The Press. — London, England, 1855-09-29 00:00:00

936 terrified and tried to escape from the room, but the pri soner intercepted them, and made a blow at her cousin, which knocked her down on the landing. He then at'.acked her sister, and knocked her down with such Tio lence that she became almost senseless, and while witness was trying to pass him he struck her down by a blow in the face, which bruised one of her eyes severely. Mary Fieldwick and Ellen Knowles, sister and cousin of the first complainant, both of whom exhibited indications of the ill-usage they had sustained front the prisoner, cor roborated her evidence in its chief particulars, and added that they were still suffering from the treatment to which they had been subjected. The prisoner declared that he had been drinking to such an extent that he had not the slightest recollection of anything that had occurred, and appealed to the first three witnesses as to his general character. They did not think lie would have so acted if he had not been intoxi cated ; but Mr. Hammill sentenced him to three months' hard labour in the House of Correction for hi, attacks upon the female complainants, and in addition to pay a penalty of 40s„ or another month's impriasnmeut in default, for his assault upon the fourth witness. The penalty was not paid, and the prisoner was there fore committed for the whole four months. THE DISCHARGED NURSE FROM THE CRIMEA, Jane Gibson by name, and who has been several times remanded at the Southwark Police-court, charged with having in her possession a vast amount of linen and other property, stolen from the hospital stores at Scutari and Kullalee, was brought up for final examination on Wednesday, when Mr. Seeker said it would be useless to pursue a criminal charge against her here, as the offence was committed abroad, though there was not the least doubt that she had come by the property dishonestly. It was fortunate for her that the whole transaction had taken place beyond the English law. She was then ordered to be discharged. *ands intb . Man RAILWAY PASSENGERS should be careful of dozing while on their journey. A gentleman, travelling from Glasgow to Paisley, was robbed of 10/. while i❑ a first-class carriage. He recollects leaning back and losing his consciousness, and while in that state it is supposed that chloroform was administered to him by three well-dressed young men who were his fellow passengers, so as to enable them to search his person. He remained unconscious till he reached Greenock, and so had the mortification of being taken out of his way as well as of losing his money.. AIRTHRIE CASTLE, the seat of Lord Abercrombie, was entered by burglars in the early part of the week, and robbed of a considerable quantity of plate, jewellery, and other valuable articles of vertu. The thieves have as yet succeeded in escaping every effort of the police, but the vigilance and skill of the authorities will doubtless soon hit off the right track. The value of the articles stolen is said to amount to several thousand pounds. ACCIDENT TO MR. LIDDELL, M.P.—On Wednes day night last as Mr. Liddell's coachman was driving along the road near the Cramlington Colliery, in the north, the carriage fell over into a hole, and the horses dragged the carriage with great force down the unprotected embankment of the road, which was undergoing repairs. The coachman was thrown nto the adjoining field, and two ladies and Mr. Liddell were buried beneath the carriage. Fortu nately, the coachman was able to hold down the heads of the horses until Me. Liddell and the tw ladies were extricated—one of the latter was very severely hurt. The carriage was completely broken, and the horses much injured. CHANCE -MEDLEY—a curious verdiot,as it seems tons, to be given by a coroner's jury—has been returned in the case of an inquest held at Liverpool, on the body of a newly-born infant named Price. The doctor ordered it a dose of castor-oil. There was a bottle in the house, and a girl was told to bring it from a certain shelf. She brought the first bottle she saw, which proved to be vitriol, the nurse poured a tea spoonful down the throat of the unfortunate baby, who died in great agony from the effects. The ver dict of " Chance-medley " returned by the jury was, in the coroner's opinion, nearly equal to manslaugh ter—though we know of no legal scale of equivalent to justify his remark—and would be understood, be said, to convey a censure upon the nurse for not using more care on the occasion. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER ON SNOW-KlLL.—George Mulley was yesterday re-examined at the Guildhall Police court, charged with attempting the murder of Ellen Mulley, on the morning of the 21st inst. A police.officer said he had been to the hospital that morning, and found that, although the woman was better, she was not yet in a fit condition to appear in court. Under these circumstances Alderman Hum phrey remanded the prisoner until this day week, at the same time giving instructions that, in the event of the woman getting worse, he should be informed of the fact, in order that he might go to the hospital to take her deposition. THE PRESS. LUCIFER-MATCHES have been the supposed cause of a fire at Deal, which broke out on the premises of Mr. Chitty, miller, on Thursday morning. The damage at present known is one very large barn, several straw-stacks, and one stack of fodder, all burnt to the ground. The sparks extended some distance to property belonging to Mr. Monday, and destroyed outhouses, stables, &c.; also to his tenant Mr. Elliott's property, consisting of stacks of straw, fodder, &c. The property of Mr. Chitty is insured in the Guardian Fire-office. The fire is supposed to have originated from some children playing with Weider. matches. Cif 'glring. WAR•OFFICE, SEPT. 23. 64th Foot—Major-General James Freeth, to be Colonel. let West India Regiment—Lieutenant-General ( Sir Geo. Bowles, K.C.13., to be Colonel. 4th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant G. M. Morgan to be Captain ; Lieutenant Robert Gunter to be Captain ; Cornet G. A. Muttlebury to be Lieutenant. 13th Light Dragoons—Captain Henry Holden to be Major; Lieutenant E. R. King to be Captain; Cornet Henry 0 Munn to be Lieutenant. 15th Light Dragoons—Cornet H. B. Wright t) be Cornet, without purchase. 16th Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Armstrong to be Captain; Ensign Henry Kelsall to be Lieutenant. 20th Foot—Charles Verey, Gent., to be Ensign. 28th Foot—Lieutenant James Williams to be Captain; Ensign J. W. Kingsley to be Lieutenant, without purchase. 33rd Foot—Sergeant Major George Toseland to be Ensign, without purchase; Ensign G. Toseland to be Adjutant. 38th Foot—William Gerard Byron, Gent., to be Ensign. 39th Foot—To be Ensigns—Copner Francis Oldfield, Gent.; Samuel Fyson, Gent.; John Bartholomew Con ballis, Gent. 42nd Foot—Ensign W. P. Hesketh to be Lieutenant; Fife Allan, Gent., to be Ensign. 47th Foot—Thos. Baillie Thomson, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. both Foot—Lieutenant John Thompson to be Captain, without purchase ; Ensign H. B. Chichester to be Lieu tenant, without purchase ; George Edge, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. 86th Foot—Captain Henry W. Gordon to be Captain ; Lieutenant M. Lepper to be Captain. 88th Foot—To he Captains, without purchase—Lieu tenant W. C. Pearson; Lieutenant H, H. Day. 92nd Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant -Colonel G. E. Thorod to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ; Brevet-Major Robert M. Sutherland to be Major, without purchase. To be Captains, without purchase—Lieutenants G. Stott, E. C. B. Elphinstone, C. Parsons, and J. A. M'Donald. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensigns P. F. Gooch, T. Gordon, and W. H. Shafto. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Ensigns H. A. Ellis, and Francis Roberts. 97th Foot—Ensign A. R. N. Gould to be Lieutenant, without purchase; Samuel Slater, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. 99th Foot—Lieutenant F. W. Despard to be Captain, without purchase ; Lieutenant L. J. Nunn to be Captain ; Ensign Charles Will. Quin to be Lieutenant, without pur chase ; George Richards Harvey, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. lst West India Regiment—Alexander M. William Sam son, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Ensign C. R. Wil liams to be Lieutenant, without purchase; Lieutenant George Mignan Inner to be Adjutant. St. Helena Regiment—Acting Assistant-Surgeon James Jardine, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon. Land Transport Corps—William Handyside to be Second Captain. Provisional Depot Battalion— Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. James Lyon Browne to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Invalid Depot—Paymaster Charles Schomburg Thomas to be Paymaster. British German Legion: Ist Rifle Battalion—Francis Warren, Esq. to be Paymaster. Hospital Staff—Assistant-Surgeon James Fraser, M.D., to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class; Assistant- Surgeon Andrew Leith Adams, M.D., to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class ; Assistant-Surgeon Robert William Woolcom be to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces. BREVET. Major-General Sir J. L. Pennefather, 1C.C.8., to have the local rank of Lieutenant-General in the Island of Malta. Colonel Edward Macarthur, Unattached, to have the local rank of Major-General in Australia. Colonel James Robertson Crawfurd, to have the local rank of Brigadier-Ceneral in Turkey Major and Brevet-Colonel A. G. Blachford, of the 34th Foot, having been promoted to the Brevet Rank of Lieu tenant-Colonel on 7th June, 1849, for service in the field, and having consequently completed six years service in that rank on 7th June, 1855, to be Colonel in the Army, in conformity with the memorandum dated Ist May, 1855, his commission to bear date 7th June, 1835. The undermentioned Cadets of the East India Com pany's Service to have the local and temporary rank of Ensign during the period of their being placed under the command of Colonel Sandham, of the Royal Engineers at Chatham, for field instructions in the art of sapping and mining :—Henry Cecil Moore, G ent. ; Harvey Rhodes Faber, Gent. SATURDAY, The undermentioned officers, having been selected for service with the Turkish Contingent, to have a step of local rank while so employed : To have the local rank of ➢lajor—George Caldwell Dickins, Esq. To have the local rank of Captain—Lieutenants Joseph Hind, F. C. Harbin . ) , Williams, and Newton Charles Chichester. _ . . To have the local rank of Assistant•Surgeon—William Isaac Spencer, Gent. To have the local rank of Acting Assistant• Surgeon - Ernest Simpson, Gent.; George Barnes Mowbray Black, Gent. The undermentioned officers to have a step of local rank while employed with the Irregular Cavalry under the com• mand of Major• General Ileatson : To have the local rank of Captain—William Gill V. O. Bridgman. To have the local rank of Lieutenant in Turkey—W. 11. Ward, Gent. The undermentioned gentlemen to have the local rank in rurkey of Veterinary Surgeons while attached to the Land Transport Corps of the Turkish Contingent—Fred. de Fair Elkes, Gent, and Charles Moir, Gent. _ _ , , The undermentioned gentlemen to have a step of local rank in Turkey while attached to the army serving under his Excellency Omer Pacha : To have the local rank of Assistant Inspector of Hospi tals—Alexander Farquhar, Esq. To have the local rank of Surgeon—Frederick Le Mesurier, Esq., S. D. Bird, Esq., Thomas Buzzard, Esq., George Robert Cubitt, Esq., Horatio Edsall, Esq., Charles Frederick Edward, Esq., John Bake Husband, Esq., Rout. Brudenell Carter, Esq., John Netten Radcliffe, Esq., Richard Forde Foote, Esq.. Augustus Pont, Esq., Habeeb Risk Allah Effendi, James Phillips, Esq., Henry Kiallmark, Esq., and John T. Jenkins, Esq. The local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in Turkey, while serving in the Irregular Cavalry under the command of Major-General Beatson, conferred on James St. John Munro, and published in the Gazelle of 31st August, IS, has been cancelled. SErr. 28. ARMY WORKS Conrs.—William Thomas Doyne, Esq., to be Chief Superintendent. Scots Fusilier Guards—Frederick Palmer, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, without purchase. BREVET.—Captain and Brevet-Major the Hon. Leicester Curzon, of the Rifle Brigade, the bearer of the despatch announcing the brilliant and important success achieved by the army under the command of General Simpson, and the capture of Sebastopol, to be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the army. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 27. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant Frederick Edward Budd to be Captain; Second Lieutenant James Sinai' to be First Lieutenant. littlLYET.—Captain Franciß Augustus llalliday to be Major. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Detachments from the depot battalions at Limerick and Birr, comprising the 9th, 17th, 21st, 39th, 57th, 63rd, and 89th depots, are to send out to Malta 3 captains, 19 subalterns, 11 sergeants, 30 drummers, and 404 rank and file. No man under 18 years of age is to embark. The 7th company, 13th battalion, of the Royal Artillery, under the command of Captain Cannon, embarked for Corfu yesterday. In consequence of the ill health of Captain Cannon, the order fir him to accompany his company has been countermanded. The Arabia steam-transport left Portsmouth on Wednesday evening for the East. The Hansa steam transport is ordered to be paid out of the transport service. The receiving•ship Hibernia will go out et Hanaoaze, Plymouth, on Tuesday next, preparatory to sailing for Malta. Lord Seaton and Colonel Gordon Higgins have determined to brigade several of the militia artillery regiments at the Curragh. A local paper reports that the Stirling Militia regi ment, which has already given more men iu propor tion to the line than any other Scotch militia regiment, took a very decided step on Monday last. Upon parade, a large portion of the men simul taneously stepped out of their ranks and took a station a pace or two in advance. When asked by the adjutant what this meant, they replied that they wished an opportunity to volunteer for foreign ser vice. When next day the case was formally laid before the officers of the regiment, they also con sented, and thus the corps, in all but a formal acceptance by the military authorities, stands ready for foreign service. The reserve battalion of the 91st Regiment arrived at Plymouth io H.M.S. Penelope last night, from the Cape, where it has been stationed for several years. With the exception of the 12th, the 91st is the only regiment with a reserve battalion, and when the two battalions are amalgamated a very strong well seasoned regiment will be available for the Crimean service. The Ist battalion of the 91st is at Athens at present. The Great Tasmania transport sailed on Wednes day afternoon, from Plymouth, with the 3rd Middle sex Militia, for Corfu. Admiral Sir Charles Napier is about to visit Devon port. He will be the guest of Admiral Sir J. 11. Plumridge.