The Press. — London, England, 1858-10-30 00:00:00

1054 Tax DRESS or Tsoors IN INDIA is to be altered by the Secretary of State for War, in order to promote the health and comfort of the soldiers exposed to that climate. For the present dress is to be substi tuted a snit of a light drab colour, made of a strong material chiefly composed of cotton, consisting of a tunic and loose trousers. Instead of the Govern ment providing the men with this dress, as at present, commanding officers of regiments and depots will be =itted to employ any contractor they please to sh the new clothing, the authorities at the Horse Guards paying the colonel or other command ing officer a certain price for each suit supplied. As soon as the necessary arrangements have been com pleted, the regiments now in India and the troops about to embark will be supplied with the new clothing. Tax : Trixour or 'BON-SIDED Sups resisting the fire of ordinary men-of-war, or shore batteries, has signally failed in practice, as developed at Portsmouth on Monday, by the gunnery of her Majesty's ship Excellent. The Erebus, a new 10• gun iron built steam battery, of 200 horse power, was moored at 400 yards' range from the gunboat Snapper, iron plates 4 inches thick, the same consistency as those of which the battery is built, having previously been lathed over the ports on the side next the gunboat. The fire was directed from the Snapper, at the space between these supplementary plates the solid bide of the battery, and consisted of four 68-pounder " turned " solid shot, and four 32-pounders, the former projected with the service charge of 17 lb. of gunpowder and the latter with 10 lb. The result was instantaneously developed ; the 32's merely in dented the iron battery, but the 08's passed right through it, and the first of them split two of the beams. Only eigbt rounds were fired. A survey was afterwards made, and a report founded upon it for the information of the Lords of the Admiralty, by Captain Howlett, C. 8., commanding the Excellent. THE PRESS, OCTOBER 30, IRSB. Skeen ; and Mr. Giffard defended Freeman. The defendants had for some time acted as the brokers of Messrs. Cavan, Brothers, and had instructions from them to sell, as their brokers, the cargo consigned to them of cedar timber, by the ship Glide, and in the month of May last the defendants, through their clerk, applied for and received the bill of lading ; and, subsequently, at the request of the defendants, it was endorsed to them by Messrs. Cavan. At this time the defendants had transactions with the City Bank, in the nature of advances and deposits; and they being desirous of recouping a bill of lading of a cargo of goods from Demerara, by the ship Laura Campbell, upon which the bank had made advances, Mr. Freeman wrote a letter proposing to deposit the bill of lading of the ship Glide with the manager of the bank. The bank consented to the proposition, upon the terms of receiving a letter from the defend ants, undertaking, within a month, to pay over the proceeds of the sale of the cargo of the ship Laura Campbell, which was in fact then sold; such letter was prepared and signed by the defendant Skeen, and the bill of lading of the Glide depot iced with the bank, endorsed to John Scott and Co., or bearer. Witnesses to character were called ; bat the defend ants were both found " Guilty." A point of law being reserved, the Lord Chief Baron deferred passing sentence ; and the defendant-4 were admitted to bail on entering into proper recognisinces. HUGH INNES CAMERON, the manager of the Royal British Bank, during the existence of that gigantic swindle, was yesterday to have been brought up for his last examination at the Bankruptcy Court, from the prison in which he is undergoing his sentence for fraud. It was promised that, should an adjourn ment be granted on the last occasion, accounts should be ready for this meeting, but none had been filed. Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, said he must admit the difficulty in which the bankrupt was placed, as the expense of obtaining access to the books would be great. The assignees would not ob ject to an adjournment with protection, to enable the bankrupt to attend the court and file his accounts. His Honour assented, and the case was adjourned. A NOVEL POINT connected with tickets of leave was raised at the County-court, Wareham, on Satur day last. Mr. John Brett sued a marine store dealer, named Misses Gould, for 3/. 2s. for goods sold and delivered—not to the defendant, but to his wife, whilst be was undergoing sentence of transportation. Mr. Howard, who appeared for the defendant, pro duced a ticket of leave, signed by Lord Palmerston, and granted to the defendant; and contended that his client was civilly dead, and could make no legal promise or create a liability. His Honour gave judgment. He said that in the absence of any authority he must decide upon principle. He believed that the Legislature never intended to permit a man possessing a ticket of leave to be at liberty to obtain goods, and in payment of them to hold up his ticket of leave ; to enter an inn, for example, order a breakfast, and, instead of defraying the cost of it, coolly reply, " I am a convict." Verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed. THE CHARGE OF COUNTERFEITING TURKISH COIN, involving two Frenchmen, Aime Hugon and Beverdy Hugon, was on Wednesday directed by the Central Criminal Court to stand over. "A DISTINGUISHED FREQUENTER OF THE ARGYLL- Rooms " found himself in the presence of Mr. Beadon, at the Marlborough -street Police-court, on Monday last. The individual in question—John Jeffreys— " a tall personage, with military-looking whiskers," according to the police-report, and, according to his own, " a colonel in the army, the son of a peer, and the intimate associate of some of the most distin guished members of the Oriental Club," was placed at the bar to answer the disagreeable charge of having been drunk and disorderly in the Haymarket on the previous Saturday night. It appeared from the statement of Inspector Park, who was on duty at the time, that the defendant came up to him appa rently iu a towering rage, told him that he had been grossly insulted, and that he intended to give the fellow into custody. The defendant then led the way and he followed him into the Turkish Divan, and when there the defendant said the attendant there had refused to serve him, and he required re paration for that insult. As the defendant was evidently not sober, be told him he had nothing to do with such a case, and tried to leave the place. The defendant attempted to prevent him, but he got into the street, and was then followed about by the defendant and abused. Finding remonstrance use less, he took him to the stailon-house.—Defendant I can assure your worship I em known by several distinguished frequenters of the Argyll dancing rooms—lnspector : He gave his address, " Mile end.".—Mr. Beadon ; Well, he must pay 20s. for being drunk and disorderly. THE Two RETURNED CONVICTS, William and John Sullivan, were brought before the magistrate at Clerkenwell on the charge of attempting to murder Nicholas Barnes in Leatber-lane on Sunday morning last, when Ur. Corrie committed the prisoner John Sate an Volta. Micsatmus Tgam will be reopened on Tuesday, after the usual breakfast given by the Lord Chan cellar to the judges and other learned dignitaries of the law. The arrears of the common law courts for the ensuing terra present a remarkable appear ance, especially in the Court of Queen's Bench, where there is not a single case for judgment, and where the entire arrears only number sixteen rules, consisting of 5 new trial rules, 9 rules on the special paper, and 2 enlarged rules. As there is only one enlarged rule for the first day the court will proceed with the new trial paper. In the Common Pleas in the remanet paper there are 8 as enlarged rules, 5 rules for new trials, 7 matters for the judgment of the court, and 12 demurrer=, making a total of 32. In the Court of Exchequer the rules only amount to 17-4 errors and appeals from the court, 7 in the special paper, of which 3 are for judgment and 4 fur argument ; in the new trial paper there are 2 for judgment and 4 for argument. The whole " arrears " of the three courts only number 85, about one•third of the new trial roles formerly in the Court of Queen's Bench. The arrears in Chancery are considerable compared with the rules in the common law courts. The number of arrears in the courts of equity is 339. The number of causes before the Lord Justices is 33, before Vice-Chancellor Wood 115, before Vice- Chancellor Stuart 83, before Vice-Chancellor Kin. dersley 38, and before the Master of the Rolls 72. It will be seen that the largest number of causes is before Vice-Chancellor Wood, who is considered tl e " favourite " Vice Chancellor, and during the late sittings there was such an accumulation of causes that some were transferred to the other equity judges, except the Lord Justices. There is a very simple remedy to prevent a crowding of causes in one court. As the practice exists, a solicitor can mark on filing the bill the judge before whom he wishes it to be beard, but if causes were taken by the several learned judges in rotation the same number would appear before each, and business thereby be expedited. An order from the Lord Chancellor would remove the existing defect. THE Corot o; BANKRUPTCY held a dividend meeting on Tuesday under the separate estates of Messrs. Gotch and Gotch, the Kettering bankers, when it was stated that the assets in the hands of the official asbignee were sufficient to pay 211 s. in the pound. ME CITY BROKERS, Alfred Skeen and Archibald Freeman, timber brokers, of Sew Broad-street, now bankrupts, were tried at the Central Criminal Court yesterday, on an indictment charging them with a misdemeanour, under the sth and 6th Viet., cap. :33, see. 6, in illegally endorsing and transferring to their own uses a certain bill of lading of a cargo of ceilat, the defendants being brokers, and having no autho rity to transfer, except by sale. The defendants pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Poland appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Sergeant Ballan o• 04 Mr. Aobinson appeared for the defendant ______,....,.. ...._ for trial and discharged the other. The discharged prisoner was immediately reapprehended as a de serter from the 19th Foot. ;Accibents and Offences. A VERY SERIOUS OCCURRENCE took place late on Monday night, at Charles Hen r y- street, S parkbrook Bit mingnam, in which a shoem a k er , named William' Jackley, was stabbed in the left side, near the heart, by Thomas Holder, also a shoem a k er . H older had gone home in the evening in a state of intoxication, quarrelled with his wife, and attempt e d to str i ke her with a kettle of boiling water. A crowd consequently collected, and marked their sen se o f Holder's conductby shouting, and pitching stone s at t h e d oor. He became frightfully excited, and seizing a large sho e . maker's knife, the blade of which was sharp up to the hilt, with a point almost as fine as a lancet, he rushed into the street. He was, however, pushed back into the house, and was next seen with two of his children at a window. Many of the bystanders, thinking that be intended to murder the children, crowded round the window more nearly ; Jackley, who was a neigh- bour, being amongst the number. He had not, how. ever, advanced far, when Holder made a blow at him through the window, and in an instant after Jackley fell, exclaiming, " I've got it." A policeman came up at the moment the stab was given, and rushing in, seized Holder, while the assistance of a medical gentleman was obtained. The wounded man was picked up insensible, and conveyed to the Queen's Hospital, at which institution be now lies, hovering between life and death. At the police court, on Tuesday, Holder was brought up on the charge of attempted murder, but the case was remanded to wait the result ot the injuries to the wounded man. AN APPALLING ACCIDENT, resulting in the death of Miss Mary Richmond, the daughter of a clergyman, residing in the county of Gloucester, and a grand daughter of the famous Leigh Richmond, has occurred at Clifton. Miss Richmond, who was about eighteen years of age, was on a visit to a connection ot her family, residing near Richmond-park, Clifton. Recently she was observed to wander to a cliff, called the Lion's-head OK which stands at an eleva tion of upwards of 300 feet from the road below, and from which is obtained magnificent views of the Avon, the Hotwells, the Leigh Woods, Ashton, and the surrounding scenery. From this tremendous height the young lady fell. Just before her fall she was stooping over the cliff in avery dangerous position, as if endeavouring to gather one of the rock plants which grow in the crevices of the limestone formation, and it is supposed that in her efforts to reach it she over•balanc.ad herself. In her descent she ass ob served to beat against the projecting points of the cliff, and finally to pitch ou bet hoed on the winding road which skirts the river. Assistance was at one • afforded, but she was beyond the reach of any hums aid, having been dashed almost liter ally to pieces. Her face was shockingly torn and mangled, .her lower jaw being broken and forced in on one side. several nbs and her arms and thighs broken, and the flesh of her legs torn and lacerated. This . is the fourth or fifth accident of the kind which, during the last twenty years, has occurred from the same cliff. At the inquest a verdict of " Accidental death " was returned. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT occurred to Mr. Simon Watson Taylor, M.P. for the borough of Devizes, while shooting, last week, in company with the Rev. May)w Wynell Mayow, rector of Market Lavingtoni Wilts. On coming to a small plantation on Erchfont Down the two gentlemen separated, the one taking the upper anti the other the lower side. Shortly afterwards Mr. Mayow observed a rustling among the furze, and imagining that it was a hare immediately discharged his gun. Unfortunately Mr. Watson Taylor was in the way, and received part of the charge in his face, several of the shots entering one of h:s eyes. The unfortunate sufferer was conveyed to Erchfont as soon as possible, and medical aid pe , - cured, but it is much feared that this lamentable accident will involve the total loss of the sight of the injured eye. THE LATE COLLISION on the Eastern Counties at Six-mile Bottom, on the night of Saturday the 9:h inst., has been investigated by the magistrates, Ino have committed Henry Ward, the driver of the train, ifor having caused the death of the guard, Charles Titmarsh. A MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT occurred yesterday week. n Stratherrick. Some members of the family of Mr. Gentle, tacksman of Dell, had occasion to drive into Inverness on that morning, and two of the younger daughters, Sarah and Helen Gentle, accom panied the party as far as " The Line." Here they parted, and the young girls, full of life and gaiety. and animated by the fineness of the weather. struck across the moor to a lonely little loch among the hills called Loch Kemph ; about a mile divant from the . house of Dell. They were accustomed to go to thi place with friends nu fishing and 413POting excursion ~-