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    of 501 for mixing a quantity of ' screenings' with malt on the 3 rd of July last , when a general reduction was made in the-malt duty . The effect of such mixture is to defraud the revenue , by enabling the vendor of the malt to obtain a greater amount of drawback than he ¦ was entitled to . The defence was that the mixing was accidental ; but this was not credited . Two hundred and thirty bushels of malt were forfeited to the Crown . A Nest of Knavert . —The affairs of Samuel Newman , lately a builder and publican at Lee , near Lewisham , 'were entered into at an examination meeting in the Court of Bankruptcy on Wednesday . The bankrupt , it may be recollected , was arrested some short time ago for having a loaded pistol in his possession , and

    having intimated his intention to shoot Mr . Bunn , the trade assignee , and was released upon giving bail . A request was now made on behalf of Mr . Bunn that he should be relieved from his position . The bankrupt said he had acted under feelings of great excitement . Mr . Ives was a secured creditor for 66001 ., and the claims of the other creditors amounted to only about 400 / . Having a capital of his own of 4000 ? . when he entered into an arrangement with Mr . Ires , he was indignant at the manner in which his children ' s beds were being sold under them , and his property improvidently realized . He believed that Mr . Ives , acting through Mr . Bunn ,

    his assignee , intended , by the manner in which the sale was conducted , to depreciate the property for a time , with a view ultimately to get it into his own possession . Mr . Ives had suggested to him to become a bankrupt , and to get up a fictitious opposition . His reply was that he had always paid 20 s . in the pound , and intended to continue to do so . Mr . lyes appeared to approve this ; but he afterwards said , " Call a meeting of your creditors , place everything in my hands , and say nothing about a parcel of land . I will then lend you 1100 Z . to pay the creditors . " The bankrupt promised not to molest Mr . Bunn . His honour therefore refused to remove that

    gentleman , and the bankrupt passed his examination . A SOLDIER MURDERED BY A COMRADE . A shocking deed was perpetrated at Dover on Tuesday in the open light of day , in the view of a dozen spectators , and within a few yards of the town , the scene being a meadow in front of the military hospital at Archcliffe Fort , where the 49 th Kegiment is encamped . The man charged with the ^ offence is a private in that regiment , named Thomas Mansell , and the victim was a lance corporal in the same regiment , named Alexander M'Burney . Mansell shot his comrade with au Enfield rifle , then , throwing down the weapon , he exclaimed , " There ! " and was walking away when he was seized , and removed -in custody . M'Burney died almost immediately . The prisoner did not seem moved throughout the proceedings before the Mayor , and , during the time that the magistrates were consulting , took a pinch of snuff with much sangfroid . —Dover Chronicle . )

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    ¦ NAVAL AND MILITARY . Colonel Percy Herbert , M . P ., C . B . —A public demonstration , in honour of the late Quartermaster-General in the Crimea , took place last Saturday at Ludlow , when a magnificent sword of the value of one hundred and thirty guineas was presented to him . Inkermann Monument in St . Paul ' s Cathedral . - »—A cenotaph has just been erected in St . Paul's , in the aisle on the right hand of the great western entrance , to the memory of the following eight officers of the Coldstream Guards who fell at the Battle of Inkermann : — Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon . Vesey Dawson , Lioutenant-Colonel J . C- . Murray Cowell , Captain L . D . Mackinnon , Captain the Hon . G . C . C Elliot , Captain H . M . Bouverie , Captain F . H . Rarosden , Lieutenant E . Adisbrowe , and Lieutenant C . H . Greville .

    Keview op the German Legion . — The Queen , accompanied by Prince Albert and the royal family , reviewed on Saturday afternoon the troops of tho British Gei ^ nan Legion encamped at Browndown . Disaster . ^ tr Sea . —The Pacific steam-ship Santiago , Commander "W . R . Bartlett , from Valparaiso , with one hundred and fifty persons on board , and carrying a valuable cargo , and specie to the amount of 200 , 000 dollars , two days after leaving Valparaiso , on the 28 th of June , struck upon a reef of rocks , known as tho ' Infernal Hocks , ' during a dark and huzy night . Tho ship was immediately stopped and backed off the rocks ; but , tho wator having gained upon her forward , it was anticipated every instant that she would go down . The coolness , energy , and Judgment of tho captain , officers , and crow , however , saved tho ship ; and , aftor almost

    incxodiUlo exertions , shared in by all on board for two daye and nights , she arrived in safety at Callao . iflujRNiWJ op a Vessel . —Tho barque Elizabeth , of J ) . # ngor , vwas on Thursday week run in great liaato into 4 » W » wt , iae ^ ho h ad been set on fire by part of her lime q «* go , vtixii ^ x t | ad become saturated with water . Sho Wt'Lai ^ io tUo pnoviouB day with a cargo of lime for ¦ tu » l ytoead ; ibut , . the wjud blowing very fresh , and tho soa rmvwug . Jtfgh , sho began to louk , and tho water thus canio into oantMtrwlfh tUo ^ argo , ami kindled tho limo . lWE AcgiPBBT AX ««» SJUCOK OpifKATiONH .-Tho court of mquiry in thia caae has arrived at tho following 4 ocb on which was read to the- whole of tho troops on parade at tho Artillery Barriwka , on Monday —" The ^ Xi ^ ? e ™ atu ?*} y coneidorod tho itatomouta of the wltaepiMiB , Jb « f opinion that tho evidence in not

    aufficiently clear to enable it- to-form - & conclusion as to the cause of the explosion of the charges -which-took place in the counter battery during the siege operations on the 19 th of August , 1866 . " The whole of the flufferers by the accident have -nearly . recovered . Religious Differences . —^ Captain Pitman , df the 1 st Devon Militia , states that the men of his -regiment where frequently insulted , while stationed at Limerick , on the ground of their being Protestants . Loss of a Schooner Yacht . —The schooner yacht Viking , belonging to Colonel Stirling , was on Friday week , about an hour after sunset , run into by the barque James Holmes , bound for London from the West Indies , ' and cut down to the water ' s edge .

    The yacht made for Newhaven in a sinking state . All hands were saved . According to a private letter we have received , it was a case of the grossest carelessness on the part of the merchantman . The yacht was on the starboard tack , and had a light at her mast-head . The James Holmes showed a light in answer to the yacht , and was running up Channel . " The barque , " says our correspondent , " ran deliberately into the Viking , tearing the yacht ' s mainsail in half with her jibboom . The master of the yacht sprang on board the barque to demand her name , and found her master in his night gear : he had evidently just come up from below , and prolearnt

    bably had put his helm the wrong way . Having her name , the master of the Viking went back to his own vessel and fonnd her sinking , so he got her into Newhaven , and from thence she has been towed to Cowes . " If , as is ~ here alleged , and as we have no reason to doubt , the yacht was on a wind , and on the starboard tack , and the barque running , it was strictly the duty of the barque to give way to the yacht , though , as a general principle , we think yachts , bound on pleasure only , should give way to laden vessels , whose time is money . On the otner hand , the recklessness of merchantmen , and their want of a look-out forward are proverbialand deserve to be visited with heavy damages .

    , Sir Colin Campbell . — Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell , G . C . B ., has been placed as a Lieutenant-General upon the staff of the army in the United Kingdom , with a view to his appointment as Inspector-General of Infantry . The Anglo-Italian Legion . —The Austrian Consul , at Malta , on hearing that orders had arrived for conveying the brigade to England , caused it to be made known in the camp that such Austrian subjects as were of good

    character would be allowed to return to their country ; that their ' father , ' deeply grieved at the unworthy treatment they had received during their residence in Malta , was ready not only to pardon their having engaged in foreign service without his consent , but to admit them to the honour of serving under his standard . About four hundred availed themselves of the Emperor ' s offer , and have received , or will receive , passports to Venice . The remainder of the Legion will be despatched to England as soon as an opportunity offers . — Times Malta

    Correspondent . The Camp at Colchester . —The Duke of Cambridge on Tuesday reviewed the regiments of the British German Legion now encamped at Colchester , nunnRring in the aggregate about 6200 men , divided into six regiments of infantry , under tho command of Major-Genoral Baron Stutterheim . Tho whole neighbourhood presented a holiday appearance , and tho field exhibited a gay scene of elegantly-dressed ladies and brilliantlyaccoutred Boldiers . The Commander-in-Chief expressed the highest satisfaction at the evolutions of the soldiers , and , on leaving the field , proceeded to the house of Mr . Robow , at Wy venhoo Park , whero ho partook of lunch in tho company of the officers who had formed his escort . Ho then returned to tho station at Colchester , attended as before , and left by the four o ' clock train for London .

    Colonel Lake , C . B ., of Kars . —Tho East India Company , departing from their usual custom , propose to attach to Colonel Lako ' a rotiring pension a personal allowance of 100 Z . a year .

    Miscellaneous. The New Lord Helper.—Tho ...

    MISCELLANEOUS . The New Lord Helper . —Tho Right Honourable Edward Strutt , who has been elevated to tho peerage as Lord Belper , is tho only son of tho late Mr . William Strutt , a manufacturer , of St . Helon's-houso , Derby , by Barbara , daughtor of Thomas Evans , Esq ., of the same place . lie was born in 1801 , mid having received hia early education at a grammar-school in one of tho midland counties , weut up to Trinity College , Cambridge , in 181 i ) , and graduated there in 1823 . Soon after thia , ho entered into uctivo busineaa as a cotton manufacturer in hia native town . Ho lias been a moraber of Purliamont—first for Derby , ufterwarda for Arunilel , and finally for Nottingham—hiiioo 18 * 10 . Ho waa uppointed , under Lord Abordeen ' w miniatry , to tho sinecure post of Chancellor of the Duchy of Luncast . or , from which ho waa rather unceremoniously ousted in order to make room in tho Cabinet for Lord John KuhhoII . The new peer ia of Radical politics , and pledged to tho ballot , short parliaments , and civil and roligioua freedom . This Siirkwmuukv Eaiu . dom and Ehtaticm . —In proof of the aerioua intention of tho Ingeatro family to as . ^ ert tlio claim of" Earl Talbot to tiio Kurldom of Shrewsbury , it may bo atatod that about a fortnight ago , Viacount Ingeatro , in the name and on behalf of hia father , -vyhoia abroad , went , accompanied by tho eolicitor

    of ' the family-mia a ftlfend , to Alton Towers , and made a ' formal demand < if possession-of the mansion and estates , alleging that Lord Talbot is the legal heir Lord Iogeetee was informed that the trustees under the wall of the late earl had taken possession , and he was accordingly refused'admission into the house . Should his lordship establish his claim , the disentailment by the late earl will be nugatory , and the valuable estates attached to the earldom in Staffordshire , Shropshire , Cheshire , Oxfordshire , and Worcestershire , of the value of 35 , 000 ? . a year , as well as the high honours connected with this most ancient and distinguished 'house , will be _ come the inheritance of the Talbots . Had the earidom been extinct , the Earl of Derby would have been the Premier Earl of England , and the Earl of Cork the Premier Earl of Ireland . Lord Talbot ' s solicitor has issued a notification to the tenantry of the late Earl of Shrewsbury , directing them not to pay any rent to Lord Edward Howard ( to whom the late earl has left the estates ) , or to his agents .

    Flood at Doncaster . —During an overflow of the r iver Don at Doncaster in the course of last week , two young men were swept out of a boat in which they were attempting to cross the river , and were drowned in the sight of their parents and of several other persons , who were-unable to do anything to save them . Tjhe British Archaeological Association has held its thirteenth annual meeting this year at Bridgewater . and Bath—an arrangement which has allowed its members to explore an interesting portion of the antiquities of Somersetshire . The Bridgewater programme included visits to Glastonbury Abbey , Wells Cathedral , Yeovil , and Clevedon . The Great Bell for the Westminster Clock . —

    This monster bell has now been raised from the pit , and was sounded for the first time with a clapper of seven hundred-weight on Friday week . The casting is remarkably clean , and the tone is thoug ht to be very fine by all who have yet heard it . The diameter is 9 feet 5 £ inches ; the height outside 7 feet 1 Q £ inches ; inside 6 feet 8 inches ; thickness of sound , bow 9 inches ; of the waist 3 inches . It has not yet been weighed , but , as it has shrunk less than was expected in cooling , it is believed that the weight will be rather over 15 tons . The note is E natural . —

    The Hon . Sir William Temple , K . C . B ., brother of Lord Palmerston , and late Minister Plenipotentiary at Naples , died at his temporary residence , Dover-street , Piccadilly , at nine o ' clock , a . m ., on Sunday . It will be recollected that Jhe left his diplomatic post at Naples , on account of ill health , a short time back . On the evening of Thursday week , he was able to take his accustomed carriage drive , and he received a visit from Lady Palmerston on Saturday afternoon , previous to her leaving town for Brocket-hall . Late in the evening , Lord

    Palmerston also called on him , and remained for a long time . Until half an hour before his death , he was in full possession of all his faculties , and then expired in perfect calmness , without the least apparent pain . Ho was born in January , 1788 , and was unmarried . His first diplomatic service was in connexion with the embassy to the Hague , to which he was attached in 1814 . After many changes and advances , he was appointed in November , 1832 , to the post which he vacated -within the last few weeks . In March , 1852 , ho was nominated a Civil Knight Grand Cross of the Bath , in reward

    for hia diplomatic ser . Payment of Magistrates' Clerks . —The mode of remunerating magistrates' clerks has been under the consideration-of the Town Council of . Dovonport ; and the majority regarding the payment by fees to be objectionable , have appointed a committee to report upon the practicability or otherwise of paying the mugiatrates ' clerk a fixed salary . The justices for tho borough have not as yet acceded to the proposition for a conforenco on the subject with the committee of the town council . The Agapemone . —Tho followers of Prince , of '' the abode of love , " have commenced a mission for the diffuheld

    sion of their doctrines . Their first meeting wan "t Bridgwater , and waa convened by a placard tints worded : — " Tho Agapomone—tho Testimony of what God Iiub done to redeem the earth will bo publicly mado known at the Clarence Hotel ; come and hear , " & c 1 ho " miaaionariea" wero three porvdrt clergymen , tho Kev . S . Starkoy , tho Rev . S . Thomas , and tho Rev . . ) . CoMTheir diacoureea wero in one strain , pointing to Prince us the Meaaioli , and urging- the people to propnro lor hia judgment . Tho preachers were Hatoued to with unpatienco by tuo auditory , and an attempt wu »» . 'K' « j to draw them into discussion , but they refused to hoM

    any argument . The Cambrian Anoii ^ oLocixoAL Societ y l »" J " holding its meetings at the town of Welshpool on tho

    borders . PitiNoic Napolicon . —The KoinoIIortonae , with I mice Napoleon on board , haa arrived at Konviok , . Shethum Islands , an < l ia about to act Bail for . 1 jargon , i" Norway . Maijemoihiclmc Johanna Wacinkk ia about to rul ' ' from the stage . She ia on the point of marry nig »*¦• Juchtman , of Kounjgnberg . , . Lkvuk ok this Quicionok-Oudk . —TJio Quconol Ou < l < : held a luvee of ladioa at tho York Hotel , Southampton , whore ( she ia ataying , on Friday weok . Tho J ' rincoH h 1 «<» received Homo gentlemen . Gold and wilvc-r nwicebearera ( miya tho Daily News ) stood iutmlu tins < loc > i to guard tho entrance . M ' csm-s . Brandon , Rogoin , » nu

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 30, 1856, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30081856/page/10/