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      undergo . HiB father , a veteran officer of tke navy , ig well known and highly respected on this station , and is connected with the packet aervice . " Recruiting fob the Guards in Ireland .--A party of the Coldstream Guards has arrived ia Dublin on the recruiting service , and this time , it is believed , the Guards have been more successful than they were on a former occasion , as already they hare secured several volunteers from the Militia regiments now lying in Dublin . The Queen ' s Present to her wouudkd Soldiebs . —The Queen has again sought to lighten the monotony of hospital routine , by sending several coj > ies of appropriate songs for the amusement of the inmates of . the General Hospital , Fort Pitt . The Lincolnshire Militia and the Guakds .-

      the gunboats being built on the Wear . It was set on foot by Mr . L > . Jonassohn , colliery owner , who communicated with the Admiralty with the view of ascertaining if Government would countenance the scheme , and received a cordial response . , granting the required support . An Improved Mortar . — } Ir . 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 of forging these instruments of offence . The peculiarity of the { invention consists in the material employed , which is principally charcoal iron wire rolled flat , and coiled with perfect closeness and mathematical exactness round an inner case gun , which can be made of either cast or other metal .

      A Weeck on the Nekples . —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 thick , with rain . As soon as the vessel struct , part of the crew , with , a gentleman passenger , came on shore in the ship ' s boat , leaving on board the captain and wife , a lady passenger , and part , of the crew , the sea making a clean breach over her . Lieutenant Gould , R . N ., with his boat's crew from the Coastguard station at Brook , proceeded overland a distance of two miles with the lifeboat in a waggon , launched her over the cliff abreast of the ship , and succeeded in saving the lives of those on board , though a very heavy and dangerous sea was running at the time .

      Militia Officers . —From some cases which have recently come to ligbt , it seems that the widows of officers in the militia are not eligible for pensions . The English Medical Officers in the Crimea . —A meeting was held on the 3 rd of January at the Medionl Head Quarters of the First Division of the Ci'imean army , at which it was determined to establish a society of medical officers , for the purposei of discussing subjects . of interest to that body , to be called " The Military Medical and Surgical Society , First Division , British Army , " and to meet weekly on

      Thursdays , when papers will be read on subjeot 3 of professional interest . — A letter from Sir " William Codrington to Da ? Hall has been published , in which the Commander-in-vJhief expresses a fear that regimental medical officers do not sufficiently identify themselves with their regiments , but wish to be considered a separate , department . ' ¦ ¦ Gueat Loss of Shipping on the Coast of Spain . —A vast number of ships—English , French , Portugueso , and American—have been wrecked , with loss of life , on the coast of Spain near Cadiz and Gibl-altar . — .

      Fatal Boat Accident . —! Mr . Bateman , paymaster to the ExuiijutLi , lying off Devonport , has been drowned , together with four other officers of tho ship . They were going in the shore boat from the land to the ship , wnen the sea , which i \> lled heavily , filled the boat , and it was upset . Seven others who were of the party were rescued , and restored to animation . Snif wreck . —The American barque Iudepen loace has been wrecked on the north-eastern coast of Irelaud . All hands wfere saved .

      Upwards of two hundred of the 29 th Lincolnshire Militia ( says a Cork paper ) have volunteered during the hist few days into the Coldstoeam Guards , the 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 premium to volunteers for the line from the ranks of the militia . 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 > xmderstand the contractors for the preseut year have resolved to withhold their supplies until the result of this commission has been made known , considering , as they do , that the conduct of the Admiralty in the former transaction has been 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 Measrs . 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 Binking condition . Nevertheless , the crew of thepilot gallantly boarded her , and set to work at once in the most vigorous manner at the pumps . However , they had betsn 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 m command-of the vessel . In a short tune after , another pilot "Boat fortuuabely 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 . —Cork Paper . A Decaying ; Ship prom the Polar Ice-Fields .--The discovery barque , ' Resolute , which was one of three ships sent out in 1850 in search of SirJohu Franklin and party , and which was abandoned in 1853 by Sir Edward Belcher , in Wellington Channel , in aboiib lat . 76 , long . 94 , has been recovered , after

      drifting 1 , 000 miles , and taken into New London , United States , by Captain Buddiugton , of the whaling bai'que , George Henry , belonging to that port . It was on the 10 th of September , iu Int . 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 . The description wl ich has been published oi thestnto of the thip and its contents is mo 3 t interesting . The hold was full of water up to the floor of tho first deck . Every moveable thing seemod to bo ont of its place ; ami th « cabins wore strewed with boolca , clothing , preserved ineats ( calculated to last the crew

      of seven ty-five men for niuo months ) , and other articles , but mostly in a state of decay . Tho Bails were as rotten as touch-panor . There > was a . scarcity of fuel . In tho cabin everything wna silent and dark , but tho discoverers broke in tho hatchway door , and felt their way in tho darkness to tho 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 montha before . A dry mould had gathored over everything . The iron wuter-tanks had burst from extreme cold , and the water they had contained had flowed over the bottom of tho hokl . Uotvvoon decks , ovoryfchiilg was covered with moisture . A sort of

      porapiration had risen from tl ^ o water undor neuth , and had sottlod above Many articles of nppurol wore found « wringing wet . " The party made a lire in tho cabm , and tho mould soon began to drip down upon thorn . Theatrical costumes woro tliwcovorod in abundance . Tho habiliments of Obuollo , Richard III ., and King Loar , woro carelessly lying among a pile of clothing intended , no doubt , fur clowns and tumblers , for tho Bpangloa and varioty of coloum on tho luttor would load one to Infer that oven Circus porfornumoo had boon attempted on board tho Rosoluto

      A Navai- Pathiotio AaauoiATioN haw boon * WMaod at Sundorland , with tho view of ruining a uum oi money for tho purpoao of manning one or more oi

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      OBITUARY . . Joseph Haydn , the author of " The Dictionary of Dates , " " The Book of Dignities , " and other works , aud whos ? claims to some more generous recognition than the £ 25 n-yettr recently awarded him from tho Pension List Funds wore advocated only a fortnight ago in this j ournal , diet ! i \ t the latter end of hist week from tho effects of the paralytic stroke with which ho was attacked several months past . The circumstances under which his family aro left are already known to tho public , uncl will doubtless receive tho a '; : eutu > n they merit .

      Brigadiek William Mayne , of tho Bengal army , commanding tlio Hyderabad Contingent , died at Cairo on tho 23 rd itlt . on his way to l&ugland . Colonel Muyuo was one of tho most brilliant , energetic , and promising officers ot \ . oui . " Indian army . His loss is the more to bo rogrottod when wo refloat that ho was only thirty-sovuu years of ago . Ho was tho third surviving son of tho late Uov . Robert May no , of Limpsuokl , Surrey .

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      THE ROMANC 1 S OF "THE TIMES . [ Under this Uoiul , wo reproduco from waolt to wook the most remarkable ol' those xnysturlaua advertisement * whicU iippcm * ovory d ( iy at tho top < ot tho seeiiuil column of tho Timt * , IVout l » ago . Such rnulerlnls nro worthy of being preserved In Home other form . ] TOPSEY and FRANK to PA and MA . —Call at St . John's-wood forlottoru Write immediately . \ V . T . T ., who lot't tho city on Wodnosilay ovouing , tho Otli inst ,., is entreated to oommuuiouLo with hi .-i uuxknif ) paronta . T . II . C . —Lot Low hnvoboon written to aoyoral friends , Tho roault htvi boon groat uiiWapjnnoHa , wul you are threatened witli ix vinit of inquiry . Do not commit youruolf . I am i > uz . /< loil uuii dirttroafiod , but uuchanged and firm to luy promUo . Youjr child if *

      still where you placed it in Jane . Can you not give nw an address that I may tell you all , and put you ia possession of some letters ? Look always on the bright Bide . —E * * . IF the lady _ who gave her name Tait , and left the child she called Fanny Brown , at Mrs . Cook ' s , § 6 , Little Clarendon-street , Somers town , on the 10 th of August , 1853 , doe 3 not call or send , the child ¦ will be . put ha the workhouse . A . H . —Thanks for both your kind letters : partjof one , of them causes me pain and anxiety . I have been and am most miserable . THE LISTENER . —Further information will be acceptable . Yours of the 4 th only just received .

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      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 ; one of the natives' huts was set on fire ; and a sheriffs rnan was killed . Several of the surrounding towns were then destroyed by -fire , a few mission-houses only being spared . A voluntary corp 3 is being raised , to be despatched immediately

      to Sinow by the American schooner , George . An attack ia expected at Cape Mount , and several of the Liberia people have been murdered . —The Rev . Mr . Leacock , % missionary , has gone to reside with a number of Mandiago chiefs , and Catty , King of Tintania , who gave Mi " . Leacock a friendly reception , is to send , his children to be educated . —Governor O'Connor ( who will shortly retire from broken health ) lias had a " palaver" with Demba Sunka , King of Barra , who spoke in favour of friendly relations vith the English . u

      Disappearance of a Government Official . —A gentleman , in the Office of Works left his home , without a . ny apparent motive , about two o ' clock in the morning , nearly a fortnight ago , aud has not gince been Tieard of . A letter from bim was afterwards received by his mother , saying that he was well , but giving no date or address , and stating no reason fof his leaving home . He had been in a nervous state for some days past ; and , on the day he left , a clerkin the Office of Woods and Forests had , as there is every reason , to believe , destroyed himself , which is supposed to have preyed on the mind of tie missing gerttlemau . Miss Martineatt and Mr . Dickers . —The jmmber of JTowss 7 told Words for last Saturday contains an answer to Miss Martineau ' s rejected . Westminster

      Review article ( afterwards published as a pamphlet ) , in . which that lady attacks Mr . Dickens for his sympathies with factory operatives exposed to unnecessary danger , from , unfeuced machinery . Mi \ Dickens was accused of exaggeration in his stati sties : hehassTiown that so fa . r from exaggerating the number of accidunts , he understated the total , and he has exhibited very clearly that an ungenerous interpretation of his words , in . the sense of deaths when he only referred to casualties of all kinds , has been resorted to . The reply is remarkable , not only for its completeness , but for the high spirit of courtesy in which it is written ; herein strangely contrasting with tbe rnore vehement utterance of the advei'sary . Mr . Dickens has not forgotten that he was combatiug a lady , an invalid , and a woman of intellect .

      Fencing 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 securely to fence . The case having been argued on both sides , the bench detei'naincd to dismiss the summons . " Three of the magistrates , " says the Manchester Courier , " viz ., Messrs . Ash worth , Briorly , and Chadwick , ore manufacturers . " Fatal . Accidents from Machinery . —A boy , ccbout cloven yoars old , has boon , killed at aome file and stool work * ia Sheffield by boiag caught between tho cog-wheels of a rolling mill , which were revolving

      nt thern-te , respectively , ofninotyand one hundred and fifty times amiuute . The boy was pressing on the lover with his eutiro weight , when Uw roJiar chopped , and ho fell between the wheels . —A youug man , employed nt the Gadly ' s Iron worka in Ulainorgi \« 8 hire , has boon killed by machinery . He had just started a fresh Hot of rollore iu tlio forgo , for making bar iron , when , stepping forward to adjust soaio of tho machinery , his clothos caught in tho rovolvors , aud tho next mhvuto ho was dragged in betweon tlio roUors , and whirled round with sucii velocity , that , boforo the lnnchinoA could be stopped , ho htvil boon turnod at loftst twenty times , and was torn to piece ? .

      Tni'i Road 'muotwij St , Jamks ' s-i'auk . —Scvoral gontloittou roaiiling in tho neighbourhood « f St Jamea'H-pnrk , nnd including Homo of thoso whe recently waited on Sir Benjamin 11 * 11 , Imd an tutor ' view lawt Saturday with Sir George Urey , under th < juri&iltcliou of wuoso dopax'tmont lioa tho sottlomoul of tho pi'ojootod . alteration , iu St . Jamos ' B-park . Sii Georgo asnurod Lbo deputation that no plan had ye boon determined on , and that ample time would b artbrdod for consideration a . nd objoutiou . DisnovEiiY of a new Isi , A . Ni ) . —On the outo

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      January 26 / 1856 . ] THE LEADER . ^ 1

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 26, 1856, page 81, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2125/page/9/