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Instead of any term of transportation exceedf ^ n ' vear 8 , and not exceeding ten years , the penal i » £ V to be not less than four and not exceeding six ^ rs "Instead of transportation exceeding ten and not y line- fifteen , penal servitude for not less than six , e * nt exceeding eight years ; where it exceeds fifteen f the penal servitude to be not less than six , and not yC « , i ;«« r ten vears ; and instead of transportation"for life * ffnpnaf servitude to bo for the term of life . There are f ^ pp clauses in the act with r espect ; to tickets-of-leave in ! £ TJnifrd King dom , and the system is to be tried for til first time in this country . It is now declared to be Wtil for her Majesty to grant to any convict now under ntence of transportation , or who may hereafter be sentlnred to transportation , or to any punishment substituted J £ transportation by this act , a license ; to be , at large in
the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands , or in suen arts thereof respectively ; as in such license shall be expressed during such portion of his or her term of . transnortation or imprisonment , and upon such conditions in nil respects , as to her Majesty shall seem fit ; and it shall be lawful for her Majesty to revoke or alter such license by like order , at her Majesty ' s pleasure . The functionaries hitherto called "Masters Extraordinary in Chancery" are now called " Commissioners to Administer Oaths in Chancery in England . " The Act for the Suppression of Betting Houses comes into operation on the 1 st of December .
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CRIMINAL RECORD . Old tales are being repeated every day . Among the shipping and business paragraphs of the Times—among long statistics of large quantities of gold sent to India and China ( such as " for Alexandria , 40 , 590 Z . in gold ; Hong-Kong , 9820 Z . in silver , and 20 , 065 Z . in gold" )—we find a utory—not strange or singular—of a woman . A young lady , very pretty and of good family , was seduced . To avoid the embarrassments of an exposure , the ruffian who seduced her—a person evidently wealthy and moving in fashionable society—took a passage for India on board the Euxine . Hearing of his intended departure , the young lady came to Southampton , and sought an interview with her former lover , at an hotel where he was stopping with an uncle , who had come down to see him off . This being refused , the lady posted herself during the whole of Saturday on the deck of the JEuxine , in the expectation of inducing a reconciliation with her faithless friend . On the departure of the vessel she had to be removed by-force , the services . of the police being called in by the officials of the company for this purpose . In the meantime , the gentleman , under the advice of his uncle , and to- avoid an unpleasant scene , had engaged a boat to convey him a considerable distance down the river , where ho leisurely awaited the coming of the vessel , and secured an uninterrupted embarkation . Finding herself defeated at every point , the poor girl flung herself into the water , in a paroxysm of disappointment and despair , there , if possible , to drown her sorrows and her shame . A seaman , who
happonod to bo upon the jib-boom of tho JSuxtne preparing to set the canvas , instantly let go his hold and dropped into the water for the purpose of rescuing the lady . This he effected , having managed to lay hold of her , notwithstanding her struggles , and to keep her abovo water till a boat camo to her assistance , into which she was hauled , and by it taken on shore , where tho necessary attentions brought about a gradual recovery . Sho is now lying at tho Canute Hotel , and will bo taken before tho magistrates on Monday , on a charge of attompting selfdestruction . Lord Donraan has bean robbed of the gold box in which tho freedom of tho city of London was presented to him for his noblo defenco of Queen Caroline , and of tho testimonial from all tho judges , presented on his retirement from tho Pencil . Othor things were taken from tho house ( Middloton Hall ) at the name time . Tho thief , a wandering mason , has been arrested at York .
llio intorior of a bad heart has been oxposod in tho confession of Flack , tho murderer of the old housekeeper at Uacton . Some curious points turn up . Ho details with plainness his crimo . " I took a caso-knifo . I cut her throat with it I think in two places ; at least , I cut twice . " In mich stylo the confession proceeds ; but tho following passage betrays a peculiar tendency in somo minds . " I lm < l thought of doing tho deed somo days , oven a fortnight beforo . I several times dreamt about doing it , and onco that I had dono it , and that I was not iouM (| out . I wont to tho houso with tho full intention of
murdering Mrs . Stcgglos , and to got what money I could hud . I ] m , i been to the house before on a Sunday , cither 11 fortnight or thrco weeks beforo , intending to do it , but ™ 'd not . I do not know that I . had any spite against Mrs . K toggles , but then ) always appeared something on »> . y mind until I had done it " . " Tho dreaming rominda "no ot that fatality in gambler ' s drnarna—thoy invariably « u < : c (! od in their imaginary contests . A . ( l (> H » rving young noldlor—Corporal Brown , of the 12 th J'oot-.-. reportwl Private O'Noill for somo slight broach of "' Nciplino . O'Noill vowod revenge . In a low days , tho . Young Corporal , who wok an export penman , wan ongngod writing at a tublo in ono of tho barrack-rooms , at tho south oiul
of tho square , and two or three othor . soldiers woro variously employed in tho apurtmont , whon O'Noill entered . It , should bo Htatod that in thin room woro Hitimh « l O ' Noill ' n quartern , aH well as those of tho moti l > ro . sont- —th ( , ontiro party , including O'Neill and deceased , "umbering five porsonH . Tho deceased continued to write ; ° n « of tho ' men , al ' tor O'Noill ' s entrance , loft tho room , 'mother streleliod hiniHolf on a " bunk" to rest , and n third ^ v' » h employed for a timo arranging hoiiui of his aceoutro-O'Iv ' mi '' ailol . ' I mrt ol ino ro ( >»» f « " > d during this timo Now hud Ins inunkod on his knee , and appeared to bo <> n K " ^ oil in cleaning it . Suddenly , without attracting tho ojjHorviitiori of any ono in tho room—who never dreamt 01 dreadful purpoHO ho had in viow—O'Noill movod Huddouly towards Iho doorway , lovollod his piooo , took icnborato aim , and poured tho content a of thomuakot into
tho unfortunate man sitting at the table . The flash from the musket was the first intimation those in the room received of what was going on , but it was too late for them to do aught to rescue the life of their comrade . Brown , after receiving the fire , uttered a slight cry , and dropped his head on the table , and his murderer ran down the steps leading to the barrack square . He was of course instantly pursued , ' and on his reaching' the square , he was called on to stop , when he turned round with great coolness , and said , " Oh , I'll stop ; 'twas I shot him " and afterwards expressed himself as happy as if he were in heaven that he had done the deed . Brown was shortly after removed to the hospital . He spoke but little , said he was getting very cold , and died in a few hours .
Rum and true religion flourish in Scotland . At Greenock the pious people use sticks to enforce Sunday quietness , and meet in noisy mobs to beat their neighbours for the love of God . The Glasgow folk , who don't drink whiskey , or like dirt , went ; out on Sunday last to enjoy the fresh air on the Clyde , and on their return they were assailed by a crowd of those who think such conduct disgraceful . The affair ended in a riot , in which , the offensive promoters of the Sabbath were beaten . The wife beating makes way . John Flaherty beat his wife most brutally with , a poker on the head , and flung her from the top to the bottom of the stairs . Mobbs , a wine cooper , had a brutal quarrel with his wife , cut her in the neck and killed her . He then cut his own throat , but is not dead .
A curious application of evidence for character was made on Tuesday at the "Worship-street Police-court . Joseph Mull , Scripture reader and organist to the district church of St . Thomas , Bethnal-Green , behaved in a most infamous manner in the presence of a young nursemaid and some children . The charge was clearly proved , and the testimony of the witness could not be shaken in cross- examination . But " the Reverend Mr . " Williams , one of the curates of St . Thomas ; Mr . Carter , the organist at the old church ; and several respectable inhabitants of the parish , some of whom had known the defendant for a period often years , were severally examined , and spoke in the highest terms of his gener al good conductand morality . " This inconclusive defence was useless ; the man was sentenced to three months imprisonment and hard labour .
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MISCELLANEOUS . Cottet life at Osborne-lias been enlivened by that pleasant incident , the annual fete , on the occasion of Prince Albert ' s birthday . " The labourers and workmen employed at Osborne ; the seamen , marines , and boys of the Royal yachts ; tho non-commissioned officers and men of the ' detachment of the 23 rd Royal Welch Fusileers ; the Trinity House men , and the Coast Guard stationed at East Cowes , amounting in all to about five hundred persons , dined together in a tent on the lawn at Osborne , on Saturday . The Queen was a spectator of the procession to the banquet , and afterwards witnessed the games and dances that succeeded .
Mr . J . R . Ingersoll delivered his letters of recall as United States Minister , and Mr . Buchanan was presented by the Earl of Clarendon on his appointment to succeed Mr . Ingersoll , on Tuesday .
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Tho Admiralty has been down at Deptford and Woolwich , inspecting ships , machinery , and men . Tlio Globe discovers , also , that they " eat nt the public expense , " after tho manner of the notorious Stafford . " But while Sir James Graham and Sir Baldwin Walker regaled themsolvos on mouthfuls of sea-biscuit , Mr . Stafford took his friends to a tavern , joyfully partook of tho best , and magnanimously sent in tho ' bill to head-quarters . " The Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses ( Scotland ) have made their annual inspection . They looked well at
all tho lighthouses in tho Firth of Clyde , and then "judicious drank , and greatly daring dined . " Tho Shipping Gazette asks , " At whoso expense ? " Really , if this habit of inquiry is continued , things must corno to such a " " state that every man shall lmvo to pay for his own dinner . Major Beresford and his fellowH aro to be tried in tho Court of Queen ' s Bench , on tho ground that difficult questions of law aro likely to arise on tho trial , and that n special jury is loss ; likely to bo influenced by political prejudice than tho jurors of the Criminal Court .
Mr . Beamish , " Liberal Protestant , " has boon returned for tho eity of Cork , defeating his onponont , Colonel Chuttorton , J ) erbyito , by 1183 to 1003 . Mr . Stiu-ltie , Conservative , haa boon returned for ClitheVoo , beating Mr . Jonathan Peel , Liberal , by 21 ( 5 to
205 . Lord Robert Gascoyno Ooeil , of politics " decidedly Conservative , " has been returned for Stamford , in room of Mr . I lerrioH . ,.,. <• Tho Scotch seem contented with tho legislation for their country , carried in tho Into cession . Thoro woro cfbvon Government Bills : —1 . Sheriff Courts ; ii . University Tests ; 3 . Bankruptcy ; 4 . Entails ; f > . Burgh Harbours ; (! . Shoriff-Hhips ConHolidation ; 7 . Evidonco ( which wan a monsurn of fhn Lord Advocate , though adopted by Lord Brougham ) .
Tho Scotsman ways : — ¦ " What , then , irt tho sum of tho wholo noasion ns rognnfo Scotch business P That no bill especially nfleeting Scotland has boon ( tarried or ovon introduced , but finch ns iiad tho support of tho Scotch ropresonlativos ; atul that every Scotch bill which they supported has bocomo law . if , therefore , Scotlandlins not got' juntico' thin yoar , it in entirely her own fault . No Englishman has refused anything she asked , nor moddlod with anything that , liolongod to her . Can Iroland , with hor npcflinl officors of state and doublo tho number of representatives , nay half an much ?" " Man preys on man , and ovon big binhopn can swallow
elicited a curious revelation with regard to Mr . Secretary Stanley's celebrated measure for the reform of the Irish branch , of the established church by the lopping off of ten of its bishoprics . It transpired , on the high authority of Captain Lyndsay , son of the late and last Bishop of Kildare , that this bold step was taken by the advice and with the sanction of , the present Primate , Lord John Beresford . In order that there might be " no mistake " about tho matter , Captain Lyndsay stated that when Lord Derby ( then Mr . Stanley ) brought forward the Church Temporalities Act he proposed to reduce the salaries of those bishops , but the Primate objected , and recommended that the sees should be suppressed .
up littlo bishops , al ' tor tho approved fashion of Aaron ' s rod or Joseph ' H loan kinc . An uducationiil mjuabbio among tho guardians of tho South Dublin Union tho other day
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The fleet , which looked so well en masse at Spithead , is being sent to sea , or other ports , in squadrons or singly . Bear-Admiral Corry ' s and Commodore Martin ' s squadrons are to cruise separately at sea until the 17 th of Sep tember , when they are to assemble at Queenstown , to meet the Lords of the Admiralty , who will inspect them . The Londop , 90 , Captain Charles Eden , only awaits the payment of wages to her crew to leave and join the sailing squadron under Rear-Admiral Corry . The Odin , 16 , paddle-frigate , Captain F . Scott , left Spithead on Thursday for Lisbon . The Vesuvius , 6 , paddle-sloop , Commander Powell , is under orders to sail on foreign service .
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Another old soldier is gone : Lord Saltoun died on Thursday last . He served in the Peninsula , defended Hougoumont , and was , said the Duke , " a pattern to the army , both as a man and a soldier . " He was sixty-nine years old , and was Major-General , and the Colonel of the 2 nd Regiment of Foot . The gallant wife of a brave soldier is another of the distinguished persons who , this week , have gone into the " remarkable retirement of the grave . " Lady Sale died at Cape Town on the 6 th of July . The United Service Gazette says : —" Though not a highly-accomplished or even well-educated woman , she had quick perceptions and a strong mind , readily adapting herself to her position as her husband advanced in rank and consequence . The
journal which she kept of the unfortunate occurrences at Cab u . I , and of the subsequent treatment which she and her fellow-captives experienced at the hands of Mahomed Akbar Khan , sufficiently demonstrated the masculine quality of her understanding and the firmness of her heart . In the 13 th Light Infantry , in which Sale rose , and of which he died the colonel , she was much respected , and many officers and men to this hour remember her unvarying kindness . Since her return to India , after paying a visit to this country on her release from captivity , Lady Sale resided on the hills in a state of comfort , her Majesty having granted her a pension of 500 £ . a-year , as a mark of her approbation of her own and her gallant husband ' s conduct . "
An old sailor of repute has also lately died . Sir George Cockburn , aged 82 , died on the 19 th , at Leamington . Sir George , early in his eventful career , attracted the notico of Lords Hood and . Hotham . He commanded tho 1 ftnerva frigate , attached to the fleet of Sir John . Jervis , previous to the battle of Cape St . Vincent , in which ho performed an extraordinary exploit . Having shortly before tho engagement fallen in with the Spanish fleet , he was immediately chased by the whole force . In crowding all sail to get away from their pursuers a man was carried overboard ; and , contrary to tho opinion of most men , when three hundred and fifty lives were at stake against onr , tho'high minded captain determined "to wear ship . " He succeeded in picking up his man , ran through tho enemy ' s linewith several of whom he exchanged
broad-, aides , and continued hia course in triumph . He was subsequently Nelson ' s Commodore in the Mediterranean off Sicily and Naples ; but his greatest services to his country wore those which he rendered in tho American war . Arriving in tho Chesapeake on March 3 , 1813 , tho Rear-Admiral commenced a desultory mode of warfare by clearing tho river James of its vessels , and carrying consternation into tlio heart of Virginia . He next penetrated to tho upper part of Elk river , at the very head of tho Chesapeake waters ; landed nnd partially destroyed tho town of Havre do Grace , tho settlements of Georgetown and FredericlcHiown , as well as many other places , inflicting incredible losses upon tho enemy . In pursuance of a bold plan which bo had formed , the Rear-Admiral , joining an army of
4000 men under Major-General Ross at Marlborougli , nowadvanced upon Washington , tho capital of tho United States itsdf , which ho hoped < o take by a coup dc , main . Reaching Bladensburgori the 24 th of tho sumo month , tho British encountered tho enemy ' s army , of about 8000 Btrong , which , although ( irmly posted , was attacked and completely routed . TIjuh encouraged , the victorious troops pushed forward without loss of time , and on tho aaino evening entored Washington . Tho wholo of that night and of tho following day woro devoted to tho work ot < lentruction ; nnd by tho evening of ( ho 25 th , whon tho British commenced their retreat , public property to tho valuo of between two and thrco millions oterlmg liad been oil
demolished . After conducting many othor operations tho southern coasts of t . ' io United States , ho hoisted Ihh flag in tho Northumberland , 74 , as Commaiic or-in-cluot at St . Jr « lena . 11 was liin fortune to bo nelectod to convey tho os-KraiMiror Napoleon to St . Jl « leii « , mid his tact and delicacy in discharging this critical duty woro such , that tlio ux-Kinporor , who at that , time wan not ono to bc « aHilv pleased or propitiated bv any ollicoi- wrinriutr the British uniform , emphatically pronounced Captain Cockburn " a . jroiittanmn . " ^ ' I "" '
Major-Gomual Slavely , C . B ., 1 » uh been appointed Cornmundor-in-Chiof cf tho Company "*! forces on tho Madras establishment , , % Tho Poliah Historical Society ot I arm nan proHontou mcrinlti to Lord I ' almeraton , ua " tho protector of tho rightu
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AuePST 27 , 1855 . ] T H E L E AD E B . 823
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 27, 1853, page 823, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2001/page/7/
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