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Ireland. Mb. James Sadleiu.—It Is Stated...
6 n , participation in the disturbances . " All the while , fionTthe beginning , not one of any note among the soldtes favoured the proceeding , and , by all , the greatest Borwnal respect was evidenced towards ^ the colonel and tfoofficers , the clamour for the . bounty maKing the entire cause , and all the exception . I . have n $ M *« f " £ Son , then ?* saying that todeal with this regiSent on term * different from other . militia regiments would . Jejjo Moceed upon a false assumption . " Several , additional particulars with respect to the insurrection of the Limerick Militia have been published . Lord Dunalley , who took the disturb
a conspicuous part in attempting to quell - ance ,, has addressed a letter to the Nenagh Guardum ^ correcting , some inaccuracies , and , conveying the impression that theznen had been very nearly induced to pursue a peaceable course of remonstrance -when the news of the troops being , near the town-- again- excited * them , to action . According to other accounts ,. the regulars only fired after receivings galling fire from the militia for a long while ; and , having stormed the barracks , they did not discharge another shot . The wounded are going on favourably . About , ninety of the Tipperary Militia are
confined in the .-county gabL The MuBEtEB of Mrs . Kelly . —The trial of George Strevens and James Bannon , for- the murder of Mrs * Kelly , has been postponed till next spring assizes .
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NFAVAX A 2 JTD MILITARY . The Commabcder-in-Chie ]? of the Army . —The accident- which . ' Lord Hardinge met with in the course of last week ,, and . which appears to have resulted from an apoplectic attack , has rendered it expedient , that he should not return , to the fatigues of office . He has therefore resigned , and the Duke of Cambridge has been appointed his successor . Lord Hardinge is progressing towards recovery . —A farewell address to the army has been , issued by the late Commander-in-Chief . It consists chiefly of a . eulogium on the conduct of the troops , during , the Crimean , campaign . The Duke of Cambridge has also issued an address of the usual formal nature .
The- Italian Legion . —We hare reason to believe ( says a military contemporary ) tLat 1500 or 1800 of the Italian Legion , now at Malta , -will proceed to Buenos Ayres as military settlers , the Government off . the Argentine Republic being anxious for their , services . Proposals have been made to locate them . in that countryy and give each a habitation or farm , where they can acquire independence and plenty . The Gerhah Legion at Constantinople was reviewed on the 2 nd inst ., previous to its departure , by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe .
Ensign Roberts . —The result of . the late court-martial at Edinburgh is that Ensign Roberts has been declared " fully and honourably acquitted" of the charge on which he was tried , of having received an insult from Sir K . Clifton without taking , steps in his own vindication . The sentence of the Court has been formally approved , by the Queen , and was read on Saturday to the officers of the 92 nd Regiment by Major Sutherland , the officer in command . —/ Scotsman . The Disembodiment of thb Ijiish Militia . —The grand jury of the county of Longford have adopted
certain resolutions , calling the attention of the Lord Lieutenant to the necessity of disembodying the militia regiments with great caution . They assert "That-there is every reason to believe that many of the men nave no homes-orrelations tc < return to , from the extensive emigration-which has taken place throughout' the county . That , to disembody men thus , without homes to return to , orwages to support them , would be , in our opinion-, not only unjust and' impolitic , but tending to endanger the peace'of' our county , and arrest-that prosperity we are happy to tielieve is now existing . "
Review at Woolwich . —The Queen on Monday reviewed at Woolwich the whole of the Royal Horse and Foot * AJrttllery recently returned from the Crimea . There were upon the ground 3500 men , 245 0 horses , and 92 guns , of which 18 belonged to the Horse Artillery and the remainder to the field' batteries . The troops were drawn up in contiguous columns of batteries ; the line extending from the deep' fence which bounds the Parade to that portion of' Shooter ' a-Mll which skirts the Dover-roada distance of something like 1000 yards : The majority of the gans wore ' of 91 b . calibre , with 241 b . howitzers ; but there were four batteries of 18-pounders , and a howitzer battery of 82-pounders , which did some Bervice at the battle of the Tchernaya . This fine park of artillery
was ranged precisely as on a field of battle , the guns in front ; and the tumbrils and ammunition waggons in lines tare * deep in the roar . The review occupied about' an houir atrd a quarter . Tho Queen was received at Woolwlcht ^ General Sir W . F . William s , Commandant Or jUH'glilTiBtiU , AS Hard Cask ; — Mr . Shearman , late paymaster Royal Dragoons , h « written to tho THmea , to complain of certain treatment ' by which he lias boon victimized . Ho states : — «¦ My brother ; Lieutenant-Colonel Shearman ; having been killed Ut the action in the Quarries Con wttich occasion I waa Bervteg with ni 8 regiment as a VtoltmteerV I'forwarded on the 12 th of June , 1865 , a setjontlapplloation ; requesting to be reappointed a combatfcnt officer ; and also to resign my appointment , in compliance with tho intimation given la tho reply to my formerflolloltfttlone , namely , Ab a paymaster , you aro
ineligible for promotion . You wouldiirst have to resign your appointment . ' Having resigned the pay mastership , I discontinued providing ; the . sureties ,, and , in obedience to an order from . the War-office ,. received , on . the 3 rd' of August ; t 85 S ; I . handed" over the regimental account * to a committee the following morning . Returning to Engr land , I waited upon the . Military Secretary to personally urge my . request , and "was informed by that officer that , no paymaster would Be promoted ( one has been )^ and regretted that their reply should have caused me to resign . " Ultimately , he obtained half pay as subaltern , and active employment was refused" him , both at the Horse Guards , an & at tie War Office , neither department acknowledging , his . nineteen years' service in various climates .
Loss of a-Liverpool" Steamer . —The Spartan steamship , Milburn , from Balaklava for Deptford , with troops , struck on the Cane rocks on the 5 th instant ; at ten p . m . Three steamers were sent from Malta to her aid . No lives were lost . The Review at Aldershott . —The Queen reviewed the troops at Aldershott on Wednesday . The Crimean troops presented a splendid appearance ; and the fineness of the day added to the imposing character of the scene . The German infantry and cavalry greatly distinguished themselves . As on the occasion of the Naval Review at Spithead , the members of the two Houses of Parliar ment were ill provided for , and were unable to get a good place for seeing the spectacle .
Miscellaneous. The Court.—The Queen Held...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —The Queen held " a Chapter of the Garter on Saturday afternoon , at Buckingham Palace , for the investiture of Earl Fortescue and Viscount Palmerston with the insignia orthat order . General Williams was entertained last Saturday , at a grand banquet given by the Reform Club .. The chair was . occupied by the Attorney-General- In his afterdinner , speech ,. Sir W . J ? . Williams said he had-hope for Turkey if . " a high , tone" were adopted , towards her ,, and she were told that she must reform her institutions , and eradicate that plague-spot of corruption which has been her ruin . Referring to . his recent election , for
Calne , the baronet said that it was only on the two questions of our military system and . the state of the East that he entered Parliament . He added-: — " I hope I do not flatter myself when ; I say , I believe that I am looked , upon by the people of England with a certain degree of respects and—perhaps I-may presume to addaffection ( hear , hear ) , and the expression of my convictions at suitable opportunities may be of some little service . At the same time , 1 feel equally confident that , if I venture to dabble in things which I don ' t understand . —if I once attempt to go beyond , my depth —that instant I shall forfeit all the influence I have
acquired . The Fire at Bolton . —The mills of Mr . Joseph Ainsworth , cotton-spinner at Bolton , have been destroyed by fire . The mills were three in number , and the fire was first discovered in a storeroom , containing some valuable cotton , -under the cardingTroom . Many of the workpeople resided in cottages near the property , and were prompt in rendering aid . on the alarm being given , but the spread of the flames was too rapid to be obstructed . Six . fire-engines were brought to bear upon the conflagration , but without effect , and the only portions of the extensive premises which were saved wore a detached scutcbing-room and 1 an engine-house . There was a large stock of Sea Islands cotton in them , which was very costly , and the total loss is estimated at about 45 , 000 / ., which ia almost wholly covered by insurances . Unfortunately , nearly five hundred workpeople will be thrown out of employment by this calamity .
Government Artxzans and the Income-tax . — The Commissioners of Assessed Taxes for the Greenwich district , consisting of Mr . Thomas Lewin and Mr . J ' . Sutton , were occupied nearly two hours last Saturday in hearing appeals against assessments to the incometax made upon nearly one hundred of tlio artizans employed at Deptford Dockyard . In support of" these appeals , the Hon . G . Donman , barrister , appeared ,, and stated that a demand had been made upon those mechanics employed in Government establishments whose incomes amounted during tho past year to 100 / . and ! upwards . This , ho contended , was not only an unjust demand upon the men , but a great hardship , as it was
only by long continuod labour—in fact , by " overtime , ' as if ia termed—that such an amount had been received as wages ; and , before any liability could attach to them to pay the tax ,, he submitted that , according to the act of Parliament , tlio average income of each for three years must be taken .. This had been tho decision of tho commissioners at Chatham and Shcorness , and if acted upon in tho present cases not ono would bo found liable . After a brief consultation , tho commissioners decided that tho prinoiplo of the avorago of three years ' income should bo adopted , thus rendering tho present demands not payable . Tho court was crowded with mechanics , anxious to loarn tho decision . 1
TnirNDKitflTORM . —A storm of rain , lightning , and thunder , of very grout violence , passed ovor Httrtlepool last Saturday evening . A singular phenomenon was observed during its continuance . After several of the ightning flashes—or rather simultaneously witM
thornthere appeared small detached portions of the electric fluid , which shot up into the air in . a manner similar to rockets . Ho . livea . were lost , nor did ' any great damage to property , ensue . —The metropolis was visited on Tuesday night with' a very ; violent storm of thunder , lightning , and : raih ,, whlch * lasted severer hours . The lightning ,, for a considerable time , was incessant ; and the rain , which was accompanied by hail , ivaa of most extraordinary violence . The market gardeners' grounds
have suffered a good . deal ; but no lives were lost . StTRREY . Gardens . —The " inauguration festival * ' of these gardens , under then * new management , has been proceeding through , the . greater part of the present week . It commenced on Tuesday , when the Messiah was performed in the morning by a thousand singers , & c , in the large music-hall , and hi the evening there -was a concert . The performers include the highest names of the day , and' are under the direction of the perennial Jullien .
A Lady Charged with Manslaughter . —Mrs . Church ,, the wife of a gentleman farmer ia the West of England , and Harriet" Pettifer , her cook , were tried at Winchester for the manslaughter of James Deacon , a boy ten years of age , who lived in Mrs . Church's service . The boy was idle and wayward , and one day the cook , at Mrs . Churchill ' s command , beat him very severely . A few days after , he died of effusion on the brain . It seemed , however , that the Boy had come in covered with mud a day or two before the beating , and it was suggested that he might have fallen and bruised his head . The evidence was not sufficient to prove that the blows he bad received caused the effusion on the brain , while , on the other hand , it was shown that Mrs . Church was generally very kind to him . Both prisoners were therefore acquitted . Mrs . Church , who was visibly affected during the trial , fainted , at its conclusion .
Capital Punishment . — The report of the Lords committee with respect to public executions has . been issued . The committee is of opinion that the immense mass ofthe evidence is in . favour of private executions , and they therefore recommend that in future the sentence of death should be carried into effect within the precincts of the prison , in the presence of a certain number of witnesses , and " that the exact time of the execution be made known to those without , as , for instance , by the tolling of a bell , which , shall cease at the moment of execution , and . ' the hoisting at the . same time of a black flaff . "
The Crops . —A prevalence- of rains and cold winds in several parts of the country during the week ending last Saturday , has had a somewhat damaging effect on the wheat , barley , hay , and other crops . The wheat is " laid" in many places , and from the neighbourhood of Doncaster there are rather gloomy accounts . But it does not appear that any very general mischief is ' effected ; a few days of sunny weather , it is anticipated , will set matters to rights . The Western Fisheries . —The mackerel"fishory on the Devon and Cornish coasts is now drawing to a close . The season has not been , on the whole , so successful as usual , although many boats have made large captures .
Fire and Loss of Life . —A fire broke , out between nine and ten o ' clock on . Saturday morning on the premises of Mrs . Albion , a waterproof clothing maker , in Rupert-street , Whitechapel . The fire commenced in tho bottom of the house , through tho breaking , of a bottle of naphtha , and a" man named William Korris , who was working in tho ground floor , immediately ran out of the room and fastened the door , though at that timo Mrs . Albion was in the apartment . Her clothes speedily caught fire , and , when at length rescued , she was greatly injured . She expired shortly afterwards at the London Hospital . A man also had his clothes set-in flames , ami fell down'exhausted in tho street .
The " Boy Jones , " -who has just turned up again at Plymouth , was sent on board a man-of-war , in the Mediterranean , after his continual intrusions into Buckingham Palace . Ho was . often in disgrace on board , but while his ship was off' Athens he had behaved well , and had leave to go on shore . Ho was not long there , howover , before he was apprehended in King Otho ' a Palace . Fatal Accident . —A youth , named "Walter Fnirc }' , one of tlio servitors of St . Potor'a College , Hartley , near Abingdon ,. has met with a shocking death . Ho had
been using a sponge in Lis bedroom .: throwing this , after he had done with it , on to the washing-stand , it bounded out of window , and fell on to a skylight . Faircy went after it , slipped through tho glass , and divided tho feinornl artery . Ho throw himself back into the room , profusely bleeding ; and in a few minutes ho was dead from exhaustion . The Btsirop of Manchester will administer the affairs of tho diocese of Durham until tho resignation of the Bishop of that seo , whioli will take effect on tlio 1 st of September , if tho bill now before Parliament . should pass into a law durincr the present session .
Mr . Charles- MATpirws , tho- comedian , has boon ttTrcsted at Preston for debt , and is now in Lancafltcr Castle . Tnio Bankruptcy op Mark Boyd . —Notion of appeal i in connexion with tho bankruptcy of Murk Hoy < l , was given in the Court of Bankruptcy , on Tuosday , against the judgment of Mr . CommiBBionor Fane * whoawarded tho bankrupt 1 a first-class-certificate . Mr . Bright , M . P ., is still Hojourning hi Sootland-Hls health has greatly improved .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 19, 1856, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19071856/page/10/
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