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      Criminal , Record. N * Saturday Edward E...

      CRIMINAL , RECORD . n * Saturday Edward Esdaile and Hugh Cameron , of British Bank fame / were liberated from the Queen ' s Prison their term of punishment having ^ expired . -The creditors under the bankruptcy of . Cameron we been paid in full , and there will be a large furnlus The whole ' of the bank directors are now at large " Humphrey Brown ' s twelve months having been shortened on the ground of ill-health , and Richard Hartley Kennedy the ex-alderman ^ haying obtained his liberty by the payment of 5 , OOOL to the assignees , and by the powerful intercession of his friends . , ¦ -, . . ^ In the Andover , murder case , we are told that forty witnesses were subpamaed ; the Grand Jury , however , have ignored the bill against Banks and his wife . An inquest has been held at Iiimehouse on the body of George Washer , who had gone on the 20 th ultimo to the house of James Dunmore , and , whilst in a state of intoxication , made some statement regardiii" - l ) iuimore s wife , which excited ah attack . In the scuffle that ensued , the deceased was struck on the head with some instrument by Mrs . Dunmore , and died instantly . A verdict of " Malislaughter" was returned against the wife . The woman . was committed for trial and the man discharged . ¦

      Ireland. Mahtix Faixox, One Of The Phoen...

      IRELAND . Mahtix Faixox , one of the Phoenix clubbites , was convicted at the Westmeath Assizes on Friday , of being ¦ connected-with illegal societies , the pass-words of which were found upon him , and was sentenced , on Saturday , to seven years' penal serYitude . The prospect of speedily mounting the scarlet hat has not rendered Archbishop Cullen unmindful of the welfare of his old flock in the diocessof Dublin , hi his Lenten pastoral just issued , and which professes to be the regulations to be observed by the faithful iu the approaching season of fast ,. the most rev . prelate , having disposed of the egg , butter , and fleshmeut portion of the new rules , proceeds briefly to denounce Ribandism and Freemasonry , the polka and proselytism , as the monster evils of modern society . * .

      Accidents. A Fire, Attended With The Mos...

      ACCIDENTS . A fire , attended with the most distressing results , took '• place / in Maryleborie , on Saturday morning . The scene of the catastrophe was an eating-house in Great James-street , occupied by Mi-. Reeves . After the cook and two children had been rescued , some one burst open the front door . This had the double effect of setting fire to the machine and of increasing the strongth of the conflagration , which was raging

      within . The result was that the fire-escape conductor , who had Mr . Reeves in his arms , fell to the ground and sustained serious injuries . But this was not the worst of the calamity . Before further assistance could he rendered , the whole of the buildingfell ' , and occasioned the destruction of Mr . Reeves , three of his children , and the nurse . At the inquest on the bodies of the victims , the jury found a verdict of "Accidental death ; " praised the fire-escape man , but imputed remissness to the police ;

      On Katurflu 3 a terrible accident occurred on the London and North-Western line , between Rugby and Leamington . As the train was passing a curve at " express" speed , the engine and tender became detached , and rushed down on embankment into a ploughed field . The driver and an engineer named Pilkington were killed on the spot , and many of the passongors were seriously injured . The stoker also was . so much hurt that he died immediately after he had been conveyed to the infirmary . The lioyal English mail steamer , Prince 'Frederick William , ran foul of Calais pier on entering the hurliour on Waturdaj ' . Threo passengers perished , the victim * of their eagerness to disembark . All tho other passengers , together with the Indian and usual mails , were lauded in safety .

      Naval And Military. Captain Xukimx, (Lie...

      NAVAL AND MILITARY . Captain Xukimx , ( lie inventor of several improvements In mhslles , has completed tho experiments which liu lijis'undertaken for the purpose of testing his inventions . , Captain Norton states 1 link ho in quite prc'imrod to set lire to any lino-of-battlo ship by meaiH of one of his shells , and that a succession of them pi hi rod into tho hull of any vosncI would burn her to tho wutor ' s-eilgo in a few niluutos . Afl soon nn ii ( Joverument commission has been appointed Captain Norton ' s missiles will bo subjected to a variety of teats . Contain A . V . Kynaston has been ordered by tlio Admiralty to fit tho scrow steam frigate Termagant with hit * IUel > o « U hooks . Wo are Informed that in cansoquoneo of recent experiments mudo at L'Orlont , us well as at

      Vineonnes , the upper tier of guns in all French ships of war ate to be rifled . . The ¦ Mechanics' Magazine has an exceedingly interesting paper on the Armstrong gun , and the advantages to be derived from its use . With regard to naval warfare the writer says : —We may at once reduce the weight of our naval guns by nearly threefouTths without impairing their range or aim . This would enormously increase the facility of handling them , and therefore leave us free to greatly reduce the number of men employed to work therm Another advantage might be gained in the use of . certain guns , particularly the bow-chase guns on board ship . It is always a matter of great difficulty to give such

      a form to the ship that the muzzles of these may , when the guns are run out , project sufficiently far to carry the fire of the explosion clear of the vessel . With the long , slight Armstrong gun this difficulty would not be experienced ; but , on . the other hand , the Armstrong shell is not to be compared , for destructive effect , with the round shells now used in the navy . Nor does the Armstrong projectile penetrate thick iron plates , as some suppose ; and this is probably one reason why both the French and English Governments are iust now so anxious for the

      construction of iron-plated ships of war , if such can be successfully "devised . That the Admiralty have the means of penetrating iron plates we are prepared confidently to state ; but the Armstrong gun is not the gun they would use for the purpose . As for the Napoleon field-piece , of which the Emperor has 2 Q 0 already completed for the Imperial Guard , we do not believe it will at all approach the Armstrong piece in merit of any kind . It is merely a twogrooved four-pounder-bore piece , with round shell , made to fit the grooves .

      On Tuesday , the three battalions of infantry at Chatham garrison , the battalion of Royal Marine Light Infantry , and the corps of Royal and East India Engineers now at head-quarters were marched from their respective quarters to Chatham Lines for the purpose of going through the manoeuvres of a brigade fieldr-day . The batt ailions numbering 5 , 000 men , were reviewed by Major-General Eyre . It is intended to" have these brigade field-days at very frequent intervals durmg the fine weather . Sir Charles Shaw has again- written to the j ournals upon the merits of his rifle battery , which is unquestionably ah important invention . He says—¦ " That Armstrong ' s guns and those constructing at Vineeunes will revolutionize the whole system of sea

      and siege warfare there can be no doubt ; as fights on land it can be easily shown that the lighter the arm of destruction , the more efficacious will it be . The French , piece of artillery , with which they are now practising at Vincennes , weighs about 2 , 500 lbs ., and is said to require six men , , It can at 2 , 000 yards put 20 musket balls in a target six feet square . My Enfield rifle battery , which consists of 24 barrels , weighs not quite 2 pO lbs . ; it can at about 2 , 000 yards put in a target of the same size 20 balls ; consequently 10 of them , weighing in all 2 , 000 lbs ., with four men each , would put 200 balls—that is , in effect 10 to 1 , and men 4 to G . Some change hi the formation of soldiers must take place , but it seems Iwird to say how armies are in future to be manoeuvred . "

      Capt . Caffin , C . B ., Naval Director-General of Artillery , on Tuesday visited Woolwich , to make arrangements for carrying out the new principle proposed for the armament of tho fleet . A special committee has been appointed , of which the following names have transpired , namely : —SJir Thomas Hastings , Sir John Burgoyrio , Bart ., Sir Howard Douglas , liart ., Captain Caffin to act as secretary to tho committee Sir William Armstrong , having inspected tlio old Lancaster shell factory , which is well fitted with machinery necessary for his requirements , is take over that establishment .

      On Thursday a tologranliic dospatcli from the Admiralty was received in Chatham Dock-yard , directing nearly tfOO additional shipwrights and other artisans to bo immediately tukon on in that establishment . The whole of the men employed in the dockyard aro also to work early and lato , l > y task work , in ordor to complete those vessels of Avar now cm the stocks . Tho general opinion is that Government is in veceipfc of unfavourable news from tho Continont . The nowly invented brooch-loading iieroussion gun , which Ims been perfected by I \ lr . Warry , tho

      armourer to tho flrd battalion , at ; Chatham , was yontorday snbjeotod to anothor ti'iul at Bromptonbai'i'iiclco , for tho purpose of tosting this no \ y piooe of ordiianco when used in firing ( shell . Tho model gun was on this occasion loaded with ono of Captain Norton ' s nowly invented 'liquid flro" rifle hIioIIs . Captain Norton directed a stout plank to he erected ut the and of tho range for tho shell to strike against . On tho signal- bolng given , tho gun was ( lre <| , tho first shell striking 1 tho boayd , against which it burst , scattering tho "liquid firo" for some distance The results wero most satisfactory .

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      - ~ : CONTINENTAL .. ' NOTES . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' . ' . ¦ . , FRANCE . ¦ ¦ ¦ . It is said that the overbearing disposition and extraordinary political views displayed by the Prince Napoleon are creating great distrust and . alarm in Paris , since his influence with the Emperor is considered far too great . An " animated conversation " —or , in plain terms , a quarrel— -took place on Sunday between the Prince and M . de Persigny , who

      declared that the Prince ' s principles and language were mischievous , not merely to the Imperial Government , but to society at large , and if carried out would infallibly lead to the ruin of the best interests of the country . The conversation lasted some time , and still in the same animated tone : "It is certain , " says-the . Times , " that , if polled to-morrow , the whole of the French people , excepting , perhaps , a minute minority , would , be found on tlie side of M . de Persigny , and against the Prince . " lish rliament

      The debate of Friday in the Eng Pa , and particularly the speeches of Lord Paluierston and Mr . Disraeli , have produced the best effect in Paris . Persons attached to the Imperial Government speak of that debate in terms of admiration , and some who were lukewarm about the English alliance seem now taken with a strong , affection for it . It is said that the last report from the Inspector-General of Gendarniery represents public opinion in the departments as being still opposed to war . The chances peace or war are still , the same . The great , perhaps the greatest , chance for peace is in the decided disinclination for war which exists

      throughout France in all classes , except , perhaps , the army , and there principally among the regimental officers , who naturally want promotion . Among the higher officers there is very little or no desire for war . It is certain , that this feeling : among the population at large surprises ,, irritates , and embarrasses the Emperor . At Paris the circulation of rumours and incessant issue of pamphlets seem designed ^ in the absence of jany possibility of free discussion , to prevent the public from settling to their legitimate pursuits , and the private advices from well-informed persons convey nothing of a . reassuring character as to the opinions entertained of the Emperor ' s designs . Cardinal

      The communicationmade by An . tonelli to the two Ambassadors has created much displeasure in Paris , where it seems to be looked upon as an Austrian snare . The argument is that Austria has only to withdraw across the Pp , and could quickly return in case of the revolutionary outbreak . The Constitutio 7 inel says : — "We learn that , in consequence of the communication addressed by Cardinal Antonelli to the French Ambassador at Rome , the iSmpcror has ordered the ienmediate evacuation by our troops of the Pontiflcial City . A message received here to-day announces , as it is asserted , that the French corps d ' arm 6 e had been forthwith Avithdrawn to Civita Vccehia , there to await the transport vessels which will convey the troops back to France . " .

      The Sulut Public of Lyons says : — " All the growing crops in this neighbourhood being' favoured by the unusually mild temperature , jiresont tlie most satisfactory ai > pearauce . Tho corn fields and meadows aro beautifully green , and colzas will very soon bo in flower . Large flocks of birds of passage aro already returning . " The electric cable between France and England has been again broken , and despatches between Paris and London have to bo transmitted vid OsLeiuL Tho Paris correspondent of tho Herald says : — - " Tliero arc at present 240 of the now rillod 4 ' -pounders parked' at Toulon and Lyons . Theso guns , ( is I havo ^ already tokl you , throw an 8-pound conical shot . They aro not provided with two grooves , as alleged by tlie Mechanics Magazine , but with six . "

      A report is current in Paris that ; Austria- lias mndc counter-proposals to Lord Cowlcy , which h . id boon supported by Prussia . It is asserted Miut tliq vessels had left which wore to convoy tho troops back to France .

      AUSTiUA . Austria has received tho replies of tlio minor German Governments on the Italian q ' uostlon . borne declare their perfect consont to the hope of an ovoutual allluneo i others remark tlmt n . joint application ol' Auntrlu and Prussia at tlio . lJiofc would vuuloubteuJy load to a unitod action oi Germany . On tho 21 st Feb . died at Milan , Emilio Dnndolo , \\\\ o , ill 1848 , i ' ouyht . with some UjiflUnction ut J , ombardy , and afterwards wrote « v good book on tho campaign . His i ' unoral took place on tho 22 nd , and was attondod by ton thousand persons , amongst

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 5, 1859, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05031859/page/7/