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The Week.
words to our Volunteers . While he felt certain that a sense of duty would prevent a fatal feeling of lukewarmness from creeping upon our citizen soldiers , he thought it well to keep before them a less noble motive perhaps—the instinct of self-preservation . He had just returned from the Continent , and what he " saw there tended to fill him with alarm . " On every hand he observed
"restlessness , distrust , a want of confidence , a fear of France . " He had no desire to stir up any ill-feeling between England and France , but as long as the latter power is " restless and ambitious , as her people always are , " so long must the A olunfceer force he maintained , even in the face of " any foreign treaties . " The Earl of Aberdeen—an amiable ancl well-meaning nobleman , who will be
remembered as the persevering but unsuccessful opponent of the empl oyment of nude " models" iu our public schools of artis fitting up a portion of Argyll House , his town residence , as a sort of ragged school . About sixty boys will be educated in this institution , and all of them will , it is stated , be fed and clothed at- the expense of the noble Earl .
The subscriptions to the memorial of Lord Herbert are progressing favourably ; about £ 2 , 520 have already been subscribed . It is intended that the statue of the noble lord shall be erected in Salisbury ; but Mr . Sotheron Estcourt , who has been the most active promoter of the movement , writes to say he does not understand that it is the wish of the subscribers to have the hospital there , or
even in the county of AVilts . The site must be determined afterwards by the whole body of the subscribers . On Saturday the Crystal Palace , presented quite a military appearance , as thafc day had been fixed for the presentation of the colours voted by the City of London to the City Rifle Brigade . The ceremony of presenting
colours is always an imposing one , ancl it was witnessed on this occasion by an immense crowd of spectators , ancl conspicuous in the throng was the gallant Lord Clyde , Lord F . Paulet , ancl other military officers . The corps was commanded by Major Alderman Rose ; and the colours , a complete set of them , which had been voted out of the City funds , were presented in a graceful speech by the Lady
Mayoress . Her ladyship subsequently presented a set of silver bugles , which had been subscribed for by the ladies of London ; and the Lord Mayor himself piesented the prizes which hacl been won at the various rifle competitions . The whole proceedings were deeply interesting , and appeared to give satisfaction to all present . Some important gunnery experiments took place at
Shoeburyness , on Monday , under official direction . The object of these trials was to test the power of resistance which the Warrior and ships of her class are likely to present to artillery of the most destructive character . An immense iron-plated target , representing a perfect section of the Warrior's side , was played upon for some time at short ranges by solid shot ancl shell from two 68-pounders , three Armstrong 100-pounders , and one Armstrong 120-pounder .
Comparatively little damage was done by this tremendous hammering upon the target . The firing in detail having beeu completed , the great test of the day was applied . The whole battery of six guns—charged with solid cast-iron shot and a service charge of 16 lbs . —were fired simultaneously . The Warrior ' s representative hacl , of course , been a good deal knocked aboufc earlier in the clay , and as two or three of the shots hit the same place , the discharge was
attended with rather serious results . Some ugly holes ancl cracks were made , and in one part the plates were pierced to tho " backing " of teak . This , however , was the most serious effect produced ; and it is asserted that those who witnessed the experiments considered that the target came well out of the ordeal . The sailing , or rather steaming powers of the Warrior have been
officially tested in Stokes Bay , near Portsmouth . She made- six runs over the measured mile , and the Times informs us that the "true mean" speed attained was rather above 14 knots an houra result which entitles the iron-clad monster to the distinction of being the fastest ship in Her Majesty's service . The engines again worked smoothly ; there was an almost total absence of vibration ;
and altogether , according to our London contemporary , the trial " cannot be looked upon otherwise than as a great and unexampled success , both in hull and machinery , ancl full of promise for a successful future for our iron ships . " A more serious test , however , remains to be applied . The Warrior has yet to go to sea ,, ancl we hope , with Sir John Pakington , that " in the gale of wind
which it is understood the ship is going in search of , " she may . justify the expectations which her preliminary trialshave raised . The inhabitants of the east end of London have been thrown into a state of considerable excitement and alarm arising from the defalcations of their poor-rate and general collector , who is charged with embezzling about £ 1400 of his rates . His securities are
liable for £ 600 , which will render the ratepayers of that poor district liable to make good a second time the £ 800 . At the AVandsworth Police-court a complaint was made by a poor woman that a clergyman had refused to christen her child . It was stated that the refusal was grounded on the fact that the child was illegitimate . The applicant was referred to the bishop of the diocese ..
Vincent Collucci , the Italian artist , whose frauds upon a lady named Johnstone have so often been before the public , was tried at the Central Criminal Court on AVednesday . The case was clearly proved against the prisoner , and the jury scarcely took five minutes to consider their verdict , which was one of guilty . The Lord Chief Baron then sentenced him to three years' penal
servitude . Rayner , the signalman on the Hampsfcead Junction , Railway , surrendered on the coroner ' s inquisition ; but two grand juries having thrown out the bill against him , no evidence was offered , ancl he was discharged . Bullen , the letter-carrier , whose unprecedented i-obbery of letters must be fresh in the public
recollection , pleaded guilty . The sentence was deferred . The trial of the Rev . Mr . Holloway was postponed on the prisoner ' s application till next session . The seven young men who were charged with committing a brutal outrage on the person ot a young girl near Gloucester , were tried at the Gloucester quarter sessions , and the case being clearly proved n . gainst them , the jury found them guiltyand they were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment .
, ¦ Seers , the self-accused murderer of a young woman , at AVoodlands , near Frome , was also discharged from custody . The crime with which he charged himself was committed in 1851 , and ifc has been conclusively established that he was at that time with his regiment in India . Miss Jolly , the young lady whose resistance to the brutal assaults of a
Dublin cabman has attracted so much admiration , appeared before the magistrate at Dublin and clearly identified Curran , who is now in custody , as the scoundrel whose attempted outrages she foiled . Other evidence of a corroboratory nature was given , and after a lengthened examination the magistrate committed Curran for trial . A crime of an extraordinary character has been
committed near Chichester . It appears that a private belonging tothe depot of the 50 th Regiment , at present stationed at Chichester , disappeared the other night , taking his rifle ancl several rounds of ammunition with him . This man , whose name is Cleary , hacl borne a very bad character , and had been repeatedly punished . His disappearance excited some alarm , and the police warned the
inhabitants of the city against the clanger of encountering this armed ruffian at night . Shortly before twelve o ' clock on AVednesday night , the 16 th inst ., Mr . Outon , one of the students of Bishop Otter's Training College , was returning to the institution , after spending the evening at a friend ' s house—and had just reached the gate when a soldier whom he saw there , fired at him , inflicting a mortal
wound . The report of the rifle broug ht assistance , but the soldier had made his escape . Mr . Outon died soon after he was conveyed to the College ; but before his death he was able to state the particulars of this extraordinary crime . No doubt is entertained that Cleary was the murderer , and it is supposed that he mistook Mr . Outon for one of the officers of the regiment , upon whom he had determined to wreak his vengeance after the manner of the wretch
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The Week.
words to our Volunteers . While he felt certain that a sense of duty would prevent a fatal feeling of lukewarmness from creeping upon our citizen soldiers , he thought it well to keep before them a less noble motive perhaps—the instinct of self-preservation . He had just returned from the Continent , and what he " saw there tended to fill him with alarm . " On every hand he observed
"restlessness , distrust , a want of confidence , a fear of France . " He had no desire to stir up any ill-feeling between England and France , but as long as the latter power is " restless and ambitious , as her people always are , " so long must the A olunfceer force he maintained , even in the face of " any foreign treaties . " The Earl of Aberdeen—an amiable ancl well-meaning nobleman , who will be
remembered as the persevering but unsuccessful opponent of the empl oyment of nude " models" iu our public schools of artis fitting up a portion of Argyll House , his town residence , as a sort of ragged school . About sixty boys will be educated in this institution , and all of them will , it is stated , be fed and clothed at- the expense of the noble Earl .
The subscriptions to the memorial of Lord Herbert are progressing favourably ; about £ 2 , 520 have already been subscribed . It is intended that the statue of the noble lord shall be erected in Salisbury ; but Mr . Sotheron Estcourt , who has been the most active promoter of the movement , writes to say he does not understand that it is the wish of the subscribers to have the hospital there , or
even in the county of AVilts . The site must be determined afterwards by the whole body of the subscribers . On Saturday the Crystal Palace , presented quite a military appearance , as thafc day had been fixed for the presentation of the colours voted by the City of London to the City Rifle Brigade . The ceremony of presenting
colours is always an imposing one , ancl it was witnessed on this occasion by an immense crowd of spectators , ancl conspicuous in the throng was the gallant Lord Clyde , Lord F . Paulet , ancl other military officers . The corps was commanded by Major Alderman Rose ; and the colours , a complete set of them , which had been voted out of the City funds , were presented in a graceful speech by the Lady
Mayoress . Her ladyship subsequently presented a set of silver bugles , which had been subscribed for by the ladies of London ; and the Lord Mayor himself piesented the prizes which hacl been won at the various rifle competitions . The whole proceedings were deeply interesting , and appeared to give satisfaction to all present . Some important gunnery experiments took place at
Shoeburyness , on Monday , under official direction . The object of these trials was to test the power of resistance which the Warrior and ships of her class are likely to present to artillery of the most destructive character . An immense iron-plated target , representing a perfect section of the Warrior's side , was played upon for some time at short ranges by solid shot ancl shell from two 68-pounders , three Armstrong 100-pounders , and one Armstrong 120-pounder .
Comparatively little damage was done by this tremendous hammering upon the target . The firing in detail having beeu completed , the great test of the day was applied . The whole battery of six guns—charged with solid cast-iron shot and a service charge of 16 lbs . —were fired simultaneously . The Warrior ' s representative hacl , of course , been a good deal knocked aboufc earlier in the clay , and as two or three of the shots hit the same place , the discharge was
attended with rather serious results . Some ugly holes ancl cracks were made , and in one part the plates were pierced to tho " backing " of teak . This , however , was the most serious effect produced ; and it is asserted that those who witnessed the experiments considered that the target came well out of the ordeal . The sailing , or rather steaming powers of the Warrior have been
officially tested in Stokes Bay , near Portsmouth . She made- six runs over the measured mile , and the Times informs us that the "true mean" speed attained was rather above 14 knots an houra result which entitles the iron-clad monster to the distinction of being the fastest ship in Her Majesty's service . The engines again worked smoothly ; there was an almost total absence of vibration ;
and altogether , according to our London contemporary , the trial " cannot be looked upon otherwise than as a great and unexampled success , both in hull and machinery , ancl full of promise for a successful future for our iron ships . " A more serious test , however , remains to be applied . The Warrior has yet to go to sea ,, ancl we hope , with Sir John Pakington , that " in the gale of wind
which it is understood the ship is going in search of , " she may . justify the expectations which her preliminary trialshave raised . The inhabitants of the east end of London have been thrown into a state of considerable excitement and alarm arising from the defalcations of their poor-rate and general collector , who is charged with embezzling about £ 1400 of his rates . His securities are
liable for £ 600 , which will render the ratepayers of that poor district liable to make good a second time the £ 800 . At the AVandsworth Police-court a complaint was made by a poor woman that a clergyman had refused to christen her child . It was stated that the refusal was grounded on the fact that the child was illegitimate . The applicant was referred to the bishop of the diocese ..
Vincent Collucci , the Italian artist , whose frauds upon a lady named Johnstone have so often been before the public , was tried at the Central Criminal Court on AVednesday . The case was clearly proved against the prisoner , and the jury scarcely took five minutes to consider their verdict , which was one of guilty . The Lord Chief Baron then sentenced him to three years' penal
servitude . Rayner , the signalman on the Hampsfcead Junction , Railway , surrendered on the coroner ' s inquisition ; but two grand juries having thrown out the bill against him , no evidence was offered , ancl he was discharged . Bullen , the letter-carrier , whose unprecedented i-obbery of letters must be fresh in the public
recollection , pleaded guilty . The sentence was deferred . The trial of the Rev . Mr . Holloway was postponed on the prisoner ' s application till next session . The seven young men who were charged with committing a brutal outrage on the person ot a young girl near Gloucester , were tried at the Gloucester quarter sessions , and the case being clearly proved n . gainst them , the jury found them guiltyand they were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment .
, ¦ Seers , the self-accused murderer of a young woman , at AVoodlands , near Frome , was also discharged from custody . The crime with which he charged himself was committed in 1851 , and ifc has been conclusively established that he was at that time with his regiment in India . Miss Jolly , the young lady whose resistance to the brutal assaults of a
Dublin cabman has attracted so much admiration , appeared before the magistrate at Dublin and clearly identified Curran , who is now in custody , as the scoundrel whose attempted outrages she foiled . Other evidence of a corroboratory nature was given , and after a lengthened examination the magistrate committed Curran for trial . A crime of an extraordinary character has been
committed near Chichester . It appears that a private belonging tothe depot of the 50 th Regiment , at present stationed at Chichester , disappeared the other night , taking his rifle ancl several rounds of ammunition with him . This man , whose name is Cleary , hacl borne a very bad character , and had been repeatedly punished . His disappearance excited some alarm , and the police warned the
inhabitants of the city against the clanger of encountering this armed ruffian at night . Shortly before twelve o ' clock on AVednesday night , the 16 th inst ., Mr . Outon , one of the students of Bishop Otter's Training College , was returning to the institution , after spending the evening at a friend ' s house—and had just reached the gate when a soldier whom he saw there , fired at him , inflicting a mortal
wound . The report of the rifle broug ht assistance , but the soldier had made his escape . Mr . Outon died soon after he was conveyed to the College ; but before his death he was able to state the particulars of this extraordinary crime . No doubt is entertained that Cleary was the murderer , and it is supposed that he mistook Mr . Outon for one of the officers of the regiment , upon whom he had determined to wreak his vengeance after the manner of the wretch