The Press. — 1856-12-20 (London, England)

THE PRESS.  Ma. CHSRLES HENRI'H, aged nineteen, a son of Lady Gridleston, was on Wednesday charged before the Brighton magistrates with stabbing one Julia Pane, a girl of the town. The prisoner appeared, from the evidence of a policeman who witnessed the whole transaction, to have stabbed the girl in a fit of drunken excitement. The policeman had seen him some minutes previously waving an open knife about and swearing he would stab the first person he met. The girl happily was not dangerously wounded, but the young gentleman was remanded till this day, when the case will probably be sent to lira Liaises.  THOMAS MANSELL, a private in the 49th Regiment, was tried on Wednesday, at Maidstone, before Mr. Baron Bramwell, for the murder of Corporal M'Bur• rill, on the 27th of August last, by shooting him in camp at Dover. The evidence was conclusive. The jury returned a verdict of " Guilty," and the prisoner was sentenced to death, without hope of mercy.  IN THE COURSE OF THE EXAMINATION IN BANKRUPTCY this week of Redpath, the petitioning creditors, Messrs. Wood and Field, filed a copy of their account current with the bankrupt, beginning from May last, and extending to November 21, the date of the petition. This account shows transactions to an enormous amount. The totals of half•monthly are as follows :  May 15 May 31 June 15 June 30 July 15 July 29 August 13 August 29 September 13 113,224 18 11 September 26 78,008 15 0 October 16 October 31 November 21  These transactions embrace large dealings in Console and railway shares of various kinds, but principally Great Northern.  A HORRIBLE CASE OF CRUELTY TO A CHILD has been disclosed at Nantyglo, Glamorgan. One Elizabeth Oram has been arrested for causing the death of her illegitimate child, a boy about ten years of age. A few days since the child died, and, the woman having been known to ill-treat him, an in• quest was held, and evidence adduced to prove that the poor child for months past bad been subjected to barbarous treatment, being kept on unwholesome and insufficient food, and at times beaten with dreadful severity. The boy bad often been seen by the neighbours picking up garbage and eating it to satisfy his hunger, and even going to the pigs' trough and devouring eagerly such refuse as the pigs had not eaten. Some of the neighbours at times had been induced to strip the child and examine his person, when his emaciated body was found horribly excoriated and bruised. The mother, whose desire seemed to be to get the boy out of her way, began a few months since to keep him in the house altogether, until he died. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Elizabeth Oram," the mother, and the coroner at once issued his warrant for her committal to prison.  THE OTHER SIDE of the ticket-of-leave question was exhibited at Marlborough-street Police-court this week. A stout, determined-looking man, says the police report. a few days ago brought the following letter to Mr. Bingbam, the sitting magistrate . Sir,—l am a returned convict, relieved on a ticket of leave on the Bth of October last. Since that time I have used every means to get employ. ment, but have not been able to succeed. I am now very badly off, and have no means of living except I have recourse to something dishonest, which I never will, though my circumstances should be worse than they are at present. My object in applying to you is this: I have the offer of a free passage to New York on Thursday next by the New York Town ship, Capt. Meyer ; but, being without a friend and destitute, I am at a loss how to set, except some humane person would assist me. I have therefore made bold to lay my case before you, trusting you will be kind enough to assist me under my unfortunate circumstances. —Your humble servant,