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in . an action brought and a judgment obtained'by them for the purpose of making the company bankrupt , and that they might be ordered to withdraw their demand , and . that no further proceedings might be taken thereon . The Lord Chancellor , having taken time to consider his judgment , and after stating the legal bearings of the case with great elaboration , said he had come to the conclusion that , though the liat'in bankruptcy could not be annulled , and the proceedings restrained , yet , under the provisions of 21 st and -22 nd Vic , c . 78 , the bankruptcy was only available for certain purposes , and the assignees could only use their powers for the purpose of concurring with the official manager in the wiiuling-up of the company . To that extent , therefore , there will be . au injunction to restrain their proceedings . The costs of both sides will come out of the estate .
One hundred and seventy-three petitions for divorce or for judicial separation are at present pending in the Divorce Court . Messrs . Caivert and Co ., the brewers , have appeared iu the Court of Bankruptcy under what are termed the 6 th and 7 th clauses of the Bankruptcy Consolidation Act . Their debts are said to be 1 , 485 , 000 ? ., and sixsevenths of tiie creditors in number and value have assented to * the business being carried on under . inspection . A fortnight is allowed for any dissenting credi t or to object to the estato being administered in accordance with the wishes of the six-sevenths of the creditors .
A swindler on a large scale was examined at Guildhall on Tuesday . William llawsoii , the person in question , has been in the habit , under various names , of ordering considepable amounts of jewellery and other property to be sent to his address ; of taking apartments expressly for the purpose of having the plunder sent to them ; and of decamping with it as soon as it arrived . On one occasion , he selected a gold chain and watch fronv the stock of Mr . George Frodsham , Change-alley , Cornh'Ul ; asked for a receipt , under pretence of at once paying the amount ; took it up , together with the property , and made off successfully . He has been committed for trial ¦ ¦ • * .. - " . ¦ ' ¦ ¦"* : ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ " * : * * " ¦' .- '
A dirty-looking fellow , named Thomas Lay , lias . been charged at the Mansion House with neglecting his children . He left them for a month with' only a few shillings , taking care , however , at the same time , to provide himself with suflicient money to indulge in drink , to which he id greatly addicted . Had it not been for the eldest boy , a lad of fifteen , the younger children would have starved ; but he brought the ease before the Lord Mayor , who relieved the destitute creatures , and sent them to the workhouse . The eldest brother appears to liuve acted the part of both parents to the younger ones ( for the mother is dead ) ; and the Lord Mayor complimented him on the cleanly state he had kept them in .
In the coutsc of the examination , the father sullenly remarked : — " One ! day , that boy told me not to go to his home , for if I did he wouldn ' t have me there . " The I 3 oy : " is ' o father ; you came in one day , and , going to tlie cupboard , you took some of our bread , which " was . little enough for us four , and I told you , if you couldn ' t bring us any money , you had better keep away . That ¦ vvas all . " The Lord Mayor ; " And very proper , too , when you wanted to live on his small earnings . It is plainly proved that you have neglected your children , aiid I shall send you to liard labour for a month . If you ever come here for the ' same thing again , I shall send vou for threo . "
Ihe Lords Justices of Appeal were engaged on Tue .-iday in hearing an appeal from an order made bv the Master of the llolls , whereby he had declared that throe Dissenters or Nonconformists might be included amongst the twenty now trustees appointed for the management of the funds of the Free Grammar School of IIminster , Somersetshire . It was contended that , as the instruction given at the school , pursuant to tlio directions of the founder of the institution , included religious instruction i » i conformity with the doctrines of the Chureh of England , and the master of the school had always been a member of that communion , the twenty trustees ought all to be members of the same Church . Tim
Master of tho Kolls liad come to a dillerent conclusion , on the ground , principally , that the trust of the balance of tho fund , left after providing for the requireinenls of the school , was given for purposes other than for religious education according to the doctrines of the Church ; namely , for the repair and keeping in order of the highways and byways of the neighbourhood—a trust in which Dissenters were cipiully interested with inombars ol tho Church . It appeared also that ever since the year l ,- > 3 there- had been usually a proportion ol Dissenters amongst the trustees . Their Lordships m , w reverse , tlU 8 decision , and ordered that tho matter bhouhl be referred back to the chambers of the Mas tor 0 the hoLls , to appoint three auw trustees in the i . luue 01 the DiHseiiterH . *
. lolm Iraill , a donkcy-drivor on Unmpstead-ho . Hli bus been ae . itencod to the House of Correction for throe wades l ,, r cruelly beating his donkeys with a cu . l Kol Ihe Court of Queen's Bench has give ., judgment i , i a cause anBing out of the frauds ofM . niiin , the collector ol tin . City of London Union-frauds which led to a < lc-XZt ° L 'T \ , ? I 1108 " ™ '"' ^ - « - wna va Id anT , n CU lmd becm mml ° t 0 c » v « ll . o lo * was * ahd , and whether a particular parish iu the Union
for which Alauini was not collector , was liable . The court decided affirmatively in both cases ; and the whole of the Union will therefore have to pay . William'Charles Caslake , one of the assistant relieving officers of St . George ' s parish , Southwark , has iappeared at the borough police office on a charge of assaulting a pauper , named Helen Westrop and her child . The woman , who had been a widow for some years , stated to the magistrate that ever since her husband ' s death the parish had allowed her a half-quartern loaf , which was delivered to her by the relieving officer at the workhcuse , three times weekly . A few days ago she -went to the "workhouse to receive the customary donation , accompanied by hey child , a little girl , about seven years old .
. Not seeing , the relieving oiheer who generally attended to her , she asked hid assistant for the bread . * The latter , however , refused to grant her request , and , when the applicant afterwards Legged that her child might have some food until the Telieving officer came , be not only denied it her , but roughly pushed the child some distance into the street , and caused her to fall down and hurt her hand . Her mother went' up to the man and attempted to remonstrate with him ; but he struck her violently on the nose , and . thrust her from the door with such force that she fell backwards on to the ground . She
had taken the present proceedings against Caslake at the advice of the acting inspector of the station-house , to whom she complained of the treatment she had n ' nd . ergone at St . George's workhouse . Gaslake denied that he had struck the woman , and said that she was a very violent character , and had been extremely troublesome on * the day of her last application at the workhouse . To prove tliis , two vwoiiien living- opposite vvere called . The magistrate , however , considered the charge against Caslake fully proved , and ordered him to pay a line of 11 .,-which \ yas immediately done .
A third class certilieate was . delivered on "Wednesday , in the-Court of . Bankruptcy , by Mr . Commissioner Fonblanque , to Samuel Popham , tambour-worker and wholesale milliner , of . Marlbprough-road , Dalston . There were several causes of complaint against him , the chief of which was that , for a moiie } ' consideration , he had accepted accommodation bills for . M'Donald and Co ., ami "Wallace and Co ., to the amount of St'S / ., though he was a man of no meaus . The Commissioner severely denounced this system ; but said that Popham was not the principal-in' the fraud . However , he susijended the certificate for a twelvemonth , but gave protection in the meanwhile . ¦
l ' wo Irish . labourers , who had been in custody for about a week on a charge of killing Thomas HanwelL in LaystalJ-street , St . Audrew ' s , by . striking him on the head during a drunken scuffle , were examined on remand , at Clerkcnwell , on Wednesday . One of them was entirely discharged , and the other was ordered to-enter into recognizance . * to appear again , if called on . He was also charged with . assaulting another man , and was sent to prison for two months , in default of paying a fine .
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NAVAL AND MIL-IT A 111 * . ' Sham Fight at . "Woolwich . —The lloyjil Horse Artillery and- the Royal Marines stationed at Woolwich were engaged on Monday in a sham light on the common in honour of her Majesty ' s birthday . A large concourse of holiday spectators assembled in the vicinity ; but the raininess of the weather damped their enjoyment and thinned their numbers . Thk Lash at Chatham .- —Two privates of the 53 rd Regiment were on Monday subjected nt Chatham to fifty lashes , for insubordination in the otic case , and mutiny in the otluir . The men received their punishment with great bravado . They are also to undergo eighty-lour days' imprisonment . Tiih lvOYAi , luisu Lanckus . —• Major-General Sir . lames Cliatterton , commanding the cavalry brigade at the Curragh Camp , made an inspection of the 5 th lloyal Irish Lancers at Newbridge Barracks on 1 'riduy wcek . The whole of the regiment were drawn up on foot , with lances carried , and tho General expressed himself in the highest terms of tho appearance and evolutions of tho men . Continuous iSicitvicic Mi : x . —The number of continuous service men who accepted their discharge from the navy under the circular order of the llHhofMay , 1857 , amounted to : 2 " 2 tj (> . The number of the above who re-entered the navy and Const-guard service ulloiit fur Jivu yeans , during the operation of the said circular order , amounted to < iU . JJjt . vv ' s l . Mi'itoVJCJ * Ti ; a < tukv Enuini ; , tested jit Woolwich about n fortnight sigo , laden with a single giiji , whs ou Tuesday worked a second titne , dragging a threefold load—namely , three heavy siege- guns , woigliing uiiK'teuu tons , ( Mghteuti hundredweight- It was put to a severe lust , boing taken up a steep , narrow , winding luiie ; but it worked very satisfactorily , niul speedily overcame one or two temporary obstacles . The pulliai" - usual to steam engines , which . is of great disadvantage in public roads , is in this invention ingouiou . slv obviated by exhausting the steam in the water-tank , thereby creating an economy in fuel , the consumption of which is cnliMiJiileil at about si'VciiheiK'e per hour . Tho boiler is on Huron's cup surface principle , by llughus , oflN ' utvcross .
Kear-Aomikal Sir' Baldwin Walker , K . C . B ., Naval Aide-do-Camp to the Queen , and Surveyor of the Fleet , inspected the ships under fitment at Woolwich on "Wednesday . The special object of the Surveyor-General ' s visit to Woolwich Dockyard was to ascertain the progress made in completing her Majesty ' s screw steamship . Archer , recently ' commissioned by Captain Sanderson for service on the coast of Africa , xlri extra number of shipwrights were consequently oidered to he employed thereon , and a colour sergeant , corporal , drummer , and twenty privates of Royal Marines Light Infantry are to be told oIT to ship on hoard on Tuesday next . The Marines will be employed in getting in stores , scraping decks , splicing gun-tackle , &c . .
KxjGirrsuuiDGK B aiuiackls . —Scarlatinais constantly raging in these barracks , and the fourth and last child of one couple has just died of it . A correspondent of the Times remarks : —¦ " The foul dungyard , the fouler latrines , the congregated urine tubs , concealed behind the dead wall which divides the Knights bridge Barracks from the public road , and within a few feet distance from it , are enough to infect-the . whole neighbourhood . " ¦ Movements in * the . Mj-: prrKititANea ' n " . '— -There are some telegraphic despatches from Trieste and Malta
which announce movements of . ships of war in the Mediterranean not quite of a pacific-. nature . We thus learn that the British Meet under Lord Lyons had entered tiie Adriatic , in consequence , no doubt—if the fact he true- —of the movement of French ships , of war into that sea . Then it appears that the French steam liners asrsembled at Toulon are about to make a demonstration against Morocco , and urgent orders have been , despatched to British- men-of-war' to assemble at Gibraltar , to be close at Land . All this bodes no good . —Jforning 8 ( a >\
Niiw LiXE-OF-BA-rrr . i : Soni : w Stkamek . — - The Lords of the Admiralty have directed .-a ., 91-gun line-of-battle screw steamer , to be called the Bulwark , to be laid dowa on No . 2 slip at Chatham-dockyard . ¦¦ Owing to the largj dimensions of the proposed steamer , the slip on . which' she . is to be built will b < t lengthened about thirtyfeet . Tlie first slip on which the Orpheus , 22 , screw corvette , has been laid down , is ordered to be lengthened inward twenty-five feet . Escai'K of Tjiuiii ; Deseivi'icks . —Early .-on Friday week ( says a Cloninel paper ) , an occurrence of a most daring character took place at Fennov , resulting in th «
escape of three soldiers from the guardhouse , where they were temporarily confined awaiting the seatence of a court-martial , ' , before which they had been that , day tried and convicted of desertion . At about one o ' clock , finding the entire of the sergeant ' s party ou guardtwelve men— -lying-about the room fast asleep , one of the fellows , named . Smith , put on his shako and overcoat and . left the room , followed by the other two prisoners . They attacked the sentry , who alone was keeping watch , and beat him in a terrible manner . The three desuirters ^ —two Englishmen and the other an Irishman . —then scaled the barrack-wall , and effected their escape . The sentinel lies in . a precarious state .
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MERCANTILE 3 IA 1 UNE . A Buia Rux Dows ix tuk Thames . —The Arab brig , a collier \ essel , with . 1 full cargo of coals , was run into on Sunday morning , while lying at her moorings in the centre of the stroasn , near the Coast Guard station at Charlton , by the . iron screw steam vessel John Howe , which -was racing with another vessel . Tlie brig was split in two , and immediately went down . Three of the coast-guard men went ofif to the assistance of the crew , who were sleeping in their berths at the time ; and all were rescued with the exception of two boys , who , it is thought , must have been crushed to death by Hk ; bow of the stumnor , which penetrated at least three yai \ Is into tlie timber of the culliur . Tin : Latk Wiiic < jic of the Hai-id Steamuu . —Portions of the cargo of the Rapid steamer ( which sank a few weeks since on the Cross-sand , oil" Great Yarmouth , in consequence of n collision with another vessel ) haw been recovered by divers . The Itapid is lying on her . broadside . BincNiNft ov A Smr . —The ship Majestic , from Liverpool to Prince Edward ' s Island , was discovered to bu on liiv . ou the 27 th of April , some oakum in tho hold having ignited . The crew ami passengers riet vigorously to work to put out tlii ! ilnines ; but Die two chief oiHcers were helplessly intoxicated all the time , and could do nothing . Tlio female passungor .-i bore up with remarkable fortitude , and a IMis . s Warburtou and Mrs . Tout did all in their power to Jcoep up tlie spirits of the men and to supply tlu-in with refreshments . At length , when Ihe crow WM exhausted , u vessel hove in-sight ; all luuuls were rescue i ; and the burning ship was loft in about hit . -1 ( 5 N ., long . iJQ . iiO \ Y . JloitH iStkki . Vkssi ; i . s . —• A new paddh * . stuainur , christened tlie liainbow , was launched < ni UWnosiL-iy from Mr . Laird ' s yard , Birkenliead . Sin 1 , lias been built by j \[ r . Laird for tiie navigation of the Niger , under his ciiitrnct with the Government , and shu is intended to rcpliicis the Day . ipring , lost lust year in that river , tiliii is the UrsL vessel «) f any size built of stuul plates . The plates used in thi = s instance were made by Mr , \ V . Cluy , at thu Mersey Htcul and Iron Works . Tho main > lei ; lw id also of iron , and tlio vessel is divided into twolvo com-
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Leader (1850-1860), May 29, 1858, page 511, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2244/page/7/
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