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NAVAL AND MILITARY. Hrview ax Chatham.—A...
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OBITUARY. The Right Hon. Sir John Dodson...
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MISCELLANEOUS. The Court.—Accompanied by...
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Gatherings From The Law And Police Court...
minster Bank where it was ntado payable ; that , on its being so returned , Frankenheim endorsed it ; that tie defendant delivered it to one Edkins to get the alteration made , and tllat Edkins fraudulently negotiated the bill ; that the defendant never received any value or consideration for the bill ; and tlvat the plaintiff never was a bond fide holder of the bill , and took it -with notice of tie fraud . Edkins "was examined , and iu cross-examination said : — "I call myself a furniture broker , and se
• yvrifs in the law way occasionally—anything , in fact , ^ an honest living . ( Laughter . ) Getting an acceptance to a hill is in my line . I can ' t swear now many acceptances I have got for tho defendant . Sometimes he gave me 10 s . ; at others , 2 s . 6 d . Reid [ a person who was to have accepted the billj lives in the Hackney-road . He kindly lends his name to poor men wlio want money . Be is a gentleman of the Stock Exchange . I did not see Heid write * J . Reid and Co . ' I will not swear that lie did write it : but I will swear that he did not . It is
not true that I stole the bill . I had a running account with the defendant . I have obliged him , and he ought to oblige me . " The jury fo und a verdict f or the plaintiff for 43 / . Mr . Baron Martin said he had been contemplating whether he should not commit Edkins for perjury , and he abstained from doing so solely because he did not cleariy see his way to a conviction . He would , Jiowever , say this , that Edkins could not be believed in any court of justice . 3 Vlr . J . B . Gough has commenced legal proceedings , in the Court of Exchequer , to obtain a verdict against Dr . lees , for special damages arising out of the alleged libel mentioned in these columns last week .
The meeting before the Vice-Chancellor ' s Chief Clerk for the appointment of official liquidators to the Northumberland and Durham District Bank took place on Thursday , when the voluntary liquidators were provisionally named , pending an absolute decision . —In the Court of Bankruptcy on the same day , Mr . Commissioner Evans confirmed the adjudication of bankruptcy against the London and Eastern Banking Corjioration . Notice of appeal to the Lords Justices was given . —The certificate of Thomas Holland , tobacco-broker , was wholly r used , on account of his having issued accommodation bills to an enormous extent , and committed other dishonest practices .
The Rev . George Radcliffe , rector of the parish of St . Edmond ' s , Salisbury , lias been examined at the Mansion House , on a charge of making a fraudulent transfer of stock and annuities to the value of 1228 ? . 6 s . 3 d . Three ; per Cent . Consols . Some years ago , Mr . Isaac Flower , a gentleman resident at Salisbury , married a lady living 5 n the same city , and a settlement was then made , of ¦ which the father of the lady and a Mr . Robert Jtaxtvorthy , of Ranee , in Dorsetshire , were the trustees . After a time , however , the former gentleman resigned his share of the trust , and the Rev . Mr . Rudcliffb was appointed to fill his place , in whose name , and that of Mr . Raxworthy , the property included in the trust afterwards stood . In the course of last July , Messrs . Capel
and Trotter , stockbrokers , received a letter from Mr . Radcliffe , in-- which he stated that his fellow-trustee , Mr . Raxworthy , was dead , and he therefore urged Messrs . Capel and Co . to sell the stock , as he was anxious to make a distribution among the funrilv , owing to the death of Mr . llaxworthy . A certificate of the latter gentleman ' s death , purporting to be signed by the officiating minister at his funeral , and likewise by another , who declared the document to be a copy of the register , ' waa enclosed in the letter . After a little further correspondence between Messrs . Capel and Co . and Mr . Radclifle relative to tho transfer of the stock , the latter wont to the Bank on the 31 st of July , 1857 , to execute the transfer , and received a cheque , signed by Capel and Co ., for the amount for which the stock
was sold , viz . 93 S £ lls . Mr . Rndcliflfe nftcnvards opened an account at the London JoiutrStock Hank with this money . The dividends up to last July had been regularly paid in to the Salisbury Bank , on account of Mr . Flower , and in tho January following another dividend became due , but , on going to tho bank , Mr . Flower learned that tlie nmount hn < l not been paid in , and he therefore informed Mr . Radcliil ' e of the fact . The latter said he would set . tho mutter right , and the money was immediately paid in to the banker ' s : but Mr .
Ruxworthy , not being satisfied witli the appearance of things , expressed his intention of going to London to innke inquiries . Mr , Kadcliflh endeavoured to prevent this by personally communicating with him , and entering into no explanation of tho matter ; but Mr . Raxworthy proceeded to London , and ultimately the clergyman was apprehended on the present charge . Tho certificate of tho dentil of Mr , Unxworthy , and the names of the persons by whom it . was signed , were ascertained to he forgeries . Tho prisoner has been committed for trial .
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Naval And Military. Hrview Ax Chatham.—A...
NAVAL AND MILITARY . Hrview ax Chatham . —A gcnm-iil inspection jmd review of tho troops belonging to tho corps of Rovnl . Engineers , together with the Kant India Company ' * . Sappers nnd Minern , now at their liead-qii'utor . s , ISromptou Barracks , Chatham , took phim hiHt Sntiirduv by Lieutcnarit-Gcnernl Sir G . A . Wethemll , K . C . 1 J ., K . U ., Adjutant-General , untl Colonel J . W . Gordon ' , C . B . ' Deputy-Adjutant General to tho ltoynl Engineers .
Review and Sham = Fight at- Woouwich . —The Duke of' Cambridge , last Saturday ^ reviewed the troops in garrison at Woolwich on the common . A sham fight also took place . These proceedings are preparatory to a grand review by Marshal Pelissien The Foot Guards .- —A return just printed shows that from 1839 to 1853 ( bath inclusive ) 350 soldiers in the Grenadier Guards were killed and 214 invalided by consumption , out of 654 deaths from all causes ; in the same period 12 men put an end to their lives by suicide . In the Coldstream Guards , 150 died and 49 were invalided by consumption ( out of 339 deaths in all ); the number of suicides was six . In the Scots Fusilier Guards , 155 were killed and 97 invalided by
consumption ( out of 340 deaths from all causes ) ; in the fifteen years already mentioned , only one case of self-destruction is recorded . In the Brigade of Foot Guards , it is further shown that from 1839 to 1853 , 228 non-commissioned officers and 1996 men were disoharged unfit , " invalided , " besides 1 C 81 discharged at request , 188 as illegally attested , and 196 as incorrigible scamps , making a grand total of 4289 discharged . 32 sergeants , & c , and 429 men were invalided from the Foot Guards from the 1 st of June , 1856 , to the 1 st of February , 1858 , besides 13 non-commissioned cnrlcers and 716 men reduction , " by recommendation of medical officers , and 13 non-commissioned officers and 927 men as under height . 10 officers ( non-commissioned ) and 77 men died during the same period ( June , 1850 , to
February , 1858 ) . Some causes of suicide in the Grenadier Guards are worth noting . Corporal Dutton shot himself in a fit of jealousy of his wife ; Private Samuels was unable to bear up under the ignominy of having a sister who was a prostitute , and SergeantJ . Richardson hanged himself from inability to face an accusation that he had imparted to another sergeant's daughter a cartain disgusting and infamous disease : a fourth , man cut his throat while harassed by anxious cares for his family . One man in the Coldstream Guards hanged himsel f while out . on furlough , possibly from the monomania consequent on ennui and want of occupation , or possibly from the effects of drunkenness , delirium iremens appearing to be a common disorder among the privates of these regiments . — Tbhes .
Wounded Troops from Cawntotu- .. —The fust detachment of wounded troops from Cawnpore arrived at Fort Pitt general hospital , Chatham , from India on Sunday evening , having disembarked at Gravesend from the East India Company ' s ship Hotspur , Captain Thornby . The sick and wounded troops , to the number of 96 noncommissioned officers and men of the 10 th , 35 th , 53 rd , 60 th ( Rifles ) , 1 st battalion ; 78 th ( Highlanders ) , 79 th ( Highlanders ) , and 84 tli Regiment , with 23 women and children , embarked at Calcutta on the 8 th of January , and arrived in the Thames last Saturday , after . a fine passage of one hundred and eight days . During the voyage , eleven deaths occurred on board , most of those dying having been severely wounded .
Mit . Kkes ani > tub Stegb of Lucknow . —Mr . Rees has addressed the following letter to Dr . Davies , of Bath : — " London , April 23 , 1858 . —Sir , — I much regret that , in the ( irst edition of my account of the siege of Lucknow , 1 was led by a report which I heard thero to state that Captain Savary had assisted the rebels against his countrymen . I am informed that this report is untrue , and I have reason to believe that Captain Savary was cither murdered by such rebels or died from a severe illness , which would of itself havo rendered him incapable of assisting them oi- of getting into tlie Residency . Having already withdrawn from my work the paragraph referred to , I feel it right to tender to you and the other members of Captain Savary's family my sincere apology for having inadvertently been led into any mi . sstatement reflecting on the character of the above gentleman . —I am , & c , L . E . Risks . "
AmnuAr , John Sukman Caudkn died at the close of last week at Ballycastlo , Antrim . Ho was born in 1771 , served under Lord Ho wo , and distinguished himself during the last war with l ' rnncc . Captain Wkstaiacoxt ' s 1 ' oktoiiilin Chain- BakniKu . —Tho troops belonging to the lloyal and Unfit India Company ' s Engineers at Chatham were engaged on Tuesday in some siege operations , for the purpose of testing the merits of a portcullis chain barrier , tho invention of Captain Spencer Westmmeott , 14 . 10 . Ono of tho chain barriers was erected beneath tho archway of tho sallyport , leading to tho Spur-battery , and Fort Aniliorst ]{(!( lon )>( , vliero tho experiments look plneo . The invention consists of nothing moro than a chain throo-fightliH of an inch in thickness , which is formed into . squares of about a foot in length , and ooinpoaod of ( ivo links . The merit claimed for the invention by Captain WoHtmaoott is , that it will eflcK- 'timllv reni-st tho
paasiige ol troops into a fort or gnrrisnn , and t hat , owing to its iion-icsi . stance , it cannot bo destroyed in tho ordinary way by charge * of gunpowder . The ; experimontB , which worn tried hi tho presence of about two hundred oilicurs , wore considered satisfactory . Tj uc Vjotoiiia Ciio . ss . — Li Tuesday '* (' Jtizetti : we read that " tht ! Queen has been graciously pleased to -signify her intention to confer tho decoration of tho Victoria Cross on the under-mentioned oillcoi-H , nou-coiniiiiK . iioiuul olliw . rs , and men of her Majesty ' s and of this East India Company ' * nrinieo , who havo bouii recommended to her MnjcHty for that decoration , in accordance , with tho rules laid down in her Miije » ty ' s wnrr / uit instituting the flame ,
on account of actfe of bravery performed by them in India : " - —Bengal Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Tombs ; C . B ., and Lieutenant James Hills ; 24 th Bombay Native Infantry—Lieutenant William Alexander Kerr Bengal Sappers and Miners—SeTgeant John Smith ' 52 nd Regiment — Bugler Robert Hawthorne ( the two last named were concerned in the celebrated blowing \ IX of the Cashmere Gate at Delhi ) ; 52 nd Regiment—Lance-Corporal Henry Smith ; Bengal Horse Aitillerv — Sergeant Bernard Diamond and Gamier Richard Fitzgerald .
Collision on the East Coast . —The brig Jessie , of Shields , came into collision , on Sunday night , near the Dudgeon light vessel , with a schooner ( name unknown ) , and received such severe damage that she sank immediately ; The captain and three of the crew were drowned ; the rest -were picked up bj r the brig Ann . of Torquay . The schooner pursued her course without rendering any assistance , though hailed to do so . Collision in tiik Chasnkl . —Tire Wonder , C ; ipt ; iiu Clements , and the Havre , Captain Smith , Loth from . Havre to Southampton , came into collision on Thursilav morning in broad daylight , and in calm weather . Tug end of the Wonder was completely torn away ; but tho passengers were safel y rescued . The eause of the accident is not precisely known .
Obituary. The Right Hon. Sir John Dodson...
OBITUARY . The Right Hon . Sir John Dodson expired on Tuesday night at his residence in Seymour-place , Mayfair , after a short illness . He was the eldest son of the Info Dr . John Dodson , of Murstpierpoint , Sussex , and w ;' . s born in 1780 . After parsing through . various legal gradations , he was appointed Judge of the Prerogative-Court of Canterbury and Dean of the Arches in 1 S ; V > . This gave him a seat in the Privy Council , lie was M . P . for Rye , from July , 1819 , to March , 1823 . Professor William Gregory , of Edinburgh University—an able and accomplished chemist—died last Saturday evening , after a protracted illness . Majou Jamks Douglas , of tlie COth Rifles , one of the heroes of the Punjab war , and of other campaignsin India , died on the 25 th ult .
Miscellaneous. The Court.—Accompanied By...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —Accompanied by the Prince Consort and Prince Arthur , the Queen , last Saturday , inspected tho Engineer Field Train , and the Royal Artillery practice , at Aldershot . The chief feature of the day was tho vise of a lasso by the newly formed corps of Mounted Engineers , who in this way seized and drew oft' several " large guns . The military judges present , however , di < I . not think much of the achievement , which , it appear ? , is nothing more than what any artillerj-maii could perform with the same means . Tlia Royal party returned to the Pavilion at one o ' clock ; again left it at four o'clock , and drove round the camp , inspecting several regiments in passing . They them returned to London .
—The Prince of Wales , on tho same day , returned to Buckingham Palace from his Irish tour . —The Queen and Prince Albert , accompanied by the Princesses Alice , Helena , and Louisa , went on Tuesday morning to tlie exhibition of tlie Society of Painters in Water Colours . Her Majesty , tho Prince Consort , and tliu Prince ol Wales went to the ' Opera in tlie evening . —The Queen held a Levee on Wednesday , at which numerous presentations took place . The honour of knighthood was conferred upon Mr . Adam Bittleston , the ( Jliief . Justice of Madras . —The Prince of Wales took up his residence on the . same day at tho Whito Lodge , Richmond Park . — On Thursday , tlie Queen ' went to the exhibition of the Royal Academy .
^ Tins Rev . Sawukl Smith . —We understand that Dr ; Evans has oflicially certified to the authorities that Mr . Smith ' s state of health utilits lum for hard work . His lungs , it is stated , havo been partially destroyed bv consumption . Mr . Smith requested that his labour should be digging , or any work which would give liim niii . souJ . nr exorcise , but wo helievo that ho lias beciu put to shoemaking . —Balh Chronicle . Oxvokt ) Miodlk-Clabs Kxatuinationh . —Mr . AUIormnii S . liolmo presided on Tuesday at a meeting held in Liverpool relfttivo to tho Oxford Middle-class examination , whon it appeared , from tho report road by tho secretary , that ninety-eight candidates would bo ready for examination in . June . Sot ; iKTY ok Ahts . —Tho first oonvorsnzionc or Iho session took place at tho society ' s house in the Adelphi last Saturday oveniiitr .
Fmic nkah Ai , i ) i . ; itHiior . -An alarming ( iro rngoil for Boino days at tho claye of last week in the 11 r plantations near Woking , and in tho iit % lilioiirhood <> f the Aldcr . sliot cmnp . " Soino idea of the oxtouL of this prosit conllji ^ ialion , " . sjiys tho Twu > a , " m / iy "bo formed , whou wo nny that it has destroyed plantations on mi ox ten I , of no loss than 6000 or ( 5000 jicros . Tho tract over which it lmaHproad exUimls from tho village of Plrbright uvi : r tliH steep picturesque eminences known as tlio AlitchH , hills and townnlH the I » Yiml « y rhlgo . s . It , neainn to Imvo commenced near Plrhriglit , ou a lonely ron < l through n lni- tfo ilr plantation , and wliicli leads from tliu ( Juihffonlroad . From tlio fact of its having evidently commomril lioro on tho wiiysido , it , hooiiks n « probable as not , that its . origin was accidental . 11 commenced among tho furzo
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Leader (1850-1860), May 1, 1858, page 418, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_01051858/page/10/
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