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      1 Naval And Military, On Wednesday, At W...

      sequently during summer in the indulgence of a perpetual warm bath , and the military hospitals * re well stocked with fever patients . " Experiments have been tried at Portsmouth from the Colossus , 80 , screw steamer , in firing hollow shot filled with molten iron , an old brig , the _Serpent , being used as the target . The effects of these globes _MeV _^ _iSakfiSKtSSS _^ _fia metal on the woodwork of the ship , at once set her on fire . To ascertain the effects of the practice it was , ofcourse , necessary that the shot should effect a lodgment in the object fired at , but this was found , from the rotten state of the Serpent , and the short range ( 800 yards ) , to be a matter of too great difficulty . Ten shots were fired a _^ o- gether , two of which burst , but the metal inside of them had lost too much of its liquidity , from the length of time it had been drawn from the furnace , to produce the effects intended in its liquid state . It ii expected that the Colossus will be moved out of the steam basin , and further experiments carried out from her own guns at the Undaunted target-ship , at a longer range . The defenceless state of Melbourne is attracting much attention in the colony . An inhabitant writingto the Times says : — " We can muster some- thing like 101000 weapons , muskets , rifles , & c . ; as to ammunition , we have no powder , unless it is for blasting purposes . In our chief town we have moveable property worth 20 , 000 , 000 * .,. houses , gar- dens , & c ., that have cost us twice as much , but we are so ill-protected that 1 , 000 men , similar to Eng- lishmen , could levy 5 , 000 , 000 / from us as a ransom , or could do our property damage to the extent of 7 O , 00 p , O 00 Z . Besides which , there is shipping and property of England always in Hobson ' s Bay to the extent of millions . All we ask from the home Government is , say , 50 , 000 or 100 , 000 rifles , with bayonets and ammunition . Your War Minister may draw upon us for the amount . We will not dis- honour his draught . ; You should send out , say > three heavy-armed gun or despatch steam- vessels . You . often send more where they are less needed . " . . "Observer , " with regard to the naval remforcer ments for China , suggests that Government should send the gunboats we may destine for China over- land ; instead of by the old route of the Cape of Good Hope . The necessary apparatus could be fixed both at Alexandria and Suez in less than a month from the time of giving the order , the greater part being already in daily use at our gunboat slipway at Haslar , and could be taken to pieces and sent out at once for the purpose . By its means our gunboats could be hauled up at Alexandria , placed in their cradles on the railway , and conveyed to Suez . The whole could be done as simply as they are at pre- sent hauled up out of Portsmouth Harbour and stowed away high and dry underneath their sheds at Haslar . A second court-martial to enquire into the loss of Her Majesty ' s brig Heron , which occurred during a violent tornado on the 9 th of May last , has been held in Portsmouth harbour , on board Her Majesty ' s ship Victory . The Court found that Lieut . Blair was not free from blame on the occasion , as it was his duty , as officer of the watch , to have called the commander when the senior lieutenant required him to act contrary to his judgement in a ease where the safety of the ship was concerned ; " and the Court does therefore adjudge the said Lieut . Blair to be reprimanded , and admonished to be more careful in future . " In consoquence of tho serious intelligence just received from China and the recommencement of hostilities iu that-country , the Government have decided on despatching several additional steam- ; frigates and corvettes , together with a sufficient number of sailing frigates , to augment the squadron now in the Chinese waters . It is also expected that A force of 1 , 000 additional Marines will be despatched to China , the divisions _att Chatham , Portsmouth , Plymouth , and Woolwich being able to give that number of men . The names of the ships that are to be ordered to China from the several stations are expected to bo announced in a few days , '

      1050 The Leader. [Ko. 495, Sept. 17, 185...

      1050 THE LEADER . [ _Ko _. 495 , Sept . 17 , 1859 .

      Tt3t7t A-Ktt\ Xxti^Ijiun V. Tina First N...

      _TT _3 _T 7 T _a-ktt \ _XXti _^ ijiUN _v . Tina first number of a newspaper has just been issued in the city of Waterford _, under the title of tho Citizen . The proprietor and conductor is a Mr . P . J . Smyth , a gentleman who took a very lively in- torest in the fate and fortunes of the exiled lenders of the Ballingary rebellion of 1848 , as was practi- Cftlly evidenced in a double tour round the globe in order to visit ! and comfort _hia heroes ia their captl- ? sty at the antipodes . He opens fire by demanding not as a favour , put a matter of right , an uncondi- _ttanal amnesty for _Messrs . _Mifccljcl , Meagher , and _MWanuj . The exfttnplo of tho _JBVenoh Emperor is _CMtaa in aid , of Mr . Smyth ' s demand , and the pen of Wr . Smith O'Brien ha » been called into requisition

      Tt3t7t A-Ktt\ Xxti^Ijiun V. Tina First N...

      f to sustain the " right" of the exiles to the good offices of the Queen . ¦ . : . ¦ ' '

      ™ R~—~ — . ——: Law,' Police, Aj7d Casual...

      ™ r ~—~ — . —— : LAW , ' POLICE , _AJ 7 D CASUALTIES . The man _irorminirton has been fullv committed for ¦ _iS b _^™ _eLSSSutrate _!^^ S _« ofmu _" \ ' £ S _^ _ft _^^ _T _^^ _nSl _552 Li _^ _SlJ- _sl _^ _Xel _^^ _JgJ k _^ e he _bJS- i ? _discharSS' _NormYn _° _™ e c ™ - _^ rder is discharged . _x _*™ 1 _™^ _^ d ? o see him 2 > The excitemen ? Tnstead _™ f _SnnerSnl NoJSinSon at . oeS to 1 L an exhU ' _JiSS e _^ t _^ _S ? Si _^ ? I _^ _Srowln / off the _depression _heTrnSSfesSduJmt the _examination in _gP _^^ . _feSSr _^ _nducSrh _^ _S _^ _aSCT _aSShero of _^ ' ble deed thin _aT the crimTna ! under com- _SiT _^ t for a _bw _^ u _? murde _? _^ _cSSnlfi _^ _^^^ l _^^ S _^^ m _^ _ian _^ l _^^ lr _' _£ » fJ _£ ? « J ? f _° _^ h _™ 3 _?? vTf _Sne _^ vere _ken t u ? _^ t _? the trSS _^ _Sw _Vort manner Were kept P _unui tne train reacnea x owe . The fate of Smethurst still remains undecided . A party , represented by the Morning Star , are still clamouring for his complete release ; but this does " '? _$ seem likely to be granted . Meanwhile the con- viet has no opportunity of associating with other criminals , as Horsetnonger-lane Gaol , where he is confined , has recently undergone extensive altera- tions , in order to carry out the separate system of confinement , and he is in all respects treated as an ordinary criminal . Before he was reprieved he was visited by his brother , under a special order of the magistrates , but he now sees him as any other pri- soner would be visited , at the times fixed by the visiting justices , and he is the only person who has seen the prisoner since Ms conviction , except his attorney , Mr . Humphreys , who , it appears , only saw him upon one occasion . The prisoner still con- tinues to assert , in the most earnest manner , his entire and absolute innocence of all participation m causing the death of Miss Bankes ; and there ap- pears to be very little doubt that he is strongly impressed with the idea that he shall receive a pardon . _» . . Although at the first sitting of the coroner s jury * ° inquire into the circumstances attending the disastrous explosion on board the Great Eastern , it wasresolved to adjourn the inquest till to-day , yet as i _* was considered desirable that as little delay as possible should take place , arrangements were made to resume the subject on Wed- nesday . On this occasion Mr . Scott Russell was present , and made a statement relative to his absence in the first instance , and also as to the evidence to be brought forward . The _investigation was again adjourned till to-day . At the Court of Bankruptcy this week a melan- choly case was brought under consideration . It was that of H . Cane , a fishmonger at Windsor , who , suffering from mental derangement , was unable to attend to his business , which , conducted properly , might have been a very prosperous one . It there- fore , devolved upon others , who , it was stated , managed it so imprudently that insolvency soon resulted . After , the bankruptcy tho poor fellow became the inmate of a lunatic asylum ; but he has now recovered his reason . It was feared , however , that any excitement , such as would naturally ensue from examination , would cause a relapse . The Commissioner , therefore , in consideration of the cir- cumstanees of the case , tho bankrupt ' s debts not being large , his estate having already paid 2 s . in the pound , and there being no opposition , granted an immediate second-class certificate . Adjournments of examination meetings in several cases were rendered necessary in consequence of the unprepared state of the accounts . It caused tho remark by the Com- _missioner , that adjournments were becomingalnioat matters of course , and that it was a practice which ought to be checked , for it added greatly to the expense . James Kirkham , clerk to Mr . Humphrey , local commissioner for the redemption of land tax , was ' charged at the Mansion House with forgirfg tho names of Sir Alexander Duff Gordon and Mr . Dis- raeli to a certificate for about £ 600 . The prisoner was _renoondod , and bail refused . On Wednesday morning between 2 and 3 a . m ., a telegraphic communication was received at the Groat Western Railway terminus at Paddingtpn , to the effect that a collision of sevore and fatal cha- racter had then taken place between a speoial train from Oxford and a goods train at the station , at Slough . While the goods train from Bristol for London was standing at tho Slough station , about h « lf-past two , o ' clock , a special train from Oxford , consisting of several empty carriages , ran Into tho goodB train with much violence , causing consider- able damage both to the goods and passenger carriages , turning over both engines and completely smashing a second-class carriage to piecos _, making suoh a wreck as to entirely Interrupt the traffic ,

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      The guard of the goods train , whose name is Treacher , was found in his break-van , with his head it is alleged , completely and shockingly . mangled ! No other life is as yet _Jtnown to be sacrificed _, A serious fire _^ has _occurred : in the pitch and _tafactory of Mr - _^ orsett , Plough-road , _Kother-S _^ _J ? 8 catastr ° P _"* _™* _caused by the ' bu 4 uTg i _* _S accident took place on _thelastdayof Barnet fair _« u $ ? . the Great Northern lin e , a man named James Davis having been crushed to death in the Southgate tuMneL It was alleged that he was intoxicated , and misbehaved himself very much _, and he was in consequence removed from the _carria _^ e at Col _™ y Hatch station ; . but whether by the " porters or persons connected with the station , or some of his fellow passengers , did not very clearly ' appear ! The train thea _, started , and it would seem that the dec eased ran along the platform , apparently with _^ intention of again getting into the train , but he did not succeed in d ° in _S so - by some means got upon the down line , and into the tunnel , at Southgate , which is only a short distance from Colney Hatch station , and he was run over by a down train ana injured in such a dreadful manner , that his death must have been almost instantaneous . The inquest was holden this week , when the jury exonerated the rail way officials from all blame , and returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . " _ ,

      ' P F-Tstpwa ' T ' Ttomtj- -Nn?Wss Orjli...

      ' _p _f-tstpWa ' t ' _ttomtJ- -Nn ? _wss _OrJliJNh _, KAL , MOM . ki _JNIAVS . The CorrRT .-r-The royal family continue at Balmoral , the amusements of riding and walking about tiie neighbourhood being diversified by the Prince ' s grouse-shooting and deer-stalking , on which expeditions he is accompanied occasionally by the Queen and the children . On Monday , her Majesty and the Prince Consort , the Prince of Wales , the Princesses Alice , Helena , and Louisa , and Prince Arthur , were present at a ball given by her Majesty to the gillies and keepers of the Balmoral and neighbouring properties . The Prince of Wales joined the royal circle on Saturday . On his journey north , he . visited Aberdeen by the mid-day train , and made - a stay of upwards of an , hour in that city , visiting the barracks , the docks , and other public places _, The Prince will not occupy the residence , Frewen Hall , which was taken for him , but the lodgings occupied by one of the canons lately deceased ( Dr . Barnes ) will be fitted up for his reception . H . M . S . Euryalus , with . Prince Alfred , proceeds to Greece and Turkey . A small schooner will accompany , to iana the Prince in places where the Euryalus is too large to enter . Among the visitors at Balmoral this week have been the Comte de Flandres , the Earl of Elgin , Sir Benjamin Brodie , and Sir James Clark . _Tac Prince of Waxes ' s Tutor . — -The Rev . C . F _. Tarver , M . A ., who has since 1855 superintended the studies of the Prince of Wales , will , upon his royal _highness leaving Holyrood , previous to commencing his studies at Oxford , retire from the service of the Prince , and resume his parochial duties as rector of Ilketshall , St . John , Suffolk . We are told that Mr . Tarver has discharged his important duties to the entire satisfaction of the parents of the Prince . Public Health . —The weekly report of tlio Registrar-General says the mortality of London is now near the average rate , which , exclusive of the weeksof 1849 and 1854 ( when cholera was epidemic ) , would have demanded 1 , 102 lives . The actual number last week was 1 , 111 . In the same period the births of 875 boys and 827 girls were registered . Westminster Clock . —Wo are requested to state , for public information , that the first stroke on the great bell , and not the quarter chimes , indicates tho hour by Greenwich mean time .- Th . e chimes at the . first , second , and third quarters begin , to strike at those times respectively , Persons hearing tho elocu at long distances must remember that tho sound takes 4 _J seconds to travel a mile _, Municipal _Toadtism . —At a meeting ot tno Edinburgh Town Council on Tuesday , tho . Lord Provost adverted to the residence of two months which his Roynl Highness the Princo of Wales naa lately made in the Scotch metropolis , Ho fltfttoa that , as a memento of his presence at tho MJgn School examinations , and _ltfs delivery of the _prizoto the dux of the school , the Prince had _consenteii to sit to Mr . John Steell , tho cplebrated _EUinourgn sculptor , for a bust , to bo placed in the hull ot tno High Sohool . His Lordship then proposed _asonto of resolutions ia reference to tho visit of His _"Jy " : Highness , which were unanimously adopted , x ncy were to the _following eflbct ;¦—?• 1 . TJiat tho _C 0 _" "" 1 for themselves , and as' representing the county . _*« - solve to express the deep sense they entertain oi _, wv distinguished honour which has 1 been cp nwrr « _w on this city by the visit of his Royal Wlg ««« B » the Prince of Wales to Holyrood , ana o : u _" gratifying proof which has been graciously _»« "

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 17, 1859, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/sldr_17091859/page/6/