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• t ten , signal was made to the fleet to weigh the small bower anchor and raise screw propellers ; the wind being fair it was then known to be the Admiral ' s intention that the ships should put to sea under sail ; and at 11-30 he signalled to the paddle-vessels to get up steam at siow speed , while at the . same point the dinner pennant was hoisted . At ten minutes after one , signal was made ' ** Prepare to weigh ; " the fleet immediately hove short , and at half-past one signal was made " Weigh and form order of sailing as most convenient , " with Magicienne and Basilisk in front to look out ahead of the Admiral , and the Bulldog and Dragon to take then places in the Admiral ' s wake . At two , a general signal was made to " Rendezvous in the Downs in case of parting company . "
The first off was the Blenheim , under courses , topsails , and topgallantsails , the James Watt following closely in her wake under topsails and topgallantsails , and evidently having the heels of her ; at a wide interval came the Colossus and Hogue , the latter carrying fore and maintopmast and topgallant studding sails , which example was followed by the other 60-gun blockships . Generally , the ships carried royals , which the Blenheim was first to hoist , and this she did when abreast of the Pylades . The Port Admiral , Sir Thomas Cochrane , went out of harbour in the Vivid while the fleet was under way , and remained close to the Duke of Wellington for some time , eventually proceeding some way out with the ships . Had not the weather been so hazy , the
picture from the shore would have been magnificent ; but the first of the fleet was out of sight before any movement was known on shore . About half-past three , however , the mist suddenly lifted , and a glimpse was then obtained of the fleet , in full sail about six miles from port , between the Warner and the Nab . The last signal seen was now made out , flying from the masthead of the Duke , and was evidently in consequence of the wind falling light ; it was for the line-of-battle ships to ' Get up steam at low speed . ' Daring the time these manoeuvres were being performed by the fleet , the splendid new two-decker Orion , 91 , under full steam , was cruizing about the roadstead , and trying her speed by the measured mile ; she is a magnificent ship , and apparently of great power . The Bellerophon , 78 , sailing ship , afforded a sad ' contrast to the outgoing fleet as she was
towed into harbour with sick and wounded invalids from the Crimea . There were but few vessels of any kind moving about the fleet , owing to the general impression that it would not leave before Thursday . The only casualty was with a schooner yacht , the- property of Mr . H . D . P . Cunningham , B ; N ., the inventor and patentee of the plan for reefing topsails from the deck , who got under way with-the fleet to exhibit the utility of that important application . The yacht got under the bows of the twodecker Majestic , carried away both her topmasts , and obliged the line-of-battle-ship to drop anchor . Thirteen sail of the line and five paddle-steamers went on Wednesday . The latter are the Magicienne , Vulture , Dragon , Bulldog , and Gorgon . It is reported that the sailing line-of-battle ships go shortly to the Downs , to salute the Emperor and Empress of the French , on their forthcoming visitto-Englandv - - — - — „ At five o ' clock the van of the Baltic fleet was hull down from the extreme end of the land on the Portsmouth shore .
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THE REVENUE . The Return of the Quarter ' s Re venue , now made up , for the first time , under the new arrangement , to the 31 st of March instead of the 5 th of April , presents a very gratifying result—a net increase of 4 , 384 , 308 / . on the quarter . Under every Income but one , and that of very minor importance , there is a surplus , in comparison with the corresponding quarter of last year . The following analysis will show the fact : — IXCREASK . Customs . £ 221 , 060 Excise 211 , 284 Stamps 54 , 944 Taxes 95 , 595 Property Tax 3 , 798 , 612 Post-Office 45 , 922 Crown Lands 1 , 000 £ 4 , 428 , 417 DECREASE . Miscellaneous ¦ 44 , 109 Not Increase £ 4 , 884 , 808 The Jlevenue for the year is also considerably larger than that of the former year— -the net increase being 6 , 312 , 6241 . —Abstract in the Morning Post .
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STATE OF TRADE , XABOUR , AND THE POOR . The general trade of the country is by no means brilliant ; but in some places it continues to recover from its late depression- The yarn market and the cloth market of Manchester are more active than they were a short time back . The "Liverpool cotton market has received an impulse . In the linen trade , there is an improved demand for the medium and finer classes of linen goods ; and at Birmingham , the decision of tfie ironmongers-to reduce the price of iron 20 s . a ton , is said to have met the approbation of the trade generally . The Birmingham Journal of March 31 st , in reference to the late failures in South Staffordshire , says : — "A good deal of uneasiness still exists as to the commercial stability of several firms in the district ; but , so-far-as we can ascertain , no new circumstances have transpired to increase the apprehension . The belief seems to be that the system of accommodation bills is not confined to the firms that have stopped , bat affects , directly or indirectly , many others ; and that until the trade is purged of this unhealthy ingredient it will not be perfectly sound . Of course we cannot say how far this belief may be justified . " The general trades of Birmingham remain in a very ^ yarious condition , some languishing , others exhibiting signs of
improvement . The coal trade of South Staffordshire ( says a report on this subject ) , although the demand is great , is still in a very unsatisfactory state . The stocks are extremely small , and the threatened turn-out of the colliers , should it occur , will , without doubt , further complicate the difficulties of the manufacturing districts . The notices for a reduction of wages given to the thick coal men in the neighbourhood of Dudley and Brierly-hill expired on Saturday ; in other neighbourhoods they extend to another week . It is however satisfactory to state that the thin coal men , respecting whom still mqje serious fears were apprehended , have generally resumed their work in the pits . At Walsall and Wolverhampton , printed bodies of colliersde
addresses have been issued by , - nouncing " strikes" as injurious to the workman , and calling upon the colliers to resist foreign' influence and dictation . At Longton , the operatives in the collieries of Mr . Sparrow have , in addition to those in the employ of Lord Granville , received notice of a fall , and the men have in consequence resolved upon a strike . The notices of the reduction in the wages of the colliers employed around Dudley expired on Friday week ; nud , in expectation of a disturbance , a large number of special constables were sworn in at Dudley and at Brierly Hill , and about sixty of the enrolled pensioners from Wolverhampton took up their quarters in Dudley on Saturday . Everything has , however , remained quiet and peaceablethough many have not resumed work .
, The leather trade is reported to be in a state of great activity . - The Nottingham laco and hosiery trades have improved in consequence of the home spring demand , but tho hosiery trude of Leicester continues very dopressod . As a consequence of this , nine hundred paupers are inmates of the union workhouse , while those receiving out-door relief exceed by one thousand those of tho corresponding period last year . Tho leather trade of Bristol is very dull , and the demand for wool is heavy . From tho Welsh iron districts ,
we learn that the marketable value of iror that a reduction of wages is inevitable , fall very heavily on the workmen , as th provisions is still high ; but it appears tha have resolved not to go out on strike . B Leeds is rather quiet :. woollen goods , howi met with a fair , though not a large , * dema home markets ; but the flax trade is very i and large numbers of " the workpeople a employ owing to the mills working short more cheerful tone prevails among the l and manufacturers of Bradford . Two hum of the working classes are receiving paroc than the number a week or two ago . Stil many houses are working short time , seve tives are out of work , and the yarn trade market are very flat . At Rophdale th market continues steady ; but at Halifax , tli for worsted is small . Advices from the North of Ireland contii fill . Linen , yarn , flax , and cotton are me < a good demand and full prices .
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AUSTRALIA . Fjrom Australia we learn that the recent i ing out of the obnoxious licenses for digj not been without a good effect . Meetings held at Bendigo to express sympathy wit ! of Ballarat ; and at these meetings those p ; termined to take out no more licenses—a d tion which has been so far acquiesced i authorities that they have announced that n will in future be made to collect licenses by force .
Considerable commercial and social imp has taken place at Melbourne . Business ii ing , and the people are settling down to in pursuits . The amount of gold collected diggings has rec ently augmented ; and tl seems on the whole to be in a prosperous c < Recent advices announce the departure t bourne of the Anglesey , with 37 , 121 ounceithe Constance , with 17 , 584 ounces , and £ reigns ; and the Charlotte Anne , with 9570 making a total value of 257 , 400 / . The Yii sailed from . Sydney r but she will bring ounces and 500 sovereigns .
Intense Heat ik Australia . — Messr : Stilling and Co ., of Adelaide , South A us their circular for the overland mail , saythe last seven days , the continuance of hot has been unparalleled since the establislune : colony . In this period the thermometer has c ranged night and day , in the shade , from degrees , according to situation ; and from 1 degrees in the sun . Many cases of sun-sti occurred in the neighbourhood , death 1 result in some instances . Apples are a exhibited as having been roasted on the t the fierce rays of the sun as perfectly as tin had been in a furnace . "
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INDIA AND CHINA . Nothing of great importance bas lately oc India , which continues tranquil . Commi with Dost Mahomed have been reopened , not as yet led to anything . He has res ] the Governor-General ' s letter in very amical and his son , Hyder Khan , has arrived at J and is to be received by Major Edwardes at . at the mouth of the Khyber Pass . The las of the Indian contributions to the Paris E has been despatched . We quote the following from the Bombay
" An outrage of a singularly daring uatim been committed on one of our posts near Peslu portion of the "tribe adjoining . The Kohnt some time since been closed until satisfaction s obtained for a murder committed near Aki Akhor Affrcedies professed innocenco , and nc < adjoining tribe of Busseo Khol , when it was re blockade tho pass , and to soizo such people , flocks as came into tho Pcshawur valley . To h < of this , on the 9 th of February , 200 of the JJu men , who ' cqually professed innocence with tli the R
attackod , about 11 o ' clock at night , Budco-boor , seven miles from Poshawur . I rounded it with lighted torches , and , having P < tents with atonos , they fell upon tlio inmates sixteen and wounding thirty , the bulk of them j They succeeded in currying oft" 000 / . or 80 U ( . six horses , and everything portable Uioy cou Tho wholo affair whs over in ft few minutes , sailanta only losing a single man . Therei were five well-armed policemen in a fort immediatol . ing , who witnessed tho wholo scene " * vltll ? shot , or giving tho slightest assistance . Ot u men guarding tho treasure , one only remainc post , ami was cut down ; tho-others ran nwi marauders , on their return towards their fnstno a nativo offlcor with thirty troopers of the ou \ cavalry roturning to Fort Makoson , with son thoy had just rescued from another band ol pn
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THE BOARD OF TRADE MONTHLY RETURNS . The Board of , Trade returns for tho month ending the 5 th of March were issued on Monday morning , and furnish tho strongest evidence yet presented of the rapid contraction of business throughout tho country . As compared with the' corresponding month of laat year , tho declared value of our oxports shows a falling off to the almost unprecedented extent of 2 , 470 , 496 / ., the aggregate not having been
more than two-thirds of -what it was at that period . This change has been felt more or less in all departments of business ; but there are still abundant indications of its being mainly due , not to the war , but to the reaction , which the war alone rendered timely , from the wild trade carried on last year to Australia , America , and elsewhere . At the same time , the political state ~ of the continent is unquestionably producing some considerable effect in reducing the amount of our transactions , proof being afforded of the inactive state of the various European manufactories by a great decrease in our exports of cotton linenand woollen yarn .
, The exportations for the first two months of the present year amount to 10 , 197 , 460 / ., against 12 , 480 , 526 / . in the corresponding period of 1854 , showing a diminution of 2 , 698 , 242 / . As compared with the same months of 1853 , there is a falling off of 2 , 307 , 030 / . With regard to imported commodities , the quantities of foreign grain and flour brought in for consumption have comparatively been very small . Some other articles also show a falling off ; but tea , coffee , sugar , spirits , fruits , and spices , have all been rather and
largely used . The comparative imports exports of raw material show , with the exception of hemp and tallow , a very large decrease in each instance . Silk manufactures also present a great reduction ; and the imports of other articles have experienced a diminution sufficient , with the instances already mentioned , to account for the improvement during the past month or two in the foreign exchanges . Dyes and dyeing stuffs , metals , oils , and timber , have all been taken in very limited quantities . —Times City Article , Tuesday .
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3 l 6 ^ , THE LEADER . * [ Satttbi
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Leader (1850-1860), April 7, 1855, page 316, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2085/page/4/
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