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      Gatherings From Law And Police Courts. O...

      ~ the roofnin- in- question . Several witnesses were § g 3 & SS £ 53 £ 15 ^ Esther Gregg * , ' living in East-strCet , Manehester , snua * ? was examined at Mary lcbone , before Mr . K ^ hton A policeman stated that , on Ins beat he SS dc iesof- ' Save my child ! " . immediatel y after an'Ynfant was dashed through a pane of glass from the SFSSor window into the street . The mother alleges Sit she ' was under the impression the house was on ££ aS- ^ Xed to save the life of her child . His worship remanded the mother until it was seen if the poor infant should survive . ¦

      James Saunders , described as of Loughborough . road , Biixton , with a number ot aliases , both native and foreign , appeared on remand before Mr . Come , at Clerkenwell . charged with uttering a fictitious bill of exchange for the sum of 20 S / . lQs ., in order to defraud Mr Whitmee , of St . John-street . A . number of other charges were also mentioned , but the magistrate expressed his intention to commit the prisoner on the first charge , remanding him in the mean time . On Alderman Humphery taking his seat on the bench at Guildhall on Monday , the chief clerk announced that there was not a single person in custody nor a single in

      entrv in the charge-sheet . The magistrate , consequence , claimed the customary pair of ¦ white kid gloves . George Gibson was again brought before Alderman Humphery , at the Guildhall , on Tuesday , charged with being concerned with three other men in the notorious burglary at Stamford-hill , in the summer of 1850 . The prisoner , it appears , was liberated ori a ticket of leave the same month of the rubbery ( April ) , and it still remains to ascertain the day of discharge , that the possibility of his being an accomplice may be established . In order to this another adjournment has taken place for a week .

      In the Court of Bankruptcy , Mr . Commissioner Go ' nlburn gave judgment on Wednesday in the case of Davidson and Gordon , the details of which have been before the public in . many 1 forms . The learned gentleman presented a lucid narrative of the facts of the case , and strongly animadverted on the share which Mr . D . B . Chapman had taken in the ; bankrupts' transactions . He refused the bankrupts their certificate , but with the consent of the assignees he granted them protection , on the ground of . 'the extreme suffering which they had already endured . ¦

      At the Surrey Sessions , Thomas Turner Molyneaux was indicted for stealing a cow , the property of the Rev . Stephen Terry , The prosecutor had advertised the sale of two cows , " and received a letter from E . 13 . Somerset , York-road , Lambeth , requesting one of the cows to be sent to the railway terminus , when a cheque would bo remitted to pay for it . The cow was sent as directed , and tho prisoner took it away . The prosecutor could not get his money , however . Tho prisoner admitted that the letter was in his own handwriting , whereupon the judge said there was an end of the case , as it was a boiu ' i fuh sale , and the prisoner was acquitted .

      Thomas Birchmorc , late the relieving oflicer for St . Pancras , surrendered for further examination on the charge of embezzlement . All that was done was to take , as a preliminary step , the depositions of a few persons who had paid small sums of money on behalf of friends living in the workhouse , and which had not been accounted for . It was contended by the counsel for tho defence that as the defendant had not held the office of collector , ho was only liablo to a civil action . Mr . Tyrwhitt granted another rcmnnd , accepting bail .

      At the Middlesex Sessions , Frederick Brewer was indicted for receiving thirty-tlirco pennyweights of gold , tho property of Jamos Green , well knowing tho same to have been stolen . The prisoner being undefended , tho learned judge objected to tho stylo of examination pursued by tho counsel for the prosecution , whereupon the prisoner been mo very impudent , and , notwithstanding the judge ' s caution to him , ho Avont on to cross-examine tho witnesses as if ho had boon a lawyer . Tho prisoner was found Guilty , Ho had incited tho boy to rob his inastor of tho gold , and tho judge , ! ri passing sentence , said it was one of tho worst cases of receiving that ovor eanio before him ; tho prisoner was a disgraceful wretch , and ho would sentence him to eovon years' penal servitude .

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      Criminal Record. Hbnuy Ricjsd, Sontbncod...

      CRIMINAL RECORD . Hbnuy Ricjsd , sontbncod to death for tho murdor of his Wife at Manchester , waa executed in front of Kirkdalo Gaol on Saturday morning . Tho wrotohed man made no confession of his guilt .

      Government Of That Country. S Aeacu Must...

      government of that country . s aeacu must be lamented as a serious loss . He was one of those clear-headed , strong-willed men who , seem born to cope with the elements of society in their most rudimentary state , and to mould them to order and usefulness . He was- a complete soldier , and like Napoleon had mastered all the details and duties of his profession . The Scinde Horse , of which he was for so many years Commandant , are regarded as among the finest troops in the world . Whatever he undertook to perform he performed soldier

      wellj and whether we look upon him as a , a general , an inventor , a philosopher , or a politician , we perceive only the highest and most brilliant qualities . His command on the North-Western frontier will some day supply the material for a brilliant chapter of our Indian history . Jacob found the British troops there shut up in forts , in the midst , of desert , supplied by a distant commissarait in the absence of production and commerce , knowing nobody , unable to tell friend from foe , and threatened by wild marauders . On his arrival the forts were thrown down , incessant patrols and the

      steady pursuit and stern punishment of robber or insurgent bands at once announced that a real power was established . Brigadier Jacob soon held Scinde and the entire frontier in his grasp . The wild tribes regarded him with mingled feelings of fear and superstition , and even the rudest of their chiefs respected his authority and obeyed his mandates . The country became habitable ; the poor felt assured , and settled down under our protection ; cultivation began , and now on the formerly desert border of Upper Scinde an army might obtain supplies , and on the site of the old mud fort of Khanghur is the large and flourishing town of Jacobabad , completely open and without the least attempt at any sort of defensive arrangement . The peace , quiet , industry , ' and plenty , with full protection for life and propertv , which have succeeded to

      rapine and disorder , are due entirely to the discipline and efficiency of that Irregular Horse , the reputation of which has spread over the world . This corps , consisting of 1 G 00 men—gentlemen in the estimation of their native countrymen — proud of their profession , trained to be independent of extraneous assistance , devoted to their commander , and bound together by the ; . rep-utat-ion of their force , was always " ready to go anywhere , and do anything . " To produce and maintain its discipline was the constant study and unceasing labour of Jacob ; from the time he was appointed to its command , in 184-1 , he was never absent a single day from his duty . The late Majo . r-General Sir Charles Napier declared that the discipline of Jacob ' s Horse was " perfection ; " and it is remarkable that a court-martial has never been held in the corps . It is , however , from the work to which all this military skill and assiduity was made tributarv- ^ -the civilisation of barbaric tribes ,, the

      THE LATE GENERAL JACOB , GnNicnAi . Joim Jacoji , C . B ., the creator and commander Of the famous Solndo Irrogular Horso , is dead . Tho permanent oxlgoneios of our position In India , evoking latent ability In a moasuro unexampled in our own or any other hletpry , have raised up to omlnoneo oa soldiers and administrators far too many men to permit us to speak of any individual as if ho wore indispensable « o tho

      conversion of the desert into corii-fields > , and of thousands of robbers into cultivators—that G encra ^ John Jacob ' s name will derive present lustre and lasting renown .

      Ireland. Fourteen Of The Belfast Prisone...

      IRELAND . Fourteen of the Belfast prisoners , charged with being members of an illegal society , & c , were committed for trial on Saturday last , and the presiding magistrate intimated that bail would not be takon for their appearance . Another man has been committed , but bail will be accepted in his ense ... The remaining two of the batch arrested have become approvers against their companions . Further arrests in Belfast and Kilkenny county exhibit the continued apprehensions and fears of tho Irish Executive . On Monday five members of a secret society wero arrested at Callan , one at Ballydonncl , and another at Kilkenny , The prisoners are severally described as leather merchant , publican , national school teacher , and two sailors . After investigation tho presiding magistrate remanded them all . They are charged as being members of tho Callan branch of tho Phoenix Sociot 3 ' .

      Tho WeMmeuth / n < h' pemlcnt states : *—We have just learned that a number of arrests have been made by tho constabulary at Shannon Bridge of persons connected with a Phcouix Club aomo time established in that locality . Arrests have also been made at Carrabog , in the same district . Saunders announces , apparently on authority , that tho venerable Baron Pennofather has at length placed his resignation in tho hands of Government . Tho Solicitor-General ( Mr . Hayes ) or Mr . Browstor , it is added , will most probably succeed to the vacancy , as it is considered certain that the Attorney-General will decline tho puisne judgoship .

      Ing, The Staircase Leading From The. Upp...

      ing , the staircase leading from the . upper gallery gave way , and precipitated a great number of persons into the hall beneath . One death , that of a girl eight years old , is announced , besides which twenty-one persons have received injuries , some of which , it is feared , may terminate fatally . The directors of the institutipn have given instructions that every attention be paid the sufferers , some of whom are lying at , Middlesex Hospital , and others who have been conveyed to their own homes .

      A coroner ' s inquest on the body of the poor girl who lost her life by the accident was opened on Thursday . Evidence as to the general facts of the accident was . given , from which it appeared that the stone of the steps alone had given way , and that the main wall of the staircasewas uninjured . Both coroner and jury agreed in the desirability of adjourning the inquiry , that the evidence of survevors might be obtained . Two were appointed —one by the coroner , and the other by the jury , and the inquest was adjourned .

      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . An alarming accident took place on the North London Railway on Saturday . A passenger train camo into collision with a holfor which hod strayed on to tho lino . Tho train was hurled down tho embankment , but fortunately no injuries moro aorioufl than contusions and bruises woro , sustained by ai ) y of tho nnaeoHgcra . Wo have to rooord further deplorable accidents at places of public amusement . The Polytechnic Institution , In Regont-streot , on Monday evening , was crowded with holiday makers ; and when the people wore

      loav-At Glasgow , on Saturday , while the audience were leaving the pit of the Queen ' s Theatre , on the Green , a number of children were severely injured by the crush , several being knocked down and trampled upon by the crowd , and one poor girl , of about fourteen years old , was killed by the effects of the pressure . No blame is said to attach to the owner of the theatre . A terrible accident has to be reported at the Agecroft Colliery , Peiidlebury , which occurred on Tuesday . On this occasion it was not an explosion of fire-damp , but some negligence with the machinery . The result is the violent death of seven persons—three men and four bovs . ¦

      Naval And Military. Thk Following, Gentl...

      NAVAL AND MILITARY . Thk following , gentlemen cadets , having been favourably reported by the governor of the Royal Military Academy as efficient in the various branches of study , have been recommended by the Duke of Cambridge to receive commissions in the Artillery or Engineers : — - Messrs . William J . Carroll , Charles Woodward , Adrian de M . Prior , C harles'Bo wen , WilfcamH . Muilby , Francis G . Oldham , George W . Johnson , Henry A . Gun , Charles G . C . Bigsby , George Best , James O . Playfaif , Clement W . Bellairs , " Samuel Anderson , Robert j . Bond , Robert Y . Armstrong , Charles II . C . Ilalkett , Arthur EL Haslett , William R . Slacke , George II . L . Pole , George E . Graver , and Edward Fi Wvhne . ' .

      The annual return of the names , number of guns , and tonnage of the whole of the vessels in the navy has just been published . The British navy consists of 523 vessels , including screw steamers of every description , exclusive of which there are 167 gunboats . No less than 176 vessels are in commission and doing duty iu every parit of the globe . The vessels in commission are distributed as follows : — 32 line-of-battle ships , frigates , and smaller vessels are attached to the East Indies and China station ; 25 on the coast of Africa ; 16 in the Mediterranean ; 15 on the Pacific and on the Australia station : 15 on the North America and West India

      station ; 7 on the south-east coast of America , and o at the Cape of Good Hope . The remaining Gl vessels are employed on particular service or attached as guardshipa to the principal ports of Great Britain and Ireland , including the Channel Squadron . In addition to the vessels in commission there is a powerful steam reserve in harbour at Chatham and Sheerness , consisting of 36 line-oC-battlo screw steamers , floating batteries , steam frigates , and other smaller vessels , all of "which could be equipped for sea at the shortest possible notice , many of them having been launched during the last few years . There are also 11 line-of-battio screw steamers of from

      80 to 131 guns each , building at the several royal dockyards , together with 15 otbor screw steamers , all in various stages of progress . Of the list of steam gunboats given in the return nearly tho whole are described as ready for service . Tho majority of them are pf 60-horse power . The Time * - Berlin correspondent gives the following particulars of tho ' military forces of Prussia : —" Tho Prussian army consists of throe portions—tho standing army , tho Landwchr , and the Laiulsturm . The standing army is composed of four regiments of Guards , of threo battalions : one regiment of Guards , of two battalions ;

      thirty-two regimonta of Infantry , of throo battalions ; eight regimonts of Infantry , of two battalions ; amounting altogether to 120 , 000 men . Tho Cavalry , Artillery , Engineers , and Chasseurs number 5-1 , 000 ; totul strength , 180 , 000 . Tho LuiKlwehr consists of tho Landwehr of tho first lovo ' o , which includes all tho serviceable men from 25 to 32 , and the Landwohr of tho second levdo , composed of all tho lighting men . between" 82 and 40 , Tho Landsturm is composed of all men capable of bearing arms from 17 to ' 50 , who are neitlior in tho standing army nor in tho Landwohr . Tho Landwohv ia bound in timo of war to servo abroad as well as at

      homo , but only in support of tho army . The Landsturm is not roqu'ircjT to cross tho frontier . A soml-ofliclal announcement has , boon . received at Woohvioh of the ItUontl 6 n of the War Department to appoint a distinguished ofiloor of the Royal Artillery « s Govcrnor-ln-ChTof of Woolwich Arsenal . Tho change , it is stated , will effect a moat important economy in tho expenditure of tho Aruoual . The manufacturing departments will bo directed and controlled , under tho Go-

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 8, 1859, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08011859/page/5/