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on board Bear-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart , was towed - « Hlrfd by fche § pitefal steamer into Marsamuscetto har-- boar ^ fitrfd ai&h <» red ? far'Bucii-a" positiotras * tocommand the For t fftfjraoel 'barracks and the * Italian-encampment along ftke shore ojipoaite Slierna . . Purchase and Sale of Commissions . —The . Queen ' s sign-manual , appointing the Duke of Somerset , Lord Stanley , Mr . Sidney Herbert , Mr . Edward Ellice , Lieut e'nant ^ -General ^ Wynyard , Lieutenant-General Sir De / Jiaoy ^ Evans , MajoisGeneral w Sir : Barry i © avid 'Jenes , Major-General Sir Henry John William Bentinok , Mr . George , Carr Glynn , and Colonel Wetherall , commissioners for inquiring into the system of the purchase 'acrid' sale 6 f commissions in the army , was issued a few days ago .
The Eights : . HtrssABS . — The- Queen on Monday inspected the 8 th Hussars , who had reached England on the previous day-from the Crimea , and who-were stationed at Portsmouth . MtuTAinr DepOt at'Hamble , Hants *—Government ixarvingideeided on establishing large bodies Of' troops in different ' parts of the country , the neighbourhood of JBarnoliff , near Hamble , in Hants , has been selected as an extensive military- depot , to which a large hospital is * to be attached . -It is the foundation-stone of this hospital that her Majesty is to lay next Monday .
"The " Cat . — -A private in the Royal Marines , late of the storeship Madagascar , has been sentenced to fifty lashes , and to hard labour in the County Gaol for two years , for making use of abusive language and striking a gunner .
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MIS C E L LAN Bf OUS . "SafdKiNG m Railway Carriages . — -Mr . GeorgelT . 'P . "SuttOn , solicitor to the Brighton-Bailway "Company , and also to the Mercers Company , has been fined twenty shillings and costs for smoking in a first-class carriage -on fche South Western Railway . Privileged Communications . — 'Two actions have 1 been ' -torought in the Court of Common Pleas against a 'Mr . ' Witt , a . gentleman living in Prince ' s Terrace , " Hyde 'Park , the p laintiffs in both cases being his servants . ^ Eastmead ; * the cook , and Mariby , a man-servant , who "were the plaintiffs , " had lived with "Mr . ' Witt for some time , arid the cook was regarded as a confidential domestic ; but they were ( discharged under an imputation of robbery , though in reality , according to their own ' assertion , ' because they had discovered an improper inti-* naey between 'Mr . Witt and'the housemaid , a girl named'Tottt . In the first action ( that of Eastmead ) , " . the de ' fence was that there was no evidence of-malic © in
' the accusation of dishonesty against the two servants , 'and that the words spoken were consequently ; privileged . " ' the second action , in addition to the same plea , ' the housemaid'Tout , and ' Mr . 'Witt ' himself , were examined , and both swore that the intimacy charged by Eastmea'd and Manby had never taken place . - It was in consequence of disclosures by Tout , that Mr . Witt . gave * Manby and'Eastmead notice to leave . He would not Sweat that he might not have told Eastmead ( as she had sworn ) that it was a' failing of his to talk to the ladies . 'He swore positively , however , that he had no recollection of it , and" did not believe that he could have said anything so foolish . " In each case , a verdict for the plaintiff ( damages , "' 25 / . ) was returned . At the close of ' his
summing up , Mr . Justice'Willis remarked , in adverting i to the' law : respecting privileged communications , that he "thought it a very wise one , for , if all persons were liable 'tohave their private lives ripped up and their private 'doings disclosed , ¦ pr 6 bably distorted and exaggerated , upon a quarrel ^ ivith their servants , as had unfortunately ^ happened to' the deferidanj , the world would be strewed with thorns . Time'BAttttArNS . — -A young man , twenty-four years of age . 'naroed ' . Fredfcrick'Chaffers , has passed through the "Bankruptcy Court , 'having faile'd as a Russian and Colonial merchant . ! In 'August , ' 1853 , his father lent him 1000 / ., with which he joined H . C . Dale and W . II . Morgan , under the firm of Dale , Morgan , and Chaffers .
The partnership continued until August , 1854 , when it was dissolved in consequence -of some differences arising ; between the partners , r the bankrupt . having speculated against time in the purchase of tallow , oil , And saljtpefcre , -forand-in the name of George Heath , and . which'had . resulted in . a loss of several thousand pounds . The loss .. fell .-upon the firm , as the bankrupt repudiatedtho trans-* actions-as an individual . No balance was struok on the dissolution of tho partnership , and Chaffers commenced business on his own accountant Augunt , 1854 , with a deficiency .-of 1100 / . His transactions from August , 1854 , to'Julv . r 1855 , amounted to 48 , 000 / ., upon which there
was only a gross profit of 18 G / ., or about a quarter per cent . The unsecured dobtn of the bankrupt were now ' 3707 L . ; there were further liabilities to the amount of 3809 i , * nd tho assets wore 121 / . Tho liabilities included a loss of 809 / ., in tho name of George Harrison , by speculations of tho' Stock Exchange . In tho course of tho examination , tho Commissioner observed that tho bankrupt had " wasted hia substance in riotous living , " it having appeared that hin habits were recklessly extravagant . On hoariuK thia remark , tho bankrupt laughed . His Honour-also common ted on tho reckless . gambling of " timo bargains , " and suspended fcho cortificato , which was of tho third cluoa for six months , with
. protection for three months , and to be renewed , unless cause be shown to the contrary . "State of Trade . —The-accounts -from ' the manufacturing towns for the week ending' last Saturday show ^ a steady trade , notwithstanding the influence of ungenial weather . At "Manchester , the markets' have been com-i parativejy , qriiet , \ but prices are . exceedingly -well supported * ' looking at the diminished firmness $ f-cotton . The'Birmiqgham report describes continued steadiness in the demand for iron and an increase in the orders 'from America . 'At'Kot ' tingham , ' likewise , ihe American . purchases ' have ' been good , especially 6 f lace , arid a "full general business has ' been transacted . In the-woollen districts there has' been no alteration , arid the Irish linen : markets show continued animation -both " from large export orders and a satisfactory' home consumption . —j Times .
Pantomimic Advertisements . —The genius of ad- > vertising turns every opportunity to account , as our news-i papers , our dead walls ( and even our -live walls ) , our pavements , our omnibuses , our railway carriages , our steam-boats , our bridges , almost our very garments , sufficiently declare . Even the fairy region of pantomime is not exempt . An action has been brought in the Court of Queen's Bench by the executors of-the late Mr . Moore , a print-seller , against Mr . E . T . Smith , the lessee of Drury Lane Theatre , for 20 / . 19 s . 6 d ., alleged to be due for picture-frames . ' Mr . Smith . pleaded a set-off . He contended that the debt was annulled " by ' his having advertised ' Mr . Moore ' s-shop in his pantomime of 185 * 3-4 . This , asserted " Mr . Smith's-counsel , is a usual way of advertising' trades ; and he mentioned the names of
Dakin , the tea-dealer ; Purcell , tho confectioner j Bennett , the watchmaker ; arid an enterprising individual who advertises seventeen-arid-sixpenny trousers , the which desirable garments have been made to walk across * the stage , to the displeasure of the ladies . ' From twenty to thirty guineas are generally charged for this mode of advertising . TTwo bf the pictures framed were portraits of Mr . G . V . Brooke , ' suspended outside-the chief door of the theatre—a course of proceeding which "Lord Campbell observed- reminded him of the ¦ -exhibitions * t BartholomewOFair . His lordship , in summing up , remarked that it was a known ' fact that Garribk' had made the fortune of- a tradesman by saying ,-when he took a pinch of smiff , where he . bought it . The . jury "found a verdict ' for Mr . Smith .
Australia . —The question of postal communication with"England excites great attention in Melbourne . A motion has been carried in the ' Legislative Assembly , for a select committee to -consider' the propriety of - immediately establishing a line of steamers between Melbourne and Point de Galles or Singapore , with , power to take evidence . The Argus remarks : — "' We must have two or three steamships of our own . 'We ' have tried all other ways , and failed . We have lost time by trying to reconcile conflicting interests among these colonies . We must have no more of this . We must -do the deed by
our own independent action , and crush local prejudices by superior energy . " Mr . Gavan Duffy continues to receive the congratulations of his admirers . He has " been entertained at Geelong ; and at Melbourne a meeting of the citizens has been held for the purpose of discussing a project of . presenting him with a property qualification for tho Legislative Assembly . The amount required is 2000 / . Some rich quartz reefs' have been discovered at the M'lvor field . The market at Melbourne is tolerably well supplied with labour , skilled and unskilled .
'in . Mate -of- partial aberration of inte »« et , ' haa died 4 n ^ Yorkshire * r « m the -effects < of < a « paaKty >*> f nnildi Krae < w * tah he- had swallowed . Gtaeof ^ h ^ sy ^ tonisvaf Ma dweasedi-s tate was ? a ^ tendency < to eat > anytmngihecould i $ yi&B 'hands on . Half-Holiday Movement * *— - < This movement has just been -marked by : fresh roticottses . ^ The houses , situated chiefly in Nwgat «^ treet , > which , deal-in , fancy jGrerman artiole ^ s Beidin wool , &q ., ' have OMmnencettolosing on Saturdays two . &oiurs earlier than heretofore . 'Messrs . G . Hitchcock « nd Co . ; St . FBulWharchyard , otf
Saturday acted upon an arrangement , for 'allowing a third of their assistants engaged' ini the retail < departtteats to leave businesa each Satu » d « y > at * wo . o '« look , thus giving the < whole of them a half-hoUday-.-once < in three - weeks . By means of the newrulejust issued by the . judges , > a Saturday half-holiday is virtually conceded' to the legal profession . Most of the firms in the lead " and'window glass business in the New-road , Tottenthani-oourt-roao * , Edgware-road , Oxford-street , and- certain other districts , have also recently adopted the plan of- closing two houra earlier on Saturdays than previously .
The Cape of Good Hops . —The-third session of the first Parliament of < this-Colony * was opened on the-13 tb of March , when the Governor , Sir ¦ George Grey , spoke at considerable- length , and . proposed / for the sanction of the House— "That the Government should be by law authorized to raise for immigration , purposes'the ffumof 200 , 000 / . by the sale of debentures , bearing interest-at the rate of 6 per cent ., payable either in London or Cape Town , the principal and interest forming a flret charge upon the revenue of tile colony ; such debentures to be- issued in sums of not less than &QI . each , to be disposed of by tender . " He < observed that ¦ the increased revenue arising from the augmented population , would "do far more than defray the interest-of the debt , * ndwould at the same time provide-a sinking fund for the liquidation of the debt itself .
¦ The Stosdat > Bands Question : —A placard , * « f-vhiclt the following is a copy , has been .-issued : —" Another Concert Monstre in Hyde-Bark , on Sunday next , -at threeo ' clock . Street muaioianstare- . particBlarJy invited , « nd - Nigger melodists' especially . / The popular Organophonic Band will > be < preBeBt r * j » d the Rffggtd } School ' will attend . ¦ Admission free ! - ! Bring ,, y « iroTO music !" Akktval of-Lord Dalhocsh :. — -The steanvfiagate Tribune , Captain < Edgell , ' . arrrved at Portsmoutii on . Tuesday , from Malta , "with Lord Dalhousie and suite on . board . Hi& Excellency < was too- unw « ll to * tKins-sIiipjit ;
Spithead -into the steam-tender of . Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour . ( the Gonnnander-in-Cbief ) , -who went out to meet him : but the Tribune went alongside . of Portsmouth Dockyard , -and disembarked-the ex-Governor-General of -India more comfortably . He-remained at the George Hotel the same night ;—At a special court of the Proprietors of the East-India Company , held on Wednesday , it was » resolved , after much discussion , and after several tributes had been paid'to . the genius and energy of the ex-Govemor-Gene » al , ta confer on him an annuity of 5000 / ., onl y , six hands being held up for an amendment proposed by-Mr . Jones-in opposition to the grant . he
The Memorial Church at Constamtinopiji . —» T Sultan , on the application of the British Government for permission to erect a memorial church at Constantinople , has liberally granted apiece of ¦ . ground lajcge enough for a church , schools , and parsonage . - Health of London . —Since the middle of April wheyr in an improved state of the temperature , tho deaths in London were reduced to little more than 1040 in , a week the mortality has shown some : tendency to increase . Last week , tho deaths rose to 1154 , the effect , probably of atmospheric change , the mean -weekly temperature , which had risen to 48-5 deg ., having - afterwards fallen to 41 ' 3 deg . i In tho ten . weeks corresponding to tho last week of the-years 1846-56 , the . average number of
New Zealand . —The Governor of New Zealand has paid a visit to the town of Nelson , which has added considerably to his popularity . The Nelson Examiner gives glowing -accounts of the progress of the settlement , the extension of commerce , the increased ^ areas of cultivation , and the improved appearance of the town . Some very fine specimens of copper oro had been found in the ' Dun Mountain mine . ' India . —Very little- news from thetEaBt is brought > by the last * mails . " Dost Mahomed , " says the summary in the Bombay . Times , '' oontinues at Candahar , where ho haB narrowly escaped assassination , and is suffering from the usual embarrassments of an empty treasury arid
deaths was 1009 , which , if raised proportionally- to- tacreoso of population , becomes . 1110 . Hence it lappears that tho rate of mortality last week was above the average . This return exhibits an increoso ia the deaths on . those of previous weeksi at all , periods , ot life except the third , namely , that which extends from 40 to 60 years of age . Those which occurred to persons under 20 years amount to 567 , being not much l «* s than-half of the total number returned . Thirty-nine persons had arrived at 80 years or moro ; flnd of these 8 were nonageriana . A man , one of the Dulwich oollogians , WOS .-93 years old ; a widow in tho workhousoof St . Geor » e-intho widow of labourer at
-mutinoua army . Ho is said to have written to Persia that he asked tho friendship of tho British- Government because of their possessing strong posts in bis neighbourhood , and because tho Shah had not at the time- applied for his favour . Tho report is in all likelihood untrue . " Bushire is being fortified . A Persian rumour , on which very little reliance is placed , states that Dost Mahomed has been boaton at Herat , Avith tho loss of forty guns and . 20 , 000 of his people . Profound peace continues to prevail throughout'India , and the arrangements at Oiido continue quietly . Heavy showers and thnnderatorma have reducod the tfoar 6 f want of water . iTho presBuro in tho money-market at Bombay haa given way , but the state of the market for cotton piece goods ia not encouraging . Freights aro firm . Kamiesch and Kavpa . —Consuls from England ami Franco will' bo stationed at both thcao localities . GmwBiiAL the Hon . CiiAttLKB G « ky , boarcr of tho autograph letter from her Majesty to tho Emperor Alexander , accompanied by his aide-de-camp , Captain I' etcher , ScotH i' \ iHiller Guards , loft . London on Monday evening <;« route to St . PetorHburg . Dkatii fkom Eatino Limk . —A labouring mnn , seventy ycara of ago , who baa been for oomc timo past
the-Kabt was 95 yoars ; a Putney was 97 years ; the widow of a farmer , who died in Kennedy-court , St . Giles , was 98 years ; - and a spinster at Eaut Dulwich-road had attained the great ago . of 99 yoara . It is stated , respecting the person last mentioned , that she retained her sight and hearing tUl wtWn two months of her death , and that she has two-ebrters now living in Ireland whobo respective ages are OS and 9 ( 5 years . —Last week ,. the births of 880 boys < . M > d .. 816 girls , in nil 1701 children , were registered in London . In Sic ton . corresponding weeks of tho years 1846-55 , -tho average number was 1621—From , the Xfiyutrar
General ' s Weekly Jtetum . , Railway Accident .-Three boys were on the-raUwav-l * ldKG on tho llumber-bank , when a goods tcain uaasod under on its way to tho Victorio-statiou , and-A
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Leader (1850-1860), May 17, 1856, page 467, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2141/page/11/
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