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[ Leeds was held on Tuesday morning , in the Commercial Newsroom , 'West Bar . From sixty to seventy gentlemen were in attendance during : the meeting , including ' representatives of the leading firms in all departments , not only in the town , but in the immediate district . The woollen , flax , iron , leather , urysalting , and other trades were well represented , and there was a good deal of conversation ,-the . chief topic being the heavy 'failures in the leather traded The annual distribution of prizes , at the University College , took place on Tuesday in the theatre of the institution , which . was * filled with the friends of the students , and others connected with the place .
Despatches have been laid before Parliament in which Sir C . Wood states the decision of the Government not to grant more than 1 , 00 , 00 , 000 rupees for compensation , to be rateably distributed among the sufferers , whether Europeans or natives of India , whose active loyalty can be clearly established . In consequence of the condition of the finances of India , this sum is paid out of the general revenue of the State . The amount was fixed On the principle that in the case of losses on buildings , factories , or crops , it would probably reimburse half the loss up to 2 , 000 rupees , and one-third of all beyond ; but in the case of losses of cash , jewels , and articles of personalty , the compensation is limited to one-third of the loss , never exceeding 5 . 000 rupees in one case . The Government do not admit claims for loss of profits which but for the mutiny might have been realised , or by insurance offices for loss of premiums through the death of persons whose lives had been insured .
On Saturday Mr . Langdon , of the Bull Inn , Exeter , received a communication from Lord Palmerston , stating that he had directed that a donation of £ 10 should be paid to Abraham Cann , once the champion wrestler of England , out of the Royal Bounty Fund . He is now in his seventieth year . Wednesday afternoon a man , named George Edwards , in the employment of Messrs . C , Child , coal merchants , of East Greenwich , was assisting to unload a cargo of coals . from a ship to the wharf , when a plank slipped , and the unfortunate man fell into the river , haying a sack of coals on his back . The tide being high every eftbrt to save the deceased was unavailing . According to aii estimate issued on Wednesday , the sum required to be voted towards .. defray ing the expenses of naval arid military operations in China , beyond the ordinary grants for army and navy services , for the year ISiiO'Ol , including a repayment of £ 413 , 896 to the Government of ^ India for advances on account of former
expeditions to China ,. is £ 3 , 800 , 000- . '¦ . " ... '• - ' Oil Tuesday morning a shocking and fatal accident happened at the crinoline factory of Messrs . Wright , rHobson , & ~ C <> ,, New-George-street , Sheffield . It appeared that Sarah Aun Murphin , aged 17 , who worked at the factory ,, went into a room in which she had no business to go , and for some purpose or other ascended a ladder . While on the ladder her dress was caught by a revolving shaft , and she was whirled round several times . Before any assistance could be obtained she was killed . Ann Wren , widow of the late Sergeant Wren , of the Grenadier Company of the Gloucester Militia , died at the Gloucester Union on Sunday , having , thirteen days previously , attained to the age of 100 years . Up to within the last few months the deceased enjoyed , remarkably good health .
A parliiunontnry , return , just issued , gives the . amoimt of donations and bequests , and dividends on stock , towards reducing the national debt ; bequeathed since the passing of the 4 th Geo . IV ., cap . I !) ( 1823 ) . The total amount is £ 070 , 856 5 s . fid . The largest bequest was in 1855 , being the sum of £ 193 , 4 , 57 17 s . 5 d ., the " bequest of residue of personal estate of John Ashton , of Newton Bank , near Hyde , Cheshire , transferred by Court of Chancery . " A few fiiTmll sum ' s have been given anonymously . In 185 !) a " female patriot" sent £ 6 , and in 1855 " a valetudinarian " £ 2 . In 1828 the sum of 38 , 500 francs ( £ 1 , 508 ( 5 s . ( id . ) was sent anonymously from Paris to the Chancellor of the Exchequer " towards the reduction of the national debt . " Eleven donations of £ 1 , 000 each were made between the years 1833 and 18 U 9 by the Hon . Marmaduke Langley , and a few sums Varying ' from £ 5 to £ 1 . 30 are credited to the ' ladies' contributions . " In 182 ( 5 John Philips , Esq ., left £ 000 , and in 1 S 31 " A . H .-C . " £ 300 .
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men of every class , grade , and profession , is determined that the freedom and independence of these realms shall be as unassailable as the island itself is firm and immovable in its home of waters . It wasielibi that after such a display as , was witnessed in Hydepark , there was neither'deficiency of" men nor of will in the nation for the purpose of defending and maintaining our own against any invader . Seeing so many who had enrolled themselves for this purpose , in whom the spirit and object ot the movement are too much their own and country ' s interest ever to die , the next thing to consider was the means of improving and perfecting to the utmost in military science this vast body of men . One step , institution , or movement , is but the prelude to another ; and the spirit , strong in all our national undertakings , is to go on to perfection . With this view the National Rifle Association has been formed .
The Association has secured the patronage of her Majesty and the Prince Consort , the support of the great body of Volunteers , and the sympathy and best wishes of the country . In the meeting on Monday last , the Association have established a great national rifle-day . To witness the proceedings , there were perhaps not less than 100 , 000 persons on the Common and spots adjacent . The vast concourse of people formed a procession similar to that on a Derl ^ -day . A royal tent is erected on the Common , and is approached by a roadway formed for the carriages . On either side are two large marquees , for the accommodation of the members of the Court and their friends , and for any one who would pay half-a-guinea . There is also a tent occupied by Mr , Miles , of Wardour Street , who has set up a printing press on the ground , for the purpose of printing off the " scores " of the shooting . The butts are twenty in number , arranged in pairs ; they are formed of earth , forty-five feet long , twenty-five wide , and twelve high , shaped like pyramids .
The Volunteers selected to attend the meeting assembled on the Common at about twelve o'clock , and were divided into sections by Colonel McMurdo , Inspector of Volunteers . They were then inarched down and placed in line along each side of the gangway , along which the Royal party passed to the firing tent . Behind one of these lines was drawn up a band of Swiss , who had come to contest the prize . On the opposite side were the united bands of the Household Brigade , Adjoining the royal tent were many of the most elegant and beautiful daughters of the English aristocracy . After considerable painstaking , Mr . Whitworth arranged the rifle which her Majesty was to fire at the four hundred yards' range ; but owing to the yielding nature of-the soil , the " rest" upon which one of his own rifles was placed for her Majesty , he did not accomplish this altogether to his satisfaction .
THE KOYAL RIFLE-MATOH AT ^ y ¦ IMBLEDON . WE presume there can now bo no doubt that the nation is thoroughly in earnest with regard to its own security and permanent defence . So fur as human experience and foresight go , we are doing precisely what is best and most effectual to accomplish this object . First , there was a whisper of alarm heard in the country—where it arose , or what was the exact cause of it , it is not here our place to inquire , but it soon spread over all the country , and at length the poet gave to it words 5 and to the direct and intelligible cull , " Riflemen , Form ! " there whs a simultaneous and universal response . In a short time 100 , ( 300 peaceful Englishmen , few of whom , porliaps , had over fired a gun at either bird or beast ,
the fact to thousands who did not . hear ' the ; few words spoken * by her Majesty . TJie bull ' s-eye is eight inches in diarneter , and a line drawn vertically and another horizontally intersect , exactly at the centre . The Queen ' s bullet hit at an inch above this point of intersection , but upon the vertical line . Her Majesty expressed herself highly pleased with the mechanical arrangement of the " rest , '' and examined with much interest the famous three-pounder gun of Mr . Whitworth . The Royal party then retraced their steps to the Pavilion , and proceeded to examine a collection of guns and rifles of modern invention , which were exhibited in an adjoining marquee .
The firing parties then took up their positions , and the shooting at three hundred yards' range commenced . While this was going on , the Queen and the Royal party proceeded in the carriages along the whole line of the firing points . Her Majesty and Royal party left by the entrance at the north end of the common , and returned to . Buckingham Palace by the same route as that by which they arrived . We have no space to give a lint of the names ! of the registered competitors arranged in counties , but wo subjoin the result of tho first day's firing . Greatest number of points , and the name of the shooter out of five rounds at 300 yards' distance : — Corps . Name . Number of points . 4 th Northampton . . . Sorgcai t Tomalin 3 IHh Middlesex Lieutonunt D < iur o 5 th Kent Mr . Edward I ' ant » The capabilities and skill of the competitors have exhibited generally a marked improvement on the subsequent days of the contest . ( m Tuesday tho Swiss Deputation scored well . They usud the Enfiwhl rifle in consequence of an accident that befell them when crossing feho-French frontier , <> u their way-toKnghmd . Thu Jiruiicli . ( HiHtoin-houso officials seized and detained ' the rifles of the huvtss Deputation , though they hud provided themselves with a certificate from tho French Consul-general in Switzerland , stating tho ruiiHon they were curried , nnd the object of tho journey . Hud this not occurred they may have done still better . They give a b \ vw » . rifle to ho contended for exclusively by Volunteers . . There huvo not , however , been many decisive results ; » o » "ncl ;! ° few highest follow a long tailing of ties , that , must bo j liot oil beforo the winning list can bo mado up . This is tho state ot the
were transformed into Volunteer soldiers . They were quickly ofgjViiised , oftl ( iei » od , ; dnllccl , and proparod for a grand Toviowrwhichi so rapid was the progress , mid so great the skill and intelligence the Volunteers hud exhibited , came off accordingly on Saturday , the 23 rd , of . June . A week alter , on iMonday , tho 2 nd of July , a grand rifle-matoii took place on Wimbledon . common . Hero the Volunteers assembled again in great number * , and in every hue . It 18 again pre-eminently their day . Indeed , the yenr 18 ( J 0 will , by and by , stand prominently in history ; and . wo should not wonder if " henceforth it bo called tho " Volunteers' year . " However it has now become a great fact , tlmt tho country , including
- T-he -Tlioyal . party arrived on the common at four o ' clock . On behalf of the Council of the Rifle Association , Mr . S . Herbert presented an address to _ lier Majesty , and another to the Prince-Consort . Her Majesty and the Prince-ConsorFhaving replied , they proceeded to the firing-point , at four hundred yards from the . target . Lord Elcho , Earl Spencer , and others , were in attendance ; and Mr . Whitworth explained to her Majesty the manner in which she was to discharge the rifle . A piece of scarlet cord attached to the trigger was handed to her Majesty , who gently pulled it , and the first rifle shot was fired . In an instant the red and white flag was shown by the marker , and " three points" were scored to the Queen of England . Loud cheering followed as her Majesty declared the prize meeting opened , and a salute of twenty-one guns announced
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July 7 , I 860 . ] -The Saturday Analyst andLeader . 639
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Leader (1850-1860), July 7, 1860, page 639, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2355/page/15/
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