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Mat 1^ ,1855.] TIE LEABER. 46S
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WAR MISCELLANEA. Tub British: Recruiting...
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FALL OF A SHOT AND SHELL FOUNDRY IN SOUT...
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tantimes outf present force * Kerteh or its neighbourhood- seems- beyond , all doubt our real destination . " It is added , by the same- writer , that the force consists of 3500 English and 8000 French . Wet weather has set in before Sebastopol , and the roads and trenches are in so deplorable a state that operations are for a time suspended . Reinforcements are still waited for ; and then , perhaps , the bombardment will commence again . The Czar begins to-flnd that he wants troops ; and therefore , by an Imperial manifesto , he orders a fresh levy of twelve meiteper 100 in-seven teen of the western governments , to commence in June and end in July , and not to include Jews . In the meanwhile , he endeavours to coax Austria and the German powers by offering" to abide by the first two points , as long as Germany shall remain neutral . RESIGNATION OF GENERAL , CANROBERT . The Moniteur announces that the Emperor has received the following despatch from General Canrobert : — " Crimea * May 16 , 10 A . M .
" My shattered health no longer allowing me to continue in the chief command , my duty towards my Sovereign and my country compels me to ask you to transfer the command to General Pelissier , a skilful and experienced leader . " The army which I leave him is intact , hardened to war , full of . ardour and confidence . I beseech the Emperor to leave me a soldier ' s place (/ place de combatant ) as commander of a simple division . ?' The Minister of War has addressed the following reply to General Canrobert : — "Paris , May 16 , 11 p . m . " The Emperor , accepts your resignation . He regrets that your health has suffered ; he congratulates you upon the sentiment which makes you ask to remain with the aiuny , where you shall have the command , not of a division , but of the corps of General Pelissier . " Hand over the chief command to that General . " We believe that the malady from which General Canrobert suffers is ophthalmia .
MORE BLUNDERING . The siege ought to be going on ; but , as far as our cannon and mortars are concerned , it is suspended . What is the principal reason ? Simply , because Wool' wich is not next door to us , and shell and fuses are not forthcoming . Why some attempt has not been made to bridge over the seas between us and our arsenals it is not for me to say . The fact is , however , plain . There are no fuses for such shells as we have , and we have plenty of fuses for shells- which we have not . There are lots of 13-inch shells and no fuses for them , and ifiere are lots of 10-inch fuses and no shells for them . Where are the shells that belonged to the fuses , and where are the fuses that belonged to the shells ? Has the Purveyor got hold of them , or the Auditor-General , or the Governor of the Bank of England ? Who sent them out , or who kept them back ? Who are the traitors , or the knaves , or the fools ? And , if they , are all wise men who manage these things , how is it that we undertake to reduce , by means of a bombardment , the strongest place that was ever attacked , and have no means of carrying on that bombardment after a few days' firing ? Perhaps it is quite right that this should be tho case ; but neither artillerymen , engineers , nor soldiers think so * out here . It may bo only just to remark , that it is only in shells of a particular kind , and in fuses of a certain description , that we are short ; but that very kind of shell , and that very sort of fuse , are both most useful in tho sioge . We cannot bo deficient in supplies of shot ,, for I am glad to be able to mention that avo have within tho last few days lont the French 2000 shot , with which they are now prosecuting thoir attack against tho town . —Times Corresjponde ? it .
PROGRESS OF THE FRENCH AN » OJT THE RUSSIAN WORKS . On . the night of Tuesday , April 24 , a considerable number of Russian workmen came out of the Flagstaff Battery soon after dark , and began , excavating riflepitS' close to tho French saps . Our allies perceived theso operations , and at once advanced on the Russians , and drove them back at tho point of tho bayonet . The enemy , stronger than before , returned once again to their Labour , and , covered by their guns , succeeded in making somo progress in excavating tho work ; but they wore driven away , aftor another struggle of some duration , by our-gallant allies . Tho conflict lastod from , eight o ' clock tilL threo o ' clock in the morning , and the expenditure of ammunition must have boon prodigious on both sidos . In . tho morning it was discovered that tho enemy wore ini possession of sevoral pits , which thoy had succeeded in throwing up in spito of tho strenuous attempts inado to dislodge them . The French loss ia estimated at 200 hora do combat . Tho Russians must havo lost three times , that number , judging from the heavy rolling firo of , muHkotry incoasantly directed upon them . To componaato for tho partial aucaosa of tho Russians , our allies , however , made very considerable progress with their sap towards the Quarantine Fort and worka , and placed several now gun . s in thoir entrenchments on tho
I right of their left attack , which had been- rendered rather ¦ weak by the effects of the concentrated fire directed upon it . At dawn , the conflict ceased , and the can-¦ nonade was only continued by the French . —Idem . DESPATCH FROM IX > RD RAGLAN . Before Sebastopol , May 1 , 1855 . My Lord , —I have little to report to your lordship to-day . The Russians continue actively engaged in covering their advanced works ,, and they have constructed a new battery on their left of the Mamelon ; troops are constantly in motion on the north side , and . there is every appearance of the establishment of a very large camp on the plateau above the Belbek , extending towards Mackenzie ' s Farm . No movement has been perceived on the Tchernaya . I have the satisfaction to acquaint your lordship , that the 3 rd Regiment or Buffs has arrived at Balaklava , and that the Alma , having the draft of the Guards on board , reached Kazutch Bay yesterday ; she has proceeded to Balaklava to-day . I inclose the lists of ' casualties to the 29 th ultimo . I have , & c ., Raglan . The Lord Panmure , & c . Casualties . —1 sergeant , 17 rank and file , killed ; 71 rank and file wounded . Naval Brigade : 1 killed , 4 wounded , 4 contused .
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War Miscellanea. Tub British: Recruiting...
WAR MISCELLANEA . Tub British : Recruiting in- America for the Foreign Legion is- still vigorously proceeding , according to the New York Herald . The American authorities have not interfered further . Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest , M . P . for North Durham , who is with his regiment of Guards in the Crimea , having received a hut from his mother , the Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry , immediately on its erection fitted up a large and roomy tent adjoining it , which he furnished with a library of standard works , several periodicals , and three daily papers , and , having a good stock of stationery , he opened it for the use of the men . of his-company for reading , and-writing letters home . This act of generosity is highly valued by the men . -
The Blockade . —We collect the subjoined from correspondents of the Daily News : — " At Revel they are making every preparation for us , having received a reinforcement of 9000 men . They are also driving spike * in the ground outside the batteries , and only three feet from the surface of the water ; but fortunately these have been put down where they cannot prevent our shipping from bombarding the town , which we expect to do as soon as the fleet comes up the Gulf . All direct communication with Finland is cut oft * by the blockade , so that the mails are now sent by laud all round the Gulf of Bothnia , and have to perform a journey of more than a thousand miles , the distance not being a hundred miles in a direct line . Letters from Abo of the 26 th of April mention the activity of the Russians in preparing for ' the defence of the country , and give particulars of the corps that have arrived there from the interior . The Grand-Duke Constantine has come down to Sweaborg , where there are half a dozen steam frigates , and it is said to be his intention to proceed with them to sea to , endeavour to pick up some of the ships of the blockading squadron . It is added that each of his steamers will take a line-of-battle ship in tow to cover his retreat if too hard pressed by the English frigates . If this news be confirmed , it shows his pluck , and will be glorious intelligence for the British sailors , who desiro nothing better than to catch the Russian ships out of port , and havo a brush with them . " Moke " Navvies" the Crimea . —Upwards of , a hundred " navvies" havo been engaged at Sunderland for tho Crimea .
Death ov Captain Chkistiis . —Wo learn from a private letter from Constantinople published in the Daily News that Captain Christie has died , literally of u broken heart at tho accusations made against him , and the court-martial to which he was about to bo subjected . Eupatoria .. —Tho last news from Eupatoria is to the 29 th ult . A reconnaissance had ascertained that the village of Saki , in tho vicinity , contained 25 , 000 Russians and a considerable quantity of war matt ' riel . There was some rumonr of an intention to occupy this village . Omar Pacha had undertaken tho formation of a Tartar regiment . Tho greater part of tho Turkish troops who havo lately been boforo Sebastopol havo returned to Eupatoria .
Fall Of A Shot And Shell Foundry In Sout...
FALL OF A SHOT AND SHELL FOUNDRY IN SOUTHWAUK . A frightful accident happened in tho Boroughroad , Southwards , on Monday : about two o ' clock in the day , tho extensivo factory of Messrs . Polgluse and Co ., known as tho Atlas Ironworks , fell to the ground , burying several of the workmen , of whom eighteen have been more or loss injured . The premises , which were largo , wore situated on tho south side of tho Borough-road ; and tho factory consisted of a lof ty structure in front , substantially built of brick and Portland stone , nnd of workshops
their homes . On the following morning , Mr . Polglase , the proprietor , assisted * by several practical surveyors , madean inquiry into the cause of the accident , which is thus described in tho daily papers : — Mr . Thomas Polglase stated that his brother , tho proprietor of tho works , had been some time back proceeded against by tho Crown for not complying with tho recent act of Parliament making it compulsory for furnaces to consume their own smoke . Having' Government work on hand , such as the casting of bomb-shoH . s for tho East , and knowing the importance to tho country of getting tho same finished as soon as possiblo , tho proprietor mado tho necessary inquiries as to whether tho alterations could bo carried out with perfect safety . Tho advico ho then received was to this o »' oct—that a now and larger boilor was required , but that an iron pillar , standing on a turned arch , which covered tho former boilor , would havo to bo removed ; and it was thought that if a temporary wooden column sufficiently strong were usod during tho removal of tho iron one , no danger need bo apprehended . CoiiHcquently , a timber plank of twolvor inches squaro wan placed on tho old arch , which supported the main wooden girder that ran tho oxtrcmo length of tho promises . Tho groat hoat of tho adjoining furnace , or Homo othor unexplained caiino , made tho timber nhrink , and at tho moment of tho accident Mr . Thoinan Polglann , who was within a foot or so of tho prop , « aw it fall out of tho perpendicular ^ and made a >
At the time of the accident , the men ( one hundred ; and two in number ) had just-returned from dinner , and the factory was consequently full . Some persons in the top part of the building suddenly perceived one of the sides rocking to and fro , and the walls were also seen to move by those on the lower floor . A rush was made to escape , and several werefortunate enough to succeed ; but many were still in the building when the roof fell in , the top floor gave way , and the lower floors , crushed like a card-house by the additional weight , collapsed and tumbled into ruins . Some of the escapes were wonderful . A workman who was standing- by his lathe made an , attempt to jump out of window wherr he saw the floor sinking ; but , failings in this ; he lay down by the side of the- machine , and the girders , falling in aslanting position , and resting * with one end on the * lathe , formed a kind of tent over his head , though inhis captivity he could hear several heavy millstones ' rolling immediately above him . Messengers having been despatched to the neighbouring police-station , a large- body of constablesspeedily arrived-, and , with the assistance of the men . who had escaped , the work of rescuing the sufferers commenced . This was no easy task , as , in addition to the debris-of the edifice , there was a-vast mass of manufactured and unmanufactured iron . Other portions of the factory , moreover , threatened to fall upon the workmen ; but these were ultimately secured , and , after great labour , several of the injured men were got out from the ruins . One man had been driven into the boiler , which was under repair ; but , by the peculiar position of a piece of fallen- timber , was so protected as to be comparatively unhurt , which he made known by calling out , " I am not hurt ; but be careful what you move . " He was not released , however , until six o ' clock : in . the evening ; but , in the meanwhile , was sustained by supplies of brandy-and-water , & c . Another of the workmen was found near the spot with his right arm crushed beneath a large millstone more than half a ton weight . His sufferings were frightful ; and , in his agony , he continually besought to be extricated by the amputation of his arm . His release was effected at about five o ' clock by the united efforts of about a hundred men ; who , by means of ropes and tackling , succeeded in withdrawing the massive stone by which he was held down , and which of itself was completely jammed in by the different pieces of fallen machinery . He was then placed in a cab , and removed with all' speed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital . Several of the other sufferers were conveyed to the same institution , many of the medical gentlemen connected with which attended at the scene of the accident and rendered assistance to the men as they were got out . The neighbouring tradesmen and the district clergy also greatly interested themselves in alleviating tho condition of the maimed workpeople . The number of sufferers removed to the hospitals was eighteen , of whom twelve had their wounds dressed , and were enabled to go to
in the rear" extending , in length about one hundred ; feet , and in breadth' about half , thai ; measurement ; . ; from the : old- Haymaitket to Newington . Causewayz-This latter portion—which was the principal seat off the disaster—was originally constructed fbr carpenters' workshops , and was built of timber covered with heavy sheets of slate ; but it is thought to have been of insufficient strength for the purpose to which it was applied . The height was nearly seventy feet ; and the number of stories was four . The proprietors were engaged in a contract for shells for the Crimea ; but , as they have other large works at Stepney , the undertaking will not be in the least interrupted .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 19, 1855, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19051855/page/7/
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