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«™ fc at the early age of forty-five . Though still S ^ he prime ? f life ^ Mr . A'Beckett bad been before Se pubnc as an author for many years , having we believe , wieldedhis pen when less than eighteen-not , by the way , an uncommon thing in these days of early de- velopnint . It must , we think , be five or six-and- twentv years since be started a comic journal called Fiaaro in London , which , together with other ventures of the same kind " with which he was connected , may be looked on as "the faint precursors of Punch . Mr . A'Beckett was one of the projectors of , and earliest writers in , that periodical , where his grave humour , and apparently unconscious doubles ententes , formed for many veara some of the most delightful features of those witty pages . George Cruikshank ' s Table . Bool :, started in 1845 , and the Almanack of the Month , in 184 G , were also periodicals w 5 th which he was closely concerned , He was likewise "the author of several separate works such as , " The Comic Blackstone , " '' The Comic English Grammar , ' * " The Comic Histories of England and Rome" & c ; and his farces and burlesques for the theatres are out of number . For a long period he was a constant writerin the Times , where he particularly dis tinguished himself by his leaders on tbc cruelties prac tised at the Andover workhouse—a subject on which he was peculiarly competent to write , as he had himself conducted the official inquiry , and . had prepared a report of great lucidity and comprehensiveness . Coming of legal family , Mr . A'Beckett was > imself a lawyer ; . and about eight years , ago he was appointed as a magistrate first at the Greenwich , and afterwards at the South wark police cour ts . His duties he discharged with the most uniform good sense ; and we do not recollect that lie was ever iaxed with one wrong decision ,. or tha he at any time indulged in those foolish , remarks which are not uncommonly spouted forth by the occupants ' the "bench . ' Ercrn this , indeed , his fine Tvit would save him . His death will be greatly regretted . ^ Lieutenant Hugh ITu-aiiNG , Military Knight of Windsor . —This old and gallant officer died at his resi dence , the Uppor Foundation , Windsor Castle , last Saturday . Lieutenant Fleming had seen much service having been in , the campaigns of Flanders in 1793 1794 , and 1795 , in Holland , in 1799 , in Germany 1805 , at Copenhagen in 1 S 07 , and in the Peninsula from 1 S 09 to L 814 . He was wounded several times and was taken prisoner at Placentia on the 2 nd August , 1809 , but escaped ten days afterwards , and re joined the army . He has received tbe war medal with eight clasps . Sik John Rosa . —We regret to announce the death o £ Rear-Admiral Sir John Ross , K . C . B ., which occurred on Saturday morning last at . 43 , Crillingham-street Pimlico . This gallant Arctic voyager entered the navy as far back as 1786 , and during the late war was con stantly engaged actively . His most important services were Tendered in the Arctic regions , where in 1818 went -with Sir W . E . Parry .. In the Driver , proceeded , for tie purpose of exploring Bafiin ' s Bay and inquiring into the probability of a north-west pas sage . The results of his investigations are detailed Captain Ross , in his " Voyage of Discovery , " published in 1819 . Ho -was afterwards , from May , 1829 , October , 1833 , employed in the Victory steamer ,- on frash expedition , to the Arctic regions , equipped at expense of the present Sir Felix Booth . He received tlie honour of knighthood , together with the Companion ship , of the Bath , December 24 , 183-1 . On March 1839 , ho was appointed consul at Stockholm , where remained several years . During the war Sir John in three different actions , was thirteen times wounded Among other works , Sir John wrote Letters to Yo Sea Officers , " " Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord do Saumaiez , " and a " Treatise on Navigation Steam . " By His death , a good service pension lies the disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty . — Mu . Yaurell , the naturalist , died a few clays Mr . Edward Jesse , writing to the Times , give 3 a particulars of tlio deceased gentleman ' s life . Ho that be " was formerly an extensive newspaper hut at the same time he was ono of our best naturalists Tli is was shown in his beautiful and valuable works ilritish birds and British fishes , and in several valu and interesting ; papers in the Transactions of the ncean and Zoological Societies . Itfr . Yarroll , as ichthyologist , in conjunction w ith the writer of notice , solved the problem which had perplexed ralists from tho days of Pliny , as to the history of eel , Ho cloarly proved that they were oviparous , Bcalc 3 , and bred for the most part in the brackish at tho mouths of rivers—thus removing many and diflicultios on this curious subject . Mr . Yarrcll left behind him an interesting museum , chiefly of B natural history , and a valuable collection of book that subject , much of which wo should bo glad to transferred to the British Musoum . " Mr . Jcsso apeaks warmly of tho excellence of Mr . Yurrcll ' s character . Sm RiciiA . itD Wkstjkacott , R .. A . —Tho week been fcrtilo in deaths of eminent mon . In addition those already mentioned , wo have now to record demiso of Sir Richard Wostmacott , tho sculptor , took place on Monday . Ho was a nativo of where ho was bom in 1775 . His father wao a scul
befor Havi he r . repul Roy * Seve Wesl Achi the and Marl lates Briti ledg Flaa dem had before bim , and his son inherits the family tendency . Having Studied in Italy , where ho gained high honours , he returned to London , and soon acquired an extensive reputation . In 1 S 05 , he was made an Associate of the Royal Academy ; in 1816 , he -was advanced to be R . A . Several statues bj bim adorn St . Paul ' s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey ; and ho was the designer of tlio Achilles statue in Hyde Park , the statue of Nelson at the Liverpool Exchange , and , together with Flaxman and Bailey , a portion of the figures on the frieze of the Marble Arch , not to speak of several minor works . His latest production - \ vas the sculptured pediment of the British Museum . He was knighted , as an acknowledgment of his merits , in 1837 . In 1827 , he succeeded Flaxman as Professor of Sculpture in the Royal Academy , and held that appointment until his decease : he had not , however ,, exhibited since 1839 . ¦¦
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NAVAL A 3 SV MILEEAEX" . / Tbavbixikg Allovv'ance to Trooes . —dn : the recojamendation of the Comnaander-ui-Ghief , a . circular iiaa been issued to all officers commanding regiments ,, intimating that Lord Panmure has approved of a furtter extension of the full marching allowance underf th « 99 conditions : — " If the journey exceed . tvro hundred and . fifty miles ha one day and night , a second marckingf allowance may be issued , and a third issue of the said , allowance if the journey exceed four hundred , mile * . " The circular likewise states that " his lordship has also been pleased , to sanction the second allowance heiog issued to all troops , conveyed between Liverpool and Alderehott or between Liyeipool and "Woolwioh , althouglt distance travelled be . under two hundred and fifty , provided the men are not billeted and the joumayperformed in connexion with an embarkation or dia ^ embarkation at Liverpool . " , CouRT-MAnTiAL . — The proceedings of . the court--martial held at Chatham Barracks on private Geojga mith , 10 fh Regiment , who was tried on a charge ofving , while in a state of intoxication , loaded hia musket and drawn his bayonet , which he threatened , to . through , any one who attempted to arrest him , bawe made known . The prisoner was sentenced to receive fifty lashes , aud further to . bo imprisoned at 3 ? ort . Clarence for three hundred and sixty-fivo days . On . the finding of the court being submitted to the Duke of Cambridge , his Royal Highness , on account of the man ii previous good conduct , was pleased to remit the corporal punishment , and also a-portion of th « injpiisonment to which he was sentenced . ' _ The Board of Admiralty at Poktsmouth . t—Xue Admiralty state yacht Osborne , Commander Bower , arat Portsmouth on Friday week from PlymouUi tho Board of Admiralty . The members are fair Charles Wood , Sir M . F . F .. Berkeley , Rear-Adnural Henry Eden , . Captain Sir Baldwin W . W A aJk n e ?' Colonel Greene , Director of Engineering and Aictatectural Works , and Mr . Bedford , private secretary . The . t business of importance their Lordships tranaacted to appoint Captain the Hon . Henry Keppel , C . iS ., Her Majesty ' s ship Colossus , to he Commodoro of the second class and second in command of the fleet on the India and China station , vice the Hon . C . G . J . ± S . Elliot . Commodore Keppel wiU hoist his broad pendant the Ene first-class sailing 50-gun frigate Raleigh , at . Portsmouth . „ , . , Loss or the Ship Ben Avon . — The loss of this vessel , Captain Scott , has been reported at Lloyd ' s . She sailed from London on the 10 th of March , and arrived oft Amoy the lGtli of June , when she was caught in a typhoon almost unexampled violence , and was eventually toy wrecked on Hoe-Loo Point , a placo about thirty miles northward , of Amoy . Tho captain ' s wife , the owner ' s son , and several passengers were drowned ; the survivors arrived at Amoy on tbe 21 th of June , on hoard lorcha . Tlie c » rgo , which was valued at about 30 , OGOI ., vas noarly all washed on shore aud conveyed into tho interior by the natives . , _ m ' TiiElJjJtGiAst Transatlantic Mail Steajiers . —The teamship Uclgiquc , Captain Tack , 'belonging to the Belgian Transatlantic Steam Navigation Company , sailed Saturday for Antwerp . This . steamer put : back to Southampton from an attempted voyage to New York last January , and lias ever since hem under repairs at Southampton . She is now pronounced to bo in a . sound and seaworthy condition . An examination into the tatc of the vessel proved her to bo more extensively faulty thnn was even at first reported , tho defect being n the primary construction of the ship . Tho repairs which have been effected by Messrs . Summers and Day have been of the most extensive and costly nature , Mit . Tkancis ' s Floating Metallic Pontoon Waq-« ON , which was tested in various ways some tuno back , has heea again submitted to sonic most severe trials , Enormous weights wore p laced upon it , and every euort was made to cause it to upset ; but in vain . It was lifted out of tho water by means of a crano , cleared out , and again thrown into the wator . It was then rowed about , rolled and rocked , and struck with a sleugchammer some twenty or thirty blows on one spot , witnout any visiblo effect on tho rivots or joints . After being carefully examined , it was mountod on its carnage , ana dragged up to the practising butt . Air artilleryman standing at a range of one hundred yards tl . cn fired a couple of Miiiic ritle balls thro . gli tho . skies . In each case ,, thtf ball traversed , without splintering , clean through tho body , carrying with , it a portion of the metal . Tho success of this experiment was considered of great importance , as conaldomblo injury results in many cases from the scattered apliuterd of tho carnages . in present uac . Mr . Francis then got into tho waggon and closed the i ^ rrorntions witl . a few Uovb of a hanunor , leaving only the spots which had been carried away by tho bull ,. These , he explained , <» uld bo repaired in the most simple mnnncr by any ono Win any hit of metal and two or three old nails , Soljwbus' WiYJa . — " Human ! tas" wnloa to tho
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The recent order with re- run V spect to the destruction of roadside weeds is being ac- tee - tively . carried into effect . ™ f n The Circumlocution Office . —One of the gravest Cla ( t instances of the difference betwixt tweedledum and fin < tt tweedlodee has just been brought to light in a communi- Ca : h cation addressed to the Marquis of Londonderry by the pre > f Under-Secretary of State for Ireland . This official bro- pui e clmre refers to a correspondence relative to the proper wh designation of the two regiments of militia for the f county of Down , and of so grave and complex a natuTe Ad i- was the question , that the Executive deemed it dis- / i y s ' t creetest to submit it to the consideration of the lair wil b , officers of the Crown , " with the various statutes which Ch 3 , relate to the militia of Ireland . " How long those same Sir n law officers took to deliberate does not transpire , but the Co La result Colonel Larcom announces to be that in their tec s , opinioa " the two regiments of militia for the county of fin of Down should be called respectively ' North Down ' and wa e- ' South Down , ' and not by the titles of ' North Down- of th shire'and ' Soutl Downshire . '" —Times . sec Electric Communication with Amebica . —There ka fch is now lying at anchor off Queenstown the American kl ed screw steamer Arctic , the vessel which was sent to the m it , Polar regions to the rescue of Dr . Kane , and previously P < < ~ y in tbe unsuccessful attempt to discover Franklin . She n- has now just crossed from Newfoundland , and taken Ci ; es soundings of the whole Atlantic , from St . John ' s to Va- fi "< he lencia , with a view to testing the practicability of laying or he down an electric cable to connect the two shores . Cap- of l . v , tain Berriman reports that the soundings indicate that ta is- the telegraph iisay be laid down with the most porfect ni by ease . The bottom , composed of shells , is very soft aud o \ ed smooth , and there appears to be an absence of currents su ¦ til and of any vast pressure . " Each sounding , " says tho . a a Cork Constitution , " shows not only the depth , but the wj he nature of the bottom , which is brought up in five quills , ed and tlie temperature of the -water , the latter being given > n- by the expansion or contraction of metallic spiral ribbons 8 , placed round a centre pin , fixed at the top , aud attached he « t bottom to a needle and indicator , the latter remaining > ss , fixed after the first htis ceased to act , showing the exact ed . variation between the surface and tho bottom . The ing company have already obtained the sole grant for ercct-Lral ing telegraphs through tho whole of Newfoundland , and by have already some 1700 miles at work , or will have in at a few days , which is in connexion with the American obe . linos , Tho dilficuUies and trials of temper in taking igo . these soundings have been tremendous . Repeatedly few after ' paying out' tens of thousands of fathoms of line , atos ftnd getting all up within some sixty or eighty , it was cut , snapped , and oil had to he clone again . " L 3 ts . Tub Couiit-Mautial atNuxagii . —The official findon ing of tho court-martial wna promulgated on Friday able week , ' and is as follows : —Tour men sentenced by court-Lin- martial to transportation for lifo commuted to twentyan one years , and two men sentenced to twenty-one yours ' this transportation commuted to fourteen years each ; two , atu- sentenced to twelve years' transportation , commuted ^ to the four years' penal servitude . One of the prisoners tried had Was found Nut Guilty . Tho sentenco of death passed iters upon Patrick Burns , North Tipporary Militia , by Judge ubts Moore , nt last Nenagh Arizes , for tho murder of a solhas diet of tho 41 .- ) t Rcgimont , lias been commuted to trans-¦ itish portation for lifo . Tho live men of tho North Tippcrnry s on Militia who were sentenced at Nonagh Assizes to iifteen > bco years' transportation each , have hud their sentences comalso muted to ton yours' penal servitude ivato Accidknt ro Coi-onei , Hamilton , — -A serious accident hns happened to Colonel Hamilton , thocoinmiUHling has ollicoroftho second battalion of tho Grenadier Guards on to now stationed in Dublin . Ilia horse took fright , ran 1 tho away , and fmallv dashed his head against a wall with k-hich auch fearful -violence ns to destroy ono eye . Tho animal udon , then reeled and fell ; and the Colonel , who had already dp tor' beon a good , doul burton the arm hy tho shock , was the miles is S ha run been [ . » ' . r 1 I ' rived r with t Sir ^ r f firs i was _ of e East Q in v „ o- on ° of it tall -t d ts io a lc \ a , ¦ n is s nl [< r on ct lie > t- nd in ¦ an ai . * XW ne vas nd- lay irt- tv- urs' Wo 1 to riod sscd dira SO 1- in 8- rnrv [" on- lcci- din- anls ran W h imiil cadv was
further bruised by the horse falling on . him . After lying for some hours , the beast expired in great agony * Colonel Hamilton is not considered in . danger .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 6, 1856, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06091856/page/7/
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