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      Naval, And Military. An Order Has Been I...

      country but England oould manufacture these guns in sufficient numbers to supply their fleets and armies . Oh the contrary ; we believe that all the great Continental powers , and the United . States of America possess facilities ; for the -work far beyond what we give them credit for , and that , in the event of any future war , we shall jflnd these countries well provided with this very -weapon . Nor , in estimating the value of this gun , must we overlook the successful resistance which the new iron-cased steam frigates can oppose to it ; Although the Armstrong bolt , at close quarters , would , no doubt , speedily cripple even one of these ship batteries , yet it would not be until the latter had inflicted immense damage upon the works it was assailing ; and even then , though crippled , it might be able to withdraw in comparative safety . " ' The Hurkaru is informed that the Directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Company , taught by recent disasters and the lascars' plunder of the Alma ' cargo , have resolved to man the whole of their steam fleet in the Indian seas with European seamen . The canard of the Journal du Havre , that the Emperor of Abyssinia had given Napoleon III . the port of Massowah in the Ked Sea , having been blown out of the water by the Mbniteur de la Flotte , the Havre journal states in a general way that the J ? rench Government has resolved on establishing from December next a naval station in the Red Sea , in imitation of the English .

      Workmen are employed in erecting the necessary staging , & c , under the bows of the Victoria , 121 , in Portsmouth Dockyard , for the accommodation of her Majesty , the Prince Consort , the Prince of Wales , and the Royal family , who are expected to be present at the ceremony of launching the noble vessel oil the 12 th inst . The ship is now receiving her last coat of paint prior to being launched . Her temporary anchors have been brought down and placed under her bows ready for hoisting to her

      catheads . - An accident on Sunday shows that instruction in swimming is as necessary in the navy as any other drill . Lieut . Frederick Heron left the Admiralty-house , Hamoaze , in the "first" gig , with despatches for the Encounter . With him was James DyeT , coxswain , and four hands . Soon after the gig had crossed the " Bridge " of rocks , a sudden squall un stepped the mast and turned her bottom up . All hands got to the keel , but

      She rolled right over and threw them off" . When she settled again , they returned to the keel , and were rolled over in the same way three or four times , which caused great exhaustion . The peril of their position was much increased by the coming darkness , and nearly an hour elapsed before relief approached . Two Mevagissey fishing boats at length picked them up and conveyed them all to the Encounter , which is lying at anchor near the Breakwater , ready to sail for China .

      The Admiralty have given an order for the construction of a second steam ram . One is being built at the Thames Shipbuilding Company ' s yard , in Barking-creek ; and Mr . Napier of Glasgow has taken the contract for the other . They are to be broad vessels , of great tonnage , with engines of 1 , 250 nominal horse power . It is cfaimed for them that they will be so strongly ppit together that they may run stem on to another vessel , and sink her opponent with the loss of only her false bpw . This will prove says , Mitchell ' s Journal , another outlay on old coated with

      iron . A ship 4 J inch iron plates above water , with only her regular scantling below , will toll so frightfully as to be quite unmanageable in a sea-way . Next , if she were to attempt to run down a vessel with a powerful battery , it is questionable whether her antagonist would r » ot stop her progress by a well-directed raking concentrated broadside . Again , if she were driven against a large ship , the shock would probably throw her engine out of gear , and perhaps do more mischief to the ram than to her doomed enemy .

      A pamphlet is announced prominently by La Patrie , from the pen of M . Jourdan , of the Sieole . Its title is tq be ' ? Guerre a % x Anglais , " A faot , which is not without significance , is announced by the French military papers . Every year , from May until September , the troops are to practise firing artillery at a mark at Vlncennes . Orders have been given to resume the practice forthwith , a faot unprecedented at this time of the year—with the new rifled guns , at a range of l , 200 and 2 , 400 yards .. A plan Is just now under consideration at the French War Office for supplying the whole of the army with breeoh-loading- rifles .

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      The Volunteer Corps. This* Day, W© Are I...

      THE VOLUNTEER CORPS . This * day , w © are informed , is ta witness tho first mufeter of the rank : and file of the London Rlflo ?* J B ^ W < who / » re to meet ftt Olon GoWego and ( pro-QBaecl bV' their band ) to muroh to the Mansion * towe > tlwwj to . takto the oath of allegiance . "Wo

      must confess to some curiosity as to the number of the muster ; meantime , it is mo 3 t gratifying to hear the eulogiums passed upon the band in this early stage of its existence , " Indeed , " said'the gallant Captain Montague Hicks , "I was amazed at its beauty . " The Lord Mayor elect has the extreme good fortune to have secured the services of this wonderful choir militant for the 9 th instant . Recruiting for volunteers is going on slowly , but with spirit , in the metropolis , and in most townsof the

      kingdom- the show in numbers is not present very great ; but a nucleus has been formed , from which a force worthy of the nation may spring . Every effort ought to be made by the Government , and by all who claim the title of friends of their country , to foster the spirit which is now in existence , and to encourage , by judicious assistance , where required , and commendations where deserved , the endeavours of each corps to extend its numbers and increase its proficiency .

      An excellent suggestion for . the formation of strong local troops of volunteer cavalry is made in a letter from " Bashi Bazouk , " who says : " I would suggest that bodies of our hunting youth be formed into light cavalry corps , agree as to a uniform , and then arm and mount themselves . The arms I would leave to the volunteers , who would soon find what weapons they could use most effectively on horseback , and these would probably soon resolve themselves into sword , carbine arid pistol . The main part of the cavalry education would be known

      already , which consists in a good safe seat on horseback and the management of the animal but the skilful use of arms has yet to be learned , and I cannot conceive a more popular amusement than the sword , carbine and pistol exercise among really good horsemen . I need but allude to the practical use of such men before an invading enemy . How they would bother the French Chasseurs among our sacr € es fosses , arid what dash and daring might we not expect from such thorough-breds ; not to speak of the harassing duties they would take from our regular cavalry . "

      At a late agricultural meeting at Dorking a Mr . Wise remarked- — "He could venture to say that , at all events , not a man of the Surrey Rifle Volunteers would hide behind a bush or a tree , " This observation has brought down upon the unhappy gentleman the wrathful and bitter , sarcasms of Iiieutenant-General W . Napier . That gallant officer proclaims that the art of hiding behind trees and bushes , rocks , sticks , and stones , is " the very essence of modem warfare . The teaching regular

      soldiers how to move in masses is an absolutely necessary foundation to support the superstructure of real warfare , which is , in fact , this very hiding behind sticks and stones . A great deal is said about bayonet charges and solid onsets of heavy columns , but much less of that takes place than is supposed by men who only read of war ; three-fourths of every battle between regular armies depend upon the stick and stone practice , and the whole of a battle , as between volunteer rifle corps and regular troops , will depend upon the former ' s skill in hiding . "

      Ireland. Du Dixon, The Roman Catholic Pr...

      IRELAND . Du Dixon , the Roman Catholic Primate of all Ireland , has issued a pastoral letter which affirms that a great act of spoliation is contemplated in the way of depriving the Pope of his temporal dominions and that calumnies of all sorts are heaped upon his Government by enemies which are becoming every day more powerful . Among the bitterest of these enemies , we are informed , may be numbered some of the leading statesmen of our own country , who now seek to be revenged for the restoration of a Roman Catholic hierarchy in England . At present by way of remedy for such a condition of things the Primate only asks for the prayers of the faithful in Ireland , but he hints that it may hereafter be necessary to send subscriptions to the Holy Father to enable him to support those soldiers that will " defend hia rights against rebel . hordes . "

      Law, Police, And Casualties. On Monday A...

      LAW , POLICE , AND CASUALTIES . On Monday a commission of lunacy was opened to try the question of the sanity of the Rev . Stephen Lewis Wpodoook , B . A . The proceedings took place before ' Mr . Barlow , the master in lunacy , ondjajury , at the Horns tavern , ICennington . A great number of witnesses were examined , eyory one of whom concurred in- opinion that the unfortunate gentleman had long booh of unsound mind , and his conduct during the proceedings confirmed their opinion . The inquiry was adjourned on Monday evening and reaumdd yesterday , when Mr . Huddlostpn summed up on behalf of the petitioner , calling on the jury to find a vordiot that Mr . Woodcock was in such a state of mind as to be unable to , take care of him " self ox his property , after which Mr . Serjeant Shee ( for Mr . Woodcock ) denied in Mo that he was of unsound mind , and . ascribed his strange conduct on the previous day , to his having drank oome wine .

      The jury returned a verdict , however , that he waa of unsound mind , and unable to manage his affairer The personal examination of Mr . Wilcock val questionably proved that he was labouring under a variety of delusions , and the jury had , therefore no alternative but to authorise Mb . being put wider restraint . This week the legal campaign for Michaelmas term commenced , and the judicial business of the country was resumed after the long vacation , in the various equity and common law courts . The Lord Chancellor entertained the judges and the principal members of the bar at breakfast , at Stratheden House . According to usual custom "the Lord Mayor elect was presented to the Lord Chancellor forthe approval of her Majesty , which was accorded in flattering terms .

      At the Middlesex Sessions William Raymond and John Jones were indicted for breaking a plate ^ glass window in the shop of "Vaughan the pawnbroker in the Strand , and stealing gold rings valued at . £ 464 , and Jones was also charged with another robbery of jewellery . Three witnesses established the charges , and the prisoners were each sentenced to ten years' penal servitude , both having had former convictions proved against them . One of the witnesses , named Jessie Berard , wife of a surgeon , was recalled by the judge , who commented on the courageous and / praiseworthy manner in which she had acted in the matter , and ordered her a sum of £ 5

      understanding that she was in circumstances that would render it acceptable . —Louisa Ward was convicted of picking the pocket ofalady in an omnibus , on which the learned j udge remarked that the way in which ladies carried their money in tlit front of dresses was a temptation to persons dishonestly disposed . A curious circumstance was mentioned by the judge with regard to Ward ; he had picked her up in ITleet-street , when she had been knocked down by a horse , fifteen years ago . An adjourned summons in a case connected with the builders ' strike has been gone into before Mr . Corrie , at Clerkemvell Police-court . The defendant was William Pereham , and the prosecutor Charles Robjohn , in the service of Messrs . Piper and Sons ,

      -builders . From the evidence adduced it would seem that workmen had been sent for and procured from the country on the part of the Messrs . Piper ; and , according to the charge , the defendant Pereham had , by intimidation and other means , endeavoured to prevent the men from following their occupation . Mr . Roberts , the well-known advocate , made a lengthened speech for the defence , and called several witnesses , the drift of whose evidence was to show that the men from the country had been induced to accept of the offers of employment in London by misrepresentation . The case being completed for both sides , and it having been intimated to the . magistrate that an appeal would be made against a conviction ^ Mr . "Corrie ordered the defendant to eater into recognizances for his appearance at the

      ensuing quarter .. A diabolical attempt to murder has been frustrated , the odium of which is fixed upon a trades ' union . The intended victim was Mr . Isaiah Greaves , master brickmaker , whose death waa aimed at through an infernal machine planned by some scoundrel . Mr . Greave ' s crime was this— -ho had refused to discharge a non-society man and employ a unionist , at the request of a brickmakets' society . Through recent disclosures connectod with the administration of the land tax and income tax departments of Shoreditoh and the adjacent district it has been considered necessary to suspend ^ somo ot the officials , and to institute a strict investigation into the accounts . The irregularities , it is assorted ,

      have extended over a number of years . .... A respectable woman applied to the magistrate at Xambeth police-court for his advice . Some time ago she had been accosted by a gentleinan in cue street—she know he was a gontlounan by his appearauce-his English was broken and his voice musical , for he was an Itajian and a musician . Ho wxBiiea to settle in England ; and he wished to marry a wite ; his income was good , and his prospocts were bottor . Would she have him ? Preliminaries ^ rangoa , the affair was soon consummated . Shortly after t e ramnt hiMflncrrnnm riisnnnoars . and Witll I "' """

      confiding wife ' s gold watch and chain , sovoral trung of her clothes , and as much of her mouoy «* couM b 9 got hold of . Subsequent inquiry rovonla that tno successful suitor is not an Italian but « n ? « g"J . man , not a musician but a tailor—a mrt / riw / jouino > man tailor . , „ - /!«« One Richard Child , a tipsy olork , 011 Sfl ' urajy . chose to fancy that ho had been robbed in 110 strooi , anvd gave into custody as the thief a little boywnj was passing by , named William Webb , Nothing belonging to the prosecutor was found upon i »« prisoner , whose master came forwuril ana b »» Urn a very high ohuraator for Iwiwety vmob the boy was brought before Sir Potox JJJJJJ ' That aged ( if not venerable ) P" ™ " tll ° S proper , nevertheless , to remand two yw

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 5, 1859, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05111859/page/6/