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ISTo. 452. November 20,1858.] 5C-HB I/EA...
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M. 1)E Lamartine. Tite Subscription. , W...
thiriking France would father have war , under anj form , than " Imperial Peace . " And it is with deep regrei that we find ourselves compelled to ask : " When are the men of France ? " The French have always laid claim to a very fair proportion of that spinl of chivalry which has done so much to civilise Europe . The French have also been charged by then neighbours with being more fickle and more volatile than the most volatile Athenians . And we are sorry tc see that their conduct in so ignobly humiliating one oi -the heroes of 1848 has more than justified the accusations of their rivals . We are informed that the English admirers of Lamartine have taken it upon themselves to subscribe the sum grudged by his countrymen . Will it ever be said that " perfide Albion" has paid to the worth of him who , if not one of the greatest statesmen , is surely the greatest and most genuine modern poet of " la belle France , " that tribute which was refused him by his self-proclaiming chivalrous countrymen . Oar Maltese contemporary does not appear to us to have taken a very correct view of the case as far as the cause of tamartine ' s misfortunes is concerned . We have inserted his remarks in our columns merely to show how wide-spread is the feeling for the poet ' s distress .
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ISTo . 452 . November 20 , 1858 . ] 5 C-HB I / EA-DER . 1247
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . Two women lost their lives , and several persons were scalded , at the Independent Calvinist Chapel in Ryecroft , Ashton-under-Lyne , on Saturday last , by the explosion of « a boiler placed in a cellar under the chapel , which was " used to heat water for the purpose of warming the chapel by pipes running round the building . We have to record another of those calamitous occurrences which are a disgrace to the authorities of the metropolis . In a street near Spitalfields , a lofty and heavy stack of chimneys fell early ' on' Tuesday morning , the ponderous debris forcing their way through all the floors of an adjoining house , killing two persons and seriously injuring several others . Is . such a supervision as would condemn and remove dangerous structures in London an impossibility ? The late violent gales have produced their inevitable effects in-numerous disasters and some loss of life at sea . The accounts from all the Channel ports , and indeed generally from those of the British seas , teem with the announcements of disaster . . A fatal aeculent has occurred to a young woman named Susan Butler , on the Newmarket-road , near Cambridge . The deceased , who was of a light character , on Thursday last , in company with a female companion , had been driving about in a fly , and had indulged too much in brandy-and-water . At an inn , the two females formed an acquaintance with two gentlemen , and ultimately accompanied them in a trap which they had with them . The deceased insisted upon driving , which she did at a furious rate , in spiteof the remonstrances of the others ; the consequence being that the party were thrown out , and the deceased was killed . Tho jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death , " adding that the accident was caused bj r the deceased ' s own act . The affair has created considerable interest at the University , in consequence of the two gentlemen alluded to being gownsmen . Neither of the others received any serious injury . A lamentable accident has happened in the family of the Earl of Bradford , at Weston . While Lady Newport , who had just arrived at the family seat , was engaged in conversation with tho Ladies Lucy and Harriet Bridgman , tho dress of the latter caught fire , and her sister was also enveloped in flames in tho vain endeavour to render her assistance . They both lio iu a most deplorable condition . Tho past week has boon ono of very tempestuous weather which has produced very deplorable results , j Numerous shipwrecks , with loss of life , are reported ] froin the eastern coast . In town much damage has boon ] done by tho gales , and on Monday night a policeman ; was blown into tho Surrey canal and drowned . Wo have to notice a calamity , which is remarkable ns apparently arising from tho sumo cause as tho recent i Bradford rascality . This timo Bolton is tho scono . Two j children of a farmer in tho neighbourhood died sud- ( donly , and tho post-mortoin examination proved that ] tho only reason for death was an inflammation of the ] stomach apparently produced by poison . The mother ( says sho bought a pennyworth of loaenges from Mr . ] fcmiothurst , of Bolton-moor . Tho deceased children { partook of them , and the presumption is that thoy caused their death . A cpronor ' s jury has adjourned , in order , that tt may bo put iu possession of comploto ovidonco . ... . 4
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NAVAJT , AND MILITARY . Hen Majesty ' s Ship Cuuacoa—Lotto ™ from Smyrna ] fltato that tho Cumoon has been got off without tho t Bhghtost damage It aeoms that she was atooring by tho old charts , and that tho spit of land on which she t Btruck has much extended since thoy wore mndo . In t fact , by them sho ought to have been in twenty-nine < foot of water . Before thoy got her off thoy woro obliged c to take put her guns , coals , storos , & o . j Nbw Bb . biboh-loa . ding Cannon—Exporimonts havo l tooon made at Chatham with ft now description of brooch- c
i . ; - l" i . _ ' " t 1 I ' r , [ - b of all by inn rul r to m nil of wh t as two | | \ \ loading cannon , the invention of Sergeant Robert t Watry , 3 rd Battalion . The gun is capable of firing ten i rounds per minute , arid although only four inches in length j from the breech , was found to do execution at one huat dred yards ' distance . The model has been highly ap-, ' proved of by the officers that witnessed the experi-.. ' . ments . . Mimtaby Punishments . —On Saturday , at Chat' , ' ham , Henry Davis , a bandsman of the Marines , -was ? ; brought up in presence of the troops at that depot , to receive the sentence of the court-martial which had been held on him for desertion and for making away with his musical instruments . The judgment of the court was . read in the presence of the entire battalion , the prisoner being sentenced to be branded on the breast with the letter " D ., " to be imprisoned for 168 days in Fort Clarence Military Prison , and also to be placed under stoppages until the whole sum of which he defrauded the War-office is made good . —The punishment of the lash has been inflicted on private David Jones , of the 23 rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers , for gross insubordination and mutinous language in the presence of the troops . For this crime he was sentenced to receive fifty lashes , and also to be imprisoned for fifty-six days . The prisoner underwent the corporal punishment ; after which he was removed to the garrison hospital . The Germaji Legion . —A letter has been received from an officer of the German Legion in British Caffraria , which states that the commanders of regiments had been ordered to send a list of those officers of the corps willing to volunteer for service in India . It has also been notified to the whole of the German military colonists there that volunteers will be received to serve either in India or any other of her Majesty ' s possessions or colonies . They are engaged for ten years certain , and will enjoy the same privileges and emoluments as the British soldiers as regards pay , rations , pensions , ' promotion , rewards for good conduct , and meritorious service , with half-pay after a certain number of years . In-addition to this they are to receive a gratuity , are to have a free equipment , and will be entitled , at the expiration of their time of servitude , to a free passage to the Cape of Good Hope , and will then receive a free grant of house , and land from amongst those at the disposal of the Government . Captain von Gonthard arid six other officers have been selected to take charge * of the volunteers , and have received orders to hold . . themselves in readiness to march to East London for em- . barkation to India . . Several large vessels have already been chartered by Government to convey the volunteers to their destination . . CfcOTHixo l-Wi the Army in India , —The whole j of tho army at present serving in Indi-a are to be provided with ' new- regulation , cloths better . adapted for " warding off the scorching heat of the tropical sun than thoso now in uso . The closely-fitting tunic of thick a cloth , with the stiff leather collars and tight belts , arc 3 to bo replaced by a loosely-fitting coatee of thin red a serge , devoid of all ornament excepting the shoulder- " straps , 'bearing the number of the regiment , and a plain row of staff buttons . This is well adapted for keeping * out the heat of the sun , and at tho same time allowing ^ of free perspiration . The troops are also to be provided with a largo loose coat of stout jean , of a very ° light drab colour , with full trousers of tho same mate- S rial . Though stout and close in texture , these cloths are not waterproof . They are , however , undoubtedly ? admirably adapted for a hot and dry climate , whero a rain , except at particular soasons of tho year , seldom * falls . Tho head-dress with the loose white covering zi now used by the troops iu India will not bo changed for rr the present . Deputy Ixspisctok of Hospitals . — Dr . William m Richard Edwin Smart hns boon appointed Deputy In- n ^ spoctor of Naval Hospitals , tho promotion to date from > v " September 17 th , 1858 , the date of tho well-earned promotion of Dr . Burn and Dr . Anderson to tho respoctivo P * ranks of inspector and deputy inspector of hospitals , for J , services during tho lato war with China . Dr . Smart , . throughout the Chinose wnr , has boon staff-surgeon of in ilia hospital ship at Hong-Kong—a position of respon- ™ libility which ho has occupied with groat benefit to tho _ uiblic service . Ho is justly considered ono of tho most 1 Q iblo and accomplished medical officers in , tho service . ™ During the Crimonn war Dr . Smart was surgeon of tho * ° STaval Hrigado Hospital at Balaklava . IIo is a Knight > f tho Logion of Honour , and recently obtained tho m IJluno gold raetlul for tlio boat modical journal in tho w lorvico . * Nkav FutsT-KATKs . —Tho dockyard authorities havo is many men omployod as oan work upon tho undermen- ft * ; ionod ships at Portsmouth , with tho object of getting JJ * -horn out of hand with nil despatch : —The Victoria , 121 ^ runs , lOOU-horso power ; tho l ' rinco of Wales , 101 guns , w 300-horso powor ( both on tho stocks ) ; and tho Noptuno , " " L 20 , sailing ship , under conversion to a 91-gun sorew ni iwo-dockor , with GOO-horao power . J Gospoht . —Tho War Department ia placing cannon of f 0 ho honviost metal and most improvod construction on ivory available point of tho Gosport fortifications , a * ion tract has boen entered into for tho conveyance of the " ' innnon from tlio Guard Wharf , Portsmouth , over the w lonting-brldgo to Go-sport . Two inontha will olapso P * ) oforo this -work is cpmnlotod , although tho utmost lospatch will b « ¦ usod . c 0
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' * CONTINENT AT , NOTES . FRANCE . An application has been made to the Procureur-Imperial to fix the 24 th inst . instead of the 17 th , as originally intended , for the trial of M . de Montalembert . The ground of the application is the absence of SI . Berryer , the counsel for the defendant , and the short time allowed , to prepare the defence . The application has been granted , though not until the Procureur-Imperial had taken twenty-four hours to consult with his superiors . Prince Napoleon , in accordance with , the letter of the . Emperor , has instituted a Commission of Inquiry into the real nature of the African immigration scheme . The Moniteur contains an official account of the capture of the fortified port of Turon , in the empire of Anam , by the joint forces of France and Spain . The resistance was weak , though the Anamites -were evidently prepared for an attack , and though -then * arms and ammunition and mode of warfare are perfectly European—in fact French , the French having themselves been their teachers . The French and Spaniards are now lodged in two camps on the spot , and it is expected that they will march on to Hue , the capital , which is but a very short way off . The Univers states that the Catholic Bishop Melchior , the news of whose arrest in Cochin China was received some time since , has been executed by the authorities at Hue . Additional despatches have been received from the French army in the Bay of Tourane to the 25 th of September . Admiral Rigault de Geuouilly at that date had not received a reply from the Court of Anam , although the time fixed by him had expired- He had not been able to attack Hue , the . capital of the empire , because the second division of the Spanish army , coming from Manilla , had not arrived , and the artillery , of which the Admiral had great need , wa 3 with . the second division . A pamphlet has just appeared , entitled " L'Angleterre et la Guerre , " in which it is conclusively established y A plus B , that England has neither men nor money , and must inevitably fall an easy prey whenever it may suit the convenience of her . powerful neighbour to attack her . These incendiary writings are utterly neglected by the public , and cannot pay their expenses . The frequent appearance of them is therefore the more curious . The following letter has been addressed by the five independent members of the Corps Legislatif to Jkt . . Bonabeau , recommending that an attempt should be made to carry the vacant seat in the Nievre . M . Bonabeau was a candidate at the last general election , and , although defeated by Government influence and pressure , he polled 6000 votes . This letter -was written in answer to a request that the nucleus of an opposition , which exists in the Legislature would advise him as to the course he should pursue under present circumstances : —" You ask us what should be your attitude at the coming election . You must stand . As long as a Constitution leaves us any rights , we should make use them . Abstention is a mistake . As to your programme , it should be reduced to one point— . Liberty Without liberty a nation cannot have either security greatness , material prosperity , or dignity . Appeal to lpvers of liberty , without regard to their antecedents , and they will vote for you . " The document is signed MM . Emile Ollivior , Jules Favre , Ernest Picard , and Darimon , deputies for Paris ; and by M . He ' , deputy for Lyons . This manifesto is especially rerkable ns being an appeal to the Orleaniats , who are numerous in the department , to coalesce with the men whose names savour of Republicanism . Prince Napoleon , whose name it seems now to be tho policy of the Emperor to associate -with everything liberal , has issued a dcorco relieving the press in Algiers from certain oppressive additions which ingenuity had invented as an appendix to the repressive laws which e the prosa in Franco by virtue of the decree of Fob , 17 , 1852 . Tho Prince snys , " I annul all those egulations , " and decides that the Algerian journals shall onjoy tho full measure of liberty -which appertains their brothron in tho mother country . It is stated that France intends to extend her doinion in Africa to tho banks of the Niger , and has with that view adopted a plan proposed by M . Faldhcrbe , Governor of Senegal . M . de Montalombort recoivoa numerous visits from the notabilities of tho opposition , and from all parts Franco , letters expressive of the warmest sympathy . Tho judge before whom tho case is to bo tried , if * overelmed with domanda for admittance on tho day of rial , but tho polico hovo received or-tera to limit tho numbor of persona to bo admitted to tho " oourt ns much they . enn , in order to prevent applause or other manifestations of sympathy . A collision ooourract on Monday afternoon botwoou trains on tho railway from Rouen to PIoppo . x artioulars are not known ; but it assorted that no lives wore lost , and that the injuries reooivod by several persons were not serious . Tho commission appointed by Pr . nco Napoleon to consider tho quoetlon of » froo emigration" from Africa , : !
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 20, 1858, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20111858/page/7/
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