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932 THE LE1DEE, [No. 490. Aug. 13 * 185 ...
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THE GREAT EASTERN. The completion of thi...
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— ' ¦ —¦ * - ¦ THE CONFERENCE AT ZURICH....
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PARMA—ANOTHER REVOLUTION. Count Reisset ...
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NAPOLEONIC INTRIGUES IN TUSCANY. An offi...
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THE FRENCH PRESS. A vert significant fac...
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THE TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION The solemn entr...
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The Coubt.—Her Majesty And The Prince Co...
the . ' raid' act shall extend and apply to the person so oHending . " There is a saving clause as to notices by Government and on private property .
The Sunday Bands in the Parks . —Those of crar readers who approve of this innocent recreation for the people will be pleased to learn that the deputation to the Chief Commissioner of Work . * , on Triday last , to stop them was unsuccessful . The bands played as usual on Sunday . Notwithstanding the threatening aspect of the weather , the receipts from the sale of programmes amounted to within a few shillings of the expenses . The NewLobd—When railways were in their in-¦ fahcy it was supposed that they would injure the estates through which or near which they ran , and
Mr . Labouchere ' s father received the compensation of £ 30 , 000 for an imaginary detriment to his property of this sort . After his death , his son , finding that there was no injury to the estate from the ¦ vicinity of the railway , but the contrary , refunded the £ 30 , 000 . For Mr . Labouciiere this was no act of virtue . He was as incapable of retaining what lie had no claim to in strict honour as of changing his nature . With his fine fortune he could afford to "be scrupulous , we may be told ; but what a noble use of a fine fortune it is to be so scrupulous and others were not so . — Examiner .
The njext Loud Mayor . —The Home Secretary having withdrawn his bill for the reform of the corporation of the City of London , the election of the Lord Mayor will " take place in accordance with ancient custom .. This year Alderman Carter and . Alderman Cubitt are the two seniors below the ¦ chair , and if the livery return them the Court of . Aldermen will doubtless select Alderman Carter , who stands first ; but , if the livery take the same course this year , which they adopted last , and pass over Alderman Carter , they will return Alderman Cubitt and Alderman Sir Henry Muggeridge , in ¦ which case Alderman Cubitt , M . P ., will be Lord Jlayor of London for the next year . Legal . —The Recorderships of Walsall , Newark , Lincoln , and Northampton having become vacant by the death of Mr . Serjeant Clarke , the following appointments have been made : —Mr . W . J . Neale to be Recorder of Walsall ; Mr . Fitzjames Stephen to be Recorder of Newark ; Hon . G . C . Vernon to be Recorder of Lincoln ; Mr . J . Hibbert Brewer to be ¦ Recorder of Northampton .
932 The Le1dee, [No. 490. Aug. 13 * 185 ...
932 THE LE 1 DEE , [ No . 490 . Aug . 13 * 185 &
The Great Eastern. The Completion Of Thi...
THE GREAT EASTERN . The completion of this magnificent vessel was ^ formally celebrated on Monday , at a banquet on board the ship , which was honoured by the presence of many of the members of both Houses and some of the mo 9 t distinguished engineers and scientific ¦ men in the kingdom , though we regret to say that Mr . Brunei was prevented , from illness , from being present . The deck has been planed and scrubbed to man-of-war whiteness , and not even a stray rope ' s end breaks the wonderful effect produced by its immense expanse . Her fleet of boats hang at the davits , tenon each side . The whole vessel lias been painted , the . saloons are finished , the cabins decorated , and even furnished . The masts are fixed and
horses , s a , on ., and cutting off- at one-quarter of the stroke , the power will reach to 6 ^ 500 horses . Thus the united efforts of both screw and paddle engines will drive the immense vessel through the water with a power of no less than 12 * 000 horses . What fleet could stand in the way of such a mass , weighing some 30 , 000 tons , and driven through the water by 12 , 000-horse power at the rate of 22 or 23 miles an hour ? Steam was got up in the paddle engines at half - past 1 . At that time all the visitors were on board , and the engine-room and hatches , in spite of the heat , were crowded with eager lookers-on . The engines worked with marvellous ease and freedom ; there was no noise , no sign of hot bearings ,
but at 55 trokes minutesteam at 25 lb When working 45 strokes a minute , with steam on at 15 . 1 b . and cutting off at one-third of the stroke , these engines give an indicated power of 4 , 400
and the result was considered by all the engineers on board to be satisfactory in the very highest degree , and far beyond what could have been expected . When the engines had been tested to the utmost to which they could be tried with a vessel at her moorings ^ all the visitors adjourned to the saloons , where , a collation had been laid out . The speech of the day was made by Lord Stanley * who said of the ship , " You know that she is calculated to carry a population of not milch less than 10 , 000 , including her crew , —a population so large that I almost wonder the company have not applied to the House of Commons to have the Great Eastern included in the new Reform Bill , in the list of Parliamentary boroughs for the new schedule . "
It is officially announced that " the Great Eastern will leave this country for Portland , United States , early in the ensuing month , after having made a short trial trip . " The English port of departure does not seem to have been , yet determined upon * More money is wanted : a special meeting of the shareholders is called for the 20 th inst . to authorise the issue of the 30 , 000 shares held in reserve , and to consider tlie propriety of insuring the ship .
rigged with the exception of the yards , which will be sent up in a day or two . On deck are four small steam winches or engines , each of which works a pair of cranes on both sides of the vessel . Witli these four double cranes alone 5 , 000 tons of coals can be hoisted into the vessel in twenty-four hours . The chief saloons—all save one' —have only been fitted to a certain extent in a temporary manner . The fittings are exceedingly hansome and substantial , but the decorations of the huge iron walls and girdershaye been reserved until after her first trip , and now are only painted of a plain white . The absence of elaborate decoration in them , however ,- is amply compensated in tho chief saloon , which has been finished to show the superb stj'le in which the whole will bo decorated when the Great Eastern
begins running to the East . AH the berths are very roomy ns cabins go—very lofty , well lit , and those on the outer sides excoeilingly well ventilated . On the lower deck the berths are even larger , loftier , and more commodious than thoso in the upper . Both the berths and saloons here are , in fact , nltnoat unnecessarily high , having very nearly fifteen feet in the clear , The kitchonfl , pantries , andscullerlesare all on the same extensive scale . The ice-house holds upwards of 100 tpns of ice , and the lofty wine vaults already contain wine enough form a good freight for tfnOporto trader . The groat feature of the day was the -trial of both screw and paddle engines for the first time . The paddle engines work , up to an indicated power of 8 , 000 horaos of 33 , 000 lbs . when , working 11 strokes per minute with stoam in the Vo ^ er jft , l 5 lbs ., the expansion valve cutting off at 4 ne > thtrq of the stroke . j / JHe screw engines are constructed on the same smjJtQved prlnciplQB . They have four cylinders of 84 incite * diameter and 4 feet stroke . The cylinders >* xo- capable of being worked . together or s ately .
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— ' ¦ —¦ * - ¦ The Conference At Zurich....
— ' ¦ —¦ * - ¦ THE CONFERENCE AT ZURICH . On Monday and Tuesday the first sittings of the Conference took place . * The Plenipotentiaries arc - —For France—Baron de Bourqueney and the Marquis de Banneville . For Austria—Count de ColJoredo and Baron de Meysenbug . For Sardinia ¦—The Chevalier Desambrois . Diplomatic banquets are the order of the day ; but as yet no business appears to have been transacted except that it is asserted that the conference has prolonged tho armistice indefinitely .
Parma—Another Revolution. Count Reisset ...
PARMA—ANOTHER REVOLUTION . Count Reisset has been sent from Paris to try to persuade the people of Central Italy to submit to their fate . In the meantime a French division , 10 , 000 men strong , has occupied Piaceuza . A letter from Parma says : — " I have no doubt we shall have one-half of that force here in a very few days . With 5 , 000 French bayonets to back her , the Duchess will not hesitate to come forth with a proclamation , appealing to popular suffrage ; but I can tell you in sober truth , that in a public caffe , called the Caffc Violi , a list is now open , the subscribers of which bind themselves ' to shoot or stab' any person . ventures to propose , or in any manner to » bot and promote , the Duchess ' s restoration . Rpisset has arrived at Pajyna , and had a long interview with Count Pallieri , the Sardinian Governor , assumed a very decided attitude , and gave him " a bit of its rniml f in as clear a-manner as the envoy could desire . Ten thousand bills at least were stuck up at every corner of the streets , bearing the inscription , " Viva Vittorio Emmanuclc , nostro Hi !" On the 8 th inst ., King Victor Emmanuel having withdrawn the mandate given to the Sardinian authorities at Panna , the Piodmontese governor informed the municipality that lie was about to loave , On his departure , the governor announced that ho should transfer tho sovereign powers to his secretary-general , M . Manfrcdi , of Piacenza , to govern in the name of the people . This measure produced a bad effect on the public mind , and accordingly tho next news , dated the following day , was that , tho Pledmontese had been driven from tho city . Tito red republic had boon proclaimed . Property holders and the friends of order wore taking night .
Napoleonic Intrigues In Tuscany. An Offi...
NAPOLEONIC INTRIGUES IN TUSCANY . An official message , dated Florence , the 9 th , states that tho elections wore concluded with perfect order , and a large number of voters attended to give their suffrages . The elected belong to all classes of tho country . Tho assembly was convoked for Thursday , ana tho inhabitants wore full of confldenee .
An intrigue , which deserves notice ,, is- on foot for bringing forward Prince Napoleon for Tuscany rather than that province should be- annexed to Sardinia . A letter circulated by Government journals in France says that " everybody in Florence speaks of Prince Napoleon as their future sovereign , and that people chalk on the walls ' Vive Napoleon , ( Jerome ) , King of Etruria . ' " The correspondent- ' of the Daily JYews , positively states that " The people of those States think , almost to a man , that they have nothing better to do than to proclaim \ Prince Napoleon their king . You may be certain of what I am now stating , for all the information I have received from JVTodena , Eeggio , and Florence leads me to believe that such will be the final result . All the exertions of Cavalier Farini , and of the Tuscan provincial giunta , are directed to insure the election of the Prince , who , they hope , will be allowed to accept the crown of the renewed kingdom of Etruria . With such , a solution they will avert all dangers of Austrian restoration , and ensure to themselves the support of France . In this fact lies , perhaps , the secret of the Villafranca convention , for it appears now that the long stay made at Florence by Prince Napoleon had no other object than that which I have mentioned . Canrobert ' s corps d ' armie is on the eve of marching on Central Italy . It will be received Avith enthusiasm . If I am rightly informed , the marshal will be met there with the cry of " Long live the Emperor ! long live Prince Napoleon , our King !" How can he oppose such manifestations , inspired by such devotion to the Imperial house lie serves ? The appearance of French troops in those provinces will , of course , ensure the election of the Prince , which is only opposed by a few republicans and by the small party of the former Austrian rulers , " The French troops have suspended their departure from Italy .
The French Press. A Vert Significant Fac...
THE FRENCH PRESS . A vert significant fact is the appearance in the Constitutionnel and Pays of another article by M . Granier de Cassagnac , which , like the former one about the " ingratitude" o . t Italy , was beyond all doubt dictated at St . Cloud . -The present manifesto , headed in very large type , " The Fortifications of Antwerp , " is intended to propagate the notion that the King of the Belgians in proposing to his Parliament ) a vote for ' strengthening the de fences of his great commercial port on the Scheldt is a mere tool in the hands of England , who , looking forward to a . war with France , wishes to provide herself with an entrenched camp in Belgium . The project of fortifying Antwerp , he says , is brought on the tapis every year on the return of King Leopold from England , and alwaj-s causes surprise in the minds of sensible men . Why Belgium , declared a neutral power by the treaties which constituted her , should consent to incur a considerable expense for works of protection of no utility to herself , has always been an enigma , tho writer declares , to persons who only regard the surface of things . The Presse says , in allusion to this article , " We shall shortly have to notice the effect which this article cannot fail to produce on England and Belgium , " . No comment is neocssary upon such a production ns this ; but it cannot be forgotten that in this case Granier de Cassaguac and Louis Napoleon aro identical . The former no more daro to pen such an article without the sanction of the latter , that he dare to say a word against any Government proposal in his capacity of a representative of the people .
The Triumphal Procession The Solemn Entr...
THE TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION The solemn entrance of tho portion of tho Jinny withdrawn from Italy will take place to-morrow . From St . Maur they will march down to the Jmiubourg St . Antoine , and . along tho boulovarda from tho Baatillo to the Rue de la Paix . The hmperor will await them at tlio Hotel do l'Ktat Major , on the Plnco Veudomc , from tho balcony oi which building he will witness the march past . From the Barriero du Tr 6 ne to tho Tuillorloa the streets and boulevards will he lined by tho Army of Paris and tho National Guard . There aro to uc triumphal arches , trophies , decorations of an kinds , and a magnificout illumination at mgut , tho theatres and public buildings are to bu drcsseu out , and tho Place Vendomc will bo converted into an amphitheatre , the circular rows of benches being already In progress of erection , for the acoomnipuation of the Senate , Legislative Corps , Council oj State , Sco . The papers predict that tho festival * » u bo unprecedented for brMI * noy in tho Anw" *™ military triumphal celebrations . Tho thoatres arc getting up pieces relating to tho exploits ot t » e re turning array , and various JAtes will , it is saia , i » o organised to welcome and entortaln tho troops ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 13, 1859, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13081859/page/8/
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