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The Week.
expected recal reaches him . Alary Neivell , AV ' ivas tried at the Avinter Berkshire assizes , and sentenced to death for the wilful murder of her child by drowning in the river Thames , near Reading , has become a lunatic . A disastrous fire occurred early on Saturday morning , by Avhich the premises of Mr . AValton , Avholesaje tea . dealer , High-street , AVhitechapel , ivere totally destroyed , and the more sad loss of tho lives of two female servants took p lace . The fire-escape man did his Avork noblrescuing a number of bmeans of the machine ; but before he could
y , persons y reach the others the interior of the building fell to the ground , and they were lost . John Brady , an inmate of Hanwell County Lunatic Asylum , ivas killed Avith a pitchfork by AA'illiam Roberts , a fellow patient in the establishment . The men had been taken out ivith others on Thursday morning to ivork in the grounds , Avhen Roberts , AVIIO has been for fourteen years an inmate , in a frenzy attacked the deceased , ivith a fatal result . The magistrates have committed him to Neivgato for trial -In the court of exchequeron Wednesday . Mr . Richardsona solicitor
, , , , on behalf of his Avife , brought an action for slander against Dr . Granville , the AvellknoAvn physician , and Mrs . Granville . The latfcsr , who ivas the real defendant , had made very serious imputations on Jfrs . Richardson ' s character , and although Dr . Granville expressed his great regret at what had been said , that lady felt it to be necessary to vindicate her reputation in a court of lav .-. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff , damages , -10 s . Tho appeals from the decision of tho master of the rolls in the extraordinary case of Thellusson , v . Thellusson came before the
House of Lords on Thursday . There ivas a great muster of the lav .- lords present , and the hearing was not completed . - —An action . for libel , brought by Lieut . Col . Dickson against the Earl of Wilton , ivas commenced in the court of Queen ' s Bench on Thursday . The earl ivas colonel in the TOAVOI- Hamlets' militia , and the plaintiff ivas lieutenant-colonel . The libel comp lained of Avas eoutained in a letter written to Lord Comberinere , the governor of the toiver , by the defendant , in AA'hich he charged tire plaintiff with having misappropriated part of the sums subscribed for
the purposes of the mess , and added that Col . Dickson ' s conduct was such that he appeared to be a mere spy , by his reporting the conduct of the other officers of the regiment , and that therefore he ( Lord Wilton ) advised Colonel Dickson ' s removal from tiie regiment . The case occupied several days , and is not concluded . Frauds to a considerable amount are discovered to have been perpetrated by Mr . James Purssell , li'ho AVUS formerly connected with the firm of Messrs . Purssell , the confectioners , in Cornhill . Having received genuine leases from two of the City companies , he proceeded to procure copies of them , and affixing forged seals , obtained advances thereon in various directions . The amount of his frauds is
found to be about £ 30 , 000 . A young girl ivho had been on terms of intimacy ivith the national schoolmaster at AA'inlaton , became pregnant . She ivas sent to Darlington for the purpose of being confined , but soon after her arrival there she died . Her remains ivere sent back to Winlaton for interment , and on AVednesday , the funeral procession Avas stopped by the police . Suspicion , it was understood , pointed to the administration of poisonous drugs , ivith the object of procuring abortion . The schoolmaster was taken into custody . The pursuit after Delauythe murderer of MrEl AVUS taken up ou AVednesdayby forty of
, . y , , the AVaterl ' ord police ; after a fatiguing day ' s chase , they returned in the evening , Avithout the game . Next morning a similar number renewed the hunt , and were alike unsuccessful . The greatest activity continues in eveiy department of the dockyards . Several additional first rates are nearly ready for sea . A favourable report has been made to the authorities of the result of the experiments with the new description of rifle bullets invented by Capt . 3 . Norton . Mr . Annstrong , the inventor of the wrought iron cannon , has entered into a contract with
her Majesty ' s government , and a considerable number of the guns are to be forfch-Avith supplied . Government have given out orders lor the construction of sixteen engines , ' ' destined for Avar steamers . The convocation of the clergy of the province of Canterbury held its sittings of both houses , on AVednesday and Thursday last . At the Court of Common Council , on Thursday , an address of congratulation to the Queen , on the birth of her grandson , ivas unanimously carried :- — On Friday , a deputation on the subject of the repeal of the paper duties , waited upon the Earl of Derby , urging the usual arguments for a repeal of the tax , The
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
expected recal reaches him . Alary Neivell , AV ' ivas tried at the Avinter Berkshire assizes , and sentenced to death for the wilful murder of her child by drowning in the river Thames , near Reading , has become a lunatic . A disastrous fire occurred early on Saturday morning , by Avhich the premises of Mr . AValton , Avholesaje tea . dealer , High-street , AVhitechapel , ivere totally destroyed , and the more sad loss of tho lives of two female servants took p lace . The fire-escape man did his Avork noblrescuing a number of bmeans of the machine ; but before he could
y , persons y reach the others the interior of the building fell to the ground , and they were lost . John Brady , an inmate of Hanwell County Lunatic Asylum , ivas killed Avith a pitchfork by AA'illiam Roberts , a fellow patient in the establishment . The men had been taken out ivith others on Thursday morning to ivork in the grounds , Avhen Roberts , AVIIO has been for fourteen years an inmate , in a frenzy attacked the deceased , ivith a fatal result . The magistrates have committed him to Neivgato for trial -In the court of exchequeron Wednesday . Mr . Richardsona solicitor
, , , , on behalf of his Avife , brought an action for slander against Dr . Granville , the AvellknoAvn physician , and Mrs . Granville . The latfcsr , who ivas the real defendant , had made very serious imputations on Jfrs . Richardson ' s character , and although Dr . Granville expressed his great regret at what had been said , that lady felt it to be necessary to vindicate her reputation in a court of lav .-. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff , damages , -10 s . Tho appeals from the decision of tho master of the rolls in the extraordinary case of Thellusson , v . Thellusson came before the
House of Lords on Thursday . There ivas a great muster of the lav .- lords present , and the hearing was not completed . - —An action . for libel , brought by Lieut . Col . Dickson against the Earl of Wilton , ivas commenced in the court of Queen ' s Bench on Thursday . The earl ivas colonel in the TOAVOI- Hamlets' militia , and the plaintiff ivas lieutenant-colonel . The libel comp lained of Avas eoutained in a letter written to Lord Comberinere , the governor of the toiver , by the defendant , in AA'hich he charged tire plaintiff with having misappropriated part of the sums subscribed for
the purposes of the mess , and added that Col . Dickson ' s conduct was such that he appeared to be a mere spy , by his reporting the conduct of the other officers of the regiment , and that therefore he ( Lord Wilton ) advised Colonel Dickson ' s removal from tiie regiment . The case occupied several days , and is not concluded . Frauds to a considerable amount are discovered to have been perpetrated by Mr . James Purssell , li'ho AVUS formerly connected with the firm of Messrs . Purssell , the confectioners , in Cornhill . Having received genuine leases from two of the City companies , he proceeded to procure copies of them , and affixing forged seals , obtained advances thereon in various directions . The amount of his frauds is
found to be about £ 30 , 000 . A young girl ivho had been on terms of intimacy ivith the national schoolmaster at AA'inlaton , became pregnant . She ivas sent to Darlington for the purpose of being confined , but soon after her arrival there she died . Her remains ivere sent back to Winlaton for interment , and on AVednesday , the funeral procession Avas stopped by the police . Suspicion , it was understood , pointed to the administration of poisonous drugs , ivith the object of procuring abortion . The schoolmaster was taken into custody . The pursuit after Delauythe murderer of MrEl AVUS taken up ou AVednesdayby forty of
, . y , , the AVaterl ' ord police ; after a fatiguing day ' s chase , they returned in the evening , Avithout the game . Next morning a similar number renewed the hunt , and were alike unsuccessful . The greatest activity continues in eveiy department of the dockyards . Several additional first rates are nearly ready for sea . A favourable report has been made to the authorities of the result of the experiments with the new description of rifle bullets invented by Capt . 3 . Norton . Mr . Annstrong , the inventor of the wrought iron cannon , has entered into a contract with
her Majesty ' s government , and a considerable number of the guns are to be forfch-Avith supplied . Government have given out orders lor the construction of sixteen engines , ' ' destined for Avar steamers . The convocation of the clergy of the province of Canterbury held its sittings of both houses , on AVednesday and Thursday last . At the Court of Common Council , on Thursday , an address of congratulation to the Queen , on the birth of her grandson , ivas unanimously carried :- — On Friday , a deputation on the subject of the repeal of the paper duties , waited upon the Earl of Derby , urging the usual arguments for a repeal of the tax , The