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to this country ,-we are at liberty to state on very high authority . The letter after all turns out to be a myth . The Freeman of yesterday makes the following retraction : — " We regret to have been led into an error relative to the supposed receipt of an autograph letter from his Holiness the , Pope . We are requested to state that the document on which we commented did not emanate from his Holiness , or from any official source , but was a communication from a party resident in Ifonie , conveying his opinions on the present posture of affairs . We thought the gentleman on whose information we relied was accurate in his statement , but it appears he was mistaken /'
The prosperitvof two or three of the Irish metropolitan banks lias attracted the attention of some of the leading commercial men in Dublin , and the initiatory steps have been taken for the formation of a new companv , to be named the Dublin Joint-Stock Company , on the limited liability system , with a capital of £ 300 , 000 , half paid up . Unlike the majority of establishments already in existence , the directory of the new bank , it is said , mean to eschew exclusivism as respects the politico-religious element , and men of all creeds and parties -will be found acting on the board , whenever it may be constituted . The names of the wealthiest merchants in D ublin are mentioned as taking an active part in the project , but until the details are fairly before the public it is unnecessary to be more specific .
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MTAL AND MILITARY . At Chatham the officers of the Royal Engineers , having received permission to that effect , established some fime back a gymnasium , in which the noncommissione'l officers and men liiight assemble in the eveiiiiiyr to practise fencing , boxing , and other manly exercises . The few bad characters who were in the corps have almost entirely disappeared , and for several weeks past there has not been a single case of desertion—a fact unprecedented in the corps for several yearsjjast . The punishment of the lash is now almost unknown at Bronapton Barracks . This good result has been brought about chiefly by
the interest the officers take in the men under their command . The library , provided for the men is well supplied with newspapers , periodicals , and books , and is well frequented each evening . Classes for acquiring a knowledge of military drawing have also been established , and these are well attended . The azne benefitsjiave attended the efforts made for the omfort and amusement of the corps of Royal Marines , the commandant of which , Colonel Rea , some time since conceived , among other improvements , the idea of establishing a coffee and smoking-room in the barracks for his men ; and the result has exceeded the most sanguine expectations , as many of the
worst characters in the battalion have steadily improved . The Major-General commanding ha * also giren permission for lectures , and amusing and instructive exhibitions , to take place for the benefit of the troops of the garrison during the winter months ; and these are delivered in the large garrison chapel at intervals , by officers and other gentlemen connected with the garrison . The screw gun-vessel , Ranger , has been launched in a most successful manner at Jjeptford , under the superintendence of Mr . Chatfield , roaster shipwright . The ceremony of christening was performed by the wife of Major Pigott , and the vessel is now in the basin to be fitted with her screw machinery .
The verdict of the court-martial held on board the Victory , at Portsmouth , for the trial of the ringleaders of the late mutiny , or rather disturbance , in herJMajesty ' s ship , Princess Royal , has toeen delLr Tored . Seven seamen have been found guilty of a portion of the charges brought against them . Three of this number have been sentenced to eighteen months' hard labour in Winchester Gaol , one is doomed to twelve months of the same penalty , and three more to six months' similar punishment .
A Royal proclamation in Tuesday ' s Gazette extends the time limited for the payment of the bounties of £ 6 to able seamen and of £ 3 to ordinary seamen on entering her Majesty ' s navy to the 31 st of January next . The Ariadne , 20 , Capt . E . W . Vansittart , now boing fitted at Chatham * is picking up her crew very fast and there is little doubt that her complement of 40 O men will be obtained « in a short time . The Ariadne is to be armed with Armstrong guns of the
largest caHbro , and is the first vessel of her class furnished with that tremendous armanent , which will thus bo disposed , —24 84 cwt . guns , each 0 feet 4 inches in length , on the main dcak ; and ou the upper deck will be placed two 08-pounders , each of 96 ' Wt , and lOjfeot 2 inches in length . The- Andromnqiie , a French sailing frigate of the first class , quitted the harbour of I / Orionfc on the 24 th ,. i inst ., having on board four companies of Hlfffrinos and a company of sailors , drilled to the use of tho mueket , to be employed against the Chinese It is calculated that tho last ships forming- tho
Chinese expedition will have quitted France by the 15 th of December , and , as they have been selected for their excellent sailing qualities , it is expected they will arrive at their destination by the middle of the month of May . In consequence of tbe successful results of the experiments made a short time back in sending a gunboat from Cette to Bordeaux by the Canal du Midi and the Canal Lateral , a commission is said to have been appointed to inquire into the cost of making the canals ' , sufficiently wj ' de and deep to allow of vessels of great tonnage passing through , with a view to permit a portion of the French fleet to pass from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean , and vice versa , without passing before Gibraltar .
The launch of the Gloire at Toulon should be marked as one event of the day . This experimental frigate , destined to determine whether the French navy is to wear armour or not , was not , as some people have supposed , steel-plated before leaving the yard . The shell of cuirass with which La Gloire is to resist the " united bullets of the united navies of the world , " will not be applied until the wood work of the vessel has grown properly seasoned by remaining some time in the basins of Toulon . The great iron giant cleavers , to be adapted to the prows of vessels , designed by the Emperor , from the suggestions in Captain Brunet ' s " Nouvel Armement have been
General , " are now ready . They forged at Indres , they are four in number , and present a most formidable appearance—the most terrific looking instruments of death and vengeance ever yet beheld ; The most effective experiments have been made to prove the strength of the metal , during which but one of the ipcrons was in any way affected , and that was only by slightly bending towards its summit . Much faith , " is placed by Frenchmen in these newadditions t ^ th e chances of victory . No vessel constructed to any mode hitherto known , according to the judgment of scientific men , being capable of resisting the tremendous shock of the
i' /> ero ? i . _ Hassan Ali Khan , the Persian ambassador in London , accompanied by Lieut .-Gen . Lodwick , East India Company ' s Army , Capt . Lynch , East India Company ' s-. Navy , and a numerous suite of Persian attendants , conveyed in four private carriages ; visited the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich , on Wednesday . His excellency made a most minute and lengthened inspection of every department , with . the exception of the gun factories— -the inspection occup 3 ' ing from half-past twelve till five . Captain
Lynch , who is a perfect master of the Persian language , and who attended Ferukh Khan in his late mission to Europe , acted as interpreter , and was shown the most manifest mark of regard according to the custom of Eastern nations , walking hand-inhand with the Ambassador . His excellency desired Captain Lynch , apparently as a kind of plea for the exigency of his numerous questions , to inform the officers of the department that Ferukh Khan was now prime minister of his country , mainly as a reward , and in virtue of the knowledge and information which he had obtained in England ,
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VOLUNTEER CORPS . New corps of rifles and artillery are formed daily ; this week we have accounts of measures to that effect being taken at Chertsey , Aberdare , Carlisle , Bedford , Cullompton , Putney , Stratford-upon-Avon , Worcester , Penshurst , and at several towns in the East Riding of Yorkshire . Similar steps have been taken at Hereford , Guildford , Cirencester . Kidsgrove , Penrith , Weymouth , Shields , Truro , Weston-super-Mare , and Pontefract , and other places . ' A voluntary assessment Of 10 s . per cent , on tho valued rental has been . levied in tho county of
Haddington for" arming and equipping volunteers . The sum paid amounts to £ 028 , and additional subscriptions have been made to the amount of £ 115 ; total , £ 743 . Above £ 200 have also been raised in the burgh of Haddington , to aid the artisan company in purchasing uniforms , &c . At tho burgh of Haddington , out of a population of 4 , 000 , no fewer than 140 volunteers have offured themselves , being 1 in 28 of the entire inhabitants . The local subscriptions in Dunbar for the Artillery company amount to £ 150 ,. and 46 members attended tho first drill on Wednesday last .
The Midlothian coast artillery , 1 st division , consists of five companies , numbering at their minimum complement , which is at present but slightly exceeded , 260 men . Three of the companies have been raised In Edinburgh , one in Portobello , and one in Museelburg . This corps is quite distinct from tho City of Edinburgh Artillery and the Loith Artillery . Lord John Scott , brother oftho Dufto of BuocJough , Lord-Lieuteniu » t , has opoopted tho lionraryColoneloy . and Sir James Gardiner Baird has boon appointed Major commanding . Artisan companies , wo are glad to see , are becoming njoro common . A mooting of workmen wiu jold in the locomotive works of Messrs . btephonson
and Co ., Newcastleron-Tyne , on Saturday evening a promote an artisan volunteer rifle corps . About 60 working men volunteered to be enrolled as riflemen , and to commence drill at once . The dress and equipments are to be defrayed by subscription ; at Aberdeen , « also , it was resolved at , a public meeting to establish an artisan volunteer rifle corps in connexion with the City . During the past week a second merchant company has been formed . Steps are being taken for the organisation of an artillery corps . A number of the artisans employed in the building yards and foundries in the neighbourhood of the harbour have already enrolled themselves as members . -.
At Liverpool , nraddition to the Rifles , it has been determined to form an artillery corps , and also a body of light cavalry volunteers ; these latter , we believe , are the first which the new movement has produced . On this latter subject a clever letter in the Tiirtes suggests the formation of mounted rifle companies ; and the immediate conversion of the existing yeomanry regiments into such a force . He says of the yeomanry cavalry : — " There are some corps , however , where the attempt to convert the men into regular cavalry has been dropped , and a most useful drill has been substituted . I would instance the case of Mr . Deedes , member for one of
the divisions of Kent , who commands a corps of yeomanry ; they have a separate drill on horseback and on foot , and are riflemen on the model of the Cape Mounted Rifles . I must believe that mounted riflemen present vast advantages for the protection of our country . It is a body of men which may be thrown ou any point with celerity , and there picketing their horses , and leaving them in the charge of a competent guard , they can act as infantry skirmishers , falling back on their horses if pressed , and retreating , if necessary , upon their supports ; or if the enemy retreat , harassing him every yard of ground with their rifles and charging him if in disorder . I have never heard an officer of the army
speak on 4 he subject who did not give a read y assent to the undoubted advantage of thus converting the Yeomanry Cavalry into -an irregular body of horse , and the necessity of calling upon Government to see about it . " ¦ ' " * In the metropolis a new corps has been this weekset on foot in the parish of St . James , and all the other regiments in turn are increasing thejx numbers . The London Brigade is enrolling fresh members daily ; and money is still flowing into its coffers . A Volunteer engineer company has also been raised at the Museum , South Kensington , where it was agreed to organise a volunteer engineer corps , to be composed of the officers and others connected with the department of science and art , and of such gentlemen of the neighbourhood as might desire to join . Before the meeting broke seventy-five volunteers signed their names .
up The movement set on foot by a number ot Irisli nobfemen and gentlemen in the metropolis tor the establishment of a London Irish Volunteer Kine Corps similar to the one organised by the Scotch residents of London under the title of the London Scottish Volunteer Rifles is going on favourably . Communications in support of the mor imont have been received from various distinguished Irishmen , nnd tho greatest success is looked forward to . The drill of the Volunteer Rifle Corps composed of members of tho several Inns of Court , has begun in earnest . The benchers of Lincoln ' s-inn have generously placed their fine hall and the adjacent grounds at the disposal of the volunteers for purnoses of drill—an example which it is confidently
expected their brethren of the Middle Temple and Gray ' s-inn Will shortly follow . The name of one learned judge , at least , figures in tho list of enrolled members , and another is expected to join and to take his drill with the rest of the volunteers . Tho name of Mr . E . B . Denison , Q . C ., also appears in tho list , as does that of a serjeant-at-law , with several other gentlemen of standing at tho bar . Two of the sons of the Lord Chief Baron joined in tho drill yosterday afternoon , as did also the Hon . Mr . Lidiloll , a brother of Lord Ravonsworth , and a member ot tno working committee , and great practical interest was taken by one and all in tho various parts of tlio drill to which they were subjected .
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• LAW , POLICE , AND CASUALTIES . Dr . Thomas Smmthuust has undergone his ti'i / il for bigamy at tho Central Criminal Court , and has boon sentenced to one year ' s imprisonment , with nnro labour—an undoubtedly sovero sentence , since vwt second wife cannot bo said to havo boon inj urod . boinff woll-acquainted with tho fact thnb ho was nlrcauy married—while his real wife has expressod hop torgivonoss and unwillingness to molest him \ bes uo » which , In , tho eyo of tho law , M 179 . SniuthurBt is only an injured woman in a minor doeroo . up ° » this subject tho Law Times well remarked , F ?™ " ? to the trial : — «• It will be very difficult for «»» cthurflti to obtain u fair trial . On tho one side , ho will 00
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1314 THE LEADER . [ No . 506- Dec . 3 , 1859
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 3, 1859, page 1314, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2323/page/6/
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