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• ¦ "¦ 418 . THU LEADEI. [No. 423, May 1...
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NAVAL AND MILITAliV. Revikw at Chatham.—...
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OBITUARY. The Kight Hon. Siu John Doi>so...
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I.I I S C EL LA RE O US. The Court,—-Acc...
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minster Bank where it was made payable ; that , on its being so returned , JFrankenkeim endorsed it ; that the defendant delivered it to one Edkins to get the alteration , made , and that Edkins fraudulently negotiated the bill ; that the defendant never received any value 01 consideration for the bill ; and that the plaintiff never was a bondjide holder of the bill , and toolc it with notice" of the fraud . Edkins was examined , and iu cross-examination said :- — " I call myself a furniture broker , and se writs in the law way occasionally— -anything , in fact , ft > r an honest living . ( Laughter . ) Getting an acceptance to a bill is in my line . I can't swear how many acceptances 1 have got for the defendant . Sometimes lie gave me 10 s . ; at others , 2 s . 6 d . Keid fa person who was to
have accepted the bill ]] lives in the Hackney-roaxl . He kindly lends his name to poor tn « n who want money . He is a gentleman of the Stock Exchange : I'did not see Eeid write ' J . Keid and Go . ' I will not swear that he did write it ; but I will swear that he did not . It is not true that I stole the bill , I had a running account ¦ with tie defendant . I have obliged him , and he ought to oblige me . " The jury found a verdict for the pi ain ' t iff for 43 / . Mr . Baron Martin said he had been contemplating whether he . sliould not commit Edkins for perjury , and he abstained from doing so solely because he did not clearly see his way to a conviction . He would , however , say this , that Edkins could not be believed in any court of justice .
Mr . J . B . Gough has commenced legal proceedings , in the Court of Exchequer , to obtain a verdict against Dr . Lees , for special damages arising owt of the alleged libel mentioned in these columns last week . The meeting before the \~ ic & -Chancellov ' s Chief Clerk for the appointment of official liquidators to the Northumberland and Durham District Bank took place on Thursday , when tbe voluntary liquidators were provisionally named , pending an absolute decision . —In the Court of Bankruptcy on the same day , Mr . Commissioner Evans confirmed the adjudication of bankruptcy against the London and Eastern Banking Corporation . Notice of appeal to the Lords Justices was given . —The certificate of Thomas Holland , tobacco-broker , was wholly refused , on account of Ins having issued accommodation bills to an enormous extent , and committed other dishonest practices .
The Rev . George Tladcliffe , rector of the parish of St . Edmond ' s , Salisbury , has been examined at the Mansion House , on a charge of making a fraudulent transfer of stock and annuities to the value of 1228 ? . 6 s . 3 d . Three per Cent . Consols . Some years ago , Mr . Isaac Flower , a gentleman resident at Salisbury , married a lady living in the same city , and a settlement was then madp , of winch tbe father of the lady and a Mr . Robert Rax-¦ worthy , of Ranee-, in Dorsetshire , were the trustees . After a . time , however , the former gentleman resigned his share of the trust , and the T ? ev . Mr . Katfditfe was appointed to fill hid place , in whose name , and that of Mr . Raxworthv , the property included in the trust
afterwards stood . In the course of hist July , Messrs . Cupel and Trotter , stockbrokers , received a letter frgm Mr . Radcliffe , in which he stated that his fellow-trustee , Mr . Haxworthy , -was dead , and lie therefore urged Messrs . Capel and Co . to sell the stock , as lie was anxious to make a distribution among the family , owing to the death of M > - Raxworthy . A certificate of . the latter gentleman ' s death , purporting to be signed by the officiating minister at his funeral , and lUccwise by another , who declared the document to be a copy of the register , was enclosed in the letter . After a little further correspondence between Messrs . Capel and Co . and Mr . Radcliffe relative to ttie transfer of the stock , the latter went , to the Bank on the 31 st of . Tulv , 1857 ,
to execute the transfer , and received a cheque , signed by Capel and Co ,, for the amount for which the . stock ¦ was sold , viz . 938 ^ . lls . Mr . Kadelifle afterwards opened an account at the London Joint-Stock lSsuik with this money . The dividends up to last July had been regularly paid in to the Salisbury Bank , on account of Mr . I'lowcr , and in ihc January following another dividend became < hic , but , on going to the bank , Mr . Flower learned that the amount , had not been paid in , and he therefore informed Mr . Itadclifle of the fact . The . latter said he would set the matter right , and the money ¦ immediatel
was y paid in to the banker ' s ; but Mr . Itnxvoithy , not being satisfied -with the appearance of things , expressed his intention of going to London to mn ] ce inquiries . Mr . Radcliu ' u endeavoured to prevent , this by personally communicating with him , nnd entering into an explanation of the matter ; but Mr . Raxworthy proceeded to London , and ultimately the clergyman was apprehended on the present elmrgo . Tlie certificate of the death of 3 Mr . Knxworthy , and the nai-nos of the persons by whom it was signed , were , ascertained to bo forgeries . Thu prisoner has been committed for trial .
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• ¦ "¦ 418 . THU LEADEI . [ No . 423 , May 1 , 1858 . :
Naval And Militaliv. Revikw At Chatham.—...
NAVAL AND MILITAliV . Revikw at Chatham . —A general insertion and review of the troops belonging to the corps of Uoyul Knginc . GVH , together with the , East India Company ' . * , Sappers and Miners , now at their hend-qii'irl v Lieutenant-General Sir G . A . WethernU , Iv . € . l $ ., K . IL , Adjutant-General , and Colonel J . W . Gordon , C . li ., Deputy-Adjutant Goncrul to the Royal Ki > £ rinccra .
Review aud Sham Fight at Wool , wich . —The Duke of Cambridge , last Saturday , reviewed the troops in g-arrison at Woolwich on the common . A sham light also took place . These proceedings are preparatory to a grand review by Marshal Pelissier . The Foot Guards . —A return just printed shows that from 1839 to 1853 ( Jboth inclusive ) 350 soldiers in the Grenadier Guards were killed and 214 invalided by consumption , out of 654 deaths from ail causes ; in the same period 12 men put an end to their lives by suicide . In the Coldstream Guards , 150 died and 49 were invalided by consumption ( out of 339 deaths in all ); the number of suicides was six . Iu the Scots Fusilier
Guards , 155 were killed and 97 invalided by consumption ( out of 344 ) deaths from all causes ) ; in the iifteen years already mentioned , only one case of self-destruction is recorded . In the Brigade of Foot Guards , it is further .-shown that from 1830 to 1853 , * 228 non-commissioned officers and 1996 men -were discharged unfit , "invalided , " besides 1681 discharged at request , 188 as illegally attested , and 196 as incorrigible scamps , making a grand total of 4280 discharged . 32 sergeants , & c , and 429 men were invalided from the Foot Guards from the 1 st of June , 185 G , to the 1 st of February , 185 S , besides 13 non-commissioned oriicers and 716 men " on reduction , " by recommendation . of medical officers , and 13 non-commissioned onicers and 927 men as under height . 10 officers ( non-commissioned ) and 77
men died during the same period ( June , 1856 , to February , 1858 ) , Some causes of suicide . in the Greuadier Guards arc worth noting . Corporal" Dutton sliot himself in a tit of jealousy of his wife ; Private Samuels ¦ was unable to bear vip under the ignominy of having a sister who was a prostitute , and Sergeant J . Richardson lianged himself from inability to face an accusation that lie had imparted to another sergeant ' s daughter a certain disgusting and infamous disease : a fourth man cut hid throat while harassed by anxious cares for bis family . One roan in the Coldstream Guards lianged himself while out on furlough , possibly from the monomania consequent on ennui and want of occupation , or possibly from tbe effects of drunkenness , delirium tremens appearing to be a common disorder among tbe privates of these regiments .- —Times .
Wounded Troops from Cawkpoke . —Tbe first detachment of wounded troops from Cawnpore arrived at Fort Pitt general hospital , Chatham , from India on Sunday evening , having disembarked at Gravesendfrom the East India Company ' s ship Hotspur , Captain Thornby . The sick " and wounded troops , to the number of 96 noncommissioned officers and men of the 10 th , 35 th , 53 rd , 60 th ( Rifles ) , 1 st battalion ; 7 Sth ( Highlanders ) , 79 th ( Highlanders ) ,, and 84 th Regiment , with 23 women and cMhiren , embarked at Calcutta on the 8 th of January , and arrived in the Thames last Saturday , after a fine passage of one hundred and eight days . During the voyaye , eleven deaths occurred on board , most of those dying having been severely wounded .
Mit . Kkes asd tiir Sikgk © i ' ' Llcknow . —Mr . Rees has addressed the following letter to Dr . Davies , of Bath : — - " London , ApriL 23 , 1858 . —Sir , —I much regret that , in the first edition of my account of the siege of Lucknow , 1 was led by a report which I beard there to state that Captain Savary had assisted the rebels against his countrymen . I am informed that this report is untrue , and 1 have reason to believe that . Captain Savary was either murdered by such rebels or died from a severe illness , which would of itself have rendered Mm incapable of assisting them or of getting into the Residency . Jlaving already withdrawn from my work the paragraph referred to , 1 feel it right to tender to j ou and the other members of Captain Savary ' s family my sincere apology for having inadvertently been led into any inisstatemeiit n . ilecting on the character of the above gentleman . —1 am , &< :., L . E . Heks . "
Ai > mikai , John Sukman Caiiden died at the close of lust week < it Ballyeastle , Antrim . He was burn in 1771 , served under Lord Howe , and distinguished himself during the last war with France . Cai'tain Wkrtmacott ' k l ' oim ; u 1 . 1 , 1 s CirAiN 13 arkiick . —The troops belonging to the lloy .-r i and East India Company ' s Engineers at Chatham were engaged on Tuesday in Borne siege operations , for the purpose of testing the merits of a portcullis chain barrier , the invention of Captain Spencer Westnmcott , 14 . E . One of the chain barriers was creeled beneath this archway of the sallyport , leading to the Spur-battery , and Fort Amht'i-. st I { e
passage ol troops into a fort or garrisun , and Unit , o win ^ to its non-re . sisUnoe , it cannot be destroyed in the ordinary way by charges of gunpowder . > Tlie . experiments , which went tvii-d in the pr ^ ence of about two hundred oHiecrs , were considered witlsfnutory . The Vi < rr <> itiA Cnoas .- Jn Tiiesdny ' . s iUctiic we rend that . " the Queen has been graciously plwi-wl to signify her intention to confer Ihc . decoration ot" the Victoria Cross on tho » Hidcr-mcntioiK >< l o Hirers , noii-commissioiie * oHiccr-, and men of her Majesty ' s and of tlui East India Company'H armies , who lui-yts been recommended to her Majesty for that decoration , in accordance -with the rulwi laid down in her MujcstyVt wnrrnnt instituting the hiumc
oa aeeount of acts of bravery performed by them j ^ Iadiat "—Bengal Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel Hnny Tombs , C . B ., and Lieutenant James Hills ; 24 th Bombay-Native Infantry— -Lieutenant William Alexander Korr-Bengal Sappers and Miners—Sergeant John Hniitli-52 nd Regiment — Bugler Robert Hawthorne ( thu two last named were concerned in the celebrated blo \ yin » - m of the Cashmere Gate at Dellii ) ; ¦ 52 nd . Keyimciu , Lance-Corporal Henry Smith ; Bengal Horse Artillorv—Sergeant Bernard Diamond and Gunner Tiichard Fitzgerald .
Collision on thk Kast Coast . —The brig Jcs . ^; ,. . Of Shields , came into collision , on Sunday night , near ' the Dudgeon light vessel , with a schooner ( name unknown )" and received such severe damage that she sank Immediately . The , captain and three of the crew win ; drowned ; the rest were picked up by the brig Asm . of Torquay . The schooner pursued her course -without rendering any assistance , though hailed to do so . CotxisioN in thkChann'ki ,. —The Wonder . Ciiprun Clements , and the Havre , Captain Smith , both iVmn Havre to Southampton , came into collision oii . TlumHav morning in broad daylight , and in ca . lni weather . Tile end of the Wonder was completely torn away ; but th ? passengers were safely rescued . The cause of the ;\ evident is not precisely known .
Obituary. The Kight Hon. Siu John Doi>So...
OBITUARY . The Kight Hon . Siu John Doi > sox expired on 'l '! f < - iUiynight at his residence in Seymour-place , i \ l ; i \ i ' , i : r / after a short illness . He was tbe eldest son of tin ! l . ie Dr . John Dodson , ' of-Hurstpierpoint , Sussex , and t . mr bora in 1780 . After passing through various l- ^ i ] gradations , he was appointed Judge of the Prcr . ijtalive-Court of Cauterbury and Dean of the Arches in l ^ . / i . This gave him n seat in the Privy Council . He was jVJ . 1 * . for Kye , from-July , 181 D , to March , l «_ 'i ) . Pkoi-kssor William Giucgoky , of Edinburgh 1 ' uiversity—an able and accomplished chemist—died last . Saturday evening , after a protracted illness . Major Jamks Douglas , ' of the ( JOth Kiiles , ¦ u ;\ o of the heroes of the Punjab war , and of other cainpiijpis in India , died on the 25 th ult .
I.I I S C El La Re O Us. The Court,—-Acc...
I . I I S C EL LA RE O US . The Court , — -Accompanied by the Prince Consort and Prince Arthur , the Quoen , last Saturday , inspected tlse Engineer Field Train , and the Royal Artillery practice , at . Aldcrshot . The chief feature of the day ay ; is tlio use of a lasso by the neivly formed carps of M . omiti'l Engineers , who in this way seized and drew oft" several large guns . The military-judges present , howewi . dl . l not think much of the achievement , which , it jip \ w ; iiv , is nothing more than what any artillery-man could inform with the same means . The Itoyal party rtturiKvl to the Pavilion at one o ' clock ; again left it at four o ' clock , au-d drove round the camp , inspecting sovor ;; i regiments in passing . They then returned to Londui :. —The Prince of Wale ? , on the same day , returned to Buckingham Palace from his Irish tour . —The < > uoli ! and Prince Albert , accompanied by the Princesses Alice . Helena , and Louisa , went on Tuesday morning to tin : exhibition of t ' . ie Society of Paintcrd in Water Colours .
Her Majesty , the Prince CWsort , and the Prince of Wales went to the Opera-in the e-vening . —The < iiuvn held a Leveo on Wednesday , at which numerous presentations took place . The honour of knighthood was conferred upon Air . Adam Bittlostoj ) , the Chief . Justice of Madras . — 'The Prince of Wales took up his residence on the :, ainci < lay at the White 1-odge , Richmond Park . — On Thursday , the Queen went to tlie exhibition of the Koyal Academy . ^ This Ukv . Samitki . Smith . —We understand tlml Dr . Evans has ollicially certilicd to the authorities thiiL Mr . Smith ' s Ktato of healtli unfits him for hard work . Jli . " luugfi , it is stated , have been partiully < lcstroyed by consumption . Mr . Smith requested that his labour should be digging , or any work which would give him muscular exercise , but we believe that he haa been put to shoemaking . —liutli . Chronicle .
Oxi ' -oni ) Midiw . ic-Class Examinations . —Mr . Alderman S . Holme presided on Tuesday nt a meeting held in Liverpool relative to the Oxford Middle-duss examination , wlien it appeared , from the report read by the secretary , that ninety-eight candidates would be ready for examination in June . Sociktv ok Akth . —Tho iirst conversazione , of tlie session took place at the society ' s house in the Adclphi last Saturday evening . Pihk nkak Ai . i > kkhhot . —An alarming liro rn . t ; vd for some days at the close of last week in the iir plantations uenr Woking , and in th « neiuhhourhood of the Aldeisliot .
camp . "Some idea of the extent of tlm great conil . i ;;' '" - Lion , '' says tlio Times , "may bo formed , when w ¦ • say that it lias destroyed plantations ou an exti-nl of no Iowa than 5000 or (>()(»<) acres . Tlio tract over Avhidi it , has Hprend extcndH from the village of Pirbii / 'hl . nver the steep picturcKque eminences known « s t . hu Mii < licl . liills and towards the Frimley ridges . It secniH to have commenced near Pirln-i ^ lit , mi a lonely roud tlmni . ^ li a lurgu iir phintation , and which IdikIs from the ( iuilliVndrond . lhoxn the . fact of its having evidently coinnu'iiccd hero on tho wayside , it muuib as probable as not thai , ita ori gin was accidental . It commenced among tbe furzo
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Leader (1850-1860), May 1, 1858, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_01051858/page/10/
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