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and science in combat at arms . The other combatants and exhibitors were generally non-commissioned officers and privates from the corps of Sappers , the Fourth ( King ' s Own ) Regiment , the Seventy-seventh Regiment , and . the Ninety-first Regiment ; and a party of seamen from the Excellent . The arrangements were well made ; the centre of the room formed the arena , and seats ranged round afforded excellent accommodations for the spectators to witness the proceedings . The dais , or raised part of the room , was principally occupied by ladies and the elite of the company . in
" The affair commenced with the exceedingly - teresting exhibition of the sword-bayonet exercise by sixteen soldiers of the garrison ; the use of this most terrific weapon was well shown , Mr . Angelo himself giving the word of command , and the men , their short practice considered , went through their exercise with much steadiness . We believe the use of this weapon and the exercise adapted to it are Mr . Angelo ' s own arrangements , and as it was new to nearly all present it afforded considerable interest . Next followed a combat between twelve sergeants , six opposed to six , with swords , which these fine gallant fellows knew well how to handle . Then a passage at arms between six soldiers musket and
armed with sabres and six with bayonet . So evenly did these men seem to be matched that we could not observe which had the superiority , the musket or sabre : of course , powder and ball were not taken into question . Following these , Mr . Alford , with musket and bayonet , was opposed to Mr . M'Turk , with a sabre . We inclined to think that the bayonet had rather the advantage ; but both parties displayed the greatest dexterity ; and the way in which Mr . M'Turk rushed in , seized the barrel of the musket , and had his antagonist at his mercy , elicited loud applause . Mr . M'Turk and Mr . AKord then had a duello with small swords . " Six Serjeants of the garrison next went through the attack and defence with swords , three against three . Then followed cutlass exercise by six seamen from the Excellent , three attacking three . From the determined
way in which these active and lithe fellows used their weapons , making the sparks of fire fly at every stroke , it might well have been imagined that they were actually engaged in real combat . Some single-stick play then took place , followed by boxing-matches between different pairs of soldiers . Mr . M'Turk then exhibited his skill and great strength in the use of the sabre . A long angular piece of lead , at least two inches and a half thick , was suspended by a string from the point of a Serjeant ' s halbert , and by a back-handed stroke was severed in two pieces by Mr . M'Turk , who also exhibited his skill in cutting in two a light silk handkerchief . Several of the Serjeants of the garrison and some seamen tried these feats , but none accomplished them . With this feat , it being now five o ' clock , the business of the day ended , and the company separated , having highly enjoyed the ' assault at arms . '
" About ten soldiers from each company quartered in the garrison were permitted to witness the assault at arms ; the room could not contain more . It was densely crowded , and an occasional crash took place , from the seats breaking down ; however , no one was hurt . " Lord Fitzclarence appeared to be highly delighted with the assault at arms , and deserves the greatest praise for his admirable arrangements . He has the true interest of the soldier at heart . By exhibitions such as that of to-day , and also by the excellent arrangement of public military lectures which he has established at Portsmouth , the esprit and morale of the regiments under his immediate orders arc perfectly kept up and satisfactorily insured . "
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DISASTERS AT SEA . —WRKCK OF TIIK ADELAIDE STEAM-SHIP . A large Dublin steamer — the Royal Adelaide—was wrecked off the coast of Kent on Saturday night , with the loss of all her crew and passengers . The place where this melancholy event took place was the Tongue Sand , about fifteen miles from Margate Harbour . The captain of the Tongue light-ship said a large steamer passed his vessel about a quarter to eleven on Saturday night , and in about twenty minutes afterwards they observed signals of distress fired from a vessel on the track she had taken . They only observed the signal two or three times , and , as they heard and saw no more , they were under the imand off
pression that the ship had merely grounded got again . Shortly after daybreak , however , at low water , they saw the hull of a large steamer on the sands , and they then fired a signal gun which attracted attention on shore . The crew of a lugger called the Nelson put off to see what was wrong . They at once bore down in the direction pointed out , but , as the wreck was not then visible , they were unable to make any observations as to her precise position . They continued in the neighbourhood of the sand , however , and in the course of the afternoon picked up the bodies of two persons , which were found floating , the one in the " Black Deeps , " about four miles from the Tongue light-ship , and the other on the Girdler Sand .
Jn consequence of the heavy sea running , and the extreme danger of running on the sand in that part of the Channel , nothing was done by any of the boats on Sunday evening , but all of them remained near the spot during the night . The identity of the vessel was , however , proved beyond doubt , one of the boats' crew having picked up a signal lantern , bearing the name of the ' Royal Adelaide , of Dublin . " It . is supposed that the vessel filled with water very
shortly after she struck , and then , of course , no more j-ignals could be fired . That the vessel must have had u very heavy shock , and soon gone to pieces , appears evident from the fact that the larboard quarter , from the bulwarks down to the keel , broke clean adrift , and has boon discovered buried in the sand near the lied Sand buoy , two miles from the wreck , in 2 . i fathoms of water . The copper sheathing and fastenings on this portion of the wreck arc ontire . The noon was ( also discovered
floating in the " Black Deeps , " on e Girdler Sand , about four miles from the wreck . Not a vestige of any of the boats belonging to the Royal Adelaide has been discovered , from which it is inferred that they were launched , but that , not being able to live in the terrible sea that prevailed at the time , they all foundered . . The spot where this wreck took place is one of the most dangerous in the British Channel . It was within a few cables' length that a German emigrant-ship went to pieces in October last , and nearly two hundred lives were then lost . The prudent course in weather similar to that which prevailed on Saturday night would have been to bring up in Margate-roads for the night . The Tongue light-ship shews a steady white light , and the Girdler , which is about ten miles higher up the Channel , a
revolving light . The two bodies picked up by the Nelson lugger were brought ashore . Neither of these poor fellows appears to have died from drowning : they rather seem to have died from exhaustion . Both of them were provided with life-preservers in the shape of large corks tied round the chest and back , the one having ten and the other five , each about as large as a brick . One seems to have been William Gowler , the mate , identified by a letter in his pocket . The other seems to have beena stoker or fireman , and the name of Coe was written in his boot .
It appears that the Adelaide arrived at Plymouth at nine o ' clock on Thursday evening , the 28 th of March , from Cork , and landed part of her cargo . She brought about six cabin , and say 150 deck passengers , from Ireland , and embarked at Plymouth six cabin and six deck passengers , having also shipped a quantity of wool , she started for London at half-past three o ' clock on Friday morning . She had 50 or 60 pigs on deck , but was moderately laden . The names of the cabin passengers who embarked at Plymouth were—Hurst , 1 ; Withers , 1 ;
Payne , 3 ; and Tucker , 1 ; and of the deck passengers , Welsh , 3 ; Squires , 1 ; Morrish , 1 ; and Thompson , 1 Hurst and Withers were respectable young women ; Payne , a married man , with his wife and three children ; they had their household furniture on board ; Tucker , a young man of thirty , apparently a mate in the merchant service , who said he was going to London to join a ship bound to New Zealand ; Welsh , a woman , and her three children , going to Ramsgate to join her husband ; Squires , a young man . Of the others nothing is known
at present . It has been erroneously stated that this vessel was insured at Lloyds for her full value . The only insurance effected was with the Dublin Marine Society , an association of underwriters , who have offices in Foster-place , in this city , and who insured the Royal Adelaide for £ 8000 , one-half of her estimated value . In addition to the loss of the Adelaide a number of shipwrecks have taken place during the late gales , on various parts of the coast . On Saturday the Howard , 900 tons burden , bound from Mobile to Liverpool , struck on the Horse-bank , at the mouth of the Ribble , where it was likely to become a total wreck . The crew , about twenty three in number , were all saved ; but one of them suffered so much from exposure to cold that he died soon after he was brought to shore .
The barque Theresa Jane , of Liverpool , bound from Belfast to Marunharn , struck on the Copeland Isles on Friday night , and soon after went to pieces . The master and seven sailors were drowned ; the mate and the remainder of the crew , who stuck to the wreck , were rescued 011 the following morning . The cargo was valued at £ 30 , 000 . A vessel , supposed to be the Ruby , of Liverpool , was wrecked on Sandy Cove Inland , outside of Kinsaleharbour , on Saturday morning , with the total loss of crew and cargo . The schooner Preston , on its way from Dundalk to Llanelly , was wrecked on S aturday on the Camon liock , and all the crew drowned .
On Friday night another vessel , bound from Limerick to Liverpool , laden with wheat , was driven on the beach at Ardmore , where she went to pieces , and seven hands were lost out of a crew of eleven men . Along the south coast of Ireland a large number of wrecks took place on Saturday , most of which were attended with the loss of all on board .
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INCENDIARY AND OTHER FIRES . The accounts from the agricultural districts shew that the attempts of the farmers to improve their condition by reducing wages , instead of asking for a reduction of rent , are bringing forth their usual fruits : the exasperated labourers take their revenge upon the stackyards of the farmer . A fire of this description took place at Longfield Hill farm , Kent , on Friday morning , by which a barn and a number of corn stacks were totally destroyed . This is the fourth fire in a week within a few miles distance . At Upton Court farm , near Windsor , a fire , supposed to
be the work of an incendiary , broke out on Monday evening , after nine o ' clock . Four large wheat ricks , each containing about l >> 0 loads , were totally consumed . The fire lasted several hours , and so furiously did the flames rage that the north side of Windsor Castle was completely illuminated . We stated in our last paper that several incendiary fires had taken place in Boston . The Huston Herald mentions that one of the men who is supposed to have been engaged in them was apprehended on Tuesday , under very suspicious circumstances , and after a careful examination , he was committed to Lincoln Castle on a charge of attempted arson .
Several other fires , not incendiary , have taken place in London and the country during the week , but none of them have been of a very serious character . The most extensive one was at Neath Abbey Ironworks , in Glamorganshire , on Friday , where property of the value of £ 3000 was consumed . At Dover several houses were
burned , on Saturday , and a considerable quantity of property destroyed , all of which was insured . On Sunday morning the Gun Tavern , Clerkenwell , was set on fire by a spark from a candle which fell among some baskets under a stair . The fire had gained so much strength before it was discovered , that the inmates had the greatest difficulty in making their escape , and , indeed , some of them were nearly suffocated . The late fire at Limehouse Church is said to have been produced by the ignition of one of the cross beams supporting the roof , which actually entered the flue . The insurance of the church was effected for the first time in January last , nor would it have been effected even then remonstrances of the churchwarden l .. » J r \ r % . Qofnvdgir anil a cnnRinPranle auantltv of T » rr »—
but for the urgent , Mr . Joseph Adams , who , although a Dissenter , urged the prudence and necessity of providing against accidents . A single premium of £ 13 4 s . 8 d . was all that had been paid to the Imperial Fire Office , and in return for that sum the office will have to pay £ 5000 . The cost of rebuilding the church is estimated at £ 8000 . Meantime the vestry the only portion of the church which escaped with partial destruction—has been fitted up temporarily for the solemnization of marriages , christenings , &c , and , after the service at the school-room , on Sunday , it was called into use for the first time , no less than three couples having been married by Mr . Roberts .
A large fire , the work of an incendiary , took place on Friday night at the Barge Tavern , situated near the Maidenhead station on the Great Western Railway , by which two large barns and several wheat-ricks were burnt . Another fire took place in the parish of Uptoncum-Chalvey , near Slough , on Saturday night , which was speedily extinguished by a party of the Life Guards from Windsor , but not till it had entirely consumed a barn and four stacks of hay and corn . This is the third incendiary fire in that neighbourhood during the last fortnight .
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DOMESTIC MURDERS . The string of domestic murders continues to receive additions , but the new samples are not attended with circumstances to call for any special remark . ^ A Mrs . Sanderson , residing at Hoxton , strangled her infant on Thursday , the 28 th of March ; the child was six weeks old : the woman was in a fit of insanity , and then attempted to kill herself . A verdict of " Wilful murder " was returned against her by the coroner ' s jury . The coroner mentioned that Mrs . Sanderson ' s father and sister died while labouring under an attack of mental
derangement . One Forster attempted , on Wednesday week , to cut the throat of a young woman to whom he was attached , and afterwards endeavoured to take his own life . The girl had lived some time with the man , at Cheethamhill , Manchester , but from some cause or other had left him and gone back to her friends . He had followed her , and , having been unsuccessful in persuading her to return with him , made an attempt upon her life , but , fortunately , was interrupted before it was too late . The woman is expected to recover , but it is said that the man will not survive .
The execution of capital sentence on Elias Lucas and Mary Anne Reeder , for poisoning Susan Lucas , the wife of the male prisoner and sister of the female , is to take place on the 13 th of April . The woman confesses that she was the poisoner . She had for some time carried on an illicit connection with the prisoner , and had thus been tempted to commit so revolting a crime from a desire to get her sister out of the way . Lucas denies that he was aware of Mary Reeder ' s intention to poison his wife , but confesses that he was morally as guilty as she , as it was her connection with him that led her to commit the crime .
It appears that the case of the Birds , who were tried for the murder of Mary Anne Parsons , at Exeter , is not yet settled . Inquiries have been made for the purpose of ascertaining whether the culpable parties cannot be arraigned upon other charges than those involved in the late trial , and it is said that orders have been given from the Home office to prepare indictments for previous assaults upon the deceased girl , which were not included in the late arraignment . Thomas Denny , a shoemaker , was tried at Kingston Assizes , on Tuesday , for the murder of a newly-born child . The particulars of the crime , as given in the evidence of the prisoner ' s son , eight years old , are very
shocking . It appeared that the mother of the child , Eliza Tarrent , had lived with Denny for some time . She and the boy and his father all lived together in a hayloft . The boy recollected Eliza Tarrent ' s having a baby , and having gone to his father , who came immediately to the hayloft , where the poor woman was lying . Denny took the baby in his arms and stuck an awl into its throat , which made it cry . He then asked the mother if she would help to kill it , and gave her the awl . " She did try to kill it also ; she did the same to it that he had done . " The boy was now frightened , and ran away . The woman was originally included in the charge , but the grand -jury having ignored the bill against her she was called as a witness : her evidence contained nothing new . The jury , after half an hour ' s deliberation , returned a verdict o * f " Guilty " against Denny .
A young man , named Jefferies , was killed at Wurmley , Gloucestershire , on the night of Good Friday , by a man named Moses Gay , aided by three other men , named Shepherd , Cole , and Lewis . The men had been drinking together , and in a quarrel which took place Gay stabbed JcfFeries in the neck , causing his death . The coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Gay as the principal , and against Cole , Shepherd , and Lewis for aiding and abetting . The four prisoners were committed to Gloucester Gaol for trial at the next
. Jane Kirtland , aged thirty-nine , was charged on Monday , before Mr . Yardley , at the Thames Police Court , with the wilful murder of her husband , a butcher , in High-street , Shadwell . The prisoner and her hus-
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Leader (1850-1860), April 6, 1850, page 30, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1839/page/6/
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