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      CEIBIINAIi EEGORDrw Saturday Edward Esdaile and Hugh Cameron , of SritSi Banifame , were liberated from the Queen ' s Prison their term of punishment having expired . £ he creditors under the bankruptcy Of Cameron have been paid in full , and there will be a large ™™ lus The whole of the bank directors are now nfiaree Humphrey Brown ' s twelve months having been Shortened on the ground of ill-health , and Pipiiard Hartley Kennedy , the ex-alderman , haying StS l 3 ? liberty by the payment of 5 , 000 ? to the assignees ; and by the powerful intercession of his In the Andover . murder case , we are told that forty witnesses were subpoenaed ; the Grand Jury , however , have ignored the bill against Banks and his wife . An inquest has been held at Liinehouse on the body of George Washer , who had gone on the 20 th ultimo to . the house of James Dunmore , and , whilst in a state of intoxication , made some statement regarding Dunmore ' s wife , which excited an attack . In the scuffle that ensued , the deceased was struck on the head with some instrument by Mrs . Dun ^ more , ami died instantly . A verdict of " Manslaughter" was returned , against the wife . The woman was committed for trial and the man discharged .

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      IRELAND . Martin Fallojst , one of the Phoenix clubbites , was convicted at the Westmeath Assizes on Friday , of being connected with illegal societies , the pass-words of which were found upon him , and was sentenced , on Saturday , to seven years ' penal servitude . The prospect of speedily mounting the scarlet hat has not rendered Archbishop Cullen unmindful of the welfare of his old flock in the diocess of Dublin . In his Lenten pastoral just issued , and which professes to be the regulations to be observed by the faithful in the approaching season of fast , the . most rev . prelate , having disposed of the egg , butter , and fleshmeat portion of the new rules , proceeds briefly to clenoiince Ribandism and Freemasonryy the polka and proselytism , as the monster evils of modern society . . -. .. -

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      . ; ACCIDENTS . ' A Finn , attended with the most distressing results , took place in Marylebone , on Saturday morning . The scene of the catastrophe was an eating-house in Great James-street , occupied by Mr . Reeves . After the cook and two children had been rescued , some one burst open the front door . This had the double effect of setting fire to the machine and of increasing the strength of the conflagration which was raging

      ¦ within . The result was that the fire-escape conductor , who had Mr . Reeves in his arms , fell to the ground and sustained serious injuries . But this was hot the worst of the calamity . Before further assistance could be rendered , the whole of the building fell in , and occasioned the destruction of Mr . Reeves , three of his children , and the nurse . At the inquest on the bodies of the victims , the jury found a verdict oif " Accidental death ; " praised the fire-escape man , but imputed remissnoss to the police .

      On Saturdny a terrible accident occurred on the London and JS orth-Western line , between Rugby and Leamington . As the train was passing a curve at " express " speed , the engino and tender became detached , and rushed down an embankment into a ploughed field . The driver and an engineer named Pilkington wore killed on the spot , and many of the passengers were seriously injured . Tho stoker also was so much hurt that he died immediately after he had been conveyed to the infirmary . The Royal English mail steamer , " Prince Frederick William , ran foul of Calais pior on entering the harbour on ( Saturday . Three passengers perished , tho victims of their eagerness to 'disembark . All the other passengers , together with the Indian and usual mails , were landed in safety .

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      NAVAL AND MILITARY . Captain Noktox , the inventor of several improvements in niiHsiies , Jias completed tho oxxierinients which ho has uudortakon for the purpose , of testing his inventions . Captain Norton states that ho is quito prepared to set ftro to any line-of-battlo ship by means of one of his shells , and that a succession of them poured into the hull of any vossol would burn her to the water ' s-edgo In a flow minutes . As soon ns a Government commission has been appointed Captnin Norton ' s missiles will bo subjected to a variety of tests . Captain" A . jF , Kynastpn has been ordorod by tho Admiralty to fit the screw steam fi&lgate Termagant with life lifeboat hooks . * Wo are informed that In eonscquonoo , of reeont experiments miido at L'Oriont , as well as at

      Vlucon-With the long , slight Armstrong gun would not be experienced ; but , on the other hand , the Armstrong shell is not to be compared , for destructive effect , with the round shells now used in the navy . Nor-does the Armstrong projectile penetrate thick iron plates , as some suppose ; and this is probably one reason why both the French and English Governments are just now so anxious for the construction of iron-plated ships of war , if such can be successfully devised . That the Admiralty have the means of penetrating iron plates we are prepared confidently to state ; but the Armstrong gun is not the gun they would use for the purpose . As for the Napoleon field-piece , of which the Emperor has 200 already completed for the Imperial Guard , we do riot believe it will at all approach the Armstrong piece in merit of any kind . It is merely a twogrooved four-pounder-bore piece , with round shell ,

      this difficulty nes , the tipper tier of guns in all French ships of ¦ war are to be rifled . . . ¦¦ . ¦' . - The Mechanics' Magazine has an exceedingly interesting paper on the Armstrong gun , and the advantages to be derived from its use . With regard to naval warfare the writer says : —We may at once reduce the weight of our naval guns by nearly threefourths without impairing their range or aim . _ This would enormously increase the facility of handling them , and therefore leave us free to greatly reduce the number of men employed to work them . Another advantage might be gained in the use of certain guns , particularly the bow-chase guns on board ship . It is always a matter of great difficulty to give such a form to the ship that the muzzles of these may , When the guns are run out , project sufficiently far to carry the fire of the explosion clear of the vessel .

      made to fit the grooves . On Tuesday , the three battalions of infantry at Chatham garrison , the battalion of Royal Marine Light Infantry , and the Tiorps of Royal and East India Engineers now at head-quarters were marched from their respective quarters to Chatham Lines for the purpose of going through the manoeuvres of a brigade field-day . The battailions numbering 5 , 000 inen , were reviewed by Map or-General Eyre . It is intended to have these brigade field-days at very frequent intervals during , the fine weather .-

      - Sir Charles Shaw has again written to the journals upon the merits of his rifle battery ,.. which is unquestionably an important invention . Jfle says- ^ " That Armstrong ' s guns and those constructing at "Vincennes will revolutionize the whole system of sea and siege warfare there can be no doubt ; but as tp fights On land it can be easily shown that the lighter the arm of destruction , the more efficacious will it be . The French piece of artillery , with which they are now practising at Vincennes , weighs about

      2 , 500 lbs ., and is said to require six men . It can at 2 , 000 yards put 20 musket balls in a target six feet square . My Enfield rifle-battery , which consists of 24 barrels , weighs not quite 200 lbs . ; it can at about 2 , 000 yards put in a target of the same size 20 balls ; consequently 10 of them , weighing in all 2 , 000 lbs ., with four men each , would put 200 balls—that is , in effect 10 to 1 , and men 4 to C . Som < & change in the formation of soldiers must take place , but it seems hard to say how armies are in future to be

      manoeuvred . Capt . Caffin , C . B ,, Naval Director-General of Artillery , on Tuesday visited Woolwich , to make arrangements for carrying out the new principle proposed for the armament of the fleet , A special committee has been appointed , of which the following names have transpired , namely : —Sir Thomas Hastings , Sir John Burgoyne , Bart ., Sir Howard Douglas , Bart ., Captain Cafliu to act as secretary to tho committee Sir William Armstrong , having inspected the old . Lancaster shell factory , which is well fitted with machinery necessary for'lus requirements , is take over that establishment .

      On Thursday a telegraphic despatch from tho Admiralty was recoived in Chatham Dock-yard , directing nearly 300 additional shipwrights and other artisans to bo immediately taken oh in that establishment . The whole of tho men employed in the dockyard are also to work early and late , by task work , in order to completo those vossels of war now on tho stocks . The general opinion is that Government is in receipt of unfavourabj . 0 news from tho Continent . Thenewly invented breech-loading percussion gun , which has been perfected by Mr . Wariy , tho

      armourer to the 3 rd battalion , at Chatham , was yesterday subjected to another trial at Broinptonbarraokis , for tho purpose of testing this now piece of ordnance when used in firing shell . Tho modal gun was on this occasion loaded with one of Captain Norton ' s . newly invented * ' liquid lire " rillo shells . Captain Norton illrootod a stout plank to bo oreetod ftfc tho oriel of tho rango for tho shpll to strike against . On tho signal being jxlvon , tho gun was flrod , tho Urst * shell striking the board , against which it burst , scattering tho M liquid fire " fov some distance . The results wore most eatlsftustory ,

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      CONTINENTAL NOTES . . . ' . : ,. : ¦ FRANCE . ¦ ¦ _ •• : . ' ' It is said that the overbearing , disposition and extraordinary political views displayed by the Prince Napoleon are creating great distrust and alarm in Paris , since his influence with the Emperor is considered far too grea t * An " animated conversation " —or , in plain terms , a quarrel—took , place on Sunday between the Prince and M . de Persigny , who declared that the Prince ' s principles and language were mischievous , not merely to the Imperial Government , but to society at large , and if carried out would infallibly lead to the . ruin of the best interests of the country . The conversation lasted some time , and still in the same animated tone . " It is certain , " says the Times , " that , if polled to-morrow the whole of the French people , excepting , perhaps , a minute minority , would be found on the side oi M . de Persigny . i and against the Prince . " The debate of Friday in the English Parliament and particularly the speeches of Lord Palmers tor and Mr . Disraeli * have produced the best effect ir Paris . Persons attached to the Imperial Government speak of that debate in terms of admiration , and some who were lukewarm about the Eng lish alliance sccin now taken with a strong affection for it . . It is said that the last report from the Inspector-General of Gendarmery represents public opinion in the departments as being still opposed to war . The chances of peace or war are still the same ; The great , perhaps the greatest , chance for peace is in the decided disinclination for war which exists throughout France in all classes , except , perhaps * the army , and there principally among the regimental officers , who naturally want promotion . Among the higher officers there is very little or no desire for war . It is certain that this feeling among the population , at large surprises , irjitates , and embarrasses the Emperor . At Paris the circulation of rumours and incessant issue of pamphlets seem , designed , ia the absence of any possibility of free discussion , to prevent the public from settling to their legitimate pursuits , arid the private advices from well-iiiformed persons convey nothing of a reassuring character as to the opinions entertained of the Emperor ' s designs . Tlie communication made by Cardinal Antonelli to the two Ambassadors Iras created much displeasure in Paris , where it seems to be looked upon , as an Austrian snare . The argument is thafc Austria has only to withdraw across the Pcy and could quickly return in case of the revolutionary outbreak . The Consiitutiannelsays : — " Welearri that , in consequence of the communication addressed by Cardinal Antonelli to the French Ambassador at Rome , the Emperor has ordered the immediate evacuation by our troops of the Pontificial City . A message received here to-day announces , as i < j is asserted , that the French corps d ' armte had been forthwith withdrawn to Civita Veqchia , there to await the transport vessels which will convoy the troops . back to France . " The Salut Public of Lyons says : — - " All the growing crops in this neighbourhood being favoured by the . unusually mild temperature , present the most satisfactory appearance . The com fields and meadows are beautifully jgreen , and colzas will verysoon be in flower . Large flocks of birds of passage are already returning . " Tho electric cable between France and England has been again broken , and despatches between Paris and London have to be transmitted via Osteud . Tho Paris correspondent of tho Herald says : —• " There are at present 840 of the new xiiied 4-pounders parked' at Toulon and Lyons . These guns , as I have already told you , throw an 8-pound conical shot . They tiro not provided witlx two grooves , as alleged by tho Mechanics Magazine , but with alx . " A report is current in Paris that Austria has made counter-proposals to Lord Cowloy , which had been supported by Prussia . It is assorted that the vossels had left which wore to convoy tho troops back to France . AUSXIUA . Austria has roooivod tho replies of tho minor Gorman Govenuneuts on tho Italian auostion . boino declare their porfoot .. consent to tho hopo ot an eventual allianco ; others romark : that a joint application of . Austria and Prussia at the Diet would undoubtedly load to a united action of Gormauy . On thoSlet Fob . died at Milan , Emilio Dandolo , who , in 1848 , fought with some distinction at Loinbardy , and aftorwards wrote a good book on tlie campaign . Ills funeral took place pn tho 32 nd , ana was attended , by , ten thpusftna persons , amongst

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 5, 1859, page 295, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2284/page/7/