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NAVAL AND MILITARY.
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On Sunday there were in Plymouth Sound s...
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THE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
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TXIT? TJTTTTX>"RyRS' STRTKE.
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the opinion of the masters' counsel is c...
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IRELAND.
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moment, involved in mystery, notwithstan...
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PAinxo PUJO»a CAJsrAMCs.—Peopleiaak yfhy...
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Sir W. Booth's Artless, By Arohy, 3 Yrs,...
Mazzini next , on the whip-hand aide . In their wake were Polestar , Prioress * Independence , and Ambush . The remainder of the field were now widely scattered . Down the hill and into the cords went Artless , with Gaspard in close purmit , Mazzmi dropping away , beaten , before reaching the cords , ana Broadiands bolting when he neared the people . At this point the race was reduced to a match . Artless seemed winning easily , but she tired as she rose tne hUl to finish , and Gaspard gained upon her ateyery stride , just reached her on the post , and the judge , unable to separate them , pronouaced a dead heat ; the third was beaten three lengths * and Mazzim was the same distance from Clydesdale ; Prioress was ^ a bad fifth , Ambush sixth , and Independence seventh ; Des Chiles and Star of the Bast were the last two . In the deciding heat the betting was 5 to 4 on Artless , who led throughout , and won by three lengths . '
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Naval And Military.
NAVAL AND MILITARY .
On Sunday There Were In Plymouth Sound S...
On Sunday there were in Plymouth Sound ships of war belonging to five different nations : —The English ships of the line Aboukir , Algiers , Donegal , Hero , and Nile ; frigates Diadem , Emerald , Melpomene , Mersey , and Topaze ; corvette Pearl ; the Dutch frigate Admiral Koopman , and sloops Vesuvius and Rainier ; the Russian sloop Razboynik ; the Brazilian corvette Bahiana ; and the Turkish line-of-battle ship Shadie . In all seventeen pennants . The whole of the ships , with the exception of the Brazilian corvette , have steam power .
Admiralty orders have been received at Chatham Dockyard directing the large screw frigate Ariadne , 32 , 800-horse power ( nominal ) , now being fitted at that establishment , to be completed for the first division of the steam reserve squadron in the Medway . The screw coreette Charybdis , 21 , 400-horse power ( nominal ) , also fitting at Chatham , is likewise to be fitted for the steam reserve at that port , where she is to be stationed . Both these vessels are to have their fitments completed so as to be immediately ready to hoist thie pennant . The decree has been signed for the fortification of the port of Granville and the ' Island of Chaussez , opposite Jersey ; the works themselves , however , were commenced some time since .
A large number of hands have been added to Sir W . Armstrong's establishment at Woolwich , in order to hasten the manufacture of the rifled ordnance ordered to be prepared for service . A correspondent of the Australian Mail writes : — " The French are gradually but quietly increasing their force in New Caledonia , having abandoned the Marquesas , and concentrated their strength in the former place . I have heard it : stated , on good
authority , that four line-of-battle ships are commg out to reinforce their squadron , there , which is already large . Certainly , with New Caledonia only six to seven days' sail from Sydney , these valuable colonies would be an easy prey to them ( as far as sacking the place of the money goes ) . I fear the home government is hardly alive , amidst the momentous questions now engaging its attention , to the very significant aspect of French doings , and to the great preponderance of their maritime power in these
waters . M . Annan , the celebrated shipbuilder of Bordeaux , who has just launched a gunboat intended for the Imperial navy , has now on the stocks an immense floating battery , of which the Courrier de la Gironde gives The following details : — " ¦ This vessel , which when sheathed with strong iron plates will have bulwarks not less than three feet in thickness , is entirely flat , may ascend the least navigable rivers , and resist the heaviest cannon , It is consequently easy to comprehend of whab importance such vessels may be if an unexpected , fatality . should force us some day into a maritime war . " Were there any chance of a new outbreak of
hosdown from , London yesterday morning and reached the dockyard at hal £ past 12 , having started from London-bridge at 11 . The committee of oflicers , appointed to receive the engine on behalf of Go vernment , accompanied by Mr . H . D . Davis , Mr . Charles Osborn , Mr . Cornwall Simeon , directors , and Mr . Hanson , secretary of Bray-s Traction Engine Company , having assembled in one of the unoccupied areas selected for the trial ground , the " steam horse" was brought forward under the perfect control of the helmsmen and engineer . It was then tested at various rates of speed , and was driven repeatedly round , forming a circle of about sixty feet in circumference . A couple of trucks , intended to be attached to the engine , are in course of construction , and when completed will be applied to the daily use of the yard . * .
„ , In the first fortnight of November two French steel-plated line-of-battle ships will be commenced at a port not yet designated . They are to be called the Mineio and the Tessin , and are , doubtless , two of the twenty more than once spoken of as being built or ordered to be built . On this subject a correspondent of the Times writes ;— " I hear on good authority that the French have proved by experiment that their steel-plated frigates will stand an hour ' s pounding from a 68-pounder at any distance with little injury to the sides . They are likewise building fifty steel-plated gunboats . " Another journal ' s correspondent has announced that the Emperor would inspectduring his visit to Bordeaux ,
, the ship-building yards of Arman and Co . It may be useful to mention what his Majesty will , see there —first , the shells of twelve gunboats on the stocks ; moreover , four floating batteries—the Paixhans , the Peiho , the Sai-gow , and the Palestro , all of which have been laid , down since the peace , and consequently since the " reduction of the navy " was decided on . Each will mount fourteen rifled . 30-pounders ; they are sl \ blindees , i . e ., cased with the new iron plate 3 , which artillery oflicers that have witnessed the experiments assert are proof against a 90-pounder solid shot . They will be propelled by screw engines of 500 horse-power , and are flatbottomed , so as to be able to navigate shallow
wRisrs ¦ One of the gun-boats which formed part of th 6 new French experimental squadron , reached Bordeaux from TOulon and Cette , by the Etang de Thau , the Canal du Midi , and the Garonne . Having thus gained the Gulf of Gascony , the boat will lie up at Roohefort . The passage between the two seas is accomplished at last . The ocean can be reached from the Mediterranean without running the chance of annoyance in time of war , or the delay in time of peace occasioned by the nepassity of passing through the Straits of Gibraltar . The whole fleet of gunboats and steam-batteries now lying at Toulon is to be made to follow the example of TSo . 4 immediately , and great anticipations are formed of the important increase to the naval power of France which the success of this attempt will occasion .
The Steam Shipping Chronicle , speaking of a very important addition to the British navy , in the form of a fleet of gunboats , of larger tonnage than those at present in the service , says these gunboats are eighteen in number , and of two classes , the one of 695 tops burthen , the other of 425 tons . The boats are considerably advanced in frame , and but for the difficulty experienced by all the builders in obtaining seasoned crooked timber , would have been ready for planking by this time . They are all , however , according to the terms of the contract , to be completedin the spring of i 860 . The same journal informs us that
the Admiralty have issued tenders to four of-the leading shipbuilding firms for the construction of an iron-cased steam frigate , similar to that now building at the Thames Ironworks . This announcement will be received with satisfaction by those who know what is going on across the Channel with reference to this class of vessels , to which great importance is evidently attached , by the authorities . The steam frigate at the Thames Ironworks is rapidly proceeding , the keel having been laid down , and the bulk-heads for the water-tight compartments being considerably advanced .
tilities between Austria and Sardinia , there is no doubt but this latter State could take the field under better auspices than it did in April last , 10 , Lombard soldiers , released from the Austrian service , have been enlisted in the Piedmonteso ranks . The Cacoiatori delle Alpi have been organised into a Brigata delle Alpi , consisting of two regiments , quartered at Oomo and Bergamo . The . army of Central Italy numbers 25 , 000 combatants now in ,, the field , and it may rise to twice that number in a fortnight , by mustering up its reserves and
volunteers . King Victor Emmanuel , could , in short , enter the lists with 150 , 000 men , and the National Guard , which is everywhere being rapidly organised , would supply half-trained recruits ; he could rely on Italian forces suflloient o , t least for a defensive warfare . One of Bray's traction engines , denominated the " st « am horse , " manufactured toy Mr ; Taylor , of Blrkenuead , ft * speolal use to supersede the employment of teams of horses , to the removal of timber and other materials , ordered by the Board of Admiralty fop Berftoe la the dockyard , Woolwich , steamed
The Volunteer Corps.
THE VOLUNTEER CORPS .
Plainly Shows'—What Has, Indeed, Been Po...
plainly shows' —what has , indeed , been pointed out in your own columnsr—that the object of the . combatants no w-a-days is to close as soon as possible The volunteer rifles might be very effective if tne enemy kept at a proper distance , but the conviction being , as the Emperor of the French observed ^ ' that arms of precision are only fatal at a distance , * it is . not very likely that any troops whom we have a chance of opposing on our own soil will keep their distance . The chances are that , knowing their best chance lies in dispersing riflemen , the enemy would make every effort to come to a hand-to-hand fight as soon & s- possible . Would it hot be much more __ __« . «_— "
Thbrb is nothing particularly now to report on this head as having occurred during 1 the past week ; the numbers of the various companies are gradually increasing , and some new corps are in progress of formation , with every prospect of attaining respectable proportions . A correspondent under the signature of "Cantab " sensibly observes that "Captain V . A . King tells the Volunteer Rifles of Birkenhead , in that interesting address of hia on which you ably comment , tlmt they must , be good , shots , because it will not do for them to approach the enemy within a distance ranging from lean than 600 to 900 yards . But what If the eaeray won't suffer them to remain at such a distance ? Tlie experience of the late war in Italy
likely to make men serviceable to say , ' Now , my fine fellows , when you aye thorough good shots , as you soon will be , if you take pains , you may do good service against any invaders . I don ' t expect you to be a match for Zouaves , but there is no reason at all why , supposing you can master the use of a cut and thrust bayonet , you should not any of you in a close fight , be found an ugl y customer- * I should urge the introduction of the sword bayonet into the drill of our volunteers . As Captain King shows such men may rapidly become expert shots , why may they not as rapidly become equally expert with the bayonet ?"
Txit? Tjttttx>"Ryrs' Strtke.
TXIT ? TJTTTTX > "RyRS' STRTKE .
The Opinion Of The Masters' Counsel Is C...
the opinion of the masters' by the legal adviser of the workmen . The workmen will work in strict conformity with the law . Should any differences arise between the master builders and the workmen upon the legality of trade practices , or of the rules of the trade societies , both parties will afford every facility for submitting the same to the decision of the Court of Queen ' s Bench , and will do their best to give effect to its judgment These propositions do not appear to have given satisfaction , and in consequence of the refusal of the masters to assent to the amended propositions of the masons , all communications between the contending parties have ceased . On Thursday night a special meeting of the Masons' Society was . to be held at
counsel is confirmed On Monday evening the Conference of the United Building Trades had a special meeting at the Paviors ' Arms , Westminster , when it was agreed that the following propositions should be assented to , and entrusted , for presentation to the masters at their meeting on Tuesday , to Mr . Ayrton , M . P . : —That the declaration is to be withdrawn , and those who have accepted it are to be released from it ; there will be no objection to work with those who have accepted the declaration in a peaceable and orderly manner The committees of the societies are ready to furnish the master builders with a copy of the rules , in order that they may take counsel ' s opinion on them , and are willing to modify them in committee , so fair as
their head-quarters , Bristol , when the case of the locked-out members of the society will be taken into consideration ; and it is all but certain that the men thrown out of employment will be placed upon an allowance equal to strike pay , nearly 10 s . per . week The members of the Conference are also busy at work , with the view of increasing the funds placed at their disposal , so that they may be able to give to each of the men they represent 10 s . per week . In order to carry out this object , Mr . George Potter , secretary of the Conference * has left town on a tour to the principal provincial towns . In this sad state of affairs arbitrators have been suggested , and the names of Lord Brougham and Lord Lyndhurst have been mentioned as individuals likely to come to a just conclusion . ¦
Ireland.
IRELAND .
Moment, Involved In Mystery, Notwithstan...
moment , involved in mystery , notwithstandingthe eviotion notices , of the Earl of Derby . Mr . Nqil Browne , the resident magistrate , has been constant ? in his exertions to throw light on this terrible murder : but he has failed up to this , though all the aid that tho police can give has been very freely awarded . The murder was perpetrated within a very short distance of tho police barrack . ' * Daniel Sullivan , recently convicted of being » member of tho Phoenix Society , has been released from prison by the Government .
As to the Doon murder we regret to say tuat tne chances of the discovery of the assassins seem now to be as remote as ever . The subjoined announcement appears in the Limerick Reporter of yesterday : — " The O'Briens , after having undergone a protracted incarceration , ^ nd after three or four committals and ro-committals , were on Friday night discharged from tho County Gaol . There has been no evidence offered against those men on which the authorities could send them to trial , and the muraer nr n . mwG of Cooflv continues , up to the present
Painxo Pujo»A Cajsramcs.—Peopleiaak Yfhy...
PAinxo PUJO » a CAJsrAMCs . —Peopleiaak yfhy $ w John Dean Paul is to b © released , while numb < yrp ot tho persons ho ruined are condemned to hard , lapopr for the rest of their lives . Is it because , Paul ' s CJhwn runs , out of GodUmon-stxeet t-rrPwch .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 15, 1859, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15101859/page/7/
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