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— ELECTION SPEECHES.
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GATHERINGS FROM LAW AND POLICE COURTS . Richard Bedford Allen , underwriter at Lloyd ' s , who stands charged with forging a transfer of stock for 875 / .. has been committed for trial . It was stated that there was another similar charge against the prisoner which might he afterwards brought for-Wfl . T * fl ¦ ' ' ' A man is in custody , charged with the sacrilegious destruction of paintings at Marylebone Church that was perpetrated some time ago . The prisoner is called James Hughes , an ex-policeman , and a discharged patient of a lunatic asylum . In the Court of Queen ' s Bench on Thursday , the case of Scully v . Ingram was again brought forward . Mr . Edwin James opposed the rule nisi for a new trial , which Mr . Bovill had obtained on Mr . Ingram ' s behalf . The arguments were not concluded when the court rose . At the Middlesex Sessions John Wilson , described as an " agent , " and Eliza Edwards , a half-blind woman , were indicted for stealing a copper boiler . It appeared that the male prisoner had been connected with a gang who hired houses and extorted money from the owners to give them up again , and committed various frauds on tradesmen . The judge condemned Edwards to four , and Wilson to twelve months' imprisonment , remarking on the bad and cowardly conduct of the latter in inducing the former to commit frauds from which he ( Wilson ) derived all the benefit , and the poor Avoman all the risk .
Criminal Record. At Richmond A Surgeon N...
CRIMINAL RECORD . At Richmond a surgeon named Smethurst has been arrested upon suspicion of poisoning his reputed wife , but who was not actually married to him . It is said that the deceased was possessed of property , which the prisoner was aware of , and some arrange * - ments had been desired to be made for , the disposal of a portion . She fell ill , and was attended by Drs . Julian and Bird , of Richmond , who administered proper medicine . All their attention and medicine acted quite contrary to the desired effect , and she expired in great agony on Tuesday morning . It being . the opinion of the medical gentlemen who attended her that she had been poisoned , the prisoner was apprehended , and taken before the magistrates , who decided on remanding the prisoner , that the viscera might be analysed by Professor Taylor .
At Nottingham a surgeon named Thackeray has been committed to take his trialformanslaughter , in consequence of the death of a poor woman under his hands in her confinement . He is accused of being drunk and of acting with brutal indifference . This is , however , only one side of the story , as represented by the deceased ' s relations . William M'Cormack , a farmer , residing at Derryhaw , near Tynan , Armagh , was found murdered near his own house on Thursday . It is stated that the deceased took some land from which a person had been evicted .
Accidents. A Fearful Catastrophe Has Occ...
ACCIDENTS . A fearful catastrophe has occurred off the Irish coast . The American ship Pomona sailed from the Mersey on the 27 th ult . for New York , with 375 passengers and a crew of thirty-two seamen . O . n Thursday she went on shore on the Blaqkwater Bank , off Wexford , and , while stranded , her masts were cut" away . During Friday a boat from the wrecked vessel was put off , and landed sixteen people in safety . Another boat likewise put off , but she
was capsized in the surge . When the ship first went on shore the weather was so boisterous that no communication could take place between the wreck and the shore ; and on Saturday morning the Pomona beat over the bank , and sank in nine fathoms of ¦ water . The Dublin Evening Post states that out of 375 emigrants only four were saved , and of the orew , thirty-two in number , fifteen were lost—making a total loss of 380 lives . The passengers were chiefly Irish .
A most destructive flre oqourred on Saturday , , in Bristol , a t the sugar refinery of Messrs . ITripp , Mudgo , and Co ., Quay Head , wliich is one of the largest rofln ors i n the kingdom . The adj oining warehouse of Messrs . Pickford , and some other houses , were much damaged . * The greator part of the stock , together with 1 , 000 tons of charcoal ( worth 15 Z . per ton ) , upwards of 500 tons of raw sugar , tho whole of the cylinders , and other costly machinery , and the buildings , have boon sacrificed . Tho firm wore insured to the extent of 80 . 000 / . .
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empire , and sufficient for any emergency . A Royal proclamation was issued on Saturday , regarding the manning of the navy ; an increased bounty of 101 . to volunteers is offered , which will doubtless induce a large increase to this arm of our defences . At Woolwich and Chatham , the Admiralty have directed the whole of the vessels , comprising the second division of the steam reserve , to have their sea fire-hearths immediately fixed" on board , and are hastening the completion of the various new class steam-frigates in progress of construction ; augmenting the working establishments of every department . A great number of additional hands have been accordingly ordered to be taken on forthwith . We ( Times ) understand that there are at . present no less than 700 vacancies . for young gentlemen as cadets in the naval service .
... The Cape Town Argus says : —The search for her Majesty ' s brig Sappho , supposed to have been lost on her voyage to Australia , is , we are confidently informed , about to be renewed . H . M . steamer , Hermes , is immediately to be dispatched to St . Paul ' s , the Croze ttes and Desolation Island , & c , for that purpose . . .. Louis Napoleon ' s new cannon are internally grooved , as in arms " de precision . " The calibres are reduced to two dimensions only—12-pounders for siege guns , and 4-pounders for field batteries . For . the navy the calibres remain unaltered . The
solid ball is done away with , the projectile being one which strikes like a full shot , and then bursts like a shell , thus having a double effect . It is fitted with waddings of lead , which enter into the grooves of the gun / and give the requisite precision to the aim . A mass of masonry , breached by a battery of the 12-pounder new guns , at a distance of 70 metres , proved that fewer rounds from the rifled gun were required to open the breach than from the old 24 , and at double the distance . The 4-pounder field piece is so small , that gunners can carry it on their shoulders Without difliculty . _
.... A large detachment of Coast Guardsmen , called in for sea service , have arrived at Portsmouth , These men , the greater number of whom are good seamen , wilt be drafted into the ships just commissioned , and form the nuclei of crews , to be completed by
volunteers . Agents for the Admiralty , were during last week engaged in Liverpool , making arrangements for chartering first-class steamships to convey troops and warlike stores to the Mediterraneani According to a telegram from Trieste , a British squadron has left Malta for the Adriatic . It is added that another squadron is to cruise before Genoa . We shall probably soon hear whether Government will respond to the patriotic feeling which has been awakened in the matter of volunteering . At a meeting of the Portsmouth Town Council a resolution was unanimously agreed to : — " That it is desirable to establish a volunteer rifle corps within the borough , and that the town council be requested to communicate with the proper authorities , asking for the necessary assistance . "
On Wednesday , at Chatham , the screw liner , Hood , 91 , was launched . The ceremony of " christening ' ¦ ' the ship was performed by Miss Hood , a granddaughter of Lord Hood , after whom the vessel is named . The screw corvette , Charybdis , 21 , is ordered to be launched on the 1 st of June . In consequence of a sudden order received from the Admiralty the whole of the seamen riggers at Chatham proceeded on Wednesday to Sheerness for the purpose of assisting in navigating the line-of-battle screw steamer ,
Royal George , 102 , round to Portsmouth . Colonel Bloomfield , R . A ., Second Commandant of Woolwich garrison , and Aide-de-camp to Her Majesty , has received his appointment as Inspeotor-General of Artillery . Sir Richard Dacres is named as the probable successor of General Williams as Commandant of Woolwich . General Williams , in a few days , will proceed to his new appointment a » Commander-in-Chief of the district of Canada and Nova Scotia .
NAVAL AND MILITARY . The most enorgotio steps have boon takon by Government to furnish forth a . naval forco worthy of the
An Admiralty notice has been issued , inviting applications from dulyi-qualifled persons to serve as Second Masters in the Royal Navy . During the . last few days the naval rendezvous on Tower-hill was besieged by hundreds of persons anxious to , take service in tho Royal Navy under tho new regulations , awarding a bounty for / entering .
A^Dublin Wednesday-Jud Gment Was^Venhi T...
A ^ Dublin Wednesday-jud gment was ^ venhi the Court of Queen ' s Bench on the apTjlicatW ?? admit tojmil the prisoners in Tralee Gaol SlS trial at the next assizes on a charge of beihffSw of the Pho 3 nix Club . The judges ¦ dtaaSeSnT *?* lordships delivered judgment in the ^ Sf' * £ ? Mr . Justice Hayes and the Lord Chief Justice A cided against the application ; and Judges O'BrW and Perrin were m favour of it . The Court b £ equally divided , the application fell to the eroima and the prisoners are to remain in gaol . uuu « » At Kilheggan , county Westmeath , Mr . Jesson * t Tyrrel's Pass , had taken a farm from wlS ' thf former tenant had been evicted . Here he has since resided , never leaving home without being armafT and almost invariably escorted by a policeman On Saturday , having been at Kilbeggan , he returned without his escort . Near his own house , he was fired at by a man stationed behind a wall by the roadside . The shot took effect in his abdomen but he had time to observe the man who wounded' him and to return his fire before he fell insensible . The ball has been extracted , but little hopes of recovery are entertained . This Outrage occurred in the broad daylight , at about four o'clock in the afternoon on the public road , in a populous neighbourhood ' and within sight of a police barracks . '
IRELAND . There has been a serious riot at Limerick , arising out of tho election . On Wednosday tho police were assailed with stones and other missiles . Tho Riot Act was road , and orders wore given to flre . Two man were killed and five wounded . It was feared that , dospite tho exertions of the clergy and magistrates , togothon with the nolrcoand military forces , s 6 mo iurthor serious rioting would Occur . Demonstrations arc numerous in honour of the successful candidates . Messrs . Russell and Gavan .
— Election Speeches.
— ELECTION SPEECHES .
^ . • Mr. Bebnal Osborke.—At The Dover E...
^ . Mr . Bebnal Osborke . —At the Dover election this gentleman endeavoured , amid a terrific row between his friends and those of the successful candidates , to address the electors ; and seldom has that eminent joker so vigorously sustained his reputation . He .. hinted that Sir Henry Leeke ( who appears to be as unhappy in his name as in his principles ) was sailing " under sealed orders . " He compared Mr . Birmingham , a gentleman who had brought forward another candidate who had not beeii heard of in politics for twenty-two years , to a . 4 < resurrection man . " The . candidate himself was one of those " flowers born to blush unseen , and waste his sweetness on the—Dover—air . " Britannia was " amost
respectable old lady who had formed an unfortunate connexion with Sir Jolin Pakihgton . " The proposer of Sir Henry Leeke , a surgeon , was a " bungler with a lancet" and a " bungler with the tongue , " and was further held np to public ridicule as a rejected suitor . of one of Mr . Osboroe ' s relatives . Dover and the Conservatives were compared to Susannah and the Elders ; the clergy of the establishment were ¦ " favourable &* ' once to peace and punch ; " Mr . Nicol was to " discount bills at one percent ; " Sir J . Pakington was " a pocket Nero ,
fiddling while the empire was in flames ; ' Leekeinevitable and unfortunate Admiral—was " a leek who would bring tears to nobody ' s eyes . " He then thanked the electors for the attention they had given him " under very exciting circumstances . " They reminded him , he said , of the description of an Irish election , which said , " the election concluded with a bonfire , a riot , and other demonstrations of enjoyment . " He wished them all good evening , and he hoped , when next they caught him addressing them from those hustings , they would not wear'm their
hats so many gold laurel leaves . Sir Robert Pjkel , M . P . —At Tamworth , on the day of nomination ( says a contemporary ) , Sir KoDeri became humourous , and unaffectedly familiar , wr Henry Leeke , who has been returned for Dover , he called a " leaky old Admiral ; " , like » . comical Cassandra , prophesied that tho " leaky" old gentleman was , at the very moment ho was speaking , being « skinned like ah eel " by . Mr . Osborne . As for Mr . Daniel , who ventured to oppose Sir Robert , he was the small boor candidate . " The F ^ Lwd of the Admiralty ho stylod a " bumptious sort of a man , " and the Lord of Tanworth finally ¦ convulsed his audience with a jovial parallel botweon bw *«&*&& i ™ £ ; S 7 A ? ! i 55 £ S 5 S
of the Under Secretary ^ r Foreign Affairs tlgro was a . passage relative to Russia . Ho said o W > vornment had put a question to ^ f ^^ j 'L direct terms , whether a treatv ^ xxsted <» W £$ anything hostile to England . Prince Gortech . own replied in those words i- "I do ^\^ nv tmmvo exists a written engagement botwoon BJ-ancj » n Russia , but I can assuro you in the most posu ^ nmaner that such an arrangement con ains » ° ™ g that , in tho most distant manner , could be wgJJJgJ as constituting a hostile alhanco W ^' M tho If Lord Malmosbury should ^ o Auostionp d on t"J subject , ho may answer with confldenoo in tI o aw sense , and I give you my personal ff uarajtoo uuw declaration wUl not bo falsified by tho ( Jots .
because of tho polloy whfoh it might Wj »' ^ and because of the crisis , wltl ) ivWoh it wouw g » to deal . Tho foreign affairs of England , it wvs m » >
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Leader (1850-1860), May 7, 1859, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07051859/page/4/
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