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No. 463, rEBBTJARY 5, 1859.] THE L|A;D1R...
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CRIMINAL RECORD. A man has been arrested...
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IRELAND. The retirement of Mr. Justice C...
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CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. A remarkable p...
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NAVAL AND MILITARY. A soldier of the 1st...
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merit —James Sauriders was charged with forging an acceptance to a bill of exchange for 208 ? . 16 s ., with intent to defraud , but he was acquitted on a point of law ; being however , againarraignedonacharge of obtaining goods' W false pretences from Mr . Whitmee , and being found guilty , was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour ; . ... ¦ .,, ¦ ¦ „ ' ¦ ¦ At the adjourned inquest on the body of Mr . Burrows killed in a quarrel with Mr . Plews , in . his own shop [ in the Hampstead-road , the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter . Plews was at once taken into custody , and brought before Mr . Long , at Marylebone Police-court , when he was committed for trial on the chargebail to the amount of 2 O 0 J . being accepted .
, At the Court of Bankruptcy a third-class certificate has been ordered to be issued to A . A . Couper , an East Indian merchant , of Old Broad-street , after a suspension of sis months . The bankrupt , the Commissioner said , had been engaged in a transaction very nearly verging npon the nature of fraud * and , indeed , but for a circumstance to which he alluded , it would have been absolute fraud , and a total refusal of the certificate must have been the result . Protection was granted during the suspension . —A sitting for proof of debts was held in the case of the MaresfieldGunpowder Company ( limited ) , but all disputed proofs being adjourned for further consideration no discussion of importance arose .
A batch of four persons , three men and a woman , representatives of the " Mercantile Loan Tund Association , " underwent examination at the Clerkenwell policecourt before . Mr . Corrie , on the charge Of conspiring to defraud various persons out of sums of money . . The prisoners , aware that the best way to make money is to represent yourself as possessing more than you require , announced themselves prepared to advance loans on the most advantageous terms , in sums varying . from 201 . up to 500 / . A considerable business , it seems , had been done , not , of course , in lending , but in getting remittances to institute the " necessary inquiries . " The case was remanded for a week , and bail refused .
Sarah Ann Fry and James Durant were placed in the dock of Westminster police-court , before Mr . Paynter , charged , the former with the wilful murder of her infant , and the latter with complicity in the crime , and unlawfully disposing of the body by throwing it into the Thames . Both prisoners were committed to the Central Criminal Court for trial , bail being accepted in two sureties Of 4 0 A each for their appearance .
No. 463, Rebbtjary 5, 1859.] The L|A;D1r...
No . 463 , rEBBTJARY 5 , 1859 . ] THE L | A ; D 1 R , 167 . _ . ¦ ''• . / ' """ . ¦ ; ' M ^^^^ i— ii ¦¦ ii »_»^ — ^_
Criminal Record. A Man Has Been Arrested...
CRIMINAL RECORD . A man has been arrested for the murder of Wilson , at Sheffield , which we mentioned last week . He is a brewer ' s traveller , named George Plant , and is said to have been intoxicated at the time . He had been seen flourishing a dagger in different parts of the town previously . An inquest has been held on the body of the murdered man , and the j ury , after being locked up four hours and a half , returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder . " A horrible tragedy was enacted at Manchester on Tuesday . The criminal was a William Robinson , landlord of the Cross Keys beer-house , Albert-street , who also acted as bailiff and carrier at funerals . On the day in question a woman , who lives in the cellar
under the beer-house , observed blood dropping through the ceiling ; and some time after two men broke open the door of the house , when they found Mrs . Robinson lying dead with four stabs in the neck ; planks of burning wood wore piled up against the fireplace , the gas waa escaping from the various burners ; and , to wind up the horrors , Robinson himself was found suspended from a nail in the staircase , appropriately attired in the dress he had worn at a-. funeral that day . Jealousy is assigned aa the cause , although husband and wife had both reached the age of half a century . An inquest waa held tho next day . After hearing evidence , the jury , in the oasoof Mrs , Robinson , returned n verdict of " Wilful Murder" against her husband ; and in his case the verdict was that he had haugod himself while in an unsound state of mind .
Ireland. The Retirement Of Mr. Justice C...
IRELAND . The retirement of Mr . Justice Crampton , after twentyflvo years' service in tho Court of Quean ' s Bench , has at length taken placo in presonco of u largo assemblage of the bar and tho public . The Attorney-General , on tho part of tho b ar , pronounced a glowing culogium on tho professional and private worth ot tho judge , who briofly , but eloquently , replied . Ho then bid farewell to tho Chief Justice and to tho Judges , and on retiring from tho bonoh was greeted with a hearty burst of applause . Tho campaign against tho Killurnoy clubbists is not yet terminated . Tho correspondent of tho Cork Examiner , Tilting from Killarnoy , announces the recommencement <« active operations on the part of tho constabulary . Mcantlmo a movement ia on foot in' tho south for collecting subscriptions towards tho dofonco of tho would-^ Robert Emmetts of 1850 . Tho Toward for the apprehension of Delany amounts to upwards of 2 Q 00 J . Tho Ctonmel Chronicle says jamci constabulary between Dungarvan and Cnppoquln nwe-bq ^^ j ^ je ^ |^ ) v ) t lmrenI < i tferou 6 h the broken
country near ClashmoreafterDelany , who . has just turned up in that district . The fugitive , it appears , is armed to the teeth ; but we'regret to state that his . extraordinary activity enabled him to escape into the woods of Ballintaylor ; in his passage through that thick plantation , he left behind him his . shoes . As the police are now so close upon his trail , " his arrest may soon be looked for . " On Tuesday morning a fire was discovered in the extensive distillery of Sir James Power , Bart ., in John ' slane . The flames spread with ; fearful rapidity , and ^ in a short time a large section of the building was enveloped in flames . The damage done is estimated at many thousand pounds , but the premises are said to be folly insured .
The Lord Mayor , who , as Alderman Lambert , lost the confidence of many of his Roman Catholic fellow-citizens , by his aversion to Cardinal Wiseman , gave hie inaugural banquet on Tuesday night at the Mansion House , the Viceroy , as usual , honouring the chief magistrate with liis company . Numbers of gentlemen professing the creed of the Cardinal refused to dine with the Lord Mayor . Among the leading absentees were the Roman Catholic Judges Pigott , Moaakan , Keogh , and O'Brien ; in fact , the only notable person of that persuasion present was Father Daly , of Gal way . Lord Eglintbun ' s receptlbn was most flattering ^ and the standard t oas t of the evening was drunk , amidst prolonged cheering .
Saunders ' s News Letter contains a somewhat extraordinary story of a band of Phoenix clubbites having been discovered drilling by a passer-by , at a spot within three miles of Dublin Castle . This individual gave immediate information to the authorities . Saunders adds : —" The source of our information is strictly reliable , and the fact that -vve have stated proves that illegal societies antagonistic to the institutions of the country exist in other localities than Belfast or Skibbereen . It has been remarked as extraordinary that the Dublin Metropolitan Police were unable to discover the nightly reunions of these men , assembled under such circumstances , and that the Government should be solely indebted for the information they have received to a private individual who accidentally happened to discover the circumstance . " ¦ '• :
Charitable Contributions. A Remarkable P...
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS . A remarkable proof of the great influence of the public press , as well as of the benevolence of the public , is found in the following list of the amounts received during the last six weeks or thereabouts ,. in answer to the appeals made in the Times in behalf of the " Homeless . Poor" and other deserving objects . The following is the list , up to Thursday , of the various sums which have been subscribed to charities or particular cases of distress mentioned in the Times : —r £ s . d . To the Field-lane Refuges 6 , 851 41 To the Sti Giles ' s and St . George ' s Refuges , Bioomsbury ... ... 1 , 813 0 2 In reply to the Rev , Mr . Buck's appeal on behalf of a poor Artillery officer and his family , amount already received ... 750 0 0 To the Association for the Relief of
Destitution in the Metropolis ... ... 115 0 0 Reformatory and Refuge Union , Pall-mall 670 8 0 North-West London Preventive and Re ~ formatory Institution , Euston-road ... 495 1 4 Dudley Stuart Night Refuge , Edgewareroad ... ... ... ... ... 275 12 3 Reformatory for Adult A ^ le Criminals , Westminster ... ... 378 9 C For a Refuge in East London like that in Field-lano 260 15 1 To tho poor of St . Stephen ' s , Southwark ... 142 12 0 Whitechapel Probationary Home ... 827 1 0 In answer to Mr . Ilingeston ' appeal on behalf of a poor blind gentleman and family ... ... .... ... ... 219 17 1 West-end Homeless Poor 120 2 0 Dispensary for Sick Poor of Bethnalgreen ... ... , ... 100 17 8 To tho Westminster Night Refuge ... 91 0 0 Hospital for Diseases of tjie Chest , Victoria Park 52 4 6 To tho Cripples' Home 25 18 0 Rofugo for Homeless Women , York-street , Westminster 80 10 0 Industrial School for B ^ oys , Old Pyo-strcot 20 8 0 Homo in tho East Reformatory ... ... 4 4 0 To tho Poor of St . Paul ' s , Bermonclsoy ... 1 G 1 0 To founding' a Ragged School in Betnnalgroon ... ... ,,. ... ... 18 19 0 House of Charity , Rose-stroot , Sohosquaro ,.. ... ,,. ... ... 10 0 0 Kofutfo for tho Dostituto , Dalston ... 18 6 0 SVoetinlustor Fomalo Rofugo , Vincentsquaro ' ... ... 27 2 0 Poor of ^ t . Philip ' s , S , tonncy 7 4 ' 0 Homoloss Poor for distribution among spoolal oases ID' f' 6 Total amount received . ... , 12 , 800 17 8
Naval And Military. A Soldier Of The 1st...
NAVAL AND MILITARY . A soldier of the 1 st battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards named Watts , while doing . duty as sentinel at the Bank of England , on Saturday , attempted to shoot himself with his musket . The mail had earned honourable distinction in the Crimean war . A court-martial-will be held to ascertain the cause of the suicidal act . . , Major-General Sir . Edward Lugard , K . C . B ., has been , appointed Secretary for Military Correspondence , at the War-office , vice Sir Henry Storks , BL ; C . B . The Government , it is believed , intends to propose a loan of ten millions , for the purpose of increased armaments . The increase will be almost entirely on the navy . The Victoria Cross is to be conferred npon Commander Thomas James Young and William Hall , A . B .
-rDate of Act of Bravery , 16 th November , 1857 . — Lieutenant Young . and William Hall were recommended by the late Captain Peel for the Victoria Gross for their gallant conduct at a 24-pounder gun , brought up to the angle of the Shah Nujjiff , at Lucknow , on the 16 th of November , 1857 . Mrs . Seacole , of Crimean celebrity , visited Sheerness on Saturday . She received a hearty welcome from the garrison . Previous to her arrival at Sheerness , she visited Chatham Barracks and Melville Hospital , at which places she was well received by officers and men . The attention of the public seems to be at lengtli awakened to the necessity of putting the amay and navy into thoroughly efficient condition ; and the daily and
weekly journals , with few exceptions , make frequent reference to the subject of the manning the navy as one of paramount importance . Training-ships for iboys , to be afterwards employed either in the royal or the merchant navy , cannot fail to prove of great value for this purpose , and the Conway , a former 28-gun ship , now about to proceed to the Mersey , is , we believe , only the first of a series of ships to be similarly fitted and employed . The Conway will be employed as a trainingship for boys between the ages of thirteen and fifteen . The merchants of Liverpool have subscribed liberally for this purpose , and the Admiralty have lent a ship well calculated for the service ; as a commencement , and have fitted her as for sea . After some probationary terms
have been . gone through , the most proficient among the lads will be allowed to choose between the royal and mercantile services , the Admiralty , we presume , undertaking to receive boys recommended by the Liverpool Association into her Majesty ' s ships . The United Service Ga-r zette remarks :- — " We hope to find the Admiralty takingtile hint from the Liverpool Association , and fitting out a number of the old men-of-war , now rotting in ordinary ^ as training-ships for boys . JFrom five thousand to ten thousand lads should be trained annually . The merchant service would be glad of one moiety , and the royal navy could dispose of the other . The boy of sixteen who leaves England for a foreign station usually
returns a smart young seaman of nineteen or twenty j fit for anything , and from this stock we [ derive the best men under the pendant . Were this principle acted upon , the cry of want of seamen would soon , cease to be uttered . ; for the boys who entered the merchant service would , in most instances , be true to their first masters , and enter freely in ships-of-war wero their services required . " Captain the Hon . Swynfen Carnegje , C . B ., who is appointed a Lord of the Admiralty , is , we hear , well calculated for the position , beiug not only An experienced officer , but one calculated for business . His career has been one of groat activity—the last ship being tho only ono he has ever had on the home station .
Colour-Sergeant J . Hampton and Sergeant BI . Richardson , 84 th Regiment , have each been presented with a silver medal , together with a gratuity of 10 ? ., by order of the Commander-in-Chief , for long service arid meritorious conduct . The medals were presented at Chatham , in the presence of the whole of tlio officers and troops composing tho 3 rd Battalion . . A variety of experiments havo just been completed on the riflo shooting ground of tho Royal Engineers , for the purpose of testing the merits of a now description of , riflo balls , tho invention of Captain Norton , tho author of several valuable inventions connected with rifles and balls , Tho superiority of tho bullet invented by Captain Norton is , that being coated with paper , and aovoral minor improvements boing made in it , a greater accuracy of aim is obtained , togothor with a much longer oflectlva range . Tho experiments made Ailly boro out tho corrootnoss of both theso calculations .
The Paris correspondent of tho Horald speaks of some now rifled cannon constructed at Vincpxmos under tho oyo of tho Emperor himsolf , who has carefully watched tho oxporimonts . They oorabino groat powors of destrnotlon with oxtromo lightness and portability , antl require a very small charge of powder . A 12- ^ poumlor constructed on this model is said to be more oflloient than an ordinary }) 2 ~ poundor , With regard to posdblo operations against tho fortressos of Mantua , Cremona , and Voronw , tho writer says : — " Woro tho French army obliged to drag aftor It a ponderous siege train , its movements must : necessarily bo so slow as to endanger tho suocoss of tho campaign , whereas with this rifled ordnance it could roach the fortrossos almost simultaneously with the retreating Austrian ^ , and ia the
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 5, 1859, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05021859/page/7/
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