New-York daily tribune., 1859-08-02
THE ENGLISH RIFLE CORPS.


THE ENGLISH RIFLE CORPS.
An important circular has been issued from the
War-Ofiioe IL relation 10 volunteer rife corps. The
Government volunteers TO supply at once each corps
with twenty FIVE per cent Of Enfield rifes required for
practice although the eoseDce OF volunteer force
" consists in their undertaking themselves 70 bear, with
" out auy costs to the pubic, the Whole charge oi tef
training and practice previous TO being called INTO
" actual service"
The Government slso declares i,s readiness 10 re-
oeiye two officers members Of each corps, st their
own expense, intO the school Of musketry a. Hy.he
to undergo course Of instruction; recommends the
formation Of artillery rather than rifle corps IN the
maritime counties, " IN case OF war the vast NUM-
Der Of guns mounted the coast detenses VIII re-
"quire large artillery force to work them, and ,le
"volupteers IN way be 30 useful 10 the pubhc
service when formed into artillery corps TO man
the batteries and tins release proportionae force
" Of Roysl Artillery for service IN the heidi ana
further
Her Msiesty's Government will, therefore, in al
cases where cOsst batteries are available ior practice,
give preference to the formation OF artillery corps
AZ places on the ssa coas. which batteries DO not
now exist but where the military authorities may deem
il advisable 10 pace guns hereafter artillery corps may
usefuy be formed if the members, aided by the resi-
cents in then vicinity would take upon themselves the
erection Of eartl Hoks.
In that case guns would be provided by the Govern
ment for training and practice and ior aTinins the
works IN Of necessity.
Shouh the Lord -Leutensnts Of maritime counties be
Of opinion that these suggestions be carried cut,
Her Maiesty's Government viii request the military
authorities TO afford competent professional advice as
TO the selection Of proper sites for such coast de,enses
and as 10 their construction ard armament.
The formation Of these volunteer rite companies ap-
pears 10 be going on steadily and rapidly.
RaRFY TAnlse v1cloUS IioRsE,He entered m the
rrg neighDg fearfully, Atpg, and rushing some
ues at and sometimes away from the professor. Now
lie paved the ground with impstience, and then Hung
out hind hoOf with force which suggested to stand
ers by the expeoienoy Of keeping al civil distance
His case was perfect iess0p and WAS watched wltn
intense interest Mr. Rarey at first approached hs in
tractable pupil slowly, gently, but without fear lee.
turing he went along, ard explaining the course oil
eenteness' by means OF which this proud splr was
soon to be brought 70 a state OF submission lis LETT
band as on the strap which peeped unobtTusvey from
the coat pocket AID bis nght-extended IN the most
cOIcilatOTy mapIerin readiness tor the preliminary
caress Cruiser the Second looked puzzled, then
frightened reared il he meditated a sudden visit To
the reserved seats and then stood perfectly notion
less The masters eve wss upon him. and his own
auailed under the mesroerc influence. La very lev
seconds Mr. Rarey at his shoulder, the strap was
on his foreleg and the lesson commenced. The srUg
ole Il al followed probably exciting and eXtraOr
oinary an exhibition ever witnessed IN puolc
theater There was no sham, no stage trck, no SPELL
no phiter; it regular standup fight bet ween the
horse and the man. between strength directed by cour-
age ard intellect and brute force, having only ITS
sheer bone and usce to depend on. Sometimes the
maddened animal reared, and seemed as II about 10
crush the professor, sometimes ne ploHc upon
his c1ipped foreleg. and with head stretched out,
blew up columns Of sawdust by the violent respra
ton from the nostrils. Then he would make another
desperate efoIt to rise, but only to be followed by
another AMI helpless prosIaton. lie sweated, he
pa1ted, he quveted, bis sknvcse and tell IN waves
under the strong agony and his launches were marked
with deep cOrugatlODs he repeated his irantlc at
tempts to break hs, to him, mysterious bonds But
it was of 10 avail. The tame all through clmg so
close 10 him to part OF himself. lie never
got excited never lost temper, never missed slusie
opportunity Of describing to the audiencewhat ne we're
dong and why he did II. His grpe ana pressure was
as slow regular, gradual but nex0rable as fate,
until al last the poor animal surrendered at discretion,
stretched himself at his length upon tie arena, and
seemed TO experience an exquisite sens anon OF reei as
the reward Of mis- entire and unconditional submSslon
The parting gradually ceased, the muscles
all became relaxed and the limbs lay helpless III the
Professors hands, he knocked the hoofs together or
placed them suCcessively on his own headtO sho"
how perfect was his confidence in the subsection OF the
horse. After few minutes rest the straps were taken
off and the pupil allowed to rse, when IL was GU
rOus observe that at first he kept hls tore legs CON
under the impression that the terrible hgatnres
sti remained in their places. When he had con,
plee I, r,covered his equilibrium, Mr. Rarey mounted
on his back snd iode hm slowly out OF the rng, anna
loud and general applause. London Daily News.
The TURKISH GOvERNMENr AND IfLEGRAPHlC
CONN., NICATIsN THROUGH EGYPT.-lt Is Understood
that ole of the latest acts of the Derby Government
was to Undert AXE the laying OF marine iesgraph rom
the Lard send to Gibraltar, the cable for when Is
already under construction, aud is intended TO be suo-
merged during the ensuing autumn. The length OF me
line will be upward Of 200 nautical miles, without
break and the estimated cost is about t3OO,OOO.
When Parliament meets an explanation OF this under
taking will ii il expected be sought. The PROJECT was
foIn.ed without the previous sanction or vote OF me
House Of Commons any public notification, andt APP
pears that il cannot even be supported as enordng
direct aud independent line to ln0a since the Iurklsh
Government positively refuses to allow Egypt to be
connected by telegraph with any foreign country, ana
has recently with the express object oil OOlgrg All
communications with the East TO be transmitted through
Conatsntinope precuded itself from permitting for the
space of 80 years any other line to touch Alexandria
than that from the Dardanees. Home News.
This paragraph requires some explanation. IL ap-
pears that the Turkish Government has granted
monopoly Messrs. Newal, by which they are guar
aneed that for the space of 30 years, no cable shall be
laid TO Alexandria or any part Ct Egypt by any ore
else This of course secures to Messrs Newals line,
from tho Dardanees TO alexandria, all messages from
Europe to the East. We have this information on the
bs.t authority China Telegraph.
SUBMARINE TFLEGRAPH To DENMARK.-Ihe SUD-
me rsion of submarine telegraph cable between Den
mark and Cromer, on the Norfolk coast, was accom-
plished without any particular difficulty, or circum-
stances calliny for comment. The steamer employed
was the William Cory, which engaged last Au-
trmn 10 laying cable from the same polut to Emden,
usnoyer; ana tie cable paved out at the rate OF
inO miles per day The work of submersicn was not
commenced till an early hour on Monday and MesSrs.
Glass Elliott Co., the contractors, received IN le
course of Thursday tee gram announcing the sa's-
factory completion of the undertaking, which VIII De
also tie means of placing the colony Of Hegcland IN
oir.c, communication with the mother country.
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