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aid in emancipation -without compromising their dignity . That also was rejected . The land is not now given for the specific space of a road , but as a grant towards the funds , of railway companies ; which we must consider § , ppsjijve abuse of authority repugnant to the princip les of a * . epubjje . In our country we have a dispossessed pote ^ Jftte appearing by his proxy . r £ j ^ deposed King © f Oud -b comes to jfcfo Cottffc . fo ' th-O person $ fb . is mother , begging for restitution . And to look at the rout-which has accompanied the royal lady , we
might sing , "The beggars are coming to town . Upwards of a hundred of them have entered London in carriages , cabs , and omnibuses —r- % strange pageant . They are spending their money upon a hopeless mission . They will go "back poorer than they came ; for , although our Court does not possess the power of giving kingdoms , which Parliament in its justice has taken away from those -who defrauded their trust , there are plenty of able men in this country who can teach . Kings and Queens of Oude , or of any other p lace , how to spend their money .
Other great interests , too , have been imperilled . We have had the Royal British Bank stopping for -want of funds . It Tvas an attempt to introduce into London the Scotch system , the main characteristic of-which is , that a man shall lodge bis funds in a bank and draw interest for it ; that he shall be able occasionally to overdraw his ( account , paying interest . This system is weljL
enough in Scotland , where there is a remarkable companionship of men in business , but it is quite unstated to our metropolis , where association in business does not imply association in private life . It is at once too slow , as well as alien to English habits , The bank did not take . It appears also to have locked up its funds in an unavailable form . It is an experiment which has not succeeded .
Brilliant -weather has restored tae hopes of a ¦ beneficent harvest ; so that there is a tolerable certainty that the quantity garnered will bear a Jajge proportion to the crops on tbe ground a TOonth ago . The presence of plenty is . not confined to Great Britain ; the North of Europe has evidently been blessed with abundance . Larger breadths of land have been cultivated , and the fruitfulness of the season has more than fulfilled the hopes of the farmer . In the United States the crop gathered has been far above the average . The damage done by the rain to
the wheat at home is compensated , perhaps more than . compensated , by the beneficial effect of the moisture on all green crops , which were suffering from the long drought . A stable foundation has therefore been laid for trade and commerce . Birmingham makes a prominent figure in the provincial news . The town has inaugurated a new Music Hall , to break down the monopoly of oratorio performances doled out , once in three years , at the Town Hall ; and Mr . Addeuxett has personally opened a park at Saltlev for the
benefit of the public- This park is the gift of Mr . Ajddekiey . He handed it over to the committee -who "will manage it in future—a comjnittce chiefly composed of artizans—fenced in at his expense . Tho ceremonies -were conducted ¦ with the gaiety becoming a rural festival , and ended with a dance , the county Member dancing w-ith the belle of the village . This is an example that may well be followed by other proprietors . It is not the first time that Mr . Addermiy has shown himself alive to the interests of wovkin "
men . - Three distinguished gentlemen havo " gone before" within the last ton days . Literature has * ° 5 * a noble son in the person of Mr . Gilbert A'Beokett , who united the characters of journa-« Bt ,, wit , and police magistrate with a rare ielioity . Neither tho hmes nor Punch will know Inm any K / rrTJT 5 8 ound J » dgrant and kindly 8 S pUy tb < Nnseives on b tiic bench hi J 533 *^ ^ BSS-S & VSSj rta
grea * -war at the beginning of the century and received thirteen wounds , yet , when peace came , undertook , in conjunction with Parry , an enterprise to Ike Arctic Sea , and who at a later period , on a § ji » Uar occasion , was absent fourjegars in the ic § , Th § isculptor a » 4 the sailor yfgra ag & d men , \> x & the teftn of letting sank into the gr « ye at a cof » paratiy « ly early «^ e . Jfome gentlemen # 1 th # YV " esfc Ridiftfl ? have giWP ti © Jjlarl of CLfcpDi & A * a swo . . « o 3 a din .-ner . fjfc 4 s a littl * focal admiration wHfeh . flamed up at the epoch of the Balaklava charge among those who live near the Earl ' s estates in those parts . Everybody remarks on the long interval 'twixt now and then . It is clear the admiration
must have kept well , or , that a sword having been purchased , it must of course be presented . Lord Uasdigan , in his own peculiar style , narrated the execution of the Bolaklava charge as a specimen of soldierly conduct , and expounded his viewsof the duties of a cavalry general . They are not ours . The noble Earl says that a "brigadier should lead his men into action ; but he says nothing of his duties in ' leading'them out .
Now , the censure muttered against Lord Cardigan respecting this charge is , that he did not stay to carry his men out of action , but that he left it -to others . We should like to be accurately informed what the noble earl actually did after he had reached the Russian guns . People say he rode back again before his troops . If it was his duty , as he says , "to keep his men together" in the charge , surely a similar duty was incumbent on him in the retreat .
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BAN Q UET TO THE E AR 1 OF C A R D IGAN . A puBiic banquet , in honour of the Earl of Cardigan , took place in the Stock Exchange Hall , Leeds , on Saturday last , when a very handsome and costly sword , with an address from the subscribers , -was presented to him as a recognition of his Lordship's gallantry in the well-known charge against the Russians at Balaklava , and as a mark of respect for his military conduct . Mr . Edmund . Denison , H . P ., was in the chair . Previous to the presentation of the sword , an address , - written in a singularly turgid style , was read by Mr . Beeeroft , the chairman , of the committee . Mr . Denison caving then spoken in a similar style of ornate flattery , and having remarked , in the course of hie speech , that he " would have spurned with the greatest contempt even hia
Lordship , or any British subject witli whom he should come in contact , if he refused to obey the lawful command of a superior officer , " Lord Gardigan returned thanks , and in so doing reviewed the history of the Crimean campaign , as far as he was concerned in it . In . alluding to Lord Raglan as one whose memory he revered and honoured , and whose good opinion in life ho -valued more than that of any other man , he exhibited strong emotion . He combated what he regarded aa certain fallacies now current , to the effect that a ca-valry officer ought , in . the case of a charge ^ to come into personal combat with the enemy in the midst of the privates , and that , after leading tbe first line , he should halt and receive the second line , before bringing his "brigade into
action . With respect to the first opinion , Ms Lordship showed that a cavalry officer jnust keep his regiments togetlier , must lead them at a regular pace , husband their impetus for the final onslaught , and keep tho allignment of the men . He quoted the authority of tho lato Lord Anglesey , and called to mind that that first of cavalry officers stated , ho had never bwt once , and that was in self-defence , used his sword against the enemy . A 3 regards the second fallacy , the Earl observed that a general officer heading tho first line has nothing whatevor to do with anything but the regiments he immediately commands . To wait for tho second line in such a charge as that of Balaklava would be uttorly impoasible . Lord Cardigan then continued : —
" Well , ladies and gentlcmon , I hadbrouglit tho attacking lino up to the battery ; they were there employed , some of them in cutting down tho gunners—and , gentlemen , it was tliaro that tho great loss of life took place . It was then , or immediately afterwards , that many a gallant spirit dcparted ^ thislife—it was thero" ( his Lordship again had to pause horo from tho intensity of Lis feelings )— "it was there that aucli mon as Hotham , and Goad , and Montgomery , of the 13 th Light Dragoons—aa Winter , and Webb , and Thompson , of tho 17 th Lancera —it was there that they met their death it was tbore that White , and Morris , anil Sir W . Gordon were cut
to tho ground ; it was thero that one of my nidos-dccamp was wounded , another taken prisoner , and then , or some time later , another met his fato lileo tho rest—I speak of Captain Lockwood , of tho 8 th Hussars , thanwhoirj thero never was a more gentlemanly or a . moro gallant young officer . ( Cheers . ) This slaughter took place both among officers and mon , for tho men gnllaintly followed their officers wherovor thoy wont . At the same time , in tho supporting regiments , both Parker and ITitzgibbon , of tho 8 th Hussars , Cornet Houghton , of tho lltli Hussars , and otliers whoso names 1 am . afraid I can't recollect , wcro cut off . Well , gentlemen , in tho faco of
all the difficulties there were for the leading line to ad vance after getting in among the guns , or * account of the Obstruction which the gun-carriages , the limber-car riages , and other machinery of that sort offered manv did advance , and lost their lives ; and when , in twentv miujitesi from the time we had moved up to the attack passed © ver one mile of ground in going ; , and the same in retiring , I drew up that remnant of the Liehf Brigade , there remained hat 195 out of 670 menwh TT ^ f tt into action . The loss of life , of officers , non-com missioned officers , and ri ) en—those who were put horsie combat either !> y death or wounds , or -t aken prisoners —was 298 , apd there were 397 horses disabled - and the whole of that occurred in the short space of twenty-five minutes ; and , gentlemen , I think I may here state that of those wlio escaped that day it cannot be truly said that any maa ' s life was saved by any uq . becoming conduct ; if their lives were saved it was bv win
tee - or JDi-vme l ' rovxdence , who decreed that they should be saved , while many died a glorious death . Gentlemen , after this Lad taken place , I proceeded to Lord Raglan to report the circumstances of the charge and his lordsliip expressed to me hia marked disapprobation of what had been done , stating that such an attack was totally contrary to the principles , of warfare - ^ that is , the attacking a battery in front with cavalry . I have only , to say on the subject that there never was a more uncalled-for attack , inasmuch as we had seen tins Russian battery with a large body of heavy cavalry in its rear at least twenty minutes ; and when this attack was ordered they -were neither advancing nor retreating . " ,
After several other toasts ( among which was one to M } ss Nightingale ) had been honoured , the company "broke up .
Fall Of A House. A House B Little Swaa-A...
FALL OF A HOUSE . A house b Little Swaa-aUey , situated in the rear of Tokenhouse-yard , and on . the east side of Moor « atesfcreet , fell down a little after twelve o ' clock on the night of Tuesday ., causing the death of four persons , and injuries to some others . The neighbourhood consists of several small courts and alleys of dilapidated tenements ; and the house in question has been in . & dangerous state for some time past . It comprised frwo floors , with a cellar , half underground , beneath , and was occupied by fifteen persons , one a paralytic woman , who was saved . The four persons killed were a man named Palmer , and his three children-in-Iaw , aged respectively fourteen , twelve , and five . Palmer ' s wife , the mother of these children , survives ; but she and her Imby . were buried in the ruins , and were miich hurt . Mrs . Palmer made the subjoined" statement on being dug out froni tieheaps of rubbish . : — " We occupied the hack room on tho first floor , of the house , for which I paid a Mr . Craae 2 s . a week rent ; There were my husband and myself , the baby in my arms , my boy , who was out in a situation , and my other children—Elizabeth , James , and Thomas Pullcu , by a former marriage . "We lived in the one room . My husband is a dock labourer , and I am in the habit of going out -washing and earning a -trifle . I was out ' washing on Tuesday , and received Is- 6 d ., and was very tired . My poor boy was kept later at work at his situation than usual , and so his life -was saved . About nine o ' clock , I was preparing my husband ' s supper , when I heard a noise as if the -walls were cracking , nnd saw dust falling from tlie ceiling . I said to my husband , 'Oh , I am sure the house is falling . He replied that I
was always thinking so , and that it -was the man hi the next room sharpening Ms knife . I said that would not cause tho walls to crnclc or the dust to fall ,-and I was sure the house roust he falling . Nothing further was said , however ; we had our supper , and shortly after ten o ' clock wo -went to bed . I am weaning the boy in my arms , and , in consequence of hia crying , I got up aLout five minutes to twelve o'clock and gave him some milk . He fell asleep in my arms , when I felt tho boards of the floor shaking under me . This was o fow minute ? after twelve o ' clock . I felt the shaking of tho floor more aud more , and callod out to my poor husband , 'Oh , good Godl tho house is falling 1 Savo my poor children ! lie got up , put on liis trousers , and was going to the corner of tho room whero my thrco children lay on . the floor , to savo them , no doubt . That h the last I saw of thom . I ran to tho stairs , screaming for Mrs . King to escape with her family . As I got
towards tho bottom of the stair 3 thoy gave way under me , and as tho hoxiBo fell I was thrown out , with my boy in my arms , on to the pavement in tho court . I can recollect little moro than that I and my baby were saved , and that - \ vo wero nearly suffocatod by the clouds of dust . My child was hurt by tho fall . I have lately bad strong doubts about tho security of tho house , had tallccdto my husband about leaving . Lnst Saturday night week , Mr . Crnno culled upon mo for 2 ^ ., the week ' s roat . I told him ho had better have no-induing done to tho fireplace , for it was not s « fe , and tho children would fall into tho cellar somo of these days . Tlicre was a largo crack by tho side of tho fireplace . Ho anid ho would colL in a fow days and look to- it . He went away , but nothing has boon dono to thp place or tho house . I paid my rent last Sunday , and I nm now in thonioat destitute oircumatances . I oarnedla . 6 d . by £ «"' £ washing on tho Tuosday , which I put under my bed , » nd I am in hopes I shnll find it . "
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 6, 1856, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06091856/page/2/
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