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Leader (1850-1860), 29th November 1856, Edition 2 of 2, Page 8, 1136 THE LEAD EB, ^_ [No. 349, Saturday,

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      in the house soon after the man ' s arrival . Subsequently ^ tsm rzzi ^^ % ^ ^ SS ^ a :-a 5 tASTJBf := s ; c more , " at the same time pointing to Mrs . Belton , who S ^ lvinff on thefloor in a pool of bloo d , which was flWine profusely from her head . She was quite insen-X fixd was only in her night-clothes . One of the neighbours immediately went to Croydon for a surgeon . He met Sergeant Hearoe , who accompanied him . back to the house , in order , if possible , to secure the assassin , but by the time they arrived at the cottage , Bright had escaped , notwithstanding several persons were present at the time . An axe , covered-with blood and matted hair , was found on the floor . Mrs . Belton , who ia about forty- two years of age , and a very respectable woman , still lives , but her recovery is considered hopeless . Frva ECT ; 2 a > REi > Pounds Stomsn by a Letteb Car- biek . —James Ingram , a letter-carrier , has been com- mitted for trial at Manchester , for stealing a bank postbill for 4601 . and eight 51 . notes . A letter containing the money was found , on him . He admitted that . he and another letter-carrier had intended to resign , but that before doing so tliey had arranged to steal a number of letters , and appropriate tlieir contents . Thb " Great- Northern" Robbebt . — William Snell , the clerk , who stands charged with stealing cheque for 500 / ., and other earns of a like amount , was again placed at tliebar for re-examination on Thursday morning , before Mr . D'Eyncourt , at Clerkenwell police court . Further evidence having been given with respect to the defalcation to the amount of 1000 / ., Mr . Huddles ton , who appeared forth © Company , said : —" There another case -which arises out of the following circuvn stances . There is a fund called the Sick Allowance Tnnd , which is made up of deductions from the servants ¦ wages . The account is iept with Mr . Kennard . . ¦¦ M Reynolds , when lie pays the men's money , either pays deducts , as the case may be . It was Snell ' s duty ^ to get chequeB from the secretary for the amounts thuspaid , and jay them into the accountant ' s drawing account . There 5 s also another account at the Union Bank called the Great Northern Railway Account- Instead of paying the 261 18 s- 3 d . in cash to the latter account on a certain day , he anade it up of the cheques of the Sick Allowance Fond . " The case was adjourned to next Thursday . The Case or IndecentExposubb is the Regent Park . —The trial in the Court of Queen's Bench of Mr Crosling , brother of the well known banker , on a charge cf inducing girls to expose themselves in the parks came on . on Thorsday . The evidence is unfit for publi cation ; but , from the cross-examination by Mr . Balan tine , of the two chief witnesses ( Mitchell and Warren who followed M > . Goslfng and gave him into custod it appeared protable , in the opinion of Lord Campbel that they were -endeavouring to extort money . He not think there -was sufficient evidence to go before a jury The Solicitor-G eneral , who had charge of the prosecu tion , therefore withdrew the case . Lord Campbell then added : — " I wish it to be known that , if these charges had been proved , I should have inflicted upon Mr . Gosling the most severe punishment which the of England warrants . "

      1136 The Lead Eb, ^_ [No. 349, Saturday,

      1136 THE LEAD EB , ^_ [ No . 349 , Saturday ,

      Na.Val And Military. An Irish Militia My...

      NA . VAL AND MILITARY . An Irish Militia Mystery . —The Kilkenny Moderator—generally correct upon military topics—announces that orders hav « been issued to each of the colonels of the various militia regiments to take steps for completing the quota of his respective corps . Major Maunsell , adjutant of the Kilkenny Fusiliers , has already entered on the preliminary arrangement for the enrolment of men for that regiment . The local paper remarks that the object of thus filling up the regiments at present ia only known , to her Majesty ' s advisers . —Times . Gkhsbax . Beatson . —The General Command mg-xn-Chief has ordered a court of inquiry ( u » connexion with the dispute between Generals Beatson and Shirley ) to asaemble in London immediately , composed of the following officers : —Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell , G . C . B ., President ; Major-General Lord William Paulet , C . B ., Major-General Xawrenson , C . B ., Major-General Cameron , C . B ., Colonel Norcott , C . B . Proposed Dbpot Battaxjon at Aberdeen . —Colonel Mudie , with , two engineer officers , has visited Aberdeen with a view to ascertain if sufficient accommodation could be found , there for the erection of a barrack with rifle practice ground , for a battalion of 2000 troops . DiaABMiNa or Itaixan Lkchonames . —Some of the Italian Legionaries who are about to proceed to Buenos Ayres having lefuscd to > give up their arms , consisting of revolvers , fcowie-knives , aword-sticks , oni ammunition , the ship in which they were being convej-ed ( the A . cadifc ) was towed into Shceraesa harbour , when Captain Lord Frederick Kerr , of tho flagship Waterloo , and First Lieutenant Maunaoll , of tho same vessel , proceeded on board the AcadU , and addressed the Italians , telling them , that It was the law of this country that emigrants should deliver up all deadly weapons on departing . After some conversation among the men , who formed , in different groups upon deck , Cavlce Giovanni , a private of the 2 nd Regiment of tho legion , set an example by

      ( wi g * i ga v » b ] S ( st g aj G P a 0 t < g p y a i a t I i - i < - J is 1 - i J ' i r . i or , < ' s . , - - ) , y , l , did . - law Vera 1 st Eng could . the 1 he i 1 t f t ' . , t the r tricts e s the 5 - p Ia , t : t ; - ' e Mr j- » , don t d il it it : o tS' is 33 io is id ig th r- of is , he d- ig en lip d- ied nd > m Ice , ite ne , on , ral walking quietly up on the forecastle , drawing his six' barrel revolver , and discharging all six shots into the J water . He then came aft , on the poop , and delivered Vei his revolver , with all his ammunition , to Captain Gwya 1 st and the other officers , for which he received a receipt . ast « Upon the others seeing this done , they followed the ex- Enj ample . cou Miss Nightingale at Woolwich . —Miss Nightin- stit gale , accompanied by Lord Punmure , paid an unexpected r . visit to Woolwich on Friday week . She was received the by Sir W . F . Williams , who conducted her and the War he Secretary ov « r the various hospitals , & c . The visit was strictly incognito . ¦ Bo Supposed Loss or A Scotch Steamer . —A fearful pr < gale passed over the German Ocean about a fortnight pri ago , and it is feared that the Bcrew steamer Roslyn , of im Glasgow , has foundered on her return voyage to that port from Stettin . She started on the 8 th of November , Tu and has not yet been heard of , though she was due at stt Glasgow on the 12 th . < -h ' Maritime Law . —Mr . Cobden has addressed a letter tn I to the Manchester Chamber of Commerce , in which he rn < L gives his reasons for approving of the United States th t . proposition that private property on the ocean during 18 f war should be exempt from seizure by Government- sh armed cruisers as well as by privateers . "I cannot help In l regretting , as an Englishman , " writes Mr . Cobden , " that ac v the proposal did not originate with us . But the next co s be 3 t thing will be to give it a prompt and hearty accept- so f ance , and aid in securing for it , if possible , a world-wide M - acquiescence . It is impossible to foresee all the conse- ps it quences of such a revolution in the rules of war . It is , dc i- I believe , the first time in the annals of the world that lit is the powers of belligerents will be restrained and defined tr - in the interest of individuals by written international it e law . Who can tell in what other direction the precedent di s' may be followed ? Wars will henceforward partake xe r . more of tho character of d uels between Governments ti ir than of the old contests of nations . Private citizens > t will cease to be held responsible or liable to injury , unless tl d they become participators in the strife . There will no p : ¦ e longer be plunder and prize money to add the stimulus c < e of cupidity to the passions of hatred arid revenge ; and h le we shall have one pretence less for constantly increasing y a the burden of war navies in proportion to the growth ie of foreign commerce , on the plea of protecting our mer- it cantile marine . " ° ' s Major-General Sir H . W . Barnard , K . C . B ., has , g r . it is understood , been appointed a Major-General on the ' 1 ; e staff of the army of Bengal , vice Major-General Wynd- d s , ham , who has resigned that appointment . V i- ATkophy of a Past War . — -A very interesting n a- memorial of a celebrated event in naval history has been J i ) , presented to the gunroom , officers of her Majesty ' s ship f y , Shannon , at Portsmouth . This consisted of a box hand- t 11 , spmely mounted in silver , and gilt inside , richly chased \ id and embossed with the shamrock , rose , and thistle , and t ¦ y . bearing the following inscription : — " Box made from e u- part of a beam of the United States frigate Chesapeake , ; 11 captured in single combat by her Majesty ' s frigate * se Shannon , in Boston Bay , United States , 1 st of June , ] on 1813 . Presented to the gunroom , mess of the Shannon , iw as a perpetual memorial of that action , by Rear-Admiral ¦ : Provo Wallis , senior surviving Lieutenant . "

      Miscellaneous. A Smgiit Difference:.—The...

      MISCELLANEOUS . A Smgiit Difference :. —The telegraph operator of Cruz , on the arrival of the bark Pegasus , on th » of October , telegraphed to the city of Mexico - ' tie astounding intelligence of the failure of the Sank of land . He fancied that the Royal British Bank be mo other than the great national banking fa . stitution of the British people . —Am & ricen Paper . The Beshop . of Rochbsxkr . —It is now Btated on authority of the Bishop of Rochester himself that has no intention of retiring at present . ' The Site of the Board op Work OFFiCE 3 , —Tiifl I Board has determined , by 13 to 9 , not to make any I proposal for taking a portion of the site of the Fleet I prison foT building . its new offices upon , the expens * I involved being too great . I Mktuopoi / ITan Finances . —The Board of Worka , on I Tuesday , devoted a long time to the consideration of a I statement submitted to them on the 3 rd ult ., Bhowiog I financial condition of the several parishes and dig . I , with the particulars of outstanding loans and I mortgages , and an estimate of the sums to be raised by I Board for the year ending the 31 st of D ecember , I 1856 . A question arose as to the mode in which the City I should be assessed under the Local Management Act . I other parts of the metropolis the assessment is made I according to the county rates ; but , as there are no I county rates in the City , it became necessary to select I some oth « r mode of assessment . A resolution ( moved by I . Turner , and carried by a majority of 19 to 12 ) w « I passed , to the effect that , in order that the City of Lon . I may be assessed for the purposes of the Jletropo- I litan Acton a like estimate as other parts of the me- I tropolis , regard shall be had to the amount at which I is assessed for the property tax . After considerable I discussion , it was resolved that the statement should be I referred back to the finance committee for reconsider * - I tion . : ¦ . ¦ ; ' ¦ ' . ¦ . .. ; . . . ¦ .. - . ¦ ... . . ¦ ' . '¦• . . -. ' ¦ I Horticultural Society . —A crowded meeting of this society was held on Tuesday , Mr . J . J . Blandy , yicepresideui , in the chair , for the pnrpose of inspecting the collections of fruit and other horticultural objects which had been provided for the occasion . The display s very brilliant . The : Kei > resentation op Southampton . —A great meeting of from four to five thousand of the supporters Mr . Edwin James « n the one hand , and of Mr . "Weguelin oa the other , took place at the Biding School on Tuesday , when resolutions in favour of the two candidates were proposed aiid seconded . The show of hands was verj evenly balanced , but the chairman (» Ir . Alderman Dusatoy ) declared the majority in favour of Mr . James . This being disputed by Mr . Weguelin ' s supporters , a scene of great uproar ensue < L The chair was then vacated ; Mr . Councillor Clarke was called on to preside ; when it was unanimously resolved that th « former decision should be reversed , aud that the vote * should Tie declared in favour of Mr . Weguelin * The Statue op Sir Chables James Napier . —Mr-G . G . Adams ' s statue of this hero was placed on its pedestal in Trafalgar-square one nightduring the present week . The act was effected very secretly , and the neighbourhood , next morning , were surprised to see the gigantic , but still muffled , figure towering above its base at the south-west corner of the square . The unveiling took place at eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning , but without any pomp or ceremony . Of course , however , there were several spectators , and of course they c & eeria loudly as the coverings were withdrawn . . The height oi the figure , which is of bronze , not blackened over , btt showing all the colour of the metal , exceeds twelve feet , and tho granite pedestal , which is of the simplest kino , surmounted only by a plinth and moulding , stands seventeen feet from the ground . It may be remarkea that the feet of the figure are planted immediately oa the granite , without tho intervention of a »™ , base . On the pedestal is this inscription ^ IT ^ James Napier , General , born MDCCLXXUI ; ouj MDCCCL 1 II . Erected by public subscripttonTrom * u classes ) , civil and military , the most numerous subscnoers being private soldiers . " A Lightuousk on Fiue . — Information has been re ccived at Lloyd ' a of the destruction , l > y «« t . oM » lighthouse at Seaham . The keepers of the lig hthouse t » revolving one ) had a narrow escape of being . " »» " death . In ovder to prevent accidents to tie / teamen and shipping , orders have been issued that , « ntil tne n = volving light is ro-cstablislied , a fire-light shall be m « ntained on the cliff adjacent . « , 0 ( itlie The Weatjiek—A heavy fall of snow covered tw West Riding of Yorkshire on Wednesday ™ ° ™ xufZ . tho traffic on tho Great Northern line wflft lor o « suspended . In the metropolis , on the previous nig > there 3 md been a considerable descent of tUo same winv / V 1 S ilEAivm of London . —Tho returns for the week that ended last Saturday exhibit a decided increase oi deaths in London . The deaths , which at tho bflpwj b of this month were about 1000 in a week , awr \ afterwards 10 DO , rose lust week to 1201 ^ in JJJ « weeks corresponding to last week of the years ioj . tho a-verage number was 1072 ; and the same , raw mortality in tho present increased pop ulation woum produced 1179 deaths . Tliero was thorefoic last ¦

      The Lied Ays Itly Liur Ace Ack . Of Ircd...

      the lied ays itly liur ace ack . of ircd this nd- i on day of day . — mt- the jeen the Ho uate 1 tor ibert : e in reai- lhis nine 5 r to iical OBITUARY . Mb . Rendel , C . E . —Mr . J . M . Rendel , F . R . S ., the Engineer of the Admiralty and other public works , died on Friday week , from severe cold taken a few days previously . John Arthur Herbert . —English art has recently sustained a severe loss in the death of Mr . John Arthur Herbert , eon of the Royal Academician , which took place at Mouriac , in France , and . was occasioned by an attack of typhus fever . He was tho painter of " Phillip IV . of Spain Knighting Velasquez , " one of the most admired pictures ia the exhibition at the National Gallery this year . Ho was in his twenty-second year . Mr : Jomh Lamb , tho well-known Quaker correspondent of the Northern Whig , and writer of the ¦ " Notes on the State of the Country , " died of apoplexy on Thursday week . Mr . Wiixiam LociurART , M . P . for the county of Lanark , died at his sent in Clydesdale on Tuesday morning . LiBUTENANT-GENEKAfc ALEXANDER THOMPSON . The Dublin papers announce the death of Lieutenant-General Alexander Thompson , Colonel in Chief of the 74 th Highlanders , now in India . His name has been long associated with efforts to improve and cultivate the wildest parts of tho far west of Ireland , Conncmara . Ho died on the 28 rd inst . at his seat , Salruc House , situate on the Little Killeries . Mr . Angus B . Reach . —This gentleman , known to many as a witty writer and as an amiable man , tor -whom , under circumstances of affliction , Mr . Albert Smith and some other amateurs gave a performance in the early part of last year , died on TueBday at his residence , Denmark-hill . He had not quite completed his thirty-fifth year ; but overwork had produced softening of the brain and paralysis , and ho has added another to i tho many sacrifices to the slavery of the periodical ' press .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 29, 1856, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29111856/page/8/