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124 THE LEADEB. [No. 307, Saturday,
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tary peerages), and by Lords Debby and B...
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THEJWAR. Less and less grows the thin st...
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WAR MISCELLANEA. Tub Hansbatio Crarcs an...
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THE PEACE. The peace preliminaries progr...
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124 The Leadeb. [No. 307, Saturday,
124 THE LEADEB . [ No . 307 , Saturday
Tary Peerages), And By Lords Debby And B...
tary peerages ) , and by Lords Debby and BROtra-HAM . Earl Granville defended the legality of the creation and contended that it was nec « 3 sary to strengthen the judicial element of the House . —He was followed on tie same side by the Lord Chancellor , who took the . responsibility of the creation wholly on himself , and said that he thought the question so far -beyond doul > t that he had not taken the opinions of the law officers of the Crown , adding that , if he had committed an error , he was ready to face an impeachment or to sit under the censure of bheir Lordships . The motion was also resisted by Earl Obey and the Duke of Abgyix . The House then divided : — PRESENT . Contents ... ... ••• 79 Non-contents ... ... 53 Majority ... - ••• 26 PROXIES . Contents ... ••« •«• ••? ** 9 Non-contents ... - ... . 52 Majority ... 7 The motion therefore was carried . The House then adjourned , at a quarter to three o ' clock , having sat since five in the evening . CTE REPOBT OF SIR JOHK M ' NIELL AND COLONEL IIJLIiOCH . in the Hottse of Commons , Mr . La . ya . hd gave notice that , on the 21 st instant , lie would call atteaitioai to the report of Sir John M'Niell and Major Tulloeh as to the state of the army in the Crimea . ENilSTMENTi OF TJROOPS IN PRUSSIA . IiOrd PaJjMerston , in answer . to Mr . Heney . Baimje , wliether he had any objection to lay on the table the correspondence which had taken place with tike Prussian Government relative to the employment of agents for the enlistment of troops , and in reference to the . arrest of her Majesty ' s Consul at Cologne upon the charge of being engaged in such , proceedings , stated that no good could arise from tlie publication of the ccxyrespondence . The matter had been amicably settled . As to the Hans © Towns , no correspondence on the subject of enlistment had taken place . THE ECGLESIASIICAi COURTS . Mr , CorjttER moved for leave to bring in a bill to transfer the Testamentary Jurisdiction of the Eccle ^ siastical Courts to the Superior Courts « £ Common . Law and to the County Courfc 8 . Purposing to deal with only one branch of the extensive authority now exercised by the courts in question , namely , their juuisdictiois over matters testamentary , the bill provided that the circuits , of the Beveral county courts 'Should be made districts for the purpose of proving wills ; that probate should be granted by the county court of the district in which the testator died j that tte original will should be lodged for safe custody in tW Register-office at Somerset-house ; and that the county court should exercise complete jurisdiction over all undisputed testaments , holding power also to determine disputes when the amount of property bequeathed was below . £ 300 . Any litigation respecting estates of larger value was to be settled by the Courts -of Common Law . . ! 3 ? he motion was seconded Toy Mr . H-flDiXELD , and supported by Mr . KEA / Kpsa ,. Mr , Athekton , Mr . SIuntz , Sir Erseunb Ferry ( with some drawbacks ) , and Mr . M'JVLajson , who suggested that tlie bill should 1 ) 6 extended to Ireland . It was opposed by Mr . € taOBQE Btitt , Mr . Malins , Mr . R . PaiLMMOBE , and Mr . J . Philtjcmore , the last of whom deprecated piecemeal legislation on the Bubjeot , and rejoiced at the prospect of a comprehensive Government measure for the ubter abolition of ecclesiastical jurisdiction , held out by the SoMOiTOB-GENERAii , who announced that he would not oppose Mr . Collier ' a motion , though he considered it insufficient . After a few more remarks from Mr , Collier , leave was given to- bring in the bill . . , NAVAIi ADMINISTRATION .. Captain Soobell moved for a select committed to inquire into naval administration , patronage , promotions , and retirements , and the efficiency of the service an all grades . He denounced the system of placing a civilian at the head of the Admiralty , and asserted that the most gross instances of favouritism . could bo proved by a Bolect committee with reference to the advancement of naval officers . —The motion was Bccorxded by Admiral TValoott ; supported by Colonel Boldhro , Mr . W . S . Ljndsay , Mr . Bass , anc iShrjGaAj . iLEB Napier ( who made a rather ranablinfl . speech , in whioh ho stated that the Baltic fleet in . 1854 . \ vaa not equal to contending against tho eaiomy , though animated with great zeal ); ancl resisted "by Sir C ^ ABLjqij / Wood ( who denied tho charge of favourifciam ) , fcy , Aa » qiiwa ] BB ! RKEi 4 By , Sir 3 PB . A . NQIS Baring , and Mr . Bbrnai * Os ^ pnNiB , tho last of whom ohargod Sir Oharjes Wapiei- -with being bo absorbed with his pro coutomplatoa motion on . tho Baltio fleet of 1854-5 tbftt . ha liad made a ' . mtetnlce , and applied a speech , intended for thtvt motion to -the preeoat motion , Mr .
Osbome also replied to the disparaging remarks on the manning of the fleet made by Sir Charles , who spoke of many of the men as "trash of landsmen , " some of whom had bald heads and wore spectacles , while others were ragged and without Bhoes and stockings . Against these allegations , Mr . Osborne quoted some of Admiral Napier ' s own reports . Upon a division , the motion was negatived by 171 to 80 ; majority , 91 . THE BALTIO CAMPAIGN- OF 1854 . Sir Charles Napier postponed his motion for the production of papers referring to the campaign in the Baltic in the year 1854 , until Thursday , February U . The House adjourned at a quarter past twelve o ' clock .
Thejwar. Less And Less Grows The Thin St...
THEJWAR . Less and less grows the thin stream of war news , week by week . A little movement , however , is still observable in the Crimea , where Marshal Pelissier , having been informed that the Russians , on a given night , proposed to attack the advanced division in the Valley of Baidar , in the hope of surprising it , kept eight of his divisions under arms during the whole night ; but nothing ensued . When the news of the acceptance by Russia of the Austrian propositions reached Sevastopol , it was at first disbelieved ; but , when doubt was no longer possible , it is stated to have caused " a feeling of complete stupefaction "—though whether among the ¦ Russians or the allies , deponent -sayeth not . Trade at Kamiesck is suffering severely . The excess of supplies has caused a great reduction in prices ^ and led to several failures . The Morning Post expresses its belief that official accounts have been received of the complete destruction of the docks at Sevastopol , which have now all been blown up . Accounts from Kertcb . dp not possess much interest . General Vivian has purchased two thousand horses at Bucharest for the Anglo-Turkish Contingent . " General Lebeuf has returned to headquarters from -his visit to Kintjurn . From Odessa we are told that large bodies of men are advancing in the direction of the Danube . According to intelligence from Constantinople , the English , in case the war continues , are to send
their German Legion , as well as other troops , to Asia . The negotiations for the exchange of a part of the garrisons of Kars and Kinburn are still going on . The deputation of Circassian chiefs , who had been at Constantinople for some time , have left for Trebizond . Accounts have been received from Bulgaria of disturbances having taken place with the Bashi-Bazouks at Shurnla , and orders have been sent for the punishment of the rioters .
THE BALAKLAVA 8 WAMP . The swamp at the head of Balaklava harbour is a nuisance which strikes one the more in proportion as other nuisances abate and disappear . Thus , when one approaches the town , over an excellent road ( the best part of our high road is that from Kadikoi to the entrance of Balaklava ) , and sees on the one hand a railway at work and quite a village of huts and storehouses , on the other the rows of shipping in the harbour , onall sides signs of activity , commerce , civilisation , and improvement , he wonders to behold a fetid , fever-breeding morass in the very heart and centre of all this movement and business . The means that have been
adopted temporarily to diminish the inconvenience have but augmented the evil . Straw has at different times been spread there , and the result is a bed of manure and a breeding-plac * of miasma . I understand it is intended to drive piles into the harbour in advance of this swamp ^ and where the water is of a certain depth , to stretch boards across the piles , so as to form a barrier , and to fill up in rear of this with shingle and ballast , of which a thick layer will be spread over the whole of , tho marshy ground . Thia
w the only effeotual way of putting a period to this most unwholesome nuisance . It might be worthwhile to make the pil ^ B of sufficient solidity , and to drive them in water deep enough for boats and lighters to discharge there ; for Balaklava , the paltry fishing village , the unknown lurkiug-placo of tho smuggler , is now a port of great comm-oroe , and has not enough of wharf room . The filling up of tho swamp is one of tho measures most essential to tho improvement of tho sanitary state of Balaklavn , although I suspect that more will have to bo done before tho warm weather comes . —Times' Correspondent .
War Miscellanea. Tub Hansbatio Crarcs An...
WAR MISCELLANEA . Tub Hansbatio Crarcs and theWaii . —Alottovfrom Hamburg , in Le Nonl , givoa an aooount of tho laiBBion of Dr . Ruoker , who , it ia naifl , woe sent to London by tho throe Hanaoatio cities to assure tho Engliah government of tho falsehood of the allocations that
war matei'iel was being transported thence into Russia Lord Clarendon , says the account , received the Doctor "in a manner so little diplomatic that a parallel is vainly sought in history , " while Lord Palmerston cried out in the midst of the exp lanations " Why , you Hamburghers are nothing but a set of smugglers ! " All this , together with sundry threatenings , has greviously wounded the feelings of the citizens of Hamburg .
The Peace. The Peace Preliminaries Progr...
THE PEACE . The peace preliminaries progress . Turkey is said to be as anxious as Russia for the conclusion of the war ¦ Austria ia throwing her weight into the pacific scale ' France would evidently rather sheath the sword and England , though Btill in a belligerent mood , will ' of course , throw no obstacles iu the way of the Conferences . The Plenipotentiaries are now settled on , and the Monitcnr thus officially announces their names : — ,.. ¦„ f Count Colonna Walewski . if ranee ^ Baron de Bourqueney . ., -n , , , ( Earl of Clarendon . " England 1 Lord Cowley . ,, » , . f Count de Buol-Schauenateiu . Austna { Baron de Hubner . " Turkpv ( Aali Pacha . X ***** \ Meherned Djemil Bey . " Sardinia Chevalier Massimo d'Azeglio . "Ru- ^ ia . | Count Orioff . KlUoSia \ Baron Brunow . " Yet , notwithstanding the prospects of peace , Russia continues to . rnake military preparations in the Baltic provinces and in Poland . It is thought that the Conferences will open on the 25 th of February . The preliminary protocol was signed at Vienna , on the 1 st ofFebruary by the representatives of France , England , Austria , Turkey , and . Russia ; and the conclusion of an armistice was then decided on in principle . It has been determined to communicate the probobol to the Diet of Frankfort . A despatch from Berlin says that " Saxony does not inteud to ' recommend' the Diet of Frankfort to accept the Austrian proposals unconditionally . Nevertheless , it is believed that the iwobability of the restoration of peade will not fail to exercise some influence on the resolutions of the neutral States of Germany . " While signing the protocol , Prince Gortschakoff . according to Le Nord , requested that Prussia should be invited to take part in the Conferences . Count Buol , it is added , supported the request , and the French and English Ministers took notice of it ad referendum . The annoimcemeiit of the Morning Post , last week , that Prussia is to be excluded , appears , therefore , to be premature , though it may possibly be true after all . The New Prussian Gazette states that the participation of Prussia in the Conferences of peace is so completely a matter of indifference to the cabinet of Berlin , that Prussia has determined not to take part in the negotiations , unless requested to do so by all the powers . Another accotint says that Prussia has voluntarily retired rather than make difficulties , but that she still asserts her right . A grand trumpet flourish 13 blown by the Journal de St . Petersburg , which , in large type , at the head of it 3 " News of the Day , " observes : ¦ — <( The intelligence that Russia has accepted the proposols of Austria , relative to the basea of negotiations , has produced a profound sensation . At London and Paris , it was published officially , and was received everywhere with great joy . Hopes of peace , anticipating the event , have taken , so to Bpouk , tho character of certainties . " The French Emperor ia reported to havo written a letter to the Emperor Francis Joseph , in which ho promises tliat the Fifth Point shall be interpreted " noither iu the spirit of an attorney nor of a tradesman . " Peace , if we may believe tho statomouta contained in a letter from St . Petersburg , is becoming popular in that city . Even tho Qnuul-Duko Constantino begins to aoknowledgo that his Imperial brother was right in acceptiug the Austrian terms ; ami Prince Menackikoff appears to bo tho only bclligoi-out of any importance Ho hftB ondeavourod to got himself named representative of Russia nt tho Paris Congress ; but , adds the lottor wo havo just roforroil to , "thoEtaiperor positively refused to intrust bo important a mission to the niau who was tho ixnmoiliato oauBO of tho war , and he dismissed Priuco Monfiob-Ikoll , telling him that it would have been much bottcv ana niuoh more uBeful had ho oxhibitod at tho battlo of tho Alma , where an opportunity waa givou for tho display of real heroism , a conduct more in accordance with the haughtiness of hia presont language , Tim Admiral imadoanother attompt with Mm Grimd-Puko , with whom ho has long boon a favourito ; but tho Prince rofusod to roooivo him , and ordered tho l'niico , through an aido-de-camp , to procoed to Cmmtiult , to perform tho duties which Mlo Emporor hud intni » tou ti him . " Tho Moniteur ropubliwhoH tho official announcement of tho adhosion of Itussiiv to tho Aunlxian proposali , with tho observation that tlioro wore noino orroiw n » the firab version , previously publinhod in tho Montto «' , Tho following is tho oorrootod ¦ vornion : —
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 9, 1856, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09021856/page/4/
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