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      Naval And Military. Lord Cltde Retires F...

      Pembroke Dockyard . The most important vessel on the stocks is the Howe , a magnificent . threedecker of 121 gone ; She is over 4 , 000 tons in burden , and is to replace her namesake broken up some years ago at Sheerness . ' This fine vessel is rapidly approaching completion , and could he got afloat at a very short , notice . The Defiance and Zealous , two of the new class . 91 % are building . There are also three first-class frigates—viz ., Immortalite , Aurora , and Tweed , —each mounting 51 guns , in course of construction , of which the two first are far advanced . The smaller vessels are five in number , some of which are progressing rapidly . Vice-Admiral John Brenton died at Ryde on Saturday , in the 77 th year of his age . The deceased Admiral was mate of the Caesar in the actions fought off Algesiras and in the Straits in 1801 . He became Captain in 1822 , Hear-Admiral in 1852 , and Vice-Admiral ( Retired ) January , 1858 .

      Bear-Admiral Lewis Tobias Jones , C . B ., has been appointed second in command on the East India and China station . He entered the navy at an early age , and commanded the Princess Charlotte at the bombardment of St ; Jean d'Acre . He vras appointed to the Sampson in December , 1850 , arid commanded the expedition at the destruction of Lagos in 1851 . He commanded the same vessel at the bombardment of Odessa , and at the attack on Sebastopol , for which services he was repeatedly thanked by Admirals Dundas and the late Lord Lyons , and was likewise created a Companion of the Bath .

      Corporal BurrelL Royal Artillery , having being convicted at Woolwich of fraudulently appropriating the sum of £ 2 Is . 8 d ., underwent the degrading punishment of being publicly reduced from his position as non-commissioned officer . The battery assembled on parade at two o ' clock * when the corporal , under the charge of an armed escort , advanced to the front , and having heard the judgment of the courtmartial , was . ordered to retire to the ranks , and stoppages to be made in his pay Until the sum ehouid be repaid in full .

      " The extraordinaryefforts which Prance is making in her naval armaments ( says the observant correspondent , of a daily contemporary ) point to an expected forthcoming , struggle with some great maritime Power . ' Now , there are in Europe but three maritime Powers of any importance—England , Fraiace , and Russia , which rank in the order in which I have placed their names . The second of those Powers seems now to be labouring actively so to increase her aggressive capabilities as to be -enabled at a given moment to occupy the first place . There have lately been various reports in the newspapers concerning French naval armaments , frigates that were ordered to be built , and others that were to be blindees , pr provided with the

      steel protective platings Without examining how far these reports were consistent with the truth , ex « aggerations , or repetitions of each other , I will confine myself to information that has reached me from purely French sources , and on which I cannot but rely . All the better . if it should tie proved that I am misinformed . I am assured that there aTe now building , or under orders to be built , in the French dockyards twenty ships-of-the-line , ten of the largest eize , the other ten of an inferior calibre . The Magenta , of which I the other day informed you that the keel had been laid down at Brest , and which will be the largest vessel in the French navy , is one of the former class , and is to have a companion ship to be called the Solferino . The hulls of four of these vessels are nearly or quite completed ; others are in

      various stages of forwardness ; some aro not yet commenced , but only planned or ordered ; but it is estimated that the whole of them will assuredly be completed ( barring counter-orders ) within eighteen months from this time . All these ships aro strictly visseaux de combat , . fighting ships , steel-plated , and provided with iron beaks or prows , The vast establishment of Creuzot % ^ forges ; cannon foundries , and great ironworks )) in the department of the € Ja 6 ne et Loire , and that of Guerigny , in the depart ^ inent of the Nievro , are hard at work , executing , I understand ( especially the latter ) , immonso orders for the blindage , or steel plates , and other ironwork required for this formidable fleet , now in embryo , but which , owing to the rapid operations of modern science , will so soon bo fit to take the sea . "

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      The Volunteer Corps. In The Metropolis W...

      THE VOLUNTEER CORPS . In the metropolis we learn that the St . George ' s rifle corps is drilling assiduously at Burlingtonhouse , and that Mr . Lancaster , the gunmakor , has undertaken the instruction in shooting . The tailoring and outfitting clement in this , as in most of the metropolitan corps is offensively prominent in the reports of thoir proceedings , ana a " neat uniform " appears to bo the desideratum—a first-rate shot is a secondary matter . Of the Kensington corps wo have no buttons or braid at present to admire or laugh at , since their report says : " JFor the first year no uniform will be required t and as the Government

      will supply 25 per cent , of rifles , members not wishing to purchase their own will always find a rifle in the armoury at their disposal . " This is as it should be , ' and looks well for the future prosperity of the corps . The . Highgate corps has mustered on their parade ground at Swain ' s-lane , Highgate-rise , for drill , twice a week , on Mondays and Fridays , ever since the 1 st of July last , and has attained considerable proficiency in light infantry movements . They will commence ball practice at Hornsey-wood-house next week . The corps already numbers between sixty and seventy effective members . A sub-division atSydenham numbers nearly forty efficient members , with a most suitable practice ground situated close to the Forest-hill station . Mr . Charles Morrison , of the firm of Morrison , Dillon , and Co ., has offered to equip a large body of young men in his , employ for the London . Rifl . es or the Scottish Volunteer Corps , at his own charge .

      The movement keeps alive in this country . The King ' s Lynn company is now styled the " Fifth , " the Norfolk regiment , and numbers seventy-one effectives . —At Windsor thirty-six have joined ; at Maidstone over 130 are rapidly attaining proficiency . —At Wclverhampton , Leeds , and other countrytowns , some spirit is shown . —At Glasgow the artisans have taken a prominent share in the business , and out df five companies three are formed entirely of workmen ; these are more than a hundred strong each , and conspicuous for their soldier-like bearing and good practice . It is said they will form the guard of honour at the Queen ' s visit to Glasgow .

      Woman With ¦Whom He Cohabited At Poplar,...

      woman with ¦ whom he cohabited at Poplar , were postponed until nextjsession .- —Thomas Gbodfellow , a boy , ten years of age , was found guilty of stealing a letter containing a bill of exchange , and sentenced to fourteen days' hard labour , and five years' confinement in a reformatory ; and Henry Ford was indjeted for stabbing Sarah Thompson with intent to murder her ; a second count charged the intent to be to do grievous bodily harm , and on this last count he was found guilty , and sentenced to penal servitude for four years . Just before the closing of the court the judge increased the sentence passed on young Goodfellow from fourteen days to six weeks ' imprisonment in Newgate , and afterAvards to be sent to a reformatory for five years .

      LAW , POLICE , AND CASUALTIES . At the Central Criminal Court this week among the cases tried was that of William Denbigh Sloper Marshall , who was charged with bigamy ; he was found guilty , and sentenced to four years' penal servitude .- —Alfred Cooper surrendered to take his trial upon several indictments charging hinj with embezzling money from the churchwardens and overseers of Camberwell parish . He pleaded not guilty . Two cases-were tried , and the prisoner was acquitted on both . It is the intention of the prosecution to proceed with the other indictments . ;—The trials of Charles Annois , a Portuguese , charged with the murder of Philip Barker , and of George Frederick Royal , accused of poisoning a young

      At the Middlesex Sessions , Thomas Thompson was put on his trial and , convicted of stealing fixtures from a dwelling-house . He was one of a gang who got possession of houses by false references , and immediately Btripped them of everything that could be taken away . He was also shown to have been guilty of other offences , and the court sentenced him to eighteen months' hard labour . —John White was convicted of assaulting and robbing William Payne . He had been repeatedly convicted and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment , and on one occasion was condemned to four years' penal servitude . The learned judge said this was another instance of old arid known thieves getting off by

      pleading guilty at police-offices , and being summarily convicted . lie was now sentenced to ten years' penal servitude .- ^ -Charlotte Morris , a married woman , was indicted for attempting to commit suicide . She had been taken into custody for drunkenness , and while looked up she twice attempted to strangle herself . She pleaded guilty , and was sentenced to six months' hard labour , on which she said she would do it yet . —Thomas Suter , a baker , but well known as the " Thieves' Lawyer , " Thomas Lee , a returned convict , known as the ?• Rabbit , " from his dexterity at thieving , pleaded

      guilty to robbing Charlotte Yeates . A long list of convictions against Suter was put in , extending over fourteen years , and he had served one sentence of four years' penal servitude . Suter was now sontoncea to six , and Lee to three years' penal servitude . At the last Lettorbreon ( county Fermanagh ) Petty Sessions , Head-constable M'Kinlpy charged the Rqv . Charles Jones , of Bolcop , with violating tho law , by digging potatoes in a flold at Belcoo , on Sunday , ; the 14 th of August ; 1859 , in viow of tho public streets . Mr . Jones said , " I submit to the ohargo and my defence is that it was a « work of necessity ' I had not enough of potatoes for my dinner

      andT for a large number of fowl that j have . Works of necessity were permitted in the days of the Apostles . " Head-constable- — " And you , as a minster of the gospel , quote Scripture to justifya breach of the Sabbath . " . Mr . Jones— " The Apostles pulled ears of corn on the Sabbath-day . " Head-constable— " They never dug potatoes to feed theii ? hens and ducks on the Sabbath day . " The magistrate read the 7 th of Will . HI ., cap , 17 , which states that that no labourer , artisan , & c , shall follow his trade or calling , & c , on the Lord ' s day . His worship was of opinion that , as the Rev . Mr . Jones was not his digging

      following histrade or calling on Sunday , - potatoes did not come under the statute , and that he therefore , was not guilty of a breach of the Sabbath . The constable then , with the greatest impudence , lecturedthe magistrate upon the impropriety of his decision , throwing in a few . observations upon the different law administered to peasants and parsons . The magistrate replied , " I think people have as good * , right to dig their potatoes on Sunday as they have to carry their water ; and if people have oats fit for reaping ! do not see the harm in their doing so . I therefore dismiss this case without prejudice . " at Hereford

      A disgraceful outrage has occurred , where a brute of a labourer has thrown some vitriol over a " young girl simply because she declined to marry him , . John Edward Jenkins , clerk to the Foreign Vineyard Association , was examined at the Mansion House on a charge of forging a cheque for 1011 . 4 s . Gd . The prisoner , who had been apprehended at Broadstairs , was remanded for further evidence . At the Central Criminal Court on Thursday John Nicoll surrendered to take his trial on an indictment charging him with converting to his own use a bill of lading for a cargo of coals which he held as bailee , without having the consent of the owner . He was charged under the Bailee Act . After evidence had been given in the case , the judge ( Bytes )

      summed up , and closed by saying , it would be a material question forj the jury , whether the only object of the prosecution was to obtain the price pf the coals , and if the money had been paid whether the prosecution would have been heard of ? The jury immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty . The foreman of the jury said they thought if such prosecutions as the present were to be sanctioned * any person dealing with bills Of lading might at any moment be taken up and charged with felony . The prisoner was discharged . ¦ ,. At the Court of yesterday the

      Bankruptcy convicted forger , John Lockhart Morton , formerly a merchant , of 8 , Finch-lane , Cornhill , but now a resident of Newgate , was brought up in custody to attend an examination sitting upon accounts filed , disclosing debts and liabilities to the extent of £ 120 , 000 . The sittingjwas adjourned until the 24 th of October next , at twelve o ' clock , for the arrival of accounts from Norway , upon which it is desired to . examine the bankrupt . Mr . David Hughes , lately carrying on business -asan attorney in the city , who absconded from his creditors in July , 1858 , leaving behind him liabilities to the extent of about 200 , O 0 OZ ., was brought tip at Guildhall , on a warrant , having been captured in Australia , by Brett , a sergeant of the City force , and placed at the bar for examination , before

      Alderman Lawrence , the presiding magistrate , charged with non- ^ surrender to the fiat issued against him in bankruptcy . The prisoner was remanded for a week . At the Court of Bankruptcy the choice of assignees was arranged in the case of John Edward Buller , the fraudulent bankrupt , solicitor and money scriviner , pf Lineoln ' a-inn-flelds , whose debts and liabilities amouut to upwards of 100 , 000 * . A he bankrupt has absconded , having , it is said , inflicted severe injury , if not utter ruin , upon many persons by whomhe was trusted in his confidential character of solicitor . One very gross * case was-detailed yesterday , in which the bankrupt appropriated to his own purposes 10 , 000 / . of trust money and property of a widow lady . The total amount of debts nrovod vostordav was about 13 , 000 / . or 14 , 0002 . has boon

      Thomas Barnes , a master brjoklayer , charged at Marlborough-street Police-court , before Mr Bingham , with publishing a malicious libel defamatory of Mr . Henry Crftsswollor , ironmonger , Wolbeck-streot . Evidonce for tho prosecution having been heard , tho priaonor was committed for trial , and in dofault of bail sont to prison . Tho Woymouth jury have found their verdict relative to tho disaster that occurrod to the Great Eastorn , and it amounts to " Accidental Death . " Tho jury state that tho docoasod camo by their deaths in consequence of tho bursting of ajacket boiler , by tho closing of a tup connected with tho siphon of tho jacket . Thoy nay that there was no evidence to show by whom this tap was shut ofl ; but thoy mnko two statements . First , that bucu tans are highly dangerous } and , second , that the engineers had not employed sufflclont caution . Tb . * 8 oousuro may apply to Mr . Scott Hussoll , Mr . Dixon ,

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 24, 1859, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24091859/page/7/