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      to witnesses . The prisoners will be sent for trial to th Inquest * was held on Tuesday upon the body of Mr . j C Williams , who died , as it was alleged , from the effects of '¦ an unprovoked attack -made . Upon , him . in the street bv a geptleman named f . e Lievre . The poor . man ' s leg was broken , and a portion of the bone was amputated , but surgical skill was of no use . Le Lievre lias been examined-at the Thames police-court , And committed to take his trial for manslaughter . Bail was taken to the amount of 900 / . James Saundcrs , of Loughborough-road , Brixton , was pliced at the bar of Clerkenwell police-court on the charge of uttering a forged and fictitious bill of exchange for 208 ' . 16 s ., with the intention of defrauding Mr . Whitmee . The defendant had ordered goods of the prosecutor , and given the bill in payment , representing himself as a landed proprietor of Suffolk . Mr . Conie remanded the case for a week .

      Two young men , John Harrington , a tanner , and Henry Bull , a porter , were ¦ brought up in custody charged with having acted as seconds to the boy Macdonafd , who was killed in a prize tight at Abbey Wood on a Sunday morning last month . The prisoners were sent to Maidstoiie Gaol to await the preparation of evidence . , Calvocoressi , the Greek charged with forging I urkish piastres , was on Tuesday tried at Birmingham . The particulars of the case have been lately detailed . Moss , his accomplice , was found Guilty at the last borough sessions , but sentence was deferred . Calvocoressi having now been convicted , the Recorder was about to pa .-s sentence , when certificates of ill health were put in , ami he was allowed a respite to next sessions : but Moss was sentenced to 100 / . fine , which was immediately paid .

      William Clark and his son , ¦ commis&ion agents of Water-lane ,- charged with having forged and uttered a cheque for 73 / . 4 s . 2 d , oii the Bank of London , have been committed for trial , bail being refused . On Tuesday morning the house of an aged gentleman , named Mellor , at West-hill , Wandswortb , . was completely destroyed by fire , and on Wednesday Annie Collier , his servant-girl , was placed at the bar of Wandsworth police-court , charged with having wilfully set fire to the house . The only evidence at present is that of a

      charwoman ,, who was supplying « the place of an absent servant . Mr . Ingham remanded the prisoner for a week . Mr . Birchmore , the defaulting " overseer of the parish ^ of St . Pancras , has been apprehended . " He-has been to Hamburg , and only arrived in London on Monday last ; He was taken to the Clerkenwell police-court , charged with having embezzled various sums of money belonging to the board , and was remanded under bail to the amount of 1200 i The prisoner's solicitor stated that Birchmore came home on piirpose to meet the charge .

      An atrocious attempt was made on AN ednesday to murder the master of St . O hive ' s Workhouse , Bermondsey , by a man ' named Dennis Mahoney , who attacked him with a knife as ho was entering the siek ward , nnd inflicted several stabs before lie could be secured . The assassin was brought up at Southwark police-court , and remanded . At the Court of Bankruptcy a dividend sitting was appointed in the case of Colonel " William Potrie Waugh , the bankrupt brickmuker , of Branksea Island , whose connexion with the London and Eastern Banking Corporation has rendered him so notorious . At prcsont there are but 1000 / , in hand , but it is expected , that about 5000 / . or G 00 O / . moro will soon bo available for a dividend .

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      CKIMINAL RECORD . AsnocKiNO murderwas committed nt Derby , on thecveningof the 21 th , by a man named Arthur Bland , formerly in the militiu . The nnmo of the victim is Edwards , and the two men , who were companions , had been drinking together , when an old quarrel being revived , Bluml struck at Edwards with a knifo , stabbiug him in the throat . The unhappy man died almost instantaneously , nnd tho assassin was secured on the spot . The mystery enveloping the supposed murder at Epping Forest is still unsolved , notwithstanding the careful investigation of tho coroner and hUjury , uUlod l > y tho police authorities . Tho bodies of the woman nnd child have not boon identillod , and at the inquest , winch , was closed on Tuesday , n verdict of " Wilful murder against some porson or persona unknown" was returned .

      Mary Novell , who was sontoncod to death at the Oxford Assizes for tho murder of ltuv child liaa received a commulatiou of her sentence to pcnul tervitiulo for lifo . The two brothora , Owen , and Jame » Jolmatono , havo been committed for trial , ou a charge of wilful murder , « t Liverpool , for having on Friday evening struck a carter , named Jumes Toolo , over the head with an iron liftr , and Injured him so much that ho died shortly aftor-WftfUs , tho doctor seating Mint death was uauaod by couonwloii of tho brain .

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      IRELAND . Tun prisoners at Cork connected with tho Soorot Society wwo brought up on Wednesday woolt , wlmn Sullivan , MW Approver , underwent an examination , which was

      resumed on Thursday . One of the constables contradicted the evidence of the informer as to the privacy of a room called the Plioenix-room , in Murty Downing ' s house . He stated it was always open to the public , and even the constabulary had taken refreshments there . The form of oaths to be taken wasfiot produced . vbut the informer stated ... it verbally in his evidence . -Three of tlfe prisoners , "M'Carty , Driscoll , and Stack , had not been examined , but were . identified , by the informer . M'CartvStack , and Driscoll were discharged , on their

      , own recognisances of 100 / ., to come up for trial when called upon . Diiprgan , Denis and Patrick Downing , M'Carthy , O'Shea , O'Brien , and Cnllinanewere admitted to bail- ^ -them . eelves in 100 / . each t and two sureties of 50 / . each , to appear at the assizes . Daniel M'Carthy , E . Sullivan , J . Donovan , M . Moynehan , W . O'Shea ., and Murty Downing were committed for trial , without bail . The solicitors for the prisoners returned thanks to the magistrates and the Crown Solicitor for the manner in-which the proceedings had been conducted . received

      The Lord-Lieutenant ' oil Thursday morning the deputation appointed , at the late City meeting , to present the resolutions' adopted on that occasion in favour of a poxtal ' packct station at Gal way . A number of noble-men ' and gentlemen met a few days ago in the Town Hall , Belfast , to consider the deficiency of educational institutions in the north of Ireland , and especially the want of a high class of public schools for classical and scientific instruction . A committee was appointed to arrange for a public meeting , at an early date , of those interested in the establishment of intermediate schools ., oil a non-sectarian basis , with a view of memorialising the Government , and of -adopting , such other measures as may seem best fitted to carry out their views . .

      On "Wednesday , Mr . Rae , on the part of the Belfast prisoners , appeared before the police magistrate of that town , and inquired when and where the investigation was to take place . He was told that the day fixed was Friday , that the inquiry would be private , and that the place would be the Gaol . Mr . Rae declared that he would throw up his brief rather than lower his profession bv defending the prisoners in such . a clandestine

      . wav . . - ' The Galway -V ' indicator has been given to understand , on good authority , that the report of . the Commissioners presented- to the Lords of the Admiralty is highly favour-able- to the port of Galwjiy as a Transatlantic packet-station . Sir Allan M'Nub , one of the directors of" the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company , has arrived in Galwav . - ¦ . ' .

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      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . The Christmas merriment of London this , year has been chequered by a terrible catastrophe , which occurred at the Victoria Theatre on Monday . There had been a crowded morning performance , commencing at one o ' clock . The management had prepared for the arrival of the visitors to the evening performance before those of the morning had left the house . They had accordingly closed tho door at . the top of the gallery stairs , so as to prevent either ingress or ogress till the morning occupants of the gallery should have . cleared away . In order to facilitate this operation a side lobby leading down to the boxes was thrown open , the stream of people descending by which would have poured out at the principal entrance , without interfering with the ascending crowd . The genuine mob of a Boxing-night began assembling very early at tho doors . Long , before the morning performance was over the gallery entrance was besieged by an eager crowd . These were admitted , and tho gallery staircase , which does not appear to have been deficient either in space or strength , but which was wholly cut 0 ( T from all availablo communication with any other purt of the house , became densely crammed from tho bottom to tho top . About five o ' clock—while tho people ou tho stairs wero hmUllcd together in a compact mass , rendered denser every moment by fresh arrivals from below—an alurm of fire was raised in the upper part of tho staircase . From tho manager ' s account it would appear that tho alarm was first occasioned by the ignition of homo fusees in tho pocket of n boy who sat in tho boxes .

      This occasioned n rush , and the people pressing upon the gas pipes caused an cttca . po pf gas , which exploded , and increased tho alarm . The pooplo about the doors , ignorant of what was going on abo \' e , continued toforco their way upward . Tho result was that whon , after pomu tun minutes or a quarter of an hour , the police woro enabled to clear a way to tho first landing , they found thoro n oonfusod and motionless heap of bruised and trampled human bodios , among which no less than wlxloon woro corpses . It is said that at loast forty oilier * aru moro ur less injured . Inquests have boon held upon the bodies of tho slain , and tho juries returned a verdict of Accidental Death , with a recommendation that morning performance * should taUoplaco emmciontly early to enable . th , o theatre to , bo olearod before tho qvoning visitors wero ndinlUcd .

      Three Jives woro lost on Thursday morning at a fire in a wretched court iu St . JLuku's . Tho master of tho liouso , named Wrench , In escaping , left tho stroot-door open , tho draught from which drovo tho llamas to the utulre , cutting oil' tho escape of his wife and two children ,

      When the . flames were extinguished , the poor mother , with her baby on her arm , was found near the secondfloor window , and a boy , seven years old , in a corner of another room , all three burnt to a cinder .

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      . *> 'AVAL AND . , MILITARY . Tin : Colonelcy of . the 83 th Regiment ( Connaught Ran ^ gers ) has become vacant by the demise of Licutenant-General Robert Hare-lay Macpberson , C . B . and K . H ., who died ou Saturday at a ripe age after military services extending over aixty-three years . Mr . Robert Warry , armourer-sergeant o £ the 3 rd Battalion at Chatham , 'is now completing a . model of his breech-loading cannon of large dimensions , for the purpose of submitting it to the Duke of Cambridge . This

      gun is of wrought iron and 18 inches in length , the interior of the bore being rifled on the same principle as the ordinary Eufield rifle musket . The ball to be used will be the conical shaped rifle bullet , which , however , will be covered with a composition coating of a peculiar character . The inventor expresses his confident belief that this cannon will throw a ball fully two miles , doing effective execution at 1000 yards , the gun being loaded and discharged at the rate of five rounds per niin ute . According to the JVetc York Herald the United States 2225

      navy is composed of seventy-eight vessels , carrying guns . Only twenty-five are steamers , and of these three carrv no guns . Her Majestv ' s ship Shannon , screw , fifty , Captain Marten ( acting , arrived at Spithead on Wednesday , having left Calcutta September 23 . It will be recollected that the Shannon took a conspicuous part in India ,, the 2 saval Brigade of which so signalised themeelves under the ever-to-be-lamented Captain William Peel . Vice-Amiral Sir Andrew P . Green , K . C . H ., died on Sunday last in his eighty-second year . He entered the navy more than sixty-five years ago , being a midshipman" on board the Illustrious ,- ' seventy-four , at the investment of Toulon in 1793 ; also at the reduction of Bastia , and in Hotham ' s first action .

      Dr . William Cruickshank , deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals , died at Simla on the 5 th ult . from the effects of illness brought on by excessive fatigue in . the zealous discharge of -his professional duties , particularly before and at Luckiiow ; He suffered , severely in health , but it was thought repose and change of air would recruit hi ? strength , and that before a few montfis had elapsed he would be able ( o resume tlie arduous calls on his professional attention . His deiitri will be deeply regretted by a wide circle in the army who had the pleasure of his friendship and acquaintance .

      General Williams , commandant of Woolwich garrison , on Wednesday , went through the half-yearly examination of the two battalions of the Royal Military Train , in command of Colonel Erskine .

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      DR . LIVINGSTONE . Intelligence has been received from Dr . Livingstone up to the 4 th of October . Writing pn that date , from the Kongone river , to the Rev , W . Thompson , he states : — My dear Mr , Thompson , — -I could not possibly write you by lu * t opportunity from the Zambesi ; but there was so little to communicate , you were no loser ; We have now had more time to look about us , and I think wo have ascertained the point that entering this river at the timo wo did is nearly quite safe , if no delay takes place among the mangrove swamps . We have been favoured with fair health , and have had ailments more like common colds than fever . Two of the party aro

      now at Tete , and tho others hope to join them shortly . AVc got a ton and a half of coals there , the first ever taken out of the earth in that country j and as tho Portuguese have shown a groat deal of public spirit , wo are almost sure , of a larger supply when we return , My poor fellows received mo with joy . They had boon taunted by the Tete people that their Englishman would never return ; but they hoped on , and have amassed quantities of beads , to take back to their own country . Thirty of them died of small-pox , nnd six were killed by a rebel chief at tho confluence of the Suenya . The confidential servant of Lokwobu is with mo now on board tho launch , which is so small wo could not bring moro of them down , though they wore anxious to come in service . Wo found tho country in a state of war , and tho Portucueso were too busy with that to help us with

      canoes . It is finished now , and my old friond , Major Looard , at once assisted us with luggage ; but it lms quite depopulated the land adjacent to tho river . Wo see tho river in this month at its very lowest ; and as it spreads out into from one to three miles in width , tho broad parts aro very dimoult . Whon wo got up to Luputu our diulcullies vanish , for above that point it is in one or two chamtols of about 1000 or 1200 yards broad . I admire its size moro than over . When I came down iu a o , anoo it was full , and I Saw but ono channel where now aro two or throe . If tho Portuguese would bo at tho espouse of a few piles driven in , to ofleet what , " snags" aoinotlmos do now , deep channels might l > o socurod for tho whole yoar . They aro goii \ g to built ! a fort and custom-houso at this or the Luafio . —With kind regard , &o ., l > . JUvingstomo .

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      Wo . 458 , January 1 , 1859 . J : ^ TH ^ L E A D E B . _„„__ __ ^ ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 1, 1859, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2275/page/5/