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Th « jury , after a very short deliberation , gave a verdict for the defendant . ¦ ^ An action to recover damages for a malicious prosecution , which was to come off at the Croydon Assizes a few fibys Ago , was put an end to by a compromise . Mr . Ttifogin James , Q . C ., who appeared for the plaintiff , Mr . Myers , said thai the defendants , Messrs . Lawson . and Co ., had indicted Mr . Myers , -with two other persons , named May and Taylor , for a conspiracy to defraud them of their goods . Mr . Myers was acquitted , and Messrs . Lawson and Co . were now satisfied that there was no ground for the charge they had preferred , and were willing to apologize . Under these . circumstances the plaintiff would be contented with a nominal verdict . A verdict for the plaintiff , with forty shillings damages , was accordingly taken .
A man about thirty-five years old , applied last Saturday to Mr . Paynter , at the Westminster police-court , for assistance under very painful circumstances .- He rstated that he had formerly followed the trade of a chimney-sweep , but , being afterwards led into crime , he had been convicted and sentenced to ten years' transportation for felony , about five years ago . He had , however , since obtained a ticket of leave , and was now very willing' and anxious to abandon his former mode of life , and get his bread honestly ; but he had not the means of doing so , being prevented from returning to his former occupation by asthma . Nevertheless , he believed that he could do very well if he took to selling things in the street . His statement having been fully corroborated by a policeman in court , Mr . Paynter supplied him with ample means to start as a costermonger .
Thomas Diamond Evans , of No . 15 , Bush-lane , City , aud Captain Henry Thome , of No . 11 , Pall-mall , were on Thursday brought before Mr . Beadon , at Marlborough-street police-cOurt , on a summons obtained by the Hon . Frederick William Cadogan , for " . having , on the 8 th of August * last , unlawfully published a certain letter addressed . to the Editor of the Tipies newspaper , containing certain libellous and defamatory words and sentences of and relating to the said Hon . F . W . Cadogan : also for having threatened to
publish the said libel ; also for having offered to prevent the publication of the said libel , containing certain matters and things ' . touching the ' said Hon . F . W . Cadogan , with intent to extort money from him . " The libel imputed to Mr . Cadogan . that he , being a director of the Submarine Telegraph Company , used the Opportunities of his position to unduly influence the funds . The letter was set up in type at the Times office , but was not published . The defendants were ordered to find good sureties to take their trial for libel . .
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REPORT ON THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF ARMY COMMISSIONS . A blue-book of nearly five hundred pages , published on Monday , contains the report of the Royal Commissioners appointed to inquire into tho purchase and sale of commissions in the army . The report itself is brief . The commissioners commence with a history of the system of purchase ; they then describe the present mode of entering the army , and they next review the objections made to tho purchase system . Having stated these , the commissioners , on the opposite side , feel bound to state that the prevalent opinion among military men , as far as their views have been ascertained , is- favourable to the system , or at lea ' st to its maintenance until some scheme shall have been devised which may produce the beneficial results which are commonly ascribed to the system
of purchase . The chief advantages are said to be that it facilitates the retirement of officers , and so accelerates promotion ia the . army , which would otherwise stagnate in time of continued peace ; and that it also affords to officers a security against the influence of favour , enabling each officer to obtain his advancement by his own means , without being dependent on the good-will of the Government or the patronage of , tho higher authorities . The commissioners examine the question at length , and they afterwards refer to tho system pursued in India and France . A plan of Sir Charles Trevelyan ' s for the abolition of the system of purchase , the general principle of which plan is borrowed from the French military system , is next aot forth . Tho report informs tho public that
any general scheme of promotion by selection would not bo favourably received by the officers of our own army , and would be equally offensive to tho purchasing and non-purchasing corps . Neither would the principle of promotion by seniority be available , regard being had to tho efficiency of tho army . The commissioners proceed , on the whole , to recommend that tho principle of selection be applied to tho l ^ ghea t ranks in tho service ; that hereafter the Houtenant-colonelcy of a regiment should cease to be purchaaablo , and that the Coxmnandor-Jn-Chief should make tho appointment of lieutenant-colonel from all tho majors in , that branch of the service ; and that tho period of holding tho command of lieutenant-colonel' should
pe utnueq to eight or ten years at the most , " By re > - tauung the system of purchase up to the rank of fieldofficer , " the report observes , " tho outlet for tho retirement of majors , captains , and lieutenants will continue aa ft present . Tho current of rcgimontal promotion will not bo retarded , while , on tho other hand , n limitation of tho period during which tho same officer shall hold
the command of a regiment will tend to accelerate promotion . " Thus , the whole system of purchase and sole of commissions is ( for the present ) to remain intact up to the rank of major inclusive . Sir De Lacy Evans concurs in the report of his fellow-commissioners as far as it goes ; but he intends to hand in some suggestions for a speedier termination of the purchase system than is at present contemplated . — Times . ¦
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . Lights of Ships ax Sea . —Some time back , the Admiralty appointed a committee of naval officers to consider the expediency of altering the system of lights established for steam and sailing vessels . It consisted of Admirals Chads and Beeehy , and Captains Sulivan , Ellerby , and Harris , and it examined several witnesses , and finally arrived unanimously at the following conclusions : — - " 1 . That no alteration should be made in the present system of steamers' lights . 2 . That the bright light now exhibited by sailing vessels when under sail or being towed should be abolished , and that , instead thereof , such vessel should exhibit , between sunset and sunrise , to any vessel or vessels , a red light on the port
side , and a green light on the starboard side , correspdnding to the coloured sidelight now shown by steamers , without any reference to tacks . 3 . That these coloured lights should be fixed when practicable , and that when such lights are not fixed places should be provided in which the lights should be kept on their respective sides , ready for exhibition . . 4 . That all lights , whether fixed or exhibited by hand , should be so screened as to render them invisible on the opposite bow or side-of the vessel , which , the cornmitteeconsider quite practicable . 5 . That the lights proposed to be exhibited by sailing vessels should in no case be of less size or power than the lantern which , the committee recommend , and which shows a uniform and unbroken light over sixteen points of the compass . 6 . That all vessels at anchor , whether
steamers or sailing vessels , should exhibit , ' where best seen , ' between sunset and sunrise , a white light , of uniform size and power , in a globular lantern of six inches diameter , at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull of the Vessel . 7 . The committee consider it desirable further to recommend that the pilot vessels of the United Kingdom should be designated by particular lights . They would therefore submit that , in addition to the red and green lights now proposed for all classes of sailing vessels , pilot vessels should be permitted to exhibit a white light on a level with the red or green light . 8 . The committee having taken into consideration the subject of signal * during fogs , would recommend , for the reasons stated in the foregoing report , that steamers should use either the steam-whistle or bell , and that all other vessels should use a fog horn . "
The Lords of the Admirai / tv commenced their annual official inspection of Portsmouth Dockyard and its dependencies on Monday morning . The investigation was continued on Tuesday . —On Tuesday night , the Lords of the Admiralty , at Portsmouth , attended a ball given in the hall of the Seamen and Marines' Orphan Schools , in aid of the funds of that charity , which was numerously attended . On Wednesday morning , the Board embarked from the Black Eagle in their barge , and went to inspect the Excellent gunnery ship , Captain Hewlett , C . B ., where shot and shell firing and other services were exhibited ; thence their Lordships went to the dockyard , where Sir Charles Wood , the First Lord , held his levee . The other Lords at the same time continued their inspection .
Wreck of a Government Transport . —The transport ship Julia , Captain M'Gregor , having on board a part of the 4 th troop Horse Artillery , from the Persian Gulf for Bombay , was lost while leaving Kurrachee harbour on the 29 th ult . A sergeant , three Europeans , and nine native troopers , and a ship ' s , lascar of the Hj-deree , lost their lives .
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MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —The Queen and Prince Albert left Osborne on Monday on board their yacht for Cherbourg . Her Majesty reached Cherbourg Harbour on Monday evening , and was recoived by Admiral Count do Gourdon . On Tuesday morning the Queen , Pririco Albert , and the Royal children landed at tho dockyard under a salute , and were conducted over tho works . In tho aftornoon they drove into tho country . The Quoon and suite left Cherbourg on Wednesday under the customary salutes , and proceeded to Aldernoy , whore they remained a few hours , and then returned to Osborne .
Departure of the Queen of Holland . — Tho Quoon of Holland , accompanied by tho young Prince and suite , embarked on Monday at Woolwich on board the Netherlands Government stoatnor Cycloop , Lieut .-Commander Klorok . Every preparation had been made to recoivo her Majesty , and thoro was a largo concourse of spectators . The West Indies . —Tho last mails report little of importance Tho yellow fovor wus considerably abating at St , Thomas ' s , Governor Wodohouso has quitted Demerara for England , on loavo of absence for six months . Tho lion . William Walker has been appointed Liout .-Govornor . Fires , —Tho protnlsos of a hflt and cap manufacturer in Lamb oth-wallc wore burned down on Tuesday night ,
the inhabitants escaping with great difficulty . The entire front of the shop fell in , slightly injuring three people . Several adjoining houses were greatly damaged . —On Wednesday morning , at an early hour , a fire attended with great destruction of property , broke out on the premises belonging to Mr . J . Martin , a grazier , and cowkeeper at Manor Farm , Lewisham road , Kent ! The building was from a hundred and fifty to two hundred feet long , and besides the cattle housed in it there was an immense quanity of provender in different parts of the- place . The flames took a rapid sweep round the whole of the building , seizing upon everything of an ignitable character , and enveloping the live stock , so that it was impossible to rescue any of the valuable animals , which moaned and kicked fearfully . The flames were not wholly subdued at ten o ' clock on Wednesday morning . The origin of the fire is unknown .
A New Planet . —Mr . Norman Pogson , of Oxford , writes to the Times : — " I beg to inform your astronomical readers of the discovery of another small planet , which I discovered last night ( Sunday ) while comparing a manuscript chart with the heavens . It is just possible that this may be a re-disepvery of M . Goldsmidt ' s lost planet Daphne , though I think it will more probably turn out to be the 46 th of the asteroidal group between Mars and Jupiter . " Nuisances on the Banks of the River Thames . — Some correspondence between Mr . Goldsworthy Guriiey , the Board of Works , and the Commissioners of Sewers , on the state of the river and the pollution of the air on the banks of the Thames and at the Houses of
Parliament , was published by order of the House of Commons last Saturday , on the motion of Mr . Estcourt , M . P . Mr . Goldsworthy Gurney , in May , June , and July Ia 3 t , pointed out in some valuable reports to the Board of ^ Works a number of abominable nuisances arising from the state of the sewers in the vicinity of the New Palace at Westminster , and other causes , most injurious to the health of the members . The source of the original evil ( certain untrapped gullyholes in St . Margaret ' s-street , New Palace-yard , and the open mouth of Bridge-street sewer ) was cut off some time since , but , although the greater nuisance is removed , the minor annoyance remains . This was pointed out in a report of 18 * 6 . Ic arises from untrapped sewers on the south side of the river near Lambeth Palace , besides two at Millbank , one at the Penitentiary , and two at Vauxhall-bridge . The
sewers at Lambeth and Millbank are the most offensive . Another source of pestilential effluvia , affecting the atmosphere of the Houses of Parliament , is the existence of bone and other offensive manufactories on the south side of the river , and also exhalations from the river itself . In June last , Mr . Gurney reported the river to be in so pestilential a state that it was difficult to keep the stench out of the Houses of Parliament , and he urged the trapping the open mouths of certain eewers forthwith . Ultimately , it was intimated to the Board of Works by the Secretary of State ( on the 29 th ult . ) that the prosecution of nuisances was left by the Metropolis Local Management Act to the local authorities of parishes , to whom , as armed with ample powers , Sir George Grey suggested that application should be made in the cases referred to . The state of the Thames , meanwhile , remains as before . — Times .
Extraordinary Commitment . — Robert Wilson , a respectable young man in appearance , has been charged before the Swindon magistrates , by the proprietor of the refreshment rooms at the railway station of that town , with stealing a bottle , a cup and saucer , and a metal spoon . Ho had purchased the contents of the bottle and some coffee in the cup , which he took to the carriage in which he was travelling . . He was convicted of stealing the articles charged , and sentenced . to twentyone days' imprisonment , by which ho will loso the passage monoy paid for a berth taken on board a vessel in which he was about to emigrate with his family to Australia . The case seems to be a verj' hard one .
The Late Firb at Edinburgh . —The finding of tho charred remains of a headless human trunk among tho debris o £ the buildings at the head of the Mound , recently the scone of the disastrous flro , will not contribute much to assure tho public that tho origin of the fire was made the subject of that minute and searching investigation which the magnitude of tho loss sustained and the suffering inflicted ought to have ensured . While disclaiming any desire to excite public fooling unduly , wo cannot refrain from remarking that , if tho unfortunate wretch whose remains have only now boon discovered mot with no foul play , or was not subjected to physical restraint while tho flames were in progress , it is Btrango that ho should have fallen a victim to tho / James at all , and still more strange that his head should bo mysteriously missing . —Edinburgh Express .
Pomtioal Meeting . —A number of tho inhabitants of West Kent have determined , enrly in tho recess , to hold a mooting at Sydonham , for tho promotion or a Liberal movement in tho comity . This is o good oxample , which , wo trust , will bo followed , f Curious Sba-waip . '—A few days ngo , tho crow ot a fishing-boat picked up at sea a scrap of paper , ilrmi } corked in a bottle , having tho following written upon it in pencil : — "On board ye brig EUon , of Whitby , i Novr ., 1749 , long . 8-40 , lat . 50 . Blowing a hurricane ; lying to , with closo-reefod maintop-sail . Ship waterlogged , cargo wood , from Quoboc . No water on board ; provisions all gone : oat tho dog yesterday ; three men
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§( & ! PHE LEADER / [^ 0 . 38 ^^ 170 X 76 ^ 22 , 1857 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 22, 1857, page 804, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2206/page/12/
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