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ire described as of ah iglv order . This person was ; aken before the Lord Mayor , and remanded on a iharge of forging and uttering a bill of exchange for 500 / . J purporting to be accepted by Messrs . I ? . W . Flower and Co ., of Princes-street , with intent to iefraud the London Discount Company , who are the prosecutors . Other bills , believed to be fictitious , ire held by this company , but the amount , as far as can yet be ascertained , is only moderate . The loss will-be' further reduced by the proceeds of property seized by the company yesterday . At least one other discount establishment is involved , but is un - derstood to be covered to a considerable extent . There is a rumour that the total amount of the Ibrereries is not less than 20 . 000 Z .
The wretched woman , Hannah Foster , who at Oldbury murdereYl her sou and afterwards cut her own throat with a razor , is still alive , and with , a possibility of ultimate recovery . On Monday the inquest on the body of the cliild was brought to a close , the jury returning a verdict of insanity as regards the mother at the time she committed the act . A barbarous outrage and murder has been perpetrated at Tipton , in Staffordshire . The victim is a young woman , not yet identified , but supposed to have belonged to Birmingham , whose body was found floating in the canal with marks of hideous illtreatment . Three men are in custody supposed to be implicated in the foul deed .
The ship Southampton , from London , with 200 passengers ,. ran into and sank the Norwegian schooner Emmanuel , on Tuesday morning , off Start Point . The weather was very thick . The ship , which was under all canvas , came down before the wind , and with her bowsprit carried away the schooner ' s mainmast , and knocked in four or five planks . The captain and . crew scrambled on board the Southampton , which proceeded on her voyage after despatching the Norwegians to Plymouth .
After a number of adjournments the inquiry into the fatal accident at the Westminster Palace Hotel , involving the loss of seven lives , has been brought to a close . The result of the tests applied toprove the strength of some of the timber was stated , although it did not appear to throw much light upon the cause of the catastrophe . Ultimately , a verdict was returned of " Accidental Death , " the jury expressing : their inability to determine with whom the blame lav .
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . The JYeio York Journal of Commerce states that large orders were received from England for firearms . It says also that the rifled musket of the United States army is quite equal to the Minie or the Enfield . The same journal describes a couple of monster guns iti process of construction—one for the United States Government , the other for the new Russian frigate General Admiral . The gun conforms in some degree to the description recently given in English papers pf the ' Armstrong' gun . It has a rifled bore of a diameter capable of receiving a 4-lb . ball , but the
missile here employed is so elongated that the weight of metal is increased to 13 lb . The rear section or base is composed of . lead , presenting a concave surface to the cartridge , with the view of its being forced into the grooves by the expansion of the powder behind it , thus preventing loss of explosive power by windage . A prominent object in the experiments made was to ascertain the effect of increasing the number of grooves . The remarkable accuracy finally obtained is shown by the fact that three balls wore thrown through the same perforation , with only a trifling variation , at the distance of half a mile
Ariadne afterwards proceeded to Woolwich , to receive her machinery . . Patrick JFord , ordinary seaman of the Doris , who ¦ was sentenced by court-martial to receive thirty-six lashes and six months' imprisonment for : deserting from that vessel on the 22 nd ultimo , was taken on board on Wednesday morning to receive the corporal punishment . After twelve lashes had been given the man fainted , and was ordered to be removed . The remaining portion of the punishment of the lash was remitted . On Wednesday morning the Queen distributed the Victoria Cross to Commander Young , Commander Salmon , Lieut .-Col . Sir II . M . IIavelocfc , and several private soldiers , for gallant deeds performed in India .
Madrid journals state that it has been discovered that the defences at Gibraltar cannot resist modern artillery ; and that the English are making extraordinary efforts in constructing new batteries and repairing the old . Incalculable quantities of war material have been collected , and a new battery , called Queen Victoria ' s , now in course of construction , was to be armed with thirty Armstrong guns of monstrous sige . A review took place at Wormwood Scrubs yesterday morning at half-past 10 o ' clock . The 2 nd Regt . of Life Guards , the Royal Horse Guards ( Blue ) , the 15 th Hussars , and a battery of Royal Horse Artillery were ordered to take the field . The troops were commanded by the Earl of Cardigan .
The seamen of the royal navy in the Mediterranean fleet are noAv being taught the use-of the rifle . Naval officers have been sent to the military camp at St . George ' s Bay , and soldior instructors have been sent to the different ships . Government are sparing no pains in making our defences more able to resist invasion . At Gosport and Portsmouth so great are the preparations for dofence that one would think wo are on the eve of having war declared . A letter from tho seat of war says that the whole Austrian army } n tho field is now armed with a rifled musket , which they as like much as wo like the Enfield . It is lighter and slightly smaller in bore . The bullet is almost exactly of the same shape as that sold by Colonel Cold with his revolvers , pointed in front , solid , flat behind , and with one annular hollow round it near tho back . It is mado to fill tho
grooves in the barrel by being forced with tho ramrod against a piece of steel projecting about an inch and a quarter up tho barrel fx'om the breech end , what tho Ifrench call a " tine . " Tho Jligers are armed with a heavy , short rifle , of the same bore . Another addition was mado to the Uritish navy on Saturday afternoon , by tho launch from Dopttbrd Dockyard of tho 26-gun screw frigate Anulfno , in the presence of many thousands of spectators . Tlie
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VOLUNTEER CORPS . . A PKKr-nnsARV meeting of the inhabitants of St . George ' s , Hanover-square , was held , on Saturday evening , and was addressed by General Evans and Sir H . Se 3 m 6 ur , the former of whom said he was one of those who , when a movement of this character was made a few years ago , endeavoured to support it in the House of Commons , and it was then poohpoohed by the Government . The second circular issued by the present Government was an improvement on the first , which was encumbered with various restrictions His opinion was that there had not been so important and so menacing a conjuncture as the present . for the past half-century , and therefore he felt much gratified at the present
defensive movement . Sir . H . Seymour agreed with Sir George Evans , that if the signs of the times merited credence , they stood on the brink of one of the greatest crises the world had known in modern times . The more they exercised their judgment , and the less they gave way to feeling at this time , the better it would be . The object of this meeting he believed to be perfectly legitimate . In their own houses they secured the doors with good bolts and locks , and policemen patrolled the streets . ^ All he wished was , that they should take the same care for the protection of this dear little island as they each took for their own streets and dwellings . A large number of persons registered their names for the corps . has been held at AndertonHotel
Pa w ? Ca , USe at Newcastle , Romford , Wisbech and Wolverhampton . . " « oecn ,
A meeting ' s , Fleet-street , for the purpose of promoting the formation of a corps of respectable yoiing men in humble circumstances ; and resolutions wero adopted , declaring the satisfaction of the meeting at the prompt response made throughout the country to the call of the Government , and expressing also the conviction of the meeting that funds supplied by the wealthy and middle classes might be advantageously employed in enabling respectable young men and educated mechanics to acquire skill in riile practice . A committee was appointed , and tho proceedings terminated . The Hon . Colonel Scott , lato of tho Scots Fusilier Guards , a Crimean officer , has accepted the colonelcy of the Birmingham volunteer rifle corps .
A mectingof the deputy-lieutenants of the county of Middlesex was hold on Wednesday , at which Lord Salisbury , as Lord-Lioutcnunt , presided , to consider what steps should be taken towards the formation of rifle corps in Middlesex . A resolution was carried to tho effect that tho deputy-lieutenants should form themselves into committees in the several divisions in which they reside in tho county to organise tho formation of a rifle corps in oach locality . Among the numerous meetings in the country we may mention one at Bridport , where tho sum of 7001 . was subscribed for the use of tho corps . At
Uhelmsfbrd the volunteers expressed an opinion that Government ought to supply their arms . The townsmen of Derby will flnd any sum that is required In their district . At Edinburgh the University , the Faculty of Advocates , and various othor bodies have come forward ; at one mooting QMl . was subscribed . A preliminary meeting at Yarmouth resulted in a subscription of 3002 . for tho first expenses . At Tynomouth , rifle and artillery volunteers drill twice a week . Tho Lord Mayor of York presided at a mooting of hia follow oitissons j and demonstrations havo been made in favour of tho
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Lord John Russell on Church Buildhst — At the meeting of the City auxiliary to the London Mission held on Saturday , Lord John Russell who presided , delivered a speech . He advocated greater simplicity in the erection of places of worship < vS n means of attracting the poor . Meeting of the Liberal Party . —A private meeting cf the members of the opposition took place on Monday at Willis ' s Rooms , at which 268 o-entlemen , representing every section and shade of Liberal opinion , were present . The resolution arrived at was to support an amendment to the Addressand
, an agreement was come to as to the line of policy and course to be adopted with regard to the Government . There were , however , three dissentient * , Messrs . Horsman , Lindsay , and Roebuck . Thja latter declared that he felt no confidence in the sudden change which had taken place in the relations between Lord Palmerston and Lord John Russell . He reminded the meeting that this country had both commenced and ended the war with Russia at the instigation of France , and declared his absolute want of confidence in Lord Palmerston , who had already , he said , forfeited the confidence of the country by truckling to that Power .
State of the Thames . —At a meeting of the City Commissioners of Sewers , on Tuesday , the present state of the Thames was brought under consideration . The water of the river is how in a high state of putrefaction ; in fact , during the last fortnight the same kind of gases have been evolved from it as during the summer of last year . Dr . Letheby fears that it is but an earnest of what may be expected during the months of July and August , and it shows the necessity for immediate sanitary precautions . . Sir Thomas . Picton . —On Wednesday morning the remains of the deceased hero were removed from
Bayswater to their final earthly resting-place in St . Pciul's . A long line of carriages followed the corpse , in some of which were distinguished officers of rank in the service , many of them the companions in arms of the general . The carriage of the Commanderin-Chief , his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge , headed the procession . Some time was taken up in removing the . coffin from the gun-carriage , and bearing it up the steps on the south side into the cathedral . It was there met by the Very Reverend the Dean-Milman , Archdeacon Hale , the Rev . W . Murray , and several other prebendaries ami minor canons , who . preceded the body to the crypt , where a vault had been constructed for its reception not far from the tomb of Wellington .
Public Health . — The deaths in the metropolis last week fell below a thousand , viz ., to 993 , a number 78 less than the average . The deaths from scarlatina and diphtheria have considerably declined , and the health of the metropolis may be considered to be in a very satisfactory state , notwithstanding the offensive effluvia that the Thames is again giving forth . Dr . Lethoby also reports very favourably of the health of the City . Hie total births in the metropolis for the week were
1 ,. „ . . Meeting of Roman Cathomcs . — On \\ ednesdny afternoon a mooting of persons professing the Roman Catholic faith was held at St . Juincs s Hall for tho purpose of impressing upon the Government the necessity of granting them the privilege of chaplains in workhouses and prisons . i l > o lion . Charles Langdale was called to tho chair , mid there were on the platform Mr . M'Cunn , M . P ., 3 Ir . 1 . i » . Wege Prosser , lato M . P ., Mr , JBowyer , Al . l \ , l > r . Manning , Mr . R . Swift , tho Hon . Mr . Stoiior , ' Mr . H . W . Wilberforoe , Mr . Bugshaw , Q . C ., tho \ ery Rov . E . Hearne , V . G ., the Rev . Canon O Neiil , \ . l * ., Canon Oakley , &c , &c . Tho " Bishop of Birmingham wrote to say that the Catholics would never iibsouuo
be content until they were placed upon an equality with their fellow-countrymen ux tho undisturbed exorcise of religion . Uusolutious m accordance with tho object of the mooUiitf ^ cru agreed to . . - ,,. , East India Company . — -Tho general court ^ calka for Wednesday having been " counted out , nino proprietors have sent in a requisition , In « "J « »" l ° with which another court will be held on tho lfltii instant , " for nil tho purposes for which tho moctinj , of this day was called . " One of tho motions to be brought forward has referonco to tho" lulvisiiblllh » i making application to Parliament for thu redemption of tho dividend on tho company ' s stock botoru t >< - right to claim such redemption irom Parliament alma expire on tho 1 st September next , Louiis Kossvth , —Jt is said that M . Koflsuth h m loft England , and that ho 1 ms had an Inturvli-w v in M . do Vorslgny , tho French Ambassador , n » mu 000 Hungarians havo returned from Ainwk'ii , mm will follow him to Italy .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 11, 1859, page 714, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2298/page/6/
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