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Commissioner of Bassein , has had his hands full , but he is quite equal to such an emergency . It appears that the Burmese broke into the northern extremity of the district of Bassein , and that lytche , collecting what soldiers he could , dashed at once against the rebels . Coming up -with them , he fought them , lolled one of the chiefs in a hot hand to hand fight , and routed the band . But while he was away on this service the capital was menace *?; and Major Fytche returned just in time to scatter another horde of " patriots . " There have also been fights , ambushes , pursuits in other parts of the annexed territory , Which is far from settled . The British force there is kept on a war footing .
Fighting at Abbas Bunder , on the Persian Gulf , is reported . The Abbas people xefuse tribute to the Persians , and the Muscat authorities assist Abbas . ' D > r . ' O'Shaughnessy was rapidly progressing with hia electric telegraph , having carried it nearly from Calcutta , to Loodianah . " Chinese news is without interest . The Russian steamer Vbstofky which arrived at Shanghai on the ilth of February , reported that the Emperor of Japan lad agreed , on the request of the Russian Admiral , to open . up the trade of Japan to all the world , but asked for ' time to prepare . Commodore Perry had started for Japan with his squadron to obtain an answer to the letter of General Pierce . r The British war vessels on the Chinese station were eleven ; the French two . '
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THE " REAL RAILWAY KING . " , Cjsbtainlt the founder of the railway dynasty or rather . oligarchy was George Stephenson ; aad therefare hie statue has , been most appropriately set up in . tbe . gr . eat hall of the Euston-square terminus . The uncovering of the statue was performed , on Monday , in the presence of a few gentlemen . W'bien the statue was unveiled , Mr . , Geach explained that upon the death of George Stephenson , in 1848 , it / occurred to the Society of Civil Engineers , which he : ^ himself had ^ foiinded , that it would be a proper and becoming memorial to the departed , to erect a monmnejnt on a suitable site , and that no site could be considered
tamly very many millions j _ while it is as certain that he has constructed by far more miles of railway than any engineer in England . You may travel from Condon to Edinburgh on one uninterrupted line of railroad , all the work of the greatest of engineers , George Stepheason . " . . The Times makes some equally appropriate remarks : — . " In early Hfe a collier , working for his daily bread in the bowels of the earth , he mended watches in his leisure hours tfcat his son might have the blessings of education . While bis fame as a mechanical and civil engineer was still in its infancy he elaborated experimentally the same results as to the safety lamp which Sir Humphrey Davy reached by the process of philosophic induction . The tramways of the coal mines and the rude forms of the first locomotive , engines grew under the strokes of his vigorous intellect into a mighty . system , which has already ' exercised an incalculable influence
upon industry and civilisation . That one who when a boy was a 4 harrier' in a coalpit should , by the force of native genius , rise to a position sueh as that which the statue ia the Hall of Euston-station commemorates , may well be regarded as a proof tliat the days of romance are not yet over , nor . the giants of an elder world without their types la modern "times . Perhaps it is also to be viewed as a characteristic oftte age tl » at the fame of such a man is so quietly left to the good keeping of the works which he has achieved . The traveller hastening on lib way should pause in Emstou-station to contem p late the masculine form and massive , energetic features ofium who , by combining ; the blast-pipe with the tubular boiler , first endowed the locomotive with . " its tremendous speed—who during hia biisy manhood' superintended the construction of more thau 2 o 00 milefi of railway—who thought out everything connected with our first iron highways—and who engineered lines extending in unbroken series from London to Edinburgh . " '• .
more suitable than the magnificent hall at Euatonsquare . The subscription was only once advertised —the Appeal being made to his personal friends and to the workmen who had laboured under him , aroi who adored him . The amount realised was 2 r 8 O 8 f ., of which the average amount , subscribed by 17 8 " friends was 14 / . ; . the avetage amount contributed : by 3 , 150 workmen was 2 s . . The mernonal-r-a marble statue , abontweight feet high—was fittingly intrusted to Mr . $ aily , who has . produced as * no > T > le a work as ever we have seen of the kind . The artist arid the engineer had personally known , admired , and esteemed each other ^ and the statue—executed partly by the help of Mr . Lucas's portrait , but more by the recollections of the friends-represents not only his characteristic
attitude and his burly figure , but his features at oncejmanly and highly intellectual , with , as was admitted by all around , the perfect expression of the countenance of the original . . . i Mr . Scott Bussell , in a slort but appropriate speecb , proposed that the grateful thanks of the Qommittee should bq given to Mr . Baily for the execution , of the very beautiful and characteristic Work before them . Doubtless Mv . Baily had received assistance from one or two extraneous sources * but notaring would have enabled him to portray the expression of his friend ,, but that instinctive feeling Of sympathy which knits one man of genius to another . Mr . Baily returned thanks in a few graceful words , and the committee broke up .
• " George Stepheiison , says , a writer in the Morning Chronicle , " may justly be termed tho railway wonder of the nineteenth century . As a boy , a collier , he served hia apprenticeship in the Beddington Colliery , on the Tyne ; and wHlo thore , his mechanical genius began first to develop Uself in mending liis fellow pitmen ' s vratQbes . For a brief space lie was a driver upon the two-and-a-half milo per hour locoinotivu which then crawled along the wooden tramways by which the coals were conveyed from the pit heaps to tho stuiths , and while there invented what has been 1 ) ie life and soul of the railway system , the mechanism of the blast , the principle of which is to mike the evaporation o ]> oriite upon tho speed , nnd the speed upon the evaporation . Upon this theory lie constructed a locomotive cngino at Beddington Colliery , which , witli many improvements , almost all by him , is the locomotive in use at the present day . This
engine wo ourselves saw at BediHngton , while conducting , with many colleaguos . the inquiry instituted by this journal into all the industrial populations of the country , it was tlica in full work , and though it looked a strange , high p iled fnuchino , was , three years ago , an < l probably still in , efficient . TIio < lisrov « ry of tlie Unst was tne first step to George Stephens . > n ' s fortune . He substituted iron mil * for wooden tramways , tmd was appointed enginoer to the first railwaythe Mftticlichtar nnd l . ivorpool—constructed in England , on which lie achieved wlmt hnd evftr been considered an impo « - slbility , tho bridging over Chnt Moss , allowed to- bo tho chef flTflBKore of railway engineering . Tho next milwuy undertaken b y this grout man was ll » o London nnd llirmiugliuiik lino , -winch cost about 60 , 0007 . u mile ; and whilo he was super-Intending it he constructed irvcry minutiin of railwnv mMnafrement—in fact , he was the founder and Wio builder of tho railway system . He has usefully spent inoro lnonoy than , pci-Imp- * , it would be a : » fe orxuetly to estimate ; but ccr-
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THE SEIZED WAR STEAMERS . The history of the seizures of the screw-steamers may he thus stated : —ITrom information received at the Customs in -December last , that some ships were taang built for a foreign Power ( not Russia ) at war with * a State in amity with . ' this , country , the attention of Mr . Scanlan ( the officer wh <> appears to have been charged with the management of these matters from the comrnencement ) was directed to the necessary inquiries . In -the course of his examination lie found that two war-frigates were being built at Northfleet , by Mr . PitcdTer , and as he had reason strongly to suspect for the Russian Government . This ' impression of the officer became soon confirmed , ~ by a formal communication from tlhe Home
Department early in January last , informing the Customs of the fact , and directing the necessary inquiries . The Customs haying given directions accordingly , Mr . Scanlan did prosecute his inquiries , although unknown ta Mr . Pitcher , and ascertained the character and forwardness of the vessels . It will be enough to state that they were screw-steamers of large tonnage , and . constructed for the purposes of war , of the best' materials , and at an apparently immense expense . At this stage matters had not reached the point which justified a seizure , and the officer continued to keep the vessels under strict surveillance . About the end of January one of the vessels was ready to be launched ; the other was not
in the sam « state of forwardness , but the work progressed with great activity . The officer continued his observations , and . about the middle of March , finding that a considerably increased number of hands were at work on the incomplete vessel , and hearing that a report liad been circulated among the men that the vessels were purchased by the British Government for the purposes of var , and that they were to be got ready for 6 ea with the least possible delay , reported the fact , and suggested the expediency of ascertaining from the proper authorities whether the report in question -was correct . The result was a communication from the Home-office
and tho Admiralty , denying the truth of the report . Matters continued in this state until the circumstances of the case appeared sufficient to warrant £ seizure , and on the 4 th . of April , in . pursuance of the orders of the Treasury , the vessels were seized ns " the property of an > enemy . " The vesseli are at this moment under detention as forfeited / to the Crown , and nothing was heard of a proposal to transfer them by voluntary sale to her Majesty ' s Government until after the seizure had been made by which they were alienated from Iho former owners . —Times .
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THE DAlt ! EN' EXPEDITION . Great anxiety is felt in the United States with regard to tho safety of Lieutenant Strain and his party . A volunteer in the expedition , -who lias arrived at New York , p ; ives tho following account : — "We arrived in Caledonia liay on the L 7 Ui ot January , in the Ct / ane . Tho Indians from tho neighbouring villages carnc on board and requested that no one should land until tho chiots had been consulted . Several of them speak imperfect English , picked ut > among tlio coast traders . Next day a grand council was held on board the Cyuiiti ; the principal men of tho country , for 30 nnka up and down , assisted . Thuy showed , nave ha « l eapeeted , grcut jealousy of any attempt to enter their
territory . They represented the hills and . foieaVaa barrier * placed by the Ahmghty against Afcy-canaL They spoke of the dangers fioVawld beas& ^ S swamps , from forests . AOast "full perSSo ^? £ given to traverse peacerari / th © country , anS tSJ was cpafirmed somie days afterwards by an SnVw from the head of the nation at Mjtndingo Bay These Indiana are a diminutive but active race , sTdfiedJn the use of firearms and the bo * r and arrow . * * EW cultivate the cocoa to a considernble extent , thV ' -b WJduct of this coaBt being much " e&teemed . Captain Hollins took all possible precautions against hostility on the part of the Indians , and there has never been reason to suspect them of treachery . ' ' At this' time
we were not informed of the murder of Captain Prevost ' s men ; afterwards , whea the natives were charged with it , they said that the people of the interior , seeing these intruders , treated , thetii as enemies , a . 8 they had entered the fquntry without permission . I merely mention ; thwto ^ show that tiiey piretended , at least , to consider ttbeir perniij&aiqnas : a guarantee against attack , ^ fr 4 * fa $ ffiU' 0 W of 27 . Our co-UTse lay along the ^ ledonitt River ; Bomeiimes wading in its bed , sometime ^[ i ^ & ^ pt ' v ^ 'Si ^ Slii jungle oh its' bank * . Every ^ nt ) 8 w ^ eiSMN !^ i ^^' visions for ten days , bjanlteti a ^ fe » fi ( i" ^ m ^ iticuDir " - ^^ The object was to " make a f ^ n acroaiaf , ' ITi&i&frfnpy- , determine its gentcratl charactet ^ and retturafor ^ e regular survey . ¦ ¦ . ' ' ; ";• ¦ . / ; . " [\\ ' y , [ ' \ "f / , ' ; }^\ T ^ "In following up the west bra ^ cti ^ f ^ eid ^^ bni&i on the third dayand having alreadyatt * inedfia
, , ; elevation of about 200 feet , we enme to a gqrgein " th « mountain where the porp ^ yritic rocks , precj ^ itou on eaeli side , forrmed ^ pool in tbe ^ tr ^ ni |;|^ df ^ Jpt pass MjthQttJw . ettiujr . every W f $ m ^^^ Sf ^ k > mm given , by i ^ utenant ^ tra ^ n "Mfm ' ^ h ^ k&k above this . gorge , i ^ Jte ^ nJ ^ j ^^^ ff ^^ f clambered up , asx ^^ a a , bqy $ ^ &iitjr minTi ^ % ^|[^ of the . pjBtrty found -thek way sep >^ ate } yf int « ^ th $ ^ Sed of the stream aboye . It ; was a , ba ! ttl ^ t dffifl | iv 6 oY ^^ i witha tangled , trGpaeal ' ^^^ a ^^ J ^^ yinumi a sufficient time , i ^; was suppose ! that | be i ^ mainder of the pa , rty had , % p towan ^ ofmijpi ^ r ^ c wic BbCui miiu wviuwcwe
c » u . K >« jr ^ , ^ Biuviy : atong , firing shots , as cpncer | ed we ) m $$ * fam 4 m * m apparently above , and , confirmed mi ^ ojir j > r ; eviou belief , continued on , leaving notes ; of ^» rpgi ^; a p <| encamjed that night on a fevr | sqLuare f , fee ^ of , rock , having reached Sn elevation of ^ Wut 700 j ^ in ; tha midst « of impracticable mquntain « , the st ^ S ^ l ^^ torreni > falh ' ncr in successive cblbga ^ a 8 . r ' fihet-rierrt
mornirg we cut to the top of a lull 800 or lOOO ^ feet aboye us ( 1500 *^ 6 ^ 6 ^ 511 ^ 1 ^^ 18 *^^ 41 ^ except an unbroken mass . of . d ^ nsely ^ ooded niountains , . As we lia « d ^ 9 compa « 8 , progrewwajsimppssible ta the woods ; we returaed , and ,. finding : > no traces of the parly , made our wa ^ taj ^ e ^ ijS ^ y 4 new attempt . We were still ; on tne Atlanwzafl&eQt the Cordillera . , ; ' " . "¦" , . * i \ ' ,. J- ' , u ' ¦
. " Bering our absence the British , brig ; JEapiegle , schooner Scorpion , and the breach steajinev ChiaMrei had arrived , and landed a joint party . , of sbtty ^ : under guidance of Mr . Gisborne . ' Laiticipate ? toi 8 ay : that they returned after a fortnight entirely baffled ; itfiey had found the satne ranget of lpftycm , ount » 3 D » ve * erjr > - where . Mr . Gisborne said : that he : hftdiboda entirely mistaken . Dr . GwHen . was of tbe samej fiarty ., TJiere was bat one opinion ; with regard-to | . tne «« I perfons . Two pnrtiea were now despatched fromfihe Qjcme ~ -f one to examine still further ; the mountainL to the eastward ; the other , consisting of , tlioSe . separated from Mr . Strain , with a reinforcement , . was . to join him if possible ; if not , to continue the , e ^ plprAtiOn of the interior . The first party returned ftfter . a . few
days , having reached the sutxynits of the chain in their direction , aaid found the iaountain 8 ie ( L ^ ally v im-r practicable . Little anxiety vrcus felt for Mr . Strain ; it was not supposed that he would cut off his communications . We were by this time provided with corupa . ss and cutting tools , and by . their , aid , on reaching our point of separation , were aide to . find traces of our party . As they wore proceeding disperaedly over the mountain , tliey had fallen in with a faint Indian trail lending westerly , and without sufficient consideration of t \ e fact that some of the party would , in pursuance of orders , proceed along the stream , they had hastily followed this
trail , leaving scanty marks of their way . On arriving at their first station we found a note from Lieutenant Strain , specifying tho miwiDg t and recommending that if auy should reach this point , after a certain period , they should return to the ship , as he would be too far in advance . Before reaching tliia station we had crossed several ridges , the highest near 1500 feet . From this place LienL Strum haul followed a small stream flowing nortih-westerly , under the impression , derived from Mr . Gridborno ' a account , that it must bo a tributary of thft Lav&na , the river-who ^ se course th « proposed cana . 1 was to follow . But this person , who had overlooked entirely the existence of the Cordillera , had
altio failed to discover that between the valley of the Lav ana and the mountains is tlie valley of the main river of Darien , tho CiVuquenaique , which flows for a long distance nearly parallel -to the coast , draining the greater part ot the , l ^ aciflu alope of the range .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 15, 1854, page 345, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2034/page/9/
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