The Express.
London, England, 1858-09-14 00:00:00

THE MARTELLO TOWER AT LEITH.

This tower is about to be fitted with cannon, and
three ems, 32-ponadwe, have ben sent from Woolwich
are now In tie docks. There has long bee.
word of patting Ibis fortification into a defensible state, but
somehow nothing was done till now. The tower was erected
daring the late war, sad cost 10,01161. Of mane the build-
ing was Intended to hand the willease of the harbour of 1
Leith ; it ought to have bon to Imp back shipping whose
object was • concede of the Sews, he the harbour is tidal,
mid wee at the pried very draw piestedlng the oatmeal
diem) awash. But lavidemrsiti the read fir, the
purpose might hem been le essealaing
la amuses troops. The hem se lb feat womewhet
resembles • perk, Weft do the bum the at
the top, and somewhat end Is osiosidea. The
work is not high, ail, Week bike salsolloll to epode
against ships la the ding, eillnib was timeseile the deed
is view. The essmsa, =o4.lirenrind Adeertiew, ere
not protruded eit Minkel ealesowed
chambers, but at: egArted ne wild Isar be lamed the roof ef
the untied!, tag barn a aid wespelso, aorwatble by • deer
above the flood•tile level. The winner urn ne doubt be
mounted fmt Made, and by thls mesas • brae power be
available from a vory enonewd *thew • lesser shad
at • piece mad lietelle, whisk save Javier linable etri
mese war skips, and suggested the emetien el melt Arne-
terse In this country. A Imps asualrer of thme works are
set down ea the English west, but ere apprehend they were
rather Weeded for sigmas In wee of danger them
&knee against ea Os the other bead,
the tower at Leith MOTs
to bold • sell fort
What hied of resistance might Is made by the
work to an many Is el entree untested, and
era ho but reveal from iselegy. Only • pert of the plot-
fans Ma any herbs or dekeneow the rest lase the sand.
to the south-east, whin ft le nallkely eves beets mold navi-
gate. And it locks es If • dew mans well painted from •
warship would sweep the reef of mane and
while • replacement of the sarddrisi would
Still, that result romped from, thrdwrilithd ernes would
giv e annoyance, though not tornWOWie no as either el de-
' struction. To protect thoroughly • watertroy egelnet a
squadron of ships requires a large sunnhor of=a:do
those in the bed position, he tin week of
mod he quietly dons, alas, oder hvemnisie sendtheim the
batteries may be passed sad especially msy this Impeded
movement be quickly 'made by war elesmers. In shed,
them would require to be an in. Amor deleisdlng
hi • pimp—heavy sad lath and even red-hot balls,
so as,- peedish, to mach the asepsis= of the
raft rot ellotusto a blow-op with he de amain.
, Hence the pondereso end many defrays, of ilebeetspl
' end Crowbar, end the numerons forts of Cherbourg, not
nay mweephig the Off‘ol4oo, bed precluding ss ailtheinge
ea ray eingis point The meths of the Deritheiltha are
Cenenetleople, fulfilled • Omar eirdso, mod the weaves
of Admiral Duckworth was enseemedly ehenneisChy tan
hockiiits belle of the Iluoslmo gusser,theis bang
in no Ind throe to roam lb* truths ea them
Idea geoid by stislifty at shat see NOIASVIa.
But re earthy bed Ihnehlelie. end oleenelle
*pee of owed theseed, no wally a may ilea is
stoop; swing to tieogen fa bonbon einengoreente,
this othlr woo Stead them roc to bed orate. • suing
herserwe Odium ficirdlsg the doh od shish le slew le.
rotokild mon the Ip limn the
Oft
orltikr•
Tower, the ," n.r N lt bee
hoes peoposedMend ef
free the of Isolthilfh, and, at coo
ids at lour, Wary boterke would he specially serviceable
fat the dime of Leh Heyde, and the harbour and docks.

WRECK OF A 13cHoownt WITH LOBB OF LITE.—••
PWLLEitua, berg. 11.—Israillismee reached his this
esersisi fres
the..,Abseils that thelliesees Miller (sheaser).
et tlvemessa es ege fres Iliwesos with • cam of
°cola MI aims miss es thil Nokia lesiwry Wand dotted,
under bilk Teske. lamY eqpissall b bosom a total wreak,
uit biarl yesterday sad lest sight. The master sad
>We woo drowned, sad two am owed.