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THE VOLUNTEERS. The London Rifle Rrigade...
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LAW, POLICE, AND CASUALTIES. In referenc...
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Naval And Military. At Colchester A Priv...
« atiie direction , and that the superintendence of the laboratory will merge into that of the gun factories , # hich will create a redaction of no insignificant importance in the general expenditure . In order to have the A riadne , 26 , screw frigate , nojv in the fitting-basin at Chatham , completed by the 19 th . inst ., at which date she is ordered to leave the basin , a number of men in the employ of the contractors for supplying her engines are employed from 6 o ' clock in the morning until 8 in the evening in fitting her machinery . . . ; . ' ¦ - ,- ¦ the
With the exceptiou of about 30 shipwrights , whole of the additional labourers , shipwrights , and mechanics ordered to be taken on at Chatham dockyard for the augmentation of that establishment have now been entered . Owing to the great demand for shipwrights at private dockyards , the Admiralty , have experienced some difficulty m procuring a sufficient number of that class of artizans to complete the entries ordered to be made , but , from intelligence which has been received at Chatham from the shipbuilding yards in the north , the full number of men required will be shortly obtained , several first-class workmen having expressed their intention to enter at Chatham dockyard .
The members of the National Defence Commission arrived at Dent ' s Portland Hotel , Southsea , on Wednesday evening . On Thursday , accompanied by Major-Gen . Sir James Torke Scarlett , K . C . B ., they embarked -from the Sallyport stairs on board the Vividpaddle yacht , and proceeded to Hurst Castle and the forts which guard the western entrance to the Solent and Spithead . Two gunboats , the Beaver and Rainbow , and a steam tug , with 200 men of the Itoyal Artillery , had left the portearly in the morning for the same destination .
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The Volunteers. The London Rifle Rrigade...
THE VOLUNTEERS . The London Rifle Rrigade has at length 300 men drilling daily , which number , if the affair is not to be a complete mockery , ought to be increased tenfold immediately . At Clapham and Bermondsey this week new corps have been formed , and the men of Westminster have met , and determined to emulate the doings of the volunteers of that ancient city in 1803 . Among the new provincial companies and battalions which have been inaugurated this week we find the inhabitants of the following places : —Kidderminster , Brierley Hill , Weston -super-Mare , Waltham , Bewdley , Forfar ( artillery ) , Warwick , Burnham , Ghippenham , the East Riding of Yorkshire , Launceston , Skipton , and Tunbridge .
At Bristol and Glasgow , in addition to their fine regiments of rifle volunteers , the citizens are organising artillery battalions . On the subject of volunteer cavalry , Sir W . ^ Napier , in his quaint and characteristic manner , "Observes ' ¦ ¦ — " Each gun , whether manned by volunteers or militia artillerymen—and there are many good ones—should be attended by a small corps of volunteer cavalry always moving with it , ready to support the skirmishers and protect the gun from accidental roving detachments of the enemy ' s horsemen . "VYe also should have roying horsemen—aye , and fighting horsemen , numerous and bold . They would soon teach the French cavaliers how much a good horse has to do in warfare ; horses never blunder if their riders be earnest and strongwilled . "
A correspondent of the Times warns volunteers purchasing their own arms , against being taken in . He says ; r— " The Government rifle is as good a weapon as the English trade can turn ' out ; every part of it is carefully viewed in detail , before it is set up , by the War-offlce viewers , men of good experience , who ascertain that , both as to materials and make , it is completely up to the mark . On the Other hand , the rifles supplied to private individuals Are not viewed in detail , if , indeed , they are viewed at all by competent viewers . It is notorious at the present moment that quantities of inferior
materials , which have been rejected by the War-office viewers , are being worked up to meet these , private orders ; and that the skilled workmen , who have hitherto been wholly employed on the Government contracts , are claiming permission from their emto have a share of the private work , because , beingsubjected to no War-office view , it can be more rapidly and profitably scamped over . I need say no more . Noblemen and gentlemen connected with rifle corps are now warned , and can act as they / please . "
A Blunderbuss Or A Large Pistol Loaded W...
a blunderbuss or a large pistol loaded with slugs , several of which took effect on Harlin , who received the contents in the neck , arm , and body . His house is situate within about 200 perches of the police station at Oooraclevin . He / is an under ^ agent or bailiff on the estate < jf a Mr * Stackpoole ; who has recently purchased property at Cooraclevin and proposed raising the rents of the tenantary , who , having refused to comply with the proposed increase , were served with notices to quit , which duty was performed by Harlin , who was therefore fired at . During the night four men , named Patrick Egan , Michael Egan , William . Egan , ¦ an < l Edward Fox , "were arrested by the police on suspicion . Some of the accused are tenants of Mr . Stackpoole ,
Mr . Moutray , of Clogher , had received a threatening notice , requiring that his bailiff should be forthwith discharged ( the notice was , of course , annoymous ) , whereupon Mr . Moutray called his tenants together , as well as the labourers on his estate , and made a speech , the burden of which was an attack upon Popish tenants ; Popish partisans , and Popish conspirators , believing that the threat had proceeded from a Papist , and Was the result of a conspiracy in which Papists alone had a hand . Mr . Moutray finished by declaring that if anybody injured him every Roman Catholic would suffer , for punishment would be inflicted upon them all .
IRELAND , 'On Sunday evening , a man named John Harlin , wrfcUng in Cooraclevin , in the barony of Olonliah , WffK «> opui ^ ty , was flred a-tj < and wounded . The mine !^ wfiW ^ oaae wera close by , and there , it . issup-¦ ' S 85 SSt'j !™ 2 tyfcaflfrtns'lay concealed , Harlin saw one fil ^ 7 lt i ^§ T n ) 0 Q ^ i » wa'k deliberately away after wHifrg tfeo ' shdt , which was discharged from either
Law, Police, And Casualties. In Referenc...
LAW , POLICE , AND CASUALTIES . In reference to the late n re at the Paraffin Light Company ' s premises , BucMersbnry ,. the solicitors of those interested have attended at the Mansion House to report to the Lord Mayor the result of the coroner's inquest , rind to come to an understanding as to how the business should be conducted in future , so as to ensure the safety of contiguous property , and satisfy the neighbours as to their personal immunity from danger . Some discussion took place , and suggestions were entertained to secuTc the desired results , which are to be further considered when the arrangements have made some progress .
The Court of Bankruptcy on Wednesday granted permission to sell property at Enfield , belonging to J . E . Buller , the bankrupt solicitor , of Lineoln ' sinn-nelds , for the purpose of paying off the claim of an equitable mortgagee thereon . The case of Ernest Levy , jeweller , of 352 , Strand , was adjourned . A strong opposition is anticipated in this case . The adjourned examination meeting in the case of Messrs . Ayers and Melliss , who had traded as general merchants at Nottingham and New York , was further adjourned for three months ; and a petition , praying for an order directing that the Ruardean Colliery Company should be wound up , was dismissed , all parties consenting ,
On Thursday , in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , a rule nisi was granted ; at the instance of Lord Brougham , calling upon the Westmoreland Gazette to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against it for libelling the noble lord , representing that he had used undue influence in relation to a certain charitable property . Marshall , Mortimer , and Eicke , who had been convicted of the illegal sale of a commission , wore brought up for judgment on Thursday . To Marshall is assigned six months' imprisonmnt and a £ 200 fine ; Mortimer and Eicke get the same term of imprisonment , but with 4 ! 100 fine each , and in . all the three cases the fine must be paid before the prisoners are released .
At the Equity Court , yesterday , Mr . Mayhew again directed notice to a petition which relates to the new East India Five per Cent . Loan , nnd was asked to mention the matter again . Joseph Henry Jay , an income-tax collector , residing at Kingsland , has been placed before Mr . P'Eyncourt , at Worship-street Police-court , charged with fraud in ' the collection of that assessment . The magistrate remanded the case , and not considering the evidence offered of a very satisfactory kind ; accepted bail in two sureties of £ 200 each . Another " highly respectable" man has been caught tripping at Hereford , and groat care appears to have been taken in vain to hush the matter up . The serious people of that quiet city have been edified by the apprehension of Mr . Thomas Hancon merchant
a timber , and one of the deacons of the Baptist church of that place , oiva charge of forgery . He had resorted to the practice of uttering forged bills to bankers , and talcing them up before they became due , by which the offence remained a secret . Unfortunately for him , one drawn in May last upon Messrs Hanbury and Co ., of London , for the sum of 237 / . 3 s , wo , b , either from nogieot or Inability to do so , not taken up , and , the fact having como out that the bill in question was a forgery , the prisoner was quietly apprehended at his residence a few evenings since , and from the position of tire prisoner , and the respect for those connected with him , the matter was kept as secret ns possible . In fact , It only became known to a few of his most intimate friends . Tho prisoner was also soorotly admitted to ball by a
magistrate , who , it would appear , is a friend , the prisoner himself in 40 OZ . and two sureties in 200 Z each . As all efforts to hush up the affair proved futile , the hearing of the case Was fixed for Tuesdav The prisoner , however , failed to 'appear ; and it subsequently transpired that he had left the neighbourhood . Mr . Fitter , of the firm of Fitter and Warder , of Birmingham , appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Smith of the same place , for the prisoner . A long discussion having taken place as to the mode of procedure in siich a case Mr . Titter , in opening the case , stated that at the ' request of the prisoner they had consented to
postpone the hearing of the ease from time to time until their patience had become quite exhausted . He therefore pressed that the hearing might be proceeded with . During Mr . Fitter ' s remarks a telegraphic message was Teceived by Mr . Smithy the prisoner ' s attorney . It proved to be from Mr . H . James , of Birmingham , who said Haneon had requested him to say that he had met with an accident , and could not attend , but that he should proceed to London to secure the services of Serjeants Parry and Ballantine . The clerk of the magistrates having called upon the defendant three several times to appear , his bail was estreated .
Three bricklayers , named Jenkins , Stanley , and Davies , have been convicted before Mr . Elliott , at Lambeth Police Court , of threatening and intimidating John Roy , in order to force him to belong-to a society . Jenkins and Stanley veru sentenced to one month , and Davies to fourteen days' imprisonment ; but an appeal to the quarter sessions having been entered , they were liberated for the present on bail . At the Mansion-house , Thomas Brooks was charged with procuring a cheque-book from the London Joint Stock Bank bymeans of a forged request . The book when recovered , on the prisoner being
apprehended , was found to have twentA ' -threc cheques wanting . These had all been forged with the names of vari- . ous tradesmen , and hadsubsequenty been presented at the bank for payment . A remand for a week w . 13 ordered for the purpose of making further inquiry . At the -South Shields Police-court the mate of the Prussian barque Emily was charged with assaulting Frederick Peters , a seaman on board the same vessel . Mr . Leiglitbn , ship chandler , of North Shields , acted as interpreter between the Bench and the parties . During the examination a man in the body of the court called out , in a foreign accent ,
that the interpreter was speaking falsely . Ihc Bench asked him if he was a witness . lie replied that , being a Prussian by birth , and , therefore , knowing the language , ho could easily detect the falsehoods that had been uttered . lie knew the English tongue very well , having resided in England many years . The Bench requested the man to come round to the witness-box , and then asked Mr . Leighton whether he had been speaking the truth , to which he replied that ho had not . lie admitted that he had been engaged by the defendant . On hearing this the Bench ordored him to sit down . The case ,
with the assistance of tin honest interpreter , was clearly proved against the defendant , who was fined 20 s . The magistrate merely sai I that U'ighton had conducted himself "improperly , " instead ot sending tho scoundrel to prison . During the gale on Tuesday , a catastrophe occurred off Liverpool . by which a fine barque and all on board were lost . She was the Austrian barque , Tyrol , Captain Castelli , belonging to Flume , a Ben ,-port in the Adriatic , and went ashore on the iaiuo Benbo Banks , close to the Cheshire coast . Wuen she was observed on shore it was about halt-past two o ' clock on Monday afternoon , but m tho winu at the time was only blowing moderately ntill , it > »» believed that tho Tyrol was at each successive wave becoming less visible . A fow solitary shots ana blue lights were fired to point out the position 01 iiiu vessel , but even those sitrnals fuilod to bring assistuci
ance . About twelve o ' clock tho sea was very v , but still hopes were entertained that » 10 ° ,, " £ board might hold out until day break , 'l ' jip ™* came , but the position which the vessel had otuippied tho preceding evening was viu ; ant--i 101- » vestige of the wroclT was visible The into 0 tl oso on board was easily told—they had shared that 01 Tho jury have returned a verdict of ftc ^}?" * death at tho inquest on tho body of tho »' lfort ""^ man Thomas Hino , who was killed by the explosion at the Surrey Consumers' Gas Works . A dreadful accident happened on Salimlay Jjoj noon at what is called tho " Big I'lt , " In the oig'i bourhood of Far Groon , near Hanloy , by which wo regrot to state that ton persons lost their nvts . »« ton othorB wero severely injured . It » W > o &« t' 1 (? t * company of mon employed at tho pit wero nsoomung in a cage , and from want of attention of tho inwi w the wheel , tho cage , Instead of stopping whonw reached the bank , was thrown over tho wheel Dotww upwards , by which ton persons wero thrown ous «»» killed on the spot , another dying soon afiorwarau .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 12, 1859, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12111859/page/6/
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