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      Naval And Military News. Tins Case Of Li...

      undergo . HiB father , a vetei-an officer of the navy , is wel l known and highly respected on this station , and is connected with the packet service . " Recruiting fob the Guards in Irelani > .--A party of the Coldstreatn Guards has arrived in Dublin oa the recruiting service , and this time , it is believed , the Guards have been more successful than they were oa a former occasion , as already they have secured several volunteers from the Militia regiinent-K now lying in Dublin . The Queen ' s Present to her wouudkd bOLDIEBS . —The Queen has again soug ht to lighten the monotony of hospital routine , by sending several :- nt nrv ^ . v ^ nno 4-a annrra fr » r f . ll fi amn semeilt of the

      the ffunboats being built on the Wear . It was set on foot by Mr 1 > . Jonassohn , colliery owner , who communicated with the Admiralty with the view of ascertaining if Government would countenance the scheme , and re ceived a cordial response , granting the required support . _ , _ . An Improved Mobtak . — Mr . Thomas Dunn , a stationer at Glasgow , has perfected a mode of making mortars of malleable iron in one mass , so as to prevent the internal flaws which result from the usual way ot forging these instruments of offence . The peculiarity of the'invention consists in the material employed , which ' principally charcoal iron wire rolled flat , and coiled with perfect closeness and mathematical

      exact-„„ inmates of the General Hospital , Fort Pitt . ^ The Lincolnshire Militia and the Guards . Upwards of two hundred of the 29 th Lincolnshire Militia ( says a Cork paper ) have volunteered dunug the last few days into the Coldstream Guards , tlie Lancers , and some infantry regiments . The men who liave thus volunteered in such numbers have no doubt been mainly influenced by the recent order from the Secretary for War , which considerably increases the ior i / i «¦»» £ >

      ness round an inner case gun , which can De maae or either cast or other metal . A Wreck on the Neeples . —The brig George Lord , Amlot master , from Patras for London , laden with currants , was wrecked on the morning of the 18 th , at six o ' clock , about four mile 3 S . E . of the Needles , wind blowing a gale from S . S . W ., and very I thick with rain . As soon as the vessel struck , part of the crew , with , a gentleman passenger , came on <^ r >™ . i « t . h * shin ' s boat , leavinc on board the captain

      premium to volunteers oucuue uum ^ . « .- . the militia . " j The Admiralty Provision : Contracts . — The Admiralty has sent a commission composed of threepost captains of the royal navy to inspect and examine the provisions supplied to Haulbouline under the contracts of the year 1854-5 . They have been engaged for some dayaat the inspection , and have not yet concluded . We , understand the contractors for the present year have resolved to withhold their supplies until the result of this commission has been made known , considering , as they do , that the conduct nias been

      I and wife , a lady passenger , and part of the crew , the I tsea making a clean breach over her . Lieutenant 1 Gould , R . N ., with his boat ' s crew from the Goast-1 guard station at Brook , proceeded overland a distance I of two miles with the lifeboat in a waggon , launched I her over the cliff abreast of the ship , and succeeded in saving the lives of those on board , though a very h ^ avy and dangerous sea was running at the time . " Militia Officers . —From some cases which have recently come to light , it seems that the widows ot officers in the militia are-not eliftible for pensions . rr . T 7 < « . » ITiinT / i ¦ « r A ^ CT / "" If US 1 "M THE ( JUIMEA .

      of the Admiralty in the former transaction very arbitrary , and such as to render great caution on their parts absolutely necessary . —Cork Examiner . A Ship abandoned . —The crew of one of the pilot boats belonging to the Messrs .. Davrson , of Cork , observed a ship , some three miles off the Old Head of Kinsale , labouring heavily , and apparently in a precarious state . Although the sea was running very high at the time , the pilot boat bore away towards the vessel , and on reaching her it was discovered she was in a sinking condition . Nevertheless , the crew work at

      — \ meeting was held on the 3 rd of January at the Medical Head Quarters of the First Division of the Crimean army , at which it was determined to establish a society of medical officers . for the purpose of discussino- subjects , of interest to that body , to be called "The Military Medical and Surgical Society , bwst Divisio n British Army , " and to meet Weekly on Thursdays , when papers will be read on subjects ot professional interest . —A letter from Sn- William Codrington to par Hall has been published , ni wHicii , i r * j : „ . u ;^ ovnKDC 2 i > e a f & ar that reSTl " iuouioi ^^^ j v ^ = » j ~^

      of the pilot gallantly boarded her , and set to once in the most vigorous manner at the pumps . However , they hadbeSn but a short time at this work , when the crew of the ship took to the long boat , and abandoned the ship to the crew of the pilot and the captain in command i > f the vessel . In a short ' . time after ; another pilot tSoat fortunately came alongside , and rendered such assistance as enabled the vessel to be kept adoat until she reached Queenstown , where they were able to beach her at Whitepoiut . We understand she is an Austrian brig , called Eucorraceo , and was bound for Trieste with corn . —Curl : Paper . A Decaying Ship prom the Polar Ich-Fiei , ds . - The discovery barque , Resolute , which was one of 185 in oiruonu

      tue uoniinanuBi -- . — -- — . \ . w . mental medical officers do not sufficiently identity themselves with their regiments , but wish to be con- j sidered a separate , department . j Gueat Loss op Shipi'ixg on the Coast of Spain . —Avast number of ships—Eng lish , French , Porfcu- - j gueso , and American—have been wrecked , with loss of life , on the coast of Spain near Cadiz and Gibl * fl I tfl 1 * " ¦ Fatal Boat Accident . —Mr . Bateman , paymaster to the ExuiuutU , lying off Devonport , has been drowned , together with four other officers of tho shin . They were going in the shore boat from the land to the ship , wtien the sea * which rolled heavily , on . ] ii .. i , _« t .- ,,,, 1 ;»¦ »*• . »< = imaof-. Sflvftn others who ULHlU l ^ i ^ — — —

      three ships sent out in O searcn or Franklin and party , and which was abandoned in 1853 by Sir Edward Belcher , in Wellington Channel , in nboiib lat . 76 , long . 94 , has been recovered , after driftiug 1 , 000 miles , and taken into New London , United States , by Captain Buddington , of the whaling \ ^^

      UtltJU . lilt ! j cvJLH- * u 'U ** j vmv-. . were of the party were rescued , aud restored to animation . T , , Shipwreck . —The American barque Iudepen lence has been wrecked on the north-eastern coast of Irc laud . All hands wfere saved .

      Barque , Meorge neury , uoiouyiiiij . v mum » w . It was on the 10 th of September , iu lat . 67 N ., and while in a field of ice , that the captain discovered a ship in the distance , bearing north-east , about twenty miles from Cape Mercy . Tho description wl ich has been published of the stato of the ship and its contents is mo 3 t interesting . The hold was full of water up to the floor of the first deck . Every movcable thing seemed to bo ont of its place ; aud th « cabins were strewed with boolcs , - _ A . / ¦ . ii "l . _ i _ , 1 _ __ calcui aea to xasc me

      . . olo . mng , preserved incats ^ crow of seven ty-five men lor niuo months ) , and other rtrtioles , but mostly in a state of decay . Tho Bails were as rotten aa touch-paper . There was a scarcity of fuel . Iu the cabin everything was sil ent and dark , but tho diacovorers broke in tho hatchwny door , and felt their way in tho darkness to the table , on which they found matches and candles , tho docantors of the officers with excellent liquor in them , and glasses standing around , just as they had boon loft many inontha before . A dry mould had gathorcd over ovorvthuiyr . The iron wutor-tanlcs had burst from

      extreme cold , and the water they had contained lmd ilowod over tho bottom of tho hold . Botwoon decks , everything was covered with moisture A sort of poraDimtion hnd risen from , tl ^ o wivtor undern eath , and Thud sottlod above Many articles of nppurol wore found " wringing wet . " Tho party mailo a lire in tho cabin , and tho mould soon began to drip down upon thorn . Theatrical costumes woro diweovorod in abundance . Tho habiliment : * of Obuollo , Hiohard III ., aud King Loar , wero carolcsaly lying among a pile of clothing intended , no doubt , for clowns and tumblora , for tho epanglos and varioty of colonm on tho lattoiwould lead ono to Infer that- even Circus performance had boon attempted on boar *! tho Itoaoluto A Navai- Patuiotio AaauoiA'rroN lu \ h > boon iovmod at Sundorland , with tho view of ruining a uiun of money for tho purpoao of nianniiig ono or more of

      ,.»,,O,V 26. 18561 The Leader. .81

      ,. » ,, o , v 26 . 18561 THE LEADER . . 81

      Miscellaneous. The West Coast Of Africa....

      MISCELLANEOUS . The West Coast of Africa . —A serious disturbance has occurred at Sinow , arising from a canoe having been taken from the English bark Ariel by one of the people there . The sheriff sent to demand it ; a fight ensued ; o * e of the natives' huts was set on fire ; and a sheriffs man was killed . Several of the surrounding towns were then destroyed by ire , a few mission-houses only being spared . A voluntary

      corp 3 is being raised , to pe arapa ^ ucu ^^ . ^^ . ^^^ j to Sinow by the American schooner , George . An attack is expected at C ape Mount , and several ot ttie Liberia people have been murdered . — The Kev . Mr . Leacock , a missionary , has gone to reside with a number of Mandingo . chiefs , and Catty , King ot Tintania , who gave Mr . Leacock a friendly reception , is to send his children to be educated . —Governor O'Connor f who will shortly retire from broken health ) has had a " palaver" with Demba Sunka , King of Barra , who spoke hi favour of friendly relations with the English . u . ^ . .

      Disappearance of a Govebkmext upficiau .- — ^ gentleman , in the Office of Works left his home , without a . nv apparent motive , about two o clock in the morning , nearly a fortnight ago and has not since been Tieard of . A letter from him ! was afterwards received by his mother , saying tnat . ! he was well , but giving no date or address , and ! stating no reason fox his leaving home . He had been I in a nervous state for some days past ; and on the . I day he left , a clerk in the Office of Woods and Fo rests had , as there is every reason to believe , destroyed

      himself , which is supposed to nave preyea on ^ mind of fie missing getttlemaii . ^ Miss Maktineau and Mb . Dickers . — The number of Household Words for last Saturday contains an answer to Miss Martineau ' s rejected Westminster Sevieio article ( afterwards published as a pamphlet ; , m which that lady attacks Mr . Dickens for his sympathies with factory operatives exposed to ^ unnecessary dan-er from unfenced machinery . Mr . Dickens was accused of exaggeration in his statisties : hehas-sTiown that so far from exaggerating the number of accidents , he understated the total , and he has exhibited ^ very clearly that an ungenerous interpretation ot nia words , ia the sense of deaths When he only referred resorted i

      I to casualties of all kinds , has been w , -. uo reply is remarkable , not only for its comp leteness , but for t he high spirit of courtesy in which it is written ; herein strangely contrasting with the more vehement utterance of the adversary . Mr . Dickens has not forgotten that he was couibatiug a lady , an ui iuw

      invalid , ana a wonaau «^ u . # Fenoino Machinery . —Messrs . John Bright and Brothers have been summoned at the Rochdale Petty Sessions , to answer a charge of having a horizontal shaft in motion , which they had neglected securel y to fence . The case having been argued on both sides , the bench determined to disniias the summons . " Three of the magistrates , " says the Manchester Courier , " viz ., Messrs . Ashworth , Briorly , and Chadwick , are manufacturers . " from iviacini j

      Fatal . Accidents a * . « .-- « . — - » - >"" --eleven years old , has booa kil ed at some file and stool work * ia Sheffield by being caught between tho cog-wheels of a rolling mill , which were revolving nb the rate , respectively , ofninotyand one hundred and fifty times amiuate . The boy wasprjssimj on the lever with his eutiro weight , when tuu ruJior d » o |> pocl , uuel ho fell between the wheels . —A youug man , employed at tho Gadly's Ironworks in UlainorgauBbire , has boon killed by machinery . He had just started a fresh eot of rollers iu tlie forgo , for making bar iron , when . utenpiuK forward to adjust some of tho . naUnrevolvers

      nory , his clo thes caught in the . v » v ™ next minute ho was dragged in betwoon tho » olIcis and whirled round with sucb velocity , that , b . fore . the innohinoB could bo stopped , ho uul boon tinned at least twenty times , and was torn to l » e ^; o OVftral Tnn RoJd thboo « 1 } St . . TA ^^ -i . AK . v--Sovoral Bontloiaon roaiaing in the noighbourhood « f St . JamoH ' s-nwrk , and including Bomo of thoso who recently waited on Sir Bon > min Hall , had an tutorviow last Saturday with Sir George Orey , under the iurifl . ll ( sti . ) ii of wkoHo department lies the settlement of tho projootod alteration in St . James s-i « irlt . » ir Goonco asHurod tho deputation that no plan had yot boon determined on , and that ample time would bo afforded for consideration and objootion . DisoovKnY of a new Isi . awd . —On the outer

      Obituary..Iosei-U Haydn, The Author Of "...

      OBITUARY . . Iosei-u Haydn , the author of " The Dictionary of Dates " " The Book of Di gnities , " aud other works , aud ¦ whos : claims to some more generous recognition , than the £ 25 a-year recently awarded him trom tlio Pension List Funds wore advocated only a fortnight a-o in this journal , died at the latter end of last week from the effects of the paralytic stroke with which ho was attacked several months past . The circum-_ t , i ., i , ;« i > iii = f . nnilv are left aro already

      known to tho public , aud will doubtless receive the a '; : eutU > n they merit . ' Bitia-vDiEB William Mavse , of the Bengal army , commanding the Hyderaliad Contiugout , died at Cairo on tho 23 rd u . lb . on his way to England . Colonel Muyue was ono of the uxost brillutnt , energetic , and proinialng offlecrs of . yur Iudian army . His loss is the more to bo rogrot ' tod when wo refloat that ho was only thirtv-aovcu years of ago . Ho was tho third surviving son of tho late Rov . Robert May no , of Limpsnekl , Surrey .

      Tfle Romance Of "The Times." [Under Thia...

      TflE ROMANCE OF "THE TIMES . " [ Under thia Uoivil , wo icyrodiico from woolt to woek the most reni . vrluU . lu ol' ' thoso . nystcrlww a ^ vei-tla 6 t »( M . t « whioU uDDi-ar every day at the top of tho scoaml column of tho Tu , w ! Vout i » ago . S « oh matorlnls « ro worthy of being preserved \ n Homo other form . ] TOPSEY ami FRANK to PA and MA . —Call at St . Jolui ' s-wood for . lottors . AVrito innnodiatoly . W . T . T ., who loft tho city on AVodnoailay ovouing , tho OtU inst ., U ontroutoil to ooimauuicnto with ln « ausiourt uftrouta . . , 'ji j ^ , c Lot lord havo boou writton to novoral triouoa . Tlio result Ihvj boon groat unUaypinoHfl , tMul youuro throatonod with a visit of inquiry . Do not commit youraolf . 1 am pusalod «> hI dirttroanod , but unchanged and Htm to lay proinino . Yoxvi- olnlil it

      still wher « you placed it in Ju . ne . Can you not grre nva an address that I may tell you all , and put yoti in possession of some letters ? Look always on the bright side . —E * * . IF the lady who gave lier name Tait , and left the child she called Fanny Brown , at Mrs . Cook ' s , 36 , Little Clarendon-street , Somers town , on the 10 th . of August , 1853 , does not call or send , the child will bfTput hi the workhouse . A . H . Thanks for both your kind letters : partjof oae , of them causes me pain and anxiety . I have been and am most miserable . THE LISTENER . —Further information will be acceptable . Yours of th . 6 4 th only just received .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 26, 1856, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26011856/page/9/