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2B4 THE LEA-DEK. [3^q. 466, February 26,...
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merchant vessels from going to sea; 2. A...
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The Calcutta and Suburban Building Socie...
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FfiOM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Tuesday, Febrt...
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A Daughter of Eobekt Burns.—Why, tlieiv ...
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The Eastern Bengal Hallway Company hnvo ...
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The French Corn Trade . —The Presse contains the following observations in connexion with the heavy imports of foreign corn into England : " France seated . between two . ' --seas , - ' favoured by a climate propitious to the growth of corn , and separated from England only by the Channel , might in a great measure monopolise thissupply . But first it will ¦ be necessary to suppress the sliding , scale and emancipate the corn trade . We are assured that a bill is being prepared in this sense , and that a law more in harmony with political economy will replace an uncertain legislation which is opposed to international exchanges . The sliding scale would be suppressed , and replaced by a fixed duty , of If per hectolitre on entry , while exportation would be free . " Trade at Marseilles . —The Paris correspondent of the Times writes -. — " The following telegram , dated Marseilles , yesterday , is published in the Nord ot Brussels : — 'Business is active ; , maritime traffic is increasing ; the docks are full of ships . The Marseilles merchants , who are not influenced by a panic at the Bourse , manifest opinions in accordance with the firm policy of the Government . The eventuality of a war does not terrify them . ' This paragraph . is of course to be attributed to the action of the Prefects , as recommended in the cir ^ cular which the Minister of the Interior was most unwillingly obliged to address to those functionaries , the Other day . It contains almost as many misstatements as words . It is not true that business is flourishing at Marseilles ; it is not true that the merchants are not influenced by the increasSd \ vant of confidencei the sense of insecurity , and the , opposition to war which are concealed in the words , panic at the Bourse ; ' and the greatest untruth of all is that , the eventualities of war do not ' terrify them , ' as well as every thinking tnan in France . " Sale of Grain . —After the 1 st of January , I 8 6 0 , grain , meal , flour , butter , and potatoes will be sold by the pound avoirdupois , by the score of 20 lbs ., the cental of 100 lbs ., and by the ton of 2 i 000 lbs . ; and all hay , straw , turnips , and mangold-wurtzel will be sold in the same manner . This arrangement will take effect should a bill , brought in by' Mr . W . Brown , M . P ., and Mr . M'Ganh , M . P ., succeed in passing through Parliament . Trade in China . —A telegram , dated Shanghai , Jan . 6 , says that "Imports ( except metals ) were generally in good demand . ISxchange had declined to 6 s . 4 d . for bank bills . Tea was clearer at all the ports . Tli ere is a decrease in exports of two millions and a half . ' ' . State of the Iron Trade . The Wolverliamptow Cftro ? iic / e , says : — " The ii-on trade may be said to fully maintain its improved position , in , faqt , orders are daily becoming more numerous . The' mills and forges of the district are in active operation , especially those producing iron of a superior description . The advices from the United States are of a limited character , but there are symptoms of improvement , and there is . no question that as the season advances exportations . will be considerably increased . There is a good , demand for railway iron ; but the bulk of the orders find their way into South Wales . A large ' quantity is still being inanufactured at the various works in that district , " owing to the facilities which the Welsh houses possess for the production of this kind of iron . "
2b4 The Lea-Dek. [3^Q. 466, February 26,...
2 B 4 THE LEA-DEK . [ 3 ^ q . 466 , February 26 , 1859 .
Merchant Vessels From Going To Sea; 2. A...
merchant vessels from going to sea ; 2 . A bounty inviting men to enter on board Queen ' s ships 5 3 .. A proclamation requiring compulsorily the service of all seafaring men . . ' ¦ ' Impressment , " all are agreed , could never again be revived ; besides the requirement , it should be remembered , is not for men only , but for trained men ; arid impressment would never supply practised gunners . The present reserves of the country consist of : 1 . The Marines now quartered ashore ; ,-2 . The
Coast-guard ; 3 . The Volunteers ; 4 . Short-service Pensioners . The Marines are as fine , as efficient , and as well-disciplined a body as any that the State has at its disposal , and are available either as artillerymen or infantrjr . There is at present a reserve of 6 , 000 Marines in the different home ports . The Commissioners recommend that that number should be increased to 11 , 000 . The present complement of the Coastguard is 10 , 000 . A suggestion is offered for increasing it to 12 , 000 , at an annual cost of 116 , 525 / . .
On the Naval Coast Volunteers , as at present constituted , the Commissioners do not appear to place much roliance , for the reitson that they are not all properly " seamen , " but rather , for the most part , fishermen , boatmen , and " longshore " men . They are , however , fair gunners , and for the defence of the coast would be of considerable value . The Short-service Pensioners are those who have retired after 1 O years' service on a pension of Gd . a day . If the principle were extended to the Marines , a corps of five thousand might be obtained this very year ( as in 1859 the discharges from the Marine corps
commence ) , and that , too , at no considerable . Outlay . Besides 4 * 000 seamen proposed to be retained in the home ports , there would be a reserve of 11 ^ Marines , 12 , 000 Coast-guard men , the Short-service Pension Seamen , and the Kaval Coast Volunteers . It is therefore computed that 30 , 000 men , obtainable in the manner above suggested , exclusive of the : Coast Volunteers , would provide , if not an ample , at least a sufficient number to bear the first shock on the outbreak of hostilities . But beyond this there is the admitted necessity of a continued supply of trained men to make gbod the Iiayoc of war and to keep up the navy to an efficient standard .
The proposed plan of the Commissioners for obtaining an adequate supply of trained seamen " reeom - mends the enlistment of adults at once from the short-voyage traders . The new body , it is suggested , might be called the " Royal Naval Volunteers , " and , as inducements to join , it is recommended that they should be paid at short periods—receive remuneration while being trained , and pensions on attaining the ages of 50 and 55—be admitted from time to time into the Coast-guard , and finally participate in the advantages of Greenwich Hospital . The obligations on the part of the corp would be to practice gunnery and to serve at sea in case of emergency .
With respect to the future supply , the proposition is that at each of the large ports a training-ship should be established , with accommodation for from 100 to 200 boys , half of whom should be maintained by the-Gbvernment , and that these vessels should be under the superintendence of the Board of Trade * the main intention being to train boys for the Merchant service , a limited number only having the option of going into the Navy . It is presumed that these training-ships would furnish annually 1 , 200 able-bodied lads , and that the different seaports would yield as many moce , to the maritime occupations of the country , all of whom shipowners would be . willing to take ; contributing at the same time a
small annual sum in return for the cost of the education of the apprentice , such sum to be levied in aid of the Pension Fund . The total annual cost of these school-ships , including training in gunnery , would probably bo 200 , 000 / . per a , nnum . . By the adoption of the whole , of the recommendations in the Report , the country would acquire a reserve of 00 , 000 men in addition to tho 5 , 000 Marines , suggested as a judicious increase to that force , and in addition also to 5 , 000 volunteers , who would probably bo absent on leave in the Merchant service . For tho alleged increased security thus obtained the country would have to provide an annual sum altogether of 508 , 821 / .
MANNING THE NAVY . The Report of the Commissioners upon this subject lias just made its appearance . It commences by stating that attention has bee , n directed in tho first place to the mode of manning her Majesty ' s ships in time pf peace ; and , secondly , to . the inquiry , whether , under the emergency of war , reliance could be placed upon existing reserves . In 1852 , what wasttyqn termed tho " continuous sorvjeb system" was nrst introduced . This plan has given the country a body of well-trained and efficient men . It seems
admitted upon all hands that , with somo few unimportant modifications , voluntary recruitment will supply as many hands ns are neeeded . The Report proceeds to any that the Queen ' s service is decidedly unpopular . Oiie grievance seems to be the uncomfortable nature of tho temporary quarters provided on board the hulks whilst tho ships are being fitted out . An attempt to remedy this inexcusable opprobrium has been lately tried at Portsmouth by the establishment of a model hulk , the Bollerophon , and striking improvement is manifest here .
Tho inadequate allowance of provisions is another subject of complaint . Tho Commissioners recommend that the men should bo supplied with equal rations to flic sailors in the service of tho great steam , ship companies , Thore is also , an obnoxious charge made against "the mon onv first entoring , for bedding mess utensils , # 0 ., whloli it would bo botter to Issue free , The law us It stands at present contemplates obtaining mow olthor- ^ -l , By an embar go prohibiting
The Calcutta And Suburban Building Socie...
The Calcutta and Suburban Building Society is likely to be established . The shares are 50 / . each , payable by monthly instalments of 12 s , per share . The object is to provide dwellings for tho loss wealthy class of Kngllsli and Eurasian residents , on tho plan of the . English building companies . House rent for Europeans is rising in all tlio Indian cities , caused by the increase of joaidsnts . The telegraph on tho Grant Indian" Peninsular Hallway has been , opened for convoying uenoral messages . • , ' •*¦ •* Lieut .-Colonol Fagan lias been elected secretary of tho Caloutta South-lfiastqrn lluihvay Company . He lias devoted consldoroblo uMemion to the development of India , and io well acquainted with the resources of tho Bengal provinoua .
Ffiom The London Gazette. Tuesday, Febrt...
FfiOM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , Febrttary 22 . - BANKRUPTS . Thomas Gt , ennte , Harley-street , Cavendish-square boarding-housekeeper . . " . ¦ . . * HAHMAt ? Matthew Milton , Queen ' s-row , Cambeiwell-gate ,, livery stable keeper . William Fowler , New-cross and Beekenham , Kent builder . James Syson , Birmingham , hosier . JOhn Bennett , West Brdmwich , Staffordshire , irpn-: master . \ George Wheller , Curry Rivel , Somersetshire , draper . John Manlay , Exwick , Devonshire , miller . George RiDiiKK , Cardiff , provision dealer . ¦; John Ed w in Sim ester , Cardiff , grocer . James Schofield and Louis Horrie , Blue Pits near Rochdalej Lancashire , and Keighley , Yorkshire ' grease manufacturers . Thomas Madeley Haiitwell , Manchester , calenderer . . Friday , Feb . 25 . Thomas William Custance , Newcastle - upon .-Tyne ,- licensed victualler . Benjamin , Lovkll , Northampton , currier . John David G bees way , Tauntpu , draper . Jose-ph Hardwicke and Henry Jones , Graeecliufch-street , merchants , j . . ' . Henry Spence , Birmingham , currier . John Hill , jun ., Lentoh , Nottinghamshire , laee manufacturer . William George HoRXCASTLE , JPoplar , auctioneer .. Thomas Adams , Harborne , Staffordshire , licensed victualler . Joseph Taylor , Bradford , general dealer . George Oswald , ITsliburn , Durham , farmer . William Ireland , Plaistow , Essex , licensed victualler . John WAlker , Stockport , licensed victualler . Michael Watson , Hartlepool , innkeeper . Phillip Crollix , Liverpool , sail maker . George Locking , Cleethprpej Lincolnshire , hotelkeeper . ' . : John Newton , Old Malton , Yorkshire , liorse dealer . John Andrews Munday , Piilborough , Sussex , coal merchant . John Goqdson Tlirney , 9 , Mount-place , WalWorth-: : road , grocer and tea dealer . ¦ . ¦¦¦•¦' . ' ¦ Sag ar Hold En SplAtt , " Strand , sail maker .
A Daughter Of Eobekt Burns.—Why, Tlieiv ...
A Daughter of Eobekt Burns . —Why , tlieiv you wiir repeat , Luis the only surviving daughter of Burns been so long neglected , and residing in the neighbourhood ? Simply because a modest feelings shared by her husband , kept them so retired in their humble condition , that only a very few knew that she existed ; and the independent spirit of the honest old couple : would haveSpurned any common charity , even when they were past work . Our greatest difficulty now is to divest our enterprise of the obtrusive assertion of charity ; though , as you wilt see by the enclosed list * we have realised considerably over 100 / . in small sums , and expect . to treblfr it , when our masonic brethren and others are made fully aware that Mrs . Thompson , of Pollockshaws , exists at all . You may rest assured we will act up to the spirit of your article , — Correspondent of Household Words . "
Resignation op the Bishop or Glasgow . —A mandate for tho election of a bishop for the diocese of Glasgow has been issued in consequenco of the resignation of the ? Bight-Kev . Dr . Trower . It appears that the rig-lit rev , prelate has , on account ot fumily affliction , been compelled to reside for somo years past at Tun bridge Wells , and last year niftde d'formal application fora coadjutor bishop , but the proposal was not favourably entertained . In ft letter he has addressed to his clergy he says , "I have conne most reluctantly to tho conclusion that it is my duty to resign ray great responsibility . ine burden is too groat to bo borne under the , condition . of non-residence in the present state of the ohureJi . I therefore hereby resign my sacred office as -Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway into the hands ot trio Episcopal College , praying for tho peace and . prosperity of the Scotcli Episcopal Church . "
The Eastern Bengal Hallway Company Hnvo ...
The Eastern Bengal Hallway Company hnvo produced their second report , and we aro glad to liavo again the opportunity of stating that ; this importune undertaking is in progress . A contract has been aignecl with Messrs . Brassey , Wythes , ami bn Joseph Paxton , for tho lino from Calcutta to Koosntee , 108 miles in length , for 1 , 045 , 000 / ., oxoluslvo or rails and chairs . Those works will soon bogln , n ™ in tho meantime tho company ' s engineer , Mr . Purdon , has settled with the local Government o ; Bengal tho bost situation for the Calcutta toriniiius , being at Sealditfi . Tho directors report Unit tuey have in the Indian treasury 320 , 124 ? ., . wji loli sum , together with tho payments in advance , will bo buifleient to meet all clomands for tho curront yc-ar . Tho Indian ahiu-eholdors of tho Agra . Hank naio received information from tho directors of tJieir proposal to obtain fox tlio bunk tho benefits of . ulimitoi * liability constitution .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 26, 1859, page 28, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26021859/page/28/
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