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NAVAL AND MlLITAE . Y . The successes which hare" so often attended the French Zouaves in their brilliant , feats' of arms is / there can be little doubt , principally owing to their careful training . The Paris correspondent of a contemporary describes the institution of Joinville which confines itself entirely to the instruction of gymnastics , and other bodily exercises , whether imparting strength * skill or grace . *• The perfection of the Zouave no longer astonishes , and we cannot wonder nt the clumsy inferiority of the British soldier from whom such instruction as imparted at Joinville is wholly withheld , and who consequently knows only how to present himself before the enemy , and Langs , back with awkward bashfulness when
ushered suddenly into the company of friends . Here we have bronzed and bearded warriors who have stormed the heights of Alma , and rushed on Malakoff , competing togethtr for an " accessit" in fencing , boxing , single stick , and even dancing and music . The spectacle was a most astonishing one , so unlike was it to the British idea of a military education . The men danced upon wires , ran along ropes , rebounding like elastic balls from one rope to another , running up ladders of enormous height , then bounding to earth with the agility of squirrels . But the crowning and most exciting portion of the whole was the
bayonet— -with which he is attacked by the Trench soldier , and against which neither his own old bayonet nor fys superior physical Strength are of any avail . Not only can the sword-bayonet give thrust for thrust with the older weapon , but while it thrusts or withdraws after delivering it , severs the tendons of the arm or leg of the opponent * thus completely disabling Mm prior to the last death blow . Moreover , the Trench soldier is taught to wield his weapon by poising it like a quarter-staff horizontally as high as the head of his adversary , and by a slight movement in the segment of a circle the sharp blade is swept across the neck , chest , or face of three men
opposed to hlni-in line . This novel mode of attack cannot be met by the old musket and bayonet ; hence the Austrian soldier has in despair resorted to the butt of his musket in endeavouring to crush his enemy , who , agile , skilful of fence , and rendered confident by the superiority of his new arm , can deliver three wounds with his sword-bayonet wliile his antagonist is swinging his club . If we , in England , do not look to the new modes of attack developing by the French , —the opener line borrowed from our own Highlanders , and the sword bayonet—we shall be as much and as shamefully surprised by the French as we were by the Americans . is General
"An old soldier" asks , " How long Knollys , who never was under fire , who never took part in a campaign in his life , and who never was out of England on military duty but once , and on that occasion only for the purpose of seeing a Prussian review , to be Commander-in-Chief at Aldershofc ? An old campaigner alone can teach soldiers campaigning , and turn recruits into soldiers . " A despatch , dated the 12 th April last , has been received from the governor of Victoria , New South Wales , to the effect that the colonial government steamer Victoria had returned to Melbourn , after an unsuccessful search for any thing to indicate the loss of her Majesty ' s sloop Sappho in the neighbourhood of Bass ' s Straits , although each island and rock in the vicinity of the Straits was examined by the ship or boats , and the Victoria was assisted in her search by her Majesty ' s sloop Elk . -
The new screw steamship Edgar , 91 guns and 600-horse power ( nominal ) j has had her final trial trip for speed off Sheerriess . She went the measured mile with and against tide for eight hours . Her average speed was 11 * 5 knots . She will shortly be ready for sea . The Austrian artillery officers speak unfavourably of the Trench rifled gun , which fouls so much that n , iiiuoc ue conunuany ¦• wasneu ouc . xne simju rarely explodes , and the leaden knobs on it , which ought to fit into the grooves of the rifle , are almost always crushed .
A French fleet is fitting out at Brest , consisting of nine liners , two heavy frigates , and one floating battery . Two more frigates are expected to join , and the only question is , against whom is the Brest fleet , which does not' include the Channel fleet at Cherbourg , intended to act ?
mock attack of the redoubt , at which the men placed outsLde the broad fosse arrive with the battle axe and gun slung across the shoulder . The trumpet sounds the assault , and in two minutes time the redoubt is entered , and a volley fired from the interior , in spite of the great height of the walls and the resistance opposed from Svithin . This new system of training should be examined , as it may teauli the secret of that self-endurance which has enabled the Zouaves to usurp the reputation of the whole French army . Agility ,: presence of mind , promptitude of hand and eye , are more cultivated than , strength or discipline . "
On Monday morning the whole of the Indian depots stationed at Colchester camp were assembled on the parade to witness the execution of the sentence of court martial on three deserters from the Connaught Rangers , who were each adjudged to receive fifty lashes . The flogging was proceeded witli . and the men were subsequently taken into hospital . A few days * ago a deserter from the 6 th Regiment received fifty lashes . A military correspondent of the Daily News asserts that the minister who would propose the
tkKXyf ^ JtfXKJXk Ol l « ilG VtXkMJii l \ Jl' bllt ? XXXXXllQ UJ > * - * L Wbl 4 militia regiments would do more for the defence of the country than all the rifle corps are likely to do ; He says that many militia regiments are seriously under their quota , and that the ballot would give us a better average class of men , both physically and mentally . Too many of our militia men are small chested , and not a few with a tendency to scrofula . We -want a proportion of such men as we find at railroad stations , and such as the old militia was composed of . The militia regiments are not yet all supplied with the Enfield rifle . But few have fired an Enfield bullet . The Gazette de Franee states that preparations are making at the French War Office to bring together
within two months from this a force of 450 , 000 . Great naval preparations are making at Cherbourg . JSone , however , are more significant than the accumulation of coal that is taking place there . At the beginning of last month there were 18 , 000 tons in store . Wince then 17 , 000 tons have been imported—12 , 000 from England , ( 5 . 000 from other quarters . At Rochefort great quantities of coal have also been collected ; the coal mines of Descaizeyille , in the department of Gironde have , I am told , furnished the greater part . The annual inspection of the Chatham division of Royal Marine Light Infantry took place ) on Wednesday by Major-General B . It . Wesley , Deputy-Adjutant-General . .
The Amphion , 86 , screw steam frigate , 300 horsepower , is hourly expected to be placed in commission . The Agamemnon , 01 , screw , Captain Thomas Hope , loft Spithead on Monday evening , under canvass for the westward , Tlie Madrid journals contain additional letters about the fortifications of Gibraltar , which the English are consolidating and repairing ; but the only facts in them arc that the old walls which could not resist the firing of cannon have been replncod or repaired . A . Berlin letter states that ft M . Krapp , a resident m the town of Westphalia , has just received from the Prussian Government 100 , 000 thalers for 300 rifled cannons of hia invention , together with an order for more cannons to the value of 600 , 000 thiilcx's .
Colonels Lefroy and Owen left Malta on the 10 th for Corfu , to bco that the fortifications of that island are placed in an efficient state of defence . On © of the causes / Bay * an eve-witness ) which has demoralised the Austrian soldier is the now eword-
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VOLUNTEER CORPS . On Tuesday evening a public meeting was held in the Court-house , Marylebone-liuie , for the purpose of taking measures to form a rifle corps for the parish of . St . Marylebono . Resolutions were passed that the corps should consist of men residing in the borough , and that steps should le taken for its innmediate formation . A working man who was present , said that the expense of the equipment ; and annual subscription would deter his class from joining the movement . An opinion was expressed that money would be found to assist those who could not afford this outlay . The members of the committee were then appointed , and the meeting broke up with a vote of thanks to the chairman , Sir J . Hamilton , who contributed 50 / . towards the formation of the
any such organised body , conceiving that such number would be sufficient for all purposes of practice . In case , however , of the corps being called out for duty , the Government then would supply the whole number required . The Bristol volunteer corps , it has been decided at a meeting last week , is to consist for the present of one battalion 800 strong . Resolutions were unanimously adopted earnestly soliciting the Government to appoint and pay a lieutenant-colonel from the regular army , and also an adjutant , inspector of musketry , and drill sergeants for each company . Considerable funds are being raised , but these will be absorbed hi defraying the expenses of the corps , and providing arms and accoutrements for many eligible recruits , who would otherwise be deterred from joining the corps .
Nearly 200 / . have been subscribed in York to defray the expenses attending the formation of a . rifle corps ; among the subscribers are the I ^ ord Mayor , the Archbishop > and the Arch deacon of York . The nnmber of persons who have joined the corps up to the present time only amounts to forty , but that number will surely soon be increased tenfold . An influential meeting was recently held at Slougli , for the purpose of forming a rifle corps , and upwards of 3001 . has been got together for the purpose . Tlie whole of her Majesty ' s park and game keepers are drilled by the sergeants of the Fusilier Guards three times weekly .
corns . A meeting of the Tynemouth . Rifle and Artillery corps , was hold this week , at which the officers wore nominated . Lieut .-Col , Clementeon and other officers of tho Northumberland Artillery Militia were present , and offered to give every assistance in bringing on the Artillery corps . The Xord Provost , of Edinburgh , has arranged that the Edinburgh Regiment of Volunteer Rifles shall consist of eight companies , himself being colonel , and Mr . MonerehT , M . P ., lieutenant ^ colonel . The companies are constituted hs follows . —The first , of mombors of tho
bar ; the second , of citizens gonerally ; the third , of writers to the signet , with their clerks | the fourth , of students of the University : the fifth , of solicitors j the sixth , of accountants , ana their Clerks ; the seventh , of bankers and their clerks , and the eighth , of a Highland , company , At a meeting at Worcester , on the formation of a rifle corps , Lord Lyttleton sflM , ho had boon informed , by the now Secretary at War that tho Government intended to furnish rifles m far as might be necossary for tho instruction of tho members , and that one rifle out of five would bo supplied to
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IRELAND . The report gains strength tliat Ireland is to be again honoured by a visit from Royalty . Saujuk . rs says that orders have been issued to have lo 7 ooo troops encamped on the Curragh for review order , on her Majesty ' s expected visit in the course of August next . Mr . Serjeant Berwick has accepted the office of Judge of the Bankrupt Court , Dublin , arid a firstclass chairmanship ( Cork , East Riding ) , worth l , 100 Z . a year , and a serjeantcy becomes vacant . Mr . Charles Barry , of the Munster Circuit , has been appointed Crown Prosecutor for the city and county of Dublin , in the room of Mr . O'Donohue , deceased . The Right Hon . Maziere Brady will take his seat as Lord Chancellor this day .
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LAW POLICE AND CASUALITrES . TnE coroner ' s inquest on tlie body of a young South Staffordshire , has been brought to a close . The hideous facts connected -with the perpetration of this crime have been already published . Upon the evidence being all laid before the jury they returned a verdict of wilful murder against Allen , Watkins , Acton , and Fereday , four of the men arrested on suspicion .
A fire which has caused the entire destruction of the railway-station belonging to the South-Eastern Company occurred at Rending on Sunday morning . The total loss of property is very considerable , as , in addition to the station being burnt clown , a large quantity of luggage belonging to passengers has been destroyed . The stock of books , &c , of Messrs . Smith , the new-svenders , was of more than ' 200 f . value . The passenger traffic , however , will not be interfered with in the slightest degree . A girl , fifteen years of age , named Ann Bryant , servant in Camber well New-road , has been charged with wilfully setting fire to tho house , and attempting suicide by jumping from a window . Sle denied the charge of arson , and was remanded for u week . The Edinburgh Journal records a , painful narratl vc of wife murder and suicide , where ( in old man lias brutally murdered his wife and then cut his o vn throat . Drunnkcness seenio to have led to the double crime . John Bardon , tho African sailor , who has boon in prison for some time awaiting tlie result of the wounds inflicted on a police officer , has been further examined at the Mansion Huuse . It way be remembered , that the offlker , in attempting to apprehend the prisoner on the roof of a house in the Minories , received some severe stabs with a large knife or dagger . The defence offorod was that tlie African had been purchased on tho Gold Coast l > y a Geonese captain , who was waiting an opportunity to carry him o , for tho purpose of ro-solling lil «» . Acting under the misconception that lie wua to be forced away with that objeot , what ho did was In self-defence The Lord Mnyor committed tho prisoner for trial . The boy Duval , who fired a pistol at a pcSor woman in Jormyn-streot , inflicting a serious wound , eight days ago , was again brought up for oxnniluu .-tion at Marlborough-streot . A plea of insanity was urged by the prisoner ' s solicitor . Mr . lieadon , however , determined on sending tho ease for trial , and refused ball . Tho Bury magistrates have boon occupied with
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* qr . THE LEA DEB . [ No * 484 . July 2 , lS 5 fr
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Leader (1850-1860), July 2, 1859, page 786, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2301/page/6/
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