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    m& T±E.K liJKAJ>±i±0. IJ^jTg, SATyrJBDAY...

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    ARMY EDUCATION. By command of his Royal ...

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    NAVAL AND MILITARY. A Wat»n»to- to Shipp...

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    OBITUARY. a a f1l Admirai, Thomas Brown,...

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    MISCELLANEO US. Tmo CouriT.-Tho Queen ha...

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    Gatherings From The Law And Police Court...

    to tfi « j pitoceedirtgsfc A * the close of the trial , he shook BiHd ^ -Wiiai-fiord Campbell , and , having' bowed to th * juryj ifeft the court * accompanied by his- tutor . The case of ' Sidebottom v . Adkins , ' at which the Jtoncewa ? 'present ,-wa 9 an action tb ; . recoverthe sum of 052 o 7 ? &* money * received by the defendant t & the plaintiff ' s use : TKe defendant ; pleaded the general issue , the' Statute of Limitations , and a- set off . The action arose * 0111 of eertaih' gambling transactions -which were bronghf before the public in the case of' CulverweHP v . Sidebotfcoro , ' which was tried * in the same- court last November-. John 1 Sidebottom is a yotmg man wHocarries on the business ' of a cotton manufacturer at Man * -

    chesfer , and who ionerfted considerable weattbrfrcrm his father ; and the defendant , James AdMns ; kept ; a gsttning-house , knowa- a » the Berkeley , f t * Albeinartestreeti- The plaintiff wBen about- twenty ^ -five year * jot age , VfeffteoT London , aMd was- introduced by an acquaintance to'th © Berkeley , where he became acquainted with Adfeins . Me played afi hazard for large stakes * and in his & at vfei * lose as much as 8000 / 1 He continued af terwards ?^ come fc London about four times a year , and on > eacfr occasion he went to the house , and between 184 S ate * 485 ^ , over which years his visits extended ,

    he lost- altogether 35 , 000 ? ., part of which hfer paid m cash ' , airof pa ¥ fc fefO W & and promissory notes . He subseefae & tly discovered that loaded dree 1 had been used , and other unfair practices adopted- in the game , by Adkiria- ' an * those itt M » employ ; and he- therefore brought' this- aetiott . Mk Macaulay , who appeared for the defeneei sai * that his client was willing te > return all the moBey which * Mr ^ SMebottom bad paid on securities , harvmgf already given up the securities-themselves . Lord Campbell therefore detected 1 the jury to find at verdict for the plaintiffwith 65202 . damages .

    In the Court for the Consideration of Crown Gases Reserved ^ on Monday ; Lord 1 Chief Justiee Cockburn delivered judgment in tne case of the Queen v . Gray , in which Mr :-. Justice Erieha * reserved the point , whether the prisoner , wiie- had exposed her child , whereby inflammatkm of the longs had taken place , was Bable- to be convicted under the statute . The Court was- of opinion that the conviction- could not be sustained , for , looking at ? the other offence * provided for in the statute , it did bo * seem that this . case came within it . The conviction was therefore quashed .

    In the case of Innes v . Mitchell , argued before the Vice-Cbancellor , Sir E . T . Kindersley , on Tuesday , the point -was raised whether a person in England could bring into' this country a suit properly a Scotch One , proceedings being at the same time on foot in Scotland . It was contended that , in such matters , Scotland is the same as any other foreign country . The Vice-Chancellor , however , ruled that the Scotch suit did not prevent proceedings in an English court . That such a- point could be raised shows the anomaly of having two sets of laws in one empire .

    An action was brought in the Court of Common Pleas , on Tuesday , to recover possession of a wharf and premises on the banks of the Thames at : Chelsea , which , it was aHeged , were forfeited on the ground of a nuisance—the- place having been used as a receptacle for all the dung collected from the neighbourhood . This was complained of by the neighbours as being sickening and very prejudicial' to health ; but a Mr . Gregory , the landlord of the- "White Hart- Tavern , which is exactly opposite the wharf , on being asked whether the wharf was a nuisance to him * said ; . " I have never smelt the dung since

    it has . been there . " ( Laughter . ') A healthy-looking woman , a carman ' s wife , who lived in a house adjoining the wharf , said , " I smell nothing . " { Laughter . ) She also said she lilted the smell , and she was sure it promoted her health . ( Laug hter . ) Miss Gregory , also of the White Bart , said she felt no nuisance or annoyance front the- ' business carried on at the wharf ; and two other witnesses from the neighbourhood spoke to the earafe effect ; ¦ A verdict was given for the defendants ; so that * the' carman ' s wife will be left in the enjoyment of the Odours ^ and her health- will not be- made to suffer by the-invasioo ? of pure air .

    A Dr . Jones , an English physician residing * afe Paris , Ha * obtained a verdict , with 150 ? . damages , against the JDtt ity News-for a libel . " At the latter end of last October and ! beginning , of November , he attended an English gentlematf , named Brefctte , who had been thrown from ftuvdog cart ; He- had previously attended him for dettiitm trvmens ; tor he was a very intemperate person . In eoflfl « j [ ufence of the accident , and- his previous drinking hablW , > difcd « and tfee Paris correspondent of ? the Patty New * irwtse a paragraph which seemed to impute

    tuWJStm Jones had' poisoned his countryman ; bat Dr . JorteS'Safd thatf ho had only given : Mr . Brettle threequarterS of a grain of tartarfzed antimony , which he considered necessary , aa he believed there was extravasation of blood flfc 'the head . There was a post mortem examlrftftiow by order of the police , and ic terminated satisfactorily for'Tk , Jortea . The jury , therefore , conceived that he had-beett injured , and- returned a verdict aa already abated . , , ( , Lorn Chief Justice Oockburri and the other Exchequer Ji ^ dj ^ eg ^ hay ^ afHrrnocI the judgment of the Court of Qi ^ efltt'a . Bonqfi . on the disputed points in the ca $ o of AjranselK t ^ emprdepror . The convict is therefore again ' han ^ d ' loy ^ r to tne exeouUonor . ; Al ^ Jhjn ^ Gttna | oot pluco ia the Court of Bankruptcy on Weaweijaay , W > x 4 cet ^ 6 fh 6 accounts of the directors of

    the bank and pass their last examination . The directors , upon whdffi has Been imposed the obligation of preparing tH $ accounts , duty Surrendered , witll the exception of M " r ; Gillott ^ who is suffering from illness , and whose absence was excused on that ground . Mr . Alderman Kennedy and Mr . Macleod , two of the directors , came into the open Court . After considerable discussion , Mr . Commissioner Holfoyd directed that : the last adjournment should stand to the 23 rd of September , and that the balance sheet should be filed on the" 1 st of Sep ^ tembexC

    The case of Barber v . Potter was tried in the Court of Exchequer on" Monday and Toes Jay , before Mr . Baron Martin arid a special jury . It arose-out of certain allegations of fraud made by Mir . Potter * against Mr . Barber in connexion with the Samaritan Institution in the City . Our" readers are already in possession of the facts of this case , a 3 they came out at Guildhall last December . Tire charges against the institution' Were that it was a sham and an imposition , Which did not really administer relief , but gathered together a number of disreputable characters , and Was carried' on for the personal benefit of Mr " . Barber and his family , who , it was stated , consumed tie donations of food sent by the charitable . The jury , after an absence of some hours , returned a special verdict , finding the written statement to be libellous , but true , ami that the defendant did not act maliciously ..

    M& T±E.K Lijkaj>±I±0. Ij^Jtg, Satyrjbday...

    m & T ± E . K liJKAJ > ± i ± 0 . IJ ^ jTg , SATyrJBDAY .

    Army Education. By Command Of His Royal ...

    ARMY EDUCATION . By command of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge , Adjutant-General G . A . Wetherall has issued the following important General Order , dated Horse Guards , June 19 th : — " His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief calls the attention of officers commanding regiments ,, depots , and depot battalions , to the condition of their regimental schools . It is scarcely Ies 3 essential to the soldier to be able to read and write and keep bis own accounts than to be acquainted with his drill . Without these elementary acquirements no soldier is capable of profiting by the instruction given him in the use of the rifled musket , his promotion is rendered less probable , and he is deprived of the interest and improvement derivable from the excellent libraries now placed within his reach . His Royal Highness is pleasect to direct that for the future every soldier , after being dismissed from drill , shall attend school as a duty until he is reported upon as sufficiently advanced in reading , writing , and arithmetic . With the concurrence of the Secretary of State for War no fees are to be required for this attendance at school . It will be desirable that commanding officers should so arrange the duties of the men as to give , if possible , at least four hours ' attendance each week to all men of the above

    class . ISo man is to be considered eligible for promotion to corporal , unless in the field , who has not been dismissed the above class . For promotion to the rank of sergeant higher qualifications may be expected . It is not intended at present . to lay down an absolute rule on the subject , but the attention of commanding officers is particularly called by his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief to the importance of carrying the education of non-commissioned officers to a higher point than the mere acquisition of the arts of reading and understood

    writing . With this view it must be well that those men who avail themselves most intelligently of the means of improvement within their reach will be generally preferred for promotion , where , in respect to conduct and soldierlike bearing , they arc eligible for it ; and that neglect so to do will be regarded as a disqualification . It is not , however , intended hereby to fetter the discretion of commanding officers in the promotion of men who . display conspicuous * courage , or show the tact and moral influence which give noa-commissioned officers -weight with their comrades . "

    The Duke of Cambridge made some observations on the subject of Army Education at a banquet given by the Junior United Service Club last Monday . In acknowledging the toast of his health , ho said : — Gentlemen , wo live in peculiar times . ««<* while I have tho honour of presiding at the highest post , I am convinced that you will every one aid me , and all try to do your duty . ( Ckeera . ) I feel the difficulty of my position , and I expect your cordial support . We livo in ft . country that is perfectly free , and where every man is permitted—and not only permitted , but encouragedto say anything ho liltea . I should bo sorry to sec any change in that respect . ( Hear , hear . ) We must , however , talce care that wo are not carried away too far . We live in a time when tho education of tho army has

    been jpfeeed on a sounder footing than over it was before , but I should' feel extremely sorry to boo that carried to suob . an extent as to be a permanent injury to tht- army . Such a course would , without doubt , do great injury to both services . ( Hear , hear : ) As regards tho general efficiency of tho army x may be permitted to make one or two observations . I may revert to what my gallant friond said about myeelf , ana add' that it is only by studying our profession that -we can hopo thoroughly to understand and qualify ourselves for tho position in whloli it may please Frovrcfanco to place us . ( Hear , hear . ) Nothing can t > e of such , value to tho military service as carefully studying atf its'details in a practical way . I can apeak with samp ittiowlocTgc when I aay that , from tho attention whlcl } I hftVp given to details , I fool in the proud position oflwvlng Confidence in myself . ( Chears . ) Moet

    strongly do I feel that the officers , of the ar . mrsfo * w follow the same course . I' have -heard it 3 * 288 * Would be too much of « the shop 'to *? t £ tSXft Gentlemen , if we do not do that we arenofS ^ and what is the use of telling a man thaJ £ , \ fl $ l wrong , when we ourselves do not Know what * v ^!^ or what is right ? ( Bear , hear . ) l ax * TdwfgSlE ? I shall be th ought an extreme bore , bat I assS oXat I intend to make every officer in the army studv ™« Z branch of his duty . I am determined , withtheW ^ port of my friends and the country , to carry mtT those principles to the utmost extent as far as in-ntt

    lies—that is my firm determination . ( Ckeerp ) It hX been said that British officers will not take the trouble of detail ta which T have alluded ; but I know they ytW I have seen their gallantry in tfre field , and witfc a good knowledge of the details of tfttsir - profession we shall have one of the- most splendid" bodies of officer * in the World . ( Cheers . ) With this- knowledge of our duties , gentlemen , I see no reason why the military b «~ Vice should hot be as highly educated as any other . We Have officers to lead and troops to follow—I wiffnot say where , for I have seen what they can do- ^ -and there need be nothing to fear . I have been led into these oh *

    servations by seeing so many branches of the service around me , and I trust , in conclusion , that , when any of yon br ing anything before me in justice , you y rSl always find me doing my duty and supporting yon irv yours . "

    Naval And Military. A Wat»N»To- To Shipp...

    NAVAL AND MILITARY . A Wat » n » to- to Shippbrs . —The shipping at St . Katharine ' s Docks had a narrow- escape of being burnt on Friday week . A lighter , with a quantity of packages from the East India Docks , shut out from the Nile , ^ as taken into St . Katharine ' s Docks , abont two o ' clock i » the morning . About three o ' clock , the policeman on duty saw smoke passing out under the tarpauling , and at once gave the alarm . On opening the top , fire burst forth from the packages in the fore part of the lighter . This was subdued , but not until some of the paokag ? . * nad been burnt , and many others more or leas destroyed The cause of the disaster appears to have beeiv the breakage of some bottles of nitrio acid in one of the packages . Sebastopox . Trophies /—Two Russian guns , iron

    24-pounders , captured at Sebastopol , and presented by the Government to the corporation of Bradford ,. have been placed in the Peel-park , Bradford . Their reception was celebrated by a gala , attended by several thousand persons . lasf Saturdaj' evening . Stranoe Adventdtie of a Boat . —Upwards of a year ago , one of the Arctic ice-boats , belonging to Lady Franklin , was lost at Liverpool , and no trace . of its whereabouts was discovered until a fevy days ago , when Bates , a deteotive of Liverpool , into whose hands the case had been placed , discovered it in an old ' pound or pin-fold , on the Welsh coast , almost hidden under dirt and sand . He had it conveyed to Meoai-bridge in a oart and taken to Liverpool in a steamer , and on Thursday week it was sent by rail to Aberdeen to take part in the fresh expedition in search of Sir Jonn

    Collision in the Channel—The screw steamer Queen of the South , Captain Beale , from Bremen , came into collision on Sunday night with the brig Atnlanta , of Southampton , belonging to Mr , Bowman , coal merchant , ahd commanded by Captain Allen . Thepotter vessel was cut in two , and sank immediately ; but au hands were saved , with the . exception of a ^ j ^ , Cadet Practice at Woolwich . —The hall -y !* "f examinations at the Boyal Military Academy Woolwicb , having been brought to a aloso early on tho IIm instant , the remainder of tho term has boon occupiedAn Kivinff the gentlemen cadets of that institution a prac fical fnsighf into the different drills and exercises cons » dSneccs ary ^ for officers of Artillery and Engmeer * .

    Obituary. A A F1l Admirai, Thomas Brown,...

    OBITUARY . a a f 1 l Admirai , Thomas Brown , of the Blue , ^ 0 " *^ ampton on the 17 th inet ., aged eighty . H > ^ JJ lively and usefully engaged in the various wars at tnc commencement of the present century . . t Mauricb RE * sc « r , the well-knowji ^ ™ f "H whose MuBtrationa of Goethe nnd other poota ^ have , n European celebrity , has just died at the ngo of seventy ^ LORr ^ v ^ ET died of gout , at his « . Uenjj J Bruton-streot , Berkeley-square on WednesdayMno . n pff , in the sixty-aevonth year of hla ago . Ihe P » ! gJ r now extinct . His loi-dahlp w only tho flooond boaror of the title .

    Miscellaneo Us. Tmo Courit.-Tho Queen Ha...

    MISCELLANEO US . Tmo CouriT .-Tho Queen haW « <» * l J * £ * „ " ' ' £ afternoon , for tho reception of two audroasos 0 throne . Tho firet addroas was from the Oonvooatio the province of Canterbury , and wan P ™ " V > x hop . putatlon from that body , headed by thj Ajchb n v Thi * document , nftor ^ tho usnol prollnilnnry llou ^ loyal . exproBsIons , acts forth tho ^ P ° ^ °° Jnct ° * lia * ing tho iloaalnga of ChoOMuroh to tho lnorawing pon ^ tlon , which hoa far outgrown tho , notuni F » v ? J , o for of the number of clergy and of tho funds avalloftw

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  • Leader (1850-1860), June 27, 1857, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27061857/page/10/