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Ko.472, April 9, 1859.] THE LEADP 455
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CRIMINAL RECORD. Jambs William Mitchell,...
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ACCIDENTS. The inquest on the bodies of ...
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IRELAND. On Monday Mr. Attorney-General ...
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NAVAL AND MILITARY. His Royal Highness t...
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Astonishiko Fisat at Niaoaua.—An America...
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Ko.472, April 9, 1859.] The Leadp 455
Ko . 472 , April 9 , 1859 . ] THE LEADP 455
Criminal Record. Jambs William Mitchell,...
CRIMINAL RECORD . Jambs William Mitchell , second engineer of the steamer Bogota , convicted at Liverpool of the manslaughter of Thomas Landor , the unfortunate Coriiish miner , whose martyrdom has caused him a kind of rude canonisation as the " roasted sailor , " has been sentenced by Mr . Justice Willes : to fifteen years ' penal servitude . The learned and humane j udge who pronounced the sentence stated that " he must mark his sense of the cruelty of the punishment inflicted , and that if he was wrong he might be set right . " On Thursday , at Birkenhead , the announcement was made that a boy , named Joseph Marsden , belonging to the reformatory hulk , Akbar , had been flogged to death . At the inquest , which has been adiourned , it was stated that the boy had been ailing gome time , but that on Thursday he was whipped , from which he never recovered . The body exhibited evidence of severe treatment . There is to be a post-mortem examination . The unhappy youth Frederick Prentice , convicted of the murder of Emma Coppin , at Queenborough , in Kent , underwent the last penalty of the law on Thursday morning , at Maidstone .
Accidents. The Inquest On The Bodies Of ...
ACCIDENTS . The inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate persons whose lives were sacrificed by the powder explosion at Hounslow , was formally opened on Saturday . The proprietors of the powder mills undertook to bear any special expenses which might be incurred , Mr . Wakley explaining that on a previous . occasion , when lie felt it necessary to provide a model for the information of the jury , the sum that he paid for it was disallowed by the county lnagistrates , and he was compelled to be the loser . . An explosion took place at the Favershani Powder Mills on Saturday morning . Fortunately , owing to the absence of a large number of the workmen , no one was killed , and only a few injured .
Wombwell ' s Menagerie last week was being exhibited to a crowded assembly in a field at Maes-y-dre , Flintshire . A furious gale of wind was blowing , and four of the caravans ( forming one entire side ) , containing lions , tigers , and bears , were thrown in upon the people , carrying with them the roof , poles , and lights , and burying the people beneath . Four persons were killed and twenty wounded . A fatal accident has happened in Chatham dockyard to a workman named Gallavan . The deceased ¦ was doing something to one of the pumping engines , when his clothes came into contact with a portion of the macliinery , and he was immediately drawn in , his body , before the engine could be stopped , being torn limb from limb .
The American mail , which arrived on Thursday , brings the account" of several disasters at sea . The ship Centurion arrived at New York on the 23 rd ult . from Glasgow , having on hoard part of the crew of the bark Droinahair , from Quebec to Sligo , abandoned at sea by her crew . When the Dromahair was fallen in with , she had been twenty-one days a wreck . The crew had subsisted on half a biscuit a day , and what rain water they could catch . Five died of starvation ; the remainder , seven in number ,
vrete taken on board the Centurion , five of whom were subsequently transferred to the ship Magellan , The Tanaro had also arrived at New York with the crew of the French ship Bengal , who were taken off in lat . 85 . 8 , long . 40 . 41 , the ship being waterlogged and unmanageable . . The Bengal sailed from St . Pierre , Martinique , for Bordeaux , on tho 11 th of January , and experienced a succession of heavy gales , ¦ which washed everything from the decks , depriving the crew of food , water , & c , for several days pre--vious to their being 1 picked up .
Ireland. On Monday Mr. Attorney-General ...
IRELAND . On Monday Mr . Attorney-General Whiteside arrived in Belfast , in order to conduct in person tho second trial of the parties charged with being members of a secrot Riband society . Tho prosonco of tho firs ); law officer of tho Crown hns impartod a somewhat graver aspect to tho proceedings , and at the scono of action tho result was looked for witli considerable anxiety . Mr . Rao , the attorney for tho travelers , having vainly ond , cavoured to persuade Baron Fitzgerald to postpono tho trials , that gentleman , following up tho tactics at Traloe , has abandoned tho defence of his clients , with the curt remark , addressed to tho Court , that ho " don't care liow the case goes . " Tho jury , having booh locked lip all night on Wednesday , have boon discharged without agreeing to a verdict . There were olovon Protestants and one Catholic on tho jury . Tho prisoners aro tc stand o \ it till next assizes , if thoy can find bail . Mr . Dobba ' s appointment boing officially
announced in the papers , a vacancy will be created in the representation of Carrickfergus borough . It is announced that the Queen has been pleased to signify her intention of conferring a baronetcy upon Mr . Edward Grbgan , the senior member for the city of Dublin . Mr . Grogan has represented the Irish capital for nearly seventeen , years . He is a Tory of the old school .
Naval And Military. His Royal Highness T...
NAVAL AND MILITARY . His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge held a levee on Thursday at the Horse Guards , which was very numerously attended . An interesting lecture has been delivered at the tlnited Service Institution , on " The Rifle and the Spade . " After an elaborate examination of the pro ^ bable effects of recent improvements in artillery and muskets , the lecturer ( Captain Tyler ) said that the infantry soldier , who , in virtue of Ms enormously increased powers , had become of so much greater importance , should now be better trained . The best infantry that a nation could now possess would be one in which everv man was not only a good
rifleman , but also a good sapper . This country was m a state periodical apprehension Of French invasion . Without putting the rifle into the hands of the people , as it was called , there would be no difficulty in organising and in keeping up a body of 100 , 000 rifle volunteers , from a class who would be alike ready to protect us from internal disturbance or from foreign invasion . With these men to harass the flanks and rear of an invading army , and to oppose their advance , in conjunction with the regular troops and militia , from a series of intrenchments , provided by a sufficient number of sappers ^ the country might be disputed mile by mile- with an invading army in a manner that would prevent the possibility of its
advance . General Frederick Charles White died on Friday last . The deceased general was for many years in the Grenadier Guards , and was present at the sieges of Valenciennes and Dunkirk , and at the action and storming of Lincelles . . The total force of all arms now included in the Aldershott Division is rather aver 15 , 000 men , but from this force 650 must be taken for the 15 th Hussars , who are stationed at Hounslow . The whole of the troops in Canterbury were reviewed by the Commander-in-Chief on Tuesday . The cavalry , under the command of Colonel J . C . II .
Gibsone , comprised the following depots : —The 1 st ; the 2 nd , the 3 rd i artd 7 th Dragoon Guards ; the 7 th and the 8 th Hussars ; and the 17 th Lancers . The infantry depots were under the command of Lieut . - Colonel J . W . Armstrong , C . B ., and embraced the 64 th , the 70 th , the 82 nd , the 90 th , and 98 th depots . The marching of the troops was pronounced excellent , especially for such young soldiers as most of them were . The Commander-in-Chief seemed exceedingly pleased with the very creditable state of efficiency displayed by them , upon which he complimented the commanding officers . His Royal Highness dined with the officers and left by the 7-22 train for town-.
The Gazette contains the copy of tho Royal Order for a Commission to inquire into tho system of recruiting in the army . The Commissioners are Lord Hotham , Colonel Tulloch , William Foster , Colonel John Leslie , Colonel John Smyth , and Peter Blackburn . Admiralty orders ' have been received at Chatham for the launch of tho Cliarybdis , 21 , screw corvette , to take place on the 1 st of June next , immediately after which one of the new screw steamers is ordered to be built at Chatham .
• The admirable method recommended by the Sanitary Commission in their recent official inspection of Woolwich garrison for furnishing a number of baths and washhouses'fbr the free' accommodation of the private soldiers is now complete . Each room contains seven spacious baths supplied with hot and cold water at discretion , and aro situated so as to be easily accessible , being contiguous to tho -barrack quarters , Tho Malta Times , of tho 29 th ult ., states that orders have boon received from England , in pursuance of which the order requiring sentries to " oarry arms and present firms , as the Hoat passes , " has tieon removed .
Astonishiko Fisat At Niaoaua.—An America...
Astonishiko Fisat at Niaoaua . —An American circus performer has , for a wager of a thousand dollars to fifty , accomplished tho feat of walking across tho Niagara Rivor , amid tho rapids between Goat Island and tho Falls . He , performed the tasl * in rathoT more than half an hour , by moans of a pair of stilts " mado of wrought iron , twelve foot long , flat , doublo edged , and pointed . " Tho current struck only against the sharp edges , and produced but little oflbct . Ono false stop would of course have been destruction .
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . : ¦ / CHANCE . . The review in the Champs de Mars on Sunday was favoured with splendid weather . There were about 50 , 000 troops on the ground . The Emperor and Empress were both present , A Paris letter says : — - " If any expectation prevailed in Governmental circles that the review would elicit more enthusiasm than the one which took place a fortnight since , it must before this have been completely undeceived . People were as cold and as dull at this second gathering as at the first . They looked at the troops as they might have looked upon the ~ Bceuf Gfas , with mere idle curiosity , not appearing in any way to associate the idea of war with the military
display they were witnessing . As on the previous occasion , there were no cries , ho shouts of welcome r the Emperor passed among a population utterly indifferent to his presence . Of course claqueurs were in attendance , who earned their money in the usual way ; and there was the usual number of simpletons and rustics who ran forward with delight upon seeing Imperial Majesty approach , and gaveutterance to the usual sounds of rejoicing . But the vast mass of the spectators were as orderly as though , at an Ancient Concert , and as devoid of animation as hired mutes at a funeral . Therefore , if reviewnumber two were intended as demonstration number two , it must be considered a complete and utter failure . "
It is stated that although Count Cavour expressed himself to the Italian refugees in Paris as perfectly satisfied with the Emperor , tliis satisfaction is more apparent than real ; that , in fact , his real feelings are quite of a contrary kind . He is said to be in reality anything but content with the little sympathy the Italian cause found among the French people , and that he was satisfied neither with the Ministry nor with their master . His Majesty-, it is true , received him courteously , as a matter of course , but civil words were not the only things he required , and he left Paris for Turin much less sure of the fulfilment of his hopes than when he came there . :
The Colonel of a regiment quartered in Paris lately , assembled his officers and said to them , " Gentlemen , you may consider war as certain . I beg that any of you who , from the state of your health or other legitimate reason , may not be in a condition to take the field , will at once send in your claims for exemption . " It is rumoured that a division of the army of Paris is under orders to leave for Lyons at a moment ' s notice . _
A letter in the Nord says : — " The Emperor of the French , though accepting as a fact the existence of the treaties of 1816 , will never consent to give them , by his signatxire , a new consecration . la invoking the protocol of the 15 th November , 1818 , of Aix la Chapelle , Austria contrived a plan for obtaining a new sanction of those treaties ; but the Emperor has formally declared that he will not sign in the Congress any protocol mentioning the treaties of 1815 . " ' _
The Marquis de Torcy , a member of the Corps Legislatif for the Orne , died on Monday . He . a landed proprietor of considerable Avealth , and one of the most celebrated cattle breeders in France . Another deputy , Baron Roquet , one of the members for the Gironde , and a son of General Roquet , the Emperor ' s aide-de-camp , is also dead . Prince GortschakofF , the Russian minister of Foreign Affairs ,. is expected this week in Paris . The conferences on the affairs of the Danubian Principalities wore to have opened on Thursday next . There will be two sittings only , both of which will bo occupied with tho consideration of Prince Couza ' s election , The discussion pf tho Danube navigation question is to bo deferred to some future perio . d . The Turkish Ambassador , M . Musurus , means to protest against the double election of Colonel Couza , but it is nevertheless , beliovod that Fuad Pacha is proparQd to sanction tho vote ot tlio majority of tho Congress in his favour . Aa already stated , tho question is virtually settled . „„„„ , „„ The Fronch journals favourable to ponco express pleasure at finding Lord Derby and us sum « rt » rs will retain tho reins of power in England while tho Congress on Italian aflafrs is « n bosbIwi . ' . M ? Mires has purchased thollotol ^ a Uinw ^ m the Rue do Richelieu , In ordor , irs BtntoU ,, to . convert the building -into ofHcos for the UrocHt Industrial Company . * It is « aid that ho , |> . charged yritH the organisation of tho now undertaking . AUSTRIA ' Lottors from Italy state positively . that Austria has askoV for loans from all tho Italian Prliwoa whom she considers her foudatorloa . The Arohdake Maximilian d'Este has responded to the appeal , by
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Leader (1850-1860), April 9, 1859, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09041859/page/7/
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