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MERCANTILE MARINE. An Arrival from Eui'A...
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OBITUARY. Major G. N. Hardinge.—This gal...
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Gatherings From The Law And Police Court...
chaplain had been aa attorney , l : e would . ( Laughter . ) In the course of . the conversation , Mr . Baron Watson said : — "To call : a man a black sheep is not actionable ; but ; if you <; all an attorney a black sheep , it is . Calling a man a cheat , imputing that he obtains money , by Rllse pretences , is actionable ; but . to call a rqa . n a cheat generally is "not . " It also appears that . it is not actionable to applv to a man the complimentary terms ' ' xascal" and " " villain . " Finally , the Lord Chief Baron _ " 1- -- »— f - * v mm i * * % j ^ l rt . aa *^ Ad . n 4 r r \^* t ^ ntr r ^^ k * rt ^ v *^ 1 ^ 1 ' t . JT ^ vii ***\ 4 s ^ r * + \
said he was decidedly of opinion that it is uot actionable to call a man a blackleg ; bat the learned Judges were at issue on this peint , and , the Court being equally divided , the rule , according to practice , was discharged . Three respectably dressed youths , of about sixteen or seventeen years of age , were charged on Tuesday at "Worship-street with wilfully damaging trees in Victoria "Park by tearing off large branches . The trees , it appears , suffer greatly ^ ram the selfish treatment of frequenters of the park ; and they often die in consequence . Mr . D'Eyncourt fined the youths in various amounts .
A case arising out of the famous gold-dust robbery ¦ was argued before the Court of Queen ' s Bench on Wednesday . A ., rule had been obtained for rescinding an order made by two Judges in January , 1857 , relative to ^ t he disposal of certai n pr operty fo u nd in t he posse ssion of Burgess , Pierce , and Tester , the convicts , and also the disposal of certain Turkish Bonds belonging to Agar , the principal agent in the robbery , who gave evidence on the trial . The order complained of directed the restitution of one-sixth of the property so found to the South-Eastern Railway Company , and the investment of the remaining five-sixths for the benefit of Fanny Kay and her child by the prisoner Agar . The Corporation of London claim the five-sixths under their charter , and also under the common law , as felon's chattels , and forfeited as such . Lord Campbell now said that the order must be quashed as far as the Turkish Bonds were concerned .
In the Court of Bankrupty on Wednesday , the last examination of Davidson and Gordon was adjourned until the 7 th of July , to enable the assignees to investigate the accounts and . balance-sheet . Mr . Link'laterhaving remarked that the assignees had reason to be satisfied with the recent conduct of the bankrupts as they had been laborious and diligent in making out their accounts , the court ordered an allowance to be made them . > J The House of Lords sat on Tuesday , by special appointment , as a Committee for Privileges , for the purpose of giving judgment on the claim of the Earl Talbot to the Earldom of Shrewsbury . The claim has been
throughout strenuously opposed by Lord Edward Howard , the second son of the Duke of Norfolk , and by the Princess Doria Pamphili , and the Duchess of Sora , claiming a 9 heiresses-at-Iaw of the sixteenth Earl . Lord Granwortli , after recapitulating all the principal points of the evidence , moved that their Lordships do report to the House that the claimant , Earl Talbot , had made out his claim . Lord St . Leonards , Lord Wensleydale , and Lord Brougham having fully concurred , Lard Wensleydale , the Chairman of the Committee , put the question that the claimant should report that he had established his claim , which -was agreed to , and thus Earl Talbot lias proved his title to the premier earldom of England .
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Ascot Races. Tuesday -Was The Opening Da...
ASCOT RACES . Tuesday -was the opening day at Ascot , and ' was marked-with even more than an opening day ' s quietness . The races were—the Tkial Stakkb , of live sots . each , with fifty added , won by Mr . Loppingwell ' s Rosabel ; the Ascot Derby Stakes , of fifty sovs . each , won by Lord Derby's Toxophilite ; the Gold Vase , given by her Majesty , added to a sweepstakes of twenty 8 ovs . each , won by Mr . Howard ' s Sedbury ; the First Year of thk Eighth Ascot Triennial Stakks , of ten sovs . each , with one hundred addcct ^ Von by Baron Rothschild ' s Bastion ; the Ascot Stakes , of twontyfivo bovs . each , won by Mr . Mills's Pensioner ; IIanj « - CA 1 " Platb , of fifty sovs . for all ages , won by Mr . Stamford ' s Fractious ; and Sweepstakes of fifty sovs . each , Avalked over by Mr . Gulliver ' s Apollo .
Tho racing ou Wednesday -was decided thus : —The ConoNA-WoN Stakes , of oiio hundred sovs . each ; won by Mr . J . Merry ' s Sunbeam . The Royal Hunt Cm-, won by Mr . K , Eastwood ' s Hcsporithnsa . The Second Year , oar -mis First Ascot Biennial Stakes , of ten sovb . each , with owe hundred added -, won by Mr , Howards Eclipse . The Windsor Ca . sti . is Stakkk , of ton sovs . oach , with ono huudrud added ; won bv Sir C . Monck a Hepatica . Tho Fkrnhill Stakks , o " f fifteen sovs . oach , won by Mr . S . La , Merfa Zitolla . Swb-kp-• sivvKics of lifteeu sovs . eacU ; walked over by Lord Chesterfield ' s La Fille du Edgimont .
Thursday waa the Cup Day , and a day of radiant summer weather ; In the Royal Stand wore tho Prince of Oude ami the Duko of Malalchofi ; tho Duke of Cambridge and other distinguished persons were also present and the now Master of tho Buck Hounda , Lord Bandw > cn . entered with great aoat , into the business of the ( -ay . ll , o sport took tho following order : —Swjcurstakks , of llf ty 8 OV 8 . each ; walked over by Mr . Pnyne'a Turned Loose , Tho St . JaWs Palacw Stajucs , of t ? J , Aho Gou > Cu » , by subscription of twonty sovs . each , with two hundred added from the fund
won by Mr . J . B . Starkey ' s Fisherman . The N " ew Stakes , often sovs . each , with one hundred added ; won by Baron Rothschild ' s North Lincoln . The Visitors ' Plate , of one hundred sovs ., and twenty-five second horse , by subscription of five sovs . each . ; won by Mr . Payne ' s Somerset and Mr . Howard ' s Queenstown . The Royal Siano Pirate ,. of two hundred sovs ., added -to a sweepstakes of twenty , sovs . each ; won . by Mr . W . S . S . Crawfurd ' s Zuyder Zee . The races yesterday were—The First Class "Wojcin-gham- Stakks ; won b y Greenwich Fair . The South Western Pla . tr ; Avon by King of Scotland . The Qtjebm ' s G-UINEA . 9 ( Fisherman beat Arcanum 5 n * " a canterj ) The Members' Plate ; won by Little Cob . The Second Class Wokingham Stakes- ; won by Admiralty . The Grand Stand Plate ; won by S-hirah . < af / M * i § - »^ if nK ^ r «« ¦ IJ C $ il __ ' T _ ^ ^ T ^» ¦ . . - mi . ^«^ -
Kayal And Military. The Duke Of Cambridg...
KAYAL AND MILITARY . The Duke of Cambridge inspected the garrison and fortifications of Sheerness last Saturday . While on parade , his Royal Highness requested , one of the corporals to take off his cap , technically called " a Busby . " He called tha attention of his Staff and the colonel-commandant to the weight and the liard material of which the present " Busby" is made , and informed the colonel and Staff" that he was glad to say a far more flexible material liad been discovered , and that the new " Busby " which he intended to introduce would only be about oaethird the weight of the hats in use ;
Launch at DisrTi'cmo .- —The ceremony of launching the Forte , 51 guns , steam-frigate , took place at Deptford dockyard last Saturday afternoon , in the presence of the largest concourse of persons assembled at that dockyard for many years past . Among the company present were Sir John . Pakington , First Lord of the Admiralty , Lady Pakingtori , and daughters . The " christening" was performed by Lady Pakington . Baxq-uet to American Officers . —Captain Hudson , of the United States steam-frigate Niagara , and his officers , were entertained on / Friday week by Captain W . H . Stewart , G . B ., and the officers of the Impregnable ,
104 , flag of Port-Admiral Sir B . Reynolds , on board that ship in Hauioaze . Her quarter-deck and other parts were profusely and effectively decorated , and in the evening she was brilliantly illuminated . At dinner the healths of her BIajesty and the President of the United States , proposed by Captain Stewart , who presided , were drunk "with the accompaniment of the national anthem ; after which , the prosperity of the United States , 5 ts navy and army , the officers of the Niagara , the successful laying of the Atlantic Telegraph , and several other appropriate toasts were given and responded to most energetically .
The Atlantic Telegraph . —Her Majesty ' s steamer Agamemnon , in company with the steam frigates Niagara , Valorous , and Gorgon , returned to Plymouth Sound on Thursday evening after their experimental cruise off the Bay of Biscay with the Atlantic telegraph cable . The experiments were quite satisfactory . The Agamemnon and Gorgon arrived in latitude 47 . 12 N ., longitude 9 . 32 W ., about two hundred miles from Ushant , on Monday afternoon , and left on Wednesday , having : made several successful experiments . The weather was fine ; depth of tho sea , 2530 fathoms , or about 2 S miles . The cable was spliced four times , and the Agamemnon and Niagara separated on one occasion nearly four miles . The expedition is appointed to start from Plymouth finally on the ICth .
Mercantile Marine. An Arrival From Eui'a...
MERCANTILE MARINE . An Arrival from Eui'Atoria . —The bark Ivy Green , Captain Lancaster , lias arrived at Hull from Eupatoria a port well known as the allies' landing place in the * Crimesi . She took out a cargo of coals from Newcastle for the Turkish Government at Constantinople , having been chartered to go to Eupatoria for a cargo of bones . While at Eupatoria the weather became more severe than had ever been remembered by any one in th « place , and tlie ship was completely frozen up for three months . At the commencement of this severe weather Captain Lancaster ' s thermometer stood nt 11 degrees in the inside of the cabin . lie states that even tho blankets in his bed were frozen to tho ship ' s side and his breath
congealed thereon . ! Neither Captain Lancaster nor his mate shaved during the times of the frost , and Avhon they hnppened to go on to tlio deck from the cabin ( which was on deck ) , their boards wore somotimes so frozen and covered -with icicles that both of thorn wore utiablo to speak , Ho severe was the froat that on ono occasion the captain was able to walk several miles , on the Black Sea . There were alrio frozen up at Eupatoria seven soil of English transports , ono French man-of-war , a Tnrkish and several other vesnels , including some which had remained . since tho heavy gales which occurred there- some time back , Cupluin Lancaster reports that tlio towi itself is pretty much battered down , mid it has niot been repaired winco tlio war . —• Haslern Counties Herald .
AxtuMi'Tisn MuKnuit A't Ska . —Tho Ruaitian ship Aulotar , of ( Jlimlincstudt , from Cullao , with a cargo oS guano , arrived atOowes lust Saturday , with hav captain held in con linen iant by tho crew , on account of au attempt ; which he had Hindu to shoot the mate , a native of Leu *
wick , Shetland Isles . The mate was wounded } but riot seriously . The captain is a Rnssian . Piracy asd Murder at Sea . —The Gallant , Gaptain More , from Shanghai to Bangkok , was brought back to . Woosung on the 30 th of March , the masterf chief officer , and one seaman having-been muidered by part of the crew , supposed to be Canton men , "who made off -vwitb . the treasure she had om . board , valued at 12 , 000 tls . The affair took place in the night , of the 29 th of March , whilst the vessel waa at anchor off Block- * house Island , is the Yang-Tsze-Kiamg . . .
Obituary. Major G. N. Hardinge.—This Gal...
OBITUARY . Major G . N . Hardinge . —This gallant officer died at ; sea oa the lGtli of March , after thirteen years' service ; in the East , during which he greatly distinguished himself in several important actions . " Early ip 1856 , " says Allen's Indian Mail , " his soldierly qualities , were hottourably recognized by Lord DaJhousie , who , on the recommendation of Sir Henry Lawrence , bestowed upon h » nx the command of a regiment of Oude irregular cavalry . Having successfully organized this corps , ane brought it into an apparently efficient state of discipline , its distinguished commander applied for leave to retutft to his native land to restore his liealth , shattered and impaired by such , long and arduous service in an ungenial climate . His preparations for departur-e , however , were , barely completed when the xmutiny broke out , and a whole army turned upon its officers . It is almpst needless to observe that at such a . crisis all thoughts of home and self were at once laid aside , and the call of duty obeyed without a murmur . Throughout the siege of Lucknow Major Hardinge earned fresh distinction as Deputy Quartermaster-General . His staff engagements , however , sufficed not to keephim from . the post of honour and of danger . On more than one occasion he is meationed as heading a dashing sortie , and twice was Tie Avounded . It is nothing strange "that the toils and privations he endured in Lucknow should have completed the ruin of an already enfeebled constitution . In
Noveiuber , he was overtaken by a fatal illness , against which he vainly struggled for upwards of fourrnontha , but finally succumbed on the thir « l day after embarking for Europe . He died at the early age of twenty-nine . " The Right Hon . "WiiJLiAjr Yates Peel , elder brother of the late Sir Kobert Peel , dieel on Tuesday at Baginton Hall , WanvJckshire . Pie was called to the bar at Lincoln ' s Inn in 1816 ; sat for many yeai-3 in Parliament for various places ; and was . Commissioner of the Board or Control in 1826 , Under Secretary of State for the Home Department in 1828 , a Lord of the Treasury in 1830 , and the same again in 1634-5 . His principles were the same as those of his brother ^
Sir William Peel . —The deatli of this g-allant officer vrc have noticed under our Indian , intelligence . Dr . QuEVAt , another French Republican Tefugee , died on Sunday , much regretted by his friends , especially by those who were his fellow exiles .
Miscellaneous. The Court.—Prince Albert ...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —Prince Albert arrived at Ostond on the 26 th ult ., and left immediately by the express train for Cologne . He travels in the strictest incognito . On the 28 th , he -was at Coblentz , in company with his daughter , ¦ whom he accompanied as far as Stolzenfels . —The Royal visit to Birmingham * will take place on Tuesday week , the 15 th inst . —The Queen Avill visit Leeds about the end of August , on her way to . Scotland , and will inaugurate tho new Town Hall . Agricultural Prospects . —Farming prospects in the north midland counties are generally of the most satisfactory character . New Zioaland . —There has he on a very disastrous flood in New Zealand . Fourteen lives have been lost , and , a largo amount of property was curried away .
CuARTisKHOusii School . —The Itov . Richard Elwyn , M . A ., late fellow of Trinity College , Cambridge , has been elected to the Head Mastership of tho Charterhouse-School . Ho had previously boon second master . Tub Amoou . — Much interest has been felt hero of late , " says the San lYuncisco correspondent of tho Tbnee ^ M respecting ; tho liueaiuu possessions on tho Rivor Amoor . Several successful mercantile ventures have been inado to tho Amoor from Sun Francisco during tho last year . These have , hitherto been kept secret , but we are likely soon to have more information , of the countries watered l > y this great river , which is ssiid to be navigable for 2000 milca from its mouth . A war in expected between China anil Russia , ns you know , for tho recovery ol ' portions of tlio territory of the foi'mur appropriated by tUo latter Pqwcx . " Royal Botanical Society ok London . — The second exhibition , for this kousou , of i danls , flowers , and fruit , look place on Wednesday in tbo gardens of tho aocUity Regont ' s-pai'k , and gave groat buLiafaution . Mr h \ P . Smith . —A dinner wan given on Wednesday evening , at St . JuiuohVi Hull , to Mr . I ' . 1 ' - Smith , vrnoae name i » known to tho public : iu connexion with tho adaptation . Mr . R . S-tuphtuiami , M . I * ., presided , aiw 4 projected Mr . Smith , iu Die lmiuo of tho win »» any present , and of absent subrtcribctn , with a haiubuino buIvoc and claret jug .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 5, 1858, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05061858/page/11/
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