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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. Tuesday, May 31. Th...
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LAW, POLICE, AND CASUALTIES. William Wel...
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NAVAL AND MILITXltY. Huk Majesty's colon...
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VOLUNTEER CORPS. The volunteer regiments...
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Imperial Parliament. Tuesday, May 31. Th...
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . Tuesday , May 31 . The sixth Parliament of our Lady Queen Victoria has commenced its sittings . In the House of Lokds the royal commission was read , and both Houses convoked for despatch of business . The new Hol-sk of Commons were summoned to the House of Peers , and on their return proceeded to elect a Speaker . Colonel Wilsox Pattex moved that the Right Hon . John Kvelyn Denison , member for North Nottinghamshire , be again called to fill that distinguished office , dwelling upon the attention he had shown to the discharge of its duties , his impartiality , and his general bearing towards all members of the late House ; He added a graceful tribute to the private virtues of Mr . Denison . —The motion was seconded by Sir P . Barisg . Mr . Dkxison submitted himself to the pleasure of the House , and , there being no dissentient voice , he "was conducted by the mover and seconder to the chair , whence he offered his acknowledgments to the Souse . He was then congratulated upon his reelection by the Chancellor pif the Exchequer and Lcrd Palmerstox , and the House adjourned Wednesday , June 1 . The House of Commons , on meeting were summoned to the House of Peers , and , upon their return , the Speaker reported that her Majesty had been pleased to approve the choice which * the House had made of him as Speaker , and that he had preferred on behalf of the Housed the claims Customarily made , which had been granted in the fullest manner . He briefly again tendered his acknowledgements to the House . The swearing-in of the members then commenced , and continued until ten minutes past four o ' clock , when the House adjourned . ¦ Thursday , June 2 . ¦ The Hocse of Lords did not meet , this being Holy Thursday . . ' ¦' . ' In the House of Commoxs 174 hon . members were sworn , and the House adjourned .
Law, Police, And Casualties. William Wel...
LAW , POLICE , AND CASUALTIES . William Wellington Taylor , a tax collector of Islington , -was examined at Clerkenwell Police-court , on Saturday , relative to a charge of embezzlement . The amount of defalcations is set down at over . 700 ? ,, and the property of the parish of St . Mary , Islington . The magistrate ordered a remand , and refused to take bail . A warrant has been issued for the apprehension of Ebenezer Ward , also a collector of the same parish , and defaulter to the sum of 800 / . Ward has since voluntarily surrendered and in answer to the charge , said the deficit arose from his granting receipts when he Had not received the money . Mr . Tyrwhitt ordered a remand for a week , and consented to take bail in 2000 / .
The . M'Donnell kidnapping case , ' it will be seen by our Queen ' s Bench report , has come to a termination . The child has been restored to her father , and the Rev . Mr . Roberts has been discharged on payment of costs . At the Court of Bankruptcy , Francis Worrall Stevens , described as a share dealer , of 3 , Royal Exchange , has passed his last examination . A case of defalcation by George Terry , a Leeds tradesman , has occurred , The delinquent was a Grand Master of the Odd Fellows' Provident Society , and has made away with 4 , 000 / . Trust has been extensively abused , and the result is an amount of distress among the industrial and provident poor
At the Mansion-house on Saturday a negro , known by the name of " John , " was charged with having made a desperate attempt to murder a police sergeant named Oliver . . The prisoner had occupied a lodging in the neighbourhood of the Minories , and , for some reason or other , had locked himself up in his room , and refused to come out . Attempts were made to expel him , and he in consequence made his way on to the roofs of the neighbouring- houses . Several police officers then engaged in efforts to capture him , and one of them , the unfortunate Sergeant Oliver , was attacked by the prisoner , and dreadfully stabbed in the struggle which ensued The prisoner was remanded to await the result of the injuries which Oliver has sustained .
The race weeks has brought with it as usual , a considerable amount of police cases in the Metropolis , as well as in the country . At the Guildhall , a common oouncilman attended to complain of the nuisance occasioned by the betting men who crowd Bride-lane every day . The Alderman had some doubt as to the power he possessed of removing or punishing the people who might assemble in the street , but expressed liis determination to try the question . On the Derby night a great row occurred at Cremorne assembled
Gardens . A number of riotous persons in the coffee-room , and after drinking the proprietor ' s health , broke the tables , chairs , and glasses . They were with great difficulty ejected ; and had it not been for the precautions of Mr . Simpson , some persons niust have been seriously injured , and even a loss of life might have taken place . One of the rioters was examined at the Westminster Policecourt . Mr . Paynter administered a severe rebuke to him , and required him to find sureties for his appearance next week .
An extensive seizure of obscene stereoscopic pictures has been made by the . pfclice , which the magistrate at Marlboroiigh street has ordered to be destroyed . At the Thames police-court Mr . Smith , a shipowner , was charged with obstructing a quartermaster in the navy in the performance of liis duty . The case was interesting as being connected with the manning of the navy ^ The quartermas ter went on board a vessel called the Coldstream , which belonged to the defendant ; for the purpose of obtaining the papers of a seaman who had enlisted into the navy . It was alleged that Mr . Smith , who was onboard at the time , had insulted the complainant , and caused the captain to expel him from the ship . He was fined forty shillings .
An inquest was held on Saturday , at Guy ' s Hospital , on the body of the unfortunate Sophia Moore , who was murdered by her husband in Trafalgarstrcet , Wai worth . The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder . " The assassin is not yet in custody . Andrew Iluddlestone , the son of a surgeon in Holloway , committed suicide by taking a dose of prussic acid . The body was found in a field last -week . The suicide appears to have taken place in consequence of some family differences . The jury coiild not determine in what state of mind the deceased committed the act .
A young lieutenant belonging to the Royal City of ]) ublin Militia , stationed at Shorncliffe , named Thomas George Keogh , has committed suicide . The rash act was committed very early on Sunday morning , while the deceased was under close arrest . Various rumours were circulated with reference to the cause of the arrest . A 50 / . note had been stolen from one of the officers' quarters , and it was rcportod that the deceased was suspected . A horrible affair has taken place at Oldbury , near Birmingham . The wife of a miner , named I ' oster , maddened , it would appear , by grief for the loss of . a daughter , cut the throat of her boy , twelve years old , wounded another of her children , and then attempted to commit suicide .
¦ which is deeply to be deplored . In the Court of Common Pleas ., the Earl of { Shrewsbury has brought an action . for the recovory © f-thc estates which were bequeathed by tiro lato UEarl to the infant son of the Duke of Norfolk . The Attornoy-Gonoral stated the ease fov the plaintiff . We have not it appears , heard tho last of the libel case , Yeseombe , v . Lander . The poet haying left $ ho country without paying either the damages or the costs , further proceedings on the part of tho plaintifft beoamo necessary . They ascertained that a valuable estato , called Ipsley Court , was hold in trust for Walter Savage JLnndor , and appealed to tho Court of Chancery for power to stop tho rents until tho demand was satisfied , Tho Vice-Chancellor ordered tho rents to bo impounded .
In tho Court of Bankruptcy , Mr . Linklutor lias announced that another dividend of a shilling in the p ound would bo paid to the creditors of tho British Bank . This dividend is quite unexpected . The alleged poisoning case at Richmond has gone through its last stage preparatory to the trial ot Smothuvst , Ho has already beon committed for trial by tho mngiBtratea , and tho coroner ' s inquest terminated with a verdict of " Wilful Murder . "
Naval And Militxlty. Huk Majesty's Colon...
NAVAL AND MILITXltY . Huk Majesty ' s colonial steam-ship Victoria returned to Hobson ' s Bay from a cruiso in search of tho remains of tho supposed wreck of hor Majesty ' s brig Sappho , which was not attended with suceoss . In addition to tho four new vessels of war recently ordered by tho Admiralty to bo built at Chatham , directions havo just boon received for two moro . One of these vessels is to bo a 91-gun screw liner , and tho other a 51-gun stonm frigate . The four new vessels ardorod are tho Bulwark , 01 , tho Undaunted , 51 , tho Rattlesnake , 21 , and tho Reindeer , 17 , screw stimniers . ¦ .
cers gave a ball in her honour the same night . ' The Queen ' s proclamation for manning the navv arrived at Marseilles in the beginning of the week There has not been time enough yet to ascertain the " chances of success in enrolling British' seamen but the prospects are encouraging . - ' The exertions of the Admiralty are unremitting to complete a gigantic fleet , powerfully armed and completely manned . The Imperieuse 51 , Shannon 51 , Royal Sovereign 13 . 1 , Melpomene 51 , and Agamemnon 91 , will all be ready for sea in a few days and a number of others are hi a very forward state ' Recruiting for the navy is going on well . A considerable addition has been made to the Royal Laboratory arid Military Store Departments of Woolwich Arsenal . The aggregate number of Government and * contractors' hands now employed amounts to nearly 10 , 000 men and boys . Orders have arrived at Vincennes , from Italy , concerning an improvement to be made in the new-French canons rayds , which are not found to answer all the expectations which had been formed with regard to their capacity . Their range is found to be marvellous , but no means of securing a good aim could be accomplished , and the giin is said to be for the present abandoned . The Charybdis , 20 , screw steam frigate , one of the new heavy armed vessels , was successfully launched at Chatham , on Wednesday . She will be immediately brought forward for the steam reserve .
Tho . Fronuh Kinperor has given orders that all the infantry regiments in tho army Ahull receive instruction in artillery practice Xho non-eommjtesioucd officers and select companies will be instructed iirst , and tho system will bo gradually extended . Last Friday the Countess of Eglintoun presented now colours to tho 30 th regiment in tho Phwiux-park in tho presence , of tho Lord Lieutenant and a orilliant stall ' . The peeress made an excellent speech ;
Volunteer Corps. The Volunteer Regiments...
VOLUNTEER CORPS . The volunteer regiments are growing at length to imposing dimensions , and the meetings which are held daily in different parts of the country show an increase of the popular enthusiasm . At Reading , for instance , the mayor presided at a meeting for the formation of a corps , and speeches were made by men of all classes , including a most warlike address from the Rev . T . V . Posl ) ery . Lord Vivian went down to Cornwall expressly to attend
a county volunteers meeting , at which he presided as Lord-Lieutenant . In the county of , Shropshire , and at Waodbridge , Newcastle , Ipswich , and Halifax , preliminary measures have been taken , rind opinions expressed as a necessity for some alterations in the Act of Parliament . Birkenhead will iii--the course of a day or two boast a volunteer corps of 800 fine young men , called the Wirral Rifle Regiment . The civil servants of the Grown in London are taking steps in the same direction . The clerks in the Patent Office appear to have taken the lead with
spirit . A meeting at Belfast expressed discontent at the state of the law as regards Ireland in this question . It was determined to petition Parliament to consider the Irish sufficiently loyal to serve as volunteers . The Orangemen were permitted that privilege in the last war , and they wish to avail themselves of it again ; while the rest of the population assert that their loyalty is not tole doubted . At North Woolwich it has been resolved to form a corps composed of workmen , employed by who to volun
Messrs . Silver , of Cornhill , are ready - teer to the number of about 200 . A riije corps is about to be formed at Windsor , to be composed exclusively of hor Majesty and the Prince ' keepers , and men employed in the royal gardens , and farms , and in the Great Park . The corps will number about 150 . Another class who lire desirous ot forming a strong rogimont , are those employed on the metropolitan railways , who havo hpld a meeting and enrolled many names , the London and JSortn Western taking the lead . tho Karl
At Cheltenham , at a volunteer meeting , of Ellenborough made another telling speech on Thursday . Ho said that it was not safe lor us to remain permanently unarmed in the midst ot an armed world . Wo wore not prepared . 1 ho nations of tho Continent were prepared j nnul they imgiic depend upon it the invention of railway s and of steam for naval purposes had most materially varied tne moans of committing auddon aggression upon . u ? . llo would tell such us decided to bocoino riflemen what ho understood to bo their mission . It was to deprive the enemy of sleep from the < lny ho laiuiou until ho slept in death . Ho ought U > bo pressed night and day by riik-mui . Wo hud men enough to give nninlo reliefs . Thoro should not l » o n iiioiiieiu in which tho enemy should sloop , and it ho sk-pt it must bo under fl ' ro
. . . , Several Assurance Companies lia-vo adopted a formal resolution , that " no oxtm cluwyo w » »« made to assurors joining volunteer rllio or urtllie v corps . " It is thought that a similar courso will ih generally pursued by nil tlio other assurance com-A company has boon formed by Influential City firms to foster tho . Wllu Corps movement , ami to glvo it a thorough system of combination and control organisation . It proposes to supply tho ciuim with a sound weapon and a good . unllbrni , at a putt /
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Leader (1850-1860), June 4, 1859, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04061859/page/4/
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