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Government has particularly directed its attention to the increase of the national fleet , it is because it has understood that the navy ought again to become for France the important element of power it was in the last century , and resume the rank whence cruel disasters had made it descend . " The result of the Survey held on the two mortar vessels , Nos . 31 and 48 , intended for operations in China , Which were taken into the first dock at Chatham , has fully justified the opinion originally formed of their state , the bottoms of each having been found infested with the marine worm , which has committed very extensive ravages in the timbers of the hull .
A letter from Toulon says that the preparations for the C hinese expedition " which were going on in the port have been suspended for several days , but that , on the other hand , the construction of the iron plated boats called blindes . was being pushed on with the utmost activity . It is to be hoped that the talk of the Chinese expedition was not a blind . Some people infer from an order of the day published by Marshal Niel at Toulouse ( where , by the way , according to the Independance Beige , he was not well received ) that peace will not be of long
continuance . The entire strength of Chatham garrison , consisting of three battalions of infantry , numbering upwards of 4 . 000 men of all ranks , the battalion of Royal Marine Light Infantry , and the corps of Royal and the Indian Engineers were marched to the Great Lines on Wednesday , and reviewed by MajorT General Eyre , commandant of the garrison . The accounts of the preparations for the French expedition to China varj-every day . According to one of these the force to be sent would consist of
5 , 000 troops and 2 , 000 marines , forming , with 3 , 000 men from the Cochin-China expedition , 10 , 000 soldiers . By the other plan , the whole French land force would be made up . to 20 , 000 men . The Emperor will decide , on his return to Paris , between the two schemes . It is said that three new regi ments of Zouaves are to be created for the expedition to China . Voluntary enlistment , it is thought ,-will go far towards composing them , but draughts will also be made from regiments of the line . It is further stated that a portion of the French troops intended for China will embark at Marseilles for Egypt , and be conveyed thence to their destination in British transports . . . Chatham
Admiralty orders have been received at dockyard for two more large vessels of war to be laid down at that establishment . One of these will be a line-of-battle screw steamer , to be called the Royal Oak , and to mount 91 guns ; and the other a 51-gun screw frigate , to be named the Belvedere . The Royal Oak is to be furnished with machinery of 800-horse power , and the Belvedere with engines of 600-hor . se power . A Paris paper says that it is at L'Orient , and not at Cherbourg , as had been stated , that the building of the first-rate steel-plated line-of-battle ship Solferino has just been commenced . The same authority adds that this is one of ten vessels which have been ordered to be constructed at L'Orient . The
Solferino is to be the companion s ) iip to the Magenta , building at Brest . With respect to reports current not long ago concerning a large number of steelplated frigates building or to be built , we are assured that only six have been as yet ordered . Twenty large transports , capable of conveying 1 , 500 men each , are either being built or ordered to be built . Another authority informs us that there is building at Bordeaux an immense " floating fort , " as it is called ; it is to be plated with iron of great substance , and the sides of the fort will be about 30 inches thick . It is flat bottomed , so as to be able to ascend oven the least navigable rivers . Such a vessel , capable of ro-Bisting the force of . the largest guns , will , it is added , " be of immense value should Franco unfortunately become engaged in a maritime war . "
Since the Trusty , . 14 , steuni floating battery , returned to her former moorings opposite Upnor Castle , Chatham , she has undergone an examination in order to uscerttiin the amount of injurlos she mot with during the experiments that were made on her with the view of testing her capabilities of resisting the effects of the ahot fired from the Armstrong cannons at Shoeburyness . The result of the survey has demonstrated that this new kind of iron-cased floating batteries presents comparatively no
resistance whatever to the shots from the Armstrong guns . Although the Trusty is covered with massive wrought-iron plates , of extraordinary thickness , yet every shot that struck them shivered the plates to pieces and entered , the vessel ; eomo of the allots , it is evident from thp examination , having passed through the iron plates and beam * of the battery on one side , and through the timber and iron easing of the vessel on the othor , The battery presents the appoaranco of having been most severely handlod $ and it is the unanimous opinion of the officers and others who have examined her that vessels of this
class will be found to be almost entirely useless when fired upon by guns of the Armstrong class . The Aberdeen Beach Battery , mounting above a sloping , earthwork four 68-pounders , and containing a large quantity of powder , shells ,. grape , and case shot , is at last completed . It is situated near the bathing station , about 400 or 500 yards from the pier , and commands the entrances to the rivers Don and Dee . Our Australian colonies are giving proof of their earnest desire to relieve the _ mother country of all anxiety as to their defence in case she becomes involved in war with any maritime Power . Last mail brought intelligence that , in addition to the steps
that had been taken to put Port Jackson in a position to repel an attack , the Victorian Government had passed laws for increasing the troops of the regular army , enrolling some 6 , 000 volunteers of all arms , and erecting powerfully-constructed batteries both at the Heads of Port Philip and at the entrance to Hobson ' s Bay where usually lies at anchor a fleet almost altogether British , of some half , a million of tonnage and many millions of value . The Hon . Captain A . Clarke , R . E ., at the request of the colonists , has been named by the Duke of Newcastle the commissioner on behalf of the province to conduct the selection and purchase in Europe of the arms and munitions of war requisite to complete these
defences . Captain Clarke was lor many years Surveyor-General in Australia , and was recently a member of the Provincial Cabinet of Victoria .. It is announced from Toulon that the French squadron now off the Isles of Hyeres is ordered to hold itself in readiness to put to sea immediately for an unknown destination . It is supposed that it is going to Naples . According to the Phoenix the Secretary for India has ruled that stuff officers holding civil appointments arid called to the field on ah emergency , will
be entitled to the batta and Other perquisites , addition to the staff allowances and the regimental pay of their rank . No deputation allowances will be granted .
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THE VOLUNTEERS . . Day by day gratifying intelligence arrives of the progress in drill and marksmanship of the rifle and artillery corps already formed ; and the numbers of the various companies are steadily increasing . Additional district corps are in course of formation , and altogether the prospect of an efficient force docs not now appear so distant as it did a few weeks back . The council of the London Rifle Brigade have at length broken silence as to their future programme . We are now told that the brigade is to consist often companies of not more than a hundred men each ; and the merchants-and tradesmen of London are appealed to in order that the volunteers may be
forthcoming from their establishments to make up the thousand men . One thousand men !—to this most lame and impotent conclusion do the council limit their ambitious views . Common-sense people will say that this is a very pretty number to play at soldiering , and will show well at the Crystal Palace ; but they will also ask , is this to take the place of the renowned trained bands of the City of Londonwho were once equal to the finest troops in Europe , and , ; . who might now—if patriotism and energy , instead of imbecility and twaddle directed the affairs of the Corporation—prosent a body of armei and disciplined Englishmen that , like the Duke of Wellington ' s peninsular veterans , might " go anywhere and do any thing . " The following is a
sample of the valuable code . of regulations : — " On his enrolment each gentleman will be presented with a free admission , when in uniform , to the palace . and grounds of the Crystal Palace . The cost of the full-dross uniform and accoutrements , consisting of tunic , trowscrs , shoulder and waist belts , pouches , shako , plume and badge , forage cap a ' nd cover , and badge is 51 . 5 s . There is also an undress suit , the expense of which is 1 / . 10 s . 10 d . ; but the purchase of that in addition to the full dress is optional . The cost of the rifle , including sword bayonet , will not exceed M . The transit to and from the Crystal Palace by rail will be fixed in a fow days . The site at the Crystal Palace is immediately contiguous to the ground devoted to the antediluvian
specimens . " At Bristol , the regiment which has been formed without all this pompous fuss , and has quietly attained to the strength of a thousand volunteer soldiers , has acquired a smartness and precision which are most creditable . Several general ofHcera who have seen the regiment on drill have stated that they would not hesitate to employ It as a portion of a brigade for servico in the fluid . During the past week a considerable number of gontlonicn , tradesmen , and others , have enrolled themselves us members of the corps . ' Two companies at Maldalone are now drilling s in Norwich there are three j at Tynemouth there are a rifle anil an artillery corps ; and here Is an
example to be followed-: —a number of smart young working men are privates in this regiment , a fund being provided to assist those who cannot afford to purchase a complete outfit . Sheffield has already three companies . Wolverhampton , Chelmsford , Huddersfield , Yarmouth ( artillery ) , Charlestown ( artillery ) , and Colchester , send good accounts of drill and efficiency in their various contingents . New rifle and artillery companies are in formation at Hull , Berwick , Chepstow , Newcastle-on-Tyne , and Epsom . , The movement in Scotland is well sustained , and the results , we are ashamed to say , far beyond what have been attained in this country .
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No 498 . Oct . S 185 Q . 1 THE LEAPEB 1121
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A highly "important and influential meeting of the nobility and gentry of the county of Gal way was held on Wednesday in the Court-house , Ballinasloe , under the presidency of the High Sheriff , for the pxii-pose of promoting the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company . A deputation from the committee of Irish shareholders attended , including the following gentlemen : —The Lord Mayor of Dublin , the Lord Mayor elect ( Redmond Carroll , Esq . ) i Edward Fox . P . M'Evoy Gartlan , Jeremiah Dunne , D . M'Birnie , J . P ., John Connolly , Dr . Gray , J . P ., W . F . Greene , and Osborne Stock , Esqrs ., the last named gentleman being one of the London directors . The meeting was very numerously attended . Able speeches were delivered by Lord Clancarty , Sir T . Redington , Alderman Reynolds , and others , but they did not contain any statements requiring special notice .
IRELAND . From Ireland we have the announcement that other tenantry besides those of Lord Derby have received notice to quit , or may be similarly punished for the folly and crime of others . Mr . Vincent Scully have given notice to some of his tenantry , but it is not intimated for what reason . Great preparations which had been in progress in the city of Londonderry for entertaining Sir John Lawrence at a grand banque t , were checked by an unwelcome letter from Sir John , intimating that the state of his health compelled him to decline the proffered honour . - On Monday the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale and the Prince de Coride , accompanied by the Right Hon . Mr . Fiztpatrick , and the Right Hon . Edward Cardwell and suite , arrived in Clonmel , and proceeded to Newton Aimer , where they will , remain for some days the guests of Mr . and Mrs . Osborne .
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LAW , POLICE , AND CASUALTIES . Sib John Dean Paul and Strahan , now under sentence in Woking prison , will be released from confinement on the 23 rd inst . ; butRobson , Redpath , and Jim the Penman ( Saward ) , have arrived . at their destination , the penal settlement , Western Australia . The statement that inquiries were being made into the truth of additional accusations against Dr . Smethurst , who is yet confined in llorscmonger-lane Gaol , have no foundation whatever . Nevertheless , the Home Office is yet unable to decide as to his ultimate fate . The governor of the prison has received no instructions about him whatever , save that he was not to be subjected to the treatment of a convicted felon .
A woman named Sarah Jane Wiggins was examined at Worship-street Police-court , heforc Mr . D'Eyncourt , on Saturday , relative to a charge of causing the death of a child aged three years . The evidence , as far as it went , revealed a system of fiendish cruelty , part of which confuted of tying the child to a bedpost with its head downwards , and keeping it there during the ontire night . An udjournment was ordered for the purpose of hearing the medical testimony . . On Tuesday a solicitor was sentenced to a month ' s imprisonment by Mr . Elliott , at Lambeth Bolioocourt , for stealing a bott | e of wine from one of the refreshment stalls of the Crystal P . ilaeo . wick
A woman named JOlinabeth Bar , sevcrtty years of age , living in the Borough-road , was severely beaten about tho face , and then precipitated down a flight of stairs , an Tuesday , by a man who resided in tho samp house with her . Tho woman is not expected to survive , and the ruffian iu remanded to await the result . / . » , « . * On M onday night , as a goods train of the Brighton and Lowes Railway was proceeding up an incline nonr Lowos , thy boilor of the foremost engine burst , throwing , as might bo expected , the driver and stokor to a considerable dintani-o . Both were much hurt at tho time , and tho stoker , whose injuries were caused chiefly by tho hot wutor , has , we regret to say , uinco expired . Tho rest of tho train , although scattered about a good deal , was not damaged / to tiny
groat extent . , Hughes , tho absconding bankrupt solicitor , has had another lengthened examination at the Guildhall Police-court . As tho evidence accumulates , tho
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 8, 1859, page 1121, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2315/page/5/
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