorised to get goods in her name. In one or two
instances, the members of the committee of the Female
Emigration Society had found pawn-tickets in the pos-
session of the prisoner, and, consequently, they had been
obliged to get the tickets from her, and recover the pro-
perty. Police-constable Green deposed to having appre-
hended the prisoner, on Saturday last, in Chester-street,
when he found the tickets upon her having, reference to
all the property. This concluded the evidence, and the
prisoner having been cautioned in the usual way, pleaded
guilty to all the charges. She way fully
trial at the maim. committed for

FLOATING SCHOOLS FOR THE NAVY
MERCANTILE MARINE. • ;-

Of the many expedients suggested_ for_ the efficient
manning of the navy and mercantile marine, there is not
any which, looking to the futiird, promises more hope-
fully and auspiciously than the training of youths
expressly for the service... It is a trite saying, and a
true one,that "the boy is father to _the man,"' and
nowhere will this maxim hold more truly than with those
who early embrace the nautical profession. Ili the
opinion of experienced old salts, a boy who does not find
his " sea legs". before he has seen twelve or fourteen
summers, will never make a thoroug"li sailor. There is
something so Very peculiar in a seafaring life ; the habits
acquired are so different from those which obtain .on
shore, that a youth cannot be initiated too early 'if .he is
to devote himself to this profession. It is this very pe-
culiarity which renders floating schools a primary requi-
site for the trainini, of boys for the sea; at this early
age, like the plastic material in the hands of the potter,
they may be,monlded to anything we wish,-and by daily
exercise rendered familiar with .that discipline which is
the soul of the service. We are pleased to observe that
Sir John Pakington is directing his attention :to this
important subject, and, that he is rendering every facility
for establishing floating schools for the instruction, of
boys for the navy and mercantile Marine. ' There.
is now lying alongside the Devonport dockyard a
fine frigate, the' Conway, which has been fitted, out
expressly for this object, and which the lords of the
Admiralty have placed at the service of the Liverpool
Mercantile Marine Service Association, to be used as a
School, in the river. Mersey, to prepare boys for the mer-
chant - service and the navy. We trust that a ship
similarly fitted will be stationed at each of, our principal
ports. It is proposed to regulate the admission and entry,
of boys into these schools, first; to the sons of deceased
masters, officers, and seamen of the merchant service,
whose circumstances will not enable them to pay for
their education ; secondly, boys of the' same class
whose friends can contribute a portion towards
'their maintenance and education ; thirdly, boys
of any class, intended for the sea service, who will
pay for their maintenance and education. All the
boys are to be regularly and carefully exercised,
and instructed in all the duties of a seaman in a first-
class ship ; they will be brought to handle guns, and
otherwise fitted for employment in nien-of-war. The
staff of the ships destined for this service will consist of
a commander, boatswain, schoolmaster, boatswain's
mate, cook, steward, and a few seamen, but the latter
will be dispensed with as soon as the boys have made
sufficient progress to perform the work and duties of the'
ship. The schools will be under the superintendence of
the educational committee of the Association, who will
also' defray all costs attending the schools, the Admiralty
providing only the ship and equipinents. There, is one
provision in the programme which we think capable of
improvement. It is proposed that•the boys he taken into.
the school, between the ages of 12 and 14, and
remain there one to two years.: Now, this is too short a
period of probation to ensure good results.. The shortest
period of training should be froth two to three years, and
we are persuaded that the additional care bestowed would
be amply compensated for in the superior ability and sea-
manship of the lads. We merely throw out •this sugges'-
lion for consideration, having every confidence in the good
sense and judgment of the Educational Committee, which
we are pleased to observe embraces many of the leading
merchants and captains of the port of 'Liverpool. The
chairman, John Clint, Esq., has visited the dockyard
during the week, inspecting the equipments and
fitments of the Conway, which are very nearly com-
pleted. She is expected to take her departure
for Liverpool, on Thursday next. It is almost
needless to point out the many advantages, direct
and indirect, which these floating schools are calculated
-
to confer on our Navy and Mercantile Mairine' by afford-
ing facilities W deserving, youths who may be desirous of
entering either service; in raising the standard of intel-
ligence and character throughout both, and iu furnishing
drafts of well disciplined and trained seamen, when
required for national defence, for the Navy. The ships
may also be made to do double duty, by serving as
guard-ships to the several ports where the floating schools
may be stationed. It is, however, almost needless to
enlarge on these points ; the advantages are too obvious
to need further illustration. Our national security is
dependent upon our maritime superiority, and whatever
tends to promote this must commend itself to the
sympathies and patriotism of every true Briton.

MR. BRIGHT'S VISIT TO BRADFORD.—The ticket office
for the issue of tickets fOr the forthcoming- Reform
demonstration at Bradford, was opened on Monday
morning. These was a great rush for tickets, and in a
few hours the whole of the tickets for the stalls and area
were taken.

THE LATE BRADFORD POISONINGS.—The Chief Con-
stable of Bradford reports thaf there are five persons
still suffering from the effects of eating lozenges, two
of them very severely, so that it is doubtful whether
they will .recover. The number of persons who died
was 18, and the number who were reported to the police
as ill at the time was 225 ; 136 of whom were adults.

ACCIDENT AT DEVONPORT. -On Friday last, when
ployed on board the "screw steam-ship Lion, 80, in

the north dock, at Devonport, a labourer. named Bickford
fell from the second deck through the hatchway into the

on a hatchway grating, but, by some mismanagement,
when hoisted as far as the' combings pf the hatchway,
one of the hitches of the rove gave way, and Bickford
was precipitated a second time into the hold. More
caution being observed he was at length Jilted out
safely, and conveyed to the surgery. No bones were
broken, but the poor fellow has a fearful gash across the
throat, supposed to have been caused by catching against
a nail when falling. Dr. Reid and Mr. Foster, surgeon,
of Keydam-yard paid every attention to his case.

SOMNAMBULISM. —There has recently occurred a curious
and very singular instanco of somnambulism at Brigham,
in Devonshire. A few nights ago Mr. Bagstaff, ornitho-

young girl of 18 years of ate, entering his bedroom, and
putting down by the side of his bed a bird, which she
had taken from the shop. She went out of the room,
and amain returned with a pheasant, which she deposited
in like manner as the first, smoothing it down, and
saying " There's a beauty," Leaving the room again,
her master hastily 'dressed himself and followed her.
She walked up the street a• short distance in her night
clothes, and, returning, went the same distance below,
and then went into the house. Her master tried

to awaken • net
her by.name, but she was so securely wrapped in her
sleep she took no notice, and at once retired to her bed.
—Wiltshire County Mirror.

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THE ACCIDENT AT THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
rho steps are of Portland stone, feather-edged,

LONDON

and were put up twenty years ago, under the direction of
Mr. Jimes Thompson, the architect of the building.
Not long ago, the treads having become worn, open iron-
work, the interstices, filled in with cement, was let on the
face of them, and it has been urged by some that cutting
into the steps for this purpose has led to the calamity The
iron facing on each step weighs about 1 cwt. Each step
probably weighs 21 cwt. On the other hand it is stated
that the fall commenced at the upper landing, and that it
has been found that the joggle here was not soundly
made. The appearance presented by the staircase is
most extraordinary, every step being broken sharply off
Antif friar from +IIA w.-611 Tbn non;;ln,,f %self

fail to inspire the gravest considerations

The Builder

WILLS.—The will of Sir Randolph Isham Routh,
K.C.8., Commissary-General of her Majesty's Forces,
who died at his residence, Dorset-square, on the 29th of
November last, was proved in London on the 27th of
December by his relict, Lady Marie Louise Routh, and
his son, Edward John Routh, the joint executors. The
will was made in June, 1856, bequeathing to his wife,
for the use of herself and her' children, all his furniture
and household effects, and all shares in the Trust and
Loan Company, Canada ; also his freehold estates in
Canada West, consisting of 1,513 acres, together with his
freehold messuages and land in Canada East ; advising
his trustees not to sell, but to retain, the estates.
where situate near the river, as they are gradually increas-
ing in value. He has left specific bequests of family
portraits to the children of his first marriage, the residue
to be divided according to the statute of distributions.—
The will of the lion. Charlotte Chetwynd, who died in
November last, was proved in London on the 23rd of
December by her sister, the Hon. Mary Anne Chetwynd,
the sole executrix and sole legatee. Personalty, £6,000,
—The will of Alexis Soyer, Esq., of Marlborough-road,
St. John's-wood, who died on the sth of Aug. last, was
administered to by a creditor, to whom was granted
letters of administration with the will amended, the
executors and residuary legatee having renounced A
caveat was entered, which has delayed the passing of the
grant until tile 23rd of December. The personality was
sworn under £1,500. The will is very short, being
contained on one side of foolscap, and the signa-
ture is very feebly written. It is dated the 19th
of June, 1858. He bequeathed to the National
Gallery the following pictures c—" English Ceres,"
" Young Israelites," " Young Bavarians," " A
Centenarian," and. the Portrait of Madame Soyer, his
late wife. To Mr. Blackwell, of Soho-square, and his
partner, Mr. Crosse, export oilman, each a picture=to
the first, "_The Donkey Boy," and to the other any
picture he may select. £5O to a niece; £lOO to the
Kensal-green Cemetery, where he has a vault; and the
residue to Mrs. Cooke, many years his housekeeper.—
Ilultrated London Nam

THE NORTHERN TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1859

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A WOMAN MURpSRED_BY HER HUSBAND

IN DUBLIN

One of the most frightful murders that has occurred
for many years in Dublin, was perpetrated on Saturday
night, by a man named Thomas Black, a painter, resid-
ing at No. 3, Deane-street, on his wife, Margaret, an
exceedingly well-looking woman of about 30 years of
age. Shortly before ten , o'clock on Sunday inorning,
it became known that Mrs. Black had been butchered
during the night by her husband, and that the
murderer had absconded. Sergeants Craven and
Meyers proceeded without delay to the lodgings of
Black, which are situated in the top back room of the
house. The Sergeants, on entering the apartment, saw
the unfortunate woman lying in her bed, in a pool of
blood, which had collected under a ghastly wound in her
left side, beneath the ribs, At the time the constables first
saw the body it was covered with the bed clothes, just as
the- murderer had left it, but on removing the covering
they found that the: entire of the night dress of the de-
ceased had been torn from her body, and thrust under
the bed ; and, it is supposed, in her struggle with the
assassin, her night clothes were torn to pieces off her per-
son. The wound is about an inch wide, and, from the
blood being almost entirely confined to the portion of
the bed which was immediately under it, itis thought
that after receiving the stab from a knife, or some other
sharp instrument, the murderer held her in one position
until she died of • hmmorrhage. This supposition is
further confirmed by the 'fact 'of the neck, chin, and
mouth of the deceased being all black and blue, giving
painful evidence of the iron gripe which must have been
kept on her throat and mouth to prevent her calling for
assistance to her sister and her brother-in-law who
slept in the next room, only divided frOm the' one
in which the.murder was committed by a thin partition.
On the sergeants making inquiries, they were informed
by Mrs. Quinn, sister to the deceased, who lived
with her husband' in the adjoining room on the same
floor, that Black. returned from his work at eight
o'clock on Saturday night, and after remaining at home
t time, he took the deceased out with him on a
car. Tie stopped at a shoemaker's shop and purchased a
pair of boots for her, and then proceeded with her to a
public-house in James's-street, where he had been paid
for some painting ivork which he had completed that day.
Black and the deceased had some drink, after which they
returned home on a car and went to their room at about
ten o'clock. Nothing occurred until about eleven o'clock,
when Mrs. Quinn, who was out making some purchases,
returned. On going into her room she was surprised to set
the son of Black, a fine boy of about nine years of age,
sitting in her apartment. She asked him why he was not
in bed at that hour, and the little fellow said he w
afraid that his father would kill him, as li

kicking his mother in a terrible manner
to interfere, as she was aware that Bh

saw him

Not wishing.

hasty and ill-tempered man, she put the .1
and after some time, not hearing any noise

into Black's room. The candle-was 'extinguished, but
there was sufficient light •to enable her to observe Black
standing in his shirt at the side of the bed. The deceased
was lying on' the bed, _partially naked. She went over
and put her hand , on the breast of the deceased,
and it occurred to her at the time that she • felt cold.
Black did not address her on coming into the room,
nor did she make any observation to him, and she retired
to her own apartment believing that all was right, and
that any difference bet Ween Back and her' sister had
ended. She went to bed, and did not get up until ten
o'clock on'Simday morning. llearing no one stirring in
the next room, she directed the boy to go into his father's
room at half-past eleven o'clock, and ask his mother for
the loan of her cloak. The child did as he was directed,
and returned in a short time convulsed with fear at the
horrible sight which he had witnessed. The door had
not been fastened, and when the boy entered the room
he found his father gone, and on going to deliver his mes-
sage found his mother dead and deluged iu blood. Mrs.
Quinn ran into the room where the murder had been com-
mitted, found the child's story to be too true, and gave the
alarm. The murderer was last seen between eight and
nine o'clock on Sunday morning, leaving the house. lie
proceeded along the streets in the coolest manner with a
pipe in his mouth. He went into a barber's shop, where he
got shaved, and, after washing himself, he observed to the
barber that he had been out for a jacket (which he pro-
duced) which he had forgotten in a house the previous
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leaving the shop he proceeded down New Row (south),
and up to an advanced hour on Sunday night, no tidings
of the murderer had been received. The assassin is de-

seven inches high. At the in'qtlest on -gionday, the
jury returned a verdict of ,"Wilful murder" against
Thomas Black, the husband of the unfortunate woman.
It is thought that Black, who has up to this time eluded
the police, has committed suicide.

CHARGE OF SEDITIOUS PUBLICATION
AGAINST A DUBLIN PRINTER.
DUBLIN, Monday Evening.

(From the Freemanls Journal.)

At the head police-office Mr. John Francis Ntigent,
the printer and publisher of " Moore's Almanack," was
brought up in custody of two detectives before Mr. Porter,
and charged with having published and sold a work
known as "Nugent's Moore's Prophetic Almanack," it
being a seditious, malicious, and scandalous publication,
and calculated to bring her Majesty's government into
contempt, against the peace of our Sovereign Lady the
Queen.

The law adviser to the Castle, Mr-Robinson, attended
on the part of the crown ; the prisoner was without
professional assistance.

The object of the prosecution was to bind the prisoner
in recognisances to keep the peace—th 4 is, to discontinue
the publication of the offensive book. Last year a similar
charge was preferred against Mr. Nugent. After some
discussion, the further hearing of the case was postponed
till Wednesday, to enable the prisoner to procure profes-
sional assistance.

GALLOPING MATcn.—The match in which Mr. Fidda-
man backed his pony Tinker to do twenty miles within
the hour, came off on Monday last, on the Lynn and
Harborough-road. The distance was accomplished in
fifty-two minutes. The pony was ridden by Long, of
Newmarket.

REPRESENTATION OF SUDBURY—It seems that the town
council of Sudbury are making an effort to have the
franchise restored to the borough, which, it will beremem-
bcred, was disfranchised a few years since. The petition
was forwarded to Sir Fitzroy Kelly, for presentation to
the House of Commons. The Attorney-(eneral, in

acknowledging the receipt of the petition, 'observes, 'in a
letter to the town clerk Oir. K Stedman) : " I have
received your petition, which Captain Lambert had pre-
viously mentioned to me, and recommended to my atten-
tion, as taking a deep interest in its success. You may
-be assured I shall take an early opportunity of presenting
it to the House of Commons, and it shall not be my
fault, if its prayer be not in some effectual way or other
emplied with." .
A CHANCERY VICTIM.—At the Leicester Quarter Ses-
sions, the other day, the report of the visiting justices
' referred to a most extraordinary case, in which a poor
woman, who had been engaged in a chancery suit, was the
victim. She had been detained in gaol for several months
on account of the non-delivery of certain papers which her
attorney had neglected to deliver over, when he ceased to
act because all her money was expended. The magis-
trates regarded the case as a scandalously cruel
one ; but they did not see that the court could
do anything further than had been done already.
The deputy clerk of the peace has since addressed a
letter to a Leicester paper, detailing the circumstances. He
stated that the poor woman was advanced in years, a
widow, having children and grandchildren. She was sent
to prison for not obeying an order of the Court •of
Chancery, directing her to deposit in court certain title
deeds and other documents for the inspection of the
attorney on the other side. When she received
a paper directing her to leave the documents with
the clerk of records, she thought all that was neces-
sary was to tell the person bringing the order that she
had none of them, as they were all with her attorney.
A few days after this the poor creature was taken into
custody ; and, as there happened to be no other female
prisoner in the debtor's ward of Leicester gaol, she Was of
necessity placed in solitary confinement. The deputy-
clerk states that the plaintiff's attorney knew pe
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believes hands o,,ft
htahte a deputylittle
l gclerk of the peace. He
have sent her to the lunaticon?syelrumimtisTonhme eontaiAlviotiufrlds
rn attoey now denied responsibility in the case ; he knew
the other attorney
pthriastotnheeespoaotrtowrnoemy had thei2eanpekres,p t and it
lwaasd his fault
apnrohfaeassed to have gliivgaoenup alaly'inteTrehset
in her case, and said he had written to her to desire her
to employ some one else. He promised that the remain-
ing documents should at once be sent to London. This
was done, and the poor woman was at length released.
She had been in-prison for upwards of four calendar
Juonths.---Manahcater Guardian.