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" n the morning in question . Several witnesses were & ^^ J ^ tt&SSti gistrat ™ ordSed the case to stand over till Tuesday ^ Esther Greggs , living in East-street , Manchestcrsouart was Examined ' at Marylebone before . IV r idmiUton . A policeman stated I hat , " On Ins beat , he heanfcSof " kave my child ! " and immediately after anTnfantwas dashed through a pane of glass from the fir st floor window into the street . The mother alleges that she was under the impression th < r house was on fire and wished to save the lite of her child . His wor ^ ship remanded the mother until it was seen if the poor infant should survive .
., , , , _ ..., James Saunders , described as of Loughborough-road , Brixton with a number of aliases , both native and forei-n , ' appeared on remand before Mr . Corrie , at Clerkenwell , charged with uttering a fictiUeus bill of exchange for the sum of 208 / . IGs ., in order to defraud Mr Whitmec , of St . John-street . A number of other charges were also mentioned , but the magistrate expressed his intention to commit the prisoner on the first charge , remanding him in the mean time . On Alderman Humphery taking his seat on the bench at Guildhall on Mondav , the chief clerk announced that
there was not a single P 2 r . son in custody nor a single entry in the charge-sheet . The magistrate , in consequence , claimed the customary pair of white kid gloves . George Gibson was again brought before Alderman Hunrpherv . at the Guildhall , on Tuesday , charged with being concerned with three other men in the notorious burglary at Stamford-hill , in the summer of 185 ( 3 . The prisoner , it appears , was liberated on a ticket of leave the same month of the robbery ( April ) , and it still remains to ascertain the day of discharge , that the possibility of his being an accomplice may be established . In order to this another adjournment . has
taken place for a week . In the Court of Bankruptcy ,-Mr . Commissioner Goulburn gave judgment on Wednesday in the case of Davidson and Gordon , the details of which have been before the public iainany forms . The learned gentleman presented a lucid narrative of the facts of . the case , and strongly animadverted on the share which Mr . 1 ) . B . Chapman had taken in the bankrupts' transactions . He refused the bankrupts their certificate , but with the consent of the assignees he granted them protection , on the ground of the extreme suffering which they had already endured . ¦ .
At the Surrey Sessions , Thomas Turner Molyneaux was indicted for stealing a cow , the property of the Rev . Stephen Terry . The prosecutor had advertised the sale of two cows , and received a letter from E . 13 . Somerset , York-road , Lambeth , requesting one of the cows to be sent to the railway terminus , when a cheque would be remitted to pay for it . The cow was sent as directed , and the prisoner took it away . The prosecutor could not got his money , however . The prisoner admitted that the letter was in his own handwriting , whereupon the judgo said there was an end of the case , as it was a boni ' tjide sale , and the prisoner was acquitted .
Thomns Birchmore , late the relieving oflicer for St . Pancras , surrendered for further examination on the charge of embezzlement . All that was dono was to take , ns a preliminary step , the depositions of a few porsons who had paid small sums of money on behalf of friends living in the workhouse , and which had not been accounted for . It was contended by the counsel for the defence that as the defendant had not held the oflico of collector , ho was only liable to ft civil action . Mr . Tyrwhitt granted another remand , accepting bail . At the Middlesex Sessions , Frederick Brewer was indicted for receiving thirty-three pennyweights of
gold , the property of Jnm . cs Greon , well knowing the samo to have boon stolen . The prisoner being undefended , the learned judgo objected to tho stylo of examination pursued by tho counsel for tho prosecution , whereupon tho prisoner became very impudent , and , notwithstanding tho judge ' s caution to him , ho wont on to cross-examine tho witnesses ns if ho had boon a lawyer . Tho prisonor was found Guilty . Ho had incited the boy to rob his master of tho gold , and tho judge , in pass ing sentence , said it was one of tho worst cases of receiving that ovor enmo boforo hipi ; tho prisoner was a disgraceful wretch , and ho would sentence- him to seven years' penal sorvitudo .
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CRIMINAL RECORD , IlnxrtY Rkkd , sontoncod to death for tho murdor of his wife at Manchester , was executed . in front of Kirkdnlo Gaol on Saturday morning , Tho wretched man made no confession of his guilt .
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. THE LATE GENERAL JACOB . GrnkualJoiin Jacoh , G . B ., tho oroator nnd cominandor of tho famous Soindo Irregular Horso , ia dead . The pormanont exigencies of our position in India , evoking latent ability in a measure unexampled in our own or any other history , have , raised up to ominonoo as soldlors And administrators far too many mon to permit us to speak of any individual as if ho wore indispensable Co the
government of that country . Yet General Jacob ' s death must be lamented as a serious loss . . He was one of those clear-headed , strong-willed men who seem born to cope with the elements of society in , their most rudimentary state , and to mould them to order and usefulness . He was a complete soldier , and like Napoleon had mastered all the details and duties of his profession . The Scinde Horse , of which he was for so many years Commandant , are regarded as among the finest troops in the world . Whatever he undertook to perform he performed well , and whether we look upon him as a soldier , a general , an inventor ? a philosopher , or a politician , we perceive only the highest and most brilliant qualities . His command on the North-Western frontier will some
day supply the material for a brilliant chapter of our Indian historv . Jacob found the British troops there shut up in forts ., in the midst of desert , supplied by a distant commissarait in the absence of production and commerce , knowing nobody , unable to tell friend from foe , and threatened by wild marauders . On his arrival the forts were thrown down , incessant patrols ami the steadv pursuit and stern punishment of robber or insurgent " bands at once announced that a real power was established . Brigadier Jacob soon held Scinde and the entire frontier in his grasp . The wild tribes regarded him with mingled feelings of fear and superstition , and even the rudest of their chiefs respected his authority and obeyed his mandates . The countrv became habitable : the poor felt assured ,
ami settled down under Our protection ; cultivation began , and now on the formerly desert border of Upper Scinde an army might obtain supplies , and on the site of the old mud fort of Khanghur is the large and flourishing town of Jacobabad , completely open and without the least attempt at any sort of defensive arrangement . The peace , quiet , industry , and plenty , with full pTotection for life and property , which have succeeded , to rapine and disorder , are due entirely to the discipline and efficiency of that Irregular Horse , ' the reputation of which ' has spread over the world . This corps , consisting of 1 G 00 men—gentlemen In the estimation of their native countrymen—proud of their profession , trained to be independent of extraneous assistance , devoted
to their commander , and bound together by tbe ' reputation of their force , was always " ready to go anywhere , anil do anything . " To produce and maintain its discipline was the constant study and unceasing labour of Jacob ; from the time he was appointed to its command , in 1811 , he was never absent a single day from his duty . The late . Major-General Sir Charles Napier declared that the discipline of . Jacob ' s Horse was . " perfection ; " and it is remarkable that a court-martial has never been held in the corps . It is , however , from the work to which all this military skill and assiduity was made tributary—the civilisation of barbaric tribes , the conversion of the desert into corn-fields , and of thousands of robbers into cultivators—that General John Jacob ' s name will derive present lustre and lasting renown .
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IRELAND . Fourttcen of . the Belfast prisoners , charged with being members of an illegal society , &c , were committed for trial on Saturday last , and the presiding magistrate intimated that bail would not be taken for their appearance . . Another man has been committed , but bail will bo accepted in his case , The remaining two of the batch arrested have become approvers against their companions . Furthor arrests in Belfast and Kilkenny county exhibit the continued apprehensions and fears of the Irish Executive . On Monday five members of a secret society were arrested at Callan , one at Ballydonncl , and another at Kilkenny , The prisoners are severally described as leather merchant , publican , national school teacher , and two sailors . After investigation tho presiding magistrate remanded them all . They are charged na being members of tho Callan branch of the 1 'hoonix Society .
The WestmetUh Independent states : —Wo have just learned that a number of arrests have been made by tho constabulary at Shannon Bridge of persona connected with a Phconix Club some time established in that locality . Arrests have also been made at Carrabeg , in tho samo district . 6 ' aunders announces , apparently on authority , that tho venerable Baron Pennofnthor has at length * placod his resignation in tho hands of Government . Tho Solicitor-General ( Mr . Hayes ) or Mr . Browstcr , it is added , will most probably aucoood to tho vacancy , as it is considered certain that tho Attornoy-rGonoral will decline tho puisne judgoship .
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . An alarming accident took place on tho North London Railway on Saturday . A passenger train camo into collision with a hoifor which- had strayed on to tho lino . Tho train was hurled down tho embankment , but fortunately no injuries more aorloua than contusions and bruises wore sustained by any of tho passengers . , Wa have to record furthor doplorablo accidents at places of public nmusomont . ' Tho Polytochnio Institution , in Regent-street , on Monday evening * , was crowded with holiday makers ; and when tho people were
leaving , the staircase leading from the upper gallery gave way , and precipitated a great number of persons into the hall beneath . One death , that of a girl eight years old , is announced , besides which , twenty-one persona have received injuries , some of which , it is feared , may terminate fatally . The directors of the institution have given instructions that every attention be paid the sufferer ? , some of whom are lying at Middlesex Hospital and others who have , been conveved to their own homes ,
A coroner ' s inquest on the body of the poor girl who Ids her life by the accident was opened on Thursday . Evidence as " to the general facts of the accident was given , from which it appeared that the stone of the steps alone had given way , and that the main wall of the staircase was uninjured . Both coroner and jury agreed in the desirability of adjourning the inquiry , that the evidence of surveyors might be obtained . Two were appointee —one by the coroner , and the other by the jury , ant the inquest was adjourned .
At Glasgow , on Saturday , while the audience wer < leaving the pit of the Queen ' s Theatre , on the Green , a number of children were severely injured by the crush , several being knocked down and trampled upon by the crowd , and one poor girl , of about fourteen years old was killed by the effects of the pressure . No blame is said to attach to the owner of the theatre . . A terrible accident has to be reported at the Agecroft Colliery , Pendlebury , which occurred on Tuesday . On this occasion it iyas not an explosion of firerdamp , but some negligence with the machinery . The result is the violent death of seven persons—three men and foui boy . s . ¦¦ ' ¦ .
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . The following gentlemen cadets , having been favour- * ably reported by the governor of the Royal Military-Academy as efficient in the various branches of study , have been recommended by the Duke of Cambridge to receive commissions in the Artillery or Engineers .: — Messrs . William J . Carroll , Charles Woodward , Adrian de Iff . Prior , Charles Bow-en , William II . Mulloy , Francis G . Oldham , George W . Johnson , Henry A . Gun , Charle 3 G . C . ¦ Bi gsby , George Best , James O . Playfairj Clement W . Bella ! is , " Samuel Anderson , Robert J . Bond , Robert Y . Armstrong , Charles II . C . Halkett , Arthur K . Haslett , William R . Slacke , George II . L . Pole , George E . Grover , and Edward F . Wynne . . ¦ . .
The annual return of the names , number of guns , and tonnage of the whole of the vessels in the navy has just been . published . The British navy consists of 523 vessels , including screw steamers of every description * exclusive of which there are 167 gunboats . No less than 176 vessels are in commission and doing duty in every part of the globe . The vessels in commission are distributed as follows : —32 line-of-battle ships , frigates , and smaller vessels are attached to the East Indies and China station ; 25 ou the coast of Africa $ 16 in the Mediterranean ; 13 on the Pacific and on the Australia station ; 15 on the North America and West India
station ; 7 on the south-east coast of America , and 5 at the Cape of Good Hope . The remaining 61 vessels are employed on particular service or attached as guardships to the principal ports of Great Britain and Ireland , including the Channel Squadron . In addition to the vessels in commission there is a powerful steam reserve in harbour at Chatham and Sheerness , consisting of 36 lino-of-battle screw steamers , floating batteries , steam frigates , and other smaller vessels , all of which could be equipped for sea at the shortest possible notice , many of them having been launched during the last few years . There ar « 5 also 11 line-of-battlo screw steamers of from
SO to 131 guns each , building at the several ro } -al dockyards , together with 15 other screw steamers , all in various stages of progress . Of the list of steaui gunboats given in tho return nearly tho wholo are described as ready for service . Tho majority of them are of 60-horse power . The Times Berlin correspondent gives tho following particulars of tho military forces of Prussia : — " The Prussian . army consists of threb portions—tho standing army , tho Lnndwohr , and the Landstunn . Tho standing army is composed of four regiments of Guards , of three battalions ; ono regiment of Guards , of two battalions ; thirtyrtwo regiments of Infantry , of throe battalions ;
eight regiments of Infantry , of two battalions ; amounting altogether to 1 * 20 , 000 mon . The Cavalry , Artillery , Engineers , and Chasseurs nunibor 51 , 000 j total strength , 160 , 000 . Tho Landwohr consists of tho Landwehr of tho first lovoo , which includes all tho serviceable men from 25 to 32 , and tho Landwohr of tho second lovtfe , composed of all tho fighting men botwoon 82 and 40 . Tho Landstunn is composed of all mon capable of bearing arms from 17 to 50 , who arc neither in tho standing army nor in tho Landwohr . Tho Landwohr ia bound in tiino of war to sorvo abroad as well as at homo , but only in support of tho army . Tho Landstunn is not re mi i rod to cross tho frontier ..
A soml-oiHcfal announcement has boon received at Woolwich of tho intention of tho War Department to appoint a distinguished offlcor of tho Royal Artillery as Govornor-in-Cliiof of Woolwich Arsenal . Tho change , it is stated , will effect a most important economy in . tho expenditure of tho Arsona ) . The manufacturing depart " inouts will bo directed and controlled , under tho Go-
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 8, 1859, page 37, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2276/page/5/
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