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      Accidents. Tub. Inquest On The Bpdios Of...

      At Lincoln , on Wednesday , a fire broke out on the premises of Mr . Spencer , druggist , immediately adjoining the post office . Water was obtained from the Hydrants of the Waterworks Company , but the Supply was very ineffective , and the premises were totally destroyed , as was also the post-office . Ihe letters were saved , and a temporary post-office was established at the Corn Exchange . The damage is estimated at several thousand pounds .

      Politics.] The Leader 63?

      Politics . ] THE LEADER 63 ?

      Naval. And Military. A Company Of Royal ...

      NAVAL . AND MILITARY . A company of Royal Engineers has been ordered to Weyniouth , for the purpose of putting the line of coast in that neighbourhood in a thorough state of defence , and erecting batteries and earthworks for mounting heavy guns . The defence of the arsenal at Pembroke and the protection of Milford Haven also appear to have engaged the attention of the authorities , for new works for their better fortification are to be immediately commenced . The naval pensioners residing in the Isle of Sheppy district have received orders to present themselves for the purpose of ascertaining the number who may be found efficient for honie or harbour service . : ; . _ . _ .

      Volunteers for the navy continue to join daily in large numbers at London , Liverpool , Portsmouth , and other ports . A large number of boys and landsmen are being admitted , as well as A . B . ' s and ordinary seamen .- . ¦¦ . . The Queen reviewed 12 , 000 troops at Aldershott on Monday , accompanied by the Prince Consort and the Duke of Cambridge . The troops were marshalled in one horse and three foot brigades , and amongst these " Caesar ' s Camp " was an object of fierce contention in the course of the mock battle . The Cavalry "Brigade ,- commanded by Major-General Lawrence , consisted of the Fourth Dragoon Guards , the Tenth Hussars , and a troop of Horse Artillery . The First Foot Brigade , commanded by Lord W . Paulet , C . B ., of . the 4 th , 11 th , and 36 th of the line , the First Staffordshire Militia , and the North Cork Rifles . The scond brigade , commanded by

      Major-Gerieral Spencer , C ^ B ., included battalions of the 9 th arid 1 lth of the : line , the West York Rifles , the East Kent and Oxfordshire'Militia . This brigade was strengthened by a battery of artillery . The third brigade , under the command of Major-General Lawrence , C . B ., was made iip of the 47 tli of the line , the 100 th ( Canadian ) Regiment , the Antrim Rifles , and Stirlingshire Militia . This brigade was also attended by a battery ; The review was unmarked by any display of popular feeling , or even curiosity . It was dull , cold , and spiritless throughout ; and there were not above 300 spectators spread over the grounds , and these for the most part belonged to the neighbouring villages . The few who left Waterloo station for the camp by the eight o ' clock train were military men . Immediately after the sham fight her Majesty departed for Farnborough , and in less than an hour the royal party arrived in town .

      A series of experimental practice with the Armstrong gun is daily carried outatShoeburyness , whcre the extensive range affords the necessary facilities for instructing the Royal Artillery in the use of this weapon . It has also been decided , as soon as practicable , to introduce the Armstrong gun into the naval

      ce . The naval defences in the Australian waters have been strengthened , and are now under a commodore ' s command . An admiral ' s station on the Australian coast lias been determined upon . The Mediterranean fleet consists of ten sail of the line , three heavy frigates , besides small fry . Three more line-of-battlo ships are oxpected out immediately . The present stations of the fleet are—Off Malta : The Marlborough , flag ship , 131 ; the Princess Royal , 90 ; the Renown , 90 ; the Victor Emmanuel , 90 ; the Brunswick , 80 ; the St . Jean d'Acrc ,

      100 ; the Gannet , 22 , scrow frigate . At Leghorn : The Conqueror , 100 . At Naples : The Centurion , 80 . At-Genoa : The Orion , 90 , and the Terrible , steam frigate The Euryalua is expected at Malta daily . The smaller vessels are constantly ou the move ; they arc the Osprey , Vigilant , Lapwing , Avici , Argus , Scourge , Caradoc , Boxer , Medina , and Tartarus . In Malta harbour : Tho Iliboriiia , flag ship of Admiral Codrjngton . Tho French fleet in the Mediterranean , ready for sea and manned—most of them being at sea—consist of nine sail of tho lino , with the proper proportion of small vessels .

      The Volunteer Rifle Corps. This Patrioti...

      THE VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS . This patriotio movement is daily acquiring strength and popularity , but there scorns to bo a general opinion that some alteration must bo made in tho law as to Volunteer regiments . At present the « , ) . „'; «•« . »»• . » . « «>*• « n » v > « n « i iwm \ ut \ j'f > in ^ nt . K in thrown wnoio UA | ibnsu ui < v < l < a > o . ... upon tho individuals who offer themselves , tho Government giving 1 no assistance whatever ; and this ofcourao will have the effect of o , xoluding many a bravo and stalwart working man ,, who would have 'been glad to shoulder a rifle for Old England . In

      some instances the richer members of the rifle corps offer to pay for the poorer : but this is a tax which ought not to be necessary and which cannot fail to depress the martial spirit which should be fostered by Government . The example of Cambridge is about to be followed by the members of the University of Oxford , the authorities having given their adhesion to the project . A committee is about to be formed . The United Service Gazette says : —An order has been issued for the removal of the military stores which lie in the Tower moat . We consider this is preparatory to serving out the 50 , 000 muskets which the gentlemen from the War-office told the Commission were useless—excepting in case of an invasion !

      A project was set on foot for the formation of a rifle corps in Birmingham , and a meeting held on Saturday . There was some difference of opinion as to the mode of proceeding , and it was suggested that the mayor should be requested to convene a town ' s meeting on the subject ; but ultimately it was resolved that the lord-lieutenant of the county should be consulted , and with the view to this an adjournment took place . _ On Friday an influential meeting was held at Hastings , for the formation of a volunteer rifle club . The various speakers gave the Government credit , and thought the Act would not allow of their doing more than they had < Jone . A provisional committee was appointed to consider the proposed rules and to petition Parliament to pass a new Act suited to the requirements of the present emergency .

      The Edinburgh Highland Society have enrolled a rifle company of kilted Scots to be commanded byofficers of the army . The colours of the old Edinburgh Highland regiment , now in the Castle , will be applied for , and then additional kilted companies , to be called Clunys , Rosses , Craigievars , & c , will be added , if sufficient members join . At Liverpool a rifle club has been in existence for several years , and numbers a hundred members , who will form the nucleus of a fine regiment . The Manchester men propose to raise a corps armed with Whitworth ' s new rifle , of which wonders are told . Enthusiastic meetings have been held at Reading and Wolverhampton , and a second meeting at Birmingham . .

      At Bristol more than 200 gentlemen have , sent in their names to form a cprps , and the number is daily increasing . Of this volunteer regiment , two retired army officers—Majors Bush and Savile—are to be the Lieut .-Colonel arid Major . Great pains hare been taken lately by the commandants of yeomanry cavalry to make the troops under their care highly efficient . Major Deedes , commanding the East Kent regiment , announced the other day , that Government were about to call out all the yeomanry corps for permanent duty . Some of these are exceedingly well appointed , and armed with rifled carbines . In addition to the University , the city of Oxford has started a rifle corps of its own . The movement has been responded to at Tynemouth , Stafford , Belfastand Leicester .

      , The Hon . Artillery Company paraded in full dress on Thursday , and fired a . Jeu dejoie in honour of the Queen ' s birthday . The regiment now numbers 400 gentlemen , in a high state of efficiency both as infantry soldiers and artillerymen . It is proposed to increase the corps very largely with rifle volunteers . To the list of places which we have already given as having taken steps for the formation of volunteer corps must bo added Tenby and Saundersfoot , In South Essex , also , the preliminary steps have been taken .

      General H0me News.

      GENERAL H 0 ME NEWS .

      General Hnews

      is expected that the Queen ' s Speech will be delivered on the 7 th of June . The days between the 31 st and 7 th will probably be occupied in swearing in the members of both Houses . The election of Speaker will take place on the 31 st . No objection to the re-election of Mr . Speaker Denison is anticipated . Hop Duties . —Mr . Disraeli lias returned an unfavourable reply to the memorial of the hop planters for a remission of the duties . It is , however , believed that he will postpone their payment ; and another memorial has been addressed to him with that object .

      Public Health . —The Registrar-General ' s report again presents ari improving view of the public health , the deaths last week having been 1 , 070 , or 38 less than the previous week , and 86 below the periodical average . There was a slight decline in the number of deaths from scarlatina and diphtheria . The number of births was 1 , 816 . The report of Dr . Letheby for the City is also satisfactory . Court of Aldermen . —The Court met on Tuesday , the Lord Mayor presiding . —Mr . W . Gresham was sworn in as High Bailiff of Southwark . A

      petition was presented , complaining of the conduct of James Nicholl and Robert Frazer North , brokers . Some proceedings took place thereupon , but the consideration of the petition was finally adjourned for a month . A report was brought up from the gaol committee , relative to the election of a go vernoi of Newgate . The report was adopted , and the election ordered to take place at the next meeting of the court . A report on the regulation of the street traffic was brought up , but its consideration was postponed , and the court adjourned .

      Loss of the General Williams . —On Tuesday , the Board of Trade forwarded to Lloyd ' s a copy of the official report which Mr . Traill , police magistrate , and Captain Walker , nautical assessor , had made respecting the loss of this screw steamer , which foundered 200 miles eastward of Malta . In this report the loss of the vessel is ascribed tb improper loading , which not being in consequence of any wrongful act or default of the captain , his certificate was returned to him . Corporation of the Sons of . the Clergy . — On Wednesday , the Lord Mayor , slieriffs , and corporation proceeded in state to St . Paul ' s Cathedral , for the purpose of taking part in the annual festival of the Sons of the Clergy . They were met at the

      entrance by the Archbishop of Canterbury , the Bishop of London , the Bishop of Carlisle , the Dean of St . Paul's , and other ecclesiastical dignitaries , and the procession moved into the large open space uuder the dome , which was fitted up in I he style adopted at the late special Sunday eyening services . Full choral service was performed . Tho . sermon was preached by the Rev . Daniel Moore , M . A . The society , which has been in operation for upwards of " two centuries , annually assists , by pensions and donations , about 1 , 250 persons—clergymen , their widows , aged single daughters , and children . There was a very large assemblage present , and a liberal collection was made at the close of tho ceremony . In the evening the annual dinner took place in the Merchant Taylors' Hall , under the presidency of the

      Lord Mayor . The Peace Society . —This Society is not yet defunct , though little has been heard of it lately . This week it held its anniversary meeting at Finsbury Chapel . The resolutions asserted that it was the duty of this country to maintain a strict neutrality during the present continental war , and denounced the gigantic system of military armaments now existing as the fertile source of war , and the great enemy of human progress . The resolutions were unanimously adopted , and tho meeting , we suppose , must be considered a successful one , although tho proceedings naturally assumed , undor present circumstances , somewhat of a funereal character . Tub Clerkship of this Council . — Wo learn

      Tub Court , —The event of the week a . % Court has , of course , been the celebration of her Majesty's birthday , which was kept throughout tho kingdom with tho usual honours . The birthday drawingroom was a very crowded and brilliant assemblage , though tho pleasure of tho spectators was marred by Che unfavourable weather . State dinners in honour of tho day wore given by tho Ministers , and tho illuminations were very splendid at the west-end of the town . The Queen held a court on Wednesday , to receive tho now French Ambassador , M . de Persigny ; and on tho same day arrived , on a visit to her Majesty , the Prince and Princess George of Saxony and the Duke of Oporto . The Queen gave a grand dinner the same evening , at whic h , most of the Ministers and the foreign Ambassadors assisted . This Pjrinob of Wajleb . —Wo hear that the Prince is about to make a short tour in Spain . He arrived at Gibraltar , in the Scourge , on tho 7 th inst ., and a review , balls , and illuminations were tho order of tho day at that place , MHKTjtfa of Paumajmtent . —The new Parliament will assemble on Tuesday week , and , after a week or ten days occupied In administering tho oaths , the business of the session will bo proceeded with . —It

      that Mr . C . C . Groville retires upon u pension from the office of Clerk of the Council after ft service of thirty-seven years , Tho commission appointed some time ago reported as their opinion that the post in question should not be flJJed up after Mr . Greville ceased to hold it . Novorthoess , it has already been rumoured that Lord KoberC Cecil would be appointed Clork of the Council . The Titnes says : •—" Lord Robert Cecil is the son of the Marquis of Salisbury , his father , as Lord President of the Council , appoints him to the vacant olerkship ; Lord Robert Cecil ' s Appointment to be Clerk in Couuoll will make ft vacancy at btamford . Availing himself of tho opportunity offered by the appointment of Lord Roberfi Cecil , Mr . Stuart Wortley will , it is now said , at an early clay seek the suffrages of the independent electors' of Stamford"

      . . ... .. Society of ARTa . —At , the usual weekly meeting , he ? d on WedJotday , Sir John Ronnie , tf . tt . fc , n the ihair ° tho paper read was "On the re ative vajue of coal and coke in locomotive engines , " by Mr . Benjamin FothergiU . The author ' s object in this paper

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), May 21, 1859, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21051859/page/5/