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THE STRIKES . The strike in the building trades , and the " lock-out " by the master builders continue . We hope , however , that the struggle betwean the contending parties will ere long be brought to a close . Both parties seem tired of the existing strife , and yet neither appear inclined to give way . During the past week , however a variety of circumstances hiis led to the belief that within a short time a solution to the present difficulties and differences will have been arrived at . Many of the master builders who have closed their shops are , we understand , desirous of re-opening them , but the general feeling of the members of the Central Association appears to be that they ought not to throw open their establishments until the Messrs .
Trollope shall have obtained a full complement of men . At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Central Association held on Tuesday last the Messrs . Trollope reported that they had then at work 127 men belonging to the building trades , exclusive of their decorators and cabinet makers , who took no part in the strike . At this meeting it . ¦ was urged by some that 127 men being at work at the establishment of the Messrs . Trollope , it might be considered that their operations had been resumed , and that consequently the employers who had locked out their men should at once re-open their establishments . After some further discussion , however , it was resolved that the shops should remain closed for the present .
The men—especially the skilled artizans ^ -say they are resolved to hold out to the very last , and express their readiness to submit to any privations rather . ' thansign the " odious document . " The reports received from the delegates who , have been sent to rouse the provinces are represented to be most favourable . Meetings have been either held , or are about being held , in Oxford , Warwick , Birmingham , Portsmouth , Plymouth , and other towns . Committees have been formed for the collection of funds , and meetings are to be held to dissuade the workmen of the provinces from coming up to to take the places of their brethren in London .
THE GTTN MAKERS . The strike in the gun trade seems to be gradually smouldering out , the men at some of the shops having returned to work , and the strong feeling formerly manifested having in some measure subsided . . THE SHIPWRIGHTS . The long and tedious strike of the Tyne shipwrights was brought to an end on Tuesday by the principal dock owners complying with the terms demanded , andre-opening their yards to them . The advanced wages is 5 s . per day . The men havebeen backed up by other trades , and by the shipwrights in employment in other parts of the country , and have been receiving 5 s . per week each man .
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VOLUNTEER CORPS . An article in the Daily News points out as a model for a volunteer militia the volunteers of the Channel Islands , which have existed as an efficient force ever since the days of Edward III . The corps includes every male inhabitant hot ween the ages of fourteen and sixty , without regard to rank , or indeed any other qualification beyond the capability of bearing arms , The force comprises both artillery and infantry . They are called out for parades and field-days at the discretion of the Lieutenant-Governor , who bears the rank of a major-general in the regular army . During the French revolutionary war these troops were kept constantly drilled , gave their labour for the repair of the numerous defences
along the whole lino of const , and kept constant watcli and ward . Their efficiency and soldier-like bearing were attested in high terms . On tho last visit of the Queen , thirteen years ago , her Majesty ' s arrival not having been expected or notified in anyway till late in the evening , when day broke every soldier , fully equipped and armed , was found at tho rendezvous , at which he had been directed to attend , and punctually too , at tho precise hour specified . They are trainod in accordance with tho improved musketry drill now taught at Hytho , so that a most excellent body of marksmen is hero kept thoroug hly trainod . They have given evidence in modern times of their utility , by aiding tho regulars in repelling tho invasion attempted by Do Ruttoeourt in 1781 .
All wo have to report of tho London Riflo Brigade this week is the adoption of a vory tasteful uniform , and that Lord Grosvonor , M . P ., and Alderman blr Potor Laurie hayo joined the counoil . Xt is to bo hopou that we shall soon hoar of the drills and practise ot this corps as well As of tho London Scottish Volunteers . Of other metropolitan corps we loarn time tho St . George ' s moot at Burlington-gardens several hundrod strong for drill : and that tho U » l »« fy Rifles have mob and solootod their uniform . * movement , wo rogrot to say , nroooods vory slowly
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at the mizen ) of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Howe Fremantle , K . C . B . ; the Algiers , 91 , screw ; the James Watt , 91 , screw ; the Agamemnon , 91 , screw ; the Hero , 91 , screw ; the Diadem , 32 , screw ; and the Emerald , 51 , screw . The Mersey was detained at Spithead on her experimental screw trials . The ships at present at Spithead comprise the . Trafalgar , 91 , screw ; the Mersey , 40 , screw ; and the Scout , 21 , screw , the above three vessels belonging to the Channel fleet ; the Sidon , 22 , paddle , and the Pioneer , 6 , screw , both ordered for foreign service , and the Gorgon , 6 , paddle .
Notice has been given from the India-house that ships are required for the conveyance of 4 , 691 troops to India ; and also for emigration ships for the Gonveyance of females to the number of 7 , 000—it is understood the wives of soldiers serving in India , in accordance with the recent resolution of augmenting the number allowed to the troops in
gar-. Information has arrived from St . Petersburg of the successful essay of the canon raye . The experiment was made at Krasnoe Selo in presence of the Czar . The cannon has been entirely executed by Russian workmen , under the superintendence of an artillery officer , by name Constantinoff , who having visited Vincennes for the express purpose of witnessing the effect of the canons ray 6 s , immediately sent in his report insisting on the necessity of their introduction into the Russian service . The Czar was delighted with the result of the experiment , and he decorated Major ConstantinofF with the Grand Cordon of St . Stanislaus , and he has ordered the immediate adoption of the canon ray 6 by the Russian artillery .
A Paris letter says : — - "It may be useful to Mr . Sidney Herbert to know what a French soldier has to carry packed inside and strapped outside . On the outside : —1 ^ The tente abri and the t ent pole . 2 . A blanket . 3 . A waterproof cape , with hood . 4 . A water bucket , also used as a camp kettle . 5 . A round loaf of black bread . 6 . A tin pan . 7 . A quart measure . Inside : —1 . A pajr of gaiters . 2 . Two shirts . 3 . A pair of shoes . 4 . An order book . 5 . A small canvas bag , containing an awl ,, five stout needles , a skein of scarlet thread , a skein of yellow thimbleshoe
thread , a skein of black thread , a , , clothes , and musket brushes , a small box containing the tools necessary to take a musket to pieces , and put it together again , a grease box , a wax ditto , 6 . Two pocket handkerchiefs . 7 . 50 rounds of ball cartridge ; And 8 . Any thing else he * can find room for These things , together with the gun , bayonet , and sword , weigh 87 lbs . English . Ten minutes is considered long enough to put a whole camp in motion ; and within that period every man and everything is expected to be in its place .
A series of experimental trials have been carried on during the past fortnight at Portsmouth , with a view of ascertaining the amount of resistance offered by iron and steel plates of various manufactures when opposed to heavy ordinance at a short range . The trials are understood to have reference to the future coating of the steam ram now in course of construction , The results of the experiments have demonstrated in the clearest possible manner that at 200 yards , range no iron or steel plate that has yet been manufactured can withstand the solid shot from the 95 cwt . gun at a short range . Three or four shots striking the plate in the same place , or in the immediate neighbourhood , would smash it to pieces The trial proved that a steel-clothed ship could be
far more easily destroyed than a wooden-sided one , and that on the smashing in of one of the steel plates tho destruction of life on the armed ship ' s decks , supposing tho broken plate . to bo driven through the ship ' s side , would be something dreadful to contemplate , from the spread of the splintered material . At from 600 to 800 yards iron-clothed ships would bo in comparative safety , but it must be borne in mind that the effeots of concentrated firing have yet to be ascertained on the sides of an iron or stcelclothed ship . The experiments would appear to prove that an iron or steel-clad ship , on receiving a concentrated broadside from a frigate , armed in a . similar manner to the Mersey , ana struck near her waterline , must sink then and there , with her armour on her back .
NAVAL AND MILITARY . On Monday , the Queen , with the Prince Consort , Prince Alfred , and other members of the royal family , arrived at the camp at Aldershott from Osborne , to pay her final visit for the season . The programme supposed that the Aldershott division had received orders to oppose the progress of an enemy advancing on London from the coast by iFamhain . It was the supposition of this most alarming emergency which led to taking up a formidable line on Hungry-lull , where the enemy ' s advanced guards were to be checked , while powerful fatigue parties threw up intrenchments for further defence . Tho evolutions extended over two days .
The affair of Monday was a mere preliminary skirmish , to enable tho men to intrench , but during Tuesday the decisive battle was fought . The result is , we presume , as usual , in the total repulse and destruction of the enemy . The fo'ree intrusted to hold this natural fortress consisted of the whole strength of the camp . Her Majesty was expected on the ground soon after two o ' clock , but it was past three before the royal cortege left tho Pavilion . Her Majesty drove to the ground in a carriage and fourj the Prince Consort rode on horsobook in the undress uniform of a Field Marshal j and with his Highness
was Prince Alfred , in the uniform of a midshipman of the Royal Navy . On Monday evening the Queen entertained General Knollys , and the principal officers at dinner , at the Royal Pavilion j and on tho following day , after witnessing the bloodless victory , nor Majesty returned to Osborne . Bight out of the eleven vessels forming that portion of tho Channel fleet at Splthoad loft that anchorage under steam on Saturday , and a more magnificent Bight could not be imagined than tho ships presented as they steamed round the east end of the Wight in tho order named : —The Flying Fish , screw , 6 ; the Woyai Albert , 131 , Borow , bearing tho flag ( red
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dered to be so far advanced as to permit of an exhibition of their progress before competent judges , and accordingly , the whole class went through their lesson before a committee of cavalry officers in the School at Aldershott , on Saturday last . The officers present were Gen . Sir J . Scarlett , Col . E . C . Hodge , Colonel R . Parker , and Lieut .-Col . Maude , Mr . j ] Wilkinson , veterinary surgeon , attended to note the ' effect of the " casting" in accelerating the pulse of the horses . The first animal experimented upon was a brown mare belonging to the 10 th Hussars . Her habit had been to snort and jump frantically if any stranger went near her , and to the attentions of the farrier she had a strong objection , which rose to
a perfect frenzy if he ventured to approach her with his leather apron on . When first brought out on Saturday her nervous and fidgetty nature was soon made manifest by sundry snortings and tremblings , but a gentle pat on the neck soon pacified her , after which the farrier approached , slowly and deliberately , holding the obnoxious leather apron in his hand . He allowed her to smell it , touched it with her nose , and afterwards to feel it rubbed gently along her neck , after which all that was necessary was to put it on and go to work . The whole action of shoeing was then simulated with hammer and nails , and the hitherto fractious mare submitted to the process with the greatest steadiness and propriety .
Two other mares , a bay and a cheshut , both belonging to the same , regiment , were subsequently exhibited . The . first ; had a similar ' prejudice as to shoeing , and the other had a habit of kicking violently when being saddled or mounted . Both had now evidently been reduced to a perfect state of docility . After this some horses , new to the process , were very successfully thrown with the strap by different riding-masters . Mr . Day , of the 5 th Dragoon Guards , had a tough tussle with a powerful bay , but ultimately overcame all resistance , and floored his horse in a very satisfactory manner . Mr . Hessey , of the 1 st Life Guards , followed with a black , and with much speedier success . His horse was down in a moment , and it was remarked in both cases that the
horses , on resuming their legs , di i not exliibit the slightest symptoms of distress . Mr . Wilkinson felt the pulses of both immediately after their tumble , and found the acceleration to be by no means considerable . A few more trials were subsequently made with varying success according to the nerve and dexterity of the pupil tumbler ; and , finally , the first horse , who had so strong an objection to being shod , was taken to the forge and had shoes actually nailed on in presence of the committee , who required this test in order to assure themselves that the treatment was successful . Mr . Rarey was present during the whole of the experiments , but he did not in the slightest degree interfere with the ridingmasters or rough-riders , both of whom he considers to have exhibited extraordinary aptitude hi learning his system .
MR . RAREY'S SYSTEM IN THE ARMY . Tub Commandor-in-Chief , feeling 1 convinced that the system of this clever American is founded up" on rational and judicious principles , has determined upon introducing it into tho British cavalry regiments , and Mr . Raroy has been for some time at Aldershotfc , instructing riding-masters , farriers , and rough-riders . The intelligent and resolute men with whom he had to deal wore not afraid to attempt anything with anyhorse in the world , but It took some 'time to teach them—and the teaching is as yet only in progressthat delicacy of manipulation , and tact , so to speak , in approaching tho horse , form a very flull half of the whole seorot . However , they were last week consl-
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Q 7 G THE LEADER . [ No . 492 . Aug . 27 , 1859 . - «* . V ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ __ . _ . ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ — : ^ - — : ——————¦! ' . ' ii iii
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 27, 1859, page 976, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2309/page/4/
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