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mediately after broke up the camp . For a punishment , the whole regiment was sent back to Naples on foot , instead of , returning , as usual , by railway . On Monday last , a large Piedmontese steam-frigate , laden with troops , came nearly into port , and , after making the . round of the shore , went off again . The Sardinian colours were flying , and the band was playing the national air . General Marmora was , it is added , on board . There was no communication with the shore . This demonstration is the more remarkable at the present moment when the ConsiA-General of Naples at Genoa has just been deprived of his " exequatur , " and the Corriere Mercantile speaks of the conduct of the consul as declaring the two countries to be in a state of war . — Daily News Correspondent .
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and a half . The ship was navigated home by Mr . Wise , acting mate of the Comus sloop , who was charged with that duty by Sir James Stirling , the Commander-in-Chief of the China squadron . The arrested officers will be tried by court-martial at the instance of Captain Collinson , who will also be tried at the demand of those whom he has , so long kept in confinement . The Enterprise was commissioned by Captain Collinson to go in search of Sir John Franklin on the 20 t ! h of December , 1849 , in concert with the Investigator , Captain M'Clure , but has achieved nothing in the way of discovery of the lost expedition . Sergeant Brodie : More Persecution . — This honest and excellent-hearted soldier has been again placed under arrest , and subjected to a week ' s confinement , on a charge of " making false statements affecting
now undergoing repairs . Hitherto , the only mission of those cruisers appears to have been to give chase to Russian merchant vessels . In the course of a few days the Bulldog appeared twice before the neutral port of Lubeck , a % d the Archer before that of Memel . The flying squadron will successivel y visit all the commercial harbours in the north . "
NAVAL AND MILITARY NEWS . A Russianised Englishman . —Among some troops recently embarked for the Crimea is Corporal Cumpton , of the 77 th Regiment , who has been seventeen years in Russia as a civil engineer , and in almost every important place in the empire . He had in his knapsack ten Russian ( good ) characters from officers and departments in which he has been employed . He i 3 a native of Maidstone , a fine , hale , stalwart fellow , and says he has 2000 dollars in a Russian bank . He asserts he was three days in one of the battalions of British Guards three months ago , but not entered , because the colonel suspected him of being a Russian spy—he speaks and writes Russian so perfectly ; he was consequently rejected , and has only been enlisted in England three months . He came over from Parkhurst depot , with the detachment of the 77 th . He is a well-spoken ,
respectthe character of an officer . " The facts are thus stated : —Cornet Baumgarten , a few weeks since , represented to the sergeant that he was in want of money ; and ultimately Brodie handed over to him 207 ., upon receiving as security Mr . Baumgarten ' s watch . The cornet , however , chose to regard the transaction as a purchase . When questioned on the subject , he denied that he had borrowed money of a non-commissioned officer , and was induced by his companions to bring the present charge against Brodie . Last Tuesday morning , the latter was brought before the acting colonel , who , having read the usual preliminary form of a court-martial , told Brodie that he was discharged from arrest by order of the Adjutant-General , who expressed his opinion that Baumgarten ought not to have been on such terms with a noncommissioned officer . The Foreign Legion . —A party of Polish prisoners , who are about to serve against Russia , were on Saturday
able-looking soldier , and bears a good character among those whom he has so recently joined . The late Stormy Weather on the Coasts . —The Pylades and "Volcano , which left Sheerness on Thursday week with the gunboats Redwing , Thistle , Starling , Dapper , and Badger , were obliged ( in consequence of the gale of wind which came on suddenly in the evening ) to cast off the gunboats , and all anchored under the Gunfleet between 10 and 11 p . m . John Barnett , master of the smack Concord , of Colchester , then riding near the Gunfleet , had his attention called to a number of rockets that were sent up in a south-easterly direc tion , apparently from some vessel in distress in the Black Deeps . Shortly afterwards , five guns were fired from the same vessel , and both the Kentish-Knock and the Sunk Light-vessels continued at intervals during the night to fire rockets and burn blue lights . At midnight , the master of the Concord slipped from his anchor and seventy fathoms of chain , for the purpose of going into the Black Deeps to ascertain what vessel it was , and to render assistance to her . "While under waj ' , she passed two large steamers , the Pylades and Volcano , also two gunboats , then riding very heavily under the fii siio vraaui in
embarked on board the Dunbar by the Confiance steamer . Before embarking , they were visited by several distinguished Polish residents . Military Camps . —It is said that the Government intend forming three more camps besides that at Aldershott—namely , one near Hull , one near Carlisle , and one at Beverley in Yorkshire . Frightful Shipwreck on the Manacles . —A shipwreck , attended with loss of life to a most appalling extent , has taken place on the south coast . The bark John , of Plymouth , bound from that port to Quebec , struck on the Manacles on the nig ht of Thursday week . She had sailed on the day of the accident , laden with emigrants , and , after having struck , drove into Godrevy Cove , and sank in about four or five fathoms water , at nearly low tide , it being then about half-past ten o ' clock , wind E . N . E . The greatest confusion must have immediately followed ; and , although for the instant the crew and passengers were enabled to keep the deck and poop , yet for five or six hours no help was afforded , owing to the coast thereabout being quite uninhabited ; but , as day dawned , a flailing boat came out from Porthallow Cove , and succeeded in materially assisting in the preservation tue auout oi jll appcuia
vjtunneet . . uawn or uay , uuurueu mo the Black Deeps , which proved to be the Redwing gunboat , commanded by Lieutenant Forbes . The Redwing was then under steam , proceeding up from the Sunk Light-vessel , steering for the Gunfleet Light . The Redwing spoke the Pylades , and obtained leave to proceed to Sheerness , having lost both bower anchors , when Barnett was engaged to pilot her to Sheerness . He boarded the Redwing about four miles above the Gunfleet , and piloted her into Sheerness , arriving there about 9 . 80 A . M . The Badger spoke the Dapper , the latter then being on shore , with the sea making a breach over her . The weather at the time prevented the Badger rendering any assistance to the Dapper , the officer in command of the Dapper stating that ahe was on shore , Striking heavily . It appears that the Volcano , when towing , fouled several of the gunboats by driving athwart their hawse , mid did damage to each of them . The Redwing , to prevent damage , cut her towing hawser and cleared . On the Port-Admiral at Shecrness boing informed on Friday week of the situation in which the gunboat Dapper was last seen , he immediately ordered the stoamvessel Lizard to proceed in search of her . The Lizard fell in with the Dapper near the Gunflcet-saiul , and they arrived at Shecrness at ll . i ) 0 p . m . o > J the sumo day . The Dapper was in a very lealop- stato . The saving of tho vessel is entirely oaviiik to the
indofaor crew ana nny me passenyeiB . that there were embarked no less than three hundred emigrants , men , women and children ; and , judging from those who have been saved , it seems that the loss in round numbers reaches nearly two hundred . Not far short of a hundred corpses have been brought to St . Kaverne . When the vessel struck , only one passenger was on deck , -who succeeded in getting , ashore ; the others were , for ttic most part , in bed . At "the time of the catastrophe the -wind was fair , and the weather tolerably clear ; but the passengers assert that the Lizard Light had not been opened . The male emigrants on board were chiefly mechanics and labourers from the north of Devon , Somerset , and Cornwall , accompanied by a very largo number , of children . The steam-tug Avon was despatched to tho wreck as soon as possible ; and Lieutenant Carcw , R . N ., emigration agent at Plymouth , arrived at the scene of the calamity , and provided fur the wants of the survivors . The coroner's inquest upon the bodies has terminated in a verdict of manslaughter against Captain Rawle , who is in custody at Bodmin . The jury expressed surprise that the vessel wus not furnished with blue lightrt , and recommended that a light should bo placed on tho Manacles . They considered that there Avas not one extenuating circumstance , beforo or after { . he yhip struck , in tho conduct of tho captain and the crow , all of whom arc considered blamcable , except
tigablo labour , zeal , and judicious managoment , of her commander , engineers , officers , and crow , all of whom were in a perfectly exhausted state on her arrival at Shourness . Several attempts were mado to got tho largo gun overboard ; but , owing to tho heavy soa , tho strength of the crow wan insufficient to accomplish it . AituivAr . on Titn Ahctio Discovkry Shu * Entkhprisk . —Her Majosty '» ship Enterprise , Captain Collin-Bon , arrived at Spithoad la « t , Sunday evening , al ' tor sun-Bot , from the Arctic ltogionu , China , and tho Capo of Good Hope . She Hailed from tho latt . or station ( Table Bay ) on tho 18 th of I ' ebruary , and St . Helena on tho 2 nd of March . Tho «> nly nown tho Enterprise has brought counrms the reports which havo preceded her arrival as to tho hostile relation * between her captain and bin oflioora . it iH quito trim that all tho executive Oflivoi'H of the ship ((' omm'andcr Phayro , LieiileimntH Jago and 1 'arkn , and Mr . Nkoad , the nwmtor ) are under amiHt , and havo boon ho fur torma varying from throe yearn to lonaor periods . Mr . Skoad has boon under arrest ovor threo yearn , and Me . Parka more than two yeara
a seaman named Elder . Tins Baltic . —Ruviu ,, Ai-un , 29 . — Her Majesty ' s steamorn Conflict , linpcrieuse , and Arrogant , appeared Oil' Baltic l ' ort yesterday and notified tho blockade , at the same time stating that a term of woven daya would bo allowed neutral « hipa to depart with the goods they then had on board , but that from the moment of tho declaration of blockade no goods must bo taken in , but ballaat only . A letter from Hamburg of tho 7 th insL , in tho Ilult ' peiidauce / jtif f / e , ways : — " Letters from Riga , road to Uay on 'Change , state four ateainers of tho flying squadron , commanded by Commodore Watson , luul entered the Gulf of Finland , in spite of the ice , which hUU rendered the navigation perilous . Homo of tho . se cruietoni luul oveu . shown thomtxtlvca before Kevol . Tina circumstance in accounted for by the fact that the KuMbiuu fleet la blocked up in the porta by ice , threo or four feet thick , which obstructs their entrance . 11 . wa * altio mud that several of thoao titeninorH , which had thiui vontured into the Gulf , had been Madly damaged by tho flouting i < ro . The ateant corvette Conflict had nueeoeded ii reaching tho Danish habour of Elainoro , where who ia
Miscellaneous. The Court.—The Queen On W...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —The Queen on Wednesday evening gave a State Ball , to which a party of between 1600 and 1700 were invited , and for which the whole of the State rooms of Buckingham Palace were brilliantly illuminated . —On Thursday evening , her Majesty , accompanied by Prince Albert and the royal children ,
honoured the Polytechnic with a visit . More Incendiary Fires . —The Cambrid ge Independent reports two more extensive incendiary fires near St . Ives . About twenty houses , together with numerous barns , stables , granaries , and outbuildings , have been destroyed ; and a great many milch cows , pigs , domestic fowl , and two horses , perished in the flames . There appears to be no doubt that the act was that of an incendiary . A Distressing Accident , which resulted in the loss of three lives , occurred in Birmingham on Saturday night , at a concert room , at the Spread Eagle Inn . There was an escape of gas , and a cry of * ' Fire" ensued ; the company instantly rushed to the staircase , and in the crush a policeman on duty , a boy , and a girl , were trampled to death . Five others , dreadfully injured , were conveyed to the hospital . The Weather . —The snow was three inches deep in
the Isle of Purbeck on the morning of Friday week . The Winchester hills were also covered with snow , which , although not so beneficial as warm rain , afforded by its moisture some relief to the dried-up ground . On Friday night , the frost was very severe throughout the south of England , and ice was a quarter of an inch thick . On the same day , the whole of the Northumberland coast was covered with snow , which in some places drifted several inches in height . The frost was intense , and the ice before sunrise was half an inch thick . Funeral of Sir Henry Bishop . —This lamented composer was buried on Saturday in the new cemetery at Finchley . Several musical gentlemen assembled at the entrance of the chapel ; and a full choir performed . Croft ' s Burial Service . The vocalists were dressed in surplices . The Annual Royal Academy Dinner took place last Saturday within the walls of the Academy . The chair was taken by the President , Sir C . L . Eastlake ; and about one hundred and eighty gentlemen , including many of the ministerial and political celebrities of the day , as well as several noblemen and persons connected with science and art , sat down to dinner . The speakers
Sir Charles Wood , Mr . Buchanan ( the American ambassador ) , the Duke of Argyll , Lord Palmers ton , Lord Stanley of Alderley , Lord Campbell , the Lord Mayor , Earl de Grey , and Lord Wrottesley . The speeches were not of a nature to call for analysation . St . Pancras and Marylebone Reformatory Institution . —The first public meeting of this institution was held on Thursday . week . The report was read by the Rev . W . Norman , and stated that the institution was opened in December , 1852 , with six inmates , that there was now room for forty . The building was ill adapted to the purpose , but one capable of containing one hundred might bo erected for 1000 / . Applicants were constantly rejected from want of room and funds . Thirty-fivo had left , four of whom had gone , after a short trial , unable to bear the discipline . Two had emigrated . Fifteen had been set up in trade , with whom correspondence was maintained , two had been provided for by friends , eleven had gone into tho army and navy , one had been dismissed for misconduct , and thirty-one are now inmates . Tho secretary adduced some striking instances of improvement among the inmates , and the remarkable and beautiful fact of their having voluntarily deprived themselves of their supper for five weeks for the purpose of subscribing to tho Patriotic Fund , and that , unknown to the governor , they had given a
portion of their daily broad during tho lute high prices to the neighbouring poor . Tins new Plankt lately di .-tcoverod at Dusaoldorf has received the name of Leukothea . I la distinctive sign will bo an ancient light , tower . . ' , Washington Irvine , say » the New York Courier , is suffering from a casually unstained on tho IWth ol April . Mr . Irving was riding " on tho river road near «»»» y Side , when hi * horse took iiitf ht and ran away . Ine auimal ' a head wan toward * homo , for which he made at a terrible pneo . Mr . Irving kept hia acat , and might have escaped unhurt , hut , as the hor . so turned from the mam road , lie fell and throw his rider , who was takoii up Htiiimod by tho fall . Mr . Irving romainod iiutonsiblo lor mivorul hom-rt , and , though for » omo time in danger , u now ( April 21 ) ooiiHiderably better . DiCATii ok tint K owcktIIakky Jnuus . —Hub gentleman—long known to the Parliamentary world , and rouncctud even by Iliono who diflercd from Iuh 1 Li « Udiim h and Conwirvutivo principles—died on Saturday niKht at hia town loaidouce in lJedibrd-nquaro . lie was born on the 12 th of January , 178 G , and wan conae-
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Leader (1850-1860), May 12, 1855, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12051855/page/11/
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