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been published , either by the writers or by the French Government , was that its terms were so curt and brief , that its publication would have reflected credit on neither party .. We understand that , after the usual formalities of address , the contents- were merely " ¦ We , the undersigned , respectfully request your Majesty to inform us what are your intentions respecting England . —Signed , &c . " The Liverpool Law Society , at their last meeting discussed the subject , and ad opted the following resolution : — " That the president be requested to inform her Majesty ' s Attorney-General , that in case it be the intention of her Majesty ' s Government to take any proceedings against the four Liverpool merchants who recently made a communication to the Emperor of the French , this committee will be happy to render the Attorney-General every assistance in its power . "
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THE SMRHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW . The annual exhibition of the club has this week been held at its old quarters in Baker-street , and has attracted the usual number of admirers of fat stock . With respect to the merits of the show , the general opinion of the initiated yesterday evening was that it was about an average one , nothing more —perhaps something less . The short-horns are pror nounced to be well -represented , comely in shape , broad of back , stupendous of quarter , and tranquil in deportment . They are all of superb quality ; but the pearl of the Short-horns is Colonel Townley ' s milk-white heifer " Beauteous Butterfly , " which came to town Avith her . Birmingham gold medal
round her neck , and which has obtained a similar decoration from the Smithfield Club . This unique animal is pronounced to be the finest specimen of the breed to which she belongs that was ever exhibited at the annual show . The judges and visitors were ' never tired , at the private view , of feeling and pinching Jher fat sides , and walking round her in wondering admiration . So flat in the back , so silky in the hide , so symmetrical in the form , so high bred in the head , so complete in all the " points" of gentle neiferhood , one enthusiast pronounced her to be perfect , all but a pound of beefsteaks , which it seems should have nlk-d up a little chasm situated just over the tail , and which cruelly cuts the line of
beauty . Pier uehcate waist measures just nine feet one inch in circumference , and her expansive forequarter would require the outstretched arms of a man to span it from end to end . One man said she was a " picterj" another , that she was a model ; while a third , still more enthusiastic , embodied his praise in the expressive remark that she was " All Beef . " The Herefords are naturally larger and coarser than the short-horns , but they seemed to take their fatting much in the same order , that is to say in table land in the back , and an even swell down the sides and quarters . Mr . Shirley takes off the laurel in this class , but , on the whole , the general description of ? ' average" will satisfy its claims on the
critics . Of the Devons even so much cannot be said . Last year they were the pets of the bazaar ; this year nobody stops to admire them . Even the Prince Consort , who used to get gold medals in this class as a matter of course , is this year " no whore , " and is obliged to throw himself entirely on his pigs for a share in the distinctions of the club . In this class , as amongst the short-horns , the gentler sex carry off the principal triumphs , the . £ 20 prize and silver medal boing taken by Mr . Heath ' s cow , of the mature age of ten years , and who has had five calves . This animal is considered very nearly to approach perfection . The Sussex steers , which are a sort of . enlarged I > evon , being pretty much of the same shape and colour , are rather more numerous than usual this year , and are pronounced to be of high quality . __ ' ....
In the miscellaneous department will be found some magnificent specimens of the Scotch polled breed . Mr . JVTCorabie has his usual success in this class , his magnificent black steer completely passing all competitors . But , in our judgment , the most attractive animal in this department is a gigantic animal , tawny' in colour , tremendous in . limb , and with a head which would make the fortune of one of Rosa Bonhour ' s pictures . But , alas I he had no points—that is to say he had too many points or angularities in his circumference , and so the judges passed this noble animal by withcontempt , uniformity
and amount of beef being the only standards by which , they guide their decisions . The public will , wo expect , see much to admire in this tawny monarch of the heather , which ho may , perhaps , bo . spared to see again , in consequence of his inaptitude for adipose accumulations . A Welsh " runt , " a prizeholdor of 202 . and the silver medal , exhibited by Colonel Pennant , so recently her Majesty ' s host at Pcnrb-yn Castle , will probably attract nearly us xxwcliattentjkm . Thei Southdowns are the aristocracy of mutton a&a * wool , « na Mr . Rlgdon is . this year the grout
aristocrat of Southdoivns . So even is the strife between the Duke of Richmond and himself that they take the gold medal year about , and this year it is Mr . Eigden ' s turn to obtain the much coveted decoration . The Leicesters are also of a high quality , "but the most marked advance is observed in the Cots wolds , which this year come out in greater strength than on any previous occasion . In pigs the Prince Consort carries everything before him , his pen of Yorkshire hogs being everything that could be wished in preparatory bacon . There is also Ik this department a stupendous Berkshire hog , so fat that he must have a pen entirely to himself , but he is unhappily like a pig , whereas he ought to bo like a barrel , and consequently he
obtains not the slightest notice from the judges . But for an accident the show would this . year have been enriched by an attractive novelty , in the shape of an importation of the diminutive cows and sheep of Basse-Bretagne . The former are not more than 36 inches in height , and the latter weigh not more than 25 lbs ., so that they would suit admirably for the farms of four and two acres , now so much in fashion amongst ladies of au agricultural turn . In the galleries , the machinery and roots are in about the usual quantity and variety , but , as they do not compete for prizes , they do not call for more detailed description . The Priiico Consort visited the show in the course of Monday afternoon , and Lords Carnden and Berners were also amongst the visitors .
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . The mutinous behaviour on board the Princess Royal has been visited with a heavy sentence . 10 S men have been sentenced to three months ' imprisonment for participating in the disturbance . Some of them have been discharged from Her Majesty ' s ship . Victory , in Portsmouth harbour , and forwarded by train to the gaol at Winchester to undergo their sentence . The launch of the Duncan , 101 , screw two-decked ship , is to take place on Tuesday , the 13 th inst ., at 11 a . m .
The result of experiments on board Her Majesty ' s iron paddle-wheel steani vessel Bloodhound , theParramatta , Tyne , and otlier ships , with Messrs . Day and Company ' s patent marine cement for coating the interior of iron vessels , having proved satisfac t ory , the Lords of tho Admiralty have directed the application of the cement over the bilge bottom plates and rivet-heads on the inside of the iron paddle steamer Harpy , lately from the Mediterranean . The process was commenced yesterday at Woolwich , and will be carried out on board other ships in the Royal Navy . The cement consists of an enamel , which resists the influence of moisture and the destructive effect of the chemical action of
acids in bilge water , and is produced from salt , sugar , coal-dust , guano , and other materials * It requires about five hours to melt into a hot lava state , is applied after a preparatory coating of patent composition over a clean and . dry surface , and is pronounced cheaper and better than paint . The Admiralty will issue a circular to the navy in a few days , adapting the late regulations of tho Horse Guards respecting- flogging in the army to the naval service . ' . The new floating batteries now building , nominally for China , will mount soven rifled G 8-poundcrs each . Tho guns are now ready to be placed on board . The two transports purchased in England
. are to carry to China the twenty-four iron-cased gunboats , intended for river operations , and it is thought that a third vessel will bo bought for tho same service . They aro to leave France about the middle of January , and to use all tho steam they can , 'so as to arrive in good time . Goncral Cousin do Montauban , Commander-in-Ohiof of tho troops to bo employed in China , lias arrived in Paris from Toulon , where he was present at tho embarkation of tho 101 st and 102 nd Regiments of Infantry ,, tho 2 nd Rifles , and a detachment of Engineers , composing the greater part of tho expeditionary force . The frigate Pryade sailed from Toulon on tho 1 st inst . for China , having on board General Collinoau , his staff " , and tho 102 nd . Regiment of tho Line . Goncral
Jamin and Colonel O'Malley embarked at Toulon , on the 3 rd , for China , on board tho screw transport Garonne . Tho Boston TranscripthaB tho following : —" Speaking of guns , tho Yankees have been doing a'very profitable business of Into in supplying John Chinaman with iron guns of large sizo . There have boon some shipments from Boston , which have paid vary handsomely indeed . " Orders havo boon given out this wook from tho French Miniature de la Marino for the immediate construction of four floating batteries on a now modol . Tho papers aro ordered to say that they are intended for China . , ThcMoniteur dtt la Flotte states that tho navy is to bo reduced by tho discharge , on December 31 , of
all warrant officers and sailors who may have com pleted forty months of service in all , whatever mav be eir length of service since the last levy Thi q news is to some extent a confirmatio n of a rumour that although Lord-Cowley had not been the bearer of any proposal for a mutual disarmament he had been empowered to assure the English Government that France meant to reduce her military esta blishment .. The arrival of another inventor ( says a letter from Paris ) has set all the cafe and politicians wonderinir and proposing , as . usual . The new lion is , as usual on the war path , for no invention of a peaceful nature seems to attract attention . The name of the individual is Hochstaetter . He comes from Darm
stadt , and is on his way to England , which circumstance has created the belief that he lias been called by the English Government , and that his object is to make experiments of his invention at Woolwich . The invention consists of a substitute Tor gunpowder , much cheaper , and far more effectual than the material at present employed for the destruction of the human race . , The substance is grey in colour , leaves a greasy impression to the touch , and possesses a strong alcoholic smell . It was tried last week with great success on the Place du Tir , at Wiesbaden , and the conviction of the numerous ' band of military officers gathered to witness the experiment was decidedly in favour of its adoption .
The first battery of Armstrong guns , six 12-pound breech-loading rifles , was yesterday' proved at the Royal Arsenal butt , Woolwich , in preparation for transit to China by the overland route . The proofcharges employed on the occasion , as ordered by the War Department , consisted of the largest amount of powder with which it was possible to cram the chambers of each gun , and a couple , or double shot . The terrible shock which the excessive charges produced-brought the guns off their position with n perfect leap , and save a recoil of about twenty-five feet ; nevertheless , the thorough temper of the materials and the remarkable character of the guns nobly resisted the shock . They were accordingly pronounced impossible to burst under fair usage , and were immediatelypacked for transport .
The Steam Ship Chronicle remarks upon the new warlike engine , " the steam-ram " : — "As to the power of running down a hostile vessel at sea ( setting aside the cold-bloDded idea that it implies of wholesale assassination , like smoking Arabs in caves , or flinging poisonous compounds ) , ' experience will show that there are two sides to the bargain . Theoretically , it is like putting the pinch of salt on the bird ' s tail , or the recipe for cooking the hare . In Ihc first , place , in order to accomplish the scheme successfully , the steani battery must be faster thaa the vessel she is chasing ; but as steam batteries , whatever the power of their engines , must ahrays , from their immense displacement , be slow vessels ,
there is not much probability of their outsteaoung ordinary vessels of war . They might , it is true , catch an old sailing vessel asleep in a calm , and run into her , but tho opportunity will not readily be afforded to them , inasmuch as the conversion of sailing vessels to screw vessels is proceeding rapidly in every navy in Europe . Ana oven between running into a vessel and running her down , thero is , we humbly suggest , a very wide difference . Tho ability of one vessel , whatever her power , to run down another , depends upon circunxbo exercised
stances over which little control can . In nineteen out of twonty collisions at sea tlie resale is simply to damage one of the vessels , or both , ana it is only when a vessel is struck by another stoni on , on her broadside , or in somo otlier vulneraMO part , that she is so damaged as to sink . A he momentum with which steam battories would 8 trilc ; . „ opposing body would , no doubt , bo immense , Uut m many cases this would simply cause the two vossois to become looked , and it would roauiro coiiHidora oio force to seuariito them . Thoro is another dimgei
lurking jn » thoso " running down " speculations . « a man like Nelson had found himself pursifod hyoae of those butteries , what would his ready genius ana daring have suggested ? What , but to gyt W his boarders , and on tho contact of tho vcssols , in uw first moment of collision , to send thorn swoiniing ovor tho bulwarks of tho foe , to hoist tho i »» on'J" * r on tho shrouds' of tho enomy ' s ship . I » suoli ft case , tho commandor of a stoam battery might . ""« w "" ho had caught a Tartar . Wo throw out thoso sug gostlons , not with tho viow * of detracting troini wo merit of theso vessels of war , but for tho purP ^ ™ guarding the public against attaching to tliom au ovorweenlm ? importance . "
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VOLUNTEER COKPS . Wx'jciiin the last wook an increased Impulse l «" kJ {| J given to the movement , and in various parts cu v » kingdom new companies have been wrmeo «¦«• volunteers enrolled . The list of places whore twjj bodies of artlllerymon and riflemen aro springing
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 10, 1859, page 1338, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2324/page/6/
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