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finding of the court , " unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman . " Furthermore , he was acquitted of being " disorderly . " He was sentenced to be very . severely reprimanded ; and further , to be placed at the bottom of his regimental rank . Upon these pro-: ceedings his Royal 'Highness the Commander-in-Chief has , in a general order , passed a severe comment , lhe order says : — " His Royal Highness-cannot allow the officers of the army to be led astray by a tacit acquiescence in such erroneous opinions as appear to have been tie
entertained by the members of this court-martial , had hoped that since the publication of the ' orders by the late Field-Marshal Commanding in Chief , the disgraceful habit of practical jokes had been entirely discontinued . Those orders were personally delivered to and acknowledged by Ensign Scott , on his first appointment to a commission ; his disobedience thereto was , therefore , unbecoming the character of an officer ; and to conspire with another for the personal annoyance of a brother officer , by entering his room uninvited , to upset his furniture and utensils , and otherwise disarrange his
room , can be designated by no other term than ungentlemanlike ; neither , in the opinion of his Royal Highness , can it be otherwise than disorderly for an officer to be drunk in an hotel , and then and there otherwise to misconduct himself . His Royal Highness considers such conduct to be fitly described by the language of the charge , and he therefore recommends courts-martial to check , by adequate punishment , practices which a perseverance in cannot fail to affect the character of officers of the army as gentlemen . " The Austrian Army . —There are twelve corps
d'armue , each of which is composed of two infantry divisions and a cavalry brigade . Each infantry division consists of four regiments of the line , of a battalion of Chasseurs or frontier troops , and of two batteries ; a cavalrv brigade is composed of two regiments and of one baitterv of horso artillery . In case of need , Austria can bring " into the field about 427 , 000 men ; that is , 270 , 000 soldiers of the line , 20 , 000 chasseurs , 30 , 000 Croats , 15 , 000 cuirassiers and dragoons , 35 , 000 lancers and hussars , 45 , 000 artiEeryinen , with 1300 guns , and 21 , 000 engineers * pioneers , sappers and miners , &c .
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A great conflagration took place in Upper-street , Islington , on Tuesday . Three houses were burnt down , and another was greatly injured . The inmates of one of the . houses had a very narrow escape . Great credit is due to the fire-escape conductor for his activity and courage . . A few days ago the Chaux-de-Fonds railway-station at Neufch&tel was the scene of a terrible disaster . A waggon laden with timber had been left upon the line close to the engine-factory , and a train of ballast-trucks
the transaction : — " Mr . Neale , a wholesale confectioner in Bradford , proceeds in the ordinary way of trade to make a batch of peppermint lozenges . He must get his living honestly if he can ; but- if not , still he must get his living . He manufactures an artic l e which will enable him to undersell the scrupulous tradesman , and yet withal make a goodly profit . Peppermint lozenges , it appears , are of four qualities , the gradation in quality depending on the proportion of plaster of Paris to- the sugar . After the fourth quality we are told that a stitl commoner article may be made by using more plaster . ' Honest Mr . Meale manufactured the stall commoner article' his proportions being 121 bs . of
, plaster to 401 bs . of sugar . Mr . Neale has a friend—Mr . Hodgson , a druggist—who supplies him with material for his trade . But he does , not send to Mr . Hodgson and ask for 121 bs . of plaster of Paris . For convenience and secrecy , Mr . tfeale and Mr . Hodgson have a private understanding . Plaster of Paris is called ' daft' alibi . ' Mr . Hodgson is ill in bed , his shop is left in the chargeof a raw apprentice , named Goddard , who has hardly left school three weeks . Mr . Neale ' s messenger asks for twelve pounds of " daft . " Ignorant of what " daft may be , the apprentice refers to his master . His master tells him to go into the cellar , in one of the corners of which he will find a cask containing a white powder .
Instead of one cask he finds two , neither labelled , both containing white powder : he takes from the wrong one , and serves Mr . Neale with arsenic ! This accidentproduced by the combination of fraud , dishonesty , and gross carelessness—leads to a most tragic result , One Hardaker , a retail dealer , buys some thirty or forty pounds of the poisonous lozenges ; retails them in the crowded market-place of Bradford . Every ounce of these horrible condiments contains sufficient poison to destroy a dozen human lives . The result may readily be anticipated . The victims who have died are known ; how manv more lives are yet to be sacrificed to the lust of gain , time will show . " Hodgson , Goddard , and Neill are in custody on the charge of manslaughter , and bail has been refused .
was coming backwards , the engine at the tail of the train pushing the trucks , with fifty or sixty labourers riding upon them . The engine-dTiver and guard being prevented by a fog from seeing what was in their way , the trucks came into collision with the timber-waggon , and six trucks , with the poor fellows upon them , were hurled off the rails . One man was crushed on the spot , and seventeen others wore so much injured that they had to bo carried immediately to the hospital . Several of them had to undergo amputations , and four or five have sinco died .
A frightful accident has occurred on the Midland Railway , which resulted in the death of Mrs . Wildgooso ( sister to Lady Paxton ) , and of one Wall , a porter . The Ambergate train arrived at Matlock station in duo course ; Mrs . Wildgposo , seeing the train approaching , attempted to cross tho line . She was observed by tho porter , who attempted to pull her buck , but tho engino of tho approaching train caught both of them , knocked them down , tho train passed over them , and tlioy were killed , Wall ' s head being severed from his body . Eastern
Tho details of tho destruction of tho ship City by fire at soa present a strong contrast to the 1 ob 3 of the ill-fated Austria . By tho admirable coolness and courage of Captain Johnstono , commanding tho Eastern City , ably seconded by his offioors and tho passengers themselves , the whole number on board ( 227 ) wore pro-Borved until roaoued from tho burning ship by the troopship Merchantman , Captain Brown . The circumstances iu which Captain Johnstono was placed , wore equally trying with thoso under which the Austria was so disastrously and culpably lost . A collision of very serious character took place on Monday off Portland . The ship Palmyra , from Sydney , ran down tho bark Ellou Morrison , about Bovon in the ovoning . All hands wens fortunately saved , but tho bark and hor valuable oargo ( of tea ) it is feared have gono down .
A most awful calamity has befallen tho town and neighbourhood of Bradford through tho accidental mixing of arsenic in tho place of plaster of Paris in tho composition of ' peppermint" lozenges . Those having boon retailed , wero largely consumed , and tho result la that fifteen persona , up to tho present timo , have boon killed by thorn , while a hundrod and seventy more aro dangerously ill , and how far tho ovll may yot extend it is Impossible to say . A contemporary thus describes
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as the explanations of the captain proved satisfactory no search had been made . The vessel haying beet restored to liberty by the Governor of Mozambique , before even > a French reclamation was made , the incideni is not likely to give rise to another altercation . Another vessel belonging to La Reunion has been pillaged on the coast of Africa . The captain and a great part Of the crew -were massacred . It is stated that Napoleon III . is taking steps to carry into execution a favourite plan of Napoleon I . for laying up stores of corn in every large town daring plentiful years , in order to provide against years of scarcity . The protectionists like this plan , which they think will secure them altogether against foreign importations .
M . de Montalembert has had to make his appearance before a magistrate for the purpose of being interrogated , and his trial will probably take place , if it takes place at all , before the present month is finished . The orator threatens to defend himself . We can scarcely imagine that the Emperor will create for him such a splendid opportunity . " At the opening of the law courts , " says the Daily News correspondent , " M . Chaix d'Est Ange , the Procureur-General , who has hitherto been considered
remarkably exempt from the spirit of flunkeyism which now pervades all classes of functionaries , astonished his audience by telling them , in , the course of a glowing panegyric upon the Emperor , that the judges ought , above all things , never to forget they rendered justice in his name , and that they should strive to be the representatives ' not only of his public authority , but also of his private and personal sentiments . ' This doctrine is certainly novel in the Palais de Justice . Is it meant as a hint to the judges who are to try Montalembert ?"
TURKEY . Palace intrigue has again prevailed , and Mehemet Ali is Capudan Pasha once more . His return to office is in reality a declared abandonment of the policy of reform and retrenchment . The Grand Vizier himself is not expected to retain his post beyond the return of Fuad , and there is even a probability that the Seraskier win throw up his seals about the same time , if not
sooner . Sir Henry Bulwer has been the object of an outrage in the main street of Pera . Attended by a single groom , his Excellency was riding down this narrow thoroughfare , when he met one of the court carriages filled with ladies , escorted by a troop of servants . Sir Henry ' s groom called out to the coachman to draw a little to one side , to let his master pasa . The menial replied that he would not move an inch for a Giaour , and kept on . till Sir Henry was in imminent danger of being crushed
CONTINENT Ali NOTES . FRANCE . M . r > E Lamaktine quits his patrimonial estate next week , and the property which he trusted in vain to public liberality to enable him to save , will be sold , under a judge ' s order . It is understood that the ruined poet and politician will cross the Channel and reside henceforth in England . The commemorative funeral service of the upright Cavaignac , deceased a twelvemonth ago , was attended in the church of . St . Louia d'Antin by a large number of his political friends . Amongst those present were Carnot , Goudchaux , Dufaure , Bastide , and other ministers of tho revolutionary period , and such men as Jules Simon , Louis TJlbach , and Peyrat , Havin , Leon Ple ' e , Jourdan , and Pelletan , of the liberal ranks in literature .
It is said in legal circles that the Government will not follow up the Montalembert prosecution , and to abandon it would , no doubt , be tho wisest policy for them to pursue . A pamphlet from the pen of M . Guizot will shortly appear . It is a reply to the Marquis of Normanby ' s book . General do Salles , who was shot lately by his stepbrother , the Count de Chanaleilles , ia dead . It appears to bo established that M . de Chanaleillos laboured under an attack of insanity at the time . assertion which
The Pays expresses its doubt of the found its way into the London press , that the Emperor Louis Napoleon intends stopping tho negro immigration scheme , and this doubt , most probably , ia well founded . The decrees organising tho now administration for Algeria aro published in tho Moniteur . They contain four principal points . Tho first rcfors to the promulgation of the laws , which is to proceed from tho new Colonial Ministry at Pnris . The Becond TOgulates the powers of tho Algorinc prefects , which aro far more oxtonsivo than thoso of tho prefects in France . The third , and most interesting , is the establishment of gonornl councils in tho provinoos , in which even the native element will find representation . They are , however , to bo nominated , not olootod , Tho names of their presidents aro already published . , Tho fourth refers to tho budget . There is to bo a separate ono for oaoli of the three provinces—Algiers , Oran , and
Constantino . The French Court loft Stt Cloud on Monday evening for Compiogno , whoro a number of entertainments -will be given , to which many distinguished personages , native and foreign , are invited 5 tho company will not all go at once , but in series , which will prolong tho festivities to the end of tho month . The Moniteur of the Island Reunion brings tho detailed report of the seizure of , tho FrenoU ahip Alfred by tlte Portuguese authorities" at Mozambique . The shin had hnPnrn hnnn visited bv an Enorlish cruiser , bull
against the side of the adjoining houae . Seeing this , the groom struck the near carriage horse , to turn the vehicle aside , whereupon the driver returned the blow across the shoulders of the former , who , showing fight , was speedily beset by the armed servants and eunuchs in attendance . Sir Henry rode into the m ^ lee to the rescue ; but although the groom and the bystanders called out to the palace people that it was the English Ambassador , it -was not until more than one blow had fallen upon his Excellency that the spectators succeeded in putting an end to the outrage .
Lord Stratford finally deported on the 22 nd ult . His Lordship has gone to Civita Vecchia , whence he proceeds to Rome for the winter . The ceremony of laying the first stone of the muchtalked-of Memorial Church was performed on the 19 th ult . by Lord Stratford , in presence of a very largo assemblage of the British residents . The ceremony began with tho reading of a suitable prayer by Mr . Gribble , the embassy chaplain , followed by tho singing of the 84 th Psalm . Lord Stratford , wearing the insignia of the Bath , then delivered an address , which elicited the applause of all present , its only defect being the utter absence of allusion to his own approaching retirement from the scene of this commemorative celebration . His Lordship then descended to tho foundation , and after
depositing tho uanal bottle of coins and roll of parchment in tho prepared cavities in tho lower stone , spread the mortar over the surface of this last , upon which tho upper ono was then lowered , and struck with tho mallet by tho old viscount in tho usual way . Then followed another prayer and hymn , and a Bhort speech from Sir Henry Bulwer . *• God saye tho Queon , " sung with right lusty loyalty by every voice present , concluded tho ceremony . Cheers for tho late and present ambassadors , three rounds for the Sultan , and nine rounds for tho Queon , startled tlio quiet Turks of tho neighbourhood after tho ceremonial proper had been completod . Tho whole proceeding was gone through with a warmth of national feeling in the highest degree creditable to the hearts and lungs of all present .
The Curacoa frigate , on board of which Lord Stratford do Kedcliilb had embarked , is reported to have run ashore near Smyrna . Tho passongors and crow Iinvo been saved . It is said that assistance was »«' £ « " > frigate by Admiral Clavaud . Ali Ghd b , son oi Hrtflohld Pasha and son-in-law of tho Sultan , ha . boon -drowned In the Bosphoru * . Ho was on board a am , ^ vessel which rw ^ Smf % sShton ? . » I , £ Her ^ oVina , between a party of Mturcul-
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No . 450 , November 6 , 1858 . 1 " THE LEADER . 1183
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 6, 1858, page 1183, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2267/page/7/
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