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Imperial Parliament. Monday % July 4. In...
srith advertisements , in most conspicuous positions in the London thoroughfares . Tor this purpose the Bill would give to the Chief Commissioner of Works a veto upon the construction of any such edifices in the metropolitan highways . The vote being challengedwhen put from the chair , a division was called , when , the motion was affirmed by a majority of 165 to 46 . Leave vraa then given to bring in the bill . ADTTLTEBATION . Mr . Scholefield moved the second reading of the Adulteration of Food , & c .. Bill . Official analysts are to be appointed in cities and towns under the local authorities , with the consequence , should the result prove adulteration by deleterious or injurious admixtures , of subjecting the vendor to serious penalties . —Mr . Haedt opposed the motion , contending that the bill would lead to oppression , and furnish profitable employment for common informers . —Mr . Cowpee , Lord R . Cecil , Mr ; Walter , and Mr . Beady supported the bill . After a few ¦ w ords from Mr . E . James , the Home Secretary objected to the measure on account of the vagueness of its provisions , and the House divided—For the motion , 227 ; For the amendment , 103 ; total , 124 . The bill was then read a second time . The Court of Probate ( Acquisition of Site ) Bill passed through connmitte . ¦ •• The Public Health Bill , the Cleric of the Council Bill , and the Admiralty Court Bill , were respectively read a second time . The House then adjourned at half-past eleven .
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NATAL AND MILITARY . Tins War Department has lately made arrangements for forwarding photographic apparatus to every military station in the empire , for the purpose of taking views of ccast lines ; fortifications , & c , for transmission to head-quarters . Of the latest innovation which we have introduced into modern warfare , the Times says : —Supposing the new steam ram to prove a successful design , the finest specimens , of modern men-of-war will be reduced by comparison to the helplessness of cockboats . Conceive a monstrous fabric floating in midchannel , fire-proof and ball-proof , capable of hurling broadsides of 1001 b . shot to a distance of six miles , or of clapping on steam at pleasure , and running
down everytloing on the surface of the sea with a momentum utterly irresistible I This is no chimera , or at any rate it is not a mere speculative conception . It may not realise all our expectations , but it is actually in course of construction , and the vessel will be launched , it is said , next June . This terrible engine of destruction is expected to be itself indestructible . We are told that she may be riddled with shot-r-supposing axiy shot could pierce her sides , that she may have her stem and her stern cut to pieces , and be reduced apparently to a shapeless wreck , without losing her buoyancy or power . Supposing
that she relies upon the shock of her impact instead o fighting her guns , it is calculated that she would sink a line-of-battle ship in three minutes , so that a squadron as large as our whole fleet now in commission would be destroyed in about one hour and a quarter . These are the prospects held out to us , but they are not fulfilled yet , " and perhaps never may be . At present our means of defence are ordinary ships of war , and we are providing them accordingly . This time next year they may be steam rams , and then our new fabrics will take that form . The obligation is a costly one , no doubt ; but if it saves us from wur , we ought to be thankful for the chance ..
An abstract of the Navy Estimates and further Supplementary Estimate for the year 1859-60 has appeared in print . The original estimates for the current year amounted to 10 , 804 , 777 / ., and the supplementary estimate to 1 , 877 , 278 / ., making a gross ¦ ta $ a'l of 12 , 082 , 055 / . ; 6 , 311 , 723 * . of this has already boen voted' " on account , " and 6 , 370 , 332 Z . remains to be provided for otit of the public pxirse . Full particulars of the items have already teen given . tetters from the Mediterranean state that the uorew-liner Marlborougrh , four sailing ships o the lino , and one Aviso etearner , originally bound for
Athens , on receipt of important dispatches last week , took another direction . The frigate EuryaluB , having on board Prince Alfred , lias also been ordered to proceed on its "way with all speed . By the official Navy List , just published , we find the following to l ) e the present force of the Channel flood ;~ -Royal Albert . 121 s Edgar , 91 ; Horo , 01 j James Watt , 01 j Algiers , 01 ; Caesar , 90 ; Lifioy , 51 ; Emerald , Si j Mersey , 40 ; Dladorn , 32 ; Curacoa , 31 ) Termagant , 2 fi , Pioneer , 6 ; all of which aro owiw-stcaniorfl . making a grand total of 811 guns , aad , with 8 , 185 officers and men .
The General Commandlng-ln-Chiof , attended bv > Lord Burghersh , on Thursday , rode down to Woolwteh , and held on ofliclal inspection of the Royal
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the country by forming a volunteer rifle corps , to be designated the " London Scottish Volunteers . " Sir Charles Forbes , Bart ., seconded the motion , which , after some slight discussion , was agreed to unanimously . It is expected that the corps will be a very strong one . Lord Elcho suggested that the Knickerbocker dress ( loose breeches , leggings , and ankle boots ) should be used ; that the colour should be the Austrian grey , and not invisible green ; and that the arms should be the Lancaster smooth oval-bored rifle , similar to that used by the sappers and miners ; recommending that they should , if possible , be breech loaders .
VOLUNTEER CORPS . DEHtrao by volunteers is going on all over the country , and new corps are daily springing up . On Monday was held a preliminary meeting for the formation of a rifle corps , to be ealled the " London Scottish Volunteers . " Lord Elcho , M . P ., occupied the chair , and was supported by Sir John Heron Maxwell , Bart ., Sir CharlesJForbes , Bart ., Sir William Forbes ; Bart ., & c . Sir John Heron Maxwell proposed a resolution that Scotchmen resident in and in the neighbourhood pf London be invited to participate in strengthening the defensive resources of
We are happy to find that the metropolis is taking its share in-this popular movement , and we hope soon to record a result worthy of the Tyealth , intelligence , and population of London . Pimlico , South Middlesex , and Marylebbne corps have all been astir this week , and the Lord Mayor has fixed Thursday , the 21 st of July inst ., for a public meeting , at the Council Chamber , Guildhall , to consider the propriety of forming a "Volunteer Rifle Corps , under the title of the " London Rifle Brigade . " The Council sit daily at . the London Tavern to receive communications . ;
At a meeting held a few days ago at Worcester , Lord Lyttleton , the Lord-Lieutenant of that county , intimated that the new ; Government intends to furnish to each rifle corps a stand of arms' for practice , in the proportion of one rifle to every five men , without charge , a determination which will go far to remove the difficulty which has " hitherto obstructed the success of this movement .
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IRELAND . It is stated that the Earl of Carlisle -will not arrive in Dublin until Monday . Lord Egliritoun and suite proceed to his seat in Scotland . The rumour gains ground that Colonel Larcom , the Under Secretary for Ireland , is to be promoted to some advanced post on the other side of the Channel . Should this be the case , there will be , as a matter of course , a revival of the "justice to Ireland" cry by a demand for the selection of a native to fill the vacant place . A herd to Mr . Bradshaw , of Phillipstown House , named Edward Murphy , was brutally murdered last week , as he was returning from the fair at Templemore . The roof of : the ill-fated man ' s skull was completely smashed , and the brain protruded . The reason assigned for this dreadful outrage is that Murphy prosecuted at petty sessions s , ome parties charged with trespassing upon his master ' s land .
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tunate as to obtain a verdict giving her possession of a fine property after her right to it had been surrendered by her counsel , the late Lord Chancellor . The lady now sues his lordship for damage sustained by her through the compromise which he entered into , without her authority . Lord Chelmsford himself was placed under examination , and one of his answers to the cross-examining counsel elicited a burst of applause from his sympathising brothers . Sir C . Cresswell , who tried the ease , and whose couduct was the subject of a count in the plaintiff ' s case , on which the
judge in the action decided there was no evidence to go to the jury , was also put into the witnessbox for the defence ; and after him , Sir A . Cockburn , who was opposed to the then Sir F . Thesiger at the first trial . Sir F . Kelly asked if there was any evidence to go to the jury ? The Lord Chief Baron said there was -not a particle of evidence upon the second count . The learned counsel then made a most powerful address on behalf of his client . The jury returned a verdict for the defendant on both counts without a moment ' s
hesitation . In the Court of Bankruptcy , a second-clas 3 certificate has been granted to Messrs Rogers and Gladstone , ship and insurance brokers and shipowners of Billtter-street . Edward Callow , who had been in partnership with Rogers and Gladstone , passed his last examination , —Robert Dennis White and John Gregory , who carried on business as East India array agents and bankers in the Haymarket , also passed their final examination without opposition . of the examination held
—A . U adjournment meeting under the bankruptcy of John Bagshaw , late M . P . for Harwich , was ordered . The bankrupt was described as a lodging-house keeper at Dovereourt . —A . petition praying for a winding-up order was presented against the Howbeacli Coal Company ( Limited ) , which , it appears , was incorporated in J une , 1858 , for working a colliery in the Forest of Dean , with a nominal capital of 12 , 000 / ., in 240 shares . The requisite amount of ' capital not having been raised , no lease was obtained , hence the
petition . At the Middlesex Sessions James Ware pleaded guilty to various robberies in Whitechapel . The prisoner was ; one of a gang of thieves infesting Whitechapel , whose proceedings had lately attracted public attention . He was condemned to penal servitude for six years . At the Central Criminal Court John Lockhart Morton pleaded guilty to a charge of uttering a forged acceptance for 500 / . Judgment deferred until next session . —Robert Merritt and Joseph Taylor were found guilty of robbing an infirm old that
woman , with great violence , and it appearing they had both been convicted before , and were bad characters , they were each sentenced to four years ' penal servitude . —In the case of the man Moore , who had murdered his wife in " Wai worth , a verdict of manslaughter was returned , which subjected him to the mitigated penalty of transportation for life , the jury being probably averse to an execution such as that which took place at Nevgate on Monday . The prisoner had admitted the murder , in a letter which he had written , and quite as much deserved to suffer the extreme penalty as the man who has been hanged at Newgate .
In the Queen s Bench , on Thursday , was commenced the case of Fletcher v , Fletcher , an action for false imprisonment . The plaintilF is the nephew of the defendant ( a colonol in the army ) whohml locked hiimip as a lunatic , but who appears to have generally acted with kindness to him . Plainti ( F , after a short confinement , made his escape , was nearly re-captured , finally got away , dressed in petticoats . His case scorns to have been , taken up by Mr . Charles Reade and some other gentlemen ; it was not concluded yesterday . . ¦ , ¦
A commission agent , named Lyon Goldsmith , of Finsbury-pavement , who was last week made a bankrupt , and immediately thereafter given into custody , has undergone examination at Guildhall , on a charge of being guilty of certain fraudulent transactions connected with his bankruptcy . An adjournment was ordered . The servant girl , Ann Bryant , who was remand od at Lambeth Police court on a charge of arson , has been discharged , Mr . Elliott deeming the evidence insufficient to warrant her further detention .
LAW , POLICE , AN £ > CASUALTIES . On Monday Samuel Adams , the lunatic murderer , was hanged at Newgate ., Vice-Chancellor Wood has given judgment in the celebrated case , " G-ye v . Graziani '; " and after examining the evidence and going through the facts , made the following decree : —^ I nj unction , to issue in the same terms as the injunction originally made ; all costs to be paid by the two defendants , Signor Graziani and Mr . E .. T . Smith ; inquiry in chambers as to damages . Judgment has also been given in the Queen ' s Bench on the rule calling upon the Bishop of Chichester to issue a commission against the Rev . R . W . Randall , for teaching certain doctrines opposed to ecclesiastical law . The . rule was discharged with costs , on the ground that the bishop had a discretionary power in the matter .
la the Court of Exchequer at Guildhall , the case of " Swinfen v , Lord Cholmsford , " 1 ms been tried . Tho question Ja whether Lord Chelrasford , then Sir F . Thosigor , had wrongly compromised an issue tried at Stafford in reference to a will In which the plaintiff- was interested , Mr « . Swinfea was so
for-The trial of Dr . Smethurst began at the Old Bniley on Thursday , before the Lord Chief Barort , and is likely to last over to-day , Aftur the prisoner had pleaded , he stated that ho objected to the Lord Chief Baron boing the presiding judge , as he understood his lordship to be au intimate personal friend of Dr . Taylor , tho chief medical witness against him . The Chief Baron allowed that there was no force in such an objection , and as Mr . Justice Wightman was of the same opinion , the
trial proceeded . A juryman then made an objection to serve , on the ground that what the prisoner had uaid had prejudiced hia mind against him . But the juryman was told that lie ought to have miule his objection before he ivas sworn . Mr . Serjeant Ballantine stated tho case against the prlwoner , and some leading testimony was afterwards taken , including that of Miss B / ialcoa . In the New Court , John JBariloo , a negro , was put on his trial for stabbing a police oflicor . It was stiited that tho prisoner had been purchased on the coast of Africa , by a Genoese captain , and that in using his knife ho noted under tho impression that
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Leader (1850-1860), July 9, 1859, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09071859/page/6/
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