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September 9, 1854.] TH E L E A D E R. 84...
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AMERICA. ACoBRESPOXDENTofthe Times, writ...
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CONTINENTAL NOTES. Russian Faith.-—At Br...
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According to the Syabian Mercury', M. de...
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Diti CciHN at Constantinople,—DriCohnj t...
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Rations for Dkai> Sommeus.—A medical cor...
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OFFICERS AND GENTLEMEN. The "Perry case"...
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WAK FINANCE. (.From the Manchester Exami...
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THE ARMY THAT IS DEFENDING CIVIHSATION. ...
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A WAR INCIDENT. The following is an extr...
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A LADY'S ASCENT OF MONT BLANC. A "Touris...
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MR. SIDNEY H15KBEBT AT HOME. The editor ...
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September 9, 1854.] Th E L E A D E R. 84...
September 9 , 1854 . ] TH E L E A D E R . 845
America. Acobrespoxdentofthe Times, Writ...
AMERICA . ACoBRESPOXDENTofthe Times , writing from Newport , the fashionable watering place , says : — " Newport is a favourite resort for wealthy Cubans , of whom there are many here at present . I have been surprised to find how universal is the desire for annexation . They are alarmed at the manifestations against their slave property , and hope for safety under the institutions of the United States . Filibustering expeditions are also openly spoken of as in progress , and the number of men , stands of arms , and even day of sailing , indicated . In the latter , however , the Cubans do not seem to participate . The news of the appointment of General Concha is received by the Cubans with great favour . They regard him as an honest man who understands the feelings of the island . The impression also prevails that all the Government projects for annexation will be checked ly it for the present . "
Continental Notes. Russian Faith.-—At Br...
CONTINENTAL NOTES . Russian Faith .- —At Brailow , the Russians wanted a Wallachian regiment to accompany their army to Russia , which they positively refused to do . " . Well , " said the Russian General , " then to-morrow come out for a farewell review with rny troops . " . When the review was . over the Wallachians were told to pile arms and partake . of a dinner which was prepared for them in company with the Russians ; returning , they found all their arms gone , and in addition they were ordered to give up their pouches and belts , an order which no means now remained for resisting . Most of them had the uniform buttons cut off their coats . This proceeding has caused a great deal of indignation among the Wallachians , and especially among the troops . They say that the Russians- are . going away without any expectation of returning , and do not care now what the AVallachians think of them .
According To The Syabian Mercury', M. De...
According to the Syabian Mercury ' , M . de v Bruno w has taken a large house at Darrnstadtj and intends passing the ¦ winter at that pla . ce . It has been frequently , remarked with surpr ise that neither M . de Brunow nor Sl « de Kisseleff should have returned to St . Petersburg . Whether this proceeds from disgrace or diplomatic art no one knows .
Diti Ccihn At Constantinople,—Dricohnj T...
Diti CciHN at Constantinople , —DriCohnj the president of the Israelite Consistorial Committee of Paris , had an audience of the Sultan on the 2 ' . ult ., in the Palace of Cheragan , in which his Majesty declared that ; all privileges and immunities hitherto granted to the Christians were to be extended also to the Jews of Turkey , " flor that the paternal heart of his Majesty ¦ would never suffer the slightest difference to esist between the rajahs ( noti-Mussulman subjects ) of his empire . ' . ' The Sultan added : " My heart is vast , and comprises in its love all my subjects equally . " 51 . Colin , was afterwards requested to . explain to the Sultan the nature of the establishments of public instruction he had founded at Jerusalem . When he spoke of the Israelite school that was to be opened at Jerusalem , the Sultan interrupted him , saying : " You have the welfare of mv subjects
in view . " The Sultah afterwards consented to raise the number of Jewish pupils at the military school of Kumbar Chanah to forty , two of whom to be sent annually t <> Paris , or to some other capital of Europe , to complete their studies . When Dr . Cohn pronounced the Jewish benediction prescribed in the presence of monarchs , the Sultan ' s eyes ¦ were scon to fill with tears . He thanked AI Colin , and said : " When you return to Constantinople you shall iind your brethren in a letter condition , I promise you , " Ferid Effendi , who had introduced Dr . Colin , said to him afterwards : " I am happy I have been present at this audience ; I never saw the Sultan so affected before . " Dr . Colin was on the same day received by Suid Pacha , who likewise conceded all his requests in favour of the Jews of Egypt .
Rations For Dkai> Sommeus.—A Medical Cor...
Rations for Dkai > Sommeus . —A medical correspondent at Bucharest speaks as follows of the Russian . hospital system : — " The number of Russian sick arid dead was always gro . it . Every patient who ontorod tlio hospital wais considered a lpst man . This persuasion did not arise from a knowledge of the careless treatment of the patients , or of their abominable food , but from the circumstance or tlioro being a magazine for the dead in the rayon of each hospital . This ia a necessary appendix to a Russian military hospital , because the dead are not buried separately . The corpses are carried to a room , stable , or warehouse , and , according to the size of the place , lie there , six , eight , or ten days , until it is full . The cause or this custom is not n little singular . The director of tho military hospital charges the State fov tlio food j medicine , & o ., of tho defunot soldier up to the day , not of Ins death , but of his burial , when ho is officially struck off tho sick Hat . '
Officers And Gentlemen. The "Perry Case"...
OFFICERS AND GENTLEMEN . The " Perry case" lma concluded in this way : Lie at . Perry , acquitted on one charge and found guilty on others , is dismissed from tho service , but in consideration of tho services of his father , is allowed to sell his commission . Lieut . Greor is acquitted , but ordered to soil out . Lieut . Waldy , ¦ who so conveniently forgot so many momorablo things , ia severely" reprimanded . J ho Morning Advertiser says : — " Nothing con exceed th « amount of excRomont which prevails in military circles bccuuHo of tho Into verdict in JLieut . Porry ' 8 caae , particularly us Major-General Wethcral ) , tlvo acting AdjuUnt-Qcnoml , waa tho prosecutor . Colonel Uarrott , tho commanding officer of tlio regiment , ia now a member of the United Sorvico Olub , but ia not Ukelt / long to
Wak Finance. (.From The Manchester Exami...
WAK FINANCE . ( . From the Manchester Examiner . ") Here lies the principal source of futur e danger to the commercial prosperity which is now opening upon "us . The war taxes already imposed by our Government amount to more than 10 , 000 , OOOZ . annually . This sum exceeds by more than 1 , 000 , 000 / . sterling the whole amount of dividends payable upon the 280 , 000 , 000 / 1 of capital sunk in our railways . What the balance of the expenditure may prove over and above this sum by the time Parliament meets next session , nobody can conjecture ; but if more money is required it will probably have to be raised
by loan . Should , however , the necessities of our Government not compel them to compete with our merchants and manufacturers in the money market during the war , it is quite certain that sooner or later the available resources of this country will he most seriously competed for by the other Governments of Europe . The disasters of this war will , in a commercial point of view , be felt much more at its close than duringactual hostilities . The longer it lasts the more severe will be the pressure ; for it is self-evident that all these Governments must extricate themselves finallyfrom theirfinancial embarrassments / by loans .
and these loans will be chiefly obtained in England . That floating capital which forms the labour fund of our artisans , and provides the ctirreitt means For conducting 1 pur commercial exchanges at home and abroad , will ultimately have to sustain the chief if not the whole : cost of the war , however- or by whona- ! - soever incurred ; and it is this fact which looms in the distance , and which constitutes the only dark cloud that threatens the otherwise bright prospects before us . When we lend money t & governments , we lend ; capital that disappears for ever ; it has been spent and destroyed ; nothing remains of it but = the
claim to a certain rate of interest out of the taxes of the state which gives the paper bonds . On the other hand , the available capital of this country for all reproductive purposes , industrial or commercial , will be diminished to the full extent of such loans , and the country will he poorer by the whole amount they represent ; for the interest receivable by the bondholders is not returned out of any profits created by the iise of this capit a l , but is paid by taxes directly levied on the subjects of the borrowing state . In a commercial point of view , the war with Russia is not so much directly as indirectly likely to interfere
with our prosperity ; its future results on the money market and floating capital of this country are of far more importance than even the 11 , 000 , 000 / . of annual taxation imposed to cover the estimated cost of our own share in it . We shall have to provide , not for our own expenses only , but for all the indefinite liabilities which the other powers will have to meet , when the war is over , by borrowing British capital . A good harvest and good trade -will be great blessings ; but a large share of the prosperity they promise will serve no better purpose than * to balance the cpst , and conceal without mitigating the miseries of war .
The Army That Is Defending Civihsation. ...
THE ARMY THAT IS DEFENDING CIVIHSATION . The Times is very uncouth when it begins to be candid about the civilisation , of which it is the leading journal . Hero is its coarse character of tUe officers of the British army : — " Lord Hardingo will , no doubt , receive plenty of suggestions from oilicial persons u » on tho aubjoci , but , if it may help to guide him in his decision , wo can tell him once for all what is bolioved at woll-nicli ovcry dinner-tablo and in ovejy private dwelling upon this most humiliating subject . U in generally believed that n spirit of proilignqy and < lubauehery exists at tho present moment among too many of tho regiments in tho Quoou'h aomcc—wo aro ( -. peaking , of course , only of the oflicers—and that in the various bumioks aconoa are tolerated which , out of barracks and barr ack society , would insure at onoo ex-oluaion from itny rospeotublo family to nil participators in tUuin . Drunkenness prevails , young women are debauched , common strumpets aroVought into tho barracks before tho faces of tho |> rlvuto soldiers , who may , on tho very next day , bo put under arrest for tho wlightcst disrospeot to tho ofilcurs who ho litllo respect theinaolvoa . It is believed that tv system of opproatiion and « xcluaion in many regiments ia orgiinisocl aguin . it any oflicor , cHpociully any ^ oung ottlcor , who will not share In tho aluvraoful I ' ollica of lna companions . It ia behoved that night after night scenes of riot and violonco prevail , such ua thoao of whioh wo have hoard so much in the lute revolutions of ( ho condition of tlio 'ACtli ltcgimout . "
A War Incident. The Following Is An Extr...
A WAR INCIDENT . The following is an extract fr & m a letter , written on board the Asmodee , by a French officer , who was present at the taking of Bomarsund : — " At four o ' clock we were signalled to approach the fortress to take on board the prisoners of war . .... We had on board during two hours 25 Q prisoners . "When we saw the aspect of these poor wretches , many of whom were wounded , and all in a most pitiable plight , the horrors of war' ap * peared to us in the fullest sense of the expression . Several of the officers spoke French , and they confessed to us how completely they were disconcerted by the attack from tho ships . Cannon balls rained upon them , and the ships were so placed that they could not return a shot . The wives and children of the prisoners ( for rnany of the Russian soldiers are married and have families } came on loard afterwards The leave-takings were most distressing , but the despairing cries of the women who did not find the husbands they had come to seek were still more so . These scenes rent the hearts of our brave sailors , who , as you know , have under a rough appearance the tenderest of hearts , and do not know what to do with themselves -when they see women ard children cry . "
A Lady's Ascent Of Mont Blanc. A "Touris...
A LADY'S ASCENT OF MONT BLANC . A " Tourist "communicates to the papers : — " On arriving here from Genoa , I found the whole village in a state of commotion in consequence of this event . It appears _ that Mr . and Mrs . Hanuitbny a gentleman and lady who reside near London , accompanied , by nine guides , and by a boy of the village 16 years old , started from Charnottni to jnake the ascent on Sunday morning last , about 8 o'clock . They arrived at the Grands Malets at 4 o ' clock in the afternoon , and passed the night in the hut the guides have recently erected there ; at half-past 3 the next morning they continued their journey , and after meeting with difficulties of no ordinary character , succeeded in reaching the summit at abont half-past 2 p . m . They rested there about 10 minutes , when the anxiety of the guides respecting the weather induced them to commence the descent , and they got back
to theurands JVlulets at bo clock , and . passed another night in the hut . Qh the Wednesday morning they returned thence to Ghamouiri , and they found this to be the most difficult part of their journey , in consequence of the descent of avalanchesi Th « y succeeded , however , in surmounting every obstacle , and were welcomed on their' arrival at the village by the iiriiig of cannon , Hlie , forming of a triumphal procession , and every other demonstration of enthusiasti © applause . " A fete was given the next evening in tie court-yard of . the . Hotel de Londres , which probably surpassed anything of the feind ever seen in Chamouni , not excepting that which took place after Mr . Albert Smith ' s ascent . Mrs . Hamilton had so far recovered from her : fa . tigue as to be able to join the dancers , and she did so with much spirit . She spoke in the warmest terms of the two guides , Jean and Victor
Tatrray , who paid her the utmost attention during the whole rout ? . An avalanche of immense size fell as they were passing the Grand Plateau , and in its course went over a part of the truck they had crossed but a few miniites before , and completel y filled a crevasse beneath . " This is the first time the ( op of Mont Blanc has ever been reached by an English lady , although two women have beforo made the attempt successfully , one being a French , lady of Geneva , Mdlle . D'AngcviJle , and the other a peasant in tho neighbourhood of Chamouni . " Two other ascents have been made this season , both during the present month ; ono I ) y a Mr . Biikbecfc , and . tho other by a Mr . Bluckwell . Dr . Talbot , an American gentleman , has commenced tlio ascent to-day , and is now at tho Grands Mulcts , whora ho will pass the night , and , if theweather permit him , will continue his journey to-morrow . " Chtunouni , Aug ., 25 . "
Mr. Sidney H15kbebt At Home. The Editor ...
MR . SIDNEY H 15 KBEBT AT HOME . The editor of the / Salisfntrt / Journal , from which we take the following 1 , bids boWly for the plush of the Pembroke family : — " Lust Wednesday , an event , upon whicli many a young heart had been set for several weeks p « st , came off m tho grounds of Wilton Abbey , for upon that day tho Right Hon . Sidney nnd Mrs . Herbert guvo their annual treat to tho boys and girls of tho national schools . With colours flying , and animated by tho siiirit-stirrinff strains pfthq Wilton band tho children of the Wilton nnd Nicthuriiampton schools , to tho un ' mbor of of some -100 or 500 , arrived at the Abbey at four o ' clook , and took their sunt « « t long tables ranged , on tho lawn , which were loaded with pjramids ( if sweet cake and other edibles ascertained to he acceptable to youthful pulates . The oliildroji were clean and healthy-looking , and their eyes Hparklccl with delight at tho prospect of tho entertainment and sports that wore in store for them . Mr . Herbert had just returned from a visit to her Mnjetjty at Osbomo llouso , but , notwithstanding tlio illustrious Kocioty he luul lately been in . it was evidont that ho had lost nonu of his ttflUbjlity ana urbimity . Ho poraonully superintended nil tlio iirmngonionts , and willi hirf ainiabhond accomplished partner , waited upon the Httlo gucKta , in which tusfc they wcro « bly ussiatt'd by Karl NtiKson , tho Lwd JJinhop oi' Jjali » bury , tlio Iliwliop «» f New iioivlHiid , and scvorul others , tfurely iJjo day will bo long remembered by tlioao youngsters wJion Uioir wants wore , kindly Httonded to hy curia and bishops nndrwht honourabto ladies und gontloman , who looked « s thoufi h they wouW novor bo tired of onrrylng about jugs of ton and nlatofub of cako . Mr . Herbert tttaituii thu children at all their BPortH . and wna aa mueh juniiNoJ n « tho inemeat ot thorn ; and those who huvo aecti tho right lion , gontli'inun ongnged in his arduous tliulow in tho wur-oflloo aaHocrotaiy-at-WHr , or Ki-avely dofending « juio hnpo « oli «( l etttiinatoa m tho Uonso , would Imvo boun « I «« J to witneaa him hi tho cliaraotor of hor Miyosty ' i * Bocrotnry- » t-i ; c « ce .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 9, 1854, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09091854/page/5/
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