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The French Cobk TrAde . ^—The Presse contains the following observations in connexion with the heavy imports of foreign corn into ! England : " a seated between two seas , favoured by a climate propitious to . the growth of corny and separated from England only by the Channel , might in a great measure monopolise this supply . But first it will be necessary to suppress the sliding scale and emancipate the corn trade . We are assured that a bill is being prepared iii this sense , and that a law more in harmony with political economy will replace an uncertain legislation which is opposed to international exchanges . The sliding scale would be suppressed , and replaced by a fixed duty of If . per hectolitre on entry , while exportation would be free . "
Trade at Marseilles . —The Paris correspondent of the Times writes : — " The following telegram , dated Marseilles , yesterday , is published in the Nord of Brussels : —' Business is active ; maritime traffic is increasing ; the docks are full of ships . The Marseilles merchants , who are not influenced by a panic at the Bourse , manifest opinions in accordance with the firm policy of the Government . The eventuality of a war does not terrify them . ' This paragraph is of course to be attributed to the action of the Prefects , as recommended in the
circular which the' Minister of the Interior was most unwillingly obliged to address to tliose functionaries the other day . It contains almost as many misstatements as words . It is hot true that business is flourishing at Marseilles ; it is not true that the merchants are not influenced by . the increased want of confidence , the sense of insecurity , and the opposition to war which are concealed in the words , ' p ^ nic at the Bourse ; ' and the greatest untruth of all is that the eventualities of war do not ' terrify them , ' as well as every thinking man in France . "
Sale op Grain . — -After the 1 st of January , 1860 , grain , meal , flour , butter , and potatoes will be sold by the pound avoirdupois , by the score of 20 lbs ., the cental of lOOlbs ,, and by the ton of 2 , 000 lbs , ; ami ail hay , straw , turnips , and mangold-wurtzel will be sold in the same manner . This arrangement will take effect should a bill , brought in by Mr . W . Browrr , M . P ., and Mr . M'Canii , M . P ., succeed in passing through Parliament . Trade in China . —A telegram , dated Shanghai , Jan . 6 , says that " Imports ( except nietals } were generally in good demand . Exchange had declined to 6 s . 4 d ; for bank bills . Tea was dearer at all the ports . TJiero is a decrease in exports of two millions and a half . "
State ov the Ikon Trade . The Wolverhampton Chronicle , says : — " The iron trade maybe said to fully maintain its improved position , in fact , orders are daily becoming more numerous . The mills and forges of the district are in active operation , especially those producing iron of a superior description . The advices from the United States are of a limited character , but there are symptoms of improvement , and there is no question that as the season advances exportations will be considerably increased . There is a good demand for railway iron ; but the bulk of the orders find their way into South Wales .. A large quantity is still being manufactured at the various works in that district , owing to the facilities which the Welsh houses possess for the production of this kind of iron . "
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The Calcutta and Suburban Building Society is likely to bo established . The shares are 50 / . each , payable by monthly instalments of } 2 n . per share . The object is to . provide dwellings for the less wealthy class of EnHlish and Eurasian residents , on the plan of the English building companies . House rent for Europeans la rising in all the Indian cities , caused by the increase of residents . The tolegrapix on the Great Indian Itonlnsiilnr Railway has been yponod fur eonvoylim general niGBsagca . Lleut .-Colonel Fagan li ' us' been oloetod' secretary of the Calcutta Bouth-Eastorn Hallway Comp . my . Ho has dovotod considerable attention to the development of India , and la well acquainted with tlio resources of the Bengal m-oviuooa .
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A Daughter of Robert Burns . —Why ,-then , you will repeat , has the only surviving daughter of Bums been so long neglected , and residing in the neighbourhood ? tiiinply because a inodest feeling , shared by her husband , kepb them so retired in their humble condition , that only a very few knew that she existed ; and the independent spirit pf the honest old couple would have spurned any common cliaritr ,. even when they were past work . Our greatest difficulty how is to divest our enterprise of the obtrusive assertion of charity ; though , as you will see by the enclosed list , wo have realised considerably over 100 / . in small sums , and expect to treble it , when our masonic brethren and others are made fully aware that Mrs . Thompson , of Pollockr shaws , exists at all . You may rest assured we will act up to the spirit of your article . —Correspondent of " Household Words . "
Resignation oe the Bisiior of Glasgow . —A mandate for the election of a bishop for the diocese of Glasgow has been issued in consequence of the resignation of the Right Rev . Dr . Trower . It appears that the right rev . prelate has , on account of family affliction , been compelled , to reside for some years . past at Tunbridge Wells , and last year made a formal application for a coadjutor bishop , but tho proposal was not favourably entertained . In « letter ho has addressed to his clergy ho snys , "I have come most reluctantly to the conclusion that it is my duty to resign ray groat responsibility . The burden is too great to bo borne under the condition of non-residence in the present state of tho church . I therefore hereby x'esign my sacred office as Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway into the hands of tho Episcopal College , praying for the peace and prosperity of the Scotch Episcopal Church . "
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The Eastern Bengal Railway Company hnvo produced their second rop 6 rt , and wo are glad to have again the opportunity of stating that this iniportunfc undertaking is in progress . A contract has been signed with Messrs . Jirassey , Wythos , ami oir Joseph Paxton , for the lino from Calcutta to Kooshtee , 108 miles in length , for 1 , 045 , 000 / ., exclusive ot rails and chairs . These works will soon boyin , » nd in the meantime the company ' s engineer , Mr . Furdon , - has settled with the local Government ot Bengal the' best situation for tho Calcutta terminus , being at SpalUah . The directors roporb that thoy have in tho Indian treasury 320 , 124 / ., which sum , together wjth tho payments in advance , Will bo . sutficient to moot all demands for tho current ' your . The Indian shareholders of tho Affi'ft ¦ Hu » k llftV 0 received Information from tho directors of thoir proposal to obtain for tho bank the benefits ofalimitea Liability constitution .
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , February 22 . BANKEtrPTS . Thojtas Glennr e , Harley-street , Cavendish-square boarding-housekeeper . . * Harman Matthew Milton , Queen ' s-row , Camberwell-gate , livery stable keeper . William Fowler , New-cross and BeckenhaiiK Kent builder . * James Syson , Birmingham , hosier . John Bennett , West Bromwich , Staffordshire ,
ironmaster . George WiielleRj , Curry Rivel , Somersetshire , draper John Manlav , Exwick , Devonshire , miller . George Ridler , Cardiff , provision dealer . John Edwin Simester , Cardiffj grocer . James Sciiofield and Louis Horrie , Blue Pits near Rochdale , Lancashire , and Keighley , Yorkshire ' grease manufacturers . Thomas Mabeiei' Hartwell , Manchester , caleudcrer .
Friday , Feb . 25 .. Thomas William Custanoej Newcastle - upon-Tyne , licensed victualler . Benjamin , Lovell , Northampton , currier . John David Greexway , Taunton , draper . Joseph Hardwickb and Henry Jones , Graeechurch-street , merchants . Henry Spence , Birmingham , currier . Joiin Hill , jun ., Lenton , Nottinghamshire , lace manufacturer . ¦ , William George Horncastle , Poplar , auctioneer . Thomas Adams , Hal-borne , Staffordshire , licensed victualler . Joseph Taylor , Bradford , general dealer . George Oswald , Fisliburn , Durham , farmer . William Ireland , Plaistow , Essex , licensed victualler .
John Walker , Stockport , licensed victualler . Michael Watson , Hartlepool , innkeeper . Philli p Crollin , Livei'pool , sail inaker . George Locking , Cleethorpe , Lincolnshire , hotel keeper . John Newton , Old Mai ton , Yorkshire , horse dealer . John Andrews Munday , Pulbordugh , Sussex , coal merchant . ' . John GoopsON Turney , 9 , Mount-place , Walwortliroad , grocer and tea dealer . Sagau Holden Spla . , Strand , sail maker .
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MANNING THE NAVY . The Report of the Commissipners upon this , subject has just madq its appearance . It commences by stating that attention has been directed in the first place to the mode ofmarining her Majesty ' ships in time of peace ; and , secondly , to the inquiry , whether , under the emergency of war , reliance could be placed upon existing reserves . In 1852 , what was thon termed the . " continuous service system" was , first introduced . This plan has given the country a body of MrelMrainetf and efficient men . It seems
admitted upon all hands that , with somo few unimportant modifications , voluntary recruitment will supply as many hands ns are neeeded . The Report proceeds to say that the Queen ' s service is decidedly Unpopular . One grievance seems to be tho uncomfortable nature of the temporury quarters provided on board tho hulks whilst the ships aro being fitted out . . An attempt t ; o remedy this inexcusable opprobrium hus been lately tried at Portsmouth by the establishment of a model hulk , tlie Bellorophon , and striking improvement is manifest here .
# Tho inadequate allowanco of provisions is another subject of complaint . The Commissioners recommend that the men should bo supplied with equal rations t ; o tlio sailors in tho service of tho great steam ship companies . Thoro is also on obnoxious charge made against tho men on first entering , for beading , moss utensils , &c , which it would bo bettor to issue ft'eo . T | io . law as it stands at present oontomplatos obtaining men cither' —1 . By an embargo prohibiting
merchant vessels from going to sea ; 2 . A bounty inviting men to enter on board Queen ' s ships ; 3 . A proclamation requiring compulsorily the service of all seafaring men . " Impressment , " all are agreed , could never again be . revived ; besides the requirement-, it should , be remembered , is not for men only , but for trained men ; arid impressment would never supply practised gunners . The present reserves of the country consist of : I . The Marines now quartered ashore ; 2 . The
Coast-guard ; 3 , The Volunteers ; 4 . Short-service Pensioners . The Marines are as fine , as efficient , and as well-disciplined a body as any that the State has at its disposal , and are available either as artillerymen or infantry . There is at present a reserve of 6 , 000 Marines in the . different home ports . The Commissioners recommend that that number should be increased to 11 , 000 . The present complement of the Coastguard is 10 , 000 . A suggestion is offered for increasing it to 12 , 000 , at an annual cost of 116 , 525 / .
On the Naval Coast Volunteers , as at present constituted , the Commissioners do not appear to place much reliance , for the reason that they are not all properly " seamen , " but rather , for the most part , fishermen , boatmen , arid * ¦ ? longshore " men . They are , however , fair gunners , and for the defence of the coast would be of considerable value . The Short-service Pensioners are those who have retired after 10 years' service on a pension of Gd . a day . If the principle were extended to the Marines , a cbrps of five thousand might be obtained this very year ( as in 1859 the discharges from the . Marine corps
commence ) , and that , too , at no considerable outlay . Besides 4 , 000 seamen proposed to be retained in the home portSj there would be a reserve of 11 , 000 Marines , 12 * 000 Coast-guard inen , the Short-service Pension Seamen , and the Naval Coast Volunteers . It is therefore computed that 30 , 000 men , obtainable in the manrier above suggested , exclusive of the Coast Volunteers , would provide , if riot an ample , at least a sufficient number to' bear the first shock oil the outbreak oft hostilities . But beyond this there is the admitted necessity of a continued supply of trained men to make good the havoc of war and to keep up tlie navy to an efficient standard .
The proposed plan of the Commissioners for obtaining ari adequate supply of trained seamen , recommends the enlistment of adults at once from the short-voyage . traders . The new body , it is suggested , might be called the " Royal Naval Volunteers , " , as inducements to join , it is recommended that they should be paid at short periods—receive remuneration while being trained , and pensions on attaining the ages of 50 and 55—be admitted from time to time into the Coast-guard , arid finally participate in the advantages of Greenwich Hospital . The obligations on the part of the corp would be to practice gunnery and to serve at sea in case- of emergency .
With respect to the future supply , the proposition is that at each of the large ports a trainingrship should be established , with accommodation for from 100 to 200 boys , half of whom should be maintained by the Government , and that these vessels should be under the superintendence of the Board of Trade , the main intention being to . train boy ' s for . tlie Merchant service , a limited number only having the option of going into the Navy . It is presumed that these training-ships would furnish annually 1 , 200 able-bodied lads , and that the different seaports would yield as many more , to the maritime occupations of the country , all of whom shipowners would bo willing to take ; contributing at tho same time a
small annual sum in return for the cost of the education of the apprentice , such sum to bo levied in aid of the Pension Fund . The total annual cost of these school-ships , including training in gunnery , would probably be 200 , 000 / . per annum . By the adoption of the whole of the recommendations in tho Koport , the country would acquire a reserve of 60 , 000 men in addition to the 5 , 000 Marines , suggested as a judicious increase to that force , and in addition also to 5 , 000 volunteers , who would probably be absent on leave in the Merchant service . For thij , alleged increased security thus obtained tho country would have to provide u , n annual sum altogether of 508 . 821 / .
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284 THE LEADER [ No . 466 , Febbuary 26 , 1859 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 26, 1859, page 284, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2283/page/28/
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