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1266 ¦ ?¦ THE LEADER. [jSFo. 504. Nov. 1...
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VOLUNTEER CORPS. Tin? columns of the dai...
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IRELAND: We leant from the Dublin Freema...
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LAW, POLICE, AND CASUALTIES. On SiUurdny...
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Xaval And Military. ' The Launch Uf Ilw ...
flogging in the army . This society declares that flogging is unnecessary , impolitic , inhuman , and opposed to Christianity , and it considers that if public opinion can be brought to bear upon the question the entire abolition of flogging in both the army and the navy will speedily be accomplished . Lord Saynham is the treasurer , and the offices are at 10 , Duke-street , S't James ' s S . WV _ _ _ . ' states
feet 6 inches . Her armament will be of the powerful description that modern science can supply . The weather , so important a point to be considered in connexion with events of this kind , was exceedingly favourable , and it is estimated that upwards of 15 , 000 persons were present . A 9 L-gun ship , to be named the Boyal Alfred , will be laid down on the slip from which the "Victoria was launched . ' . A society has been formed for the abolition ol
¦ The Emperor of Morocco , a Spanish journal , has purchased 10 , 000 rifles in England , which are to be delivered at Gibraltar , to arm ten battalions of Moorish Chasseurs . If the warlike enthusiasm of the Madrid paper were to moderate a little it would learn that there are no rifles to spare in England , and that , in consequence of Birmingham and other gunsmiths being unable to supply the wants of the British Government , the latter has ordered 30 , 000
rifles from Liege . On Saturday a disturbance took place in Portsmouth dockyard and on board the Princess Boyal . A body of the men had left the ship , it is said , on leave for the night , but on reaching the dockyard gates they . were not allowed to pass through , having no officer with them . The men were ordered back to the ship , and no man was to leave that night in consequence of the disturbance which . had already taken place . The men had no sooner reached the lower deck than they began breaking into open-mutiny , and taking possession of the deck . Marines were sent for from all the ships iii harbour , and over 100 of the crew were taken prisoners on board the Victory , and placed in irons . .
The shipwrights employed at Chatham , dockyard have completed the-breaking up of the famous frigate St . Lawrence , formerly called the Shannon , ¦ which made the gallant capture of the American frigate Chesapeake during the war with the United States . The Duke of Cambridge has issued a general order ; with regard to flogging in the army , which is ' another evidence of the interest he takes in the duties of his position , and in the welfare of each individual soldier . This is another step in the good work of improving the condition of the men ; and , if attended with the desired result ( which we can scarcely
doubt ) , will , doubtless , prove the forerunner of a similar amelioration in the navy . For the future , soldiers are to be classified , or , rather , certain soldiers are to be regarded as pertaining to a class apart from , the rest , and on these alone the punishment of the lash will be likely to fall . Every man entering the army wijl be considered as belonging to the first class of soldiers , and will , in -virtue of that , his natural position , enjoy immunity from corporal punishment . Certain specified offences of thej"graver kind will be held to cost a man liis place in the first class , from which accordingly ho will be deposed , and passed into a second class . Then only
will he "become liable to be flogged . So long as he abstains from' the commission of serious offences , there will not be so much as a question of his liability to this infliction , and even a serious offence will only bring with it , on the first occurrence , an equivalent wuro | ng , Whatever punishment of an ordinary kind nriny be visited on a soldier for his first fault , he cannot , except in certain special cases , be sentenced to the lash . That liability can only come afterwards , and will , in fact , constitute in itself a most effective species >« flf punishment . It may be almost said , indeed , that every soldier will in future enjoy as his natural right the position in
rather high . Ten thousand men are easily enough found , but half a million sterling for conveying them to the scene of operations , arid the same , or nearly so , for bringing them back again , may well cause any but the English treasury officers to think twice about tie matter . . The steamship Thunder , of 1 , 000 tons burden , at present at Deptfbrd , has been taken up by the War Department and numbered ns a transport for the conveyance of guns and ammunition from Woolwich , ani barrack stores , bedding , & c , from the Tower . The following ships are likewise chartered : —Tlie Mentor , the Celerity , the Sir G . Scvmour , and the Ida .
Opinions are divided as to the merits of the ironcased frigates and line-of-battle ships , and steam rams , now in construction at several of the French dockyards . Many practical men who are competent judges of what a ship can do in rough and smooth water , pronounce the new system chimerical . No steam engine yet constructed , they assert , could give these i > onderous machine ' s sufficient impetus to enable them to run down a ship of any magnitude ; and a moderately swift steamer would , in their opinion , be able to steam round the iron-cased vessels without giving them a chance of getting at them . Other engineers are sanguine as to their success , and these conflicting views can only bedecided by actual
experience . The two iron-cased steam rams—Magenta and Solferino , now on the stocks at Brest and Lorient , are constructed exactly on the same plan . Their hull below water is similar to that of ships on the old model ; their scantling i 9 that of an 80-gun ship . The novelty in their build consists in the form of the cutwater . It forni 9 a straight line up to the . surface of tlie water , forming an acute angle with the keel ; it then rocedes with a backward curve , and joins the bows , to which it is firmly attached , both above and below the water , by stout iron-cased timbers . The angular extremity of thecutwater , which is something like fifteen feet distant from the bows of the vessel , is a knee of well-seasoned oak timber , which is to be
fitted with a large conical spur in wrought iron . The stern is not to be on the present mode ! ; but is to present the same appearance as the slightly bluff bows of old East Indiamen . The reason for making the stern so massive is to afford a counterpoise for the weight of the bows , which miglit otherwise bring the ship down by the head . Looking at the immense weight of these ships when cased with iron throughout , one can hardly wonder at practical seamen doubting the possibility of a motive power being found sufficiently strong to propel them at anything like the velocity requisite to make them useful . Their engines , however , are to be of enormous power . Both the Magenta and Solferino are in a very forward state , although only laid down four months
ago . The Stecun Shipping Chronicle remarks that , " the alarm caused by the loss of the Royal Charter is much discussed , and some of the true causes are beginning to be well understood ; but where are we to look for safe guides in building ships such as these ? We have shown how defective are Lloyd ' s regulations . Where is the cure ? Wo believe that more confidence muat be placed in practical nnd scientific men , who should be employed to superintend them . Lloyd ' s Cpmmittee have gone much too far , and have done , and are every day doing , harm , and wo trust this loss will open their eyes , Vessels built under their surveyors have -been notoriously defective , owing to the fact that they are not iron shipbuilders , and know uothing of true science . For
instance , it was found in some of tho earliest of the large steamers that they were too weak at tho hollow parts of the entrance and run of tho vessel , and consequently collapsed as tho vessel foil deeply into tho sea . The romedy for this was most simple . A few additional crutches did tho . wholo business ; but Lloyd ' s Committoe thought differently , and proceeded to add to the strength of tho plrttes and frames , till the consequences above named have arisen . Aa to the power of iron ships to stand all and very muohinore than any wooden ship can , . wo have no doubt , but builders must bo loft unshucklod , Scionco , not tho rule of thumb , must bo the' guide , and then wo may hope to have tho iron omployod in tholr construction placed so as not to diminish , but to add to their . strength .
this respect of a non-commissioned officer . Before he can be flogged lie must have been disrated , and disrating he turn always ayoid . The only exceptions to this new rule are , that " aggravated mutinous conduct" may at once be punished with flogging , and that tho whole system of . exemptions may be suspended in tnno of war , when the army is in the field . Orders have been received by the military authorities at Portsmouth from the Horse Guards that the troops of the garrison shall be practised in tlie mode of embarlung and disembarking , as a portion
of their drill . Ilia Boyal Highness the Commanderin Chief also expresses his opinion that it is desirable that small detachments of Boyal Marines should be employed with the troops when exercised in embarking and disembarking . "The Par / a announces that General de Montauban is'Uppolnted Commander-in-chief of the Chinese expedition j nnd It is whiaporod , moreover , that tho number of men to tjQ aenfc la fnr moTQ iiico | y to be MttUt : ea than otherwiae . Tho price asked for currying them out—namely , i , 95 Of . n , head—is cortnlnly
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1266 ¦ ?¦ THE LEADER . [ jSFo . 504 . Nov . 19 , 1859 .
Volunteer Corps. Tin? Columns Of The Dai...
VOLUNTEER CORPS . Tin ? columns of the daily journals are crowded with accounts of the . progress of the established rifle and artillery battalions , and of the steps tukon in the formation of new corps . Lord Eloho has ' presided over a mooting held at the Thatchod House Tavorn , for the purpose of forming a national association for tlie encouragement of volunteor riflo corps , and the promotion of rifle shooting throughout Great Britnin . It is proposed to haVo a great national gathorlng yearly , whon prizes to tha host shots will bo oliorod for competition . Mr . Sidney Horbort ,
Minister at War . is elected first president of the association ; three trustees , twelve vice-presidents and a council of fifteen , have also been chosen A large number of members were enrolled there and then , this movement promising to be the topstone to that of the Volunteer Rifle Corps . On Wednesday , Major-General Hay , of the Hythe School of Musketry , inspected about 300 effective men belonging to the Scottish Volunteers , under the command of Lord Ek-ho , M . P ., who was present , and ' the Queen ' s Volunteers , of which Earl Grosvenor
M . P ., is Colonel , in Westminster Hall , both of which corps are drilled there three times a week . At the termination of the parade Major-General Hay said the manner in which they had gone through the drill produced in him a feeling of unqualified astonishment . It only proved , indeed , . what he had always maintained—that where there was intelligence on which to operate , a man could be drilled ^ into efficiency in one-third of the time it took to lick a country bumpkin into shape .
In the ancient city of Westminster active measures are being taken to form a strong force . Meetings have been held in every parish to form local companies , which will afterwards be brigaded together . The Inns of Court corps also is makiirar rapid progress . In ' Scotland the success of the call to arms has been as surprising as gratifying . At Glasgow already 2 , 000 men , the flower of the population , have been formally-embodied . The
companies 'Which were earliest formed are now nearly all armed , and have attained considerable proficiency in drill . As yet , however , the movement may be considered as only in its initiatory state , for new companies are about to ho formed in the city . Tlie same spirit pervades the adjacent , towns a nil" villages , and jt is . not too much- ^ to . say that , should . the rumours of foreign hostility or invasion gain greater force , the west of Scotland easily could , and readily would , turn out an armed force of 30 , 000 men .
Sixty of the artisans in the employment of the Messrs . Scott and Co ., shipbuilders , of Grccnock , have . offered their-services'as a volunteer artillery corps ; and , in the event of their ofier being accepted , the Messrs . Scott promise to give every facility for drill , and also to place a portion of their premises at'their disposal for their . purpose . This course of action has been'imitated at Liverpool by the British and North American Mail ( Cunard ) Company , who employ about 300 persons at their stores . They have invited all the employes to form amongst themselves a volunteer artillery corps .
Ireland: We Leant From The Dublin Freema...
IRELAND : We leant from the Dublin Freeman ' s Journal that there have been a scries of disgraceful nnd wanton offences against property in the county of Dublin . Some of these painfully demonstrate the necessity of increasing either the number or the vigilance of the constabulary in that district . Trees luivo been destroyed , favourite dogs hanged on gates , and threatening notices served . A meeting of niag-istratcs has been held , and steps will be taken to punish the
offenders . offenders . On Tuesday night a meeting was held in Dublin to express sympathy for tho Pope . As Dublin could not produce a presentable chairman , tho honour dcvolvod upon the Donoghuc , one of tlie muinbersol the county of Tipporary , who has recently thrown up his commission in the Queen ' s service us major in tho Kerry Militia , in order , it is to bo prcsumou , to devote his unfettered allegiance to the sovoroign who oxercises sway over the minds and consciences Of tho Roman Catholics of Iroluml . ' 1 ho V ^ Uob 8 l
who figured as the Pope ' s champ '""" "b '\ f : " Irish laity worn—Mr . J . F . Maguiro , M . L ., *«• P . O'Brien and Mr . John Popo Uemiessy , tlie maasortod members for tho Kinfeta emmjy , I ' rotosBOi Mcnnessy , Mr . O'SulHvan , of WioNtHhn , awl JVir . < J . O'Dwyor , ex-Filiucr of tho Exchequer on u eomfortablo ponslon of £ li ,: W 0 pqr annum . . 1 Hero whs no othor important immo to be found in the usiw spoukers ; it is , therefore , quito unntrcHsury to q » ou from the spoechos , which occupy almost i «» i " »* j ' space in tho Freeman ' s Journal and M » numj ^^* ; A long address of condolonco with tho Holy -Huuui was agreed to .
Law, Police, And Casualties. On Siuurdny...
LAW , POLICE , AND CASUALTIES . On SiUurdny ' Dr , Thomas Smothurut , who was oonvictod of poisoning IsuboUo . Banics , niicl sunlonooa w death , was brought up under a tuifmttti vomits ,, iihu ohareod boforo Mr . Combo , at Houthwurlc , wh » having boon guilty of bigamy . KvIcIciiuu ot «»» second and illegal marriage was formally imu » l 0 9 * % and Smothurst fully commit tod for trial at tlw " £ Biiiloy . A , free pardon untlor tho groat soul w « " »" eoivod by Mr . Kaone , the governor oniorflomonsw luno Gaol , on Tuesday , for Dr . Smqtlmrafr , wnti tho nnnouncomont was mado to him hw uui
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 19, 1859, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19111859/page/6/
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