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JtriiY 21 1860.1 The'Saturdayi Analyst m...
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THE VOLUNTEERS' SHAM FIGHT. OT3" Saturda...
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THE ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT EASTERN AT NEW ...
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Foreign Correspondence. ¦"""I Peoiaxr" T...
future may bring- forth , are crippling the commerce and depopulating 1 the maritime provinces of the empire . The experience acquired by the head of the Naval Department , writes the Archduke , appealing to himself , during his voyages to the four quarters of the globe , enables him to rinow indubitably that Austria's salvation' depends upon her possessing , within the shortest space of time possible , an effective naval force . The ships she owns at present are merely an expensive luxury , useless for any practical purpose . The Government must at once decide ' upon forming a powerful fleet , or of disposing of the few ships she now has to the highest bidder .
Jtriiy 21 1860.1 The'saturdayi Analyst M...
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The Volunteers' Sham Fight. Ot3" Saturda...
THE VOLUNTEERS' SHAM FIGHT . OT 3 " Saturday evening , the 14 th of July , the Sham Fight of the Volunteers came off in the grounds of Camden-park , near the South borough station . The noise of battle echoed through tlie green slopes and woods amid -which the soldier poet , Ben Jonson , may have discussed the " disciplines of tlie Roman wars" with the antiquary Camden , for the latter was tlie owner of the park and mansion , and the former his friend and frequent visitor . The defending division included the following corps and companies , under the command of Colonel Hiek 9 : —1 st and 2 d Battalions—Major Close , City Brigade ( rendezvous at 3-30 , London-bridge ) . 3 d Bat * talion—Captain M'Leod , Engineers ; Hon . Captain Bruce , Six Feet Guards ( 3 , Pimlico ) ; Major Scott , 1 st Kent Rifles ( 3 * 30 , Lewisham ) ; Captain Lamborde , 33 d Ivent Rifles ( 4 , Southborough-road Station ) . The attacking force , commanded by JJord Ranelagh , was much superior in point of numbers . It included the following corps : — 1 st Brigade , Lord Kadstock . —1 st Battalion—Major Compton , West Middlesex Rifles ( 3- . , Pimlico ) ; Captain M'lnnes , 3 d Middlesex Rifles ; Cap tain Wilkinson , 14 th Middlesex Rifles ( 3-30 , Lpndonbrige ) ; 29 th Nortli Midland ilifle 3 , Captain Ross ( 3 ' 3 . 0 , Londonbridge ) ;• 2 d Battalion , Major Beresfprd—Captain Hughes , l 9 tli Middlesex Rifles ; Captain Iloughtpn , 20 tb Middlesex Rifles ; Captain Buxton , Truman ' s Brewery Rifles ( 3 * 30 , London-bridge ) ; Major Beresford » 7 th Surrey Rifles ( 3 , London-bridge ); Captain Emans , i
4 th Surrey Rifles ; Captain Yeatnian , 9 th Surrey Rifles ; Captan 4 th Surrey Rifles ; Captain Yeatinan , 9 th Surrey Kiiles ; Uaptain Hastie , 8 th Surrey Rifles ( 4 , Southboroughrroad station ) . 2 d Brigade , Colonel Tiiorold .- "lst Battalion , M'Pherson- ^ -MajorM'Pherson South Middlesex Rifles ( 3 * 30 , Pimlico ) ; South Middlesex , Lieutenant Crossman , Sth Kent Rifles ; and 2 d Battalion , Major Farnell—Captain Harris , 13 th Kent Rifles ; 18 th Kent Rifles ; Captain Parker , 21 st Kent Rifles j Lieutenant Rogers , 25 th Kent Rifles ; Captain Mont-< rpmerie , 24 th Kent Rifles j Lieutenant Carter ^ 4 th Kent Rifles ; Captain Dyke , 16 th Kent Rifles ; Lieutenant Drury , 3 d Kent Rifles ( 4 , Sputhborongli-road Station ) . 3 d Battalion , Lord Bury—Hon . Colonel Lindsay , St . Gteorge ' s Rifle 3 ; General Dowling , Paddington Rifles ( 3 Phnlico ) ; Captain M'Gregor , Scottish : Rifles - ( 2 , Londonbridge ) ; Lord Bury , Civil Service Rifles ; Captain Phillips , Artists ' Rifles ( 3 , Pimlico ); Captain Taylor , Barnct Rifles ( 330 ,
Lpridonbridge ) . These corps attended by permission of the War-office , which was of course grafted on application , but no company could have taken part in the operations Svithbut that permission . General Eyre , commanding at Chatham , was deputed by the Duke of Cambridge to act as inspecting officer on the occasion , the Inspector of Volunteers , Colorier M'Murdo , being absent on duty . Of the volunteers , unattached , who attended in uniform , many were , engaged in keeping the ground . , ^ portable tc bgraphTOB laid across both hill and vale , from the liead-quarters tent near the reserved seats , to the atfS 6 l £ nTg ~ position . At seven o ' clock the action commenced . The cojnpany of Engineers of the City Brigade , under Captain M'Leod , conspicuous by their red uniform , appeared on the right of the defended position , and , advancing , lined the hedge of the wood , through which the enemy was approaching . The Engineers opened fire on them , and it was returned from the wood . A light , dropping fire continued for a few moments , then the Engineers fell back in skirmishing order
on the open field , loading and firing rapidly . They were followed _ iip by the enemy ' s skirmishprs , who were also soon on tho clear ground . When they had nearly driven their opponents to the stream in tho centre of tho vale , tho main body of the attack suddenly issued from the wood , farmed ' hi line , advanced , and fired a volley . The skirmishers of the defence crossed the stream rapidly , and the attacking lino pressed forward , keoping up a quick firo . As the wood from which they had issued hero makes a bond , tho ground was nob wide enough for the whole line . In the contre , it was four doop . This first appearance and advance of the attacking force was ono of the best portions of' tho spectacle , particularly tho dash but of tho wood which had concealed their forward movement by its " loafy screen . " On tho other side , while the skirmishers wero retreating , tho main body of tho defence had been forming on tho level to tlie right of tho lime-kilns , thoir front defended by tho little stream . Prossod still more sharply by tho advance of tho attacking
lino , tho defonco made a stand m tho cover ot tho limo-kuns . 'Xho firing was heavy on both sides , volley following volloy in quick succession ; but tho position soon became untonable . Part of tho attacking lino crossed tho stream , and took its bravo dofondors on tho right flank ; assailed on two sides by superior numbers , nothing could bo done but retire , Tho dofonco drew out of tho cover and tho chalk pits , and formed on tho slope of tho hill , tho summit of which was crowded by spectators . They wore followed up by tho loft wing of tho attack , the right-wing keoping- in thovolloy , in u li » o -with , tho . -stream , gradually closing on its retiring foe , and keeping up a heavy firo on his front and flank . Tlie dofonco again retired up the hill , and formed in position along tho slopo . Tho attack , which bad hitherto boon aaado in lino , was now made j . n two columns ; but ; in this form was , ropulsod , by tho longer lino of firo concentmtod on its masses . Tho columns stopped , turned , and descended tho hill at tho doublo , partially disordered . It
looked so much Hko real running away that somo ot the umnBtruotecl spectators hissed disapprobation ; but wore tbomsolvos discomfited by tho burst of laughter that told thorn tho truo state of tho case . Tho cplumm wore formed again vory quickly , and returned to the ohar « o , this tirao successfully , for ropulso ia not always dofoat . Tho defending
line broke , arid retired . their last position , their left on Camden-house and their right towards CMslehurst-common , at which point of the action hostilities terminated . It was a smart engagement of rather more than an hour . As the sun sank behind the hills , the flashes of the rifles , that were pale in its beams * deepened in the twilight , and darted out from the lines , red and angry . The firing , while it lasted , was heavy , and was made as . varied as possible ; there was the continued fire , from the whole line , from right to left , volleys by companies ' , and volleys from the line again . Some of them were given with great precision , as if fired by , one pull of the trigger ; others left a straggling spatter of shots in arrear of the time . But as the first field-day on which the several corps had been out for such practice together , the proficiency shown was very creditable to all . We doubt if any regiments of the line , so soon after their first drill , would have acquitted themselves so well . The Volunteers were again favoured by beautiful weather .
The Arrival Of The Great Eastern At New ...
THE ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT EASTERN AT NEW YORK . O Thursday , June the 28 th , the Great Eastern arrived out . Every half-hour announcements came cbronicling the movements of the great ship , and soon the town was in a tremor of excitement . About ten o ' clock the consignees of the vessel , with a few guests , left for the lower bay on a small steamboat , and soon a little fleet waa gliding swiftly down the harbour to extend the long looked-fpr stranger a welcome . For once , time , tide , and weather favoured the Great Eastern . She bad given full testimony of her superiority to the vicessitudes of wind and wave , and the ocean god gracefully bowed in recognition of her authority . The day was one of those sunny June days which Englishmen hardly know unless they have been in the States during this
loveliest month of all the twelve . A telegram from Sandy Hook , at halfpast two , announced that she was weighing anchor , and at once all housetops , piers , and wharves were swarming with an unaccustomed population . Merchants left their coudting-rooms and rushed from ' Change en masse , schoolboys perched themselves on wharves and in the rigging of vessels , and all waited for the coming of this "tenth wonder of the world . " Soon she hove in sight away down at " the Narrows . " Cannon booming from the shipping down the bay were echoed from the decks of the Great Eastern , and rolled their united thundering over the smooth waters of the harbour to the waiting thousands at the city . These sounds came nearer and nearer as the huge proportions , of the vessel became more apparent . Steam-tugs shot out ; from many of the warves as she - ap = of exhibi their
Tproached , . apparently with the express design ting own diminutive size by bringing themselves into contrast with the towering hulk of the stranger . Yet there was no cheering . The brazen-throated cannon only spoke , for it seemed as if the multitude was fairly overawad by the spectaole ~ pf grandeur and power which was exhibited to them- They could express their wonder in nd __ better way than by their silence , impossible tp resist the temptation of repeating . The broad waters of the bay glistening under the slanting rays of the sun , and sparkling with the foam of a thousand keels ; the shipping at the wharves and the piers aliyo with hundreds of human beinga , all intent upon tho movements of this crowning acliievemeiit of human skill ; and the vessel herself , treading the water with : a conscious majesty—what more brilliant testimony to the success of their labours
cbnld the lamented Brunei or Stephenspn have desired ? To those on on board the Great Eastern much of the grandeur of the scene waa lost . They could see that their bulwarks wore bombarded by all eyes , -btn ^ heyio 3 tHfo 3 ^ ight ^ o ^ iafr 4 mme iron , . moidng along without apparent effort , and this was the central wonder of the whole . The diminutive size of the largest eraft winch clustered around the G reat Eastern was , of ceurso the chief standard by which the multitude gained a realising sense of her vast size ; but , after this , the most impressive sight , as regarded the dimensions of the vessel , was the loneliness of her great decks . A few guests had been the lower but ll of
added to tho number pf her passengers in bay , a them wore clus tered in tho bow , and her decks seemed to be entirely deserted . So little life was there apparent about the great ship , that it was not hard to make oneself believe that sho was " a thing of life herself" . As sho came abreast pf the city , hor progress was so accelerated that it was found necessary to disconnect the paddle-wheels , and uso tho propeller alone , lest she should bo carried above her berth by the impetus which she bad acquired ; but in consequence of this , sho lost so much headway that sho did not answer readily to hor helm , and the tide carried hor up somo distance beyond her pier . Soon , however , steam-Uurs came to hor assistance , and brought her around to her
resting-place . Crowds wero there to receive her , and tney nayo nor diminished since . All day Saturday , Sunday , arid Monday , they came and wont , in an unceasing tide , and during the moonlight evenings , they have wondorod until long after midnifiht « t tho vastoizo yot graeelul appearance of this strange visitor . Tho stoam-boatB which ply around tho harbour have already begun to reap a rich harvest from tho curiosity of tho multitude . They mako excursions around hor , charging six conta for the trip , and thus fur they , go loaded down . But some of tho Great , Eastern ' s ill-luck follows hor still . Tho very day after bI . ia came to hor moorings , a steam-tug which was between her and her wbnrf camo near doing hor serious injury . A brisk galo which sprang hor wheel
up on tho quarter of tho great shin drovo paddle- against this small craft , and crushed it slightly . At ; first the damage cono wa » staled at 3 . QQP dols ., but from that it has dwindled to 500 or 0 <»<> UoIh . Then ; the next night , onoofHor sallbWfolinrorirhoi ' lit SOmoTinaRv countable way , and was drowned . Soon a (" tor this acoulont , another ; ot tho crow became drunk and fell through tho paddlo-wheel , H-uetm-inK his skull , so that ho died inst . nntly . Bovoral of tho ««•«* , * ™ « " «> havo already dosortocl , bo that tho nambs ol those who lmyo been kil eel cannot bo ascertained . Almost as noon as Hh » was nmdo U * l o oi wharf , gangs of mpn wero sot to work cleaning lier docks , and brushing up thoiro spots with paint , ho that -. ho might bo Fo pam for o rbooption of visitors as spoodily as poaaiblo . Al \ veri Z ^? }^ '" f £ o papors fixed tho 3 rd of July for oiJoning claf . and namj d 1 ol . *» i tho pneo of admission—children lnUf-priooj but tho du-ectors will Jm \ e to
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Leader (1850-1860), July 21, 1860, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21071860/page/11/
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