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746 THE L. E A D E R. [No. 333, Saturday...
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A Few Weeks Back The Economist Pointed O...
the rig hts of man into silence . Those are unhappy circumstances in the state of the Union ; but it is undoubtedly the fact that foreign agitators have taken advantage of these difficulties to set one part of the Union agafcat t ** r other- * ift not only the wild indiscretion of recklesp mem that has begun civil war in Kaj » s ; it is alscKtSps predetermined cunning of Eip & pean statesmj « which has fostered tbjfrge paesiaw * . and has < h * % » d '
to fan civil war in th « Union fbr the purpose of neutralizing the Great Republic during the conflict in Europe . Although , therefore , we admit the candour with which the New York Journal of Commerce brings forward figures to show the existence of practices : in the port of New York , where slavers are equipped notwithstanding the vigilance of the authorities , vre cannot but feel
that that exercise of candour , natural as it is commendable in many respects , happens at an unfortunate time , when the Union , which should be united , is divided for its- own detriment and the injury of the liberal cause throughout the world . Again , when Massachusetts " riles" Alabama by sending to the Slave state Anti-slavery resolutions , we see in the act conduct as culpable as that of Alabama in returning the resolutions with an . unbrotherly tone of insult and defiance . Already the politicians of England and Europe are reckoning that the people will elect an Antislavery Governor , who will send round the brand of civil discord , as the burning branch used to be sent to rouse the clans of Scotland ; and the latest news from the United States induces us to suppose that these external intrigues which have found their accomplices within the Union are not entirely without prospect of success .
The British Association has been a gigantic visitor at Cheltenham , arriving , however , in the off-season . The business began with a very comprehensive address from the new President , Dr . J ) adbent , reviewing everything that has been done of recent years in science , and the mastery which the philosophical investigator is acquiring
over the materials of nature—a mastery felt in all the affairs of daily life . The very shops are better furnished , because the natural philosopher can now manufacture in competition with nature . The splendid crops which are springing up in all parts of the globe will be rendered more copious and more certain by the gradual influence ¦ which is extended from these annual gatherings .
The welcome to Windham at Norwich , like the welcome extended to other Crimean officers , has called forth many proofs that experience in the field and in the military politics of the Contin < mt is breeding amongst us a new set of menand wo aie placing them , in Parliament—who will gradually remedy the too wide separation between the sword and statesmanship . It is not only the comp liment to the hero which characterizes these meetings ,. but it is this gradual familiarizing of the
public mind with military politics . Even yet , however , some of the best spirits still give expression to sentiments which are more than questionable . Lord ALBBMABi . fi , for example , one of the most sensible and frank of any of our public men , expressed a hope that General Winduam would not again have to draw his working sword . It is cxpi * cssions such as this which make foreign countries believo the English people to be afraid of fighting , and so embolden thorn to roturn to bullying and evasion , even as Russia is doing
novr . A . very interesting judgment has boon givon at Gloucester Assizes . Theodore Evans , the manager of the Tewkosbury Branch of tho Gloucestershire Bank , -was found on leaving his employment to be 8250 * . deficient . Ho explained that ho had secretly lent 1750 / . to lhreo customers ; for tho remainder ho gave no explanation , but ho had told the cashier and book-keopor so " to cook " the accounts aa to conceal tho deficiency . lie i »
brou ^ hf before th « criminal court for defalcation , but as he tuJHled * out tOihave given security , and to be also a ciUMomer of the bank , with authority to overdraTBplfis account , the ; judge directed the jury to ntssgj ^ Srhiaav . This , jpfigtoent . will \ m aifcinterestiifgg hint . Ijo shareholders and dSRosiftore in bankHfc * The * recqp * of violin !; de |* ih is cloggpfc this week mfcHbJ * any pain & i ^ caa ** At F 6 lk ^* bne a soldier in the Foreign Legion has killed two girls , sisters , in a paroxysm of jealousy , and has contributed two remarkable love-letters to the Newgate Calendar . At Walton-on-the-N'aze , a young lady
has ended her troubles by using a sea-bath as the means of suicide . Strange stories have been told respecting her crosses in love—just enough to make the public know that it has only heard half the circumstances , and is incapable of forming any judgment whatsoever on the case . The jury , however , have pronounced the young lady to be " felo de se ; " taking upon themselves to pronounce the exact state of her mind at the moment , and to dispense , therefore , with the relio-ious ceremonies given to the worst of
criminals . The murderer who is hanged , as Mobdock has been hanged , may be said to expire in the very midst of religious ceremony . Murdoch , our readers remember , was the lad who killed his gaoler , in a struggle , perhaps with a wild hope to get out of prison , but without any intention of killing the man . The Home Office , however , regards it as a fashion not to attend to recommendations of mercy ; and so it is resolved , in conformity with this fashion , that the imbecile Dove shall pay the penalty of not having been able to control himself in life .
746 The L. E A D E R. [No. 333, Saturday...
746 THE L . E A D E R . [ No . 333 , Saturday ,
Misfortunes Caused By Rings.—Many Have S...
Misfortunes caused by Rings . —Many have suffered imprisonment , and even death , on account of rings . The great antiquarian , Winckelman , was murdered by a scoundrel servant for a very precious ring that he wore . Conrad , a Neapolitan prince , flying from Charles , King of Naples , was discovered to a sailor by his ring , informed against , examined , and , there being found no sufficient reason why he should live , was put to death accordingly . Richard Coeur de Lion , having made a three months' truce -with Saladin , hoped to get safe home , but was betrayed to an enemy by the jewel on his finger . He had reached Vienna , when , fearing to fall into the hands of Leopold , the Austrian archduke , whom he had affronted , he took a cook ' s place in a gentleman ' s family ; but not taking the precaution to roast with his
rings off , he was recognized , arrested , and thrown into prison . The last instance we shall cite of a ring proving inimical to the happiness of its possessor is taken from a remarkable relation of Phlegon of Tralles , Hadrian ' s freed-man , who dealt in marvellous recitals , and who gives the following amongst other of his mirabilia : —A young man of the name of Achates , travelling in Greece , became tho guest of Demostrates . One evening , after retiring to rest , ho was surprised by a visit from the fair Philinnione ( the deceased daughter of his host ) , who presented herself in the most bewitching guiso before him , and persuaded him to exchange pledge-rings with her . This noctural visit was repeated for three nights successively , tho young man having no idea tho while that his fair inamorata was a visitant from another
world . On the third night , a maid , discovering a strange lady in the guest-chamber , recognized her decoased mistress , and apprized tho parents of tho late Philinniono of what sho had seen . Incredulous at first at tho young woman ' s story , they at length agreed to enter tho chamber at tho same hour the night following , when , to their bewilderment and joy , they sn . iv their own daughter before them ; but this joy was soon turned into horror , for tho maiden had no sooner recognized her father and mother , than , cucaping from tho embrace of both , sho reproached them bitterly for thus coming abruptly to
destroy tho happiness which for three more nighta who had else enjoyed with their guest , her leave of absence from tho shades extending to a whole week ; snying this , sho foil a lifeless corpse on tho ground at their feet . On recovering from tho shock , tho first impulso of tho parents hurried thorn to tho tomb , whence tho body had indeed dopartod , and nil that remained there was Acliatos ' n plcdgo-riiig : on seeing which tho unhappy youth , terror-stricken ufc having ufllnncod himself to a spectre , loll upon his sword and died immediately . — /'' rater ' it Maaazino .
Tuns Nioiitinoai . tii Fijnto . —Tho committee of tho Nightingale Fund have reccivod tho sum of 1000 nicdjidio ( S }\ bl . 12 » . Gd . ) from his Imperial Majesty tho Sultan , being tho contribution of his Imporial Majesty to tho fund .
Gb&8ral Windham "At Home." Jf«Ww5ca,Liaa...
GB & 8 RAL WINDHAM "AT HOME . " Jf « WW 5 ca , liaa . welcomed General Windham back to his native-plSce . The town on Friday week presented quitea holiday appearance , business being almost entirely suspended * and the streets of the town thronged with people * Btetween six and seven hundred tenant farmers w « ll mounted , and in their best array , formed a kind of * escort 5 antl at the Guildhall , where the address was pryjmiiMirvii , a large company had collected , consisting of tfcfcateighbouring gentry , the officers of the munici pality and several Crimean officers . Having been conducted to the old Council Chamber , the Mayor presented to General Windham the address of the corporation . The General , in returning thanks , alluded to the difficulties which had to be encountered by the English in their attack on the Redan at the final assault on Sebastopol and declared his opinion that , if we had lost prestige ,
our repulse on that occasion , we should have lost much more by not undertaking the attack at all , and leaving all to the French . " Although I don ' t pretend to be the hero you would make me , " he observed , " I would rather have been buried in the ditch of the Redan , with the Second Division and the Light Division above me , than that the British army should not have borne its fair share in the assault on that occasion . " ( Loud cheers . ) General Simpson , he thought , was unable to push our approaches nearer to the outworks . But there were great disadvantages to be encountered . " Look at what the troops had to go through . In the middle of the winter —and I see many officers here who can confirm -what I say—we had not more than 12 , 000 bayonets to do duty which would properly have required 36 , 000 . Why , gentlemen , you might as well try in Norfolk to farm one thousand acres with capital for three hundred . " ( " Hear , " and laughter . )
The company , after having partaken of refreshments , broke up for a time ; but in the evening General Windham was entertained at a banquet in St . Andrew's Hall . The chair was taken by the Earl of Albemarle , who observed , in the course of the speech with which lie prefaced the toast of General Windham ' s health , that the celebration of English gallantry at the Redan belongs exclusively to Norfolk , since their guest , a Norfolk man , was the only officer who received promotion for the deeds of the 8 th of September , 1855 . Good-huinoumUy alluding to the fact of his gallant friend— " a young officer , two hundred below him on the list "—having
been , made a Major-general over his head , the Earl complimented General Windham on the efficient way in which he had performed the onerous commissariat duties attached to his post of chief of the staff—an efficiency which was shown by the splendid condition in which the Crimean troops had returned to this country . His Lordship then exhibited two swords—one , a dress sword in an embossed crimson velvet sheath ; the other , ; i service sword , in the ordinary steel scabbard . " The duty now devolves upon me , " continued Lord Albemarle , " presenting to our gallant guest the testimonial which has been subscribed for in the two articles I hold before me . 1
My gallant friend is not a coxcomb in anything , except it be in his weapons ; and I recollect that , on his being consulted previous to the purchase of tho sword , the only condition he made was that the hilt should be well fitted to the hand , so that he could strike a good stroke with it . { Loud cheers . ) Here ( said the noble lord , exhibiting tho weapon for service ) is my gallant friend ' s fighting sword , and here ( holding up the dress sword ) is his holiday sword . ( Loud cheering . ) With all my admiration of my gallant friend , and my wish for his advancement in the service , I do hope , for the progress of civilization , for tho prosperity of thi 3 country , and for tho cause of humanity , that this sword ( the fighting ono ) may never be unsheathed . ( Hear , Jienr . ) But , it Providence should order otherwise , and if the Queen should require tho services of her soldiers again , sure 1 am that this sword will never bo drawn in vain . "
General Windham , in replying , and expressing tho warmth of his gratitude for the reception he had met within his native county , feelingly alluded to the <> 1 < frionds of his childhood whom ho saw about him , aim to thoso whom doath had removed from the scone . He then related , with much humour , an anecdote of the disastrous 18 th of Juno , 1855 : — " I well romnmber tlic llrst attack on tho Redan . I vraa not employed m thai attack . I was merely in rcservo , and 1 incurred i »> more danger than any of my friend * whom 1 mw aroiinu me . I happened to bo sent by Sir II . Hentimk to Una out what was going on , when I Haw a man two «> r tllI (' . * _ i y » _ . II . ! ..., .. 1 ,...,- * li / i 4 i «* itw'll . J \ J'OU Jltl ahead of walking along tho trench A loumi
yards mo . shot How over tho parapet , and almost hid Imu m ""* ' I thought he was killed ; but when tho du . st smlxUioa saw on individual whoso countenance presented curious admixturo of fright and joy . tievnte iing « head , ho said to mo , ' Why , dusli my button * , Iml «"" WttH moat umnzin' nigh . ' ( Laut / titcr . ) The moim-ni 1 opened his mouth , I know from what county lie <¦» ( a faugh ) , and I said , ' Ay , ay , my boy , wj ; d »> ' « - » bottor bo digging trenches at lid . a rod m N « ri «> " » "'' fighting horo . ' ( Renewed UmyhUr . ) H <> wa * »» niHhed that I had hit upon his native county , an ;• ' , only roply was , ' What , are t / cto Urn from ISoV i ( ' ( Laughter and chvere . ) Hut , gontlomon , lot hh « . ' » J IIHI ' to our own county . Turn your oyca thero ( point" h tho portraits by which tho hall ia surrounded ) , aim
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 9, 1856, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09081856/page/2/
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