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      Mr. Itoebuck And The French Press. Tiiet...

      I England —suppose that , and the Cossacks might very ! easily be seen in London . Unite , on the contrary , the 1 Russian arid English fleets , arid the junction would be f perfectlv indtflTerent to us . With bur army and our I population so eminently warlike , we repel every attempt l Herein lies sujjjiii

      a at landing , our supuriu _ iiy 5 we .., I our navy bv an . army- ^ thab which England cannot do . " ] As regards the admitted superiority of our merchant I navy , and the maritime tastes prominent in England , I exemplified by her yachts , and by the habits of her 1 aristocracy , the Siecle considers their importance di-I . min . shed by the tendencies of Franca in the same direc-I tion : — 1 " Blind would be the man who does not perceive how I France is in every way tending towards the sea . Ten I years back the families who visited , the sea in the fine I season were some hundreds "; now they are counted by thousands . At present , the number of applicants for the naval schools is so great , that a considerable amount ¦ of interest is necessary in order to procure admission . Formerly the naval career was a sort of exception , andayoung man ouglit to be a native of some port to even think of I it . Now it has attractions for every province , and the navy is no longer the exclusive appanage of any particular district . " The Siecle then talks gravely of the project of making the Seine navigable as far as Paris for vessels of large burden . The following is perhaps more ' practical than the su £ crestion of havinrr men-of-war moored in front of ___ _ _ _ ________ _

      _ j-,,- ^ ^ _ the Tuilcries gardens : — " The English must make up their minds to the development of maritime ideas in France . Admiral Napier has recommended , an arrangement —each power consenting to have a limited navy . ' We , on our side , advise the English to draw closer all the bonds which attach them to . France , and to look with suspicion . on those sentiments of jealousy which , have-so long animated then . , against France . It is not to diminish the French forces that they ouglit to c-rideavouf , but to to manage that a war ¦ with its should become utterly impossible from the multiplicity of relations and friendships existing between the two countries . " Mr . Roebuck ' s speech has had the honour of eliciting the subjoined observations from the Union : — " In the midst of much exaggeration there is a groundwork of truth in the speech of Mr . Roebuck . England is an isolated nation , and she can only be so in the world . That circumstance is , at the same time , her strength and her danger . Her isolation keeps her clear of many agitations which periodically disturb the Continent , but , in placing her out of the reach of them , it also keeps her out of the way of that assistance which the continental nations can render to each other . England is . a nation condemned to live alone . Let us not then disturb her in her solitude , but also let us not endeavour to seek from her any support . "

      No. 4-1-2, September Ii, 1858q T A E X. ...

      No . 4-1-2 , September II , 1858 Q T a E X . E A B E R . 925

      I I . I The Atlantic Telegraph. A Misadv...

      THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH . A misadventure , which may be considered truly national , has happened to this great undertaking . On Saturday last , official notice waa issued by the Atlantic Telegraph Company " that , owing to some cause at present not ascertained , but believed to arise from a fault existing in tho cable at a point hitherto undiscovered , there have been no intelligible signals from Newfoundland since one o ' clock on Friday morning , the 3 rd hist . The directors are at Valentin , aided by various scientific and practical electricians , investigating tho cause of the stoppage , with a view to remedy tho existing difficulty . " Wo regret to say that we are without any further news from Valcntia respecting the cable , and this may be taken to mean that the directors , with their scientific assistants , have as yet been unable to restore intelligible signals . A very painful impression was created by tho statement on tho Stock Exchange ; tho 1000 .. shares of the company fell one or two hundreds of pounds in value . It is not supposed , from our present information , that the cable has actually broken , but only that something has occurred to arrest tho natural progress of tho electric current . Even if tho cable flhpuld break , the result of the recent attempt Svill riot havo been in vain , for it clearly establishes two facts—first , that a cable can actually bo laid , across such a largo bulk of water , and , second , that when laid , telegraphic communications can as certainly be effected betwoen tho old and now hemiephores , If tho worst should come of tho present attempt , those facts will form tljo basis of improved and resolute undertakings for tho future . But , in tho mean while , lot thhS ? 1 t . , ° nr 08 eut e ^ ppago of communications through the cable is but of a temporary nature . com LS ., up to u Tlmi < sa w ' ' ** y thttt thcro ia 8 ti » biUnSfl" Uir 0 Ush th 0 whoI ° » b rth ° f the cable , nrova ? oJt on ^ * nin % Of * an ( l most «»«> rtttln Wnd . A l ^^ P ^ l m ^ mmii

      I I . I The Atlantic Telegraph. A Misadv...

      which , however well adapted for undisturbed depths , is totally inadequate to resist the liability to accident on a . rocky coast . Transactions in the shares took place on Thursday at 485 and 500 , the latter being ths closing quotation .

      The Channel Islands Telegraph. The Inaug...

      THE CHANNEL ISLANDS TELEGRAPH . The inauguration of the Channel Islands Telegraph took place at Jersey on Tuesday , when the wire was found to work successfully . The following telegraphic message was forwarded by Mr . Aubih , Constable of the Island , through the Right Hon . Spencer Walpolc , to the Queen : — " The Directors of the Channel Islands Telegraph Company , on behalf of the people of the islands , solicit that you may be pleased to lay before her Most Gracious Majesty this the first message conveyed by their telegraph . Though the establishment of this means of rapid communication with the mother country is an event of minor importance to the empire at large , it is one of heartfelt satisfaction to her Majesty ' s loyal and devoted subjects here , as tending to draw still closer the bonds which , for nearly 1000 years , have linked these islands to the Crown of England , and- more firmly to secure that connexion , the foundation of their liberties , and their prosperity , and which , like their forefathers , they would deem no sacrifice too great to preserve . " Jerse }' , Sept . 7 th . "

      1 he -Queen returned the following answer by telegraph ' : — . ¦ " Holvrood Palace , Tuesday night , September 7 th , 1858 . " The Queen has received , with the highest satisfaction , the announcement of' the successful completion oi a telegraphic communication with the Channel Islands , and while her Majesty congratulates the directors of the Channel Islands Telegraph Company upon their success , she-rejoices in the ' more rapid means of communication and the closer connexion thus happily established with a portion of her dominions , hitherto locally separated , but always united to her crown by a spirit of unswerving loyalty , unsurpassed in any part of them , and of which the message just transmitted on behalf of the . people of the islands contains a very gratifying-expression . " Her Majesty ' s reply caused great enthusiasm in the j islands . The streets were crowded with people , and flag 3 I flying in all directions , ashore and afloat .. A procession , accompanied by military bands , paraded the town . The town was illuminated in the evening , and fireworks displayed in the . Royal-square and other places . The line was opened to the public ou Thursday . The cable , manufactured by Newall and Co ., is of the size of the shore end of the Mediterranean cable , but with ends in a proportionate degree thicker . It starts from Church Bay , Portland , and rests in depths of water varying from 35 to 40 fathoms , as far as the island of A 1 _ 'I _*_ ** _ " % Avr * i . ln ¦ aI _ !____*« l _ . ^ s _ v _ ^ £ » _ - » J \ •* * # « - ^ _* - ^ ^ __ 1 h > __ . __? ______ ______ ____ _ - . i ! t iiiubcii t

      . . - _ . _ . ___ . _ _> , > Y- _ .- _ . a u . >_ u upon us me iirsc million . From Alderney the cable stretches to a point on the north-west coast of Guernsey , and crosses that island to St . Peter ' s Port , where there is a station . It then runs to Cape G ros Ness , and is landed upon a Fandy beach , ^—a matter of importance in an island so begirt with rocks as Jersey . Between eight and nine miles of underground work brings the line to St . Helier ' s . The station is situate at the corner Qf the Grand-square . A considerable trade already exists between the Channel Islands and St . Malo , Granville , and other places on the French coast . An extension in that direction would afford to Normandy and Brittany the facilities of communication Avhich are now denied to them . A message of twenty words from England to any of the towns in thoso provinces is now charged from 12 s . 9 d . to lis . 6 d . Tho charge for a riiossage of like length from London to Jersey is 5 s .

      Accidents And Sudden Deaths. A Most Fear...

      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A most fearful accident occurred on the Blytli and Tyno lailway , two miles and a half from Shields , on Saturday . I An old woman named Frances Hails , with her grandson Matthew , a . little paralysed boy seven years of agtywore coming down an incline towards Flatworth , when the littlo boy suddenly ran on to the lino betweeu the rails , and the poor old grandmother immediately , observing tho train from Blyth approaching , ran to his roscuo . She could not lay hold of him in time , but she jumped I boforo tho ongino and pushed him from between the mils . . ( She sacrificed her own life in doing so . The wheels of tho engine and carriages passed over hor , and alto was litomlly severed in two , tho lower part of her body being carried about twenty yards from whoro tho other was loft . Tho train was spoodily stopped , and two medical men immediately assisted . Tho remains of tho old woman wore gathered together , and inquiry was made iXoi ^ U . o «« Uild ,-, wlii <) iv ^ it-. > v (» a ~ loiiiid--bliiib-8 ho-liad'saorillceci ' hor life in vain . The poor boy had boon struck on tho head by the engine and waa lying unconscious . He was attended by tho surgeons , who entertain no hopes of hid recovery , as ho i « suffering . from a very severe concussion of the brain . Another boat aooidout lias oooiirfod near Holywoll , ' In ' North Wales . Mr . John Lloyd , a cement nwnufnoturor , invited two youhg men to accompany him in a emil , tho I pen , being rough , with a strong wind . . After sailing I j ' I i 1 !

      about three miles they put back , when their little craft , carrying fu ll sail , upset . The Accident was seen from the shore , and a boat was instantly put out , but on reaching the spot all had disappeared , a cap floating bung all that was to be seen . The bodies have been _ n ___?»_ h % »__ _*_»*_ ' * ¦

      • . Xd _ U % CXCU . . Mr . James M'Gregor , late chairman of the South-Eastern . Railway Company , expired on Sunday morning , under painfully sudden circumstances . 'Mr . McGregor on Friday afternoon called at a shop in Bond-street to have his hair cut . He fell down in the shop , and on being raised was found unconscious of what was passing' . Medical assistance was promptly obtained , and the case . pronounced'to be paralysis . The unfortunate gentleman remained in the same state until Sunday morning , when he died . The deceased was intimately connected and well known to the leading commercial men of Liverpool and tha City of London . He was returned , after an unsuccessful contest in 1847 , for the borough of Sandwich in 1852 , on Conservative principles . Mr . M'Gregor was born in 1808 , and was twice married . A frightful boiler explosion has taken place at the mill of a woollen manufacturer , Mr . Almond , of Gilder-Bome , near Leeds . The catastrophe , which resulted in ' the instantaneous death of four persons and the serious injury of seven others , was occasioned by the ignorance and carelessness of the engineer ^ who paid the penalty by the loss of his own life . . . mi _ _ i . « 1 __ . __(• .. *• __ * * 1 * n ^ t ie unioriunate Kiiiea

      __ ___ _ ne aajourneu inquest on j eopie in the railway accident near Dudley was resumed on . Tuesday , but the evidence presents few features of interest to the general public . The under-guard . in the train that separated was examined , and deposed that a shackle broke as the train started from Brettel-lane , but was immediately replaced by a strong goods chain . This witness , was examined at great length as to whether the breakage machinery was sufficient for so heavy a train ; and replied in the affirmative , but added that the rails were greasy . The guard being examined , said that his break was a good one , but that the train was too heavy for it . It also appeared , that there Was an additional break in the eighteen carriages that ran down , but there was no one to work it . The guard added , that the compartment containing the second break was filled with children ; and that though it ought to have been in use according to the company ' s rules , those regulations did not apply to excursio-h trains . The coroner expressed a wish to have the assistance of the Government iuspector , Captaiu Tyler , and the inquiry was adjourned for a week . The Aberdeen and Inverness Junction Railway , opened to the public about three weeks ago , has already been the scene of a most deplorable accident . On Saturday afternoon , the last train which leaves Inverness southward , 0 : 1 arriving at the Orton Junction , eight miles fro ' Keith , as usual had applied a break-engine , / . ni t" _ lr _ T * rt _ i fiit" + n I . " t _ ¦ _ nr . 4 * 1 ti "_ b f r *< i 1 11 > in on \ r _ , _ t 1 ina 4- \* _ ¦ _»•_ ¦ _ Tn 1 > HO blUIII AX

      v . u »| J * v ^ ^*»_* xvs * , b ^ l-iug "Jf *** - * *** V **« I > U \ . 1 C . JLLI > some way not explained , this break appears to have slipped oil' the rail ., and as it could not be conveniently taken on again at the time , the oru'i __ aiy engine and tender were affixed , and the train proceeded to its destination—lveith—reaching the station about the advertised time , eight o ' clock . Anxious to get the break righted , it seems the engine-driver and fireman , immediately on uutackjing from the newly-arrived train , turned their engine and tender , and , accompanied by four or five other men , without any instructions , set off for the Orton Junction , where tho slip had occurred . To reach this , however , they had to pass another station—¦ Mulben—some five miles out of Keith , at which place * there is a siding for goods trains , & e ., being shunted into . The station-master at Mulben—his duty over for the night when the last train had passed—had naturally left , and , of course , there was no person to turn tha pointd on tho main line , and as a consequence the unlooK at

      " ea-. or engine ran a rapid rate into tho siding , and struck nyniiist tho fixed buffers with so great a force that the ( oiuler , which was first , was fairly lifted up and tumble . I on tho engine . Whether or not tho driver and fireman saw their mistake and jumped is not Hsyot known , but at any rate they escaped with scarcely a bruise , as also did three of tho party who were standing on the tender , who wore thrown olF by tho shocks Lumontablo to say , however , tho other three of tho party , who woro on tho engine , mot a most shocking fate . They wore crushed so against tho fire-plate and box by the overtopping tondor that one pf them may bo said to littvo boon literally roasted to death . All the three poor fellows only lived for a very short time . Tho enginedriver and fireman , it is report «? d , wore not soon for tho nigh ., but next day both woro apprehended and lodged in tlio gaol ot Klg . n . A terrible railway acci . lont has also oeourrod in France , at tlio Vesinot station of tho St . Germain line . * riro ~ . cffl . Tr ^ lrtglr l ^^ ' descends the incline from tho station ulong the utniosplioric portion of tlio lino by its own gravity , illil not . stop at tho accustomed spot , but dashed against tho englno whioli was in waiting to take it on to l ' urid . Tim shook was violent . One carriage waa knocked to ploooa ; tho engineer and two passenger . , woro killod ; sen-oral pausongois woro woundoil , and somu of thoin very seriously , It id supposed that tlio break atUuliod tft tho loading carriage of tho train must have gtvon way

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 11, 1858, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11091858/page/5/