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Mazzini next , on the whip-hand side . In their wake were Polestar , Prioress , Independence , and Ambush . The remainder of the field were now widely scattered . Down the hill and into the cords went Artless , with Gaspard in close pursuit , Mazzini dropping away , beaten , before reaching the cords , and Brbadlands bolting when he neared the people . At this point the race was reduced to a match . Artless seemed winning easily , but she tired as she rose the hill to finish , and Gaspard gained upon herafrevery stride , just reached her on the post , and the _ judge , unable to separate them , pronounced a dead heat ; the third was beaten three lengths , and Mazzini was the same distance from Clydesdale ; Prioress was a bad fifth , Ambush sixth ; and Independence seventh ; Des Chiles and Star of the East were the last two . In the deciding heat the betting was 5 to 4 on Artless , who led throughout , and won by three lengths .
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . Ok Sunday there were in Plymouth S ound ships of war belonging to five different nations : —The English ships of the line Aboukir , Algiers , Donegal , Hero , and Nile ; frigates Diadem , Emerald , Melpomene , Mersey , and Topaze ; corvette Pearl ; the Dutch frigate Admiral Koopman , and sloops "Vesuvius and Rainier ; the Eussian sloop Eazboynik ; the Brazilian corvette Bahiana ; and the Turkish line-of-battle ship Shadie . In all seventeen pennants . The whole of the ships , with the exception of the Brazilian corvette , have steam power .
Admiralty orders have been received at Chatham Dockyard directing the large screw frigate Ariadne , 32 , 800-horse power ( nominal ) , now being fitted at that establishment , to be completed for the first division of the steam reserve squadron in the Medway . The screw corvette Charybdis , 21 , 400-horse power ( nominal ) , also fitting at Chatham , is likewise to be fitted for the steam reserve at that port , where she is to be stationed . Both these vessels are to have their fitments completed so as to be immediately ready to hoist the pennant . The decree has been signed for the fortification of the port of Granvflle and the Island of Chaussez , opposite Jersey ; the works themselves , however , were commenced some time since .
A large number of hands have been added to Sir W . Armstrong ' s establishment at Woolwich , in order to hasten the manufacture of the rifled ordnance ordered to be prepared for service . A correspondent of the Australian Mail writes \ -rw The French are gradually but quietly increasing their force in New Caledonia , having . abandoned the Marquesas , and concentrated their strength in the former place . I have heard it stated , oh good
authority , that four line-of-battle ships are coming out to reinforce their squadron there , which is already large . Certainly , with New Caledonia only six to seven days' sail from Sydney , these valuable colonies would be an easy prey to them ( as far as sacking the place of the money goes ) . I fear the home government is hardly alive , amidst the momentous questions now engaging its attention , to the very significant aspect of French doings , and to the great preponderance of their maritime power in these
waters . M . Arman , the celebrated shipbuilder of Bordeaux , who has just launched a gunboat intended for the Imperial navy , has now on the stocks an immense floating battery , of which the Courrier de la Gironde gives the following details :-r- ' « This vessel , which when sheathed with strong , iron plates will have bulwarks not less than three feet in thickness , is entirely flat , may ascend the least navigable rivers , and resist the heaviest cannon . It is consequently easy to comprehend of what importance such vessels may be if an unexpected fatality should force us some day into a maritime war . " Were there any chance of a new outbreak of
hostilities between Austria and Sardinia , there is no doubt but this latter State could take the field under better auspices than it did in April last . 10 , 500 Lombard soldiers , released from the Austrian service , have been enlisted in the Piedmontese ranks . The Cacoiatori delle Alpi have boon organised into aBrigata delle Alpi , consisting of two regiments , quartered at Como and Bergamo . The army of Central Italy numbers 25 , 000 combatants now in the field , and it may rise to twice that number in a fortniffht , bv mustering up its reserves and
volunteers . King Victor Emmanuel , could , in short , enter the lists with 150 , 000 men , ana the National Guard , which is everywhere being rapidly organised , would supply half-trained recruits ; he could rely on Italian forces sufficient at least for a defensive warfare . One of Bray ' s traction engines , denominated the " steam horse , " manufactured by Mr . Taylor , of Birkenhead , for special use to supersede the employment of teams of horses in the ireraoval of timber and other materials , ordered by the Board of Admiralty for serf loe la the dockyard , Woolwich , steamed
down . ftom [ London yesterday morning and reached the dockyard at half-past 12 , having started from IiOiidon-bridge at 11 . The committee of officers , appointed to receive the engine on behalf of Government , accompanied by Mr . H . D . Davis , Mr . Charles Osborn , Mj . Cornwall Simeon , directors , and Mr Hanson , secretary of Bray ' Traction Engine Company , having assembled in one of the unoccupied areas selected for the trial ground , the " steam horse " was brought forward under the perfect control of the helmsmen and engineer . It Avas then tested at var ious rates of speed , and was driven repeatedly round , forming a circle of about sixty feet in circumference . A couple of trucks , ^ intended to be attached to the engine , are in course of construction , and when completed will be applied to the daily use of the yard . .
, In the first fortnight " of November two French steel-plated-line-of-battle ships will be commenced at a port not yet designated . They are to be called the Mincio and the Tessiri , and are , doubtless , two of the twenty more than once spoken of as being built or ordered to be built . On this subject a correspondent of the Times writes ;— "I hear on good authority that the French have proved by experiment that their steel-plated frigates will stand an hour ' s pounding from a 68-pounder at any distance with little injury to the sides . They are likewise building fif ty steel-plated gunboats . " Another journal ' s correspondent has announced that the Emperor would inspect , during his visit to Bordeaux ,
the ship-building yards of Arman and Co . It may be useful to mention what his Majesty will see there —first , the shells of twelve gunboats on the stocks ; moreover , four floating batteries— -the Paixhans , the Peiho , the Sai-gow , and the Palestro , all of which have been laid down since the peace , and consequently since the " reduction of the navy " decided on . Each will mount fourteen rifled 30-pounders ; they are all blindees , i . e ., cased with the new iron plates , which artillery officers that have witnessed the experiments assert are proof against a 90-pounder solid shot . They will be propelled by screw engines of 500 horse-power , and are flatbottomed , so as to be able to navigate shallow
waters . '' »•¦_ One of the gun-boats which formed part of the new French experimental squadron , reached Bordeaux from Toulon and Cette , by the Etang de Thau > the Canal du Midi , and the Garonne . Having thus gained the Gulf of Gascony , the boat will lie up at JRochefort . The passage between the two seas is accomplished at last . The ocean can be reached from the Mediterranean without running the chance of annoyance in time of war , or the delajr in time of peace occasioned by the neoassity of passing through the Straits of Gibraltar . The whole fleet of gunboats and steam-batteries now lying at Toulon is to be made to follow the example of No . 4 immediately , and great anticipations are formed of the important increase to the naval power of France which the success of this attempt will occasion .
The Steam Shipping Chronicle , speaking of a very important addition to the British navy , in the form of a fleet of gunboats , of larger tonnage than those at present in the service , says these gunboats are eighteen in number , and of two classes , the one of 695 tons burthen , the other of 425 tons . The boats are considerably advanced in frame , and but for the difficulty experienced by all the builders in obtaining seasoned crooked timber , would have been ready for planking by this time . They are all , however , according to the terms of the contract , to be completed in the spring of 1860 . The same journal informs us that
the Admiralty have issued tenders to four of the leading shipbuilding firms for the construction of an iron-cased steam frigate , similar to that now building at the Thames Iron works . This announcement will "be received with satisfaction by those who know what is going oh across the Channel with reference to this class of vessels , to which great importance is evidently attached by the authorities . The steam frigate at the Thames Ironworks is rapidly proceeding , the keel having been laid down , and the bulk-heads for the water-tight compartments befog considerably advanced .
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THE VOLUNTEER CORPS . Tnunia is nothing particularly new to report on this head as having occurred during the past week ; the numbers of the various companies are gradually increasing-, and some new corps are in progress of formation , with every prospect of attaining respectable proportions . A correspondent under the signature of "Cantab " sensibly observes that "Captain V . A . King tolls the Volunteer Rlflos of Birkenhead , in that interesting address of his on which you ably comment , that they must be good shots ; because it ) will not do for them to approach , the enemy within a distance ranging from less than 000 to 000 yards . But what If the enemy won't suffer them to remain at such a , distance ? The experience of the lnte war in Italy
plainly shOws-r-what has * indeed , been pointed out in your own columns— -that the object of the combatants no w-a-days is to close as soon as possible . The volunteer rifles might be very effective if the enemy kept at a proper distance , but the conviction being , as the Emperor of the French observed ! ^ ' that arms of precision are . only fatal at a distance / it is not very likely that any troops whom we have a chance of opposing on our own soil will keep their distance . The chances are that , knowing their best chance lies in dispersing riflemen , the enemy would make every effort to come to a hand-to-hand fight as soon as possible . Would it not be much more
likely to make men serviceable to say , ' Now , my fine fellows , when you are thorough good shots , as you sobn will be , if you take pains , you may do good service against any invaders . ' I don't expect you to be a match for Zouaves , but there is no reason at all why , supposing you can master the use of a cut and thrust bayonet , you should not any of you in a close fight , be found an ugly customer / I should urge the introduction of the sword bayonet into the drill of our volunteers . As Captain King shows such men may rapidly become expert shots , why may they not as rapidly become equally expert with the bayonet ?"
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THE BUILDERS' STRIKE . On Monday evening the Conference of the United Building Trades had a special meeting at the Paviora ' Arms , Westminster , when it was agreed that the following propositions should be assented to , and entrusted , for presentation to the masters at their meeting on Tuesday , to Mr . Ayrtoh , M . P . ;¦ —That the declaration is to be withdrawn , and those who have accepted it are to be released from it ; there will be no objection to work with those who , have accepted the declaration in . a peaceable and orderly manner-The committees of the societies are ready to furnish ; the master builders with a copy of the rules , in order that they may take counsel ' s opinion on them , and far
are willing to modify them in committee , so as the opinion of the masters * counsel is confirmed by the legal adviser of the workmen . The workmen will work in strict conformity with the law . Should any differences arise between the master builders and the workmen upon the legality of trade practices , or of the rules of the trade , societies , both , parties will afford every facility for submitting the same to the decision of the Court of Queen ' s Bench , and will do their best to give effect to its judgment-These propositions do not appear to have given satisfaction , and in consequence of the refusal of the masters to assent to the amended propositions of the masons , all communications between the contending parties have ceased . On Thursday night a special
meeting of the Masons' Society was to be held at their head-quarters , Bristol , when the case of the locked-out members of the society will be taken into consideration ; and it is all but certain that the ment thrown out of emp loyment will be placed upon an allowance equal to strike pay , nearly 10 s . per . week . The members of the Conference are also busy at work , with the view of increasing the funds placed at their disposal , so that they may be able to give to each of the men they represent 10 s . per week In order to carry out . this object , Mr , George Potter , secretary of the Conference , has left town on a tour to the principal provincial towns . In this sad state of affairs arbitrators have been suggested , and the names of Lord Brougham and Lord Lyndhurst have been mentioned as individuals likely to come to a just conclusion .
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moment , involved in mystery , notwithstanding the eviction notices of the Earl of Derby . Mr . Neil Browne , the resident magistrate , has been constant ; in his exertions to throw light on this terrible murder ; but he has failed up to this , though all tlie aid that the police can give has been very froely awarded . The murder was perpetrated within a very short distance of the police barrack . * Daniel Sullivan , recently convicted of being « member of the Phconix Society , has been released from prison by the Gpvernnient .
IRELAND . As to the Doon murder we regret to Bay that the chances of the discovery of the assassins seem now to be as remote as ever . The subjoined announcement appears in the JLimerick Jtcporter of yesterday ;— «• The O'Briens , after having undergone a . protracted incarceration , and after three or four committals and ro-committals , were on Friday night discharged from the County Gaol . There has been no evidence offered against those men on which the authorities could send them to trial , and the murder of Crowe of Coosy continues , up to tfle present
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Pacwcq PfljonA . Qaxamw . —People ask why Sir John Dean Paul is to be released , while numbers ot tlte persons he ruined are condemned to hard-lwouxr for the rest of their lives . Is it because Paul ' s Chain runs out of Godltonan-atreet ?— -Punch .
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KTo . 4 G 9 . Oct . 15 , 1859 . THIS LEADER . Hit
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 15, 1859, page 1147, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2316/page/7/
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