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      Naval And Military. At Sheerness Dockyar...

      A large majority of the' •¦ iron ordnance offered for the inspection of Colonel Willoughby and Mr . Arnold , inspecting officers , who have been engaged , for some days in selecting guns for the coast defences . i . n India , have been rejected as unfit for the intended service . ' The Elswick Works on the Tyne are being farther extended , with a view of making Armstrong guns of larger calibre than was at first contem-Aletter from some person on board the United States' shi d Savannah , off Aspinwall , giyes _ anyher

      thing but a nattering description of majesty s shipPiadem . He says : — "We left at . Greytown her Britannic Majesty ' s steam line-of-battle ship Caesar , 90 gun " , and the new steam-frigate Diadem , 30 , guiis . The latter vessel is an experiment , bhe proves to be a good failure , being a miserable seaboat . Having on board her present battery , consisting of 10-inch guns ( the largest calibre ) , she rolls herself gunwales under . Her officers and crew must suffer terribly . She was intended to compete with our magnificent specimens of naval structurethe Wabash , Roanoke , Colorado , & c , but in our opinion , fall far from the mark . "

      No. 46q. March 1& 1859/J The L E A P E B...

      No . 46 Q . March 1 & 1859 / j THE L E A P E B . 359

      The Neapolitan Exiles. A Committee Has B...

      THE NEAPOLITAN EXILES . A committee has been formed for the purpose of appealing to the public for funds to assist the Neapolitan exiles . Lord Shaftesbury will be chairman , and the Earl of Zetland , Viscount Palmerston , Lord John Russell , Mr . Glads t one , Sir Benjamin Brodie , the Dean of St . Paul ' s , Mr * EUice , Mr . Heath , the Sardinian Consul-General , and several other noblemen and

      gentlemen have consented to ' act on it Offices have been taken at 118 , Pall-mall . The Hon . Arthur Kihnaird , M . P ., has bean requested to act as treasurer , and Mr . Panizzi , of the British Museum , will be honorary secretary . The Lord Mayor , actin g on suggestions which have been made to him , has announced his willingness to receive subscriptions , and the Marylebone Vestry have granted the use of their hall for a public meeting . A demonstration at Drurylane Theatre is also talked of .

      'At a meeting of the committee . of the Reform Club on Fridaj ' , it was unanimously resolved to open a subscription for the exiles . Mr . Charles De la Pryme , one of the committee , will act as honorary treasurer . . In reference to the mission of M . Raffaelle Settembrini . for the rescue of his father , the Cork Reporter says , it was in no way set On foot by the Italian Society in London ; he proceeded , to Cadiz , in discharge of filial duty . Tins * young man received the greater part of his education in England , and was a student in King ' s College , London .

      The inhabitants of St . Pancras have proved themselves amongst the foremost to express their sympathy for the exiles . On Monday evening a highly respectable meeting of the trading and middle classes of Camden-town was held at the Britannia Tavern , High-street , for the purpose of taking steps to afford them substantial assistance . Among the names added to the committee we find those , of the Marquis Townsehd , the Earl of Clarendon , Lord Broughton , the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas , the Recorder , Sir Geo . Grey , Right Hon . H . Labouehere , Right Hon . Edw . Horsman , M . P . ; the Right Hon . James Stuart Wortley ; the Right Hon . R . Vernon Smith ; Sir James Duke ; Charles

      Dickens , Esq . ; Russell Ellice , Esq ., M . P , ; Sir James Ferguson , Bark ; Thomas Poirbairn , Esq . ; Milne Gaskell , Esq ., M . P ; Geo . Carr Glyn , Esq ., M . P . ; Sir H . Holland , Bart . ; Austin H , Lay ard , Esq . ; Joseph Locke , Esq ., M . P . ; Sir R . Murchison , Bart . ; Samuel Morldy , Esq . fW . Tite . Esq ,, M . P . ; W , M . Thackeray , Esq .- ; . J . Tollemacho , Esq ., M . P , ; Aspinall Turner , Esq ., M . P ., Wilbraham Taylor , Esq . ; and many other distinguished men . The subaoriptions include the Marquis of Lansdowne , 100 / . ; Earl of Durham , 100 / . ; Earl iFortesque , 25 / . ; Earl of

      Zetland , 100 / . ; Viscount Palmerston , 100 / . ; Lord John Russell , 20 / . ; Lord Overstone , 100 / . ; Sir Bcut jaminllall , Bart ,, 50 ? . ; Sir John Ramsden , Bart ., 50 / . ; Right Hon . E , Ellice , M . P . 50 / . ; Hon . E . Kinnaird , M . P ., 50 / . ; the Mayor of Cork , 100 / . ; R . Monckton Milnea , Esq ., M . P ., 25 / . ; J . Benjamin Heath , Esq ., M . P ., 50 / . ; W . B . Beaumont , Esq ., M . P ., 50 / . ; Lord Broughton , 50 / .: Bight Hon . R . Vernon Smith , 25 / . ; thQ Earl pf Shaftesbury , 10 / . 10 s . ; T . B . Horsfall , Esq ., M . P ., 50 / . j Bight lion , W . K . Gladstone , M . P ., 25 / . ; A . Panizzi , Esq ., 20 / .

      Cixt Sewisbs.—-Tho Commissioners Mot On ...

      Cixt Sewisbs . — -Tho commissioners mot on Tuesday at Guildhall , when Mr . Hay wood , tlio city engineer , presented his annual report of the works executed by the commissioners during the year 1958 . ' Thq report was very voluminous s it was ordered to be printed , and a copy to bo sent to every member of the court , and of the Court of Common Council . After disposing of the remaining business tho < som . miaslon . ori 3 separated .

      Politicaii Meetings. On Monday Evening A...

      POLITICAIi MEETINGS . On Monday evening a public meeting of the inhabitants of Marylebone , convened by the Parliamentary and financial Reform Association of the borough , was held at . the Court House , to . consider the Government Reform Bill . The borough members , Sir B . Hall and Mn . Edwin James , addressed the meeting at some length , declaring their intention to offer every opposition in their power to the bill . Several resolutions were carried condemnatory of the bill , and embodying various opinions regarding the degree of extension of the franchise desirable , and other alterations in the representative system .

      At the Literary Institution in the Borough-road , on the same evening ^ th e inhabitants of Southwark held a very turbulent meeting , at which resolutions were passed condemning the bill , and going for manhood suffrage and shorter parliaments . Sir Charles Napier and . Mr . Locke were present , and both spoke against the latter resolutions , though they approved the first . ¦" ¦ ¦' . ¦ . A very large meeting was held on Monday night at the Town-hall , Brighton , convened by the Mayor .

      mayor ( Mr . Balls ) , . after several notifications of his intention , declared , the meeting dissolved . Neither resolution or amendment was put ; the gas was turned down , and the meeting resolved itself into sections , Mr . Wilson ( a tailor ) commanding the largest number of partisans or attendants . At last Wilson had to be escorted out by the police . The undergraduates proceeded in a body to the residence of the mayor ; some hooted , some cheered ; some appeared to be disposed to break Ms worship ' s windows , but the presence of a strong body of police prevented the accomplishment of the last-named design . .

      On Wednesday , a crowded and public meeting of the inhabitants of Gravesend was held , for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the merits of the bill . On the platform were Messrs : C . W . Martin , MJP ., and J . Whatman , M . P . R . , Oakes , Esq ., was called , to the chair . Mr . Hyde Clarke moved a resolution , to the effect that the bill introduced by the Government into the House of Commons disappoints the . just expectations of the country ; and , while recognising the claims of Gravesend to be constituted a parliamentary borough , confers on Gravesend , with its 16 , 000 inhabitants , only the same privilege as that which is retained for thirteen English towns having each less . than 5 , 000 inhabitants . A petition was ' . unanimously' adopted in accordance with the foregoing resolution . . .

      Important meetings have been also held at BoltOn , Stirling , Chester-le-Street , Huddersfield , Bath , Preston , Accrington , Mary port , Chester j Carlisle , and Darlington , at which petitions against the Government measure have been adopted . The inhabitants , of Liverpool met at the Royal Amphitheatre onThursdaynight , tp discuss the question of Reform , and to decide upon a petition to , Parliament condemnatory of the Reform Bill introduced

      by the Derby Government . The attendance was numerous , all the leading Liberals of the borough being present . Mr . T . Broeklebaiik occupied the chair . Resolutions of a strong character were passed against the bill , and a petition adopted . Mr . J . C . Ewart , M . P . for the borough * said ' that he should give his strongest opposition to Mr . Disraeli's bill . A vote of thanks was passed to Mr . Ewart . Some Conservatives interrupted the speakers at intervals , but all the . resolutions were carried by large

      majorities . At Dublin on Thursday , the meetingwas a success , the . attendance being both influential and numerous . Sir James Power , Bart , presided . A resolution condemnatory of the Government bill , and of its treatment of Ireland , was passed . Resolutions were also adopted in favour of the ballot , a large extension of the franchise , and for the abolition of freemen suffrages . A public meeting of the citizens of Manchester hall the

      was held in the Town- on Thursday , Mayor presiding . The hall and approaches were densely crowded . There were probably 1 , 500 persons present . Neither the members for Manchester were present , which greatly disgusted the assembly . A resolution was carried pledging tHe meeting to adopt every legal means to oppose the passing of the bill ; this was not , however , unanimous . A Whig opposition was attempted , Mr . Entwis . tle , a banker , being selected as the organ of the unpopular party . But he could only muster some forty supporters .

      At Bristol the resolutions did not go far enough , and on the motion of Mr . Handel Cossham , ^ comprehensive rider was enthusiastically adopted . " Mr Berkeley delivered a witty and effective speech , in which he found it necessary to explain his present relations with the Ballot Society , respecting which some misconceptions had arisen . Mr , Langton , the other member , was , of course , e qually on the right side . At the Bath meeting , Sir Arthur Elton opposed the Government bill , although expressing his agreement with some of its clauses . Ho advocated the enfranchisement of the working classes ; the grouping system as the basis of a redistribution of seats ; and the vote by ballot . Mr . Tite also took the anti-Ministerial view .

      At Great Yarmouth the Whig members , Captain Young and Mv . Mollor , delivered almost Radical speeches , Meetings huvo also been held at Salford , Coventry ( whore Sir J . Paxtpn . strongly advocated the cause of the working classes ) , Grconook , lioaaing , and many other places . On Thursday night a mooting of the CamberwoW Radicals was hold at tho Rosoraary-branch tavern . Messrs . Williams , M . P ., and Roupell , M . I ., wore present . Sonio furious speeches woro made , ana Messrs . Williams and Koupoll were requostod to give their determined opposition to tho second reading of the Government Reform BUI . At Greenwich , on tho snmo evening , a large mooting of tho inhabitants of Blaokheiitii , ' & c ., was attended by Alderman Salomons , M . 3 P ., and by Mr . Angorstoin , the candidate for tlio representation of Greenwich , who moved resolutions entirely to tho taste of the

      nu-The meeting was addressed—in addition to . several other speakers , who denounced the Government measure as a sham and a Conservative juggle—by Sir George Brooke Pechell , Bart ., and W . Coningham , Esq ., the borough members ; and also by J . G . Dodson , Esq ., M . P . A petition against the bill was adopted . At Chatham ^ on the same day , a meeting passed a resolution calling upon their representative , Sir ~ F . Smith , to vote against the measure ; and at ^ Worcester a petition was adopted in favour of the ballot and against the bill

      generally-On Tuesday , at the . Mechanics'Institution , Southampton-buildings , was held a meeting of workingmen to discuss , or rather condemn , the Government measure . Messrs . Dun com be and Cox were expected , but the former stayed away . The manhood suffrage , re-distribution of districts , and the ballot were insisted upon , while IVIr . Cox , M . Pv , asserted that he and a few other Radicals were the only real representatives of the people in Parliament , and that he ( Cox ) and his friends , would take care to obtain for

      the working men their just rights . Tumultuous applause followed this senatorial declaration . At Woolwich , the same evening , a crowded meeting was held , to take into consideration the provisions of , the bill . The chair was occupied by the Rev . J . Carlile , LL . D ., and on the platform were Messrs . C .- 'W . Martin and J . Whatman , the members for West Kent ; Alderman Salomons , M . P . ; P . W . Martin , Esq ., M . P ,, and Mr . W . Angerstein . . . Condemnatory resolutions were passed as usual , and a petition adopted founded thereon .

      Both the Edinburgh and Hereford Town Councils have adopted petitions against the Government measure . At Edinburgh some fanatic moved a resolution for the disfranchi semen t of all Roman Catholics , but did not find a seconder . At the Guildford meeting , Mr . Onslow , M . P ., attended to raise his voice against the bill . A great Reform meeting was held at Nottingham on Tuesday night . Mr . Walter was not present , but he wrote a letter , which was road to the meeting amid shouts of dissapproval . He supported ^ he Government bill , and thought that it presented a fair basis for the settlement of the question .

      At Manchester , on Tuesday evening , a public meeting , convened by the Lancashire Reformers ' Union , was held in the Free Trade Hall , •? to support Mr Bright ' s measure of parliamentary reform , in opposition to that of Mr . Disraeli . " The hall was crowded . George Wilson , Esq ., occupied the chair . After resolutions had been passed in favour of tho ballot , and an extension of the suffrage in counties not less than such ns shall confer the franchise on . all occupiers of 10 / . a year ; an extension in boroughs not less than such as shall confer tho franchise on all persons rated or liable to be rated to the poor for any tenement or part of a tenement . Mr , Thomas Barnes , of Bolton , moved :-r ~ " That this meeting expresses its , thanks to John Bright for his great exertions in tho cause of reform , and pledges itself to give him its continued support to bring his offorts to a successful issue . " The motion was passed unanimously .

      At Cambridge a meeting was hold at tho Town Hall , on Tuesday evening . Mr , Boalos proposed a resolution , condemning tho bill , and the proposal to give graduates of the university tho right to vote for both university and town . Mr . Boalos supported his resolution in a speech of some duration , every word of which , however , was lost to the uudionco , owing to the antagonism to everybody and everything raging in duTeront parts of tho room . Tho first object of the undergraduates was to put down the mayor . The townsmen , some of whom supported tlio mayor against the undergraduates , and vice vorsa wore equally divided ., or nearly ao . Some fainc notion of tho " row" that ensued may bo conceWod , tho uproar arriving at such a pitch that tho

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 19, 1859, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19031859/page/7/