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Naval And Military. Emhaukation Op Thk G...
svomen and children , embarked on Friday week at Portsmouthyon "board th & Sultana , Culloden , and StamfcouL For the Gape of Good Hope . There . have leen several very serious riots of late between the men and the English soldiers stationed at Portsmouth andGosport , and it was found necessary to place a guard of great strength in the yard . One of the men of the Legion was stabbfid so soverely by another German , that death resulted . The culprit is in custody-HUS 3 U 33 AXj OFIHB SUPERINTENDENT OF A D'OCKtab » . — -The Court appointed to . make inquiry into the charges preferred by Mr ; Triseott , the storekeeper of the Royal William Yard at Plymouth , against Captain Nias , the superintendent of : the yard , having made their report to th & Lords of the Admiralty , their lordships have decided that Captain Nias is .-to be superseded ; and . Mr Triseott himself has not escaped without an admonition . Several of ; thechfirges were declared to be frivolous .
Theatricals at Aldekshott . —The Queen , on the evesing of Thursday week , attended a theatrical performance at AldeFshott , the actors being officers of the army . The farce of The Muvuny was tlxe only thing performed ,, -with the : exception , of " God Save the Queen , " sung T > y the entirestrength of the conipaii 3-. " MrrjTArer Clerks .. —A circular , permitting tb < e employment of soldiers as . military clerks , was issued from the Horse Guards last Saturday , ty order of Lord Panmure , and . addreeed to the general and . other officers commanding in the United Kingdom .
Married and Single Soldiers . —The Secretary of State for War having decided that the married noncommissioned officers and men . belonging to the regiments stationed at Chatham garrison shall be provided with separate rooms apart from the single soldiers , the sum of 6 , O 00 £ is-to be expended therein the erection of suitable buildings for the married troops , and an order has been given for the buildings to be at once commenced . A Milttaky Quarrel .- —It is confidently stated , in military circles , that a Court of Inquiry is about to be assembled , for the purpose of advising his Royal Highness , the Lieuten ant-General Cominanding-in-Ghief , wletber the charges which Colonel Beatson ( of , the Honourable East India Company's Service , and fox some time in command of the Osmanli Irregular Cavalry with the rank « f General in the Turkish Army ) sent in some time ago to the Horse Guards against General Shirley ought to be submitted to a court-martial . —Daily News .
The Loss op qche Bo-eal Mail Steamer Ta . t . —An inquiry into the loss of this vessel has been conducted before Mr . TrailL , the Greenwich magistrate , and Captain Robertson , R . N . TJic official decision has not yet been published . A , French Steamer Burnt . —The French : screwsteamer La France ( which arrived from Marseilles at Bakiaon the 25 th . of September ) burst into flames in that harlour on the 27 th . The fire was got under , but again broke out , and finally the vessel was destroyed-The fire was caused by the escape of some ether , which was accidentally kindled by a lantern . La France was quite-a new ship , and was employed as a transport in the late -war . The Ship Howard . —The Russian Government has refused to compensate the owners of the Howard for the destruction of their vessel at Sinope .
Destruction of a Ship by Fire on the Thames . — A serious loss by fire took place on the river off Northfleet on "Wednesday , by the complete destruction of the ship Forrester , belonging to Sunderland , commanded by Captain Amies , and laden with tallow , hemp , and staves from St . Petersburg .
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Miscellaneous The Court.—Prince Frederic...
MISCELLANEOUS The Court . —Prince Frederick William of Prussia has reached Windsor Castle , on a visit to the Queen and Royal IFamily . —The Prince of Wales completed hia fifteenth year last Sunday . —Princo Alfred arrived at Brussels on Wednesday week . A New Peer . —Tho Queen has created LordTalbot de Alalahide a Peer of the United Kingdom , by the same style and title winch he bears in the peerage of Ireland . Mr . IIumphuey Brown , M . P ., at Tewkesbury . — The members of tho Corporation of Tewkeslmry and their friends dined together , according to annual custom , on Monday , when Mr . Humphrey Brown , M . P ., was
Vice-Chairman . In the course of hia- spcecli , ho observed that He was now oa the verge of explanations which "would enable him to place his conduct in its true light before the world—( hear , kear )~ - and ho could as-Bure his friends that he should bo able then to show , on the mofjt indisputable evidence , that he had been ' mono Binned against than sinning . ' " (// ear , hear . " ) Referring tO'SOfla ^ local attacks , he said : — " He liad instructed liio solicitor , , by the advice of Mr . Serjeant Wilkins , to apply for > a criminal iaformation against the proprietor of the on ^ f tWed ^ finny publication which had indulged in these groBi slanders against him . "
Th » BiBuor of RocHESTER . —Thcre aTo rumours , uf the resignation of this Bishop . Edinburgh Municitax Elections . —By an set passed last session , the municipal boundary has been extended outwards to tho limits of the Parliamentary btirgh thuH enlarging tho area of . the city by nearly three times , and giving tho town-council a population of rt ^ r ly- 200 , 000 , instead of . « 0 , 000 , to . reprcfent ? he same act unites tho duties of tho police-board with tlio
town-council , and provides for the dissolution' of the . former board and the enlargement of the town-council from 33 to 41 members . Two Historical Swords . —Mr . George Wallis of tie Society of Arts , Birmingham , writing to the Times , in connexion with a dispute as to who commanded the Americans at Bunker ' s Hill , says : — " When at Boston , in 1853 , 1 lad the pleasure to visit Mr . Prescott , who , in showing me his library , jocularly called my attention to the sword of ? his ' rebellious' grandfather , General
Erescott , whom he spoke of a 3 ' the commander of the Americans at Bunker ' s HilL' This relic hangs over the foldingrdoors which separate the two apartments in which the historian's books are arranged , and . is * crossed , by another sw . ord which Mr . Prescott informed me was that vrorn by his wife ' s grandfather , a naval officer , who was la command of a British sloop-of-war lying in the river en the above-named memorable occasion , and who fired upon the . Americans on . their march from Charlestown , as I understood . "
The . Estate of the late John , SADLEiR .- ~ Mr . Morris , the fattier of the late John Sadleir , made- application , by his . counsel in the Rolls Court , Chancerylane , for the administratioa of the estate of his deceased son . I a consequence of the verdict of felo de se brought in by tte coroner ' s jury , the estate -was forfeited to- the Crown ; but ,. as . there > vas no opposition to the present application , the Master of the Rolls made the decree as prayed- : Southampton Dock . Charges . —The Southampton magistrates liave just decided that the Southampton Dock Company have no right to charge merchandize rates on . passengers'baggage , and have declared by that decision that about ninety per cent , of the dock charges on baggage is illegaL j- The Dock Company are going to appeal to > the Court of Queen ' s Bench against this decision , and , if defeated , to apply for another act of Parliament .
The Retiring Lobd Mator . —Alderman Salomons , the retiring Lord Mayor , was presented last Saturday with a very complimentary address , from the merchants , bankers , and traders of the City , and one which is peculiarly gratifying on _ account of the religious opinions of Mr . Salomons . The first Jewish Lord Mayor of London has certainly acquitted himself in a way that commands the respect of the City , and his conduct ought to be an additional evidence that members of the Hebrew
community should be acceptable to the House of Commons . The late Lord Mayor , however , in cur opinion , went too far with his liberality in one respect . He appears to have made it part of his duty to attend service in a Christian temple , without any pretence to be regarded as a . Christian convert . Such acts are altogether disrespectful to conscientious convictions if merely undertaken for the sake of City form and etiquette , Baron A . de Rothschild , the Jewish High-Sharift" of Buckinghamshire , did not so commit himself . —Morning Star .
Lord Pjomebstos at Liverpool . —The Premier paid his promised visit to Liverpool , on Friday week , and received an address from the Corporation , to which he replied in terms similar to those which he had employed at Salford and Manchester- He then presented himself at a balcony overlooking the Exchange area , and was enthusiastically greeted by the crowds of merchants there assembled . Having thanked them for their reception , and taken lunch with the Mayor in the Town-hall , his lordship proceeded to the Exchange newsroom , and there delivered a few words of thanks for the cordial greeting that had been accorded to him . He then sailed on the river in a steamer , which afforded him an opportunity of seeing the extent of tho docks , and the nature of some of the improvements on the Cheshire shore . Lord and Lady Palmerston and Sir Benjamin Hej'wood were subsequently conveyed to the railway station , and returned to Manchester .
Royal Pardok . —The Queen has granted a full and free pardon to all persons suffering under the consequences of conviction for political offences . Tho effect of this will bo to remove the various disqualifications attached to the sentences of Smith O'Brien , O'Doherty , Frost , "Williams , Jones , & c , who have already been set at personal liberty . They can now possess and inherit lands , and enjoy all the privileges and dignities of lho State . Those wlio broke their parole , or who evaded the sentence of the law by flight , are of course excluded from this act of clemency .
Oppressive Imposition of Income Tax . —Great indignation bos been excited in Gloucester in consequence of a largo number of tradesmen , merchants , and professional men having been surcharged to an excessive amount in income-tax this year by tho surveyor of taxes of the district . A large meeting : on the subject lias been , held , und « r the presidency of the mayor ; and a memorial to the Lords of the Treasury , embodying tho resolutions ( condemnatory of the system ) which had been passed , was adopted . One of the speakers stated that he hnd had a ' 0 ' added to his income , which hud heen charged at thousnnds instead of hundreds .
The Royal Biutibh Bank . —Tho debta connected with this bank were proved lust Saturday , at Yiee-Chancellor Kindersley ' s Chambers , to amount to upwards of half a million sterling . It is stated that the directors of tho bank , nftcr full deliberation , have resolved not to appeal against tlie decision of tlio Commissioners in Bankruptcy confirming their adjudication . It id stated that a petition to annul tho bankruptcy has
been filed in the Court of Bankruptcy by an indonm , dent body of . shareholders . ' . r < " « iae ea-The Huxl Election . —Mr . ' Edwin James , Q C ha * put himself forward as a candidate for Hull , on ' Liberal principles . In addressing the elector ^ he condemned the recent interference , on the part of the French Go vernraent , with the English press , and said he wished he could see more liberty in France , but that if the French chose to sanction the present state of thine- * that was their affair , and theirs only . ¦' .- ? " ' Amateur Lecturers . — 'Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page "Wood has been lecturing at Exeter-hall to the members of the Young Men ' s Christian Association on
" Truth and its Counterfeits . "—Lord Robert Cecil has addressed a large audience at the Mechanics' Institution on , "Public Education . " He was opposed to the compromises of Lord John Russell and Sir John Pakington supported Church of England views , and was of opinion that the present system should continue , and that it has a good chance of triumphing over all others . —The Bishop * of . Oxford , on Tuesday , evening , inaugurated the winter session of the Reading Literary , Scientific , and Mechanics' Institute by an address on the subject of tk National Life , " the chief element in which he found to be a community of religious faith .
Earthquakes . —Accounts are still received of serious earthquakes , causing great damage in the localit y of the Mediterranean . Several villages have been swa \ 16 we 4 up , and a great many buildings destroyed or damaged ^ at Thyra , during the disturbance , a rfire manifested itself in an oil Manufactory .. Notwithstanding every effort was made to extinguish the flames , this was not accomplished until two hundred and seventy-six : shops , two grand mosques , three storehouses , one khan , two cofl % ehouses , and a grain store were destroyed .
The Southwajrk Improvements . — Tlrree deputations in connexion with these improvements waited on Sir Benjamin Hall on Monday . The first was from the Board of Works , headed by Mr . Thwaites , -who presented the plan , Sir Benjamin replying that he would , if possible , give his answer on Thursday . The other two were from inhabitants , presenting separate plans , to the latter of which , the Chief Commissionerof Works objected , while on the former he simply made a few vague and general remarks .
How Much for Your Body?—The following strange advertisement appears in the daily papers : — ' : ' Skeleton .- ^ - ' Iinmortel' finds it impossible to answer the nutnerous persons -wishing to negotiate for the sale of his body , but takes this means of stating that he has received letters from persons , sympathizing . with his views , who are also desirous of disposing of their temporary habitations , and of avoiding the horrors and indignities of burial . No immediate pa 3 'ment is required , but a contract with bonajidc security for its fulfilment must
be entered into for the payment of the purchase money , not less than 10 ? ., to the representatives or heirs of the deceased ; the purchaser to bind himself to prepare the skeleton by cold water maceration , being , however , at liberty to make preparations of any of the soft part * without the bony attachments . Offers from public museums will have the preference . As this proposed negotiation is made in good faith , ' Immortel ' requires his correspondents to give their real names and addresses . — 32 , Northumberland-place , Bayswater . "
Mr . Horky , the Barrister . —This gentleman applied on Monday , in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , for a criminal information against Mr . Rose , lately one of the under-sheriffs of London and Middlesex , ou account of a libel on Mr . Horry , published in the form of a letter to the Times . Iu this letter ( which was quoted in the Leader of September 27 th ) , Mr . Rose imputed to Mr . Ilorry an act of great dishonesty—the taking of a guinea from a poor woman under pretence of defending her nephew who was charged with some oftencc at tbe Old Bailey , and afterwards neglecting to conduct thedelence , so that the youth was found Guilty , and refusing to
return the money . Sir Frederick Thesiger who niu < le the application , stated that Mr . Ilorry ' s failure to attend at the trial was a mere accident , tho result of his being engaged all the morning in another court , and that he was desirous to return the fee , but that the woman never came for it . The application was x-efuscd by Lord Campbell , on tlie ground that Mr . Ilorry liud written a letter to tbe Times exculpating himself , and Unit , as this letter had been published , there was no occasion fov the interference ) of tho law . His Lordship thought Mr Rose had taken a hasty view of the subject . The other judges concurred in the refusal . Mr . Ilorry , however , intends to bring an action . ,
Tub Weatiiek . — Some fcnrful gales , accompanied by slcot aud ' tsnow , have visited tUo Northumberland coast ; and on Monday night the hills in tho Isle ot Purbeck , Dorsetshire , were covered with snow . Mic . SruiiaisoN will again preach at thu Surrey Gardens on the 2 » rd ; but in the morning iiisiead of tho evening . The Metropolitan Duainagk Scheme . —A communication from ( Sir Benjamin Hull to the lioiird o \ Works was read to the Bourd at its ' mcutim ; on AVcdnosday . Sir Benjamin rcl ' utjcs his « mciu > u t (> tu ° Hchome B , inasmuch as it is contrary to tbe intention ° the I-cgialaturo , tho proposed outfall being too near tno metropolis-, but he tauten that ho Hhall he happy ~ rcceivo a deputation from tho Uourd , in order liittt ttt mnttci's in disiiuto may bo arranged amicably .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 15, 1856, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15111856/page/10/
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