The Press. — London, England, 1856-10-18 00:00:00

994 value of the oil-cake—that in the subsequent crops, taking the general average, that loss would be the best investment he could make. As 71bs. of beans would make 11b. of mutton, he believed they would lose very little by feeding with beans ; and he did maintain that by feeding off a crop with cake or corn, and not feeding it off in the subsequent crops, made a difference of one quarter of wheat and two or three quarters of barley per acre; and at the present prices what was that loss? It they got eight bushels in stead of seven it was evident they were the gainers. Ile was particular on this point, because he knew the majority of the farmers of England did not feed off their green crops with cake or corn. Was he right ? (Yes.) Mr. Mechi concluded his speech with a defence of all his former undertakings, maintaining that he " had not suffered a loss." His operations had been made upon common-sense calculations, and upon principles which had produced large results. THE MAJORITY OF VISCOUNT 3TORMONT was cele brated last week at Scone, with great rejoicings. With hardly an exception, the whole body of the Earl of Mansfield's tenantry, ranging over four counties anal twenty-seven parishes, were present, besides a large party of distinguished noblemen and gentlemen, friends of the noble earl. Among the distinguished party were—the Duke of Atholl, Lord James Murray, Lord Kinnaird, Lord Strathallan, and Viscount Dupplin. At four o'clock the tenantry as sembled in the great hall, where an address of wel come to Lord Stormont was read by Mr. Bogie, of Balcanquhal, one of the tenantry on the noble earl's estates. Lord Stormont, in his reply, modestly re ferred to his services in the Crimea. The company then adjourned to the pavilion, where dinner was served. The Earl of Mansfield presided, and the evening was spent with much enjoyment, THE CASTLE HOWARD REFORMATORY INSTITUTE was formally discussed at a public meeting at York last week, at which Lord Bolton presided, supported by Lord Wenlo. Lord Teignmouth, Lord Greenock, and several local members of Parliament. The school was opened in May last in some provisional building given by Lord Carlisle. For the clearer understanding of the financial prospects of the society, the committee presented an estimate of the annual receipts and expenditure, which may be ex pected on the assumption that the school contained forty pupils. On the side of expenditure the calcu lation stands as follows :—Food and clothing, with coals and candles, 6401.; rent of the land, with rates and taxes, 701.; salaries, allowances, and wages, 335/. ; general expenses of the society and school, 1001.; making a total of 1,1451. On the other side of the account the society may expect to receive at the end of a year during which the school shall have contained forty pupils :-Ist. Government allow slices, for maintenance of pupils, for half the salaries of two masters, for half the rent of building and farm, 9181. 2nd. Produce of farms, after pay ing for seeds and manure, 1001. 3d. Present amount of annual subscriptions, 180/. ; making a total of 1,198/. On this calcul ation there would appear to be a balance of 53/. in favour of the society ; but against this is to be placed the neces siiy which the committee foresee for increased means of superintendence and tuition, when the number of pupils shall have been multiplied. Several speeches were made, resolutions in support of the society were carried, and a committee ap pointed to carry on the work. The Earl of Carlisle was nominated as president for the ensuing year. THE BUILDING FOR THE MANCHESTER EXHIBITION, it is confidently asserted by the local papers, will be completed by the lit of January next. A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE exploded at Bolhow and Vaughan's Iron Works, Middlebro', 011 Thursday afternoon ; the engineer of the works and three men were killed. rtlaitt. THE RECEPTION OF THE LORD LIEUTENANT in Belfast on his visit to Lord Massarene, is reported as having been very cordial. MR. TRISTRAM KENNEDY, M.P., has addressed long epistle to the Irish constituencies on a plan suggested in a notice of motion which stands in his name in the books of the House of Commons for the ensuing session, namely, that of appointing standing committees of. the English, Scotch, and Irish members respectively, to prepare and digest the measures affecting their several countries pre vious to their being submitted for the consideration of the whole house. THE BODY OF THE BARON DE BOBECK has been found in the Liffey. At the coroner's inquest a verdict of " Accidental death " was returned. A QUARREL had occurred in the Curragh Camp on the 13th inst., and a soldier of the 18th regiment was killed by another private of the 50th. AT ♦ MEETING OF THE DEPOSITORS in the Thomas town branch of the Tipperary Joint-stock Bank, held this week, Colonel the Right Hon. W. F. Tighe in the chair, it was unanimously resolved THE PRESS. that " a reasonable compromise of their claims should be effected, as the best means of preventing an exhaustion of their resources by litigation." THE Tipperary Free Press mentions the rumour that James Sadleir is still in the country ; and says it is strengthened by the circumstance that a writ of certiorari has issued from the Queen's Bench, directing that the informations upon which the bill of indictment was found at the last Tipperary assizes, as well as the indictment itself, should be forwarded to Dublin by the first day of next term, November 3. This has given rise to a report that it is the intention of Mr. Sadleir to surrender and stand his trial at Dublin on the charge of conspiring to defraud. gabal anb• Alilitarg ittelligente. A GENERAL ORDER from the Horse Guards this week calls for a return of such officers and men who may be considered worthy of the war medal granted by the King of Sardinia. - - THE reported loss of the Pylades and Brilliant on the North American station is this week denied. A TRIM.. of Mr. Boydell's patent endless railway traction engine was made this week at Woolwich marshes in the presence of a number of gentlemen. Colonel Tulloch, Royal Artillery, directed the ex periments on behalf of Government. One of the heaviest guns, a 68 pounder, weighing 113 cwt. 141 b., having been mounted on a waggon to which were attached eighteen artillery horses, was conveyed to the Plumstead-marshes. The traction engine having picked up n gun of equal calibre, which, together with the engine and carriages, weighed 20tons sewt., followed, and proceeded steadily for some distance, when, from the soft state of the roads and the small power of the engine, being only of 8 horse power, the experiment could not ba completed. It was, however, considered that the object of the experi ment had been sufficiently realised. COLONEL GORDON, R.E., C. 8., A.D.C. to the Queen, will, it is said, be made Deputy Adjutant-General to the Corps of Royal Engineers, iu succession to Colonel Matson, who has retired with the honorary rank of major general. ENSIGN COBBE, of the 46th Regiment, was detected last week serving as a private in the Bth. This young officer lost his passage from the Crimea, and enlisted in the Bth on his arrival in England. He is the son of Major-General Cobbe of the Artillery. CAPTAIN W. A. WILLIS has been appointed to the vacant captaincy at Greenwich. THE UNITED STATES SCREW STEAM FRIGATE Mer rimac will, it is expected, take her departure from Southampton Water in about a week's time. Amongst the visitors of the frigate during the last week were several captains and commanders in the royal navy and military officers. On Saturday the frigate was visited by Count Puniatine, a vice-admiral in the Russian service, and aide-de-camp to the Emperor of Russia. The count commanded the Russian frigate Diana during the Russia war, when she Was chased by the English and French fleets throughout the South and North Pacific oceans, making her remarkable escape in a dense fog from the Amoor river. The remarkable shape of some of the frigate's guns has excited great curiosity, the pivot guns having the appearance of mammoth black bottles, from the enormous size of the hinder part of the guts as compared with the circumference of the gun towards'the mouth. A - NEW PISTOL has been inspected by his Royal Highness the Commander-in• Chief. The pistol is an American invention, and will receive nine charges at once, which can be delivered successively in twelve seconds. Carbines on the same principle will con tain twenty-five charges. The pistol consists of two barrels, one above the other. The lower tube con tains the charges, which consist each of a conical bullet containing its own powder, hermetically in closed by a copper capsule, filled with detonating ingredients. One pull of the trigger lifts a bullet into the upper tube, or barrel, and instantaneously discharges it. The piece rarely requires cleaning-- can be discharged many hundreds of times without detriment—and if the spiral spring, which forces the bulleit downwards, becomes injured, it can be re placed in a minute or two by an armourer. Sab3 anb Volta. MR. Ronson, the Crystal Palace clerk, was fully committed for trial on Monday by Mr. Elliott at Lambeth Police-court on a charge of stealing eight preferential shares of the company. A ROBBERY OF PICTURES from the Earl of Suffolk's gallery at Charlton park, Wiltshire, was effected yester day night week. The thieves contrived to obtain ad mission to the picture gallery, and adroitly took from their frames some valuable paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Gaspar P ouss i n , A n ib a li C aracc i, Guido, and Vandervelde. SATURDAY, A CASE OF PUGILISM ON THE BENCH is related by the Manchester Examiner this week. The three magistrates at the Hastingden Petty Sessions were granting publicans' licences. Two out of the three opposed a certain licence, and on the resistance of the third made an unkind reference to that gentle. man having married the barmaid. A blow across the face followed the remark, and a regular fight ensued in court. The barmaid's man, however, won the day, for he punished his adversaries so severely that one of them was carried fainting out of court. A LivERPOOL BARBER, one Willetts, who had been long separated from his wife, came into her shop in Tarleton-street last Saturday night, and seizing her round the neck, deliberately cut her throat. A cus tomer in the shop attempted. to rescue her, when Willetts endeavoured to treat him in the same man. Der, and severely cut him in the throat and chest. The ruffian was at length secured by the police. The man and woman are recovering. AN ATTEMPT TO POISON FOUR WITNESSES upon a trial of robbery to be tried before the Worcester Quarter Sessions occurred at Worcester on Tuesday. The four witnesses were invited by one of the pri soners out on bail to drink with him at a neighbour ing public•house. The rascal, one Tipper, a cab man, had previously sent a confederate to buy 45 grains of opium. The purchase was made, and ap pear; to have been cleverly put into the quart of beer offered to the witnesses. Three of them drank a good draft, the fourth not liking the bitter taste de clared something had been put into the beer. A discussion ensued, the sudden illness of the three drinkers excited suspicion, medical assistance was at once sent for, inquiry was made, the purchase of th e opium traced, and the affair resulted in the arrest of Tipper and his confederate, and their immediate committal to prison. THE DISPUTED ADJUDICATION OF THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK will be heard at the Court of Bank ruptcy on Monday. Mr. Commissioner Ooulburn has expressed an opinion that Bankruptcy and Chan cery proceedings may be simultaneously carried on. The summons against the Chancery manager has been dismissed. An injunction against bankruptcy proceedings has been granted by the Court of Chancery. LODGING-HOUSE LANDLADIES are by nature of a suspicious temperament. A Mr. Wright, lodging in Albany-street, Regent's-park, was about to leave his lodgings last Monday, up to that moment not having paid his rent. His landlady, fearing to be wronged, pounced out upon him as be came down stairs, and stopped him trunk in hand. Mr. Wright, being f an irascible temper, dropped the trunk on her toes, pushed her down, and tore some hair out of her head. A scene ensued, and Mr. Wright was ultimately carried off to the Maryle bone police-station. Mr. Long, satisfied of the seve rity of the assault, sentenced Mr. Wright to three months' imprisonment. This was afterwards com muted to a fine of 201. THE RAILWAY STATION-MASTER AT SWANSEA, Mr. Edward Hancorn, has been found guilty of " Man slaughter" by a coroner's jury with reference to the death of Allen, an engineer, through a collision of two cattle-trains last week. Mr. Hancorn has made his escape from the town. EXTORTIONATE ACTS OF LOW ATTORNIES, who prac tise in or hang about the purlieus of police-courts, are well known to occur frequently. Now and then they are made public by some indignant dupe. On Tuesday such a case wa3 brought before the notice of Mr. Elliott, at Lambeth. A middle-aged woman stated that in May last her son had been convicted of robbery, and sentenced to six years' penal servi tude. Some time after, a Mr. Neale, an attorney of that court, undertook to prepare a memorial to the Secretary of State on behalf of her son, which he said woutd get him off at the end of six, or at most at the termination of twelve, months' im prisonment, and for this Mr. Neale charged her 21., though, from that time to the present, l►e had not moved one step in the matter. Mr. Neale ad mitted the truth of this statement, but stated in excuse for the delay, that the depositions in the case bad been lost; when supplied with the neces sary information, he should perform his promise. The following conversation then ensued : Applicant : I don't wish you to do anything in the mat ter. You have done nothing, and, therefore, I want my two pounds back. Mr. NEALE : Then you can't have it. Do you think I am to have all my trouble for nothing? I can't do busi ness in that way. Mr. Eworr : You cannot charge for that which you have not done. It is perfectly scandalous the manner in which these people are plundered by such proceedings as one scarcely ever beard of. I cannot conceive why this poor woman should have been charged two pounds for merely drawing up a memorial or petition to the S.•cretary of State. Mr. NEALE : Your worship is not aware of the trouble. Mr. ELLIOTT : What trouble? Mr. NEALE : Well, there is going round to the jurors who tried the case, for instance, to get their names to the memorial.