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Octobetbl II, 1856.] THE LEADER. 9637
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OUR CIYIIIZATIOK ¦ .. . ¦ ¦ —?—— ¦ ¦ . ....
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More Womem Suicides.—A young Irishwoman ...
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Navaii And Military. Miragk.—A Curious I...
to the sums of money paid for your advancement in the army . Considering your Lordship and Colonel Morris to be types of the two differing systems of promotion in the English array—your lordship representing that of advancement by money without ' distinguished , merit ; Colonel Morris , on the other hand , illustrating that of advancement by distinguished merit in the field before the -enemy in India and- in the Crimea—3 congratulated Colonel Morris upon having achieved by merit what it ¦ was reported your Lordship had attained at the cost of between 30 , 0002 . and 40 , 000 / . My attention wa 3 called to thi 3 matter by a return -which was circulated among members of the House of Commons , giving the dates of promotion of every staff officer who had served , or -was then serving , in the Crimea . Your Lordship ' s promotion ,
• without any distinguished or , I believe , foreign service , ¦ was by far the most rapid of any officer . In May , 1824 , your Lordship was a cornet ; in December , 1830 , you obtained your lieutenant-colonelcy . Your Lordship wa 3 ¦ s ubsequently removed from the command of j'our regiment for organizing a system of espionnaye in your orderly loom , by which you gathered matter for a couit-martial upon Captain Wathen , a distinguished officer . Captain Wathen was acquitted of the charges preferred by your Lordship , and you were removed from the command of your regiment . Notwithstanding this , your promotion went on , and in 1846 you obtained your colonel ' s commission . I confess , upon looking over this return , I
endeavoured to ascertain from those acquainted with the Horse Guards' machinery how your Lordship had attained such rapid promotion . I " failed in understanding * he process , but I was informed your Lordship ' s advancement had cost you 34 , 000 ? . If your Lordship to secure your advancement was compelled to expend so large a sum , the inference can only be that an officer without such , resources would fail in his advancement in the British arm 3 v j . and that money—not merit—decides the destiny of her officers . I shall be happy to join ultra-Eadicals , or any other class of politicians , during the jaext session of Parliamentj in , securing for the army a more just and efficient system of promotion . "
The Great Wrought-iuon Gun .- — -Some experiments made at Shoeburyhess with the monster wroughtiron gun manufactured by the Mersey Steel and Iron Company , have been very successful . The trial was conducted under the direction of Colonel Mitchell , in the presence of a select committee of Artillery officers from "Woolwich . ¦ ; ¦'¦ A Vessel on Fire ct the Tysb . —The Nymph , Captain Brewer , for Arbroath from Suriderland , was ¦ brought into the Tyne on the morning of Friday week , on fire . Her cargo was lime , and this had ignited while the vessel was off Shields bar . On being brought into the Tyne , she was scuttled on the Dortwick sands . She lias been greatly injured hy the fire .
Loss of an Old British Merchantman . —A letter has been received from Mr . H . England , an agent sent out by the Tyne Insurance clubs to the island of Gottland , who states that the old Liberty and Property of South Shields , which "was stranded on that island , is a total wreck , and that her stores will be sold for the benefit of the underwriters . The Liberty and Property ¦ was among the oldest , if she was not the very oldest , merchant vessel in England , having been built in the year 1750 at Whitby . She was well known to the seafaring population on the north-east coast , having been engaged in tlie coal and Baltic trade and the transport service during the whole of her long reign . She was a strange , old-fashioned looking craft , ami generally attracted a good deal of attention .
Regimental , Bands . —A circular has been issued to the commanding officers of regiments , which , commences thus :- —" His Royal Hig-hness the General Commandingin-Chief , with a view to relieve regiments from the great expense now consequent upon the necessity of 8 mploying professed musicians—civilians—as masters of bands , has it 3 n contemplation to recommend the establishment of a large musical class , as part of tho education of boys sent to the Hoyal Military Asylum , and for the instruction of persons sent from regiments to qualify for bugle-majors , trumpet-majors , and band-masters , and whose training would require especial time and attention . " Tho Duke therefore desires to have the' opinion of tho commanding officers on the subject . Stooi-xings Players in Miljtaiiy Schoolrooms .
—A general order has been issued from the Horse Gulmls , by direction of the Duke of Cambridge , the General Comraanding-in-Chief , strictly forbidding that permission be given to atrolling performerB to exhibit in military schoolrooms . Thero is no objection to schoolrooms being used by soldiers under proper restrictions . The Lost Pound . —After several days of nnxiety and fear , the owner and friends of the crew of tho brig Excavator , of North Shields , received a telographic message on Friday week , statins that that vessel had arrived in safety in a port in Holland , whore she had sought ahcltor . She had sailed fifteen days , aud had boon long overdue .
Shu-wreck on vim Nohb-olk Coast . —In tho course of tho recent heavy equinoctial gales , the bnrk Ooromandei , COO tons , was wrecked on tho ltidgo Sand , near Wintorton , Norfolk . The ship sailed from Archangel for London oa tho 13 th of August , and waa ludeu with
deals . In the course of the voyage , thick and bad weather was experienced , and the crew were exhausted by constant labour at the pumps . Shortly after the vessel struck on the sand , part of her deck cargo was washed away , the stern , was broken in , and the poop was gutted . The mate and some of the « rew got on board the Falcon schooner , aud the master ( Captain Anderson ) and the remainder of the crew were saved in a fishing sriiack . Shipwreck on the Mexica . it Station . —The Koyal Mail Company ' s steamer Tay has been wrecked on the Mexican station . The accident took place three miles south of Cape Roxo , it is supposed on the route from Vera Cruz to Tarnpico . All on board were safely landed , except tivo of the crew , ¦ who were drowned x froin -the swamping of a boat . The mails were saved . The cargo included five hundred bottles of quicksilver , which were lost . ¦
A Military Handbook by Felice Orsini . — -Signor Felice Orsini is engaged upon a " Military Field Handbook for officers , and non-commissioned officers of all arms , and . for officers on the general and divisional staftj " embracing a complete courseof military studies , upon an original plan . English military readers will look with much interest for the appearance of this manual by a foreign officer possessing the experience and reputation of Orsini . : Military Scandals . —The Fourth Light Dragoo ns , stationed at Brighton , hav (? been distinguishing themselves by freaks of the same disgraceful nature as those which were played off about two years ago on Lieutenant Perry . In consequence of a report of these matters to the Horse Guards , General Lawrenson , the General of Brigade , has gone do-. vn to Brighton , and the following officers have been ordered under close arrest : — Lord Ernest Tane Tempest , Captain Burr , and Cornet Win- "
Stanley . Their swords , moreover , have been taken from them . A strict investigation will be made . —Quartermaster-Sergeant Ed-ward Harris , paymaster of the D troop of Royal Horse Artillery , has absco nded with a large sum of money . Major II . L . Gardner , the commanding officer of the troop , has recently lieert on leave of absence , and prior to his departure he arranged -with another officer to sign cheques for Harris in case money was wanted . Harris availed himself of this opportunity to obtain cheques to the amount of 200 ? ., and , in addition to : this sum , he has gone off with 2002 . in gold and ten 51 . Bank of England notes , making a total of 450 / . Three other paymasters of companies of the Royal Artillery are to be tried by court-martial for similar offences . On Wednesday week , in pursuance of a sentence confirmed by the War-office , a non-commissioned officer received the punishment of the lash , and is to undergo twelve months' imprisonment , and be reduced to the ranks , for forcing bills , & c .
Collisions at Sea . —The Yeoman , a merchant-ship of Liverpool , has come into collision with the Helen Heilgers , another merchantman belonging to the same port ; in consequence of which both . vessels have sunk , and the captain and all the crew of the Yeoman , except three men , have been drowned . The last-named ship was on her passage to Casline , in British America , -with a cargo of salt , ' and the Helen lleilgers was homewardbound from Calcutta , with a miscellaneous cargo valued at upwards of 20 , 000 / . When the two ships had reached a point situated between Ballycotton and Tuskar Rock , they came into collision with each other , and the Yeoman sank eight minutes after the occurrence The captain and eighteen officers went down with her and
perished . Threo of licr crew were saved 1 > y clinging to the bowsprit rigging of the Helen lleilgers . Although much injured by tlie shock , tlie latter vessel , by dint of incessant hard wording at tbe pumps , was kept afloat until a boat was sent to her aid , when the captain and all the crew , together with the three men of the Yeomau , were rescued . About two hours afterwards the Helen Heilgers sank . —A collision between two ships has taken place near Holyhead . The Bonitu roceiitly sailed on her outward-bound voyage from the river Mersey . On arriving at that port sho came in cowtact witli the Cambria , from Mouhnein , and lost her cat-head aad jibboom . The other ship had only her quarter injured . Tho Bonita was obliged to pat buck to port for repairs . No lives appear to . have been lost .
Lieutenant Massey on Hkko-Wohship . — Lieutenant Massoy having taken offenco at some remarks in . the Globe , accusing him of regarding hi uiHulf as a hero , of receiving " preposterously fulsome addresses , " and of grumbling at " tlie cold slmde of aristocracy , " has written to our evening contemporary , denying tho charges , repudiating all claim to be considered a hero , asserting tliat the one address offered to him was not " fulsome , " and acknowledging great kindness and favour on tho part of those high iu ollico . Tho lioutenmit then proceeds in a strain which , as far as solfoxaltation goes , is a very strong confirmation of tho charge brought ' a gainst him . He remarks : — " Sir , you do not know the miseries of being a hero , I ' onny-aliners nrrest your servants as they go of errands uud ask whore you wore born , whore you wore brought up , who was your grandfather , and vlio was your schoolmaster ; and some day yoa see a hideous biographical caricature of yourself . " Lieutenant Mnsacy proceeds in the tsnmo strain through this whole of a long paragraph .
Octobetbl Ii, 1856.] The Leader. 9637
Octobetbl II , 1856 . ] THE LEADER . 9637
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OUR CIYIIIZATIOK ¦ .. . ¦ ¦ —?—— ¦ ¦ . . A SCOTCH MURDER . James M'MLanus , a labourer at the CJastlehill Ironworks , Lanarkshire , has been tried at the Glasgow Circuit Court of Justiciary for tho murder of Henry M'Lavey , a workman hi the same establishment . The circumstances are rather peculiar . M'Lavey seems to have teen an irritable and violent man . One of the witnesses said " he wa 3 very quiet if you did not ' fash . ' him , but if you did he was very quick in the temper ;" another stated that he was often ^ in had "b read with his neighbours , and quarrelled with most of them . " M'Marius was described as a very peaceable man . Oa
the 12 th of last August , the deceased fastened a quarrel on a fellow-workman , an Irishman named Patrick Dinnan . This person , being not so strong a man as M'Lavey , and being afraid of him , went away , but was follow ed by the other , who asked him to fight . The challenge being declined , M'Lavey seized hold of Dinnan , and shook him violently . This was in the presence of several persons . Suddenly , in the midst of the shaking , M'Lavey fell down as if in a fit—" like the clap of a hand , " as Dinnan . stated at the trial . Blood was seen on his head , but no one had spoken to him , nor had he spoken to any one . Dinnan seems to have been paralysed ; by this sudden event ; for he kept looking at tlie prostrate man , and , though , he observed an
iron bar lying on the ground , beside the body , he did not perceive the presence of any third party . : At that moment , however , the voice of the foreman of the works was heard , to exclaim , " You cruel wretch ! you have murdered the man ; " and tho workmen observed M'Manus walking away from the body . The foreman , also , liad seen , him strike the blow , which he did with , his two hands grasping the iron bar . He was followed and brought back , without making any attempt at re-r sistance . Being asked his motive , lie said there was " an old spleen" between him and M'Lavey , and that
" he liad revenged himself that day . " He stated furthermore that , when M'Lavey lodged with him , te went about slandering him , and was ¦ " a foul-mouthed beast , " and that , the day before , he ( M'Lavey ) had threatened to knock out both his ( M'Manus ' s ) eyes . He had meditated the attadk , he said , for four or live months ; but he now expressed regret for having done it , and to some one who . observed , that perhaps the affair would mot turn out so bad as was at first thought , he replied that he would not have said so if he had seen the wound . M ' Lavey died in the course of the same day .
At the trial , M'Manus pleaded Guilty of -culpable homicide , and said he did not mean to kill the man . The jury found hini Guilty of murder , but recommended him to mercy 011 the gimuid that he did not intend to kill . He was sentenced to death , and was assisted from the clock , apparently overwhelmed with anguish , i j ^ j
More Womem Suicides.—A Young Irishwoman ...
More Womem Suicides . —A young Irishwoman attempted a few alights ago to drown herself by-leaping from London-bridge . A constable had been -watching her for some time , and , just as she was scrambling over the parapet-wall , lie seized hold of her , and dragged her back . When brought before Alderman Wire at the Mansion House , she said she had no homo to go to ; that sho had not been able to get into service ; and that they had refused to take her in at the Whitechapel workhouse , and liad told her she ought to go to Ireland . Tho Alderman directed aa officer of the court to take her to sonio friends she hud mentioned , and to ascertain whether they were willing to receive her . —Two young women , wera charged at liow-street on Monday , the one with attempting to jump off Waterloo Bridge , the other with
throwing herself into tho river at tho foot of Westminster Bridge . Tho first waa a dress-maker , the other a servant ; and tlie forme * was intoxicated at the time of tho attempted act . Both were vemauded , as they refused to give any reasons for what they had done . —A young woman , dressed , in black , was charged at Guildhall , on the same day , with endeavouring to kill liorself by swallowing a largo quantity of laudanum . Sho waa found sitting on tho steps of tho Scotch chapel in Forcstrcet , mid said , in answer to a policeman , that she had taken poison . Sho appeared to be very thirsty , and kopt putting her tongue out ; and sho gavii tlie constablo a bottle labelled " Laudanum , " from which sho said sho had drunk threo pennyworth of tho drug . Whoa brought before tho Alderman , sho refused to give any
account of herself , and was remanded . —A sickly-looking girl , between sixteen and seventeen years of ago , named llosina Hay , was charged at tho Thames polico court with swallowing oxalic acid . Sho obtained twopennyworth of this poison from a chemist and druggist , who asked no questions as to what sho wanted with it . She was taken to tho London Hospital , -wlioro the . stomach pump was employed , and tho poison dislodged . Tha wretched creature had been on tho town , and was ill . A City Missionary had Boon her , and she had expressed great contrition , and had intimated that she desired to leave her recent inodo of life . When asked by Mr . Yardley , tho magistrate , whether sho was sorr > for the act sho had committed , sho replied , after sovoral repetitions of tho question , that sho would not do so
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 11, 1856, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11101856/page/7/
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