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one leg, and it was dangerous to go down in the dark. I
heard a second and a third alarm, and tried to get down,
but could not, and did not see the deceased till I saw her
out of the window tying on the parapet, by the help of a
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to violence.
Michael Hambleton, a hawker, said; I lodge in a house
opposite the prisoner's. I was in conversation with the
last witness in prisoner's house. The prisoner and the
deceased were there, and had -some altercation about
the turning out of a lodger. Livingston and his
wife want to bed,' and i want out of the house.
In about a quarter of an hour I heard Me cry
of murder. 1 was then in the house in which I
lodge. I went over to the prisoner's house. There was
no one then at the door. 'I shoved the door in. I could
not-get more than my, head and my arm in. I saw the
ptisoner and his wife lying on the floor behind the door.
The door wac then banged in my face. I shoved it wide
open again, and-saw the prisoner over his Wife, and she
on the floor. 1 saw the -prisoner make a strike at her
with his hand, but -could not tell what it was. I
-said, " You 'villain, what are you doing to your
wife," but he made no answer that 1 could hear.
I then saw the nose of the deceased was cut
off, and banging to the lip. I went into the street
for a police-officer, and saw one, and went him
him to the house, and then went for further assist-
ance. Owreturning,l saw deceased:lying on the flags. I
saw her taken away,- but did not hear -her speak.
Margaret Peacock (who keeps a mangle) said : I know
prisoner and deceased. Our house is-on the oppositeside
of the street. Early on Sunday morning I heard the cry
of murder, and went across and saw the door burst open.
I then saw deceased lying on the 'floor. I heard her say
three times over "Keep him in." I did not see the pri-
soner atrfirst. She then said "-Policeman" twice. She
also said " Put something to me or,l --shall die, for he has
cut my:throat." -I took off my apron, and 'put it to her
throat. (The apron was produced, and was bloody.) I
observed that the nose of the deceased was cut off. Pri-
soner came to the door at the moment, and I called him
"a bloody murderer;" and he replied he would do the
same to sue.

Mr.-Samuel Potter,turgeon, was called on Sun-
day morning about two o'clock. I found deceased in bed
up stairs in a house in Peter-street, moaning and strug-
gling. Shs had several extensive wounds on several parts
of the‘body ; but was not bleeding so much as might be
expected. I dressed and bandaged the principal wounds,
and sent her to the Hospital. •I did not minutely examine
the-wounds, but bandaged them, lasso time was to belost
in-sending her to tbedlospital.
Mr. Edward Parker, house-surgeon of the Northern
Hospital.—Deceased was brought to the Hospital early yes-
terday morning, and was then dead. I have to-day made a
post rnortemexamination. There was a slight scratch of tine
skin on the left cheek ; an incision which almost completey
severed the end of the:nose; an incision extending from
the upper lip, across tke left cheek, to the ear, about five
inches in length and three-quarters of an inch in depth in
the middle, and which divided one of the arteries of the
face; .two slight scratches on the left side of the neck; on
the right side of the neck a transverse wound about four
inches long and one inch deep, completely dividing the
external jugular vein, and partly dividing several muscles
of the.neck ; a wound across the front of the neck, about
four inches long and four deep, extending down to, but
not opening, the wind-pipe. and dividing several of the
muscles of the neck; a wound two inches long and one
deep, extending obliquely upwards the elbow, exposing
and partially dividing the muscles in that situation. The
left thigh presented a wound two inches above the knee,
occupying the front and outside of the thigh, about six
inches long, and extending obliquely up the thigh nearly
seven inches, and dividing extensively the muscles of the
thigh. The right leg had a perpendicular wound in the
inner side of the calf, about eight inches long, and rather
more than one in depth. An oblique wound on the pos-
terior surface of the right knee, about six inches long and
nearly three-and-a-half inches in depth, extending quite
down to the bone, and crossing the upper part of the last-
mentioned wound, dividing a large vein on the inside of
the knee, and an artery of some considerable size. All
the wounds appeared to have been inflicted with a sharp
instrument. I think death was caused, not from any
wound in particular, but by bleeding from the whole of
them.

The CORONER then asked the prisoner with the usual
caution whether he had anything to say.
The prisoner said, " I will say nothing at the present.
The CORONER then briefly referred to the law of the
case, and then recapitulated the main points of the evi-
dence.

The jury without retiring from the box in a few mo-
ments returned a verdictof " WILFUL MURDER AGAINST
OWEN LEONARD,'' and the prisoner was committed, on
the coroner's warrant, to take his trial at the assizes.
The jury intimated through their foreman that their fees
should be given to the Northern Hospital.
The prisoner did not seem to be much moved by the
verdict. Two decently dressed and rather good-looking
young women (who we heard were his daughters) spoke
to him over the partition before he was removed, and he
then seemed to be considerably affected, and to shed a
few tears. He was conveyed to Kirkdale gaol in a ma-
chine, a great crowd outside witnessing his departure.

AMELIORATION OF AFRICA.—The meeting of the mer-
cantile community on this subject, which was held on
Wednesday, was unanimous in favour of supporting the
views of Mr. Jamieson, for the amelioration of Western
Aft ica the general nature of which was briefly explained
in our last. A considerable sum of money was subscribed,
and the explanations which were given elicited much ap-
probation. A considerable body of merchants in London
have added their support to the undertaking; and, from
the liberal and intelligent spirit with which the whole ar-
rangements will be carried out, there can be little doubt
that much good will be done in these hitherto sealed
countries before the expiration of the three years of ex-
periment. The steamer Ethiope has cleared, and pro-
ceeded to sea.

PROMENADES OF DAMASCUS.—The promenades out-
side the walls afford the traveller agreeable and varied en-
tertainment.
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rides in the lovely evenings, about the differelit,i.arts of the
environs, present beautiful points of view, and most inte-
resting snatches of Oriental life. As the sun is declining
in the west, you see little car ivans of dromedaries. or a
few mules, slowly emerging from the gloomy gateways of
the town, to gain a few hours' march to some neighbour-
ing village, in order to commence their journey in earnest
at an early hour on the morrow. From your horse you
see over the mud-walls, that impede the view of the foot-
passenger, into the gardens, where donkeys with paniers
are receiving their loads of enormous radishes, gourds,
water-melons, grapes, pomegranates, and other produce.
By the side of the donkeys stands a grim figure, with one
eye, and with a long white stick in his hand, pointed with
iron, at the first movement of which the donkeys start off
headlong with their load of vegetables, clearing away right
and left, and upsetting all who are heedless enough to
await their onset.—Library of Travel. •

PROFLIGACY OF ENGLISH GENTLE/41E24.-1 met five
Englishmen at the public table at our inn at Milan, who
gave me great matter for cogitation. One was a clergy-
man, and just returned from Egypt ; the rest were young
men, i. e. between twenty-five and thirty, and apparently
of no profession. I may safely say, that since I was an
under-graduate I never heard any conversation so profli•
gate as that which they all indulged in, the clergyman par-
ticularly ; indeed, it was not merely gross, but avowed
principles of wickedness such as I do not remember ever
to have heard in Oxford. But what struck me most was,
that with this sensuality there was united some intellectual
activity—they were not ignorant, but seemed bent on
gaining a great variety of solid information from their
travels. Now this union of vice and intellectual power
and knowledge seems to me rather a sign of the age ; and
if it goes on, it threatens to produce one of the most fear-
ful forms of Antichrist which has yet appeared. lam
sure that the great prevalence of travelling fosters this
spirit : not that men learn mischief from the French or
Italians, but because they are removed from the check of
public opinion, and are, in fact, self-constituted outlaws,
neither belonging to the society which trey have left, nor
taking a place in that of the countries where they are tra-
velling..—Pr. Arnolap