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    958 TIE LEADE1. [JST6. 443, September 18...

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    THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. Nothing of a ver...

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    NAVAL AND -MILITARY. The Canadian Regime...

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    NAVAL STEAM BAM. Admiral Sartorius has s...

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    Gatherings From La\Y And Police Courts. ...

    ( Limited )* " to answer a summons which had been taken out by their late secretary , Mr . Henry Graves , calling upon the directors to show cause why they had omitted to register a list of their shareholders according to law Sir John , on being told there was no officer of the company present , said he had ho jurisdiction . Mr . Graves said he took two shares for the purpose of forming the company , and he had advanced 100 J . upon them . Mr . Battycsaid there were only , seven shares taken , but that was ^ lifficient for registration , and the company had registered . Mr . Graves said not within fourteen days after a general meeting . Mr . Battye said there had been no general meeting- Mr . Graves admitted he had got back his 100 L , but not until he had arrested Mr . M'Kenna , the secretary ; His ( Mr * Graves ' s ) object was to knock up the company- BXr . Battye said a meeting Jhad been called , but only two persons attended . Thefarther hearing of the summons was then adjourned .

    A gentlemanly-looking man , named William Perry Lee , appeared at Marlborough- street , charged with a long list of frauds upon tradesmen . The prisoner was in the habit of representing himself as a medical practitioner , and that he had attended her Majesty in his professional capacity . After . hearing the evidence of a number of Ms victims , the magistrate committed him for trial . A gold watch was found in his possession , for Tvibich an owner has not yet been found . The porter of St . Martin ' s Workhouse , named Wroe , was charged with assaulting Mary Barry , an inmate of the house , aged 1 J > , whose appearance Was not very prepossessing . She deposed to the defendant having kissed her and taken liberties with her on several occasions .

    Being cross-examined with a view to show that she made a similar charge on a previous occasion , and that she was not to be believed , she denied the accusations altogether . It appeared that she had told one of the nurses about the defendant ' s Conduct soon after it had taken place . The case was sent for trial to the sessions , but bail was accepted for the defendant . Isaac Hammond , a powerful man , -was charged at Westminster police-court , before Mr . Paynter , with attempting to murder Sarah Farrell , a woman with whom he lived , ; by throwing her out of a window on the second floor in York-street , Westminster , a height of between thirty and forty feet . William Manby , who lived next door , heard the prisoner , -who had been drinking , lock his room door , and soon afterwards heard him say ,

    " She is now out of the window , and I ' m off . " The witness and his Wife prevented him from departing , and on going dowja stairs they found the poor creature lying on the stones at the back of the house . The prisoner had been , heard to threaten her frequently . She was reinoved to the hospital , where she remains in a dangerous state . The prisoner said she had jumped out , but after hearing the evidence the magistrate said the prisoner evidently knew how sbe fell , and remanded him till Saturday . A certificate from the house surgeon of Westminster Hospital showed that the poor woman was suffering from concussion of the brain . The magisr-Irate subsequently attended at the hospital to take the depositions of the woman , but ; she was found to be in a state of mental aberration .

    958 Tie Leade1. [Jst6. 443, September 18...

    958 TIE LEADE 1 . [ JST 6 . 443 , September 18 , 1858 .

    The Atlantic Telegraph. Nothing Of A Ver...

    THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH . Nothing of a very satisfactory or definite character has yet been given for the information of tho />»««? . & eyoiid the fact that » isnahi wore not received , there has been nothing to communicate until the results of the investigations of the scientific gentlemen , who have been experimenting upon the cable , transpired . Those experiments have not yet been completed . A very serious electrical fault occurred in tho cable on Sunday , August the let , after about one-half of the distance from midocean to the shores of Ireland had been traversed , apparently , a break in the continuity of the conductor . This was , however , regarded as 6 f little consequence * as tho currents which wero both received and transmitted were sufficiently good for all the purposes of telegraphing . From Monday , the 9 th , to Saturday , tho 14 th , yarious adjustment messages were received and sent through the line , though , it wws evident that in Newfoundland the signals were not read with the same facility as those in the contrary direotion to Valentia . The condition of the wire became daily more faulty until the 81 st of August , when a Government message was despatched through the cable , and on tho 1 st of September a second Government moasngo was safely transmitted , but after it bad boon , duly acknowledged , tho insulation of tho wire became suddenly worse , and it "" " """" TySaPTo ^^ foundland . Since half-past one o'clock on tho morning of Friday , tho 4 th of September , no intelligible Bignal 'whatever has been received . Up to tho present time . Professor W . Thomson , Mr . Varloy , and Mr . Edward . Slight have been , engaged day and night in testing , and . have comedo tho conclusion that the'defect is a Iosb of insulation about 270 miles from Valentin . It is quite possible that the eablo may bavo remained suspended upon sotno projecting points of tho mountain range ¦ which divides tho depths of the Atlantic from the comparatively shallow water loading from tho Irish ooa » t ,

    and that its insulation has become gradually injured by its own weight . It is still believed possible to work through during some part of each day , provided the condition of the wire becomes no worse . Mr . Lundy , one of the electrical assistants , proceeds to Newfoundland oniTuesday , for the purpose of ascertaining the condition of . the wire at the other terminus , and also for the purpose of arranging a day on which a certain code of signals are to be sent at concerted times from both ends , and to endeavour thus tore-establish intelligible communication . Supposing the cable , as fur as practicable working goes , a failure , not only has the practicability of submerging . it been demonstrated , but also of working and signalling through it . The Atlantic Telegraph Company have expended nearly half a million in the manufacture and laying of the present cable , for

    which the English and American Governments guarantee 28 , 000 J . a year for a certain period , contingent upon success- But should the present cable prove a failure , both the capital and the Government subsidy are lost , and the shareholders are expected to subscribe another half million for another wire , with the same chance of losing all before them . Under these circumstances it is not surprising the difficulties of raising the capital for a new cable are looked upon as almost insurmountable . If the Governments are really anxious for an effective telegraphic communication between the two countries , they have but to guarantee a certain small per-centage on the total capital , and money will be forthcoming for new wires should five or six be lost before one is successfully completed . At present the shares of the company have experienced a decline to 815 .

    Naval And -Military. The Canadian Regime...

    NAVAL AND -MILITARY . The Canadian Regiment .- —The Comraander-in-Chief has reviewed the 100 th Kegiment at Shomcliffe . At the close of the . review his Royal Highness expressed his satisfaction at the state of discipline in which he had found the regiment , and passed a high eulpgium on the loyalty of the Canadian population in raising so fine a body of men at a moment of need . Heavy armed Corvette . —Preparations are being made at Sbeerness to build a new screw steam corvette of 21 guns of heavy calibre . She is to be called the Stork .

    Harbours of Refuge Commission . —Mr . E . K Calver , secretary , to the Royal Commission on Harbours of Refuge , has been compelled by ill-health to resign the post . Few officers of the navy have Jiad so much experience of harbours as -Mr 4 Calver , who has devoted many years to this particular branch of hydrography . lie is succeeded by Mr . F . J . Evans " , master , R ; N ., of the compass department , who is fully competent to fulfil the important task . The commissioners now on the survey are Rear-Admiral Hope , Captains Washington , K . N ., and Vetch , R . E ., Mr . Lindsay , M . P ., and Mr . Coode , M . P . They will proceed from Greenock to Belfast , Dublin , Douglas ( Isle of Man ) , and from thence to Liverpool— United Serrice Gazette .

    New Dock at Chatham . t ~ Tho first of the new large stone docks which the former Board of Admiralty determined on building at this port is now completed , having occupied about three years in its formation . It is nearly 400 feet in length , 98 feet in widtlvand 40 feet deep . The fountlnt ^ n o »» i ««« J o « bctf * of concrete , oeveral feet deep , and the dook is built entirely of the best Scotch granite , of which several million cubic feet have been used . The completion , of this fine dock , one of the largest in tho United Kingdom , reflects great credit on the contractors , Messrs . Rigby . Tho -want which has been so long experienced at this port , of a deck sufficiently large to accommodate tho largest ships of war in the navy , will now bo supplied . Tho now basin will bo opened in tho course of a few days .

    Improved Ammunition . —Tho troops in India will shortly be supplied with an improved description of ammunition for the Enfiold rifle . With this ammunition no difficulty or hiconvenionco will over bo experienced in loading the riflo , and " fouling '" will be considerably diminished under the most unfavourable circumstances—namely , when the barrel has been purposely " fouled" and " loaded" in » way to render loading almost impossible with tho old ammunition ; tho bullet of tho new cartridge goes down tho barrel with tho weight of the ramrod . It appears , also , from tho rosults of experiments , that tho accuracy of the flro and tho length of range « ro not affected by tho oltoration which has beon mado in tho cartridge .

    Dookyahd Maoihneky . —A now steam machine ) recently invented for tho purpose of manufacturing iron nuts for bolts , & a , has boon approved by tho Admiralty , and-oroattid-at-tho-fucfrorv de partment of' Woo ) w' « h dockyard . Those nuts have hithorto boeivmaciTrtJyhrmtly but an experimental trial of the machinery proves that lUs onpablo of turning out fifty nuts pur minute , thus offooting a considerable Having of timo iind expense . TiiJU 18 tii Royal Iiusik : —This corps , stationed in Londonderry , was . Jnspootod on Monday la » t , at tUo barracks , by Major-Gonoral Gough , C . B ., who , it appears , had boon sont down by Lord Seaton to oxainlno Into disturbances created by some ill-comluotod men in the regiment . At the cjouo of tho Inflpootlon tho General briefly addressed tho men , alluding to tho rooont

    disturbances , and exhorting them for the future to take pride in maintaining the high character of the regiment . . '¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ Military Court of Ino . uiry .- ~ A court was instituted to investigate charges affecting the moral character of the Rev . William M . Wright , A . M ., Woolwich , garrison chaplain . The charges against the defendant were that he had . been seen in . a state of intoxication on various occasions . A deliberation took place , the result of which is favourable to the defendant . The specific terms of the " finding" of the court will not be made known ( in accordance with military usage ) until such decision is confirmed by the General Commanding-in-Chief , for whose consideration it has been forwarded .

    New French Firearm . — -The Mime rifle is , it is said , to be taken out of the hands of the French army , in which it has done such good service , and to be replaced by an arm constructed on the same principle , but which is much lighter and easier to handle . Naval Courts-martial . —On Wednesday , on board her Majesty ' s ship Impregnable , in Hamoaze , to try James Kelly , a private in the Royal Marines , serving on board her Majesty ' s ship Cambridge , for that be , on the 14 th instantj when about to be placed under confinement on the poop , broke from the charge of Sergeant Thomas Mortimer , jumped over the . poop rail on to the quarterdeck , and rushed towards Lieutenant J . T . M . Nic'holl ,

    senior lieutenant and commanding officer of her Majesty ' s ship Cambridge , using violent and threatening language , and at the same time shaking his fist at him . The offences were declared to be proved , and he was sentenced to receive fifty lashes , to be imprisoned for two years , and to be dismissed the service with disgrace . — On board the Victory , in Portsmouth harbour , on Thursday , to try Richard Snape , a private Royal Marine on board her Majesty ' s ship Ilbgue , for mutinous conduct on board that ship at Greenpek , Scotland . The Court found the charge proved , and sentenced him to receive fifty lashes , to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in Winchester gaol for eighteen months . .

    Naval Steam Bam. Admiral Sartorius Has S...

    NAVAL STEAM BAM . Admiral Sartorius has suggested to the Admiralty a new engine of naval warfare , which he calls " the shot-proof steam ram . " It : is a ship of the same class as the va-isseau . heller about to be built at ... Cherbourg—the idea of which , Sir , G . Sartorius says , was suggested by him to the allies during the Russian war . He thus describes it and its capacities : — "A vessel combining the qualities of thei ' shot-proof battery with those of the rapid steamer , whose invulnerability , handiness , and strength should enable h <* to expose herself with impunity to the guns of lie most hea ' vily-armcd man-of-war , and wlio by b « weight aud speed might run into ami sink any sh'i " 1 snail call the steam

    "This war ¦ ong . fne , which ' - ram , ' would require but a very small complement of men , —not more , perhaps , than one-sixth that of a ship of war of the same tonnage , and might be built in any form adapted to the service . My notion is that the steam ram should have stem or stern ( for each is either ) of the same form , and at each end a massive projecting prow or rostrum by means of which the blow is to be given , the projection being sufficient to protect the rudder from injury , and tho prow having shoulders to prevent the possibility of its too deep insertion . Tho extremes being of the same shape , there . ' would boa screw propeller at ench end , thus doubling the menus of propulsion , whether for backing , going ahead , or turning ; moreover , the vessel would bo loss likely to be

    dis" Tho object for wi » i « u « lio js most expressly designed is , that of crushing in the side or bow of an enemy by her beak ; but sho would also bo formidable in disabling a retreating enemy by destroying tho rudder . 1 he . lode may have three towers for the purpose of navigation ami observation when in tho presence of an enemy , and also to eject boiling water on an enemy's boarders . 1 liflicvo that not only can the . requisite speed and liandliiess M obtained , but so much more us to leave tho vessels i contemplate at liborty to carry a few guns uf honvy calibre , so enabling thorn to not against towns nml Uftttorios , as well as by their proper action to doatroy siuna nlloat . . . .... in

    " Thoro need bo no limit to size or tonnngo , but my opinion 2500 tons would bo tiro most effective nml convenient . A atoam ram of that size could have at loasi twenty guns of tho heaviest oallbro , from which migiii bo fired not only solid shot , but percussion sholla nim ( to thnbor voasela tho still moro dangerous inlusilwO s »< - * ladon wilh molten iron , which explode on striking mo vessel . Tho shell bocoming rod hot . in tho tnuwlt , mm .+ hn . rt »» U « n . iiinn _ immrm fl nhpill . , t . | lfi d fl ofc Of bot" ' " , timbers , sots flro to tho ship , or whatever convmt we matter it moots with , whilo upon tho wlenm rum no si «¦•> makes any impression . Tho spaces requiri-d for ail j » appliances and appurtenances of those shells Id » boUtl " foot square , and can bo ho secured n « to pruuliuio « poanibility of clangor to tho ulilp using thoin \ m same tlmo that a steam nun is sinking a ship by a vw sho may bo nlso firing at any voaaol within her muih Mr . Porklns informs mo that ho can At tho prliwipw v his Btoam gun to shot of any size . " '

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 18, 1858, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18091858/page/6/