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The Late LiEtFTEXAXTThe azette of Manuel...
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LA-YT POLICE A~ND CASUALTIES **
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THE WAR.
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Yice-Chamberlain And Treasurer Of The Ho...
The Late LoRD-LiEtFTEXAXT . —The Gazette Tuesday night contains " the elevation of the Earl of Eglinton to the English peerage , with the title-of Earl of Winton . Pcrnivic Health . —The deaths in the metropolis , declined last week to 913 , again exhibiting a very satisfactory view of the public health , that number being 157 . below the average rate . The births dtiring the week amounted to 1 , 693 . The mortality returns for the City during the last fortnight are in the aggregate below ihe average , although the number of deaths for the first of the two "weeks was rather'hic'Ii . ^^^ _ ^^ ' . . ' a >^_* w . ^^* . — - . " ¦
Association for improving the DtvUilings of TiiE . Poon . — On Thursday this society held their thirteenth annual meeting ; Mr . J . W . Tottie was in , the chair . The report presented was agreed to , as was a resolution that a dividend of 2 per cent , be paid to the shareholders . Me . Kvddlestoxe . —At Itidderrninster on Tuesday a banquet was given to this gentleman , the unsuccessful candidate at tae last election . Mr . Huddlestone declared that he was defeated by the joint influences of bribery and corruption . He announced tliELt a petition had been lodged against the return of Mr . Briscoe .
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, Angel ( two members of the Chilian Parliament ) , and Guillimo Matta and Benjamin Vicura M'Kenna ( editors of a newspaper published at Santiago ) , appeared on "Wednesday at the Liverpool Police court , to "prosecute Captain Leslie , of the ship Louisa Braginta , for illegally detaining them on board his Vessel . On the 8 th of December last , at a political meeting at Santiago held for the reconstruction of the government , these gentlemen were arrested and . detained in prison three months . At the end of that time they were taken to Valparaiso and shipped on board defendant ' s vessel . They were not informed whither they were going , and the ship sailed under the convoy of a war-steamer , ^ ^ ^ ^
which accompanied her about ten or fifteen miles . When the steamer had parted company with the ship they told Capta-in Leslie , that the 3 , 000 dollars which he was to receive for their 2 >^ ssage , though four times the amount paid by ordinary passengers , would be cheerfully guaranteed to hini , with 1 , 500 extra for himself , if he would land , them at Arica . The captain refused , and Senor M'Kenna then told the captain that they should not further remonstrate with him , but that on their arrival in England they would bring him to justice , and if necessary lay the casebefpre theForeign-offi . ee . Mr . Mansfield declined to settle the case , as it involved several points of international law , which ought to be submitted to a higher tribunal he thought the best policy would be to assent to a committal to the assizes . The
captain was then , two sureties in 3001 . each , and himself in 600 ? ., being accepted for his appearance . In the Court of Queen ' s Bench this week , Mr . JRuek , a gentleman who , it will be remembered , was , a year ago , the subject of a lunacy commission—by the jury in which he was declared to be of sound mind—brought an action against Dr . Stillwell and others for illegal detention in the Mooreroft House Lunatic Asylum . The trial occupied three days , and
At the Middlesex sessions , two soldiers , who have been frequently "hi trouble" before , named George R « ad and John Smith , were indicted for assaulting several police-officers in the execution of their duty . They belonged to the 2 nd battalion of the Grenadier G-uards , and on the loth instant went into a publichouse in Camden Town , where they were refused drink , being intoxicated , whereupon they broke a valuable square of glass , and afterwards brutally assaulted the police . The Assistant Judge commented upon their disgraceful conduct , and sentenced Kead to six and Smith to nine months' hard labour .
LAW , POLICE , AND CASUALTIES . . Tjie man . Moore , charged with the murder of his wife , was arrested on Saturday evening . He had been on tramp with two men who travel about the country with , a "barrow as grinders and tinkers , in the hope of eluding justice , the murderer collecting the jobs from private houses whilst his comrades did the work . On Saturday lie was seen by a man who had sonii previous knowledge of him , on Nottinghill ; this man went to the police-station and gave information . A policeman apprehended the murderer wit ] lout any resistance . He appeared in a wretchedly dejected state . On Monday he was brought up for examination at Lambeth police-court , and . remanded !
A person named Robert Marks , described as a publisher , of Brighton , having been apprehended on a warrant , was examined at Guildhall on the charge of having obtained large sums of money by fraudulently representing that he was employed to collect subscriptions for the purpose of presenting testimonials to various persons , among whom were Mr . Mechi , the agriculturist , and Mjr . Cort , the inventor of the discoveries in the manufacture of iron . Mr . Aldermxn Salomons remanded , the case till Friday for the production of further important evidence .
At the Middlesex pessions on Tuesday James Crawley and Jolm Williams were indicted for assaulting Henry Manual and James Macdonald , policemen , whom thoy attacked with brickbats , whereby they were seriously injured . The case was fully proved . The Assistant Judge said , that it could not be endured in a civilised coiintry tliafc such outrages should be committed by lawless ruffians , and sentenced them to two years' hard labour . They that th
begged ey might be sent out of the country , but the judge replied that he had no power to do that . —Mary Morella , a lady-like woman , was found guilty of a robbery at Messrs . Swan and Edgar ' s , and it appeal's that she acted in such an export manner as to show that she was an experienced band . It was proved that she . was well connected , and was not pressed by necessity . She -was sentonced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour .
Three waiters , named Limmcr , Klessondorf and Clunn , were convicted at the Surrey Sessions yesterday for a fraud perpetrated on the proprietor of the refreshment department of the Crystal Palace , and Klessondorf waa sentenced to four months ' , and Chinn , ¦ wh o had robbed , his master previously , and been f orgiven , to six months' imprisonment . Liunmor as tuo least criminal , vras sentenced to seven clays ' imprisonment . It appears that tho forgeries in the cftso of J . Xookhart Morton have not been exaggerated . They represent , in the total , an amount of aMoast 30 , 000 ? ,. the whole of which , mixed , up with his logltiinato transactions , have boen spread through the various ohannols in which Uo conducted his discount operations . His estate is , however , expected , with management , to realise a satisfactory dividend , oven should there not bo eventually 20 s . in the pound for tho oroaltors .
was concluded'on Thursday . The case was made to hinge on the question whether Dr . Connolly , who had given a certificate of Lunacy , and was the medical attendant of the asylum , was also a part proprietor . The j ury did not appear to be able to solve the question } for-they say in their verdict : — "Ifreceiving certain payments as commission for certain patients was sufficieut to constitute a part proprietorship , then Dr . Connolly was a part proprietor . " The jury , however , awarded the plaintiff damages , 500 / .
At the Surrey Sessions William Bradley and John Young were found guilty of stealing two gold watches on Epsom Race-course . ' They are notorious thieves , and had been previously convicted . The court sentenced them to four years' penal servitude . At Marlborough-street Police-court two oxtraordinary outrages were investigated before Mr . Beadon on Monday . The first was perpetrated by a youth named Duval , who deliberately fired a pistol at a
woman as she passed along Jcrmyn-street in the afternoon , and expressed much regret on his apprehension that he had only wounded her and not killed her outright . . A remand for a week was ordered . The second case was that of a tender mother and loving wife , who , in a . drunken frenzy , attempted to stab her own son , and was in tho constant habit of beating her husband , and breaking plates and dishes over his heal . In default of security for aix months ' better behaviour she was locked up .
At the Worship-street Police court yesterday , tho investigation of a charge of assault preferred by a married woman named Scarborough against her landlord , led to what may prove to ho some serious revelations respecting the conduct of the police . She declared that when her landlord gave her into custody on a chargo of breaking some glass , the Solice dragged hor from her bedroom in her night ress , and compelled her to pass through tho streets without hor shoes find stockings . The magistrate said that ho should sift tho piattcr to tho bottom , and , adjourned tho inquiry . An attempted murder has takon place at Chatham , tho intended victim being a private soldier . Jealousy appears to have prompted tho would-be murderer to the commission of tho crime . At Sout h ampton , on Thursday , six marines went
tor a day ' s cruise down tho river in a wherry . When about four miles down , and closo to her Majesty ' s ship Arrogant , from some cause , tlie boat capsized and three men wore drowned ; one of tho others was saved by a youth nnmed Oliver , who happened to bo Balling near tho spot at tho time , an , d the remainder contrived to right thoir boat again , and thus savod thomsolves . The bodies of tho deceased , havo not yet been found . Mr . Edwards , an undor-graduate of Pembroke College , Cambridge , was drowned on Sunday , while bathing in tho river noar Otter ' s corner . Mr . SavagQ , a Fellow- of Pombroko , wna with him at tho time , but neither of them could ayrlm . Tho greatosfc dopth of tho rlvor at tho placo in question is but 0 foot 6 Inches , whilo the unfortunate gontloman was over 0 foot high . Assistance arrived too lato .
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POSITION OF THE ALLIES AND THE AUSTRIANS . The tidings of a great battle on the Mincio has been daily expected , but whatever may be the judicious plan of Marshal Hess , fighting , at least for the present , does . not appear to be part of it Opinions are divided as to the chances of a general engagement ; it is thought by many that the Austrians will not run this risk . The JYord says we arc on the eve of great events . The two armies are face to face . All the corps of the Austrian arm * -
are concentrated upon the line of the Mincio . The provinces of tho empire have been denuded of troops , and the last columns are arriving by forced marches upon the scene of the contest . The Austrian army has chosen its position ; it occupies a line on the other side of the Chiese , the centre of which rests upon the heights of Castiglione , before Peschiera ; the right wing extends to Lonato ; the left to Castle-Goffredo . On the 17 th the Emperor Francis Joseph reviewed the two corps d ' armee encamped at Lonato . The allied armies follow the enemy step by step ,
combining their movements . It is possible that the pivot of their position will be the bourg of Monte Chiaro , evacuated precipitately by the Austrian rearguard . A French corps is advancing hy forced marches in the "Valteline , where the Austrians made a feint of descending from Bonnie to threaten the rear of the allied armies . The ground chosen by the Austrians for accepting battle lias been well studied by their generals ; these positions served habitually for the grand manoeuvres of the autumn . The-latter fact is-. . ignored at the French head quarters , and precautions have been taken accordingly . By this time military operations have commenced in the Adriatic irnon the-coasts ' of Dahnatia .
It is stated jthat the Austrians , while the French army marches to the Mincio , wish to direct a body of 50 , 000 men by the Tyrol upon Milan , but it is not very likely that the Austrian generals will try one of these bold m ' anoeu vres to which they are so lit tie accustomed . In any case precautions have been taken . " This well-chosen ground appears not to have suited the plans of . Marshal Hoss , for on Wednesday it was announced that the Austrians , who in great force had occupied strong positions at Lonato , Castiglione , and Montechiaro , where they had fortified themselves with care by cmbattlomenting the walls , cutting the bridges , and constructing numerous batteries , had abandoned all those positions ,
An immediate advance of the Allies was the consequence , the Emperor of the French having removed his head-quarters from Brescia to some place further oast , probably Lonato , on tho Garda Lake , which the Austrians have now left . It is impossible to guess Field-Marshal Von Hess ' s motive for changing a plan which he evidently had entertained , and to facilitate tho execution of which preparations had in fact been made fox years . For it was always assumed by the Austrians that any attack which enemies coming from tho West might attempt upon their famous quadrangle of fortresses would l > e made at Peschiera , and they have therefore kept their troops acquainted with tho their
ground in advance of Peschiera , by holding great autumnal field manoeuvres there . Lonato has always been considered by them a convenient spot to offer battle to an advancing enemy , for their right wing would bo protected by tho UurUii Lake , whilo tho little river Ossono , which fulls into the Mincio , would protect their left . Tho evacuation ot so advantageous and prepared a position sooms to imlicato that dofense inside the' qutulrunplo » sui has finally boon resolved upon at tho Austrian Jieau quarters , a resolution with which . political motives may havo had as much to do us strategical considerations ; for this retrograde movement coincides with tho arrival of tho Austrmn Prime Minister , nccompaniod by tho Prussian Ambassador , in tne
On tho other liand tho letter of a well-informed Vienna correspondent says : — " It does not admit oi a doubt that the Austrians will epeodlly assume tno offensive . Thoir two corps now consist ot nuoui 280 , 000 men , and such a forco is much too largo to bo shut up in a spaco so small as that between « w Mincio and tho Adige . Gonoral Hess has loavnt b > experience that troops Invariably fall siuk n tney havo not plenty ofelbow room and occupation , ami you may thoroforo bosuro that tho Austrian armies will not bo cooped up / botwoon Poach lorn , Voronu , Lognano , and Mantua . A correspondent at tho scat of war sonds somo startling speculations : — " Tha socond part of tno Italian campaign is to bo ushorod in by ix » ovuL clnd of Napoleonic rtw . Adventurous as it taay
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Leader (1850-1860), June 25, 1859, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_25061859/page/6/
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