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Leader (1850-1860), 15th November 1856, Edition 1 of 2, Page 1090

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      women , and children , embarked on Friday week at Portsmouth on board the Sultana , Culloden , and Stamboul , For jthe Gape of Good Hope . There have been several very serious riots of late between the men and the English soldiers stationed at Portsmouth and Gosport , and it was Found ( necessary to place a guard of great strength in the yard . One of the men of the Legion was stabbed so severely by another German , that death , resulted . The culprit is in custody . ^ Dismissal , of the Superintendent ojf A Docksarp .- —The Court appointed to make inquiry into the charges preferred by Mr . Triscott , the storekeeper of the Royal William Yard at Plymouth , against Captain Nias , the superintendent of the yard , having made their report to the Lords of the Admiralty , their lordships have decided that Captain Nias is to be superseded ; and Mr . TriscQtt himself has not escaped without an admonition - Several of the charges were declared to he frivolous .

      Theatricals at Aldershoxt . — -The Queen , on the evening of Thursday week , attended a theatrical performance at Aldershott , the actors being officers of the army . The farce of The Mummy was the only thing performed , with the exception of " God Save the Queen , " sung by '' the- entire strength of the company . " ¦ Military Cijerks .- —A circular , permitting the employment of soldiers as military clerks , was issued from the Horse Guards last Saturday , by order of Lord Ban .-mure , and addresed to the general aad other officers commanding in the United Kingdom .

      Married a ^ d Sesgue Soldiers . —The Secretary of State for "War having decided that the married noncommissioned officers and men belonging to the regiments stationed at Chatham garrison shall be provided with separate rooms apart from the single soldiers , the sum of 6 , 00 ( H . is to be expended there in the erection of suitable buildings for the married troops , and an ordex has been given for the buildings to be at once commenced . A lytnutTART Qu ^ vrbel . — -It is confidently stated , in military circles , that a Court of Inquiry is about to -Jbe assembled , for the purpose of advising his Royal Highness the Identenant-General Cominanding-in-Chief , whether the charges which Colonel Beatson ( of the Honourable East India Company's Service , and for some time in command of the Osmanli Irregular Cavalry with the rank of General in the Turkish Army ) sent in some time ago to the Horse Guards against General Shirley ought to be submitted to a court-martial , —Daily News .

      The Loss of the Royal Mail Steamer Tay . —An inquiry into the loss of this vessel has been , conducted "before Mr . Traill , the Greenwich magistrate , and Captain Robertson , R . N . The official decision has not yet been published . A French Steamer Bcrnt . —The French screirsteamer La France ( which arrived from Afarseilles at Babia on the 25 th of September ) burst into flames in that harbour on the 27 th . The fire was got under , but again broke out , and finally the vessel was destroyed . The fire was caused by the escape of some ether , which was accidentally kindled by a lantern . La France was quite a new ship , and was employed as a transport in tie late war . The Sun ? Howard . —The Russian Government has refused to compensate the owners of the Howard for the destruction of their vessel at Sinope .

      Destruction of a Ship by Fike on the Thasies . — A serious loss by fire took place on the river off Northfleet on Wednesday , by the complete destruction of the ship Forrester , belonging to Sunderland , commanded by Captain Amies , and laden with tallow , hemp , and staves from St . Petersburg .

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      MISCELLANEOUS The Court—Prince Frederick William of Prussia has reached Windsor Castle , on a visit to the Queen and Royal Family . —The Prince of "Wales completed his fifteenth year last Sunday . —Princo Alfred arrived at Brussels on Wednesday week . A New Peer . —The Queen has created Lord Talbot de Malahide a Peer of the United Kingdom , by the same style and title which he bears in the peerng'e of Ireland . Mb . HuaiPHKEr Brown , M . P ., at Tewkesbury .- — The members of the Corporation of Tewkesbury and their friends dined together , according to annual custom , on Monday , when Mr . Humphrey Brown , M . P ., was Vice-Chairman . In the course of his apeech , he observed that " He was now on the verge of explanations which would enable him to placo his conduct in its true light before the world—( hear , hear )—and he could

      assume his friends that ho should bo able then to show , on the » oa , t indisputable evidence , that ho had been ' more ^?) ned against than sinning . ' " ( Hear , hear . ') Roferring tp « ome } Qcal attacks , ho said : — " He had instructed his jolioitor , by the advice of Mr . Sorjeant Wilkins , to apply * or a <* V » rinttl information against the proprietor of the Ojae- ; BiaeA penny publication which had indulged in these B * * "landera against him . " ? h ™! B *? ° p ° ^ Rooh estee . —There are rumours of the resignation ot thiB Bishop

      members of the Young- Men ' s Christian Association on "Truth . and its Counterfeits . " —Lord Robert Cecil ha& addressed a large audience at the Mechanics' Institution on " Public Education . " . \ He was opposed to the compromises of Lord John Russell and Sir John Pakington supported Church of England views , and was of opinioa that the present system should continue , and that it has a good chance . of triumphing over all others . ^—The Bishop of Oxford , on Tuesday evening , inaugurated the winter session of the Reading Literary , Scientific , and Mechanics' Institute by an address on the subject of u National Life , " the chief element in which he found to be a community of religious faith .

      been filed in the Court of Bankruptcy by an indonnn dent body of . shareholders . ¦¦ ¦ maeP <» - The Hull Exkctioit . —Mr . Edwin James , Q C ha * put himself forward as a candidate for Hull , oa " Liberia principles . In addressing the electors , he condemned the recent interference , on the part of the French Go veruraent , with the English press , and said lie wished he could see More liberty in France , but that , if the French chose to sanction the present state of things that was their affair , and theirs only . b ' Amateujr Lecturer * . —Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood has been lecturing at Exeter-hall to the

      Earthquakes . —Accounts are still received of serious earthquakes , causing great damage in the locality of the Mediterranean .. Several villages have been swallowed up , and a great many buildings destroyed or damaged * ; at Thyra , during the disturbance , a fire manifested itself in an oil manufactory . Notwithstanding every effort was made to extinguish the flames , this was not accomplished until two hundred and seventy-six shops , two grand mosques , three storehouses , one khan , two coffeehouses , and a grain store were destroyed . The Southward Imfkovements . — TliTee deputations in connexion with these improvements waited on Sir Benjamin -Hall on Monday . The first was from the Board of Works , headed by Mr . Thwaites , who presented the plan , Sir Benjamin replying that he would , if possible , give his . answer on Thursday . The other two were from inhabitants , presenting separate plans , to the latter of which the Chief Commissioner of Works

      objected , while on the former he simply made a few vague and general remarks . How Much for Your Body?—The folio-whig strange advertisement appears in the daily papers : — " Skeleton . — ' Iinmortel' finds it impossible to answer the numerous persons wishing to negotiate for the sale of his body , but takes this means of stating that he has received letters from persons sympathizing with his views , who are also desirous of disposing of their temporary habitations , and of avoiding the horrors and indignities of burial . No immediate payment is required , but

      a contract with honajide security for its fulfilment must be entered into for the payment of the purchase money , not loss than 10 ? ., to the representatives or heirs of the deceased ; the purchaser to bind himself to prepare the skeleton by cold water maceration , being , however , at liberty to make preparations of any of the soft parts without the bony attachments . Offers from public museums will have the preference . As this proposed negotiation is made in good faith , ' Immortel' requires hia correspondents to give their real names and addresses . — 32 , Northumberland-place , Bayswater . "

      Mr . IIokry , tub Barrister . —This gentleman applied on Monday , in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , for a criminal information against Mr . Bose , lately one of the under-sheriffs of London and Middlesex , on account of a libel on Mr . Horry , published in the form of a letter to the Times . In this letter ( which was quoted in the Leader of September 27 th ) , Mr . ltoso imputed to Mr . Horry an act of great dishonesty—the taking of a guinea from a poor woman under pretence of dcleinling her nephew who was charged with some offence at Hie Old Bailey , and afterwards neglecting to conduct the defence , so that the youth was found Guilty , and refusing to return the money . Sir Frederick Tkesigcr , who made the application , stated that Mr . llorry ' s failure to attend at the trial was a mere accident , the result of hi * being engaged all the morning in another court , and that lie ¦

      was deBiroua to return the fee , but that the v never came for it . The application was refused by Lord Campbell , on the ground tliat Mr . llorry had written « lottcr to the Times exculpating hiniBelf , and that , as this letter had been published , there was no occasion for tho interference of tbo law . Hia Lordship thought Mr . Kose hud tuken u hasty view of the subject . Tho otuer judges concurred in the refusal . Mr . Llorry , however , intends to bring an action . . . The Wibatjikr . — Some fearful gales , accom [» anic < i by Blecfc and snow , have visited tho Northumberland coast ; and on Monday night the lulls in tho Isle o » Purbcbk , Dorsetshire , were covered with , snow . Mr . Si'uugeon will again preach at tho Surrey Gardens on thc 29 rd ; but in the morning instead of tuo evening .

      Royal Pardon . —The Queen has granted a full and free pardon to all persons suffering under the consequences of conviction for political offences . The effect of this will be to remove the various disqualifications attached to the sentences of Smith O'Brien , O'Doherty , Frost , Williams , Jones , &c , who have already been set at personal liberty . They can now possess and inherit lands , and enjoy all the privileges and dignities of the State . Those who broke their parole , or who evaded the sentence of the law by flight , are of course excluded from this act of clemency .

      Oppressive Imposition' op Income Tax . —Great indignation has been excited in Gloucester in consequence of a largo number of tradesmen , merchants , and professional men having been surcharged to an excessive amount in income-tax this year by tho surveyor of taxes of tho district . A largo meeting on the subject has been hold , under the presidency of the mayor ; and a memoriul to tho Lords of the Treasury , embodying the resolutions ( condemnatory of the system ) which had been passed , was adopted . Ono of tho speakers Btatcd that he had had a ' 0 ' added to his income , which hud been charged at thousnnds instead of hundreds .

      town-council , and provides for the dissolution of the former hoard and the enlargement of the towa-council from 33 to 41 members . Two Historical Swokds . —Mr . George "Wallis of the Society of Arts , Birmingham , writing to the Times , in connexion with a dispute , as to who- . commanded the Americans at Bunker's Hill , says i— " When at Boston , in 1853 , 1 had the pleasure to visit Mr . Prescott , who , in showing me his library , jocularly called my attention to the sword of his ' rebellious' grandfather , General

      Prescott , whom he spoke of as * the commander of the Americana at Bunker's Hill . ' This relic hangs over the fpldingr-doors which separate the two apartments in which the historian's books are arranged , and is crossed by another sword , which Mr . Prescott informed me was that worn by his wife ' s . grandfather , a naval officer , who was in command of a British sloop-of-war lying invthe river on the above-named memorable occasion , and who fired upon the Americans on their march from Charlestown , as I understood . "

      The Estate of the late John Sarleib . —Mr . Norris , the father of the late John Sadieir , made application , by his counsel in the Rolls Caurt , Chancerylane , for the administration of , the estate of his deceased son . In consequence of the verdict offelo de se brought in by the coroner ' s jury , the estate was forfeited to the Crown ; but , as there was no opposition to the present application , the Master of the Rolls made the decree as . prayed . ' .. '¦ - . . '' ¦ .. ¦ ' . . ' ''¦¦ ¦ . ' ; - . - ' Southampton Dock Charges . —The Southampton magistrates have just decided that the Southampton Dock Company have no right to charge merchandize rates on passengers' baggage , &ndhave declared by that decision that about ninety per cent , of the dock charges on baggage is illegoL The Dock Company are going to appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench against this decision , and , if defeated , to apply . for another act of Parliament . ;

      The Retiring Loed Mayor . '—Alderman Salomons , the retiring Lord Mayor , was presented last Saturday with ' a very complimentary address from the merchants , bankers , and traders of the City , and one which is peculiarly gratifying on account of the religious opinions of Mr . Salomons . The first Jewish- Lord ' Mayor of London has certainly acquitted himself in a-. way that commands the respect of the City , and his conduct ought to be an additional evidence that members of the Hebrew

      community should be acceptable to the House of Commons . The late Lord Mayor ,. ' however , in our opinion , went too far with his liberality in onerespect . He appears to have made it part of his duty to attend service in a Christian temple , without" any pretence to be regarded as a Christian convert . Such acts are altogether disrespectful to conscientious convictions if merely undertaken for the sake of City form arid etiquette . Baron A . de Rothschild , the Jewish High-Sheriff of Buckinghamshire , did not so commit himself . —Morning Star .

      Lord Palmerston at Liverpool . —The Premier paid his promised visit to Liverpool , on Friday week , and received an address from the Corporation , to which he replied in terms similar to those -which he had employed at Salford and Manchester . He then presented himself at a balcony overlooking the Exchange area , and was enthusiastically greeted by the crowds of merchants there assembled . Having thanked them for their reception , and taken lunch with the Mayor in the Town-hull , his lordship proceeded to the Exchange newsroom , and there delivered a few words of thanks for the cordial greeting that had been accorded to him . 11 « then sailed on the river in a steamer , which afforded him an opportunity of seeing the extent of the docks , and the nature of some of the improvements on the Cheshire shore . Lord and Lady Palmerston and Sir Benjamin Pley wood were subsequently conveyed to the railway station , and returned to Manchester . .

      . This Royai . Bkitihh Bank . —Tho debts connected with tins bank were proved lust Saturday , at Vice-Ghancellor Kindersloy ' s Chambers , to amount to upwards of half a million sterling . It is stated that the directors of tho bank , after full deliberation , have resolved not to appeal against the dociaion of tho Commissioners in Bankruptcy confirming their adjudication . It is stated that a petition to annul the bankruptcy has t

      This Mictroi'oxitan Duainacjk Sciikmk . — -A . communication from Sir Benjamin Hull to the Uonm « i Works was read to the Board at its meeting on »< ? nosday . Sir Benjamin refuses hia function to t » scheme B , inasmuch as it is contrary to the intention ° » tho Legislature , the proposed outfall being too near in metropolis ; but lie states that ho ahull bo hnpPy ^ roceivo a deputation from tho Hoard , in order that ui matters in dispute may bo arranged amicably .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 15, 1856, page 1090, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2167/page/10/