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    NAVAL AND MILITARY. Sib Charles Napier a...

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    -== ^^ ae . ' The owner of the" house ™ « w *^ f *& 5 ! sssteitssss . j . ^ s ^^ sfat &^ tfs ^&^ s * lfim-fco three montta' ^ ard labour . pastthe Alir ^ LTr Oho Lady . —Mrs . ^ ott is a ^ ^ y g £ sg ^ w & aSSaas month has been interrupte d by a resorts nos

    Wards she acknowledged it , saying she was " in a SwTt the time , but , if the magistrate would for-Sv ? her , she would not do it agam . She was found ffityof an attemp t to set the house on fire , and wa 7 sL ? enced to hard labour for twelve months . More Flour Adulteration . —Mr . Joseph Crossley , miller and flour-dealer , was charged at the Bother-Sm court-house with adulterating his inferior flour with a considerable quantity of gypsum—a mineral substance composed of lime and sulphuric acid . He was fined £ 18 3 s ., including costs . His solicitor gave notice of appeal . - ?•»«• Burglary at Sheffield . —The house of Mr . Birtles , a stone merchant , living at Sheffield has I io +. 0 i ,, h « on robbed bv a gang of thieves , under rather

    wards driven to the Paddington station , sent on the trucks to " Windsor , and arrived at the Castle atseven o ' clock , when Mr . Thumwood , on being informed of the robbery , returned to town with the man who had had charge of the goods , to institute * an inquiry auto the affair . The two helpers and the . dr iver were subsequently taken into custody , but admitted to bail . The chest which was stolen -graa considerably lighter than the others , and consequently more easily removed . It contained a quantity of the royal nursery plate used by the . princes and princesses . The value of the plate stolen is under £ 500 . From , subsequent discoveries it appears that this plate was packed in a very strange manner—petticoats , stockings , and other articles of female dress trie various articles

    ffjsFsetsRsanJ £ « = LiirVw » " " Perhaps you will noz Oo aiive m ^" fis ^^ Wire at the Mansion-house , Mrs . Alcott said , Ine fact is , my lord , there is a reasonable l ^™*? ** ™* part . " The husband said the same , and added that he "felt uncomfortable about the business . ' ' why , observed the Alderman , « you don ' t say that you are jealous of this old lady ? " however , he did say so , and tne

    : ii curious circumstances . His wife was awakened at half-past one o ' clock in the morning by a noise as of some one boring a hole in the door of the kitchen cellar , which was immediately underneath the room j in which she slept . Having alarmed her husband , he J ' got up , and the thieves , hearing him , ran off . Mr . Birtles , however , though scarcely half dressed , pursued them , and caught one in a field , upon whioh the man called out for assistance , and ^> ne of his comrades arriving on the spot , the two together threw Mr . Birtles down . " While one of the ruffians I watched over him with a life-preserver , with which he twice struck Mr . Birtles , on that gentleman endeavouring to escape , the other man proceeded to the hnnaofor t . kfi nut-Dose- of robbing it . He accordingly

    being employed to wrap round , instead of straw . The box containing the plate has been found by a young man in Bonner ' s Hall Field near the entrance to the Victoria-park . The stockings , & c , were found still in it , and also the blades of two . dozen knives , from which the silver h andles had been I removed . A . cab with two men in it drove up to the I South Wharf-road , Paddington , just before the box . was missing from tlie waggon , and there is little doubt that the property was carried off in this vehicle . A Romamob of Eeal Life . —A . singular application was made at the Westminster police-office by a young man , accompanied by his wife . He said that his wife ' s mother , an aged lady , who had resided at his house , died on Sunday , and , as he had no possibletne tunerai

    he -was bound over to Keep peace . MANSiiAWHTER .- ;—John Beauehamp , a publican at La-mbeth , has been " found guilty at the Kingston Assisses of the manslaughter of his wife . The woman Vsras very intemperate in her habits , and the husband , finding her drunk , one day when she was about to go but with Mm , struck her with his -fist ( as it would seem" fromi the evidence ) , and caused the ruptare of a ' . blood-yjessel in the head , from which she died Beauchamp was sentenced to penal servitude for four - ' Fraudulent Debtors .- —J ohn Scott was indicted at" the York Assizes for having , in contemplation of —iLJ J &« .. i ^« V , ir . < nnf on- > n » filaf Bri 1- » is T-iririTrs oF account . luiAViAMvvujt »«^ v * u >~ — - j

    entered the premises with five others , all masked and armed , and , after some parleying with Mrs . Birtles , they finally succeeded in terrifying her into giving them her keys . They then proceeded to plunder the house , from which they stole £ 29 in notes and jold , a life policy for £ 200 , and a few smaller articles . In the meantime , the man who was keeping watch over Mr . Birtles in the field without , beginning to . suffer from the inclemency of the weather , asked him whether , if he left him with his hands tied , he would lie still . Mr . Birtles replied that he would * and . the man tied his wrists with strong cord . U " o , sooner , however , was Mr . Birtles left to himself , than he in tne direction oi sioue

    | means of defraying expenses , ae uau . applied to her family , Who exhibited the most ex-I traordinary apathy upon the subject , and declined to interfere . The deceased lady was the cousin of a . viscountess , and her two sons possessed her wealth . Mr . Arnold said it was a matter in which he had no I jurisdiction , MtiBDEE near Stotobmdgb . — A working man named Daniel Taylor has been killed in an affray near Stourbridge . Joseph Chivers , a young man , appears to have been the dealer of the death blows ; and his father and brother are implicated as accessories . " ¦ '

    JUXU . cULl / OJL HJcM-lJV * . LtlJin ^ v ¦ . _ w — — .. by tearing four leaves out of his ledger , and also for niakihg a false entry and an alteration in his accounts , with intent to defraud his creditors . He was found ( itiilty , buti sentence was deferred .- —Samuel Thomas Sioggatt has been , found Guilty at the Exeter Assizes piE forging a letter purporting to come from his father , and vpuching for the solvency of the son ; his object Being to satisfy one of his creditors to whom he was largely indebted , and who refused to give any more credit without a reference . He was sentenced to two months' imprisonment . KDESERTibN off ; Parents . —Three young men , get ting good incomes , have been summoned before the Thames magistrate for refusing to support their old cnargeaoie

    raised an alarm , and ran xne quarries which were occupied by his workmen . ^ The burglar ran after him , but was soon obliged to give up the pursuit . Some of the men in the house hearing Mr . " Birtles' cries for help , gave the signal to their comrades , and they all made off with what they had stolen , part of which , however , was afterwards found in a hedge near the house , where it had probably been dropped by the thieves in "their hasty retreat . MUBDER OF A PRIVATE IN TEE BRITISH GERMAN Legion . —One of the men in the Jagar Rifle Regiment of the British-German Legion was murdered about ten days ago , by another man in the same corps , named Hans Hansen . The regiment is at present encamped a +. Tia MnTrfiv Heights in Cornwall . Jacobi , the

    rrrurana innrna parents , ana leaving xnem w tile ; parish . The sons made out no case to them-SetveSj and were ordered to pay 2 s . 6 d . a-week each . ii . Clergyman and his Mistress . —The Rev . Mr . Harris , a clergyman of the Church of England , has been living for some years past with a Miss Oakford as' his wife . A few mornings ago , however , the reverend gentleman suspected the fair lady of stealing his watch , and he brought a policeman to the house . The lady asked to be allowed to go into her room to put on her bonnet : this being accorded , Bhe lowered herself from the back window by means of a rope , buo auwwiu

    . dered man , was a surgeon and of good family , although merely a private in the regiment . On the evening of Thursday week the two men were drinking together at a public-house at Millbrbok ; about eight o ' clock they boug ht some penny loaves at a chandler ' s shop in the neighbourhood . They were soon afterwards seen proceeding towards their barracks , both in a state of intoxication , but more especially Hansen . It was twelve o ' clock at night before Hansen arrived at the barracks when he was placed " under arrest for being out after hours without leave . His captain , who arrested him , having

    ana . escaped ., vjtumng on ner BouuKur , him to write to Mr . Harris , and say she would be in attendance at the Lambeth police-office the following morning , to meet the charge . She did not , appear , however , but her solicitor did . An officer was then despatched to the- house , but > on his return , said he found the clergyman and the lady on most amicable terms , and the former said it was not his intention to pursue the case . " And thus , " observe the . reporters , " has ended this delicate , though , to a clergyman , not creditable affair : " whioh would seem to imply that it would be creditable to a layman .

    remarked upon some spots of blood which . he saw on his iacket , Hansen declared that he had killed nobody , but had had a bleeding at the nose . On the following morning , when the muster roll was being called over , Jacobi was not forthcoming , and , shortly afterwards , information was received at the barracks that the dead body of a soldier had just been discovered in a turnip field on tbe heights near Maker Church . A picquet was therefore sent to the spot , and the body of the murdered man was ascertained to be that of Jacobi , whose death had apparently been caused bv numerous violent blows about the head

    JXl . Ull-UJUJJ . il Xa K 3 VJLH . JU . OJW . U . —J 1 . JU U 1 U nwutUJl , JJLVA *»( 3 wj herself in a miserable cottage at ObBdale , Roses-hire , has been murdered for the sake of some email sums ^ hioh she had hoarded . The murderer out her throat with a knife ; but whether he succeeded in getting any booty or not is doubtful , as £$ 15 s . was afterwards found in a trunk . ' vEMBizzi . BMBUT and SuioroB . ' — Mr . „ Edward Burfield ,, actuary of the Criokho-well Savings Bank , has appropriated vnrioua deposits , and made a number of firauduJont entries in the books . A police-inspector went to his house to arrest him , when he went up ptairs m if to fofcoh his hat , and shot himself . —A lace * TV \ dVl « 'l-p 41 / v 4 < t 1 'Mnn A 4 * M . tHA'Knninn Un / 1 1 **« 11 « 1 s 3 TfirYtCt a ! P Wif . li

    and face . A few yards from tlie body , a great stone was found , smeared with blood , and with a few human hairs sticking to it . An inquesb has been hold and a verdict of Wilful Murder returned against HanBon . ¦ who ' was committed to gaol , and who will bo tried at the next Cornwall Assizea . Robbery qv Royal ¦ P ^ amd . —A . waggon belonging to Mr . Thumwood , who for many years has been employed to convey plate to and from London and Windsor Castle , left Buckingham Palace , on Saturday afternoon , with about twelve chests of plato and other artiolos fov the Paddingfcon station under the oharc : c " of five men . On their way to tho station , those

    pj ^ Biiq > ooLd in a fit of temporary insanity . ^ yiWiNq onw a Bbd-ridden MOTHER . — Savah JTOuntain , ft young woman , was tried at Kingston on a charge of setting fire to the dwelling-houso of her nxothejr , who y / oa a bod-ridden invalid . She sot W ^ qomhuatlbles aflame in a coal- ^ hod adjoining the K ? 8 *;^ 3 jb ; eeems that the latter did not oatoh ^ j i ^ Wsfla ^^ being dieoovered in timo . To » B ^ T ^ j'Wi ^^'^^^ d hex-, the young woman at mat aexttod : th ^ t ' BUe » ha 4 oonamittod the act ;

    ofterraon stopped at a public-house in the South W haaroad , and all went in to drink , and by their own statement they had not left tho waggon more tlinn tVvQ minutes . On their return , they observed that tho rope was cut whioh had confined tlio waggon cloth p laced over tho goods . This caused thorn to suspect that something was wrong , and , on looking ovor tho waggon , they discovered that « . chest of plate , which had been paoked in the middle of it , and foqtened to tho rail , had been stolen . The waggon was ofter-

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    T H E LEADE B . [ No . 313 , Saturday , ¦ * ¦ ¦ - a ^^ • ' ¦ * : '• * - ¦—¦¦— . . 1 . ¦ . i — . . — . _ . ¦¦¦¦ - ... I ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ -

    Naval And Military. Sib Charles Napier A...

    NAVAL AND MILITARY . Sib Charles Napier at Acre . —With reference to the recent debate . Sir Charles Napier writes to the dailv papers : — " Sir James G-raham stated in his speech that I had advised Sir Robert Stopfordnot to attack Acre ; and Admiral Berkeley went further , and said that the night before I told Sir Robert Stopford that if he sent him into the position marked out tor him his ships would not Bwim for half an hour . My reply is not correctly re ported , and I have to request you will give insertion to this letter . I stated in my reply that upon my honour I did no such thing ; and I now beg to say that there is not one word of truth , or even a shadow of truth , in those statements ;

    they were got up to damage me . , , ., " Redan Massey . "— Lieutenant Massey , of the 19 th , popularly known as « Redan Massey" on account of his singularly courageous conduct on the 8 th of September ^ has just arrived from the Crimea , by the steam transport Andes . He is slowly recovering from the wound in the thigh he received during the assault , but is not yet able to walk , ,, •„ : „„ The Military Court ob- INQUIRT . —The dmmg hall at Chelsea Hospital is being fitted up for the sittings of the Cour t . Ample accommodation for the press and the public will be = * mU > about MJ 0 of ^ v »^ »«

    whom will be admitted . Tne amragomou concluded forthwith , and early next week the ' Court will assemble formally , and adjourn to about the end of the following week , when the business will be at once entered on . Sir Thomas M'Mahon has forwarded a medical certificate of his inability to be a membeu of the board . Colonel Wetherall , Director-General of Land Transport in the Crimea , son of the Adjutant-General , has been telegraphed to r eturn to England to attend as a witness , and the Field Marshal Commandinc-in-Chief has directed that several of tho officers who are on leave of absence in England , from return to tne msn auw

    the Crimea , sh ^ ll no t ""* breaking up of the board . The Earl of Cardigan has sought the assistance of Mr . Merewether , Q . C ., in proparuig his answer .. Sir Richard Airoy ha » been lathe last three weeks preparing his answer . He ib aseieted by Mr . Kinglake , Mr . Towers , solicitor , Colonol Steelo , and Major Haokett . —Globe . General Cavendish and General JXAhu—Aletter from Major-Gonerol Hall , in answer to the ooxnmunica . tion from Colonel Cavendish with reference to his father , General Cavendish , of whioh wo gave an abstract last week , has appeared in tho Times . Uonoral Hall asserba that , bo far from hie having made a Uavonaieutuut

    aoorot charge against General , «>»« - had in fact dono bo against Mm , having in tho oourao of tho year 1847 written an anonymous letter , oliarging him with some offence " of a , vory grave nature . Tho letter w « b Hiibniittod to several pcrsone , including profo & Rional judges of handwriting , and b » unanimouB opinion was given that it oxhibitod tuo penmanahip oi General CavondiBh . With tho bmiotion of Lord Coxnbormore , tho colonel of Oenoral ( tuon Colonel ) Hall ' B regiment , the whole case wab ta » cl » e-

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  • Leader (1850-1860), March 22, 1856, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22031856/page/8/