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When The Norman Kings Found Tjieir Baron...
They admire him individually for the dash that lie has displayed as a seaman , as a traveller , as a diplomatist ,, as a war captain . They admire him for being admired hy the brav « . They admke him fox having been in tfce ItDrimea ^ and forspeaking up as he does , on behalf of the iarmy , its gallantry , its English spirit , and its deeds of bravery atJ & lma , Balaklava , and before Sevastopol . For he , a sailor , whose professional repute was not at stake , saw what was done there , and vouches for its being up to the standard of English character .
The inhabitants of "Westminster have met in public meeting in St . Martin ' Hall , to protest against any unsatisfactory and dishonourable peace , or the conclusion of an armistice before the signing of the preliminaries of peace . Somehow the demonstration , which anight have been useful , was mismanaged , and its result is such as to serve no party , unless it be the peace party . It will do no harm to ministers , since it ended in an extravagance . The Honourable Smyth Vereker , an Irish Tory at large , appeared in association with Mr .
"Westerion , the liberal agitator of Westminster , and Major liYON , a representative of Irregulars in the Eastat combination which at least promised to give us something irrespective of party . But another section of the inhabitants of Westminster brolcein , in the shape of James Finlen , the ebullient young Red Republican , advancing a proposal that Lord Pai ^ merstciv and his colleagues should be impeached , with a view to the decapitation of Prince Albert . At least such is the object to be inferred from the amendment which the meeting carried .
The New York mail brings us the intelligence that the Government of General Pierce has demanded the recall of Mr . Crampton , the British Minister at Washington , and we are unable to state that the report is untrue . On our side , it is intimated setni-dnicially that our Government has apologised , which is sufficient reparation , and that , in point of fact , no wrong was done . This implies tbat the apology was of a very doubtful kind , since men seldom apologise very humbly if they are perfectly certain that they have done nothing amiss . At all events we are left to infer that the apology
has been neutralised by a justification ; if so , it is implied that the British Government could resume through Mr . Crampton , Mr . Howe , and Messrs . Hertz and Steobel , the same process of raising men , in the Utrited States against the will of the Hepublie which was attempted and stopped . If our conjecture be at all correct , it follows that our Government has again drifted to the verge of a war with America ; and in the same half-official way the Americans are told virtually that if they do not take care the tremendous British navy will come over , sweep their commerce from the seas , and rake their
coasts . There is every prospect , however , that the subject will be vigorously taken up in Parliament , and that an explanation will be extorted . Glancing to the far East , we have a very pretty scandal got up en the subject of the Honourable Charges A . Murray ' s relations with the Court of Persia at Teheran . There has been a person called Mirjsa Ha shim , who was formerly employed by the Persian Government , and subsequently Tby the British Embassy . This man was the object
ofpe-, ; , cu « ar and personal hatred to the Sadr or Prime ' ^ mister of tho Shah . Failing to arrest Has him in his sanctuary , learning that Mr . Murray in-, fended to semi him to another post 1 , 000 miles ofiySadr then seized the man ' s wife aa a material guav ^ tee ; for stran ge to say , while some of our British husbiwta * would only be too glad to realise that kind of dvyqrqe-Beo the police reports passim r ) g ^ SW > - toMrbMto Persians evidently believe that to eelsso a man's wife is equivalent to chaining one of
his limfej . ! © ie quarrel became embroiled ; the Ambassador anoHhe Sadr stood upon their rights , the Shan sustained his Premier , and the British Minister ^ struck bis flag—sacrificing his ^ mission as Envoy , to the chivalrous duty of championing the helpless . Scandalmongers insinuate that Mr . Murray had some special interest in the fair Persian ; on which his defenders reply that the lady is now the solace of a third husband , and that the
ambassador intended to send her 1 , 000 miles away —facts which render the insinuations of a gallant motive improbable . We are , however , to hear more of this story of Murray Effendi and the fair Persian . Yet further East , another drama has come to its due conclusion . The kingdom of Oude has been suppressed , and its territory is uow merged in the
English possessions by which it is surrounded . There was indeed no reason for maintaining it as a separate state—every reason for the present measure . The reigning king was only the adopted heir of his predecessor . He was the roue of a class happily unknown in the West ; his Court was a casino—nay , it is libelling any respectable casino to draw a parallel ; the Court officers were chosen for their baseness—the Court ladies for
their degradation ; and fantastic cruelty dictated the customs of the Government by executions and torture being of hourly occurrence . The best men in the country were made to eat dirt . The King coquetted with miserable rebels like our Thom of Canterbury ; the British Resident and troops could only support his authority at the cost of fighting
against their own real friends ; the State was inverted against itself , and to assist in maintaining it was to assist in prostituting the authority of England to be the instrument of the most aba ndoned of wretches . The nuisance has been put down ; and one interruption to the uniform course of English rule throughout the territory of Hhndostan has been removed .
The Manchester poisoning inquiry continues to develop itself ; and the trial of Palmer appears to be definitively removed from Staffordshire in order to remove the accused from the influence of local prejudice . This is only just . A remarkable reaction has taken place in his favour ; we see journals and judges suddenly remembering the duty of caution in accepting evidence beforehand . Very proper , no doubt ; but when Lord Chief Just ice Campbell , besides telling those who discuss the subject that they are liable to punishment , expects that all will hold their tongues out of deference to his punctilios , he goes beyond the " province of the Bench , and deserves to be told not to be impertinent .
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The Queen And The How. Miss Murray. The ...
The Queen and the How . Miss Murray . The Atkenwmi has a paragraph explaining the true state of the case with reforence to tlie reported retirement of the , Hon . Miss Murray from the Court . It appears ( accordiug to this statement ) thatMiaa Murray , having visited America , formed new opinions on tho antislavery question . " This change of view Miss Murray communicated to the Queon , who replied to her Lady in Waiting , if wo are rightly informed , by some very Wise and very womanly counsels . Unhappilytho
, Royal letter missed its objoot ; and before Misb Murray had tho advantago of reading her august friend ' s advico she had pledged herself . not to observo that disoroot silenoe on a most intricato and vexed problom which is necessary in persons holding p \ iblio situations . Miss Murray has tho courage to avow her opinions ; but aa ehe ohoao to take part in a < 3 iflousssion that every day threatens to roud tho Union , hor retirement from tho Queen ' s household follo-wod naturall .
y Theso are the simple faots . There was no intention to dodioftto tho book to hor Majesty . Her Majesty never saw tho proof-shoots . Wo oannob suppose that tho Queen moaufc to robulce Miss Murray—aa tho paragraph makes her—for forming am honest opinion . Mias Murray ' s retirement from tho Court must bo assigned to a political , not a personal , motivo . Wo 8 oo nothing in it save what is oreditablo alike to eoyeroign and subject . "
Thejtar. The Apprehended Russian Attack ...
THEJTAR . The apprehended Russian attack on Kertch has been attempted . On the 9 th ult ., the Russians advanced over the ice , with a view to attacking the place , / hut the alertness of General Vivian disappointed the project . No details have yet been received . The gulfs of Odessa and Kinbum are still frozen , but the temperature in the Crimea has become milder . A despatch from the East says
that a short cannonade has taken place betwee n Fort Constantine and the steam frigates of the allied fleet . In the catnp , it was thought that an attack was preparing against tlie northern forts ; but the cessation of the firing all at once disappointed the general expectation . Arx experiment as to whether the batteries of Fort Constantine on the sea-side had been dismounted to increase the fire on Sebastopol , was alleged as the cause . A Greek spy has been arrested , and given over to a military
com-. The progress of affairs in Asia presents but few subjects of interest . The Invalide Russe says that intelligence from the Oriental shores of the Black Sea informs them that Iskender Pacha was seriously wounded on the 23 rd of December . Lieutenant-General Prince AndronikofF had been removed from his post as Governor of Tiflis . Some of the Turkish prisoners taken at Kars had arrived there . According to the latest news from Asia Minor , Halim Pacha and General Stewart were engaged
in organising the defence of Erzeroum . Hostile preparations are being carried on at Constantinople with the utmost activity ; and the "War Department in Sweden lias drawn from the Treasury 1 , 100 , 000 francs , to be applied to the urgent der fence of the kingdom . But these fpiecastings may be rendered unnecessary by the Peace Congress at Paris . A few particulars of interest from Odessa and its neighbourhood are contained in correspondence from the continent , where we read : — '
" T 3 ie Imperial Commercial Bank of Odessa has issued assignats of the value of one silver rouble . Itneedhardly be said that there is a sad dearth , of silver coin . The com "bought by the Russian Government from the Bubj « ct 3 of neutral States has not yet been paid for , although moat urgent demands for payment have been made . The troops are still employed in constructing str & nd-batterieB . Thousands of rueu are employed on the fortifications of Nicholaieff , where floating batteries are about to be made . The northern side of 23 "ioholaieff is still xinfortified . There are straudbatteries at several places on each , bank of the Bug . Cherson is still in a dilapidated state . The weather is now very mild at Odessa . "
The war has come to a veritable pause , nud diplomatists will soon be laboriously planning to prevent its resumption .
A C 1 UMEA . N RETROSPECT . N ' KWsrAi'ER correspondents now and tlicn manage to acquire information which is calculated to interest Governments as well aa the great public , and such , is my case at present . After the fall of South Sevastopol , the Russian tinny wnsiu such a terrible Btato of demoralisation and distress that the whole of tho Crimea must luivo inevitably fallen into tho hands of tbo Allies if they had followed up their advantage . Tho state of things was so alarming , that it was at first resolved to evacuate the Crimea immediately , but the Allies remained inactivo , and two divisions of the Gronadior corps had timo to
mfllce their Avay to the theatre of war . On tho arrival of theso troops , tho Russians ngnin took courage , and in a counoil of war , at which the Emporor was p rosent , it was resolved to maintain possession of tho Crimea . Tlie world ia much aurprised that IIuhhui \ h willing to conclude peace on mioh torins , Imtit will porhapn bo less so when ifc Uaa read tho following singular intelligence , whioh has tho merit of lioiug perfectly authentic . No lauguago can doaoribo tho Hufl ' oriiigs of a part of that Russian army to -which van intrusted tho defence of the coasts of tho Bnllio . Tho body of it was composed of militiamen , who wore not only miserably clothed und erjiupwiotchca
pod , but literally half-starved Tho poor wore affected by a singular malady . 'Vunt numbers of them had tho tolsuci / U ( raving wailing , " porhaps delirium tremena , is . meant ) , and thoy woro not relieved from their sufforiiiRH until tho cruiocn ol tho enemy had disappeared . " Tho Allu'H , who < "' < j tlio greatest blunderers on tho faoo of tho crnrth , raifl «« tUo blockade too soon , and tho ooiiHoquonco was tliut vaut quantities of stores and provisions arrivou iron » Momol and Dantuio as soon as thoir back * voj '" turnod . " While the unfortunate militia woro loll to Buffer tho pangs of hunger , tho grontoafc oaro w taken to supply tho Imperial Ouard with ovorytiu » b ¦ that it could doairo . —Times Viennm Corresponded '
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 2, 1856, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02021856/page/2/
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