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No 501. Oct. 29, 1859.] THE LEADER. 1193
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THE BUILDERS' STRIKE. This contest still...
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On the news reaching Liverpool, the stea...
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NAVAL AND MILITARY. Letteks received fro...
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THE VOLUNTEER CORPS. Tub volunteer force...
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The inexorable John Mitchell, who is now...
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LAW, POLICE, AND CASUALTIES. No notifica...
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No 501. Oct. 29, 1859.] The Leader. 1193
No 501 . Oct . 29 , 1859 . ] THE LEADER . 1193
The Builders' Strike. This Contest Still...
THE BUILDERS' STRIKE . This contest still continues , accompanied with indications that it is beginning to tell ^ seriously against such of the men as persist in their refusal to resume work . At a meeting held on Monday m St . Martin ' s Hall , Mr . Potter admitted that the dividend paid that day at the Parlors' Arms was smaller than usual . This shows that the supplies from the provinces are falling off , and , with the winter setting in , the prospect for the men is gloomy . The recent returns of the Registrar-General prove that the mortality among the wives and families of the operatives in the building trades is excessive . In fact , there is too much reason for
the painful reflection that scores of innocent persons and young children are perishing from sheer want . At the meeting on Monday night a , resolution was passed appealing to the public for support ; and the tone of the speakers was such as to induce the impression that they themselves had not confidence in the continuance of pecuniary aid to the extent of ¦ which it has heretofore been given them . William Perhatn , a leading member of the Masons ' Socie ty ^ was summoned oh Monday to the Clerkenwell Police-office on a charge of inducing a number of men to leave their employment ; but some necessary witnesses being absent , the hearing of the case was adjourned ..
The Building News says— "There is nothing new to notice . The usual meetings have been held , and the ordinary course of procedure adhered to , without any material change . B > th the masters and the workmen reiterate their determination to stand by , and defend their respective colours . The fund at the disposal of the Conference of the united building trades , for distribution among the men on strike and the lock-out , was less last week than usual , which led to a proportionate diminution of the dividend paid to the men locked-out . The leaders of the Conference , however , are of opinion that the smallness of the contributions to their exchequer is but a temporary feature in the existing struggle .
On The News Reaching Liverpool, The Stea...
On the news reaching Liverpool , the steam-tugs Reliance and Resolute , with Messrs . Gribbs , Bright , and Co . ' s overlookers , were dispatched to the scene of the wreck , while other persons left for Bangor by the first train . Passengers arrived at Liverpool , on Thursday evening , from Bangor , state that the Royal Charter had broken up , and that the country people had commenced plundering . The local authorities had sent for the assistance of the military , and it is stated that an application for assistance has also been sent to Captain Meux , of her Mujesty ' s ship Hastings , now lying in the Mersey . The latest accounts say that the unfortunate commander ,
WRECK OF THE ROYAL CHARTER . One of the most lamentable catastrophes resulting from the recent fearful gale is the loss of the auxiliary screw clipper , Royal Charter , belonging to the Eagle line of Australian packets sailing from Liverpool to Melbourne , and managed in Liverpool by Messrs . Gibbs , Bright and Co . The vessel , which -was announced as off Queenstown at 2 p . m . on Monday , fifty-eight days out from Melbourne , was caught in the gale on the night of Tuesday , when she went ashore in a place called Moelfra Bay , near Puffin Island , on the coast of Anglesea . At Queenstown the Royal Charter landed about ten of her 340 passengers , and so far as is yet known upwards of 400 lives have been lost , only twenty-nine persons—viz ., nineteen sailors and ten passengers , being saved . The Royal Charter has also a general cargo of wool , and 79 , 000 ounces of gold .
known ; nor can it be until the arrival of the next overland mail . Reporters who visited the wreck on Thursday state that 470 souls perished and that the number of saved is 39 . On arriving at Point Lynas the captain sent up signals for a pilot , but without success . When the vessel first struck , Captain Taylor went down into the saloon and told the passengers to keep up their spirits , and that there would be little danger if they kept calm , and obeyed the instructions of the officers . " A clergyman , the Rev . Mr . Hodge , was most assiduous in his attentions in giving , religious comfort , and offering up prayer . The repeated strokes of the
vessel , however , upon the rocks told too plainly the story of destruction , and soon the passengers became fearfully alarmed and excited . When she parted , large numbers of the passengers were crushed to death beneath the falling funnel , and other portions of the machinery . Mr . Stevens , the chief officer , was killed by the falling of the rigging . When last seen alive—and he was the last man seen on board—Captain Taylor was clinging to a spar ; he cried , " There is hope yet , " when , according to one report , a boat fell from the davits upon his head , and he perished . Several of the crew saved themselves by the ha-wser before described , and others of the survivors were saved by swimming , and taking hold of floating spars .
Captain Taylor , deeming it hazardous to make the Mersey in such a fearful storm , hove the vessel to , and that bIio drifted into Dulaa Kay , where the anchors were let go , but the screw kept moving , in order to ease the strain upon the cable . At 2 a . m . she went upon the rocks . A negro seaman swam ashore , ' with a line to which . a hawser was attached , and some persons were in this way saved . Doubtless many moro might have been rescued by the same moans had not the vessel parted amidships , letting the engines through and cngulphlng the whole of the people on board . It is understood that when the rigging waa cut away to ease the vessel it became entangled with the screw , and the latter thus became
useless . The bodies which have so far been discovered are for the most part dreadfully mutilated . Tho rocks were strewn with money and valuables belonging to passengers . A bag containing 100 sovereigns was pioked up , and largo quantities of loose sovereigns also found . Tho boatswain ' s mate , saved , brought away 4001 . with him . Mr . Smith , the collector of customs , was Indefatigable In preserving order and preventing plunder after tho wreck . It is confidently expected that tho bullion will be recovered . A detachment of men from the Huntings frigate lying In tho Mersoy have been sent to assist tho local authorities . As tho Royal Charter hfld the latest dates , her passenger list was not fully
Naval And Military. Letteks Received Fro...
NAVAL AND MILITARY . Letteks received from the squadron in China state that the crews of the various ships are suffering severely from ophthalmia . The Chesapeake is said to have 200 en her sick list from this cause alone , and one of the vessels is named as having the whole of her crew without one exception suffering from the same cause . Admiral Hope is stated to be recovering his health , but unable to move across his cabin , and has to be carried whenever necessary Jo Ho so .
Of the preparations making by Spam for immediate hostilities with Morocco , private letters from Santander of the 16 th mention that 700 men of the Regiment of Savoya left that port for Cadiz in the Spanish war steamer Marquesde la Victoria , bought from the Cunard Company , and one of the large number of vessels built and purchased for the Spanish Government in England . A battalion of the Regiment of Almanza and another of the Regiment of Tolosa , quartered at Burgos , were expected at Santander in a few days , also bound fur Morocco .
In our limited space it is impossible to notice in detail the various rifle and artillery companies that are springing up all over the kingdom . It is most cheering , however , to find that the public spirit and patriotism of otir countrymen have , in almost every district , given a ready reply in men and money to the appeals that have been made to them . ,
we trust more will speedily be done than has yet been the case . The St . George ' s battalion is to consist of 500 men ; the South Middlesex , Londoa Scottish , and Marylebone , of a like strength ; and several others of smaller numbers are to . be found in the metropolitan districts , while new corps are in course of formation . The stir that has been made about the London Rifle Brigade has had the eflect of partly arousing the Council" from their -torpid state , and there now iappears a prospect of something being done besides money collecting . The public attention must , however , be directed from time to time to this regiment , to prevent its relapsing into the dolce fai niente system . . .
On the 19 th inst , abont 900 rank and file , composing the first battalion and part of the second of the Regiment of Almanza also arrived at Santander . This is a much finer corps than the one that left on the 14 th . They carry excellent armes de precision , and are dressed in light white felt shakos , loose-fitting chocolate-coloured frock-coats with . capes , blue trousers , and black gaiters to the knees . The men seem eager enough for the expedition or a crusade against the infidels , but do not by any means relish the idea of having to traverse the sea to get at them .
Two more splendid men-of-war have been launched this week—the Irresistible , 80 , at Chatham , on Thursday , and the Narcissus frigate at Plymouth . Tho Duke of Cambridge has issued a circular to general officers and others commanding regiments , directing their attention to the necessity of having officers examined for promotion Avithout waiting for expected vacancies , and pointing out the inconvenience to the service , and the injury to interests of individuals , arising from disregard of tlje regulations on this head . The neglect of this duty calls for tho severest reprehension of the general commanding-in-chief . His royal highness assures commanding officers that lie will not recommend officers for promotion unless their certificates of qualification ha , ve been received ; and-he holds commanding officers responsible for the neglect .
There are in the French array 140 Jewish officers , ranging in rank from colonel downwards , and of course the private soldievj are in duo proportion . Of tho former , tho larger number are in the en * gineers and artillery . Tho \ Fronch Government has ordained tho systematic gathering of the seiv-weed which is washed on to tho rocks of the coasts at Normandy and Brittuny to serve as wadding for aytillory—it being found to answer tho purpose admirably—keeping the iron cool , and not liable to ignition , like the cotton wad hitherto in use . The material has already been distributed to tho ordnance department at Vincennes .
The Volunteer Corps. Tub Volunteer Force...
THE VOLUNTEER CORPS . Tub volunteer force of the kingdom is beginning to attain respectable proportions , and the break-up ot the fine weather does not appear to damp the enthusiasm of tho recruits , all of whom will continue thoir drill through the winter . Tho metropolis is making a moro satisfactory appearance in the mutter , ana
The Inexorable John Mitchell, Who Is Now...
The inexorable John Mitchell , who is now , Paris , has commenced a series of letters in a Dublin , paper called the Irishman ( similar-in its politics and designs to the Nation ) , in which his object is to suggest to the Irish peasantry that France will soon be at war with England in the _ Mediterranean , and that the opportunity will then have arrived for inducing the Emperor Napoleon to invade Ireland . " But , " exclaims Mr . Mitchell , " who will make the ; le wait for him
in IRELAND . The synod of Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland is declared , by the Roman Catholic press , to have been of great importance , involving grave deliberation . There were four archbishops present , and more than twenty bishops . The subject : of the Catholic University appears very much to have occupied their attention . It is authoritatively stated that Mr . Card well , Chief Secretary , has informed the bishops of his inability to reply to their " resolutions" of August last . The subject , it appears , is to be made a Cabinet question . Meanwhile , however , the prelates have taken their measures , and are determined , by energetic action ; to prove that they are resolved to carry into effect their educational scheme entire . A board of directors has been appointed , and an address adopted for the management and future government of the Catholic University .
Emperor sure flint tlie Irish peop and pray for him ? How is he to know that 252 , 000 fighting men would be found to follow his eagles from Buntry Bay to Dublin , and from thence , if he chose it , across to Liverpool ? How , above all , are the people—the people of all classes and creeds—to be brought to look steadily towards this as an event not only possible , but probable , and which may to each of them bring joy or sorrow just as they may demean themselves in it ? " How , indeed ! miserabl
The settlement of the Tipperary Bank e swindle is not yet complete . In one of the Chanr eery offices , an offer was laid before the Master by a shareholder , Mr . Bennett , to compromise the claim of the creHtor on him by paying £ 4 , 500 , It was stated that the representatives of the creditors and the official manager approved accepting the offer . Mr . D . C . Heron , who appeared for Mr . Patrick Mulqucony , one of tho creditors of the bank , did not make any objection to the amount of the offer , but he applied that his client should be paid the costs which he had incurred , amounting to £ 24 , in proceeding against Mr . Bennett- by scire facias and in other proceedings . The Master was ot opinion that the offer , which was a substantial one , should be accepted , and that Mr . Mulqueeny ' s codts should ]> e
paid , under the circumstances . The notion of raising an army in Ireland for the service of the Pope , no matter how illegal it may be , seems to be very much entertained by some ot our more enthusiastic fellow-subjeots on the other side of the Channel . Even the numbers tliatcouW be raised are now stated . The Dundalk Democrat savs 20 , 000 would answer to a muster-roll undor the banner of Pope Pius . The same journal also tells us wlicre the necessary funds for such a movemont could bo found , taking the whole world In which to find subscribers .
Law, Police, And Casualties. No Notifica...
LAW , POLICE , AND CASUALTIES . No notification whatever has been giveivby the Home Secretary as to tho intention of the Government with regard to the final disposal of Dr . Thomas Smethurst , and everything relating to the case remains in exactly tho same position as when _ the reprieve during hor Majesty ' s pleasure was Hrst , ffI ' jolm Dean Paul and Mr . Strahan , who are deemed flt objects of clemenoy notwithstanding ^' the ruin they have eaused , have been released from prison after four yeara' ponal servitude . At tho Contra ! Criminal Court , Leonard ¦ Duokwqrth liarlow surrendered to take his trial for
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 29, 1859, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29101859/page/5/
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