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      Naval. And Military News. The Baltic Fle...

      day evening from Liverpool , to embark upwards of 1000 of the brigade of Guards , a large detachment of Royal Sappers and Miners , and sundry officers and inen for passage to the seat of war . She ia a splendid ship , 2500 tons register , 500-horse power , 317 feet over all , 40 feet beam , and 30 feet depth in hold ; and can accommodate 1450 troops ,, besides the ship ' s company , & c . Various other vessels have left , or are about to leave ; with infantry , cavalry , and horses . The Duke of Wellington ( flag ship of Admiral Dundas ) has been obliged to return to Spithead from the Downs , to effect repairs of the damages she sustained by getting into collision with the American emigrant ship George Hurlbert , on the night of the 4 th inst ., about six hours after leaving Portsmouth .

      Recruiting tor the Crimea is America . —The efforts of the English Government to obtain recruits among the British and German settlers in the United States have met with great opposition . The district attorney for New York has issued a notification , stating that the act is a breach of the neutrality laws , and that all persons attempting such enlistment are liable to fine and imprisonment . Militia Disturbance at Guildford . —The militia

      stationed at Guildford has given another instance of the working of the " fifty-six days " breach of faith . The 1852 men , having for some time been informed that they were to be disbanded , were suddenly told that they were to await further orders . They , therefore , refused to enter the parade-ground ; but were at length driven in by other detachments at the point of the bayonet , some few being injured . Orders have since arrived for the dismissal of those entitled to their discharge ; and , in consequence , 427 out of 576 have left .

      Collision in the Channel . —The new screw steamship , North Carolina , from Philadelphia , left that Port for Liverpool on the 4 th of February last , but put back on the 18 th , with the blades of her propeller broken , and having sprung a leak . She had encountered very severe gales , and shipped heavy seas . Having undergone the necessary repairs , she resailed under the command of Captain Washington Symmes on the 21 st ult ., and had progressed very favourably until her arrival in the Channel , when , on Sunday morning , at half-past one o ' clock , she was run into by the ship Robert , Captain Stagg , which left Liverpool for New Orleans on the 5 th inst ., about ~ thirty miles west of Tuskar Eight . The ship struck her on the port side , forward of the

      forerigjging , causing her to fill immediately ; and she sank in about ten minutes . The captain and twenty-one of the crew were taken on board the Robert , and brought back to Liverpool . The remainder ( eleven men ) were seen in the boats alongside another ship , at daylight . Beyond the loss of her cutwater , the ship sustained little or no damage . Severe Gai * e akd Loss of Life in the Atlantic . —The American ship John Rutledge arrived at Liverpool on Friday week , from New York , having suffered severe damage , and lost two seamen overboard during the gale of the 10 th ult . The following is from the report of Captain Sands : — " Left New York March 9 , in company with the Hendrik Hudson , for London ( which sprang a leak in the same gale , and was abandoned on the

      12 th ult . ); and on the 10 th the ship was thrown on her beam-ends byshifting of theT cargo . Wind NNWi to NW ., blowing a heavy gale . The cargo shifting so much , she became unmanageable . Three feet water in the hold , and two feet in the between decks . The crew and passengers were engaged in pumping and baling out water , in order to free her as soon as the gale abated . When they were able to get the hatches off , they went down to the hold , and commenced throwing out cargo . After throwing overboard about two hundred barrels of spirits of turpentine , and some tar and logwood , they succeeded in righting the ship . Lost two men overboard in the gale . During the latter part of the voyage there ¦ was very unsettled weather—squally , with variable winds and much rain . "

      The Aberdeen Clipper , Sciiombkro . —The following account of this vessel , which Mr . Layard has lately christened , appears in the morning papers : — " The Schomberg is the largest vessel ever built in Groat Britain . It belongs to what is well known as tho ' Aberdeen clipper-build' —that is to say , it possesses great Je ngth in proportion to breadth of beam and depth of hold , with a sharp entrance , and fine run aft . In this respect , the Schomberg may be regarded as tho perfection of Aberdeen clippers . Her dimensions are as follow : —

      Length over all , 288 feet ; oxtrome breadth , 45 feet ; depth of hold , 29 feet . Her tonnngo is 2400 now measurement , and 2000 hold , per register ; from 3500 to 4000 tons burden . Tho Schomberg will bo fitted up as a passenger ship , having three decks , with poop and forecastle . Altogether , it is calculated that there will bo accomodation on board for 1000 souls . Tho vessel has been named after Captain Schomberg , R . N ., tho chief government emigration agent at Liverpool , according to whose plans all the arrangements bearing on tho comfort of possengors have boon carried out . "

      A Bisiioi > Preaching in Prison . —Tho Bishop of Ripon has preached a sermon in tho chapel of tho Leeds gaol . After tho usual evening service had boon read by tho chaplain , and tho prisoners had chanted a hymn , tho Bishop delivered his discourse ,, -which ( ufllnns tho J ^ eeda Intelligencer ) ho did witli such affectionate carneatnoss and simplicity , that ho drow tears from tho oyes

      even of the men . The demeanour of the prisoners was in the highest degree decent and attentive ; and the effect of the scene was very impressive . It is by such plain , honest wrestlings with the spiritual necessities of repulsive , outcast vice , in its naked wretchedness , that our-bishops may earn for themselves some better title than wealth and high position to the respectful consideration of the world . . _ . The Loss of the Tiger . —A court-martial is being held at Portsmouth to inquire into this unfortunate affair ; but as the whole of the evidence has not yet been taken the result is not yet known .

      The Advanced Squadron of the Baltic fleet entered the Kattegat and sighted the island of Anhalt on the 31 st ult . A separation was then ordered to ascertain the state of the ice in various directions . The harbour of Elsinore was found to be completely blocked up , and the ships experienced some rough usage from the floe or drift-ice . The harbour of Wingo Sound was not to be entered on account of the ice . Kiel harbour , at the latest advices , was blocked up , and the Belts were full of ice ; but the Sound was pretty clear , though it was thought by the pilots that for several days the violence of the floes would defy the strongest steam-power .

      Departure of Guards for the Crimea . ^—At half-past seven o ' clock on Thursday morning 1126 of the Guards started by the South-Western Railway for the Crimea .

      April 14, 1855] The Leader, 345

      April 14 , 1855 ] THE LEADER , 345

      The Halfpenny Newspaper Stamp. On Thursd...

      THE HALFPENNY NEWSPAPER STAMP . On Thursday last a meeting of the Provincial Newspaper Society was held in London , Mr . Baxter , of the Sussex Express , president of the society , in the chair , at which the following resolution was passed unanimously : — " That in the opinion of this meeting it would be highly conducive to the interests of the public , and to that of the newspaper proprietors , that the stamp duty on newspapers , to entitle them to transmission and retransmission through the

      post-office , should be a halfpenny , instead of a penny , and they are convinced that it would yield a greater amount to the revenue . " The resolution was presented to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the course of the same day , by a deputation consisting of Mr . Baxter , the president of the Provincial Newspaper Society , Mr . Johnson Gedge ( Bury Post ) , Mi \ Austin ( Maidstone Journal ) , Mr . R . Johnson ( Worcester Journal ) , Mr . E . Baines ( Leeds Mercury ) , Mr . Kemplay { Leeds Intelligencer ) , and Mr . Hobson ( Leeds Times ) .

      State Of Trade, Labour, And The Poor. Th...

      STATE OF TRADE , LABOUR , AND THE POOR . The accounts of the state of trade in the manufacturing towns ( says the Times , in a City Article ) exhibit , with the exception of the iron districts , a tendency to improvement . At Manchester , the business transacted has been on a larger scale than for some time past , and prices , especially for yarns , have , become firm . At Birmingham , great heaviness still prevails , tho only support of the market for manufactured iron being from a moderate home demand . The strike among the colliers

      against the recent reduction ofjwagescontinues to be extensively maintained . The Nottingham report shows a great increase of activity in the lace trade , many home and foreign orders having been received , while in the hosiery branches also there is increased confidence . In the woollen districts , the gradual signs of revival reported during the past month are still observable ; and the same is the case in the Irish linen markets . In the business of tho port of London there has been increased activity , owing to the change of wind , which has enabled many of the weather-bound vessels to work up . The quarter ' s revenue for Dublin has been : — April 5 , 1854 £ 184 , 129 — 1855 184 , 428 Increase JE 299 In this , as well as tho following comparisons , it must bo borne in mind that , in consequence of making up the accounts to the 31 st of March in place of tbo 5 th of April , both year and quarter are five days short . The revenue for the year is 899 , 537 ? . against 894 , 596 ? . in 1854 . In tea there was an increase of 7829 / ., notwithstanding the reduction of duty ; in sugar , an increase of 19 , 280 / ., owing , of course , to the additional 15 per cent . ; and in almost every other article a decrease .

      Health Of London During The Week. {From ...

      HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . { From the Registrar-General ' s Report . ) Tins deaths of 122 G persons were registered in tho week that ended lust Saturday . Tho corrected average of deaths that occurred in tho corresponding weeks of 1846-54 is 1253 . These figures nro satisfactory evidenco of an improved state of the public health . Tho mortality , which has for many weeks boon excessive , showed a decroaso last week on tho ordinary amount ; but tho mortality from bronchitis , and also from hooping-cough , is still great . Last week , tho births of 828 boys and 689 girls , in nil 151 " children , wore registered in London . In tho ten

      corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 , the average number was 1494 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 * 881 in . The mean temperature was 41-9 deg . which is 2 * 2 deg . below the average . Monday was remarkably cold , and the mean daily temperature was below the average till Friday and Saturday , on which days it was 6 deg . above it . ' . ' ; " ¦ . ' . In the 13 weeks of severe weather that ended on the 31 st of March , 19 , 627 deaths -were registered , or , in excess of the average , nearly 4000 persons in advanced age , weakly children , the sufferers from chronic diseases , and others , who when the winter set in were in sound health . Congestion and inflammation of the lungs were the most prevalent fatal diseases .

      The zymotic diseases prevailed generally ; but no deaths from smallpox happened in 46 sub-districts , no death from measles in 45 sub-districts . Hooping-cough and scarlatina were the most fatal epidemics , and their poison was the most equably diffused over the metropolis . Diarrhoea lay chiefly in the low west and south districts , where fever also prevailed , but not so fatally as in the east districts . 3938 persons died in the public institutions of London—namely , 2567 in workhouses , 1195 in civil and military hospitals , 166 in lunatic asylums , and 10 in prisons . 20 in every 100 of the deaths occurred in these public institutions ; in Paris the proportion in 1853 was 39 in 100 .

      The number of persons in London of the age of 20 and upwards , was 632 , 545 in 1851 ; and the deaths among men of those ages were 4955 ; so that the mortality was at the rate of 31 in 1000 annually , or 8 quarterly .

      The Visit Of The French Empeuoil And Emp...

      THE VISIT OF THE FRENCH EMPEUOIl AND EMPRESS . The Morning Herald of Thursday says that t has the best authority for the following programme of the approaching visit : — " Then- Imperial Majesties the Emperor and Empress of the French will arrive at Windsor , by the . Great Western Railway , at six o ' clock next Monday evening . They will be received by a guard of honour composed of the 94 th Regiment of the Line , a company of the Foot Guards , and a detachment of the Rifle Brigade . " The Mayor of Windsor will have the honour of receiving . their Majesties on their arrival at the terminus . " On emerging from the railway station , their Imperial Majesties will pass through a-triumphal arch erected at the junction between Thames-street and Highstreet . _ There will also be -another triumphal arch ,

      erected in Castle-street , under which the Royal carriages will pass . . . " The Castle-green , immediately beneath the Castle walls , opposite to the establishment of Mr . Layton , confectioner to the Queen , will be furnished with thousands of seats , which will extend as far as Henry the Eighth's gate , for the accommodation of the public—tickets being previously granted by the committee . " On the arrival of the Emperor and Empress at the Castle , they will be received at the grand entrance by her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort . " " On Tuesday-next-the mayor-and-corporation ,, in their official robes , will present an address of congratulation to the Emperor Napoleon III ., and afterwards participate in a public dinner of the inhabitants , to bo given at the Town Hall .

      " There will be state dinners at the Castle on every evening after tho Emperor ' s arrival ; and , subsequently to the investiture of his Imperial Majesty with the Order of the Garter , on Wednesday , a magnificent banquet will be given , at which the elite of the kingdom will be present . There M'ill also be a review of the whole of the household troops . " The preparations at the Cnstlo are by no menm complete , no less than three hundred workmen being still engaged . It is supposed that the visit of the J 2 inperor and Empress will bo the grandest affair ever witnessed at Windsor since tho installation of his Grace the Duko of Rutland , in tho year 1805—just half a century since . "

      From other sources wo learn that on Thursday the Court will come to London , and , in company with their Imperial visitors , will proceed in state to tho Italian Opera ; time on Friday it is expected they will visit the Crystal Palace , and exhibit themselves on the balcony to tho people ; iu the gardens ; and that on Saturday the Emperor and Empress will return to Paris . It is thought that the freedom of tho City will be conferred on the Emperor .

      Miscellaneous. Colonki- Sinnrom' And Thi...

      MISCELLANEOUS . Colonki- Sinnrom' and this South-Lincolnshire Mii itia . — Colonel Sibthorp attended at tho Clcrkcnwoll nolico-court on Saturday Inst , to give Homo explanations with respect to tho statements of the three South-Lincolnflhiro militia-men who had applied for relief o day or two previously . The Colonel said ho was so astonished at' the allegations , that ho applied at tho AVar Office , and ascertained that a communication had boon sent to tho Licutcnant-Colonol , nnd he himself sent a private letter . Ho added that ho -was sure tho ac-

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 14, 1855, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14041855/page/9/