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      GATHERINGS FROM LAW AND POLICE COURTS . A girl named Maria Wilson ,, about seven weeks since , was taken into the service of a benevolent gentleman , from Lieutenant Blackmore ' s reformatory institution ; shortly afterwards several articles of value were missed , and 151 . in money disappeared in a mysterious manner ; suspicion resting on the prisoner , she was dismissed from her situation , accused of the robbery , and given in charge . The prisoner admitted the thefts , and assumed an air of great contrition , but quite the reverse as soon as the examination was over . On searching her boxes , for missing property , some MS . sheets were found in her own handwriting , being the introductory portion of her " Memoirs . " She was remanded .

      At Worshiprstreet an old man named James Scanes , occupying a workshop in White ' s-row , Whitechapel , was charged with having wilfully set fire to his workshop , with the supposed intention of defrauding an insurance office , and with endangering the whole neighbourhood , there being extensive chemical works immediately adjoining . There seemed to be but little doubt of bis mischievous intentions , but he was remanded for further evidence . ¦ . On Monday the May sessions of the Central Criminal Court was opened . The calendar contained the names of ninty-seven prisoners . The Recorder , in his chargesaid , although there were more prisoners

      , than usual , there were few atrocious offences charged , and not one murder . — - William Newton was put on his trial for libel against Dr . Godfrey , but the trial was postponed , by agreement , until the June sessions . —On Tuesday Mr . Poland applied to the Recorder to make an order for the payment of the costs incurred in the prosecution of a person named Iiewis Zucker , who had been convicted of making false answers on his examination before the ^ Commissioner in Bankruptcy . A doubt had arisen as to whether this amounted to perjury , and in that

      case the question arose as to whether the Court could order the payment of costs . The Recorder said he -would consider the subject . —On Wednesday Emma ITabourd was indicted for setting fire to the dwelling-house of Mary Waldren , with intent to injure her . It appeared that no fewer than ten attempts liad been made to set the premises on fire previous to that with which the prisoner was charged . Several witnesses were examined , and the judge summed up ; after which the jury returned a verdict © f Not guilty . ... has

      The case of " Gye v . Graziani and Smith " this "week been submitted for consideration to Vice Chancellor Page Wood at Lincoln ' s-inn . Mr , Rolt , Q . C ., opened the pleadings for the plaintiff , and was followed by Mr . G . M . Giflbrd on the same side . The case for tlie plaintiff having been finished on Tuesday , Mr . Daniel , Q . C , addressed the Court for the defence . This was a motion for an injunction to restrain the defendant , Francisco Graziani , from committing any breach of his engagement with the plaintiff , and from ' singing in England during the present year without the written permission of the plaintiff ( except at private and gratis concerts ) , and , in particular , from singing at Drury-lane during the present season . After hearing the arguments , the Vice-Chancellor granted an injunction , to a certain extent- as regards Druryrlane .

      At tho Central Criminal Court , on Thursday , Foster , BramweH ; Humphreys , and Wagner were indicted for feloniously uttering a forged check for 265 ? ., " with intent to defraud tho Union Bank of [ London - This ease has been frequently before the police -courts . In stating the charge against the prisoners , the learned counsel said that they had formed themselves into a corporation Or association to defwud the bankers of tho metropolis by means of forged cheques * and to attain their object had had recourse to tho most Ingenious contrivances . The prisoners woro each provided with separate counsel . There were no fewer than forty-five witnesses to be examined , and only a few of those gave evidence . The proceedings woro adjourned , tho jury being taken to tho London Coffee-house in charge of on

      On Wednesday , in tho Bankruptcy Court , thero was a sitting for proof Of debts and choice of assignees in the case of Messrs . WWte and Gregory East India army agents , of tho Haymarkot . Iho debts appear to amount to about £ 25 , 000 , with liabilities to the further extent of £ 20 , 000 . a portion of which only will rank against tho estate . The assets are © stnnntod at between £ 18 , 000 and £ 20 , 000 .

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      ACCIDENTS . Ok the Cornwall Railway , last'Friday , a train ran off the Grove viaduct , killing an engine driver , a stoker , and a guard * An inquest was held oh Tuesday on the unfortunate men . The surviving guard of the train stated that had it riot been for the coupling chains breaking the whole train must have gone . As it was the engine and two carriages were thrown over . The train was going about thirty miles an hour . The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death , adding that instructions should be given to enginemen as to the speed which should be used in descending the inclines .

      At Kingswinford , on Sunday , a fatal blast-furnace explosion took place , by which two were , killed on the spot , and four others fearfully and most dangerously hurt . The furnace was fully charged , and its contents were ready to be run off into the moulds prepared to receive it . To effect this escape of the molten iron , the workmen were about to commence to tap the furnace when a portion of its front was blown out with a loud report , and many tons of the molten iron were forced out upon them . The six men were in a moment enwrapped in flames , or shockingly mutilated by the burning mass . Three , there is reason to hope , will recover . A lamentable shipwreck occurred on Thursday nightj on the Ship wash Sands > fifteen miles off tlie Suffolk coast , to a large Dutcli ship , named the Australia , outward bound from Shields for Cadiz , and there is too much reason to apprehend that every soul belonging to her perished . She was nearly a new ship , of 700 tons burthen , and is understood to have had several passengers on board .

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      VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS . The movement for the formation of rifle corps has been very heartily begun by the authorities of the University and . town of Cambridge . This , as the Very Rev . Vice-Chancellor remarked , " must be looked upon as a very significant event . " There is no doubt that the proposed regiment will be a veryfine one . Public meetings on this subject have been , held at South Shields , and also at Hastings , and measures taken for the enrolment of volunteers from Mi classes . , Tho Mayor of Bristol has issued a notice , inviting such of his fellow-citizens as aro willing to join a volunteer corps to send in their names and addresses , and , as soon hs a sufficient number are onroUcd , tlie necessary steps for tlie formation of the corps win

      be taken . _ A public meeting , convened by the High Biitf in , has been held at Reigate , for the purpose of tekwg stops for the formation of a volunteer corps , upon the platform were the Hon . J . Mpnson . MJ * General Smee , Mr . G , F . Young , Mr . ^ totJ ^ h &c . Resolutions to tho desired effect were carried unanimously , and a committee was for . . X , rinock A subscription sheot has been opened » t Grcenw * for the reception of the names of g ° . Tnor rifle propose to form themselves into a volunteer nflo corps , for tho defence of tho district . , A circular from tho War office , mWrossoj ] to tno Lord Lieutenants of Counties , expressoa tlio sane tion of the Governments tho forn'f " 'jg _ j « i „„ , ! on ^ ifina tliA nrmriifionS UI 10 H WIU 0 H

      they may bo embodied . These . fT « i . wisfS specified In the Act of Parliament M'hlcl vu JJj ™ in tho roign of Georgo tho Third on the' »«« Members of a rifle corps must attend a tw « wity xo day drill and exorcise in tlio your , they m « »« J the oath of allegiance , they must provide ^ thel a «• aVms and equipments , and all other oxP 0 . ^' Jffi , in the event of being assembled for actual sorviw , which can only arise in caso of invasion .

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      the charge of having poisoned Miss Bankes , the lady with whom he had eloped . The additional evidence was of a very extraordinary character . It was proved that Dr . Smethurst had married Miss Bankes , although his wife , who is older than himself—is still living . An unposted letter , addressed to his legal wife , and couched in affectionate language , was found in his pocket . Further evidence was brought forward to show that while Miss Bankes was illhe induced her to sign a will constituting

      , him her sole executor and sole legatee . This , the prosecution contends , furnishes a clue to the motive which might prompt him to the commission of the crime . There was attempted to be proved extreme and suspicious precautions on the part of the prisoner against persons having free communication with the deceased during her illness . Both arsenic and antimony have been discovered in the body , and it is presumed the poison must have been administered in small doses . Another adjournment was ordered .

      Several very striking letters have appeared lately in the daily journals with regard to the mysterious death of the German or Russian sailor at Ramsgate . The evidence , and appearances of the body , arid the surrounding objects when it was found have been very carefully considered , and too good reason is shown for suspecting a most brutal murder- —not a suicide---to have been committed .

      CRIMINAL RECORD . Ax tlie Richmond Police-court , on Wednesday , Dr . Sraot hurst underwent another long examination , on

      Naval And Military Jnaval Iunu Ml^

      the English never had more than 209 pieces of artii lery employed ^ at once throughout the whole sW e The shot and shell expended was not more th « could be now turned out by Woolwich in six or seve £ W « ! ' Woolwich alone could supply war materS sufficient for Carrying on perpetually two 3 ! sieges as that of the great Russian stronghold In the small-arm department the supply is on an emm ? scale . Nevertheless , so great has the demand item lately for arming the navy and storing the marines of our various fortresses and defences that th * shipments from the wharf have exceeded the n ™ duction . . ^ The United Service Gazette says that Govern ment has a notion of calling out the whole of the militia , and of adding fifty new battalions to the line ; Three military commissioners have been appointed by the Duke of Cambridge to attend the Austrian French , and Sardinian head quarters during the Var ' namely , Colonel Mildmay , Colonel Clermont and Colonel Cadogan . ' Orders have been received at Chatham dockyard for a 91-gun line-of-battle screw steamer , to be called the Bulwark , to be immediately laid down on No . 6 slip , from which the Hood , 91 , was recently launched launcnea

      . . - Recruiting for the navy is proceeding with the greatest activity in the port of London , and staffs for the enlistment of volunteers are established at Liverpool and Glasgow . A great number of A . B . ' and ordinary seamen have joined since the royal proclamation . The Watermen ' s Company have issued a notice warning their freemen of their liability to serve in the . royal navy > and many free watermen and apprentices have taken the bounty and entered the Queen ? s service . A deserter from the Royal Engineers has been tried by court-martial at Chatham . The prisoner , George Goodall , deserted in the month of May , 1855 . The court-martial found him guilty , and sentenced him to be marked with the letter "D , " and to be imprisoned , with hard labour , ibr 163 days in Fort ClarenceRochester

      NAVAL AND MILITARY . Some interesting particulars are published of the Royal Arsenal , at Woolwich , which convey a very satisfactory impression of our resources in that department . The store of cannon of all calibres , now in the Arsenal is sufficient to supply all demands for years to come , there being between 15 , 000 and 20 , 000 pieces of serviceable ordnance on tho various wharves , which could be prepared and despatched at the rate of 200 a week . The now Workshops for the Armstrong guns will soon bo in a position to turn out those arms as fast as they can by any possibility be required . A great deal of mystery has , been thrown round this most destructive weapon , and Government have certainly done all in their powor to prevent the secret of its construction from transpiring . Much has been said about tho danger to which England would be exposed if any adverse power wero

      enabled to construct those weapons j but it should be remembered at the same time that tho knowledge Of tho principles upon which the gun is made will not of itsolf enable foreign Governments to construct it . The detailed description of our machinery , our engines , and our small-arm rifles has never been kept concealed from tho world , and yet tho mechanical skill necessary for their manufacture lma never been found in foreign countries . The Armstrong gun is a piece of mechanism which would tax tho [ skill of English , artisans , oven when directed by tho inventor . Little , then , need wo fear that foreign nations would be able to manufacture it , even if supplied , as no doubt they all aro , with descriptive plans and drawings . The laboratory dopartmont aro producing from 20 , 000 to 28 , 000 , shot and shell per week . It would be possible , in ease of an emergency , to produce at tho rate . of 80 , 000 per week . ' During tho siogo of Sob&stopol , tho most stupendous of modern timos ,

      . . The Lords of the Admiralty have ordered an inspection of all the naval and marine out-pensioners of Greenwich Hospital , to ascertain their fitness for further service . . Several officers of the Engineers have , during the last week , been surveying on both the east and west cliffs at Ramsgate , for an eligible site whereon to erect batteries . Lieutenant-General Sir William Godrington , K . C . B ., has left London for Gibraltar , to enter upon his appointment as governor and commander-inchief of that island and garrison . Sir William F . Williams , Of Kars , has also left to assume his command in Canada .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 14, 1859, page 608, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2294/page/4/