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! 144 T H E LEADER. [No, 297, Saturday,
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The War. The Position Of General Vivian ...
a distance of six miles and a half—is now completed . . Pbath of Admiral Bruat . —The Commander-in-Chief of the French squadron in the Black Sea died while the fleet which was taking the Imperial Guard and himself back to Paris was leaving the roadstead of Messina . His decease is attributed by some to an attack of suppressed gout ; by others , to cholera . A few days previous to his death , a complimentary correspondence , in which the deceased Admiral had spoken in terms of great affection of his colleague , had passed between him and Sir Edmund Lyons ; and on the 13 th of November he had been presented to , and complimented by , the Sultan . Thb Army Medicat ; Officers and Mr .
Brace-BRID & E . — " A Medical Officer in charge of a Crimean hospital" writes to the Daily News , to combat the remarks made by Mr . Bracebridge at Sfc . Mary ' s Hall ,, Coventry , in the course of last October . The writer aays that , although Mr . Bracebridge has " inveighed against the British medical officers and to the department at large , " he has only brought specific accusations against one officer ; and he ~ has omitted to state the great difficulties under which the medical men laboured , owing to the want of requisite stores , food , appliances , & c . —a want for which the surgeons were not responsible .
A Hint to England . —It seems ( says a letter from St . Petersburg in the Hamburg News ) that preparations are being made to equip for next summer the Baltic fleet , a 3 it is found to have remained too long in inaction , and it is intended that at least a portion of it shall take the sea . Besides the reinforcements and improvements which are to be introduced into the navy , it is intended to place at ita head younger and more vigorous men . Already has the former commander of Cronstadt , Lieutenant-General Burmeister , received his dismissal . The military governor of Cronatadt has also been removed , as well as the commander of the fleet , old Admiral Lutke , who is admitted to- a pension in the Council of State . He will be replaced by Admiral Nbvossilsky , who distinguished himself at Sebaatopol .
The Russian Army . —A symptom of the immense drain "which the war must have made upon the military resources of the Czar ' s army may be found in the fact of several draschines of the militia of the Empire having been incorporated in the active army of the South under General Luders . The Baltic Fleet . —All the English and French ships of war which have arrived at Kiel from the Baltic were still lying at that port on the 22 nd ult . The two Admirals , it appears , have been instructed to remain at that anchorage by their respective Governments until further orders , in consequence , it is generally believed , of a negotiation still pending between the Western Powers and the two Northern Courts to obtain leave for a considerable portion of
the allied squadron to winter in one of the neutral ports of the Baltic . Should the cold , however , continue as rigorous as it is at present in the north , the navigation must soon be interrupted in the narrow arms of the sea which the fleets have to traverse before entering the North Sea , large masses of ice floating already in the Belt . The naval force stationed at Kiel mounts nearly a thousand guns , and has still on board an immense quantity of war material , projectiles , and Congreve rockets , which were not used during the last oampaign . The fleet is supplied with provisions by contractors residing at Kiel , who daily furnish 10 , 568 rations . This will give an idoa of the number of sailoi"s and marines on board the squadron . —Letter fvom Hamburg , in the Independance Beige .
The White Sea . Blockade was raised on the 9 th of October . The Russian Position in and around thb Crimea . —A document , signed by the Russian Councillor of State , De Kotzebue , has been published , and contains the following passage relative to the prospects of the war : — " It is difficult to divine what the enemy will do in the future ; it is probable , however , that he will make some further attacks , in order to take our array either upon its flank or at its rear . Thus we may expect that the Allies will make some movements from the side of Kortoh and Yenikalo , at both of whioh places they have reinforced their troops ; but wo may hope theae projects will be baffled , for , oa we
havo said , the army of the Crimea has received reinforeoments so considerable that the Genenu-in'Chiof has it in his power to augment in a notable tanaunor Lioutonan (/ -General Wrangel ' s forces , which " oover his extreme left on the Bide of the Peninsula of Kerboh . This ifl equally true of tho ooast of the Blnok Soa , from tho embouchure of tho Danube up to Porokop . Great masses of infantry and cavalry are distributed in such a manner that it is possible to concentrate them in a very little time upon various points , and especially at Nioholaieff and Porokop . " Sin Jambs Simvson arrived in London on Sunday night . OATTunu ov FtaENCH Naval Officers . — Three Fronoh . officers of the garriaon of Klnburn have boen tftkon prisoners by some Cossaoks while walking
during a fog on the Isthmus "which connects Kinburn with the mainland . The Explosion at the Inkermann Powder Magazines . —General Codrington has transmitted to Lord Panmure , a detailed account of this lamentable catastrophe . He says that , even at head-quarters , two miles and a half distant , the shock burst open and broke "windows ; and he adds : — " One hundred thousand , pounds of powder had exploded in the French siege train , set fire to all the stores there , and to our neighbouring English park , where all was
fiercely burning , while the tendency of the light air at first threatened a second and as serious an accident from powder , not eighty yards off ; for the roof of the building had been damaged , and the door blown in by the shock . " Wet blankets , and a good supply of water , however , soon removed this additional danger ; and , although several smaller fires continued to bum separately , all appi'ehension was at an end in about four hours from the first explosion . Six artillerymen , originally supposed to be missing , have been since accounted for , and are living .
! 144 T H E Leader. [No, 297, Saturday,
! 144 T H E LEADER . [ No , 297 , Saturday ,
Public Meetings. A War Demonstration At ...
PUBLIC MEETINGS . A WAR DEMONSTRATION AT GLASGOW . A demonstration in honour of our victories in the Crimea was held towards the latter end of last week in the City Hall , Glasgow . ;' Dr . Nichol , Professor of Astroraony , in the University , occupied the chair , and observed in the course of his address — " Will any one tell me how the capture of Sebastopol or Russia ' s flight beyond the Caucasiis , shall affect her authority in the Baltic ? How it can mitigate the oppressive weight now resting on Germany ? How it will emancipate Denmark from the terrors of that fatal treaty of London , or restore a true national
independence to Sweden ? Nothing , I confess , has amazed me more , in all our discussions concerning these grave affairs , than the forwardness of statesmen and other distinguished men to place it on record that we do no desire what they are pleased to call the dismemberment of Russia . Dismemberment ! Have these noble lords and hon . gentlemen ever read history ? And will they be good enough to point to me one solitary instance in which guarantees were ev . ei" taken against an encroaching and dangerous state unless by the very thing that they call dismemberment ? Are they ashamed of the great times of our Elizabeth ? Was Spain not dismembered ? Or of the times of William III . and Marlboroudb . ? Wa 3
Louis XIV . at that time not dismembered ? And still , of briefer memory , who hesitated to check the grand Napoleon by doing the very thing that all policy calls on us at present to respect—viz ., by erecting an independent barrier state ? ( Cheers ) . They say there are difficulties . Would gallant Poland , if revived , not be as strong as Belgium ? Or is it not rather that we are too apt to grant to the wolf what we would refuse to the lion ? The erection of that barrier State , gentleman , so far from being difficult , so far from being visionary , would , I believe , be hailed b y every European statesman and country beyond the frontiers of Muscovy as the true and perfect solution of existing embroilments , and our
perfect safeguard . Would Sweden , think you , hesitate to accept Finland again and the Aland Isles , and so to unite herself with the West , if she knew that an independent Poland would rest on her flank ? And Germany , stricken now by no unnatural fear—inas ^ much as her oppressive master ia within a few days of unobstructed march on either of her capitals—is it possible to imagine that she who , through effect of that terror , not only dares not join the Allies , but has been so reduced that she could see her own great river , tho Danube , torn from her , in the face of
distinotive treaties , almost without a remonstrance ?—ia ifc conceivable , I ask , that Germany should remain insensible to the truth of Lord Palmeraton ' s statement that , most of all , the restoration of Poland is a question of security for Geraiauy ? I have seen in the newspapers lately various speculations and remarks concerning loan a that Russia is obtaining at Amsterdam and Ne \ v York . The guarantees , gentlemen , of such loans , are noblemen like the Earl of Ellcsmere and your forbearing statesmen . In mercy to Europe , pronounce the word ' Poland 1 ' " ( A 2 > plause . )
Professor Blackie , in speaking on tho sentiment , " Tho interests of literature and science and of nil free thought as involved in the war , " took occasion to remark that tho heart of tho German people is with tho Western alliance , and that Germany is only deterred from joining the war out of fear of that colossal incubus of Russia . Several other speeches were delivered and the meeting , which was very enthusiastic , separated at an early hour . MR . W . J , 1 TOX ON TUB "WAR . A large meeting assembled on Saturday in the Working Men * a Hall , Oldham , to receive Mr . W . J . Fox , one of their representatives . Mr . Fox
the war should result in taking from Russia the Crimea , Finland , and Poland , I see no more reason to call that dismemberment than to empty a thief ' s pocket is to dismember him . ( Cheers and laughter . ) I am in symathy with thi 3 war because the indirect influence of Russia is of a 3 pernicious a character as its direct aggressions . It is the bulwark of all despotism . Hungary could have asserted and maintained its own independence if Russia had not interposed . " ( Hear , hear !)
delivered a long and eloquent speech , in which he referred entirely to the war , the objects and tendency of which he approved . He observed : — " There are some who are very much affected by the idea of dismembering Russia . They don't want to make wax * to dismember Russia ; and it seems to touch them as nearly as if the question were that of cutting off one of their ' own limbs . ( Hear , hear , and cheers !) Now , I would say , although I don't pledge myself to this as one of the objects of the war , that if
From congratulating his auditory on the alliance of England and France , Mr . Fox passed on to a consideration of the policy of the Peace party , which he condemned as tending to impress the Russian Emperor with the idea that the English nation is not as ' one in its opinions regarding him , and as having the effect of removing peace still further from us . The success of that policy would eject Ldrd Palrnerston from power , and would substitute a Derby Government . " And what kind of Government would that be ? " demanded Mr . Fox .
" Why , the leader of that Government m the House of Commons has guarded himself , with an extreme and almost unprecedented caution , in giving an opinion on this matter . He will act with those ' a < Tee with all war ; he will act with'those who are against all war up to a certain point ; and he will act with anybody and everybody who will enable him to damage the present Ministry . " Mr . Fox was disposed to support Lord Palmerston in order that he might be enabled to work out those army reforms—more especially with reference to the sale of commissions—which the speaker believed he was most desirous to effect , and woidd effect if properly backed by public support : —
" There are great difficulties m the way , and there are strong intersts opposed ; for , in fact , with us the army is not a service - it has become a trade . People talk of buying commissions as they would of making an investment ; and thus we have military men who like anything in the world better than fighting ; and hence we havemilitary men who are so much entangled in their ' most urgent private affairs' that one would think they had the greatest difficulty in the world in managing their own concerns , and much more than the most successful capitalist has in managing his own business . " ( " Hear , hear , " and laughter . ) Owing to this state of things , " Inkermann was a surprise , Balaklava was a blunder , and the Redan was a repulse . " Mr . Fox concluded by alluding toj the' readiness of the working classes to submit to privations for the sake of the war : —
" The people of Oldham are interested , and deeply interested , in trade and commerce , but there is something elBe in which they have a yet stronger interest , and that is in the well-being nnd prosperity , tho success and th « character , of their country . ( Cheers . ) I say the people of Oldham feel the burdens of taxation and the dearness of provisions ; but they aro people who at least will never hold one thing cheap , and that is , the character of their nation for arts and arms—for all that progress which glorifies a country and redounds -feo the advantage of tho world . ( Cheers . ) And bo I rejoice that in this hivo of industry , in thisborough , whioh one hundred years ago was only a few miserable hovels , but which has now n busv population of 80 , 000 people—I rejoice that in fromthe nwio
this place , whore all arc at work— , faotory girl to the great capitalist—I rejoice that hero , where you have men who can win European honours for inventions and the application of skill , and where you havo also tho multitudes who by tlioir daily t '; il earn their daily subsistence—I rojoico that here , m Oldham , in tho very heart and contro of thono grout interests and of these influential opinions which might lead in a different direction , you declare yoursolvea in favoui
spontaneously , deoideclly , and unreservedly , of such a poaco ns war alone can win , nnd buccchhi "' war , against tho great euomy and robber of ^ l" j ( Great cheering . ) This country has shown ifcBolf , «» « brilliantly shown itself , groat in all tho virtues cu peace ; it has known how to inoroaso its proBperijy and make that prosperity tho moanH of bloBBing ** to other lands . It has won its way to the foroinow rank among the nations in literature , in tho arts « ' Hoiencea ; it has put itself forward , and with J «»""' in its moral claims upon tho world ; It lias »<¦ generous in its rooeption of tho fugitivo ; it i " *
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 1, 1855, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_01121855/page/4/
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