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770 THE LEADEE. [No. 437, August . ¦? , ...
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ASSAULTS BY NEGROES. Tyro cases of assau...
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OBITUARY. Me. Edward FiSASE, sometimes s...
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SUCCESS OT THE ATLANTIC TI-XEGRAPH The g...
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1NAVAL AND MILITARY. Distmbution ojp tji...
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MISCELLANEOUS. Tjik Counx.—Her Mnjesty, ...
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The Hoyal Visit To Cherbourg. Tiik Great...
Cowes coming down the Roads , and was immediately saluted by the yachts and other vessels lying : about . Five minutes later , the Royal vessel vas abreast of West Cowes Castle , and at that moment the Medina steamer , from Southampton , came alongside with , a numerous party on board , who loudly cheered her Majesty as she passed . These compliments were acknowledged by the Queen from tlie deck of the Royal y acht . The Victoria and Albert then steamed up the Solent towards the Needles , ard in the evening , about half-past six o ' clock , arrived in the roadstead of Cherbourg , accompanied "by the Royal Albert . A salute was immediately fired from the whole French fleet and tlie forts .
Some two hours previously , the Emperor and Empress had arrived at the Western Railway Station , -where the officials connected with the town and port of Cherbourg , together with a great crowd of visitors and townspeople , were in . waiting to receive them . The navaL and land forces lined the path leading from the station to the prefecture , and the Imperial party , were cheered all tlie way . As . soon as the Emperor heard of the arrival of her Majesty , he proceeded at once to ]> ay his personal respects to her on board the Royal yacht ; and , on his return , the illuminations ( which were very general ) slione forth from the ships in the harbour , from the puhlic offices , and from most of the houses in , the town .
On Thursday morning , after breakfasting with their host and hostess , the Queen , Prince Albert , the Prince of Wales , and the Ministers in attendance , landed , and visited the town , the clocks , tlve forts , and the other naval and military -works . Her Majesty was . heartily received by tlie people . The Royal party partook of refreshments at the Prefecture in company with the Emperor and Empress ; after ' whic . 1 i , the Queen returned to the harbour , and dined with the DmperoT and a select company on
board the Bretagne . The illuminations of the previous night were repeated after dark . The weather was magnificent , and the roadstead presented the most animated appearance . Great numbers of English were in the town , and the English and French sailors have got on together with the greatest harmony . According to the Times of to-day , 40 , 000 passports have been granted at Paris for Cherbourg ^ Sixty thousand strangers are said to be in the town , the ordinary population of which is under 20 , 000
770 The Leadee. [No. 437, August . ¦? , ...
770 THE LEADEE . [ No . 437 , August . ¦? , 1858 .
Assaults By Negroes. Tyro Cases Of Assau...
ASSAULTS BY NEGROES . Tyro cases of assault upon ship-captains , aiisiug each from a similar cause , were heard on Monday by Mr . Yardley at the Thames police-office . The first of these charges was against three American negroes named Adam Young , JoLn Ray , and James Augustus Samuels , who , without provocation , had furiously attacked Captain Annis , master of tlie American ship Satellite , from Calcutta , in the immediate neighbourhood of the policecourt , to which he had "been summoned by eleven of his crew , all negroes , on a charge of refusing to pay them tlieir wages earned at sea . A certificate havhig been put in from the United States Consul to the effect that the vessel was a foreign , one ^ belonging to the port of Rochland in . the state of Maine , Mr . Yardley came at once to the conclusion that the case was beyond his jurisdiction , and therefore dismissed the summons . Scarcely , however , had Captain Aanis left the court , -when he , was followed and attacked , by several of the "blacks , -vrlio , amidst much hooting and yelling , threw liim down into tho middle of the road , and struck and licked Mm repeatedly about the back , head , and face . The captain believed tliat they would finally have killed liim , hud not tlie police interfered and protected him from further violence . He then returned into the court "bleeding at the nose and mouth , and greatly disfigured l ) y the injuries he bad received . When the case was brought before the magistrate on . the following day ,
Captain Annis stated that his crew consisted entirely of negroes with tho exception of two men , and that the ship of which lie was master wns under seizure on . a bottomry bond ; consequently , he could neither pay tho men their wages , nor get any money until he had an order to that effect from tho persons who had seized the vessel . Mr . Yardley ordered Samuuls and Young to pay a fine cf 6 ? . each , or bo imprisoned for , t-wo months iu default . As it could not bo proved that Ray had joined in the attack on the captain , he was discharged . Warrants were thea issued against two othea- men named Fraser and Sydam , both of whom bad taken part in tho outrage , the former being the first to strike Captain Annis as he waa leaving the police-oflke .
Tho other charge -was against four soamen , named Michael Ryan , Euianuel Poana , Laurence Cornelius , and Richard Crosby , tho first of whom waa an Irishman , while tho , other three were men of colour . They wore all charged with assaulting Captaiu MMNeil , mattter of the English ship Henrietta . As in the preceding case , the captain bad been summoned to tho Thames policecqurt by three of his crow for refusing to pay them their wages , and he then told the magistrate that the snip sailed from London on a whaling voyage in tho South Sea , in May , I 860 , and that Captaiu Holmes , the then master , committed suicide on tho passage . Tho
vessel had afterwards put into St . Helena , where fifte en seamen were sentenced to > three months' imprisonment and hard labour for desertion , and fifteen others were taken on board as substitutes . Finally , the ship put into the Dutch settlement of Tcrnat , and here the captain entered into a second agreement to pay the men monthly wages . This summons yrtis also dismissed by Mr . Yardley , who said that , as the men had signed a written contract to share in ' the profits of the adventure , according to the usual custom in South Sea whaling
voyages , the last agreement was null and void . Directly Captain M'Neil had left the court , he was attacked by the seamen who had summoned Mm , in much the same way as the American captain had previously been One of the fellows grasped him by the throat , and would probably have strangled him if the police had npt come up and taken the men . into custody . The magistrate sentenced Ryan to a fine of 31 ., or six weeks ' imprisonment , and Peana 11 ., or a fortnight's imprisonment . The other two were fined 1 / . each , or eight days ' imprisonment .
Obituary. Me. Edward Fisase, Sometimes S...
OBITUARY . Me . Edward FiSASE , sometimes styled " The Father of Railways , " from tlie part which he took in the projection and carrying out of the Stockton and Darlington Hue , the earliest in the kbngdon , died on Saturday evening , at bis house in Darlington , at the advauced ago of ninety-two . ¦ ' Gknkual Sin Fkedekick -Ashworth . —The death of Lieutenant-Geueral Sir Frederick Ashworth occurred at his residence ,. St . George ' s-place , Ilyde-parkcorner , on Sunday evening . The deceased General -was born at Dublin an 1783 .
M . Soyek . —We are sorry to observe in the papers of yesterday a report of the death of the renowned Alexis Soyer . This gentleman , who , according to the Daily News , " had suffered from an affection of the liver ever since hiss return from our camp in the Crimea , was at Norwood on . Wednesday night , ' when a sudden attack of disease obliged Mm to return to his home at St . John ' swood . On Thursday inorning be "became insensible , and died about ten o'clock at night . We are informed tliat the portable cooking apparatus invented by him , ¦ which , is being constructed at Woolwich Arsenal , was to have been tested in the presence of the military officers deputed , by the Government one day next week . This , and his other plans for tlie reform and organisation of the army cooking system , remain to be carried out under the superiutenden . ee of Mr . Warren , hid secretary . "
Success Ot The Atlantic Ti-Xegraph The G...
SUCCESS OT THE ATLANTIC TI-XEGRAPH The great and truly civilising task of connecting the British islands and America by the electric telegraph has at length been crowned with success , after two failures . The directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company received on Thursday the following despatch , dated from Valentia , Ireland : — " The Agamemnon has arrived at Yalentia , and we arc about to laud the end of the cable . The Niagara is in Triuity Bay , Newfoundland . There are good signals between the sliips . We reached the rendezvous on the night of the 28 th , and tho splice with the [ Niagara cable made on board the Agamemnon the following morning . By noon ou the SOtli , 2 G 5 nautical miles were laid
between the two ships ; on the 31 st , 540 ; on the 1 st of August , 88 i ; on the 2 nd , 1256 ; ou the 4 th , 1854 ; on anchoring at six in the morning , in Doulus Bay , 2022 . The rate of the Niagara during the whole time ha 3 been nearly tho samo as ours , the length of cable paid out Jfroni the two ships being generally within ten miles of- < iach other . With the exception of yesterday ( Wednesday ) , the weather has been very unfavourable . " The utmost enthusiasm was exhibited at . Liverpool when the news reached there . The English flag ttt the Town Hall and Exchange , and tho United States flug at tho American consul ' s , were immediately hoisted . This cotton and produce markets were not sensibly affected ; but Atlantic Telegraph shares were quolpl at the Exchange at from 800 / . to 1000 / .
1naval And Military. Distmbution Ojp Tji...
1 NAVAL AND MILITARY . Distmbution ojp tjiic Victoria . Ckoss by tub Queen . —Her Majesty , on Monday , presented , tho Victoria . Cross to about a dozen officers aad privntes , at Southsea , near Portsmouth , as a reward for distinguished conduct in the field . A good doal of military pomp graced the scene , and large crowds of people looked on . Tlie Queen came from Osborno to attend the ceremony , and roturned after its completion . Tho following are the names , of the . recipients of tho Cross : —Lieut .-Colonol
E . W . D . Bell , 2 nd Hattaliou . of 2 Urd Regiment ; Brevet Lieut-Colonel M . D . Dixon , K . A . ; Deputy Inspector-Gtmoralof Hospitals Jamoa Mouatt , C . U ., lute of the Gth Dragoons ; Major Thomas Esmonde , late of tho 18 th Foot ; Mnjor D . JM . Probyn , 2 nd Punjuub Cavalry ; Captain H . C . Klphlnatono , K . E . ; Captain A . S . Jones , 18 th Hussars , lute 9 th Lreiiccrs ; Lioutcnnnt Robert Blair , 2 nd Dragoon Guards ; Deputy Assistant-Commissary of Ordnance John Buckley , Honourable Enst India Company ' s Service ; Culuur-Sorgeiuit Henry
M'Donald , H . E . ; Sergeant Henry Rainage 2 nd Dp goons ; Private Joel Holmes , 84 th Regiment Tim : t . ate Gai . ic . —Tlie advices received at Llovd ' last Saturday brought a numerous list of casualtip which , happened during the recent heavy gale from th N . K . W . Upwards of a dozen -vessels foundered in th North Sea , some with the loss , it is feared , of all hand * The Dutch and D . inlsh coasts jippear to have suffer * severely , and the mail of Saturday , from the variou parts , announces a serious destruction of property AiiMOunEU Suite easts . —The Secretary of War am the authorities at head-quarters having judged it exna
dient to establish a more pcrfuet system of ol > tainin < qualified armourer sergeants , for service in reg iments battalions , and corps of tlie regular army and rc-riment of embodied militia , a Royal warrant lias jutt bee ' i issued by-the Secretary of War by which it h ordered that all armourers intended for service in the rejmla ' army and regiments of embodied militia sliallboen . listed and formed into a corps to be called "Die Corn of Armourer Sergeants , "" which corps is to be attached b the Royal Small Arms Factory at Milbank . The mei so enlisted are to be governed by various rules whicl are particularised in the warrant .
Hkw SliNife Rifi-k Musket . — -A new ' species c breech-loading Minie rifle musket , an American ' inven tion , was received at Woolwich .. last Saturday for th inspection and approval of the select committee of th Arsenal . Tlie calibre and weight are similar to th ordinary muskets at present in use in our service . N derangement of the barrel is required , in loniVmg , th cartridge being applied through the medium of a sina piece of mechanism , resembling a trap , over the loci Tlie cartridge bags are of metal , nicely fitting the cham ber , and plugged with india-rubber , the centre of the plu containing the percussion cap , and tiie charge is gun rantecd by the inventor to be secured from injury whei exposed to any moisture , even under water . On prc . paring to reload , the action of raising the small cov < at the breech withdraws the empty cartridge case which is liable to tlie same amount of -wear aa th gun , itself .
ApMiRAti Lokd Lyoxs gave a grand banquet on boai the Royal Albert at Spithead , on Tuesday evening , t Marshal the Duke of fiialakoff , his Lordship ' s guest t Cherbourg . TiiiAr- ov Rifles . —Some additional trials took pla < on "Wednesday on . the marshes near St . Jlary ' s-creel Chatham , ¦ ¦ fo r the purpose of still further testing ti greatest amount of accuracy to be obtained in tiring i lung ranges with the Lancaster rifled musket and tl Enh ' eld rifle . The rifles used on the occasion were tl Lancaster-. elliptical bored musket , the same as used I tlie men of tbo Koyal and East India L'oinpanj Engineers , and the ordinary lSnfield rifle in . use by t : troops of the Line and at the school of musketry , llytt The result coiifirmed the previous impressions wi respect to the superiority of the Lancaster riilo .
Oli > Quaktekmas ' -Teks . —A copy has just been pu lished , by order of Parliament , of a memorial address * to the late Secretary of Statu for the War Dcpartme by certain quartermasters - \ vlio were placed on half-pi previous to the dtite of the declaration of war wi Itussia . Some of the petitioners have been in tlie arm since 1797 ; and they pray that the provisions of t Eoyal Warrant of tho 17 th of last December may extended to them . Tub Bursting cv Soi . dikhs . —Tlio Select C ' oi mittee of the House of Commons appointed to inqui into this subject have , published their report . They < not object to billeting in toio , but suggest -various in < lificatioiis , and think it ought never to be continued i n long time at one house .
Promotion ahi > Rktiuement in tiik Akmv . —T Cominissioneru appointed by her IMujesty , oil the 1- ' of Ia 3 t April , to inquire into the cil'ect of tho sy . ste recommended in the report of the Iioynl Coinmissii ( luted tlio 17 th of Juno , l » 5-i , and into tho question promotion and retirement in tho higher ran ks of t army , commencing with tho rank of Mnjor , have jt reported ( in a Blue-book ) the result of tlieir tlelibet lions . Tlio chief points in tho report lwve been th summarised : — "The Commissioners do not appear t hink that tho warrant of 1 HJ 4 has boon lung enou , in force to allow them to judge of its operation upon t
promotion in tho Guards . They reject tlio suggosti to shorten from six to ilvo years the period of service a field oilker required to qualify for unnttuchiid pay tho caso of a Major-Cleneral . Thoy also rcl ' uso to cou tenanco the abolition of licutenunt-culowdu ' w * * creation of a new permanent rank of hYigndioi-Gener with increased half-pay . To induce , retirement on f pay , it is suggested that colonels and lioutonaiit-colon accepting sucli retirement should recoive 20 s . vice 1 per diem , as now ; and th « y think that , as a g « no rule , no colonel should bo allowod to retain tho co inand of a regiment after sixty yonrs cf ago , mil reported to tho 1-loxso ( jiiarda as tilliciont . "
Miscellaneous. Tjik Counx.—Her Mnjesty, ...
MISCELLANEOUS . Tjik Counx . —Her Mnjesty , last Saturday , gave I annual fQte , in honour of tlio Priiicio Consort ' s birtluli to tho acumen of the Koynl yaclits . thu detachment
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 7, 1858, page 770, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_07081858/page/10/
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