The Press. — London, England, 1853-06-25 00:00:00

On the evening of the 17th inst. Mr. John Robin son was shot dead on the roadside, close to his own house, in the barony of Bantry and county of Wex ford. The assassin has not yet been discovered. Government have offered a reward of 1001. for infor mation which may lead to the arrest of the guilty party or parties. The great Glengall estates, situate in the counties of Tipperary and Waterford, will be set up for sale on Friday, the 11th of November next. The gross profit rental is over 15,0001. per annum. The Earl of Glengall and his trustees are the petitioners. Tho property will be offered in 130 separate lots. The Weekly Telegraph, by way of showing its in tense "nationality " as regards the Exhibition, in sinuates that the camp at Chobham, with its 10,000 soldiers, has been got up for the purpose of injuring Mr. Dargan's project, by keeping away visitors from Dublin. Sir Michael D. Bellew, Bart., the father of Capt. Bellew, M.P. for the county of Galway, is to be ap pointed a member of her Majesty's Privy Council for Ireland. 3tail3 anb V ob. The OFFENCE Of OVERLOADING a RIVER STEAM BOAT was on Wednesday proved against the captain of the steamer Citizen K. lie had admitted fifty-four passengers more than the law allowed, and was fined at the Westminster Police Court lot. for the offence, with 2s. Ikl. additional for every one of the fifty-four persons above his legal number. A SHorxxxemt in Limehouse-causeway left a quantity of shoes exposed on the pavement outside his shop, and a poor woman named Clements stole a pair of them, on Monday evening. She had been seen by the owner fingering the shoes suspiciously, but he said nothing, and allowed her to go away on some alarm, and then to return again and complete the theft before he stopped her with the property under her shawl. On the woman being brought before Mr. Yardley, at the Thames Office, next day, the magis trate condemned the shopkeeper, whose name was James Thomas, as being more guilty than the cul prit herself. The following dialogue ensued : Mr. YAUDLEY said the exposure of goods outside tradesmen's houses and shops was a temptation to do wrung, and he thought the conduct of the prosecutor was both selfish and heartless. The proseeutor appeared to have been angling for a thief, fur he NM the woman meddling with the string which fiu►tened the shoes, and, after suspecting her, allowed thew to remain as they were until the woman stole them. . _ . Mr. Minus : I gave her an opportunity of ..oing away. Mr. YARDLILY : And you gilVti her An opportunity to ideal the boots. Why did you not give her a caution when you suspected she was going to do wrong? Why did you not give her a cau tion? It would have beeu more charitablo and Inure Chrietiim like to have doue an. Mr. Titonks: 1 have done so several times with others, and have rime been robbed of boots and shoes exposed for side out side the shop. Mr. Yxavd.nv : Then why do you continue to tempt people to steal? You had much better have stopped her at first. The prevention of erhue was much better than the detection of crime. It was a bad practke to expose goods for side outside 1 ses and App.. It was a very mulish practice, and a moral wrong. Mr. TIIOII.IOI said he WAN quite aware it was evil, but his neighbours would do it, and he could du no business without it. Mr. YARDLEY said it was perfectly shocking to hear a respect. able tradesman admitting he was doing a great moral wrong, fuel Justifying it, because others did it. If the shopkeeper's argu ment was to be carried out It would jastley every wrong, every bad act, every crime. Mr. Thomas was not justified in coin milting a great moral wrong because others did it. lie was sur prised tAs hear such a thing. Mr. Titommt: I can't help exposing my goods outside my ship ; 'others do it. Mr. Ymem.kv: You can help it, sir. Don't talk such nonsense. The woman is discharged. FOR COMMITTINO A SERIOUS BREACH of TRUST, the discharge of an insolvent attorney named Webb was opposed before the Insolvent Court. There were debts to a large amount on both sides, and the pros pect of a tolerable dividend. It appeared, however, that the insolvent, as agent, executor, or collector, had received moneys which he had never paid over, and the owners were among the creditors in his sche dule. For these transgressions he was adjudged to undergo terms of imprisonment. amounting to fifteen months from the date of the vesting order, at the suit of the several creditors he had thus wronged. THE DISPOSITION Of HOME CONSIDERABLE Pno rEary left by the late Earl of Newburgh was con tested before the Prerogative Court, on Monday, by his sister, Lady Newburgh, and a Rev. Mr. Sing, a Roman Catholic clergyman at Derby. I. , rd New burgh, who had lived latterly at variance with his family, left, in a despatch-box, notes and securities of several thousand pounds' value, and a will be queathing it all to Mr. Sing absolutely. With this paper, however, was another, also in the handwriting of the deceased earl, but neither dated nor signed. It was headed" Directions to Mr. Sing, what is to be done with the money;" and then followed items of 2501. to Mr. Sing himself, of 1001. each to two other persons, ss. per week to his groom, " and the rest of his money to Stonyhurst College." Mr. Sing now prayed probate of the first paper, which was opposed by Lady Newburgh, who contended that the two papers together constituted the will of her late brother. For Mr. Sing it was urged that the direc- THE PRESS. lions on the second paper were not of a testamentary character, that they were written under a temporary misapprehension of certain circumstances connected with Dr. Wiseman and Stonyhurst College, and es pecially that the paper on which they were inscribed was of a sort not invented until some years after the date of the will, and therefore could not have formed a part of it. On the other side it was pleaded that such a way of drawing up wills used to be commonly adoptod by Roman Catholic testators, and was still sometimes acted on.—Sir J. Dodson, remarking that the two papers were evidently not contemporaneous, granted probate only to the one first written, which was clearly valid and complete as a will. The per sonalty, estimated at twenty thousand pounds, passes accordingly to Mr. Sing absolutely. Costs were al lowed for both parties out of the estate. gluiDents anb efintas. Six HousEs in Circus-street, New-road, were se riously damaged by fire on Tuesday morning. The flames were discovered about four a.m. on the pre mises of Mr. Wilkinson, a coach-builder, and were not subdued until after several hours' exertions, leaving the house where the conflagration originated nearly a wreck, and five others in the neighbourhood more or less injured. DURING A SEVERE STORM of thunder, lightning, and rain which passed over Liverpool on Sunday, the fine ship the Prince of the Seas, from St. John, N. 8., lying in the Brunswick Dock, was struck by the elec tric fluid, which split her mainroyal-mast, royal yard, and destroyed her signals. A SHOCKING ACCIDENT happened on Saturday last, at the factory of Mr. George Smith, Moor-lane, Pres ton, by the falling down of a wall which had been undermined. Three labourers, Birnes, Parsons, and Murray, were engaged near the wall, and the two first named were completely buried in the ruins. Murray, who was nearer the end, had his legs co vered by the wreck, but was able to extricate himself, his injuries not being of a fatal character. A MURDER AND SUICIDE were committed on Tues day morning at Poplar, by a man named Francis Picking, a blacksmith, the person he murdered being his wife. A quarrel took place between them the previous evening at an inn, but they returned home and went to bed as usual ; in the morning, on being called by his son, and asked if he would go to work, the man replied, " No, I have something to do first." A few hours after a girl entered the room and found on the bed Picking and his wife weltering in their blood ; the man was still alive, but died from the effects of his wound on Wednesday morning, having confessed the murder of his wife, without assigning any cause. Picking was in the receipt of good wages. A CONFIAGRATION occurred on Wednesday on the large premises occupied by Messrs. M'Neill as a patent felt factory, near Bunhill -row. The tire broke out during the men's absence at dinner, and arose, it is conjec tured, from the spontaneous combustion of some tow. Large quantities of pitch and other inflammable matters were in the factory, and the flames in conse quence extended rapidly, and defied all the efforts made to subdue them for some hours. Several floors were burnt through, with great destruction to the building and valuable stock of machinery it contained. The loss is heavy, but the owners are insured. A Fntuttrr•tut, AccmENT occurred on board H.M.S. London, during her passage front Lisbon, resulting in the death of seven individuals, one of whom was the first lieutenant of the ship—Wellesley Pole Chapman. On the 15th inst. the London was in tow of the I mperieuse, screw-frigate; the tow-rope was joined to the London's chain messenger on the lower deck, the latter being made fast to a ringbolt. The messenger does not seem to have been properly secured to the bits, and, a sudden strain taking place, the ringbolt was carried away, and the cable flew round with tremendous velocity and force, killing six men, who were sitting down to their dinner at the time, and Lieutenant Chapman, and wounding nine others, one of whom is not expected to recover. The force with which the chain-cable flew round may be judged fron► the fact that. striking against a thick stancheon, it broke it in half. This dreadtill casualty has produced the profoundest grief on board the ship. A LUCKY BUT SILLY 60LII-11100E11, lately re turned from Australia, with the proceeds of two years' labour, visited the Victoria Theatre on Monday night, with 109 sovereigns in his pocket. He got into conversation with astranger in the theatre, went out with him afterwards to a public-house, and presently lost all consciousness of what happened to him until he found himself in the street minus all his money. All his recollection of the " stranger " amounted to the fact that he wore a white hat. The police, nevertheless, ate said to be on his traces. taltsiastical. The new church built on Bovey fleathfield, by the Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay, vicar of Ilevey Tracey, and Chaplain to the Queen, was consecrated on the 161 by the Bishop of Exeter, together with the bulial•ground adjoining. NEW ASUICAN BISHOPRICS.—The bishopric of Natal has been conferred upon the Rev. J. W. Coleus°, M.A., of at. John's College, Cambridge, rector of Forncett St. Mary, Norfolk. The bishopric of Graham's Town has not yet been provided for, but it is said to have been offered to the Rev. Daniel Moore, incumbent of Camden Chapel, Cam. berwell. It is currently rumoured in clerical circles that the Bishop of thith and Wells intends resigning his diocese, on account of his great infirmity, and the difficulties which have recently occurred, and which are beyond his power to control. _ . We are authorised to state that the late Hon. and Rev. A. P. Perceval was not, at the tune of his decease, one of the chaplains to her Majesty. He resigned that appointment in 111.50. The new chapel lately built for the Royal Naval School was consecrated, on Wednesday, by the Lord Bishop of London: APPOINTMENTS AND PREFERMENTS. The Rev. H. Hwet Burrow, 8.A., to the Curacy of Levens near Milnethorpe, Westmorland. The Rev. J. Edgworth Close, 8.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, to the Curacy of St. Bridget and St. Martin, Cheater. The Rev. F. T. Cusine, 8.A., of Sidney Sussex College, to the Curacy of St. James's Church, Latchford. The Rev. Henry• Melvin, M.A., has been appointed Chaplain in Ordinary to her Majesty. The Rev. S. It. Mackerness, to St. .Mary the Virgin Perpetual Curacy, Romney Marsh. The Rev. E. Ewen, 8.A., to the Curacy of Belchamp Otton, Essex. The Rev. J. W. Conway Hughes, BA., to the Curacy of Mistley, in Manniugtree. The Rev. W. S. spencer, 8.A., to the Curacy of Bradfield, near Manningtree. The Rev. P. J. Davies, M.A., to the Incumbency of Bettws- Leike, Cardiganshire. The Rev. Rees Herbert Morgan, to the Incumbency of Lim guick, near Neath, Glamorganshire. The Rev. Theophilus Pelly, 13.1)., to the Rectory e of Church Bnuuptou, near Northampton. The Rev. G. J. Ilitiewell, to the Curacy of Castle Douingto u, Leicestershire. The Rev. J. Parry, BA., to the Curacy of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. The Rev. Walter James, 8.A., to the Rectory of Faulkbouru, near Witham, Essex. The Rev. H. Moseley, one of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools, to the Canonry in Bristol Cathedral, rendered vacant by the promotion of the Rev. Dr. Jackson to the bishopric of Lincoln. The Rev. Gordon Calthrop, MA., has been appointed Chap lain of Trinity College, Cambridge. The Rev. Thomas Daniels, 8.A., has been licensed to officiate in a room in the Commercial School, Stranonl.road, Holum. The Rev. R. D. Dingle, M.A., has been appointed Mathematical Master of the Durham Diocesan Training College. The Queen has presented the Rev. Malcolm Munro Ross to the church at 'foulintoul, in the parish of Kirkunchael, in the pres bytery of Abernethy, and shire of Baud; vacant by the death of the Rev. George Bruce. VACANCIES. The Rectory of Sopworth, near Mahneabury, Villtdhire, by the death of the Rev. Robert Trotunin Coated, M.A. Value, SUM. a year, in the gift of the Duke of Beaufort. - The Rectory of Steeple Langford, near Heytesbury, also by the death of Mr. Coates. Value, 6001. a year, in the gift of the President and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The Rectory• of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, by the death of the Rev. Robert Little, ILl). Value, 1201. a year, hi the gift of the Lord Chancellor. The Vicarage of Cockney, near Mansfield, by the death of the Rev. Taylor White, M.A. Value, 2001. a year, in the gift of Earl Moment. iinit(trsitn aintclilynte. OXFORD. The Rev. Edmund James Smith, M.A., scholar of Wor• cester College, has been elected a fellow, on the foundation of Sir Thomas Cookes. Mr. Alan Marmaduke .klington, from Bromsgrove School, has been elected a scholar on the same foundation. The following subjects are proposed for the Chancellor's Prizes for the ensuing year, viz.:--For Latin verse, " Suis et ipsa Roma viribus mit." For an English Essay, " The effects of Commerce upon Christianity." For a Latin essay, " ()Italian) fueriut priecipue in cans& good Aristotelis Philosophiu in Seholis prievaluerit." For the Newdegate prize poem the subject chosen is, " The Martyrs of Vienne and Lyous." roc ;Irntg. Her Majesty has commanded that the 33rd Regiment of Foot shall henceforward bear the name of " The 3.lrd (or the Duke of IVellington's ) Regiment," which honourable distinction will be inscribed on the colours of the regiment. The 33rd was the first regiment of which the duke became commanding officer, and with it he saw much active se►vice in India. The Vey. G. W. Langmead, garrison chaplain at Ply mouth, has been appointed by the. Secretary at War stall' chaplain to the army encamped at t'hobl►am. The duties of the garrison during his absence will be taken by the Rev. Fortescue. _ . 31ajor-General Sir De Lacy Evans, K.C.8., will, it is reported, be commander of theforces at Madras, in room of LieutAleueral Sir Hichani Armstrong. The whole of the gentlemen cadets of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich have been marched, with their light three-pounder guns and vamp equipage, over Shooter'?.- hill to Bexley-heath, and pitched their tents in that loot lity, for the purpose of being instructed in&camp duties. SATURDAY,