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was so frightened that sfae ran away home . A small farmer , it appears , was waiting to receive the stolen corn . Chalk is supposed to be now in Australia ; and , with the exception of him and Blewett , all the men implicated have died violent deaths . Page ^ v as killed accidentally about a year afterwards , and two others committed suicide . A Shek-Accused Mirdeeek . —John Hoare , a middle-aged mau , described as a labourer , is under remand at the Worship-street police-office , charged , on . his own confession , with assaulting his -wife so violently as to
cause her death . His statement wae confirmed by the evidence of Iris step-daughter , who said that the man was drunk 'when the act was committed , but that her mother was sober . Hoare and his wife had a quarrel ; the former struck the latter-with , his fist ; the woman then hit her husband on the head with the leg of a table , and cut it severely ; after wliich , the man struck the woman on the head with a poker . Frona the effects of this blow she lingered for severe ! daysj but at length died , and the man subsequently gave himself into custody .
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FIRES . A most alarming fire burst out on Tuesday morning in floor No . 36 of "warehouse 5 , South Quay , London Docks . The premises were upwards of ninety fe et high , and contained sugar , jute , saltpetre , &c , of the value of many thousand pounds . Some men employed on the South Wharf observed large black bodies of smoke issuing from the windows and loopholes of the warehouse , and , though the engines were speedily got to work , the flames spread with such swiftness that no impression could be made on them . Subsequently , Mr . Braidwood ' s brigade , land and river , arrived on the spot , and immense bodies of water were projected on to the building ; but they did . not prevent the fire extending to some saltpetre and brandy . The result was five successive explosions , which shook the whole
dock , and fears -were at one time entertained , that the shipping would take fire . An expanse of vivid White flame shot upwards with terrible vehemence , and extended half way acr 6 ss the basin . At the same time , the concussion was so great that it appeared as if the ¦ whole of the south stack of the docks was coming down . The centre division was blown to atoms . Every one was panic-struck for the moment . ' There was a cry of "Run I it's the saltpetre ! " Several mem were injured by falling bricks , but none seriously ; and , strange to say , no lives were lost . Tlie vessels alongside the south quay were hauled out into the basin , and appear not to have sustained any damage . The dames extended to the warehouses , however , with Increased force , and it was not till near six o ' clock in the evening that the progress of the fire was arrested . The total loss is estimated at nearly 300 , 000 ? .
A fire broke out on Sunday night on the premises of Messrs . Simpson and Co ., saddlers , Clifton-road , Five Bell-lane , New Cross . The flames commenced in the stabling at the rear of the front premises , in whicli were several valuable horses . A large amount of property "was destroyed , including the stabling and harness rooms , and the coach-houses , which extended nearly one hundred feet in one direction and fifty feet in the other . A cottage next door was also nearly burnt to the ground . A fire broke out on Sunday evening in the County Lunatic Asylum at "Wootton , near Gloucester , and one wing was entirely destroyed . The lunatics in the building amounted to five hundred ; but those in the wing ¦ which took fire were safely removed to another part . The cause of the disaster is unknown .
A very destructive fire has occurred at "Wakefield , where one side of a square has been burnt down . One of the buildings was the Church Institution , the library o which , consisting of 1400 Volumes , was totally destroyed . Fortunately , it had been insured .
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . Kbdcfobcbmemts for India . —Further reinforcements re under orders for speedy departure to India . Presentation of Colours The ceremony of pre-Mntingaset of new colours to the lstor Chatham division of Royal Marine Light Infantry took place on Monday morning in the presence of a large number of spectators . The colours were handed to First Lieutenants Stark and Boxer by Admiral Harvey . Thb Chatham Marinks . —The annual inspection of the Chatham division of the Royal Marine Light InfWJtry took place on Tuesday by Major-General Sir R . Wesley , Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines . The entire battalion , numbering about seven hundred men of all ranks , including the whole of the officers and marines now at liead-q « arters , assembled in the barrack-square At ten o ' clock in heavy marching order , tlie battalion being formed in companies . Their evolutions gave the high eat satisfaction to General Wesley .
Court-Martial . —A court-martial wna held on Tuesday on board the flag-ship Waterloo , at ShcorncH ? , to try Lieutenant James Hector Mackenzie Jtobortson of h « r Majeety's ship Royal George , on chargOB of drunkennen * and using abusive language to the supernumerary carpenter of tho vessel . The first charge was h « ld not to be proved , but , on the second , tlie lieutenant rras convicted , and wbb sentenced to be dismissed the Itoyal George .
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MERCANTILE MARINE . Accidhxtat tub East Ixdia Docks . —Two vessels—the Ocean , of Shoreliam , bound for S-ivansea , with a cargo of copper ore , and the collier Lustre , of and from South Shields , laden with three hundred and fifty tons of coals —became jammed in the gates of the lock of the East India Docks last Saturday . Several attempts were made to drag them out , but in vain . They were therefore unloaded and dismantled ; and , on the ' flowing of the tide , it was discovered that both vessels had sustained great damage , and had filled . In the meanwhile , the ingress and egress to and from tbe dock has been completely blocked up . . *
The Wreck of the Ava . —An inquiry has been conducted at tbe Thames Police-office into the circumstances attending the loss of the Peninsular and Oriental screw steamer Ava , which was -wrecked ' . off the coast of Ceylon on the 16 th of last February . On Tuesday , Mr . Selfe delivered the judgment of himself and Captain Walker , the acting nautical assessor to the Board of Trade . Both agreed with the explanation a forded by Captain Kirton , that the primary cause o the wreck arose , to a considerable extent , from the force of the current which liad set in , and the mistaking of a false light ; but , at the same time , the court did not wholly acquit Captain ICirton of "blame in the matter , as he had neglected to take the precaution of-heaving- the lead . With that exception , however , they held him to be blameless , and they complimented him on the high character he had received for his previous services .
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MISC ELL AKEOUS . The Court . —Mr . Rarey , accompanied by Mr . Goodenough , exhibited his horse-taming powers , the f ourth time , before the Queen and . Court , last Saturday morning , in the Riding School of the Royal Mews . The zebra of which , mention has already been made , and tlie horse Cruiser ( both famous for their savageness ) , were introduced in . a tame state . Mr- Rarey also exercised his powers on a horse from the Royal Mews . The Prince Consott presided the same morning at a meeting of the Council of the Duchy of Cornwall , held at the Duchyoffice , Buckingham-gate , St . James's Park . In the afternoon , his Royal Highness was present at the annual meeting of the Windsor Royal Association , which he is President , and distributed the prizes in the Home Park . He returned to London in the evening . The Queen , Princa Albert , and the King of the Belgians ,
went to Her Majesty ' s Theatre in the evening . — " We believe , " says the Times , " that the Court will remove toOsborneon . the 5 th of July , and remain until the Parliamentary prorogation . Hex Majesty will take a summer cruise up the Rhine in the Fairy yacht , and receive a visit from her daughter at Cologne . "—The Marquis of Exeter , K . G ., Lord Steward of the Queen ' B Household , had an audience of her Majesty on Monday , at Buckingham Palac « , and presented a resolution of the House of Lords that William Constable Maxwell , Esq ., has proved his claim to the title of Lord Herries of Terregles , Scotland . The Prince Consort , attended by Colonel F . H . Seymour , was present in the forenoon at a field day of the Grenadier Guards in Hyde-park . — - The Queen , and Prince Consort visited Frogmore on Tuesday , and dined there , aeturning to Buckingham Palace in the evening .
Royal " Visit to the Leviathan . —The Queen and Prince Consort , accompanied by the King of the Belgians , and the other Imperial and Royal guests , visited tho Leviathan on Monday . The Royal party -went in carriages to the Victualling-j'nrd at Deptford , where they embarked in the Admiralty barge , and soon reached the ship . Mr . Yates , the secretary of the company , and Captain Harrison awaited her Majesty at the gangway , on reaching which she was received by Mr . H . T . Hope and his co-director « , Sir Joseph Paxton , M . P ., Hon . F . Berkeley , M . l \ , Mr . R . J . R . Campbell , M . P ., Mr . Samuel linker , and Mr . St . George Burke . Tho deck of the ship not being yet laid on tho iron framing , a platform had been constructed for the Iioyul
party , extending her full length , along which they proceeded . Tho visitors in ado tlie tour of the ship , and were ultimately conducted to the bows , where a dais had been elevated . Hero tlie Queen expressed her great admiration of the vessel , and her singular pleasure at seeing tho successful manner in which it had been brought near its completion . Her Majesty added that she felt a warm interest in tho ship as a monument of national naval enterprise , and hoped that it would ever remain part of the mercantile navy of the country . To this , the directors hastened to respond by
an assurance that , as Engliuhmen , they would take care that a shiu so honoured should never sail under a foreign nag . Jlor Majesty then intimated a winh to inspect tho machinery ; but the descent into tho onginc-rooin being considered not Bulllciently commodious , tho Uoynl purty were iuvited to view the inueliineiy from tho hatchway . Other parts of tho vessel wcro nluo inspected , and tho vlaitorn left after staying about mi hour . In returning to Deniford , the Queen was obliged to hold her bouquet close to her fuco tho whole wuy , to exclude tho foul odours of tho river .
Tiiic New Elkotions . —The uliow of hands for the Enst Norfolk election took jiluoeliiBt Saturday utNorwich , nnd was dvclarail t < o bo in fuvour of Sir Henry Strncev .
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the Conservative candidate . A poll was then demanded on behalf of Major Coke , who comes forward on Liberal principles . Thore w : is a good deal of Uproar all throueh the proceedings , and the addresses of the candidates could hardly be h « avd . They do not appear , howev er to have contained anything of interest . The poll took place on Tuesday , when Major Coko was returned bv 2933 votes against 2698 given to Sir llcnry Stmcey The Crops . —The accounts of the state of the croos from all parts of tlxo country are most favourable . The glorious weather up to the present time has brought all cereal produce unusually forward ; and an early and abundant harvest is anticipated . In the north of Derbyshire , heavy storms have done some damage- but in some places a little rain v . 'ould be an advantage . '
Masonic Cekemosial is EorNBUuGii . — The foundation- stone of a new hall for the Grand Masonic Lod ^ eof Scotland was laid at Edinburgh on Thursday week by the Duke of Atholl , Grand Master Mason of Scotland The event created a great sensation , and the day was kept as a holiday in many parts of the country . A . large deputation attended from , the Grand Lodge of Englandheaded by Lord Panmure , Depute Grand Master ; au 4 the numbers crowded about the locality -where the ceremony took place was very large . In the evening there was a ball , and the whole uffair passed off with , great spirit .
A Quick Passage . —The Government emigration ship [ Nugget , 1128 tons , of Liverpool , W .-H . Bond , commander , which sailed from Southampton on tile 22 nd of January with three hundred and fifty-five passengers , arrived at Adelaide , South Australia , on the 3 rd of April , having made the passage in seventy-one days—the shortest on . record from this country to tbat port . The Chiidres in Kensington Gardens . — A
Mother , " writing to the Times calls attention to the neglect and ill-treatment of children in Kensington Gardens by the nursemaids who have charge of them . They are left for hours by themselves , uncared for , and strapped into their perambulators , while the -women axe talking and idling with male friends whom they may chance to pick up . If the poor children complain , they are scolded and struck . The evil is certainly one which demands attention ; for we all know the tyrannical nature of the " nursemaid accustomed to the care of children . " Miss Joy and the Confessional ,. —Miss Joy , the lady charged "by the Hon . and - [ Rev .- F ; Baring at the meeting at St . James's-hall on the 11 th ult . with the grossest conduct , has been advised by counsel that , in . the present anomalous state of the law of slander , she has no right of action against him for the statements made by him at that meeting . She lias therefore thought it necessary to deny in public the truth of the statements made against her . Gough versus Lees . —The hon . secretary to > the Lees Defence Fund has published the following statements ^ - " The retractation made by my counsel , on which the nominal verdict was given , was made without any authority from me or my solicitors ; on the contrary , I strenuously protested , against it , and insisted on the ease proceeding . —( Signed ) F . R . Leeb . —London , June
21 , 1858 . " Suicide o-v Mr . T . B . Howe , the Artist . —An iuquest has beeu held in the board-room of King ' s College Hospital , touching the death of Mr . Thomas Burdetl Howe , the artist . The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity , caused by continued hard drinking . Colonial-office Records . —Sir E . B . Lytton has adopted , in conjunction with the Lords of the Treasury , a reform at the Colonial-office , similar to that introduced by Lord Malmesbury into the Foreign-office .
The papers of the Colonial Department ( including those known as trade and plantation papers ) are now to be divided into two classes—the historical aad the political . The line is drawn ut 1 G 88 . Writers will in future be free to copy or to abstract any papers prior to that date , without reference to tlie Secretary of State . These changes are of serious value , and will be remembered to the credit of Lord Mulinesoury and Sir E . 13 . Lytton , when much that now looks more important will have been lost to recollection . —Atlienteum .
Antiquitikb at Cnidus . — The ruins of this ancient city are being excavated , and some very fine specimens of Greek architecture and sculpture have been tlug up , including a magnificent colossal lion . San Domusgo . —Santana has invaded San Domingo city , and haa taken Samanas and destroyed it . Bae / has blockaded Port au Platte , and reduced it to ashes . A guano ialimd , sixty miles south-west of San Domingo , haa been churned by tho Iluytian Government from the Americana , nnd the latter are about to bo ex pulled by force .
Mil . Laino , lato M . P . for the Wick lioroughf , addressed u public meeting at Pontefruet on Friday week as a candidate for the representation of that town , ilin principles are those of advanced Liberalism , lie expressed his belief that there will bo no dissolution of Pnrliainont thia year , but that next year it will he inevitable . The meeting gave Mr . Luing a hearty reception . Loud DiomiY . —Tho Premier , we are happy to find , u recovering from his Juto severe atluck of gowt . Mr . Diaraeli , who has alao been ill , bus rammed his place in the House .
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634 THE _ j ^ AgJ ^ Jgi ! J _ gi _ i 32 i jferc 3 . 1885 .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 3, 1858, page 634, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2249/page/10/
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