The Press. — 1856-06-21 (London, England)

WIFE-BEATING are once more becoming prominent in our police reports. Two brutal cases have this week come before Mr. Arnold at Westminster. One Wright, a chimney-sweep, who had beaten his wife with a stick so severely that she lay in great danger in the Brompton Hospital, was remanded for a week; and Rush, a labouring matt, was charged on Wednesday with pulling his wife out of her sick bed, kicking her unmercifully about the body, biting her right ear, and endeavouring to strangle her by tying a handkerchief tightly round her throat. The poor woman stated that fur the last fourteen months Rush had been perpetually beating, biting, and kicking her. Rush, in defence, said that his wife was Irish, and she and two other Irish lodgers were leagued against him. Remanded. THE BROTHERS OwEN, so long successful in a career of extraordinary forgeries, were brought up for trial on Wednesday, but, pleading Guilty, Mr. Justice Coleridge deferred judgment till he had examined the depositions. THE EXECUTION OF PALMER took place at eight a.m. last Saturday, as arranged, and was detailed in our second edition. Several attempts were made by the chaplain and governor of the gaol to induce Palmer to confess, or, at least, to admit the justice of his sentence; but to the last he denied that Cook had " died from strychnine," and protested against the injustice of Lord Campbell's summing up and the execution of the sentence. On reaching the scaffold he evinced no appearance of alarm, placed himself under the rope, but turned deadly pale when the noose was fastened. After the cap was drawn down over his face the rapid collapse and inflation of that part just over the mouth showed the ternble suspense of the moment; another second the bolt was drawn, and he died almost without a struggle. Upwards of 20,000 persons were present. Connected with the trial of this man, we may mention that the Rev. Thomas Palmer has written to the Timet denying the authorship of the " Letter to Lord Camp bell ;" and that Mr. Herapath has also written to the same public source, inclosing a letter from Sir Fitzrcy Kelly, substantiating his denial of having, in the case of Tawell, waited upon Sir James Graham to urge the convict's innocence, and to obtain a reprieve, Tawell at that moment having confessed to the murder.  58VP  ONE OF THE INMATES OF THE AGAPEMONE, " The Abode of Love," a Miss Maber, was found a short time since dead in a pond in the neighbourhood of the Abode. A protracted inquest has resulted in a verdict of " Self-destruction under temporary insanity." A sister gave evidence to the effect that another sister had died in the Agape:none, and that Miss Maber had, before committing suicide, made over her property (1,7001 ) to Mc. Prince. Official inquiries.are to be instituted into the" Abode of Love."  George's-fit:Hs, to learn a trace in order to obtain his living, but being twentytwo years of age, he found he was ineligible, no person being admitted over twenty. He had no friends in London, no money, an asked for assistance to get back again to Bolton:  Mr. Elliott asked how he managed to travel sneh a lengthened journey in safety? and the poor fellow replied that, " hearing" the hedges on each aide, he managed to keep the centre of the road as near as possible, and travelled the whole distance without a single accident, but the roughness of the road had nearly worn out a stout pair of shoes. He never, he said, ran foul of any impediment that was as tall as himself, as he always " heard " it as he approached, and therefore avoided it. The lampposts, he said, he " heard " as he approached within a couple of 3 ards of them, and could count every one on the side of the street on which he passed. The impediments which " puzzled " him were short posts, or heaps of stone not sufficiently high to reach his ear, but he generally managed to avoid accidents. Mr. Elliott much regretted that he had not, made his application to the institution two years ago, and Kindly ordered 11. to be given to the poor fellow out of the poor box, to enable him to get home, and at the same time desired that his address might be kept, so that he might be communicated with in case any benevolent person or persons interested themselves in his behalf. [ The rules of the society might be relaxed in this poor man's favour if sufficient interest were excite.l.l  FROM THE LONDON uAzETTP: Tuesday, June 17.