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( "Limited ) , " to answer a summons which had been taken out by their late secretary , Mr . Henry Graves , calling upon the directors to show cause why they had omitted to register a list of their shareholders according to law Sir John , on being told there was no officer of- the company present , said he had no jurisdiction . Mr . Graves said he took two shares for the purpose of forming the company , and he had advanced 1001 . upon them . Mr . Battye said there were only seven shares taken , but that was sufficient for registration , and the company had registered . Mr . Graves said not within fourteen days after a general meeting . Mr- Battye said there had been no general meeting . Mr . Graves admitted he . had got back his 100 / ., but not until he had arrested Mr . M'Kenna , the secretary . His ( Mr . Graves ' object was to knock up the company . Mr . Battye said a meeting had been called , but only two persons attended . The further hearing of the summons was then adjourned .
A gentlemanly-looking man , named William Perry Lee , appeared at Marlborough-street , charged with a long list of frauds upon tradesmen . The prisoner was in the habit of representing himself as a medical practitioner , and that he had attended her Majesty in . his professional capacity . After bearing the evidence of a number of his victims , the magistrate committed him for trial .- A gold watch was found in his possession , for ivhich an owner has not yet been found . The porter of St . Martin ' s Workhouse , named Wroe , iras charged with assaulting Mary Barry , an inmate of the house , aged 19 , whose appearance was not very prepossessing . She deposed to the defendant having kissed her and taken liberties with , her on several occasions .
Being cross-examined with a view to show that she made a similar charge on a previous occasion , and that she was not to be believed , she . denied the accusations altogether . It appeared that she had told one of the . nurses about the defendant ' s conduct soon after it had taken place . The case was sent for trial to the sessions , but bail was accepted for the defendant . Isaac Hammond , a powerful man , was charged at Westminster police-court , before Mr . Paynter , with attempting to murder Sarah Farrell , a woman with ^ whom he lived , by throwing her out of a window on the second floor in York-street , Westminster , a height of between thirty and forty feet . William Manby , who lived next door , heard the prisoner , -who had been drinking , lock his room door , and soon afterwards heard him say ,
" She is now out of the window , and I ' m off . " The witness and his wife prevented him from departing , and on going down stairs they found the poor creature lying oh the stones at the back of the house . The prisoner had been heard to threaten her frequently . She was removed to the hospital , where she remains in a dangerous state . The prisoner said she had jumped out , but after hearing the evidence the magistrate said the prisoner evidently knew how she fell , and remanded him till Saturday . A certificate from the house surgeon of Westminster Hospital showed that the poor woman was suffering from concussion' of the brain . The magistrate subsequently attended at the hospital to take the depositions of the woman , but she was found to be in a state of mental aberration .
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THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH . Nothing of a very satisfactory or definite character has yet been given for the information of the public . Be * yond the fact that signals wore not received , there has been nothing to communicate until the results of the investigations of the scientific gentlemen ,, who have boon experimenting upon the cable , transpired , Those experiments have not yet been completed . A very sorious electrical fault occurred in the cable on Sunday , August the lafc after about one-half of the distance from
midand that its insulation has become gradually injured by its own weight It is still believed possible to work through during some part of each day , provided the condition of the wire becomes no worse . Mr . Lundy , one of the electrical assistants , proceeds-to Newfoundland onjTuesday , for the purpose of ascertaining the condition of the wire at the other terminus , and also for the purpose of arranging a day on which a certain code of signals are to be sent at concerted times from both ends , and to endeavour thus to re-establish intelligible communication . Supposing the cable , as fur as practicable working goes , a failure , not only has the practicability of submerging it been demonstrated , but also of working and signalling through it . The Atlantic Telegraph Company have expended nearly half a million in the manufacture and laying of the present cable , for - —•
—which the English and American Governments guarantee 28 , 000 Z . a year for a certain period , contingent upon success . But should the present cable prove a failure , both the capital and the Government subsidy are lost , and the shareholders are expected to subsci-ibe another half million for another wire , with the same chance of losing all before them . Under these circumstances it is not surprising the difficulties of raising the capital for a new Cable are . looked upon as almost insurmountable . If the Governments are really anxious for an effective telegraphic communication between the two countries , they have but to guarantee a certain small per-centage on the total capital , and money will be forthcoming for new wires should five or six be lost before one is successfully completed . At present the shares of the company have experienced a decline to 315 .
pcjym to the shores of Ireland bad bean traversed , apparently a break in the continuity of the conductor ; . This ¦ wa s , however , regarded as of little consequence , as tho currents which were both received , and transmitted wore sufficiently good for all the purposes of telegraphing . JYom Monday , tho 9 th , to Saturday , tho 14 th , various adjustment messages wore recoivod and sent through the lino , though it was evident that in Newfoundland the signals were not road with tho same facility as those in tho contrary direction to Valentin . The condition of tho wire became daily more faulty until the 81 st of August , whon a Government message was despatched through tho cable , and on tho 1 st of September a second Government message was safely
transmittfld . imfc after it had boon duly acknowledged , tho insulation of tula wirb J ^ ocamo ^ suutlo 1 tly * woTff 07 r « nd"itr " ¦ was found impossible to make thoin understand ut Newfoundland . Since half-past ono o'clock on the morning of Friday , tho < tth of September , no Intelligible signal whatever has boon received . Up to tho i ^ rodont tlnio , Professor W . Thomson , Mr . Vurloy , and Mr . Edward Bright have been engaged day and night in testing , and have come to tho conclusion that the defect is a loss of insulation about 270 miles from Valontia . It is quito possible that tlip cable may Iiuvo romainod suspended upon eomo projecting points of the mountain range ¦ which divides the depths of tho Atlantic from the oom-I >» y « . ^ y » ly » Jj « Wo , \ y Wt 9 ? loading from tho Irish coast ,
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . The Canadian Rkgibiext . —The Conimander-in-Chief has reviewed the 100 th Regiment at Shorncliffe . At the close of the review his Royal Highness expressed his satisfaction at the state of discipline in which he had found the regiment , and passed a high eulogium on the loyalty of the Canadian population in raising so fine a body of men at a moment of need . . Heavy aioiejj Corvette . — Preparations are being made at Sheerness to build a new screw steam corvette of 21 guns of heavy calibre . She is to be called the Stork . Harbours of Refuge CoJXsnssiox .-r-Mr . E . K . Calver , secretary to the Royai Commission on Harbours of Refuge , has been compelled by ill-health to resign the post . Few officers of the navy have had so much experience of harbours as Mr . Calver , who has devoted many years to this particular branch of hydrography . He is succeeded by Mr . F . J . Evans , naaster , R . N ., of the coinpass department , who is fully competent to fulfil the important task . The commissioners now on the survey are Rear-Admiral Hope , Captains Washington , R . N ., and Vetch , R . E ., Mr . Lindsay , M . P ., and Mr , Coode , M . P . They will proceed from Greenoek to Belfast , Dublin , Douglas ( Isle of Man ) , and from thence to Liverpool— United Service Gazette .
tuxbances , and exhorting them for the future to take pride in maintaining the high character of the regiment . Militaky Court of Inquiry .- —A court was instituted to investigate charges affecting the moral character of the Rev . William M . Wright , A . M ., Woolwich , garrison chaplain . The charges against the . defendant were that he had been seen in a'state of . intoxication on . various occasions . A deliberation took place , the result of which is favourable to the defendant . The specific terms of the " finding " of the court will not be made known ( in accordance with military usage ) until such decision is confirmed by the General Commanding-in-Chief , for whose consideration it has been forwarded . New French Firkarm . —Th ' e Minie rifle is , it is said , to be taken out of the hands of the French army , in which it has done such good service , and to be replaced by an arm constructed on the same principle , bat which is much lighter and easier to handle . ^—
Naval Courts-martial . —On Wednesday , on board her Majesty ' s ship Impregnable , in Hamoaze , to try James Kelly , a private in the Royal Marines , serving on board her Majesty ' s ship Cambridge , for that he , on the 14 th instant , when about to be placed under confinement on the poopj broke from the charge of Sergeant Thomas Mortimer , jumped over the poop rail on to the quarterdeck , and rushed towards Lieutenant J . T . M . Nicholl , senior lieutenant and commanding officer of her Majesty's ship Cambridge , using violent and threatening language ,
and at the same time shaking his fist at him . The offences were declared to be proved , and he was sentenced to receive fifty lashes , to be impr isoned for two years , and to be dismissed the service with disgrace-On board the Victory , in Portsmouth harbour , on Thursday , to try Richard Snape , a private Royal Marine on board her Majesty ' s ship Hogue , for mutinous conduct on board that ship at Greenoek , Scotland . Tho Court found the charge proved , and sentenced him to receive fifty lashes , to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in Winchester gaol for eighteen months .
New Dock at Chatham , —The first of the newlarge stone docks which the former Board of Admiralty determined on building at this port is now completed , having occupied about three years in its formation . It is nearly 400 feet in length , 93 feet in width , and 40 feet deep . The foundations aro laid on beds of concrete , several feet deep , and the dock is built entirely of the best Scotch granite , of whioh several million cubic feet have been used . The completion of this fine dock , one of the largest in tho United Kingdom , reflects groat credit on the contractors , Messrs . Rigby . Tho want which has boon so long experienced ut this port , of a deck sufficiently large to accommodate tho largest ships of war in tho navy , will now bo supplied . Tho now basin will bo opened in the course of a tow days .
Impkoved Ammunition ,- —The troops in India will shortly bo supplied with an improved description of ammunition for the JGnfiold rifle . .. Wjthjthia ammunition no difficulty or inconvenienco will over be oxporienced in loading tho rifle , and " fouling " will bo considerably diminished under tho most unfavourable circumstances—namely , whon tho barrel has been purposely " fouled" and "leaded" in a way to render loading almost impossible with the old ammunition ; the bullet of tho now cartridgo goes down the barrel with tho weight of tho ramrod . It appears , also , from the results of experiments , that tho accuracy of tho fire and tho longth of rango aro not affected by tho nltorfttion which has been made in tho cartridge .
. . DoonYAjtJD MAcmNiatv . —A now steam machhioi recently invontod for tho purpose of manufacturing iron « nutB »« fQivboltH &o . . haa-buQn-appr oy , p ^ b lxiti ! iie Admiralty and erected at tho factory department of '" WooTwISU dockyard . Those nuts have hitherto boon made by hand , but an cxpovimontal trial of the machinery proves that it is onpabio of turning out fifty nuts per minute , thus enacting a considerable waving of time und oxponso . Tub Idvu lioxAi . Iuisi *'—This qor , n # , stationotl in Londonderry , was Inspected on Monday lust , , nt tho barracks , by Mnjor-Gonoral Gough , C . H ., "who , it appears , had boon aont down by Lord Seatoiw to oxatnlno into Uiutuvbun ^ ps orontod by some ill-conducted men in tho regiment . At the close of tho In » p 6 otion ( ho General briefly addressed tho men , alluding ty tho rocont dia-
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NAVAL STEAM RAM . Admiral Sahtoiuus has suggested to the Admiralty a new engine of naval warfare , which he calls " the siiot-pvoof steani ram . " It is a ship of the same class as the vaisseau belter about to be built at Cherbourg—the idea of which , Sir G-. Sartorius says , was suggested by him to the allies during the Kiisskm war . He thus describes it and its capacities : — "A vessel combining the qualities of the shot-proof battery with those of the rapid steamer , whose invulnerability , handiness , and strength should enable her to expose herself with impunity to the guns of the most heavily-armed man-of-war , and who by . her . weight aud speed might run into and sink any ship . " This war engine , which 1 shall call ' the stoamram , ' would require but a very small complement of men , —not more , perhaps , than one-sixth that of a ship of war of tho same tonnage , and might be built in any form adapted to the service . My notion is that the steam ram should have stein or stern ( for each is cither ) of the same form , and at each end a massive projecting prow or rostrum by means of which the blow is to ho given , the projection being sufficient to protect the rudder from injury , and tho prow having shoulders to prevent tho possibility of its too deep insertion . The extremes being of tho same shape , there would he a screw propeller at each end , thus doubling tho men us of propulsion , whether for backing , going ahead , or turning ; moreover , the vessel would be less likely to be disabled .
" The object for which she is most expressly designed ia , that of crushing in the side or bow of an enemy by liur beak ; but she would also bo formidable in dijmbliinj n retreating enemy by destroying tho rudder . Tho dock may have three towers for tho purpose of navigation and Observation whon in-tho presence of an enemy , tun ! also t'b eject boiling water on an onoiny ' s hoarders ,., 1 1 / oliuvo that not only cun tho requisite speed nnd hanilinivw bo obtained , but so much more us to leave thes vis ^ ls 1 contemplate at liberty to carry n few puns of heavy calibre , so enabling thorn to net ngninnt towns and butteries , as well as by their proper action to destroy ships afloat . in
"There need bo no limit to sizo or tonnage , but my opinion 2600 tons would bo tho most oflboUvo and convenient . A steam rum of that bjko could havo at Ions twenty guns of tho heaviest calibre , from which inigiu bo fired not only solid shot , but percussion tiUoDn «» U ( to timber vomhoIb tho still moro dmigorouri ml « t ) il «») she w laden with molten iron , which explodo on striking u » o VWiff ' tl"' •» M » i 7 Tiwi . Kh ^« rwi-,,, -,, » i-i . nft-in _ t . l iQ tranflt , '" tho molten iron running nbout tho dock or lmtw-uon tno Umber * , HctH flro to tho ship , or whntovor coinlnut wo matter it moots with , while upon tho atonm ruin no bIiuu nmkofl < iny lmprossion , Tho spacos roquirod lor ai wv npnlhujoott and nppurtonanoos of those shell * la about ie foot square , and can bo ho secured na to proeluno' »» pobMlbliity of dangor to tho whip wring thuin i fli *» fiania time that a atoam ram la sinking a nhln . l » y » UJl '" sho may bo also firing nt any voasol within l » or raw * Mr . Porklna informs mo that ho con fit tho nriucij > w v * Ula steam gun . to shot of any else . "
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95 THE LEADER . [ No . MS , September 18 , 1858 . ¦ . ¦ "" ' ¦ ' - ¦ __^
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 18, 1858, page 958, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2260/page/6/
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