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      Beware Of Sausages !—A Butcher, Livingin...

      number of recommittals shows . Last year these were not quite one in five , and this" year not quite one in six . Another cause of the decrease also is a large amount of work in many places , owing to high prices and the drawing off of many hands for purposes connected with the late war . . .... I had an opportunity lafcelj' of visiting the Buxton Eefbrmatory for juvenile offenders , under the able superintendence of Mr . John Wright , and was much pleased with the appearance of the boys and the general arrangements of the institution . The following fact with which I have lately become acquainted

      shows that a change also has taken place in their dispositions and habits . A labourer on the farm lost a tobacco-box ; the boys were determined to discover where it was , and , having found it upon a boy lately received into the institution , were proceeding to inflict severe punishment on the offender when he was rescued by the master . No One would speak to him , and so uncomfortable was his position that he ran away . The boys said that , whatever they had been , they were not thieves now , nor would they have a thief among them . "

      Highway Outrage . — A labouring man , named Jonathan Ellis , was returning home from York to Heslington last Saturday night , when he met three men going towards the city , and wished them " Good night , " but they made no reply . Soon afterwards , two of them turned back and commenced a violent attack upon him , one of them striking him on the head with a ' life-preserver . ' He fell to the ground , and they then beat him unmercifully . Ellis cried out , " Take all I have , but

      spare my life—oh , do spare my life ! " They continued , however , to strike the poor fellow on the head and face , and he then shouted "Murder ! " Fortunately , his cries were heard by three men , who hastened to his assistance , and on their approach the ruffians made off . Chase , however , was given , and , after a long run and a desperate struggle , both the miscreants were captured and eventually lodged in Heslington lock-up , whence they were conveyed to York Castle on Sunday . Ellis remains in a very precarious state .

      Affray with Poachers . —A violent struggle Las taken place between some poachers and two of the gamekeepers on Lord Xondesborough ' s Seamer Estate , near Scarborough . One of the latter has been so severely injured that it is doubtful whether he will survive . A Horribus Case . — -William Morris , aged forty , who was described on the charge sheet as a jeweller , residing at 94 , Snowsfields , Bermondsey , - was charged with a criminal assault on Mary Ann Morris , his own daughter , under fourteen years of age , also with violently assaulting Caroline Morris , his wife . The first offence comes under the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts , and the magistrate had no power to deal with it . On the second charge , Morris was convicted and sentenced to six months'hard labour .

      The Attempted Witsess Poisoning . — -We mentioned last week that an attempt had been made to poison some witnesses , subpoenaed on a trial at the "Worcestershire quarter sessions , the parties to be tried being a private and sergeant in the 23 rd Regiment , and a cabman , named Tipper . The witnesses having sufficiently recovered to give their evidence , the trial of the soldiers and cabman took place , and ended in a verdict of Not Guilty . Tipper and the other man ( Bury ) were then taken into custody On , the charge of being concerned in the attempt to poison the witnesses . The inquiry before the magistrates at Worcester has occupied two days . Bury was committed for trial , and Tipper was discharged .

      October 25, 1856.] Tm Leader 1017

      October 25 , 1856 . ] TM LEADER 1017

      Vane Tempest Draws And Defends Himself. ...

      VANE TEMPEST DRAWS AND DEFENDS HIMSELF . The following letter has been addressed to the Editor of the Times : — " Sir , —My name liaving appeared in your paper in connexion with a practical joke' at Brighton , I must request you to bo impartial enough to allow my version of the circumstances of the case to come before the public in your columns . 14 Cornet Ame 3 dined on the night in question a mesa , when nothing that could be construed into an insult was addressed by me to him , although his peculiar English and his reckless misplacement of the letter ' H ' produced some remarks in joke , and caused a good deal of laughter . A civilian who sat on his right hand , and with whom I was very slightly acquainted , will corroborate this ; while Mr . Ames is unable to produce any one who can confirm bis story of having been insulted outof a party of 16 , among whom were the major of the regiment , the senior officer of the Preston Barracks , and two or three civilians . After dinner I asked liiin to came to my room to smoke , to which he consented ; when there , he eat down on a sofa smoking . I remarked that his whisker wanted trimming , ' and , a pair of scissors being brought , I cut off a part of one whisker . Far from snowing the resistance that a man of his height ( six feet ) might have done , or even protesting energetically , b » laughed , and actually cut off a little of the other side , lo make them alike , ' to use his own words . I may hero mention that when General Lawronaon arrived , two or Miree days after , he requested to know whether any had been taken off , as ho still po » se « sed a largo pair . Cornet Ames Iim brought three separate charges againat me , none of which he owns to being able to

      prove , except by his own evidence , while I can bring evidence to refute each . All the stories of feeding him with pap , hanging him in effigy in the barracks , and pumping upon him , have no foundation ; and , so far from being the butt of the regiment , he was treated with great kindness by every one in it . " My reason for not having stated these circumstances before was , that I thought it probable they might be matters for a court-martial ; but , after being placed under arrest for more than a fortnight , the colonel of my regiment read me a letter fromthe Horse Guards , requesting me to send in my papers . This I did , but heard nothing more till to-day , when I am informed that they will take time to consider .

      " Three -weeks have nearly elapsed , and the Horse Guards have had plenty of time to do anything they wanted ; bat I do protest at keeping a man under close arrest , after he has acted tip to their own wishes , for siich a length of time , without any exercise , and I cannot but feel that liberty is worth having at any risk . "Apologizing , sir , for taking so much space in your columns , I am , sir , your obedient servant , " Ernest Vane Tempest . " Brighton Barracks , Oct . 17 . "P . S . —A paragraph in one of the morning papers states that the officers under arrest are allowed to receive professional advice . So far from this , a case which has just occurred will give the public an idea that this is not so . The father of one of the officers under arrest being very ill , sent his own confidential friend and legal adviser to see his son . This gentleman was refused admittance . Is this fair or right ?"

      Naval And Military. The Departure Of The...

      NAVAL AND MILITARY . The Departure of the Oneida . — -The screw steamship Oneida , Captain Hyde , the pioneer of the new line of steamers belonging to the European and Australian Company , for the conveyance of the mails between England and the Australian colonies , sailed at noon on Sunday from . Southampton for Melbourne and Sydney . The Oneida has about sixty passengers , among whom , are Sir Henry Barkly ( the newly-appointed Governor of Victoria ) , lady , and suite . The Officer Private . —The case of Ensign George P . Cobbe , of the 46 th Regiment , which has attracted much attention from the military authorities , in consequence of his having absented himself without leave from his regiment while stationed in the Crimea , and afterwards enlisted into the depot of the 8 th Regiment at Chatham , has been finally disposed of by the Duke of Cambridge , the result being that he is dismissed from his regiment . Great efforts were made by the friends of that young officer , whose father is a major-general in the Royal Artillery , to obtain a favourable view of his conduct . Mr . Cobbe still does duty with his regiment at Chatham , but it is expected that his friends will purchase his discharge from the service . Army Arrangements . — A circular memorandum , dated October 13 th , has been issued from the Horse Guards to the whole of the infantry regiments and their respective depots at home and abroad . The first five articles area 3 follow ; the rest have reference to matters of technical arrangement : — " 1 . The system -which has hitherto prevailed for the formation of regiments of infantry into service and depot companies will cease , and the following be substituted , regiments at home being also formed into two portions , like those abroad . —2 . Each regiment of infantry , except regiments serving in the East Indies and local corps , i $ to be divided as follows : — la ' rf 1 I - U I & 1 3 g £ . . s g Si ¦ 'g a rt . j __ l _ 3 _ _____ h ;» : » | fi ( 3 ¦ 8 Sorvico Comp . j 1 2 8 10 0 I 0 40 17 SOt ) 4 Dep 6 t Ooinp ... — — 4 4 4 ¦ — - . 10 4 200 1 2 12 11 10 ! 6 56 ! 21 1000 8 . The former will , when the regiment ia at home , and remains over its strength , ns now in many instances , bear fifty supernumerary rank and file until they are absorbed in the regular establishment , and until which recruiting ; will ceaso . In cases where a regiment , the service companies of which are abroad , has supernumeraries , they are to bo borne by tho depot until absorbed . —4 . The following regiments will , however , bo expected at present , nnd , until relieved from foreign service , will remain as they are now divided—viz ., the 12 th , 2 Gth , 36 th , 37 th , 45 th , 58 th , 50 th , 65 th , G 7 th , 69 th , and 91 st Foot . —5- The men composing the service companies mu . it bo carefully selected , and none but those in every respect fit for immediate service bo retained with them , " Further clown , it . is remarked that , " on tho degree of attention paid to their instructions Qby young officers ] will depend their future advancement . " ScuwK is CoLCJiBSTuii Camp . —Lieutenant Saundera , an English cavalry officer in tho Gorman Legion , has been dismissed from her Majesty ' B service under rather singular circumstances . He had tendered his resignation to ^ Genoral Stutterheim , who refused to accept it . After thia , Lieutenant Saundera not only neglected to perform his usual dutioa , Imt uttered some gross and disrespectful language to his senior officer , who thoreforo placed

      him under arrest , in order that he might be . tried by court-martial . When the men were sent to arrest him , Lieutenant Sannders mounted his horse , and attempted to escape from the camp , but was prevented by the sentries stationed at the different gateways , who went down on their knees and presented fixed bayonets . The lieutenant was then surrounded , and secured . Information of this affair was forwarded to the Duke of Cambridge , who considered that , as the legion was about to be disbanded , it would not be worth while to try Lieutenant Saunders by court-martial . He desired , however , that Major-General Gascoigne , commander of the camp , would assemble all the officers and some of the men belonging to the various regiments , and publicly reprove the lieutenant for his mutinous and unsoldierly behaviour , and then dismiss him from the army .

      Miscellaneous. The Dean Of The Chapels R...

      MISCELLANEOUS . The Dean of the Chapels Rottal . — The office of Dean of the Chapels Royal , which is generally conferred on the Bishops of London , will , it is said , remain in the hands of Bishop Blomfield , by the Queen's express desire . Australia . —Another important mineral discovery has been made in Australia , as the following letter to Mr . Clark , gold-brokers of Melbourne , will show : — , " Gentlemen , —The mineral associated with the sample of Taradale gold-dust is stream tin . It differs in aspect from that of the Ovens district in being less -waterworn ; indeed in many of the pieces the crystalline form is distinct , and some of the facets retain a high reflective brilliancy . It may be observed that the site of this deposit is in proximity to the granite . Should further inquiry show that our granites are mostly tin-bearing , and that such deposits are prevalent throughout the country , such a discovery would prove of the greatest importance to the colony . — lam , & c , George Foord . " The City Gas Works . — The report of Dr . Taylor , Dr . Hoffman , Mr . Brandt , and Mr . Warington , on the City Gas Works , has been published , and thus concludes : — " The result of our inspection is , that the City Gas Company cannot be charged with the neglect of any precaution known to science for preventing a nuisance to the neighbourhood ; and , if a nuisance is really occasioned , it is one which arises from causes that cannot be avoided by the means which are at present at the disposal of the gas manufacturers . " The evidence of the witnesses in favour of the company was received by the Commissioners of Sewers on Friday week .

      Suicides . —A Dane , named Meldall , who acted as a Norwegian interpreter at Queenstown , Ireland , has committed suicide at that place . He went into an hotel , and asked for a glass of wine , saying , in rather a jocose manner , that he was going to poison himself . He then poured something from a phial into the glass , but said it was too thick , and told the barmaid to throw it away , and give him a glass of sherry . This being done , he again poured part of the contents of the phial into it , drank it , and expired shortly after . Meldall was a married man , and was much respected and liked at Queenstown , where he had resided many years . No motive is assigned for the act . — Much pain has been caused at Manchester by the death of Mr . William Henry

      Hodgson , of Clare Villa , Burlington-street , a young gentleman only twenty-three years of age , who destroyed himself on Saturday evening by discharging the contents of a pistol into his forehead . Mr . Hodgson was one of the younger sons of a deceased magistrate , and is supposed to have been labouring under aberration of mind , caused by disappointment in a love affair . — A violent lunatic pauper in St . Pancras Workhouse has huug himself from an iron bar near the ceiling of the padded room in which he was confined . He had been entrusted with a handkerchief , and with this he accomplished his purpose . — Joseph Insole , a sergeant-major of the 6 th Inniskilling Dragoons , stationed at

      Shornclifte , attended morning stables on Friday week , at six o ' clock , and was missed at the parade afterwards . Search was made for him , and about half-past ten the riding master of the regiment accidentally found his body in a field near the arch of the South Eastern Railway , close to the White Lion Inn . Ho was lying on his back , with a discharged pistol closo to his feet . Ho was dressed in his uniform , and had his cloak on . It is said he must have placed the pistol in his mouth , and discharged it . Ho had been in the Crimea , and was much respected ; but he was in arrears with his captain to the amount of 150 ? ., and this seems to have induced him to kill himself . He was to lave been married thia week .

      " Big Beu" ov Westminster . —The "Wave was on Tuesday morning safely delivered of the monster bell alongside Messrs . Maudslay ' s wharf , near Westminsterbridge , those gentlemen having granted the use of thencrane , & c , to Mr . Jabez James , of Broadwall , for that purpose . The great bell ^ which was founded byMeasra . Warner and Sons , was afterwards conveyed on a low truck , drawn by sixteen horses , over Westminsterbridge , and safely deposited in Palace-yard , in the midst of n largo crowd . It is christenod after Sir Benjamin Hall , the President of the- Board of WoTka .

      Lord Palmkrston and Parliamentary Reform . — It is believed in tho best informed political circles that Viscount Palmerston ia availing himself of tho leisure afforded by the recess to mature and perfect a scheme of

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 25, 1856, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_25101856/page/9/