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      Pebrtjaby 28,1857.] The Leadeb. 201

      Pebrtjaby 28 , 1857 . ] THE LEADEB . 201

      Naval And Military. A Court Mabtial Asse...

      NAVAL AND MILITARY . A Court Mabtial assembled on Saturday on "board the flagship Impregnable , 104 , in Hamoaze , to try Lieutenant Ross , of the steam-sloop Conflict , on charges preferred by Commander Cochran for neglect of duty and for absenting himself without leave . The first clarge was partly , and the second fully , proved ; and the Court adjudged Lieutenant Ross to be severely reprimanded , and to be placed at the bottom of the list of lieutenants for two years . Swansea Harbour . —It is tlie intention of Government to fortify the harbour at Swansea by mounting two heavy guns on the salient angle of the east pier .

      Proposed Crimean Monument . —A large meeting presided over by Mr . Pye Smith , the Mayor , was held at the Town-hall , Sheffield , on Monday , to adopt measures for the erection of a monument to perpetuate the memories of the soldiers- —natives of Sheffield and neighbourhood—who fell in the late war . The movement originated with a body of working men . Having obtained the approval of Miss Nightingale , a deputation went to London , and obtained an audience at the Horse Guards with the Duke of Cambridge to solicit him to lay the first stone . 1

      Destitute Soldiers " Wives . '—Writing to the Times on the subject of the destitution around the camp at Colchester , which was recently brought before the notice of Parliament , Dr . Martin Duncan says : — " It will surprise those who imagine that the soldier is being made a respectable , moral , and religious member of society , when they are assured that more than a hundred and thirty soldiers * families were , at the commencement of the late severe weather , utterly destitute of proper clothing and bedding , and nearly starving ; that , had it not been for the charity of their officers and of the townspeople , 'they would have perisbed ; and that even now , if the benevolence of those who visit these unfortunates be relaxed , the same result would ensue . " Damage to Shtppinc 3- oh the Coast ov Portugal .

      —The weather had been very boisterous on the coast of Portugal . During the night of the 11 th inst . several small vessels broke their cables in tbe Tagus , and were driven on shore ; many of the large vessels received very serious damages , and so did tbe lighters and shore boats . Among the vessels wrecked on the coast , advices had been received of the total loss at Sines of the English schooners Nimroud , W- G . Tucker , of which one man perished , on the 9 th , and the Queen of the East , Win . King , on the 10 th . These two vessels had left Lisbon in ballast on the 5 th , and were taking in cork for England . Near Faro , tie Redbreast , of Liverpool , Alexander Ross , had been driven on shore on the 11 th after losing ; her masts at sea , as also three of her crew . She was bound from Cadiz to Liverpool , with a cargo of sherry wine , of which it was expected part would be saved .

      The Crimean CoMMissrouEits . —The Edinburgh Town Couucil has unanimously carried a motion " that the Council resolve to present a petition "to the House of Commons , praying them to take measures for marking the sense which the public entertain of the important services rendered to the country by Sir John M'Neill and Colonel Tulloch , in their inquiry into the causes of the disasters that befel our troops in tha Crimea , and in the valuable report submitted by them to Government . " Ship Launch . —A iine vessel , named the Suffolk , of 1022 tons register , was launched from Money "VVigram's ship-lmilding yard , at Northarn , near Southampton , on Thursday . She is intended for the Australian emigration trade , and will be commanded by Captain Martin , late of the Essex .

      WitECK op the Madrid Steamer . —The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Madrid , with the outward Peninsular mails , struck on a rock on the 20 th inst . while entering tho harbour of Vigo , but all on board were happily saved . No particulars are yet received .

      Miscellaneous. The Court.—Prince Albert,...

      MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —Prince Albert , on behalf of the Queen , held the nr 3 t levee of tho seoson , on Thussday afternoon , at St . James ' s Palace . Judge of this Soutiiwark County Couht . —Mr . C . S . Whitmore , Q . C ., of the Oxford Circuit , and Recorder of Gloucester , lias been appointed Judge of the County Court of Southwark , in tho room of Mr . G . Clive , who has been elected member for Hereford . Elkction Intelligenck . —The oflici-al declaration of tho poll at Maidstone give the numbers at tho Into

      election thus : —Martin , « 5 /> 7 ; Riddel ) , . 3149 : majority for Martin , 408 . —The Colchester election has ended in tho return of Mr . Itebow . The numbers stood thus;—¦ Robow ( Liberal ) , 563 ; Miller ( Conservative ) , 402 ; Havens ( Radical ) , 7 . —A petition is in course of preparation against tho return of Mr . Wo # uelin , M . P . for Southampton , on some technical ground of an adjournment having taken place at ono of tho polling booths for naif an hour on tho day of election , and two other booths having boon pullod down n few minutes before four 0 plock .

      Mkihoai . RifiLiisv to tiik Poott . —Tl » o bonvd of directors and guardians of tlic poor of Mnrylubono has ror Wived to abolish the prnucnt resident , nu'dictij glaft

      ( which consists of very young men ) , and to appoint a non-resident senior medical officer to take the medical treatment of the poor , and to supply the drugs ; this gentleman to have under him a resident medical officer and a dispenser ; the whole to be done by contract . Against this alteration , the Marylebone Representative Council has carried , a motion , after considerable discussion . The Hudson ' s Bay Company Committee . —The House of Commons committee on this subject has commenced its sittings . The only witness examined on the first day was Mr . Ross , who had been Solicitor and Attorney-General for Upper Canada , and Speaker of the Legislative Council . He was in favour of the retention of the Company ' s privileges , which he thought are not inimical to colonizing ; but he was of opinion that much colonization , implying tillage , would prevent the territory being used as hunting ground .

      JFire in Totteitham-coukt-road . —Between three and four o ' clock on Monday morning , an extensive fire broke out in Tottenham-court-road , at the chapel known by the name of tbe Tabernacle . The conflagration originated at the eastern side of the building in tbe boys' schoolrooms , and was caused by tbe overheating of a pipe-stove . The flames made such rapid progress that they reached the roof of the building before anybody was aware that it was on fire , and the whole of the immediate neighbourhood , as well as the country for many

      miles round , was illuminated by the glare . Engines from various stations were obtained as speedily as possible ; but the roof of the chapel being completely burnt through , fell in . The belfry was entirely gutted , and many of the monuments and fittings of the chapel were greatly injured before the flames could be extinguished . The building , which was insured , was one of the first chapels erected by Whitfield , the celebrated Methodist clergyman , and therefore possessed an historical interest . . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . . ¦ . '¦'

      Mb . Humpheey Shown , 1 I . P . for Tewkesbury , has been presented with a piece of plate by some of the inhabitants of that borough , wlo believe that he has been wrongfully judged in connexion with the Royal British Bank . An Historian's Mistake . —The Lord Justice Clerk , in the Second Division of the Court of Session at Edinburgh , has given a decision in the case of an appeal against a judgment of Sheriff Alison , the historian . The Sheriff" had . made a singular blunder , which we have related at full in our leading ; columns ; and to these we refer the reader for the particulars of the case .

      The Persian and Chinese Wars . —Meetings for the purpose of protesting against these wars have been held during the week at Southwark , Hereford , Leominstcr , Worcester , and Eversham . At the last four places , the chief speaker has been a Mr . O'Neill , of Birmingham . Mk . Serjeant ¦ Wii-kins is dangerously ill . False Alarm or Fiue . —An alarm of fire , entirely without cause , was raised last Sunday evening at the Brompton Oratory , where Cardinal Wiseman was preaching . A great rush towards the doors immediately took place , and the women and children made loud outcries ; but the congregation were at length reassured , and resumed their places without any accident happening . . . .

      A Fact for Geologists . —We hear that Mr . W . R . Brodie has been successful in discovering in thePurbeck bcd 3 in Durlestone Bay , what Sir Charles Lyell states to be three new genera of the oolitic mammals . —Salisbury Journal . Tiik Taxes on- Knowledsr . — The sixth annual meeting of the Association for Promoting the ltepeal of the Taxes on Knowledge was held on Wednesday evening at St . Martin's Hall . The attendance w . is very large . Sir Joseph Paxton , M . P ., took the chair , and the other speakers wer «—Dr . ¦ Epps , Dr . John Watts , Mr . Herbert Ingram , M . P ., Mr . Serjeant Parry , and Mr . Milner Gibson , M . P . Several resolutions , with a view to the abolition of the tax , were unanimously curried . Fuek Emigration to tiik British Coi . oniks . —A

      meeting , convened by tho . British Workmen s Ansociation , was held at the Grcat-liall , Broadway , Westminster , on Tucsdiiy evening , in favour of this object . The chair was taken by Mr . Neale Porter ; the hall wan crowded to suffocation by tho working men of tho locality , and tho meeting -was of a most orderly and unanimous description . Resolutions in accordance with tho desired result were unanimously passed ; and Mr . Henry Drummond , M . P ., who was present , said lie had never heard in the course of his life an hour ami a half of such good speaking ; and this was because thospciikura had uttered the real feelings of their hearts . Mit . WiIjIjIAm HowittIius been recommending in tho Times that Government . should . send out the unemployed labourers to Australia , when ) their work is wanted , and would be paid for at very high rntcn .

      Tim Tjca Dutiks . —A deputation from Hull on the subject of tho tea duties liud an interview with the Chancellor of tho Exchequer last Saturday , at hhoHicial residence in Downing-. striiut . TIki deputation was introduced by Mr . € lav , M , l' ,, and Mr . W . . 1 . ftcyinoitr , M . P . Tiik Inj 4 OI . vk . noy ok Mr . Auiiki Watts . —Mr . Watts , on Monday , petitioned under the Protection Aot . Two creditors opposed in portion . The insolvent ^ ddbti ar « about ( JOO / ., and this insolvency is attributed Lo the payment of former dubt . s . Jle . in in rfiyui pfc nf »

      pension of 1001 . a year from the Crown for services rendered to literature , and , until recently , he had a salary of 751 . per annum as clerk to the Special Commissioners of Income-tax ; but by his insolvency he has forfeited that appointment . The creditors asked that some portion of the insolvent ' s income might be set aside for the gradual liquidation of the debts ; but Mr . Commissioner Phillips declined to make any order , as the pension of 1001 . formed the only source of income to

      the insolvent , who has to maintain a wife and daughter . A British Bank Bankrupt . —An examination meeting took place in the Court of Bankruptcy on Tuesday , in the case of Edmund Goddard , provision dealer , of 103 , London-wall , 3 , Old Jewry , 161 , Fenchurch-street , and 17 , Aldgate . The case is one in which the bankrupt's liabilities as a shareholder in the Royal British Bank had compelled him to have resort to the court , his estate being otherwise perfectly solvent . He was allowed to > pass .

      The Broadstairs Boatmen . — Mr . Croskey , the United States Consul at Southampton , has received from the Lif-e-saving Benevolent Association , New York , a letter enclosing 45 ? ., to be distributed among the families of the nine men who perished in the lugger Victory , wliile endeavouring to rescue the crew of the American ship Northern Belle , wrecked near Ramsgate in the early part of Janu-ary . The medal of the association will be sent to each , of the men who eventually succeeded in saving the Americans , as soon as a correct list of names sh all have been received at New York .

      The Scottish Freehold Movement . —A meeting of members of Parliament who supported Mr . Locke King ' s motion for the extension of the county franchise in England was held on Tuesday , at the King ' s Arms Hotel , New Palace-yard , Westminster , for the purpose of hearing the explanation of a deputation from Scotland , consisting of the Rev . Dr . Begg , Baillie Grieve , and Mr . Duncan M'Laren , on the subject of extending to Scotland the forty-shilling freehold franchise of England . Mr . ]\ l'Laren . was in the chair , and Mr . Cobden moved one of the resolutions . The proceedings were very successful .

      Health of London . —The total number of deaths registered in London in the week that ended last Saturday was 1243 . la the first week of this month , the deaths rose to 1368 ; with a warmer temperature during the succeeding two "weeks , they have been on the decline . In the ten years 1847-56 , the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1211 ; arid , in order that the deaths of last week , -which occurred in an increased population , may be compared with the average , the latter should be raised by a tenth part , in which cjise it will become 1332 . The result of the comparison is favourable as regards the present state of the public health . —Last week , the births of 975 . boys and 904 girls , in all 1879 children were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of tlie years 1847-50 , the average number was 1592 . —From the JReffixtrar General ' s Weekly Return .

      Tiik Victoiua Cross . —The London Gazette of Tuesday contains a list of names of those who axe to bo honoured with the Victoria Cross—the first who have yet received it . The recipients range from Commanders to common sailors and privates in the army . Geography ok Russia . —The Imperial Geographical Society at St . Petersburg is preparing the publication of a geogrnph leal dictionary of the dominions of the Czar . Tjie Manchksteii Akt Exhibition . —Prince Albert lias appointed the 5 th of May for his state visit to Manchester . On that day , therefore , the opening of tho Exhibition will take place . Tino KNJCiinynitr . uajc Cask . — We understand that tho judgment of the Committee of Council in tho case of tho Knightsbridge churclios will probably not bo delivered until next May . — Union .

      1 ' ni ! UuDoKT CoNMEMSKi ) . —The Liverpool Financial Reform Association , at their lust meeting , unanimously condemned the Budget of tlje Chancellor of the lfixchcqucr us a retrogression from Free-trade principles . The Sunday League in Newcastle . —An immense meeting on the Sunday question whs held in Newcastloon-Tyno on Saturday . The Uev . J . II . Rutherford appeared as the advocate of the religious party . After three bourn of debate , a petition in favour of the objects of tli . Sunday League was enthusiastically carried . There were but . six dissentients , and the proceedings terminated with ill roe cheers for tho Lengue . A Nicw ( Jomkt . —The 1 'hare de la Manche of Cherbourg of tlie 18 th inst . stales that a very brilliant comet was aeun thereon the previous evening in the west . It had no tail , but appeared to bo surrounded by nebulous TavH of liidht .

      line Ukv . G . C . Gokiiam , says tho 'Western Times , lies hopelessly ill . The Koiyal British Bank . —Tim afTiiira of this bank again carne before tho Vice-chancellor last Saturday , when Mr . ( iill ' ard , in completion of the evidence already given , r <; n « l an alliduvit of Mr . Humphrey Brown , M . P .,, stating tluit he had been a director of tho bunk from February , 18 o : $ , to February , 18 fiG , and that during ; that perio « l it had been the practice of tlie company not to require any formal assent of the directora to trunafora of H ^ arcs . No actual directions hud been given to the q ( VU'erH of the company on the wubject , but a non-adheronce to tlie tori mm of the < : lmrtur in this rt . ' . spect had . bi . cn , in point of fuot , nctjuii-uci'd in . Mr . Glusae , in

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 28, 1857, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28021857/page/9/