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London, England, 1860-05-19 00:00:00

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Mr. Hirt, the husband of the unfortunate woman,
was called, but: stated that he knew nothing of the
case ; he
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.been separated from the deceased
woman for 10 years.
William Ridden, 152, Brick-lane Spitalfielkl.3,
deposed that the deceased man Raclden was his
bi-Other ; lie als6 knew nothing of the case,
Jamey Widdicks, living at Hoitor, said that the
helped to take the body of the deceased man stir of
the itt.-gerit's Canal. On Tuesday morning h foitod
a cap on the towing-path of the Regent's Canal.
The cap was recognised as belonging to poor Joe,
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the deceased. He got the body out on the Vircclites-
day morning, and it was removed to the workhouse.
He knew nothing of how the body got into the
canal.
Mr. Clark said he examined the body. of Ridden
soon after it was taken out of the water. The hands
were- tied with a handkerchief; the right coat
sleeve, the right pocket of the coat, and the wrist-
band were spotted with blood. There were no
marks of violence on the body to account for death.
Death was caused by suffocation produced by
drowning.
The Coroner, in summing up, pointed out the
facts bearing on the occurrence, and alluded par-
ticularly to the evidence of Mrs. Webb, who was
visited by Madden at two o'clock on Tuesday morn-
ing.

PraCTE 414. STAMPED, 511.

time over which their career extends, the grandest
things in existence. The Ist Regiment of European
Fusileers. numbers thirteen great battles—every
battle a victory against tremendous odds, and every
victory a conquest of an enormous territory-. These
heroes- of our Indian Empire have continued in
succession undcgenerate to the present day. At
Delhi they were as good as any of the Royal re-
giments, and better than most. It was right, there-
fore, to pause before Nv e destroyed an " institution"
like this, and with such a history. But, on the
other hand, the hopelessness of utibrolsen Indian
service—no .vision even afar off of a return to home,
except to die—give a character of desperation to
this corps, which induced a laxity of discipline.
The recent example of general insubordination
and practical desertion was not encouraging or de-
sirable to be maintained as a precedent in an exist-
leg force. If it had been in full and thriving exist-
ence it would not have been prudent to destroy it ;
but now t hat it is by its own act defunct it has been
thought unwise so revive it. The old system, with
all its advantages, had the disadvantage of having
under the same Queen two armies, with two dif-
ferent systems of promotion, pay, and allowances,
serving side by side. For this it is now determined
to substitute one Imperial Army, taking its turn of
duty throughout the British Empire in all its home
provinces and foreign dependencies.
In principle there can be no doubt about the
propriety of this resolve; bdt itijexpediency is not
quite so clear as it might seem upon this general
statement. The object is one of undoubted advan-
tage, but the details are of almost insurmountable
difficulty. Although the min of the Sepoy Army
and of the European Army are destroyed, dispersed,
or disbanded, the office rs remain. Many of these
have undoubtedly been already provided for in the
police or in civil employments in India, but many
remain still without employ. What system can be
adopted whereby these officers can be draughted
into the Royal Army without injury to those privi-
leges which are secured to them by Act of Parlia-
ment, and which are to them a lawful property ?
The nominal rank of an officer in the Company's
service and in the Queen's service had no identity
whatever. In the Company's service the pay was
very much greater and the promotion was very
much slower. It happened, therefore, that a cap-
tain in the company's service often had a very con-
siderable income, and the command of a most im-
portant force ; whereas his rank, if he were
draughted into the Queen's Army, would reduce
him to the command of a company, and to one-
tenth of his ancient pay. It is not competent to
us here to enter into the details of the arrangements
by which this great difficulty is to be met, but it is
obvious that very liberal treatment must be set
before the Indian officers to induce them to give
up their present advantages and to subside into
the general mass of the British Army. One
happy occasion offers of easing the roughness of
this transition. There must be of necessity a
special Indian Staff department for all the branches
of Indian service. Ultimately this will be filled by
Imperial officers who choose Indian studies as their
early occupation, and who elect to make India their
career; but for the present it will probably form
a means of employment to many of the Indian offi-
cers who may not find a compen§ation for their
previous position in their corresponding rank in
the Queen's Army.
This is a very difficult problem to be worked out
and a very desirable object to be attained. It seems
to us that, if the Government honestly undertake
it, with a view to do as fairly as they can by all
parties, they ought to be aided by indulgent criti-
cism and a general support. It is not to be expected
that every one can be satisfied ; it is scarcely to be
hoped that sonic real grievances will not occur. But
we must remember that the old system has sunk
under our feet, that it is not we who are destroy-
ing, but that we are called upon to reconstruct;
and that, having to reconstruct, we have some right
to ask of the old materials to be content with the
best places we can give them in the new edifice.
We must do them no wrong, but we must ask them
to bear with us while we adapt them to the utilities
of a new era.— Times.

The court was then cleared, and after a short
deliberation the jurpteturned the following ver-
dict :—" That the deceased Ellen Hart was wilfully
murdered by Joseph Radden ; that the said Joseph
Radden was found dead in the Regent's Canal by
suffocation by drowning; and although there was
no evidence on that point the jury believed that he
destroyed his own life." The inquiry then termi-
nated.

THE MURDER AND SUICIDE IN SIIOREDITCFL