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      Criminal Record. Itiox. —James Seale, Th...

      CRIMINAL RECORD . itiox . —James Seale , the youth who murdered a rued Sarah Ann Guppy , on the 30 th of last April , secuted on Tuesday morning , at the Castle of sster . Attempts , as usual in these cases , had been o tbe Home Secretary to mitigate the sentence , jy failed . The culprit denied his guilt for a long » ut ultimately confessed , and made many profesf penitence . When the hour for execution drew was in a state of abject prostration ; but his strugfter the falling of the drop , were brief . empt to Shoot a Man through a Keyhole . — [ Wnley , a blacksmith , of Summit , near Rochnras charged ; last Saturday , with attempting to John Atherton , a tailor , through tho keyhole . ey ' s shop is at one end of a row of houses , and on ' s house at the other . A clear spring of water , y the residents of the row , having been repeatedly by Townley cooling his hot irons in it , Atherton jmonstrated with him , and they had quarrelled it some time ago . On Saturday night , Atherton

      is wife , and Mr . and Mrs . Bamford , neighbours , lat Atherton's , and , a little after elev T en o ' clock , on removed from the table to the fireside , and ling his pipe , when , a gun or pistol was discharged h the keyliole of the door , the charge passing twelve inches of him , and striking the wall oppohile a considerable portion of the wadding fell on sr . Atherton instantly put on his shoes , ran out , iw Townley running away . Townley has been tied for trial at the Assizes .

      ider and Robbery at Acroif . —The body of Iward John Bates , a builder , -was discovered on . y night hi the high road between Acton and Shep-Busb , quite dead , -with two stabs close to the and Eeyeral other mortal injuries . The disordered F the clothes showed that robbery had been com-; and the features were so mutilated , that Tec ogwas difficult . The murderer is at present quite vn . The parish authorities have offered a reward , and the inquest is adjourned to nest Tuesday . rages bit Colliers . —The men belonging to the ister collieries , near Bristol , have beeu on strike rsome months , owing to their employers desiring ice their pay ; and , within the las ' t few days , savage outrages have been committed by them men who had been engaged in their places . Nine offenders have been examined at the Bristol

      > ffice , and ordered to find substantial bail . iPE from Newcastle : Gaol . —Robert Boyd , wenty-two , an active looking fellow , was senat the assizes on Saturday last to six years' penal de for robbery , and committed to Newcastle Gaol , m six and seven o ' clock on the Thursday evening > locked up in his cell ; the door of which was jcured , and , was found so after his escape . In of the cells are placed large iron pipes for the B of conveying the rain that falls on the roof of » 1 into the drains . These pipes are concealed by screwed into the wall . Boyd was confined in these cells , and he seems to have removed without iiffieulty the plank that was before the pipe . He imbed to the top of t ! ie cell , and by some means

      ay a quantity of lead connected with the pipe at > , by which a small opening was made , through he managed to squeeze himself on to the roof of ison . He then lowered himself into tho nvea the stone yard . Still he had the outer wall to efore he was safely into the street , a height of twenty-five feet . This difficulty he surmounted ttle contrivance . Looking about him he found Indies of hair . To prevent the revolving of a xdefrise , he placed the bundles upon it . Having ted himself of a plank used for whitewashing the , he set it upon the bundles and climbed up to the the wall , from which he descended to the footpath ans of oakum which lie had twisted into a line , > t clear off .

      Naval And Military. Ja.Su.-—Two Privates...

      NAVAL AND MILITARY . jA . su .- —Two privates of the 13 th ( Prince Albert ' s ) Infantry were subjected at Chatham , on Tuesday ng , in presence of all the troops in garrison , to ashes each , for an net of gross insubordination , had refused to embark atGravesend with the other proceeding to India in the General Simpson , and icited tlie other troops not to embnvk . They entheir punishment with grent bravado , After cured of the effects of tho lash , they will undergo j term of imprisonment in Fort Clarence Military n . Rochester .

      tempt to Launch tiik Steam ub Meusby . — iday was the day appointed for launching the fine -ateamor Moracy at Chatham Dockyard ; but tho pt waa a failure . All the supports were knocked , and powerful screws wore applied for propelling but tho vessel would not stir n hair ' s-breadth , and ¦ » at length found necessary to shore her up ngain , eavo her . She is n sister ship to tho Orlando , 50 , -Bteamer , recently inuncHcd at Peinbroko Dockyard , s tho second of the immenso screw frigntcs which » te Lorda of tho Admiralty ordered to bo laid down mpetc-with the largo war steamers winch have been

      constructed for the navy of the United States . The Mersey has been an astonishingly short time in building , having only been commenced in the early part of last year . _ She is built from the designs of Rear-Admiral Sir Baldwin W . Walker , K . C . B ., Surveyor of the Navy , who has taken much interest in her progress . The failure in the launching is supposed to have arisen from the sinking of the ground at the head of the slip on which the Mersey is built , which has carried the " ways " down with it , and so destroyed the incline .

      Miscellaneous. The Court-—The Queen And ...

      MISCELLANEOUS . The Court- —The Queen and Prince Consort left Buckingham Palace at twenty minutes past eight o'clock on Tuesday morning , attended by Lady Macdonald , the Hon . Caroline Cavendish , Colonel the Hon Sir C . Pbipps , Colonel the Hon . A . N . Hood , and Captain Du Platt . Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were conducted to their carriage by- the Marquis of Exeter , K . G ., the Earl De La Warr , the Earl of Sheffield , the Hon . Mortimer Sackville West , and Colonel the Hon . A . Liddell . The Royal party left the Palace in three carriages , and were escorted by a detachment of Life Guards to the Bricklayers'Arms Station , where a special train was in readiness to convey her Majesty to Gravesend to embark on board the Royal yacht en route fox Potsdam . The visit to Gravesend , it was generally understood , was to be private ; but the authorities were left in the dark as to what to do . A singular incident occurred in connexion with the anticipated arrival of her Majesty at Gravesend . An official letter was sent to the Homo Secretary , asking if the Queen would permit any public demonstration of welcome by the townspeople . The letter , in the ordinary course of such matters , was sent to Colonel Phipps , the illustrious K . C . B ., who , after some delay , returned for answer a letter containing some packets of clover seed , and nothing more . The authorities were therefore compelled to do the best they could , and something like a demonstation took place . The usual array of triumphal arches , banners , garlands , & c ,, made the town gay and festal ; the inhabitants crowded the

      streets ; a guard of honour was in readiness at the pier ; and the Mayor and corporation presented an address . The Queen arrived at half past nine o ' clock , and departed soon afterwards . After she had gone on board the Royal yacht , the young ladies who strewed the flowers before the Princess Frederick William on the occasion of her departure presented to her Majesty , for her daughter ' acceptance , a graceful souvenir . The Queen was met at Antwerp by the Prince and Princess of Prussia ; on Wednesday , her Majesty arrired at Dusseldorf , and subsequently at Breidenbacb .

      This Reform Parliament . —The Government have , on the recommendation of a Special Committee , consisting of Lord John Russell , Lord Elcho , and Mr . Coningham , M . P ., decided on the purchase of Sir George Iiayter ' s immense picture of the House of Commons first assembled after the passing of the Reform Bill . — Atheiueum . The Mendicant Monks xk Liverpool . —James Garron and Lewis Corey , the monks who were last week twice examined before the Liverpool magistrates on a charge of begging , were again brought up on Tuesday , and , on their promising not to offend again , they were discharged .

      The Comet . —Mr , Hind , writing to the Times on the subject of the comet discovered by Dr . Donati at Florence on June 2 nd , says that it " will be visible a little above the horizon , in the evenings , in the constellations Leo Minor and Coma Berenices , for about six weeks from this time , and after tho 20 th inst . it may be seen in the mornings also . About the end of tho first week in September , jit will ri 3 o 3 £ hours before the sun , and set at nearly an equal interval after him . Tho rnpid increase in the intensity of the comet ' s light , which on September 29 th will be 160 times greater than on the night of discovery , may very possibly allow of its being conspicuously visible to the naked eye ( as already pointed out by several continental astronomers ) , particularly in the evening twiliglit , towards the end of that month . "

      This IIaiivest . —Our reports from the principal agri « cultural districts give tho following as tho condition nnd probable results of tho harvest . Tho wheat crop promises a full avcrago yield , though likely to fall considerably short of last year ' s extraordinary produce . Barley and oats are both various ; the former not likely to yield a very good quality of grain , and both probably under average as to quantity . AH lato sown spring crops nave suffered from tho unusual drought and heat of spring and summer . Tlicro never was so universal a failure throughout the country as Loans and

      peas have this year exhibited . Swedes and turnips have Hiifl ' ored from tho drought and ily , and have to a large extent been rosown . Mangold wurzcl promises a satisfactory yield . Hay has been rather a abort crop , but madu in excellent order . Tho harvest id from ten days to a fortnight earlier than usual . Of potatoes , excepting one or two reports from I £ * sox and Kent , favournblo accounts tiro received , « nd , if tho disease appears at all this year , it will bo certainly much later , nnd we may , therefore , hope less dcsLructivo in its attacks tluin it lias been .

      New Peers . —Mr . Pemberton Leigh ' s elevation , to the peerage has just taken place . The title selected by the new peer is that of Lord Kingsdown , of Kingsdown , Kent . It was currently reported at Knutsford on Saturday , during the election for North Cheshire , that the father of the new member , Mr . Tatton Egerton ( who recently accepted the Chiltern Hundreds ) , is shortly to be raised to the peerage . The Dovek Mail Service . —A testimonial was presented to Mr . Churchward , the contractor for the Dover mail service , on Saturday , by several peers and members of Parliament , who were enabled , by the assistance

      of one of the Company ' s packets , to reach England eailier than the arrangements of the Peninsular and Oriental Company permitted . The address concluded in these gratifying terras : — " The affability you have , displayed to all your guests , and the good management that has prevailed under very embarrassing circumstances , assure us that it is a matter of congratulation to the public that the comfort and security of passengers , and the punctual conveyance of the mails between England and France , are entrusted to a gentleman and a staff of officers so well qualified to discharge such responsible duties "

      The Leading Yacht in the contest for the Emperor ' s Cup , which arrived at Cherbourg at 1 . 10 P . M . on Friday week , was the Alarm , belonging to Mr . Weld . Bat the Ursuline , the property of Lord Londesborongb , according to the conditions of the race , Was the winner ; she arrived 1 . 50 p . m . Redpatk and Robson . —The well-known culprits , Redpath . and Robson , are to be sent to Freemantle , Australia , by the Edwin Fox . Chelsea-Bridge was thrown open on Sunday last to the public , free of toll .

      Pivine Service at xbcbEpdtstose Lighthouse . — In the English Channel , on a ridge of dangerous rocks facing the port of Plymouth ( says the Bristol Times ) , stands this , majestic and highly useful beacon to the mariners of all nations , a structure which has been the means of preventing frequent shipwrecks and the sacrifice * of much valuable life . At this spot , far away from the land , are stationed three rnen , who through a large portion of the year are cut off fronv all social and Teligious intercourse with the world . In the summer time they occasionally receive a flying visit from a few strangers , but during the greater part of the year , especially in tempestuous weather , they are left ' alone to their own society and their own reflections . . On the 29 th of June , however , a somewhat interesting and novel event took place at the lighthouse- —the performance of divine

      service by a clergyman of the Church of England . The Rev . Francis Barnes , incumbent of Trinity Church , Plymouth , who is also chaplain of the emigrants embarking at that port , and honorary chaplain in the Sailora' Missionary Society , took a trip on the day named with a . few friends in a steamer to the lighthouse , and , after landing , availed himself of the opportunity of offering up prayer , and preaching an impressive and appropriate sermon to the assembled party and the men in charge of the lighthouse—a circumstance , it is believed , that has never before occurred since the erection of the edifice , except onces last year by the same clergyman . The visitors , before their departure , presented the three men with a supply of fruit , vegetables , and other products of tho season , which , on such a spot were , of course , highly prized and thankfully received . We understand these services will be repeated occasionally daring the

      season . A GiiXTLEMANi ^ v Bishop . —At the meeting of the Synod at Aberdeen last week , the Bishop said : — " Before proceeding , I have to remark , that I sec persons here wlio have not my authority for being present . I positively refuse to give my sanction to Iu < iie 3 being present , and , until the ladies withdraw , I shall not proceed with the business . " ( There were some half-dozen ladies in the front seat of the south gallery . ) " If the ladies have any delicacy , they will not remain without permission from me , and I hope any gentlemen , who may have influence with them , will exert their influence to get them

      toaccede to i « y request . " ( After a pause , and no stir among the ladies , tho Bishop continued . ) " If the ladies are determined , I am equally determined , and I will adjourn the Synod to another place . " ( A pause of some minutes ensued , and yet no sign of the ladies retiring . ) The Bishop then said : — " The Synod is adjourned till the ladies retire—for half an hour . " The Bishop then retired , but the ladies in the gallery sat still for several minutes . Ultimately , after a good deal of consultative whispering , and huving had the benefit of the counsels of a reverend brother , -who ascended to the gallery , they retired . — Aberdeen Press .

      Noktu Ruin is Coppisr Mining Company . —Tho prospectus of tho North Rhino Copper Mining Company of South Australia has just been issued , containing nn influontliil board of directors , nnd holding out to tho public nn opportunity of embarking in tin ontorprlrto which experienced local authorities consider promising and advantageous . It in proposed to mirchaaa tlnco hundred and sixty-six acred of iniiieriil property , from which specimens of coppcr-orc luivo !> ecn obtained equal , it is nllogcu , to any that havo been raised at tlu celebrated Hurm-lUirra mines . If tlio stutomcuts set forth be correct , and they aro certainly supported by gentlemen of tho highest respectability and experience , this

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 14, 1858, page 801, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_14081858/page/9/