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      1048 The Leadeb. [Xo - 495. Sept. 17, 18...

      1048 THE LEADEB . [ Xo - 495 . Sept . 17 , 1859 .

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      POLITICAL FORE & IADOWINGS . On Thursday nearly a thousand of the West Kent Conservatives dined together at Mote Park , Maidstone . Among the guests -were Lord Holmesdale and Sir E . FUmer , the members of the division of the county , the Earl of Romney , the Earl of Darnley , Lord Kingsdown , Sir N . Knatchbull , Sir T . M . Wilson , Sir Brook Bridges , M . P ., Sir J . H . Maxwell Mr . G . Hardy , M . P , Colonel Fletcher , and Admiral Marsham . The Earl Stanhope presided , and in the course of the evening made a very long speech , in which he alluded to the fall of Lord Derby s Orovernmentand said Lord Palmerston ' Government

      , followed it , and it would ill become those who hold the name of Conservative to offer a predetermined and undiscrimiriating opposition either to ^ his -Government or to any other which might be formed in this country . The policy of Conservatives should be to support good measures from whomsoever they might come , and to reserve their opposition for such measures as they might deem injurious tc-the public interest . Nay , it could scarcely be denied that If LordPalmerston should turn out to be able to carry safe and moderate measures , it would be owing solely which

      to the generous forbearance of that very party he had done his utmost to expel from power . Ihe Conservative party had done more to deserve credit for liberality than the so-called Liberals . He denied thai there was any jealousy of new peers in the House of Lords—additions were received cordially when accompanied by merit . A predetermined and indiscriminating opposition was not the . attitude which ought to be assumed by Conservatives . If dangerous measures were introduced they ought to put forth their strength to oppose them , but if the measure were satisfactory Conservative feeling

      would best be shown in welcoming Conservative measures from whatever quarter they might come . The Conservative principle did not pledge its supporters to all the details of measures , but merely to the general policy of maintaining the ancient institutions of the country . In every measure brought before them , true Conservative policy would prompt them to consider only whether it were calculated to maintain those institutions . It did not exclude measures of repair , —the very reverse . In material matters repairs , and large repairs , too , were oiten found to be necessary for preservation . Changes might be made in . political matters—nay , considerable changes—provided they were made on the principle

      of supporting and strengthening the institutions which our forefathers transmitted to usf There was a great difference between those improvements which tended to give new vigour to the fabric , and those changes which the revolutionists of the day recommended , seeking to subvert the fabric altogether . The chief maxim in public affairs should be the safety of our public institutions ; and in adhering to that maxim the danger of yielding to revolutionary schemes , and the danger of leaving unreformed old and proved abuses would be equally avoided . Of most of the attacks made on the institutions of the country it might be said that

      they were equally fallacious and disingenuous . For instance , no argument was more frequently used against the House of Lords than the apparent absurdity of legislative functions being hereditary , and capable of transmission from father to son . but those ¦ who used this argument either suppressed or forgot the fact that it applied with equal force to an hereditary monarchy . ( Such an ai'gument was not justifiable , oxqept in the mouths of those who were prepared to dispense altogether with the form of government under which this country had so greatly flourished . ( Cheers . ) In foreign countries this same constitution of ours , which uninformed or dosigning men decried , . was the objeot of admiration and of

      envy . At the dinner of the Stoko Agricultural Association , the Earl of SinuswsnunY observed that wo ought to have an efficient standing navy . He was almost afraid , such was the pressure on Parliament , that they might be driven to an extreme , and bund a number of vessels , which in the course of a few years would be out of dato . But there could bo no doubt that this country must keep her navy at the head of all the navies in the world . Wo must hold our well

      own by every possible means . Wo must weigh what wo are about to do , and make such improvements as would render us secure , whatever difficulties might arise . To have a aufflciont fleet to proteot the whole of our shores was impossible . What wo required was the protection of our arsenals "by . « i good Channel fleet . In tho course of some further lemarke his lordship said that the aristocracy were not separated from , but formed a part of the people » ana God , forbid that ho should over live to Bee tho day when thoy would bo separated from the general interests of tho country . Tho House of

      prosperity . On looking at the strikes , were so deeply injuring some parts of the kingdom—the great struggle between labour and capital—he saw the men behaving with great moderation and in a manner worthy of imitation by those who occupied a much higher position . On looking at our commerce he saw hundreds and thousands of our vessels floating on every water and bearing the British ensign , and he found the number annually increasing . When such was the state of England , he would ask , could it be true that the whole constitution of the country was rotten ? Were these the signs of a falling State ?

      which Lords must in the long run represent the calm and well-considered opinion of the public , but would not be forced by a temporary pressure into the adoption of measures contrary to their 6 wn judgment . That House w > s a safeguard against hasty legislation , and was esteemed' and loved by the country . —Lord San ~ don , who was also present , remarked that it was said by some , " The country is now in such a sickly condition that' we must look well to its constitution and alter many of those national forms under which we have grown and flourished . " On looking at the towns he saw unmistakable signs of

      At a meeting at Banbury on Tuesday , Colonel North , M . P ., took the trouble to refute some of Mr . Brigilt ' s exaggerations , at Huddersfield , and to take up the cudgels for the sergeants of the army . With regard to the term " unmitigated scoundrels , " he ( Colonel North ) could only tell Mr . Bright that if he referred to the non-commissionexl officers of the army they were ho more unmitigated scoundrels than he ( Mr . Bright ) was an unmitigated scoundrel himself . ( Laughter and cheers . ) Their respectability as a class , their devotion to their sovereign , and their gallantry upon all occasions , had secured

      for them the respect and esteem of thewhole country . ( Cheers . ) No regiment could exist without its non-commissioned officers ^ and instead of being " unmitigated scoundrels " they formed one of the most efficient branches of the service . With regard to the punishment of flogg ing , he had no hesitation in saying that it was a degrading punishment , but it was intended to .- be a degrading one . No doubt it was a severe punishment , and he himself . had seen both officers and men faint while it was being inflicted ; and if " Mr . Bright or any other man would provide an effectual substitute he had no doubt the whole army would gladly

      receive it . At the South Shropshire election Sir Baldwin Lkigiitox , M . P ., said for his part he thought that agricultural districts should return agricultural members , and that manufacturing towns should return those who . more especially represented those interests . He thought , for instance , that he would but imperfectly represent Birmingham , and he also thought that a Birmingham man would inadequately represent Shropshire . An advertisement had appeared in the newspapers inquiring if he would supthe the ballotIt struck him that the advo

      port . - cates of the ballot ought to go further , and see if members of Parliament ought not to vote in the House of Commons by ballot . The " screw , " as it was called , might sometimes be put on electors , but did- not constituencies sometimes insist upon their representatives voting in a certain way , very much against their consciences ? If the ballot were established in the House of Commons , it might happen that many who now openly voted in such a way as enabled them to keep their places , might vote in a very different manner .

      It is stated that the Conservatives of Liverpool purpose entertaining Lord Derby at a public banquet , which has been arranged to take place in the PhUharmonlc-hall , in that town , on the 29 th October next .

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      simply a double or outer funnel for the length we have stated , the inner one , as usual carrying off the smoke and flame , and the space between it and the outer casing being filled with water . The water is pumped in at the top of the casing while cold , and gradually passing down into the space round the furnaces , becomes greatly heated , when it is discharged into the boilers by means of an ordinary stop-cock . A plan by which so much coolness is supposed to be gained in the berths and saloons , and so much fuel saved by the ample supply of hot water to the boilers , promises such obvious advan

      tages that fbr the last ten years attempts of every kind have been made to carry out . the principle successfully on board most of the seagoing steamers . In no one instance has the plan ever yet succeeded . In but too many cases the funnels have done what the funnel of the great ship did on such a colossal scale last Friday . When such an accident has not occurred the pressure of the column of water upon the base of the funnel near the furnaces has been so great as to cause them , when strained in bad weather or worn by long use , to leak into the fires and extinguish them more or less rapidly . "

      On board the Great Eastern were assembled some of the most graphic contributors to the periodical literature of the day , and from the letters of the various special correspondents of our daily contemporaries we have extracted the following particulars . With regard to the " water jackets , " which are the undoubted cause of the disaster , Mr . Russell states positively that this arrangement was forced upon him by Mr . Brunei ; that he protested against it , and that it was only in obedience to the stringent conditions of his contract that he adopted it . The safety valve of this steam generator was a tap which was to be turned by hand , and the opinion of every one who looked at the broken funnel was that it had

      never been turned since it was first placed in its present position . It seems that— -in this case , at all events—the turning had been neglected , and that in consequence the water within had rapidly become steam , and , finding no vent , had burst upwards in the terrible explosion which sent a long funnel weighing eight tons some fifty feet into the air . Another statement was , that the person whose duty it was to keep tins "jacket " filled had forgotten it until it was almosfe-empty , and then in his fright suddenly filling the , red-hot . iron vessel with cold water caused it to burst and fly in pieces . Captain

      Harrison had been standing on the bridge overhead , looking into the binnacle , and the moment he heard the report , and Avhilst the destructive shower was still falling fast , he jumped upon the deck and ordered an immediate descent to the ladies' saloon . A foolish passenger had raised a cry of " the boats , " and , assisted by some of the sailors , was madly attempting to let them down . In one moment all would have been lost , but the voice of the captain was heard like a trumpet , calling out , " Men to your duty , officers to your posts , give me a rope , and let six men follow me . " The effect of this short address was electric . In an instant he had slid down the

      rope into the saloon , followed by his brave boatswam Hawkins , and six volunteers were not long wanted for the forlorn hope . One after another ho dashed open the gilded panels , but the splendid apartments had , strange to say , only two inhabitants , his own little daughter Edith , and her pet dog . It was tho reward of his gallantry , that Ins own child should be thus the one to be so providentially saved . But even then he did not for a moment lose his seltcommand . Snatching up the child , and with ono glance seeing she was unharmed , he exclaimed , "Pass her along to tho deck , tlioro are more rooms to bo searched . " In this wny did lie not

      move about rapidly , but coolly , and did agnin return to the deck until he had satisfied himself that not a single woman was in the burning , steaming , suffocating chamber . His intimate friend , Mr . I rptman , who had followed him down almost immediately , found the poor lap-dog moaning under a heap of ruins and was the means of rostornig it to its little mistress . To return to the deck and resume the command was with the captain tho wont of » moment , but that moment had been sufllcicnt to test the mettle and self-possession of two men wiio were as brave and reliable as himself . Mr . Aticinson . the nilot fsays an eye-witness ) , stood ftt ' »

      post on the bridge and continued to direct tho movements of the ship as calmly as if ho wcro only turning- her into a harbour . Some friglitoned tool shouted , " Atkinson , come down and savo yoursoir , but tho veteran replied , "I ' m no engineer , im » pilot , I ' ve charge of the ship , and I'll stick to her . Mr . Sewell , who held the wheel under Mr . Atkinson s directions , was equally self-possessod . To those two men , * next to Captain Harrison , I believe wo avo mainly indpbted for tho ship . The effects of tho nafnatiu-iniiA annn hnonmn Inmnntfthlv fUinarOHt . vH « IV viW

      THE TRIAL TRIP OF THE GREAT EASTERN . This first adventure of the Leviathan upon the great waters , begun under such favourable auspices , and with every prospect of a successful result , has falsified the predictions of its well-wishers , and resulted in a fearful tragedy . At six o ' clock on the afternoon of Friday , when the monster ship was off Hastings , at about seven miles distance from the shore , an explosion took place on board , causing the ultimate death of five men , and seriously wounding more than twenty others ; besides doing upwards of

      £ 5 , 000 dumage to tho noble ship herself . The cause of tho acoident is thus explained : —" In order fully to understand as far us it is yet known the cause of tho accident , it will be necessary to say a few words on the peculiar construction of the two forward funnels for the paddle boilers . In tho first ) plans for tho vessel it was determined , in order to qconomizo tho heat glren off by tho funnels , and to keep tho saloons through which they passed cool , to fit them nil with what is termed " a feed-pipe casing , " rising from , the boilers to about eight feet above tho upper deck . This feed-pipe casing is

      VHVMDfVH ******** W *^* M W * W ««* V «*><>« " - "T ^ A * r \ T by one , borno on tho shoulders Or in the armsi oi their comrades , or , in onq or two cases , staggering past , oamo by the unfortunate mon who had » ooa soalded in the stokehole . During tho night , two

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 17, 1859, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17091859/page/4/