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      against him , and he was sentenced to four years' penal servitude . . . In the Birmingham Bankruptcy Court , the case of Mr . Samuel Griffiths , the bill discounter , who failed during the crisis in connexion with the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Bank , which at the time attracted much attention , has jusfc been decided . The commissioner awarded Mr . Griffiths a first-class certificate , and the general feeling seemed to be that the Wblverhampton Bank had shabbily attempted to make him a scapegoat- __ _ ' ¦ ¦ , . ..... . underwent anothexamination

      Thursday , Mr . Roper er at the Greenwich police-court . Two firemen , who had carefully examined the ruins of Mr . Roper ' s house , with a riew to ascertain the cause of the fire , gave important evidence . They stated that they had no doubt the fire originated in the cellar , and that they had found the remains of several heaps of straw which had apparently been placed upon the cellar stairs . The prisoner was again remanded . Urban Andrew Godtz , formerly a commission-agent , of Fenchurch-street , was again examined at the Mansion House , on a charge of unlawfully pledging a warrant for sixteen bags of seed , the property of his principal , a merchant of Echt . After hearing the evidence of several witnesses , his Lordship determined on sending the prisoner for trial , allowing bail to the amount of 400 / .

      At the Central Criminal Court , on Thursday , a ruffian , named Ames , was charged with the abduction of a young girl , named Nicholl . The evidence revealed the most depraved and atrocious conduct on the part of the prisoner , and great weakness of character on the part of the girl . The prisoner was found guilty , and sentenced to two years' hard labour . —John Sullivan , an artilleryman , was indicted for wounding Nicholas Barnes , with intent to do him grievous bodily harm . It appeared that on the night of the 18 th October a crowd had assembled round a drunken woman in Leather-lane , when

      the prosecutor interfered to protect the woman from illusage . He was knocked down , and the prisoner stabbed him with such force in the face that the knife broke , and a piece of the blade was left in the man ' s cheek . The evidence of eye-witnesses established the prisoner ' s guilt , and , being found guilty by the jury , the court sentenced him to four years' penal servitude . —James List and William Saville were tried before the Common Serjeant for stealing a copper coffin from the church of St . John , Stratford , and found guilty . List was sentenced to six months' imprisonment , and Saville to eighteen months ' . of StPart

      At a meeting of the directors of the poor . - eras , a report was received from a committee appointed to investigate the accounts of Mr . Thomas Birchmore , the overseer , when it was stated that they were in arrears to a considerable amount , 1791 . of which Mr . Birchmore himself admitted having appropriated to his own use . The office was declared vacant , and an order issued for the apprehension of the defaulter . A certain " G . G . " a scoundrel , still at large , with many aliases , has been luring a number of imprudent ladies into marriage , and immediately afterwards abandoning them . Some of the ladies seem to have been extremely incautious ; but Mr . " G . G ., " who represented himself to be a master in the mercantile navy ,

      has light hair , wears a profusion of whiskers and mustachios , and has extremely small neat hands—evidently a man formed to win a weak woman ' s consent . One of his victims , who was married to him in May last , and who takes the name he then gave her , Mrs . Geer , a lady of " considerable personal attractions , " in the penny-aliner ' s phrase , attended before Sir Robert Garden on Wednesday , and said that " Geer" left her five days after marriage , and has not since returned ; while , from the evidence of another lady , it appeared that the gay deceiver had subsequently paid his addresses to her , and the marriage day was fixed , when she ascertained that lie was already married . Mrs . Geer is a handsome

      woman of twenty-two , and Lord Mayor Cardon expressed himself puzzled to understand why the fellow got so soon tired of her as to go away five days after marriage , adding— " I wish I had him here . If I could do with him what I should like , ho never should have another -wife . I should not mind hanging such a fellow . I think if ever a man deserved hanging , it is for deceiving a woman . He will have no mercy at my hands if be comes into them . " It is to bo hoped that the Booundvel will meet with his deserts , and it is gratifying to learn that there is some latent chivalry in the Lord Mayor ' s bosom , which can be called forth by a pretty complainant , but which fails to show itself in the case of an apple-woman defendant .

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      IKELAND . Reform in Trinity College . —A respectable journal ( the Cork Const Hut ion ' ) makes some revelations respecting the reforms about to be introduced into the management of the Dublin University . New professorships will soon be founded , and provision made for them out of fellowships which , it appears , " now minister to the ease of indolence rather than to the advancement of learning . " The Oriental languages , too , are likely to be better attended to , and their professorships less parsimoniouslv endowed .

      Explosion . —A letter from Tralee , dated Saturday evening , gives a , n account of the explosion of the boiler of the steamer Weasel , employed for some time as a tender between the Canal Basin and the Samphier Roads . In the act of towing a schooner from the Samphier up the Channel , the boiler of the steamer exploded , and the fireman , Hannagan , was blown away , or , it may be , still locked up in the engine-room , as the vessel sank about three feet , and shortly after went down entirely . The captain ' s eon was blown into tho water with some others of tho crew , but picked up by the schooner ' s people , several of whom were severely injured by splinters .

      Tubs Djsvonsiiijre Estates . —The Waterford Mail says : — " The Duke of Devonshire is ( wo learn ) anxious to lessen tho mortgages which hang over the property by the disposal of part of his Irish estates , and wishes to soil the proporty in and about Bandon , and also that in Youghal and Dungarvan ; but ho wishes to retain tho Lismorc estates , the castle , and tho property which extends towards Tallow and along into the county Cork . The trustees of the late Quentin Dick would purchase the entire proporty if it were for sale , and they have actually offered 1 , 000 , 000 / . sterling for tho entire property , which would be rather ovor twenty years' purchase on tho rental , "

      Galayay Packet Station . —The Admiralty have issued orders for moorings to be laid do wn at Galwav for the convenience of . the Northern Atlantic Stea mpacket Company ' s vessels in the harbour of Gal way . A . Dublin paper says that Government has decided upo n constructing a harbour at Galway capable of accommodating the Transatlantic traffic which is being . del veloped by the new line of steamers . The company propose to make the service weekly ; and the principal advantages set forth by the promoters are , that it will save 480 miles in distance and from 35 to 48 hours in time to passengers , and , owing to its telegraphic facilities , will enable messages to pass between London and Washington in about six days ; that the dangers of the Channel are avoided ; and there will be a saving of insurance as well as of wear and tear from the reduced sea distance ; and that the Government on both sides of the Atlantic will grant mail contracts .

      Marriage op Lord Eglintoun . —The Lord-Lieutenant is about to bo married to tho Lady Adola Capol . Tho Earl of Essex , tlio bride ' s father , is the possessor of largo estates in Roscommon , where his Lordship has been recently a visitor . Tho Viceregal nuptials arc to take place on Tuesday , and the ceremony is to be strictly private . Atticmptkd Assassination in Donboal . — The wretched Gwoodoro dlsputo is likely to bear bit tor fruit . One of the landlords , whoso name in connexion with tho

      district has been frequently before tho public , has oro this probably perished by the bullot of the ussasain . Ou Monday e von ing a hasty report roaohod town that tho Rev . Alexander Nixon had boon fired at and badly wounded on Sunday last while leaving church , In company with bis wifo and daughter . Other accounts state that tho shot hud proved futal , but a despatch dated Tuesday night says that the unhappy gentleman was still living , but that no hopos woro entertained of his rooovory . Two boll nassod through the nook by tho mouth .

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      MFAL AND MILITARY . Improved Clothing for India . —It has been decided to make an alteration in the dress of the troops serving in India . For the present dress is to be substituted a suit of a light drab colour , made of a strong material chiefly composed of cotton , consisting of a tunic and loose trousers . Instead of the Government providing the men with this dress ,, as at present , commanding officers of regiments and depots will be permitted to employ any contractor they please to furnish the new clothing , the authorities at the Horse Guards paying the colonel or other commanding officer a certain price for each suit

      supplied . The regiments now in India and the troops about to embark will be supplied with the new clothing . Launch of H . M . Ship Edgar . —The screw line-ofbattle-ship Edgar , 91 guns , was launched on Saturday , shortly before two o ' clock , from Woolwich Dockyard . The concourse of spectators was very large , and the weather being most propitious , the scene on the river and in the yard was exceedingly animated . Mr 3 . Shepherd , the wife of the captain superintendent , named the ship , which left the slip in the most easy and graceful manner , amid deafening cheers , the band i'laying " Rule Britannia . " ¦• xuue JDriiamiia .

      Iron-cased Floating Batteries . —^ The theory of iTon-sided ships resisting the fire of ordinary , men-ofwar , or shore batteries , has most signally failed iu practice , as developed at Portsmouth on Monday , by the gunnery of the Excellent . The . Erebus , a new 16-gun iron-built steam . battery , of 200-horse power , -was moored at 400 yards' range from the gunboat Snapper , iron plates four inches thick having previously been affixed over the ports on the side next the gunboat . The fire was directed from the Snapper , and consisted of four 68-pounder " turned " solid shot , and four 32-pounders . The result was instantaneously shown ; the 32 ' s merely indented the iron battery , but the Ga ' s passed right through , it , and the first of them split two of the beams . A Dutch Squadron of five screw men-of-war , commanded by Rear-Admiral t'llooft , arrived in St . llelen'sroads on Tuesday , at 8 . 30 p . m ., and steamed up to Spithead on Wednesday morning , where it anchored at 9 o ' clock . The Dutch Admiral saluted the Governor and the Port Admiral , and the compliments were duly acknowledged by 1 I . M . S . Victory and tho garrison battery . The Dutch squadron is from tiie Tuxel , and will remain at Spithead a few days to coal , Ac ., after which it will leave for a cruiso in tho Mediterranean . Sandhurst-and Aldersiiott . —Tho ground between tho camp at Aklershott and Sandhurst College , and the vicinity of the college itsolf , became on Wednesday the scono of a brilliant field-day and shum fight ; the dolunco of the college and grounds by tho gentlemen cadota against an attacking forco including troops from all t » o regiments in tho camp being tho distinguishing fuiitu . of tho day ' s proceedings . Tho various inancoiivrua woro executed with the greatest precision , nnd left nothing to find fault with by tho most exacting of military critics . Tho gentlemen cadets woro led by Major U . Man una Captain Patorson , tho whole body being command ™ uy Lioutonant-Colonol Napior , tho Siiporlnton'dvnt or Studios . Tlio plan of defence was arranged by t ie Lioutonant-Oovornor , Colonol Scott . Tlio s " " l ; 0 { ly of cavalry attached to tho college was uommnndoil L > y Captain Wnrdo . Tho attacking forco was conimnnucu by Gonoral Knollys . Tho most conspicuous corjiB woro tho -ltli Dragoon Guards , tho 47 th , 10 th , and . uli * oor , and tlio West Vork Militia ( lUtloa ) . Tlio wlioh- lurco , in review order , with thoir bands playing , mart-nea past General Knollys , who stood with his » mn « "' central portico . The Gonoral expressed great satusinction at tho manner in which tho operations had uooa conducted ,

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      TIIK SHIPPING I NTEREST . An important meeting of shipowners and othor e ontI ° " inon connected with tho shipping intorost of tho port oi MontrosQ' was convoned last week to moot , . Mt . M « J » moinbor for ' tho borough , for tho purpose of oonxuums how to obtain redress of tho griovancoa undor wi » k »« they at present Buffer . William MItalioll , ksq ., a "I '" brokor , oooui > ied tho ahair , and addrossod tho iwn . membor ftt groat length . Ho eaiU j It ifl notorious tuae

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      in reference to a brother ' s marriage portion . Strong suspicion rests upon some members of his family . The deceased bore a good character . " Extensive Swindling . —We noticed a few weeks ago the absconding of Julius Ellis , a Frenchman , who carried on business at Edinburgh as a silk ; mercer , leaving liabilities to upwards of 10 , 000 / . Ellis , who enjoyed the entire' confidence' of those with whom he did business , obtained goods during the last few months to the extent of nearly 6000 ? ., and with the aid of a young man who lived with him ( also a Frenchman ) got them conveyed

      in bales and boxes to the steamers at Leith , where another of the gang was in readiness to take charge and accompany them across to Rotterdam , where they were disposed of . This system was carried on every week for several months of this summer , as well as in the end of last year , and during that time upwards of two hundred bales of the finest silks , velvets , linens , cloths , and other valuable goods were thus disposed of . An agency with an office , &c , was kept in Rotterdam for converting the goods into cash , and about the time Ellis left Edinburgh the parties there sold off and also decamped .

      Attempted Mcedek . —On Monday night , at Charlesstreet , Birmingham , a shoemaker , named William Jackley , was stabbed in the left side , near the heart , by Thomas Holder , also a shoemaker . It appears that Holder had gone home drunk , quarrelled with his wife , and attempted to strike her . A crowd collected , and marked their sense of Holder ' s conduct by shouting and pitching stones at the door . He became frightfully excited , and' seizing a large shoemaker ' s knife , the blade of which was sharp up to the hilt , with a point almost as fine as a lancet , he rushed into the street . He was , however , pushed back into the house , and was

      next seen with two of his children at a . window . 1 he bystanders , thinking that he intended to do mischief to the children , crowded round , Jackley , who was a neighbour , amongst the number . Holder made a blow at him through the window , and Jackley fell . A policeman came up at the moment the stab was given , and rushing in , seized Holder . The wounded man was picked up insensible , and conveyed to the Queen ' s Hospital , at which institution he now lies , hovering between life and death . Holder was brought up on the charge of attempted murder , but was remanded to wait the result of the injuries ' to the -wounded man . ¦ _

      CRIMINAL RECORD . Dreadful Murder in Claris . —A letter dated Kilkee , Friday evening , says : — " A shocking murder has been perpetrated in this locality . Charles Clanoy , son of Constantino Clanoy , of Tullohar , about four mijes from Kilkoo , was shot dead last night within a . few yards of his own house . His' brother and cousin wero in the Jtouso , and on hearing tho firearms ran out , and saw deceased stoggoring towards thorn , crying out , ' I am murdered ] I am undono V He dlod on boing brought . into the houeo . Various causes are assigned for tho dood . Somo say it was about land , and others say tJUat it was

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 30, 1858, page 1150, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2266/page/6/