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The Week.
and which produced a pleasing effect . A concert , in which several of the leading vocalists now iu London took part , was afterwards hold ; and a variety of outdoor games and amusements concluded the day . The weather was all that could he desired . On Monday , according to ancient custom , a boat race took p lace among six young watermen in the first year after the
close of their apprenticeship , for Doggett ' s Coat and Badge . According to the liberal arrangements , all the six rowers obtained prizes varying in value with their position in the race , but the interest was confined to the two watermen Coombes and Kilsby , who soon distanced all the other competitors , and kept up an exciting race to the end , the former winning by
about ten boats'lengths . ——The Commander-in-Chief has made an official report to the Secretary at War , of the condition of the volunteers whom he recently reviewed on AA'imbledoncommon . Amidst much praise , his Royal Highness points out some defects , and dwells on the . necessity of giving increased attention to company and battalion
drill . He also suggests that if there were fewer large gatherings of volunteers—not more than three or four in the course of a season , -when the members would be able to leave their employments in larger numbers , and perhaps for a whole day , instead of the mere fragment of one—the regiments would then be better filled up and the movements
more extended than it is possible to make them now . A general meeting of the committee and members of the Newspaper Fund was held on Saturday at the Freemasons' Tavern , Lord Houghton in the chair . From the report read it appeared that the fund is in a very flourishing condition , a sum of more than £ 1 , 300 now standing to the credit of the Association . Several instances were alluded to of cases of distress which had been relieved by the committee , and of application for relief
which unfortunately could not be complied with consistently with the rules of the Society , as neither the applicants nor their immediate relatives were subscribers to the fund . It was agreed to hold another meeting on an early day for the revision of the rules and the remodelling of the executive , both rendered necessary by the extension in point of numbers that the Association has of late received ; but there was
a general expression of opinion , in which the chairman concurred , against any alteration in the fundamental rule that subscribers only shall he entitled to partake of the benefits of the fund . The ship in which the murderer of Mr . Briggs is supposed to have taken passage to New York was spoken on Monday , 63 miles off Cape Clear . She has thus made but very
small progress ; while the persons first despatched in search of the fugitive are , no doubt , hy this time iu New York . The Yelverton case , we are informed by Miss Longworth , has not by any means terminated , and she declares that , as she is an honest woman in the sight of heaven , she will defend her honour to the last pulsation of her heart . She is advised that the
opinion given by the Law Lords last week against the legality of her marriage is merely an opinion until it is affirmed , or in legal phrase , "extracted" by the High Court of Session in Scotland , and before that an examination on oath will take place . She therefore appeals to the public to suspend their judgment until this last ordeal has been tried . At the
Surrey assizes the man Nash was tried for the indecent assault on the young lady who got out of the carriage at the risk of her life to avoid him . The evidence was much the same as that given before tho magistrates , and the jury found him guilty . He was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour . At the Maidstone Assizes several young men , living at Tunbridge-wells , have heen placed at the bar on the charge of being concerned in some riotous proceedings
that took place lately in that town . It seems that a medical man at the place had made a complaint to the Home Secretary of the defective sanitary arrangements there , which had led to disease . An inspector sent down from the Home Office reported that this- was not the case , and the lower classes , feeling indignant at the aspersion on their town , burnt the doctor in effigy and broke his windows . On the case
being opened , Baron Martin suggested that it was a case for arrangement , and in the end the prisoners were dismissed on their own recognisances , and an engagement to pay £ 20 for the damage done . At the Lincoln assizes , Martha Howell , a schoolmistress , was tried for shooting at Emma Johnson with intent to murder her , at Corringham , on the 17 th June .
The prisoner has been for nine years mistress of the National School at Springthorpe , near Gainsborough . She was convicted and sentenced to four years' penal servitude . William Willis was put upon his trial at the Cambridge Assizes for the murder of Maria Hunt , an old lady of 70 years of age . The jury , considering the identity of the prisoner not clearly
established , returned a verdict of not guilty . A singular question arose at the Manchester Assizes on Saturday . In a railway compensation case tried before Chief Justice Cockburn , which was heard hy a special jury , damages were given to the amount of £ 3 , 000 , the sum claimed being only £ 2 , 000 . The plaintiff ' s counsel sought to amend the declaration , but his
Lordship took time to consider the point . —Ann Leslie was charged with shooting at John Whalley , a Mane-hester merchant , with intent to murder him . The occurrence was on the 22 nd of March last . In defence it was urged that the prisoner only intended to frighten the prosecutor , to compel him to comply with applications she had made for money . A verdict of not guilty was returned by the jurv . —Cyrus Francis , convicted of
attempting to murder his wife by giving her a cake containing a quantity of antimony and a number of crooked pins , was sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude . —On the conclusion of their lahours , the Grand Jury handed in a presentment to Mr . Baron Pigott , urging the expediency of executing sentences of death within the prison -walls , instead of publicly , as at present . The learned Judge expressed no opinion upon
the subject of the presentment , hut promised to comply with the request of the Grand Jury that he would forward it to the Secretary of State . At the Guildford Assizes the grand jury threw out the bill against the two labouring men at Penge , who were charged with the murder of a woman there , Mr . Justice AVilles in his charge intimating doubts both on the
point whether the woman had died from violence , or whether if she did , there was prima facie evidence of the prisoners being with her . On the same occasion the learned judge spoke strongly of the course adopted by the railway officials in case of the Egham accident at the time of the late Ascot races , and expressed a wish that the managers and not the inferior
agents only coulcl be made responsible . The grand jury found a true bill against the driver and stoker of tho train which caused the accident . On Wednesday the driver and fireman of the train were put on their trial for manslaughter . The facts of the case were fully set forth , and the regulations made by the managers for the traffic on the race days were put in .
These were severely commented on by the judge , who was at first of opinion that there was no case against the prisoners , as their superiors , and not they , were responsible for all that happened . He decided , however , on sending the case to the jury , hut the jury interposed , and said they were unanimously of his lordship ' s opinion , and the prisoners were discharged . At the Middlesex Sessions John AVilliams was found guilty of stealing a watch from the person of Mr . Roberts at Uxbridge .
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The Week.
and which produced a pleasing effect . A concert , in which several of the leading vocalists now iu London took part , was afterwards hold ; and a variety of outdoor games and amusements concluded the day . The weather was all that could he desired . On Monday , according to ancient custom , a boat race took p lace among six young watermen in the first year after the
close of their apprenticeship , for Doggett ' s Coat and Badge . According to the liberal arrangements , all the six rowers obtained prizes varying in value with their position in the race , but the interest was confined to the two watermen Coombes and Kilsby , who soon distanced all the other competitors , and kept up an exciting race to the end , the former winning by
about ten boats'lengths . ——The Commander-in-Chief has made an official report to the Secretary at War , of the condition of the volunteers whom he recently reviewed on AA'imbledoncommon . Amidst much praise , his Royal Highness points out some defects , and dwells on the . necessity of giving increased attention to company and battalion
drill . He also suggests that if there were fewer large gatherings of volunteers—not more than three or four in the course of a season , -when the members would be able to leave their employments in larger numbers , and perhaps for a whole day , instead of the mere fragment of one—the regiments would then be better filled up and the movements
more extended than it is possible to make them now . A general meeting of the committee and members of the Newspaper Fund was held on Saturday at the Freemasons' Tavern , Lord Houghton in the chair . From the report read it appeared that the fund is in a very flourishing condition , a sum of more than £ 1 , 300 now standing to the credit of the Association . Several instances were alluded to of cases of distress which had been relieved by the committee , and of application for relief
which unfortunately could not be complied with consistently with the rules of the Society , as neither the applicants nor their immediate relatives were subscribers to the fund . It was agreed to hold another meeting on an early day for the revision of the rules and the remodelling of the executive , both rendered necessary by the extension in point of numbers that the Association has of late received ; but there was
a general expression of opinion , in which the chairman concurred , against any alteration in the fundamental rule that subscribers only shall he entitled to partake of the benefits of the fund . The ship in which the murderer of Mr . Briggs is supposed to have taken passage to New York was spoken on Monday , 63 miles off Cape Clear . She has thus made but very
small progress ; while the persons first despatched in search of the fugitive are , no doubt , hy this time iu New York . The Yelverton case , we are informed by Miss Longworth , has not by any means terminated , and she declares that , as she is an honest woman in the sight of heaven , she will defend her honour to the last pulsation of her heart . She is advised that the
opinion given by the Law Lords last week against the legality of her marriage is merely an opinion until it is affirmed , or in legal phrase , "extracted" by the High Court of Session in Scotland , and before that an examination on oath will take place . She therefore appeals to the public to suspend their judgment until this last ordeal has been tried . At the
Surrey assizes the man Nash was tried for the indecent assault on the young lady who got out of the carriage at the risk of her life to avoid him . The evidence was much the same as that given before tho magistrates , and the jury found him guilty . He was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour . At the Maidstone Assizes several young men , living at Tunbridge-wells , have heen placed at the bar on the charge of being concerned in some riotous proceedings
that took place lately in that town . It seems that a medical man at the place had made a complaint to the Home Secretary of the defective sanitary arrangements there , which had led to disease . An inspector sent down from the Home Office reported that this- was not the case , and the lower classes , feeling indignant at the aspersion on their town , burnt the doctor in effigy and broke his windows . On the case
being opened , Baron Martin suggested that it was a case for arrangement , and in the end the prisoners were dismissed on their own recognisances , and an engagement to pay £ 20 for the damage done . At the Lincoln assizes , Martha Howell , a schoolmistress , was tried for shooting at Emma Johnson with intent to murder her , at Corringham , on the 17 th June .
The prisoner has been for nine years mistress of the National School at Springthorpe , near Gainsborough . She was convicted and sentenced to four years' penal servitude . William Willis was put upon his trial at the Cambridge Assizes for the murder of Maria Hunt , an old lady of 70 years of age . The jury , considering the identity of the prisoner not clearly
established , returned a verdict of not guilty . A singular question arose at the Manchester Assizes on Saturday . In a railway compensation case tried before Chief Justice Cockburn , which was heard hy a special jury , damages were given to the amount of £ 3 , 000 , the sum claimed being only £ 2 , 000 . The plaintiff ' s counsel sought to amend the declaration , but his
Lordship took time to consider the point . —Ann Leslie was charged with shooting at John Whalley , a Mane-hester merchant , with intent to murder him . The occurrence was on the 22 nd of March last . In defence it was urged that the prisoner only intended to frighten the prosecutor , to compel him to comply with applications she had made for money . A verdict of not guilty was returned by the jurv . —Cyrus Francis , convicted of
attempting to murder his wife by giving her a cake containing a quantity of antimony and a number of crooked pins , was sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude . —On the conclusion of their lahours , the Grand Jury handed in a presentment to Mr . Baron Pigott , urging the expediency of executing sentences of death within the prison -walls , instead of publicly , as at present . The learned Judge expressed no opinion upon
the subject of the presentment , hut promised to comply with the request of the Grand Jury that he would forward it to the Secretary of State . At the Guildford Assizes the grand jury threw out the bill against the two labouring men at Penge , who were charged with the murder of a woman there , Mr . Justice AVilles in his charge intimating doubts both on the
point whether the woman had died from violence , or whether if she did , there was prima facie evidence of the prisoners being with her . On the same occasion the learned judge spoke strongly of the course adopted by the railway officials in case of the Egham accident at the time of the late Ascot races , and expressed a wish that the managers and not the inferior
agents only coulcl be made responsible . The grand jury found a true bill against the driver and stoker of tho train which caused the accident . On Wednesday the driver and fireman of the train were put on their trial for manslaughter . The facts of the case were fully set forth , and the regulations made by the managers for the traffic on the race days were put in .
These were severely commented on by the judge , who was at first of opinion that there was no case against the prisoners , as their superiors , and not they , were responsible for all that happened . He decided , however , on sending the case to the jury , hut the jury interposed , and said they were unanimously of his lordship ' s opinion , and the prisoners were discharged . At the Middlesex Sessions John AVilliams was found guilty of stealing a watch from the person of Mr . Roberts at Uxbridge .