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      -which he was prosecuted by the conductors of the latter paper for obtaining money under false pretences , and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment , was charged ¦ with numerous cases of bigamy . It appeared that the prisoner who calls himself an Italian , though it is believed lie is an . Irishman , and his real name Charles Tucker , married a lady of the name of Mary Ann Sadlier , at Chelsea , in 1842 , when he appeared to be about nineteen years of Age , and after living with her about four years , deserted ller in 1847 , married Miss Anne Maria Froggett , of Preston , proceeding to Gretna Green for the purpose . The brother and sister of the first -wife proved the marriage took place at Trinity Church , Chelsea , but the prisoner denied that he was so married , and

      declared the -witnesses must be mistaken in his identity , Miss Froggett proved the marriage with herself , the prisoner representing himself as a Frenchman , and using the name of Marco 3 & mile de St . Hilaire . She lived with the prisoner until 1851 , apd had one child by him , a girl now about nine years of age . He had frequently ill-treated her , and deserted her at Liverpool in the year last named . The prisoner declared he was in Paris at the time the first marriage was alleged to have taken place , as he could prove if allowed time to obtain witnesses . The jury found the prisoner Guilty , when he was again indicted for having married Miss Margaret Murray , at Sligo , in 1851 . Miss Murray stated that the prisoner married her in the name of Borromeo , though he was also known in Sligo as Dr . Tucker . Onechildwas the result of this marriage , and after

      ill-treating the poor woman and obtaining from her 250 / . to which she was entitled , lie deserted her , and it is believed , subsequently married one , if not more other ladies . The prisoner was also convicted on this charge , and the Common Serjeant sentenced him to four years ' penal servitude , to commence from the close of the twelve months' imprisonment which he is a present undergoing . The prisoner , when taken into custody on the charge preferred against him . by the proprietors of the Morning Star , was lecturing at Reading as Dr . Tucker , on Electro-biology . The cases of the poor lad ies who were duped by this ' scoundrel , and reduced to the greatest distress , have been investigated by the sheriffs of London , who have headed a subscription list , and expressed their Willingness to receive donations . The JKev . Mr . Davis , the ordinary of Newgate , is treasurer to the fund .

      John Jervis , formerly clerk in the banking-house of Scott and Co ., was found guilty of embezzling three several sums of money , the property of Messrs . . Scott . The prisoner had carried on his practices with much art , and the evidence fully bore out the several charges . He -was sentenced to four years ' penal servitude . William Bowyer Bennett surrendered to take his trial , charged with the manslaughter of Sarah Ann Williams , who perished in the late dreadful explosion of fireworks in ibe "Westminster-road . The prisoner ' s counsel took several objections to the indictment , and the prisoner having been found guilty , the learned judge said he would defer passing sentence upon him until referred to the judges of the Criminal Court of Appeal , and allowed him to be out on bail to appear for judgment when called on .

      332 The Leader. [No; 439, August 21 R I8...

      332 THE LEADER . [ No ; 439 , August 21 i 858 .

      Naval And Military. Sham Fight At Portsm...

      NAVAL AND MILITARY . Sham Fight at Portsmouth . —A splendid brigading of the Portsmouth Garrison troops took place on Thursday on Southsea-cnmmon , under the command of Major-General - Sir James Scarlett , the lieutenant-governor , supported by a brilliant staff of officers . The troops comprised the Royal Horse Artillery , 15 th Regiment of the Line , Royal North Lincoln Militin , lioyal Lancashire Militia , and Royal Marines—in all about 3000 men . The Southsea Castle guns were manned , ns well as . the flank earthwork batteries , and which gave notice of the approach of the supposed enemy which was attempting a landing at Lumps Fort . Skirmishers were immediately thrown out from the riglit and left flanks ( the 15 th of the Line and the Royal Marines ) , with their supports , and followed by the main body and reserves . Shot and shell practice now commenced from the castle , batteries , and 9-pounder field-pieces , with good effect , at 1000 yards range . Still the enemy forced a landing , and the troops retired , covered by skirmishers , and supported by the Horse Artillery . They were at length driven into garrison , wlien a rapid fire commenced from the redoubts and bastion a , which effectually checked the enemy ' s adyauce . The thousands of well-dressed visitors . were highly gratified , and the troops retired to their re-. spective quarters without the loss of a man , or tin accident of any . description .

      Djcaths . —Two distinguished naval officers have been removed by death this week , Rear-Admiral Sandom , and Captain John Moleawnrih , The Admirai-ty Inspection at * Dkvonpout . —On Tuesday Sir John Pakington and the other commissioners proceeded to Key hum and commenced their inspection . They mustered the factory peoplo nl one o ' clock p . m ., giving them the afternoon for a holiday . Their lordships made a most minute and particular inspection over all the yard encloaod , as well as the new ¦ works , and after thoir inspection remained at the office in deliberation till oftor three p . m . From thonco thoy went on board the lloyul William and mustered the Ship ' s company ; and then viaitedl the Impregnable ,

      where they were received with a salute . Admiral Martin and " Lord Lpvaine landed at the dockyard and went through the storehouses . They visited the Naval and Military School at five p . m . on Tuesday , and dined with General Eden in the evening . Yesterday they visited the Eoyal "William Victualling Yard , Royal Hospital , and Marine Barracks , giving a dinner in the evening at the Royal Hotel , Plymouth . The Sciemtific Department oFTiiEAwintAny . — The Princess Alice , iron paddle-wheel steam vessel , is ordered to leave Woolwich on the surveying service , for the purpose of ascertaining the best points for the construction of "breakwaters on the north-eastern coast of Scotland . A favourable report having been forwarded

      to the Admiralty as to her capabilities , she will embark Captain "Washington , F . R . S ., principal Jiydrographer , and other officers of the hydrograpluc and harbour department of the Admiralty , who will inspect the harbours of "Wick , Peterhead , & c , and the Caithness coast , in order to report as to the construction of breakwaters . Dbath ot Colokel W . Morris , C . B . ( 17 th Lancers ) . — "We regret to learn that this meritorious officer died on the 11 th ult ., at Poona , to the extreme grief of his brother officers and the men under his command . The gallant colonel entered the army in June , 1842 , and during his professional career had seen much service . He served with the 16 th Lancers at the battle of Mahrajpore ; also in the Sutlej campaign in 1846 ,

      including the affair of Buddiwal and the actions of Aliwal ( where he was wounded ) and Sobraon . During the late war , at the outset of the campaign he acted as deputy-assistant quartermaster-general , but on the deatli of Major Willett he resumed his regimental duties ^ and commanded the 17 th Lancers at the battle of Balaklava , on which occasion he was severely wounded . He had received a medal for Mahrajpore , a medal and clasp for Sobraon , and a medal and clasps for Balaklava and Sebastopol . On his return to England he was presented with a sword of honour by the townspeople of Torrington . In 1855 , in recognition of his distinguished gallantry , he ytas made a Companion of the Order of the Bath . ¦ - ' .-:. ¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦ ; - ... \ ' ¦

      The Bombardment Of Jeddah. Is Consequenc...

      THE BOMBARDMENT OF JEDDAH . Is consequence of the massacres at Jeddah , the Turkish Government despatched to the spot , as special commissioner , a distinguished officer , Ismael Pasha , with instructions to bring the murderers to condign punishment . There is no doubt that the Turkish Government were thoroughly in earnest , and would gladly have hanged all the Jeddah murderers on whom they could have laid their hands . They despatched a steamer with some five hundred Egyptian troops on board to support the authority of the Pasha . Before the special commissioner could arrive , H . M . steamer Cyclops , Captain Pullen , arrived off the town , on the 23 rd July . Hamik Pasha , Governor of the town , was at Mecca . Captain Pullen then sent in a despatch to the Kaimakan , announcing that if within thirty-six hours he did not receive a satisfactory answer to his requisitions , he would proceed to bombard the town , notwithstanding the Turkish Pnsha was hourly expected to investigate matters . At the expiration of four hours beyond the time named , the bombardment commenced , and -was continued at intervals until the evening of tlic 26 th . Trie next day the Turkish troops arrived . The officer in command sent word to Captain Pullen that he Imd arrested and confined the murderers , but could not execute them until the arrival of Ismail Pasha , not having po-wer of life and death . This answer was not deemed satisfactory , and on the 5 th of the present month the bombardment was resumed . The same day Ismuil Pasha arrived with 480 Egyptians . The next morning eleven of tho murderers were executed in sight of tho town and shipping , and four others were sent to Constantinople . An impression prevails that the ' conduct of the British officer was not altogether judicious , unless indeed , as is surmised , ho -was acting under direct orders from home .

      Inventions. Filters For Tub Milm.0x. As ...

      INVENTIONS . FILTERS FOR TUB MILM . 0 X . As we walked the other day along Fleet-street wo wore attracted by tho picture of a traveller sucking water from a j > ool through a tubo attached to a submerged sphere This turned out to represent the application of Rubring- patent moulded carbon to tho manufacture of filters , and wo were induced to inquire farther into tlio rmturo of moulded carbon and tho peculiarity of its uso in nltors , It struck us naturally enough that charcoal filters hod been in use for ages , and that therefore there could so > far bo no claim on tho unknown ltuhring's l > nrt to have made any wonderful discovery . Wo had hoard , too , of compressed charcoal , und fondly imagined wo had plucked out the heart of Iliihring ' s my story . How amusingly wo illustrated in our own person tho saying of tho wise man of Qiosson wliich applies to discoveries In art as well us to those in science : •—" Every discovery , every improvement , every now truth in science , as in life , has two ordeals successively to pass through . In the first period of its existence it in proved that tho now thing in not true , or of-no valuu ( let us oall to mind tlio circulation of tho blood ,

      gaslight , cow-pox , steam-engines , & c ) After is i , » r — nately got through this period , ' it is next pro ^ thS " new thing » not new , that it has been long kS , „ ?* more than a hundred years ago there were ™ nni ' at who knew it perfectly . It is oiily h \ a SiJT * -T * ' the new truth , bears its fruits . " * Pm ° d tbat Now dirty water is remarkably common whoworks do not prevail . Travelling J ^ S ^^ T and every man who lias made a journey worthvlf !? name has sometimes sighed for a pocket filter s vinced were we of this- experlo crede , gentle roade ? " " and , moreover , that the stoneware filters of comm * arc not portable , nor has any portable adaptation of them become popularly known , that we were cantWm i by the filtennaker ' s little woodcut . For theTenem e fore , of all whom it may concern , and they are ' not » few , we resolved to learn more , if possible

      \\ e found that a small sponge at the end of an india rubber tube would answer all the purposes of these useful little instruments , af it only had the properties of carbon It is as light , as absorbent , and as portable , but it will not purify water . The discovery of Kiihring—or . aahun dreds perhaps may profess to have known and kept the secret for years , his publication—consists in the method of consolidating charcoal or carbon without destroying its porosity ; to solidify dry wood , or bone , or peat ashes , would puzzle many of us j but , like other tricks , His very easy when found out . As well as we can understand it , . without reference to tlie Patent-office , the inventor having first made wood , bone , or peat charcoal in the ordinary manner , pulverises and mixes it with certain proportions of pitch . The mastic is thus formed , is moulded into any form desired , and then carbonised again in gas retorts , or other suitable description of oven . The most

      unscientific reader will observe that all the hydrogen of the pitch will thus be got rid of , and its carbon * alone remain in intimate combination with that of the original charcoal . And thus Mr . liiihriiig , or the Patent Filter Society , who we presume stand in his shoes , is enabled to produce a filtering absorbent hollow sphere of coherent , though of course not strictly solid , charcoal . If a pipe be connected with its interior , an admirable filter is tlie result , which , when its clarifying power requires renewal , may be revivified , as is now tie charcoal of the sugar refiners , by re-burning . For the m anufacture of filters , animal oi bone charcoal , the most denimitiye form of carbon is combined with wood © r peat , as well as with the hydro-care bon , and for other articles , other carbonaceous substances

      are employed . It is more than probable , if the attention of the right persons can be drawn to this invention , that some nearer approach may be made to the . solution of the old Electric Light problem , namely , the " carbon points" which ' , have hitherto been too destructible or too costly . It is well known that non-conducting casting tables have long been a great desideratum in all glass works . The iron , tables in use cause that roughness of theungrou ' nd plates which wastes material and grinding labour ; and this ., if the moulded carbon will only resist the heat of tho molten " metal , " may probably be nonobviated . Mr . Edwin Pettitt , C . E ., some years ago patented the use of refractory or non-conducting ousting surfaces for casting tnHes , and has had small success in procuring the adoption of liis views by the

      manufacturer- " , or we ought rather , perhaps , to say the acknowledgment of their adoption . We hope , although as regards the majority of even valuable inventions it is almost hoping against hope , that the Patentee of the Moulded Carbon may bo more successful . "We have indulged in speculations about his process somewkt beyond ovr depth , in the hope that the «' practical man , " who is even at hand u to polish oft " new fangleil scheme * , will do liis office at once , ami convince us that very portable and very cheap JiJters ennnut be made as we have attempted to describe . Wo will take upon ourselves the responsibility of this honest , attempt to bring the question to an . iaaue , ami of stating also that such n thing has been long wanted , ami that , if long known , it liaa been kept a close secret among a very few persons .

      Miscellaneous. The Court.—Her Majesty An...

      MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —Her Majesty and tlio Prince Consort , accompanied by the Prince of Prussia , arrived at l » t * - dam on Thursday evening . They were received w ' enthusiasm by an immense crowd . Her Majesty tool , lunch at tlio ensile of llcrrenlmuson , near llun « v «» partaking of th < j King of Hanover ' s hospitality , l'roi " Potsdam tho roynl party , with tho 1 ' rinco and IVinecsn Frederick William of 1 ' russiii , proceeded to U « b <; l .-m'i'i'> where they arrived thosnmo evening . The royal faniil )' 1 ' 11 "

      joyed a degree of privacy on thu follow ing ( lave , only »» 101 " ruptedby a drive through the streets of Potsdam . On . ""; day her Majesty visited Berlin , and wna en tliusinstiw » J > welcomed , after which she returned to Pot .- 'tlmn . ll ] following morning waa devoted to n splendid review « presence of the English and Prints ' inn royal I ' umilii' * . J «' Queen passed down tho linen in an open earring " i « l Im doors of which were tlio Prince of Prussia and 1 "J |

      Albort in the # r » nd uniform of field marshals . * ' troops saluted her Majesty throughout the pnmiigu \ v » loud hurrus ; and the bands played the Englishiiiut <>»' anthem . After the review ( lie august party vim lot > tomb of Frederick tho Great , and returned to lh >» c ? H'i B ' On Wednesday tho Queen -was to rtny another \ tM

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 21, 1858, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21081858/page/8/