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town—of England , ay , and I-may say of the whole world—for the deeds , the great deeds , you hare done , the gallantry you have shown , and the thorough devotion you have always manifested to England and all that belongs to her . " A Long Absent Skip . —Her Majesty ' s sloop Express , Commander Boys , arrived at Spithead on Monday evening from the Brazils , after an aTbsence from England of five years and three months . She was employed , first at the West India station , and afterwards along the — — ^ ¦ — — — j — - »— . - ¦¦ . *— ^ ^ r ^ v ¦ ^^^ ^ ak' ^ TT T _ r I — M ^^^ rf t t
Thk Highland Bkioade at Doveb . —It was proposed to give the Highland brigade now at Dover a dinner at the Surrey Gardens , the Highland Society of London defraying the expenses ; but the Duke of Cambridge has refused permission for moving the troops , which he says would be very inconvenient .
and Assistant-Surgeon Soden . The Express returns home with only one officer ( Mr . George Richards , master ) , sixteen seamen , and two marines , who left England in her . Running Dowif of a Steamer in the River . — Shortly after seven , o ' clock on Tuesday morning , a steam-boat collision took place in the river , in Lower Hope Reach , two or three miles below Gravesend , resulting in the running down of the Sydney Hall , screw steamer , an iron-built ship , of between 500 and 600 tons burthen , the property of the Patent Fuel Company , and
consist of 82 battalions of about 1100 men each , and one ( the 12 th Regiment ) , which . will for the present remain as a reserve battalion regiment , of 1200 rank and file . With tie exception , of six regiments on foreign service , each of those -will be divided into service and depSt companies . The service companies will be kept at a strength of eight companies , or 800 rank and file exclusive ! of son-commissioned officers , with which all the field-officers are to "be present as . . a general rale . They will form part of biigades and divisions , as much together practicable These of the
as . " portions army will be constantly kept in training and accustomed to military operations on a large scale . " The old regimental system will be preserved at the depots , of-which there will be 77 in all , grouped into 24 battalions , each comprising from three to six depots , as barrack accommodation may suit . The regimental depot will be composed of four companies of 50 men , or about 200 in all ; and its mission will be to recruit and train men for the service companies , so as to keep them at their full strength and efficiency . These depots being under fieldofficers
experienced - , specially ciosen for the purpose , it is hoped that each draught of men sent to the service companies will arrive thoroughly effective regimental soldiers , as fit for service , in fact , as were our regiments of the line before the war . The Land Transport Corps is to be entirely reorganized , and will assume the title of the Military Train , being divided into bodies proportioned to the strength of the regiments , brigades , and divisions to which it will be attached . " Of the cavalry we read : —" The regiments will be reduced to the extent of the two additional troops by which they ¦ were severally increased during the war , and : will now have six troops each instead of eight . The two junior captains , therefore , will be placed on half-pay , and , as the regiments not on the Indian establishment number 19 , it follows that 38 captains altogether will be thus reduced .
COBBUGATED METAL WAGGONS FOB THE ARMY . — The experiments with Mr . Francis ' s corrugated metal waggons , which were last week submitted for trial before the authorities of Woolwich Arsenal , have been pronounced of so satisfactory a nature that they have expressed their decision of urging the Government to decide on their introduction for all the purposes to -which tney maybe applied . Sir George Pollock , Sir Frederick Abbott , Major-General Brooke , Colonel Tulloch , and many other scientific officers , have expressed their opinion that , if the metallic waggons were introduced into our publics services , they would prove of incalculable value . Sir George Pollock , after te 3 ting their floating capabilities , when fully loaded , expressed his opinion of their merit in the following terms : — " If I could have had the benefit of Mr . Francis ' s carts -when I crossed the five rivera « f the Punjab , the soldiers would have been saved some days' hard labour . I . was detained a day or two at each river , whereas with this carriage I could
have crossed each river in three or four hours with no difficulty , and . without fatiguing the troops . " Colonel Portlock has given his opinion that there is so much of practical ingenuity 5 a Mr Francis ' s invention that he sincerely hopes the British Government , however habitually cautious it might be in admitting great military changes , will follow the example at once of the Governments of the United States and of Napoleon III . by adopting in the army and navy botli the boats and the ¦ waggons of Mr . Francis , as well as his life-car for our coasts . The first experiments , which were tested under the inspection of the Emperor of the French , so convinced his Majesty of the importance and efficiency of the invention , that lie sanctioned on the spot a supply to the French army , and , as a testimonial of his satisfaction , presented Mr . Francis with a gold snuffbox Talued at 200 / . Mr . Francis ia about to proceed to Vienna , and St . Petersburg where he lias received orders to attend from the Austrian and Russian Governments . —Times .
SHEFFn < xi > 's Greeting to the Dragoons . —On the evening of Monday last , the anniversary of the fall of Sebastopol was celebrated by a very interesting ceremony at New Hall Gardens , Sheffield . This consisted in the presentation of a valuable pen and pocket knife to each of the surviving officers , non-commissioned officers , and privates of the 4 th Dragoon Guards ( now principally stationed at Sheffield ) , -who were with their regiment on its landing in " , the Crimea and passed through the Crimean campaigns . The knives , two hundred and twenty-five in number , are the gift of Mr . Thomas Toudan , proprietor of the Surrey Music-hall , Sheffield . The presentation was made by Mr . W . Ovorend , J . P ., who delivered an address , after which , Mr . Roebuck spoke , observing at the close of his remarks : — " The
men of England respond to you . Thoy are -with you . They know the difficulties that you . have overcome ; and they -welcome your return from them . Wo are men of peace . We know full well the blessings of peace , and it is because wo know them that wo apprcciato you , who are men of war ; for by your efforts those blessings are maintained . ( Applause . ) It is a great mistake to suppose that the English army is in any way opposed to IlngliBhmen . They are the protectors of England ; they are the protectors of our glory ; they are the protectors of our freedom . ( Hear , hear . ) Wo aro not afraid of soldiers . We love you as brethron , and wo know that you will protect us as such . ( Applause- ) Gentlemen , I have very imperfectly performed th « duty imposed upon mo . I bog heartil y to return you the thanks of this
commanded by Captain Michel , bound to Cronstadt . The other ship v / as the Dodo , Captain Hanson , from . Cork , belonging to the Cork Steam Navigation Company . The morning was misty . The Sydney Hall was cut down more than two feet below her -water line . She drifted to the Essex shore , and then went down . All the crew got off . At the moment of the collision , indeed , Captain Michel got hold of the Dodo ' s Bowsprit , believing that his own vessel was going down , and was so taken off , the mate being left in the command . The Sydney Hall is insured . v
A Steamer ox Shobe . —The English steamer Newcastle , Captain Legett , which left Flensburg on the 2 nd September , with one hundred and twenty-nine head of cattle on board , bound for Stettin , got aground near Holnis , in Kragoesund , the same evening , and threw overboard the wlole of her coals to lighten her ; but she still remains on shore , and it is feared she will be lost . A Transport Destroyed byFire . —The Prussian barque Albion , Captain Krolcer , on her voyage from Constantinople for . England , with Government stores , took fire on the Slst August , in lat . 17 , Ion . 14 E ., about seventy miles from Gozo , and was destroyed . The crew landed at Malta . A Suggestion for the Geiiman "Legkys . —A German
newspaper ( the Xondoner Deutschen Journal ) , published in London , and which advocates democratic principles , giyea a supplement to its last number , containing a long exhortation to the soldiers of the British German Legion . They are called upon neither to return to the Continent , nor to allow themselves to be enlisted as military colonists for the Ciape of Good Hope , but to claim , one and all , a freo passage to the United States , to which they are entitled by the terms of their stipulation . The document is signed by Colonel Mack . " Where should you go ? " asks he . " To the United States , " ho replies . "And what to do there ? To labour ! ' For it is in the United States alone where the greatest part of the European political" refugees liave an opportunity to do
their duty towards themselves as well as towards their mother-country . Among tlicir duties towards themselves labour is the first —for by labour alone independence is secured . There is no political liberty without personal independence , and there is no personal independence without labour . " He advises them , further , not merely to emigrate , but to settle in a body , for the purpose of mutual support . In conclusion , he declares himself willing to give personal advice , and we should judge that it might be to the effect tliat tho sudden arrival of ton thousand free-soil settlers in Kansas , of the sword-and-givn sort , would be of some service against the border ruffians . —Morning Star . —[ We have received from Colonel Mack an elaborate statement , and shall give our attention to it . ]
coasof Souh America , looking after English interests , and suppressing the slave trade . During ' - the time the Express was on the Brazil station , she suffered much from sickness , principally dysentery and yellow fever . Her captain , Commander Head , died of this malady in May , 1853 . In May last , when , at-sea , the fever broke out again very violently ; six died before her return to Rio , on the 1 st of June , and forty-one officers and men were on that date sent to the Fever Hospital of St . Isabel , in Juruguba-bay , Rio de Janeiro ; seven men died at that place , including Lieutenant W . G . Sewell
Shipwreck and Loss op Lives . —Tho American ship Ocean Homo , of 700 tons burthen , bound from Rotterdam to Now York , came into collision , ofif the Lizard , with a largo ship ( name unknown ) , and received bu « Ii injuries that slic immediately began to sink . The captain of the other vessel , though he was informed that the Ocean Homo -was going down , made no effort to savo the crew and passengers , and at least eighty-four perished . Colonel Lake , C . B ., is about to be brought into tho Royal army with tho rank of Lieutenant-Colonel ( Unattached ) . Colonel IIicnBEitT , and the other Shropshire officers who served in the late wnr , woro cntortaiacd at Shrewsbury on Thursday by tho citizens . They wero nil made burgessos and the greatest enthusiasm -was manifested . The EoJNtitURQH Bakquet to thk Ciu&uja 1 * Soianuits . —It has now been arranged that this interesting event shall be held on tho 31 st of October , The banquet ia to talco place in tho Corn Exchange .
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* . STATE OF TBA . DE . The trade reports from the manufacturing . towns for the ¦ week ending last Saturday indicate a general improvement of tone from the satisfactory results of the harvest . At Manchester , although the transactions have not been very large , increased confidence is observable , and prices are extremely firm . The Birmingham advices describe steadiness in the iron market , and a general expectation that the quotations of last quarter-day will be upheld . Great anxiety is manifested among all classes for the practical confirmation of Mr . Bessemer ' s invention . In ihe general trades of the place there has been full
occupation , and good orders have arrived from Australia , South America , and India . The demand for agricultural implements is active . A useful -waterproof paper for packing has been introduced , which is found especiallv valuable in the export of polished articles . At Nottingham there has been -no alteration . The competition for silk , which is dearer than at any time during the past thirty years , is augmented by French buyers in our markets . In the woollen districts there has been a steady extent of business ; and in the Irish , linen markets the operations have been moderate at former terms " . —Times .
In the general business of the port of London during the past week there has been little activity . The number of vessels reported inwards was 188 , being 39 less than in the previous week ; and the number cleared outwards was 144 , including 14 in ballast , showing a decrease of 19 . The number of ships on the berth loading for the Australian colonies is 73 , being 5 less than the last account . Of those now loading , 11 are for Adelaide , 2 for Auckland , 1 for Canterbury , 7 forGeelong , 4 for Hobart Town , 3 forLaunceston , 2 for Melbourne , 2 for Moreton Bay , o for New Zealand , 17 for Port Philip , 2 for Portland Bay , 13 for Sydney , 2 for Swan River , 1 for " Wellington , and 1 for Warnamboul . —Idem .
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¦ MISCELLANEOUS The Great Comet of 1556 .- —In a letter addressed to the Times by Professor Hind , the astrtmomer , that gentleman states that , by means of the obliging exertions of Professor Littron , of the Imperial Observatory of Vienna , he ha 3 discovered the missing chart of Fabricius and his ' Judicium ' upon the comet of 1556 , together w . ith an unknown , but highly important , descriptive treatise by Joachim Heller , astronomer of Nuremberg . By these documents , Professor Hind is strengthened in his belief that the comet of 155 6 was the same as that of 1264 , and that the next appearance of the celestial body is near at hand . . The Exglish Harvest . — -A large portion of the crops has been got in , and , although in some districts wheat has been injured by the . rain , this depreciation is by no means general , and for tho most part the corn has been housed in excellent condition . The harvest , taken altogether , will be at least above the average , and prices are falling in consequence . In the neighbourhood of Norfolk , however , considerable damage has been done by a storm ¦ which occurred on the 1 st inst . Green and root crops promise admirably , and the hop-grounds are yielding a most liberal supply , equal to that of last year .
The Harvest is the North of Scotland . —The harvest has commenced in the north of Scotland , and many fields have already fallen under the sickle . The crops of -wheat , oats , and barley are all far above the average of tho last few years . Potatoes aro an abundant crop . . The disease has been checked by the fine dry weather of this month , and is not likely to appear again . Turnips arc in excellent condition , and tho aftermath of the hay crop is most luxuriant . One of the Ckkw of the Yictouy . —Peter Moser , aged eighty-three , died on the 21 st of August last , at
the Eoyal Hospital , Greenwich . This veteran sailor was in several engagements of the British navy between 1794 and 1800 , including the battle of Trafalgar . When Nelson fell , Peter Moscr served on board the Victory as captnin of the maintop . In recognition of his services , which extended over more than twenty years , he received two medals ( one with three clasps ) , and was for the lust thirty years of his life an inmate of Greenwich Hospital . It is worthy of note tlint ho had the honour of carrying the first flag at the public funeral of Nelson .
Hion-rrtESstmrc Steam fob Maiunk Purposes . — An interesting trial has taken place at tho Railway Foundry , Leeds , in the presence of the Government Inspector and other scientific persona , of a novel application of locomotive high-pressure machinery to marine purposes . The machinery , -which has beeu arranged and completed from designs of the engineer of the works ,, } n intended , wo understand , for a screw steamer recently launched at Hull . Nothing could appnrcntly bo more" admirable than tho smoothness and facility with which tho machinery worked , a speed of a hundred and twenty revolutions of tho screw-shaft per minute being obtained from tho direct action of tho engines ,
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September 13 b-1856 . ] THE leader . 873
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 13, 1856, page 873, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2158/page/9/
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