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several pf the second battalions of regiments serving in India will be employed in this service . A court-martial has been held on board the Victory , in Portsmouth harbpur , for the trial of laeutehant-Commander John Binney Scott , Mr . Moss , second master , and Stephen Gruett , ordinary seaman ( lookout ^ man on the night in question ) , for the loss of her Majesty ' s screw steam gunboat Jaseur . After hearing the evidence against Mr . Moss and ¦ Gruett , and their defence , the Court acquitted the prisoners . Lieut . Scott was alsp acquitted . The master and gunner were recommended to the Admiralty for their conduct after the wrecks steamcalled the
A splendid all ^ gun er , Revenge , Has been launched from Pembroke yard . The process of rigging will commence at once , and she will -then proceed to Plymouth for commission , she having been fully fitted for sea while on the stocks . She has been about four years in hand , and is rather an improvement on the Renown , to which she is a sister ship . During the past eighteen months the channel coast has been fortified in a most effective manner . Old and doubtful guns have been superseded by ordnance of a superior description , and the Martello towers , erected during 1 S 08 , are in a most efficient condition . At Dover , the East Cliff is mounted with Hew batteries . Hythe is fortified with guns of large calibre , arid Brighton and other stations on the southern coast hav » each received two complete field batteries of 18-pounders for their defence .
The men of the Royal Engineers , belonging to "the survey companies stationed in various parts of the country , have arrived at Chatham , for the purpose of" being put through a course of instruction ¦ with the ^ Lancaster rifle . A return has been made of the number of men voted for the navy , army , and ordnance services , and the stms voted for each , from 1816 to 1858 , ^ aistinguishing the effective and non-effec tive votes ; and for the commissariat during the same period . In the year 1817 the army and navy were reduced to the peace establishment , the number of men -voted for the army being 92 , 600 , and for the navy 19 , 000 , while about 10 millions were voted secondThe
for the first service , 7 £ for the . general tendency of the voters for the next few years was to decrease the strength of the army . JTrom 1822 the number of men voted for the land forces is continually augmented , unttt from 71 , 779 in the army , and 7 , 260 in the ordnance , it reaches , in 1850 , 103 , 254 in the army , and 14 , 123 in the ordnance . The numbers continue rising , till in 1857 they reach 246 , 716 for the army and ordnance . The numerical strength of the navy , meanwhile , ¦ was increased from 19 , 000 in 1817 , to 45 , 000 in 1854 ; while the votes for that service , although fluctuating a gotd deal , are no more in the latter than in the earlier years ; but in 1856 reach nearly 19 millions , the number of men being increased to 70 , 000 .
^ Remonstrances having been made as the great injustice inflicted on licensed victuallers , by the small allowance made on account of the-billeting of soldiers , General Peel has issued an order raising the allowance under this head from l ^ d . a-day to 4 d . aTday for each soldier .
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_ CONTINENTAL NOTESFRAHCE . The Moniteur of Thursday contained the following Btatement : — " England has made to the four other great Powers the following propositions :-i-l . To effectuate previous to the Congress a general and simultaneous disarmament . 2 . The disarmament to be regulated by a military or civil commission independently of the congress- This commission , to ¦ b o composed of six commissioners , one of whom to "be a Sardinian . 8 . As soon a , s the commission stiall Jbave commenced dperations the congress should assemble and proceed to the discussion of political ¦ questions . 4 . That the representatives pf the Italian States should bo invited by the ccngress ,
immediately after its assembling , t 6 take their seats -with the representatives of the great Ppwers absolutely , as at the Congress pf 1821 . France , Russia , and Prussia have given in their adhesion to the proposals of England / ' ' It is said that the warlike manifesto of Austria jBLnds the Emperpr of the French not quite ready for tno flold . Abput six weeks longer wpuld have sufficed to complete his preparations . In the mean-Tamo , Za France Centrala is permitted to announce tliat , in case pf war , the staff of the army will be composed as fpllows«—The Emperor , Commanderin-Chief ; GeneralOanrobert , Major-General ; General Neill . Gonoral de Service j General Lobpuif , Cpmmissioner of the Artillery } General de Martintorey , Chlof of the Staff . All the cavalry regiments going to Africa wave
at which the Archduke John censured the poliev nf the Government in strong terms . *' The shipchandlers of Trieste have received ordero from London to be prepared for the arrival ofEnsrlisH men-of-war . The Austrian Government has Mrla six Austrian Lloyd steamers . u The Austrian army now in garrison at Milan ia only 25 , 000 strong , and there are 6 , 000 troops in Pavia , but reinforcements are expected . The walls of the two great towers of the castle of Milan have been raised more than three yards , and are now pro vided with artillery . A regiment of mounted police has been formed . At night Milan swarms with patrols . The inhabitants pass between two rows of soldiers when they return home late . They oueht at least to be saluted . ' s
The naval commander of Trieste has received orders to transport to Verudatwo old ships , in order that they may be sunk at the mouth of that port Veruda is about two miles from Pola . A letter from Vienna speaks thus of the A ustrian army in Italy : —The army is in good condition and well equipped ; but it has not a martial aspect , and the generals themselves admit the fact . Not a soldier has seen real service or smelt powder . There is no moral cohesion among the men . They would fight bravely ; but at the first defeat they experienced would cry , " It ' s all over with Austria , " perhaps it might be . Even the douaniers desert and come into Piedmont . The soldiers not only do not receive war remuneration , but are very irregularly paid .
PKUSSIA . A letter from Berlin says , the Archduke Albrecht of Austria is still there , and his mission lias been attended with the most complete success . He has signed a military convention with Prussia , by which the latter engages to send to the . Rhine-an army of 280 , 000 men , under the personal command of the Prince Regent , if the present negotiations for maintaining peace should fail . .. The contingent of Bavaria ( 69 , 000 )) , and the eighth federal army corps ( Wurtemberg , Baden , and Hesse-Darmstadt , together 60 , 000 men ) , with the other contingents , will receive orders to hold themselves in readiness to
march . A Belgian -paper states that the Emperor of Austria and the Prince Regent of Prussia will shortly have an interview at Teschen , on the frontiers of Bohemia and Saxony . News of the following offer of mediation has been received from Berlin , under date of the 19 th ins ' t , ; Prussia offers , if possible , in conjunction with England , to conclude a treaty with Austria to the following effect : 1 . Austria either t 6 terminate her special-treaties with the Italian States , or to convert them into simply defensive alliances , but under nlj circumstances to renounce and give up the right ot active interference in the internal affairs oi the Italian States , which she now claims in virtue ot these treaties . 2 . Austria to recognise , as the the le ot
future guide of her Italian policy , princip non-intervention . 3 . To reduce her pretensions to the occupation of Piacenzato the simple right , stipulated by the treaty , of maintaining a military garrison there . 4 . TO evacuate the Komon Legn ons at the same time that the French withdraw their troops from the city of Rome and Oivita . Veech »• 5 . To guarantee that no attack shall he made on tlit territorial possessions of Sardinia , if that power give a similar guarantee not to disturb the Jtalmn possessions ofVAustria . And finally , 6 To . consent to « general European Congress , in" order to con o oi mutual and pacific understanding tor a du Wo settlement of the States of Italy , tajwl - 1 >™ the territorial and sovereign rights gunn teeu by the existing treaties . On the other hand , « Austria will accede to those conditions , 1 « ia , fivfintiinllv stinnortod by England , binds hoibult . to im
As a set-off against these concessions . uv « France and Sardinia to keep . the waieo : i . lw op pose any armed intervention in It * y on ho i » u Franco , if needful , by adequate military ubsibtanjo , and 3 . As the ally . of Austria , to . tkan ; « » i against France as soon as the French troops Uttfm to cross the Alps . , „„ .: „„ mm ' . The latest intelligence is of an ftlur » i nt , J The Prussian Gazette of Thursday ways , that u » o assembling of the Cpngress is bocom » f " ™ , ! p more doubtful , and that , tlio state o " * . u w ^ »^ assumed a most serious aspect , it ™ ™ iS t \ \ m sian Government tp think that it is t V \* ' , lir _ tP make proposals tp the ^ dor ^ D ot o » i o ]; pose of taking general measures for 1 « own mw and safety . Government has preceded thwtP oi b 0 by ordering three corps d ' armev ( 70 , 000 nun ;
been ordered to leave their horses behind them , and to supply themselves with others in Algeria / The 2 nd regiment of theforeign legion , 2 , 400 strong , coming from Africa to do garrison duty at Nismes , has landed at Marseilles . Immediately oh their arrival , a conference took place between the district general land the mayor of Nismes about the means of lodging the men . Some of ithem are to be quartered in buildings belonging to the customhouse . The Journal du Havre states that orders have been sent to Toulon for the immediate preparation of 3 , 000 " marine bags . " These bags , as is well known , comprise all the necessary outfit for a sailor . All naval officers on leave of absence have received ' orders to return to their posts with the
shortest possible delay . Within the last few days l arge supplies of sugar , coffee , rice , and other provisions have been sent into store at Toulon . On the other hand , however , the Ocean of Brest , of the 12 th , says that the second division of the squadron , which had received orders to sail for Toulon " tomorrow , " is detained , pursuant to fresh instructions . A naval division , under the command of Vice-Admiral Jehenna , has sailed from Brest for the Mediterranean , and Rear-Admiral Jurien de la Graviere has gone to Toulon , and , i t is said , that he will be intrusted with an important command . The journals of Nantes and Bordeaux confirm the news given by the Journal du Havre , of a levy of sailors in all the ports ; the order was received at Brest some days since .
General Fanti , of the Piedmpntese army , who ; recently came to France on a special mission , has just left Paris for Turin . During his stay at Paris he had several interviews with the Emperor and with Prince Napoleon , who , it is said , will be sent immediately to Berlin , in the hope of counteracting the effect of the Austrian Archduke Albert ' s mission there . ¦ . ' .-. ' . In the columns of a morning contemporary , on Wednesday ; appeared an extraordinary story of a new plot against the Emperor ' s life , ' got-up by the to have
terrible " Marianne" association . It was come off at the Opera Comique , had not the tender conscience of a conspirator led him to give information in time . Several letter carriers Belonging to the Paris post are said to he implicated in the business . " Gigantic efforts , ? ' says our contemporary , " have been made by the police to maintain the strictest secrecy upon the subject . Some bird of the air must surely carry these matters in Paris , for every particular concerning the attempt , has transpired . " The " bird , " we suspect , belonged to the genus canard .
AUSTRIA . The hopes of the friends of peace , that a rupture would be avoided , are reduced to the lowest ebb . It seems questionable whether the combined influence of England and Prussia will be sufficient to prevent Austria carrying out her threats against Sardinia . On Thursday the news arrived that General Gyulai has been ordered to present an ultimatum to the Sardinian Government , requiring disarmament , and the sending away of the volunteers from the various it is said 000
Italian states , amounting , , to , 60 , men . If these terms are refused , war is to be declared in three days .. Two more divisions of the Austrian army of 80 , 000 men have been prdered tp the Ticino , The English proposal for a Congress upon the same conditions as that of Lay bach , has been refused . A telegram received by Mr . Reuter gives an abstract of a statement in the Dresden Journal of Thursday , corrobprating the foregoing intelligence so far as regards the extent of time said to be given tp Sardinia fpr reflecticn .
A letter frpm Vienna says the French jpurnals have asserted that the financial distress pf Austria is sp great that she was pbliged tp take possession pf the reserve pf the Bank . That affirmation is quite erroneous ; and what is more , the journals in question , in their manner of announcing the intelligence , have fallen into a blunder which betraye their igncrance . If war shpuld burst put , and mpney were wanted , an appeal from the Emperor to his subjects wpuld suffice tp procure immediately whatever he might require , The Austrian Minister at Cepenhagen , Opunt Karply , whp p nly returned to Vienna a few days ago on leave of absence , has been sent on a sudden and
special missipn to St . Petersburg . The pbjeot entrusted tp this diplomatist is tp secure , by a binding treaty , the neutrality pf Russia in case pf war . A letter frpm Trieste , dated the 16 th inst ., says , "There will bo shortly 60 , 000 trppps assembled at Venice , and the Government , mprepver , retains the Southern Railway fpr the exolueivo service of the War department . Besides the prdep pf the day pf General Gyulal posted in the barracks , others have been published , in which allusion is made to the defeat of the Austrians at Marengo , a defeat which « the soldiers pf the present army will shortly avenge . ' A forced loan of 500 , 000 , 0001 ( 1 ., and an increase of 30 per cent , on the taxes arc spoken , of . It is further reported that a family council was held at Vienna
plated pn a war fppting . SARDINIA . , 011 At a Cpuncil cf Ministers bold «* 1 ur J , « Tuesdav , at which the King was prjjenl . It * J i , splved that in prdor tP give tp ftm ¦ « J . ^ mufl tho desire of Sardinia tP remove © ^> g J } , ,, which delay tho meeting pf a V ™^' ^ , » nd yields to tho demand of England unU Jminw .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 23, 1859, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23041859/page/6/
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