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26 TH E LEADER. | No. 303, Saturday, ^
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Russia , It Is Understood, Has Taken Her...
- . as it is applied to the soldiers at large . He admits that there are cases of drunkenness , hut they are exceptional . At a time when the soldiers were enjoying an unusual supply of pay , the oases of drunkenness only amounted tar > one pee- ceni . in each alternate day , and-in several instances i different cases of drunkennes ^ app lied to the . same individual , the number ofcmen , therefore , who ««« ^ ^«^ Wfi onnears to be something less than
Bruce , wfto apjfUf * *« convict Mr . Waddington of equivocation . For instance , in contradicting tke statements of the Committee , that the Company had lost fcom . £ 10 , 000 to ^ O . OQO by-frauds in the puBeftase of stores *> Mr .: "Wad- " dkngton says that the auditors only represent the . loss at . £ 4 , 338 ^ which really refets . to a totally different loss , says Mr . Bruce , namely , to the shortcoming of the stocks in hand to
one half per cent ., or allowing for cases that escape detection , between one and two percent . This is far from being a large proportion amongst English- , men of the uneducated class , and ' as Sir William speaks with practical knowledge , his jastaafe . is . likely to be as true as it is eloquent" in the simplicity and directness of-the language-Another Commander appears with a protest , but this time it is not a General championing his army , but an Admiral championing himself . Sir Chiles Napieu joins combat with the Times , which had sneered at the Generals and Admirals of the present day , admitting that we cannot expect from men a -i _;_ -L . » -. <¦ «*>< mn < = r » rvn + « lTl «»( Yllslv . bllt in-\ 1 \ b j
coxnpared with that which ought nave oeen found according to the account . The worst disclosure , however , is , that made by Colonel Wynne , of ? the-Royal ( Engineers * who , at the request < of * the Norwich . . Corporation ,, was . apppintedJby -the . Board ofnTrade ; to-. report on . the > line from , London * to Norwich via Cambridge . That part of the line he * describes as reposing upon timber sleepers , upon timber piles for the viaduct over swampy ground , and upon tranverse timber beams for the bridges ; the timber in all -casefr rotting a-way , and in same cases to the extent of half its thickness-r-a railway in active use falling away like an old ruin ! Such is British commerce in 1856 .
„ OreniUS WillUll 1 UMOV JLWJ , j , «^»™— r sisting that officers should perform the duties set before them . Sir Charles , therefore , rakes up cases in which Nelson , Saumarez , Hotham , and many others who had been before fortified-rocks , and did not attempt any attack . Many dashing things have been done by frigates and boats , says Sir Charles , but by fleets rieser , except at Algiers and Acre—they were defended , by Turks and Egyptians . Sir Charles sarcastically proposes that" his old friend of the
Going Over a Railway Parapet . —An old man in a cart , who was driving over a railway bridge near Reading , dropped his whip . It was dark , and , getting out to pick it up , lie stepped on the pai'apet ( to which the cart was very close ) , and immediately afterwards went over oa to the rails . He died in about an hour . Health , . or London . —The deaths of 1247 persons —namely 630 males and 617 females , were registered in London in the week that ended last Saturday , Taking the first week in each of the last ten years ( 1846-55 ) it is found that the average mimber of deaths then registered was 1311 , which , if raised in ior
Tirpes ¦ ; should take the command of the fleet in the nex ^ campaign . The Editor declines the appointment 5 nor is it probable that the Admiralty would select either Sir Ceiari . es or his protege in Printing - house - square ? Indeed , it is expected that tlxe . Admiral of the Baltic Fleet next year will be a new . man—new at least in that region . Some «» tt Admiral l \ v * vns .
proportion to increase 01 population wunnu ^ uu with the present -return ,- becomes 1442 . The milder character of the weather , indicated by a rise of 14 degrees in the mean weekly readings of the thermometer , has been attended with . marked effect in the reduction of the mortality . Deaths arising from pulmonaiy diseases , in which class bronchitis , pneumonia , and asthma form the principal beads , numbered consecutively 267 , 293 , and 348 in -three previous weeks ; last week they declined to 253 . _ Mr . Chatwood . the registrar of the St . Paul sub-district , in
Another leader , on a more remote field , is making a progress that has been denied to our own Commanders . General Walker must be by this time far into tlie heart of Nicaragua . He takes towns , seizes the notables , sentences contumacious Generals to capital punishment ; and , in fact , ) . is already acting like a dictator . As he advances , it becomes ' understood that he is acting with Colonel rruvinv *> 4- dva-tT + nTxm «( ¦» rlnnlit .. nlsn . vvit . ll II vjji / fiu ^ vf »¦ -- ~ - ^ - ^ ———
—St . George-in-the-East , says -.- —" Hooping-cough is very prevalent in my district . The total number from this disease in the metropolis was 49 , not bo great as in the previous week . Typhus was fatal in 47 cases ; scarlatina , -which declines , in 35 ; measles in 31 ; small-pox in 11 . Diarrhooa ia returned in only 9 cases ; and for a considerable time London has been entirely free from cholera . There were 2 deaths from intemperance . Last wick , the births of 853 boys and 809 girlw , in all 1662 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the ¦ vear 3 1846--55 . the averaee number was 1579- ' —Front
XJktX i ? l ** HMl * * «* w « v * T vv y ** w «•« w » - • • - native party more or leas avowed ; and we must look forward at a very early date to a repetition of the Texas movements ia Nicaragua , How far our Government will be able to prevent such a consummation , we doj not know . By the encroachments at San Juan de Nicaragua , we have placed
"the Registrar-General ' s Weekly Return . The Administrative Reform Association hold a public meeting on Thursday evening , at the Bridge House Hotel , Southwark . The principal speech was that of Sir Charles Napier , who mentioned , as a result of the labours of the association , that cadotships are now thrown open , and that his grandson , who ia endeavouring to obtain one , will have n fair cuaaice , and will b hoiuu ior
ourselves oui ; of court ; by our . attacks on ' the Government at Washington , we have weakened any public opinion that could have restrained the citizens themselves '; and we have even assisted in weakening the \ influence of the Government at Washington , which has done something towards stopping Waxkeu ' s expedition , by arresting n ¦ W i \
oniy » suppiuntea . uy ouo moro hcmju the place . Roferring to his old grievance iu connexion with Sir James Graham and the want of gunboat 3 in the Baltic , ho said he thought impeachineut too good for such porsons . Resolutiona expressing accordance with the principles of Administrative Reform were -carried unanimously . ltAaaiOD Schools . —Lord John Rn . ssoll viHitod the Ragged School and'Ifonn at Gloucester , on Thursday , and afterwards presided at a public mooting to
provessel fined jitu recruits at cw uweans . In anothci region , too , the war makes progress ; buj ; , here , both sides are gaining ground . We mean the contested territory of the Eastern Counties Rnilway . We lately saw Mr . Waddington cx-, plaiping ti \ yay the report of the Investigation Commjttcc . Jlq was followed up by Mr . Director Fanjc , w } th \ astounding , assertions that , instead of the j £ 3 , 200 allotted by the Investigation Committee to repairs and renewals , of permanent \ vny , the , Dh-iectars , Jb . aye ; expended more than iL' 89 , 000 , a ^ 8 > wf » , far , transcending anything that Mr . Wa ij-- PfNi CSON claims Tina 1 p « K ? ^ V ^ go ! Stranger still , , spme of the explanations ,, by , Mr , Hbjnjiy
mote tne objects oitno hcuooi . AOOIDKNT ON TUB LONDON AND NoilTJI-VVKSTERN Railway . —Tho up Scotch express tmin , on Friday week , ran into a goods train on the North-Western lino at Waitford . The driver of tho latter wan jimt issuing from a siding into tho main lino , whon tho oxprcBB caught the goodH ongino afc tho » ido , mid throw it off tho rails . Tho ooupling-oliainw , however , broke and tho oan-iagOH cfloapod without much Imrt ; but tho guard of tho © xpioMB was n . good deal shaken . From an inquiry Bubaot ^ uontly irindo , it appeared that tho driven * of tho goodt ) train Haw tho oxprosa coming down tho main lino , but , iniftoulcuiatinpr ; Ixib Bpood , thought ho nhould not reaoli the ond of tho Hiding before tho ox preen Lad passed . When ho found . hi » mintako , ho caused tho clangor nignalrt to bo put up ; and tho driver of tho oxpronn « lmt ott" hid » toam aiml rovoraed Iuh cnginoH , but not iir timo to prevent ttio collision .
26 Th E Leader. | No. 303, Saturday, ^
26 TH E LEADER . | No . 303 , Saturday , ^
1!."H E _W A R.. V&« General Dulness In ...
1 ! . "H E _ W A R .. V &« general dulness in the Crimea has been relieved bjr * lifctle skirmish between the French and tlie Buasiaas ,. which took place on the 26 th of December , by ' way of celebrating what is vulgarly called' " Boxing Night . " The volunteers of General d'Autemarre , it seems , attempted a eoupfdemain against the Russians , who had taken upfft position against that Commander ' s outposts . Favoured by-dapkness , our Allies killed eighteen of jl _ "" AJSn ^ * k ^ i « f . « f ainvTht nincnnpi . c ollfl ooii _ i ^ wvnvi »( » . »*» * . |
tne enemy , iutwo uuvj-cigi « n <* . » - tured thirty- muskets . No Frenchman was either killed or wounded . The Russians have increased the fortifications which they have raised near Inkerrnann , and have unmasked the batteries near the Tchemaya . They have fired with great activity on the , men . employed in . preparing ., the explosion of the . docks at Sevastopol s butisame of the docks htove already been blown . " up , and the rest will follow . In the midst of diplomatic hankerings after peace , serious preparations for renewed hostilities are going on in the chief cities of the Allies and ia St . Petersburg . The Council of War at Paris , of which we have heard much lately , has commenced its proceedings . The Duke of Cambridge who ( forthenonce ) represents England , and General rt ^ iin Mormm-o w \ it \ -nnt . witlistandiner a . n accident »¦
, E f ^|| l tfJ- JTJ . IT * »_ 1 » X »* > t * 9 " y »»¦•» - - — — £ 2 y ^ . he has met with , will represent Sardinia , have arrived . Marshal Pelissier will not - represent France , as he prefers remaining , in the Crimea ; and bis place will be supplied by General Martimprey . On the other hand , a Grand Council of War is already being held in St . Petersburg , the members of whioh , it is said , are principally engaged on the questions relating to rtie fortification of the strategic points o £ the Empire . The fortifications of Kievv will he finished between this time and the end of the winter-. The * various Generals are exhibiting great activity in erecting additional » , a » 1 ^ nf Aata-nna o nrl fatoKliaVlino- PT » + rPnrllP « l iftAV # --
¦¦ jflf \ Jji [\ i 3 iff mt- * i *^* m . m . % -t % - *^ ^^ ^^^ w *^^^ * v *^»»»*«^ n ^~— v ^ ^^ . — _— — camps for the troops who . are to operate-in the three provinces of Esthoniaj Livonia , and Courland . Guns with a long range , and oa an imvproved system , are being cast in the Imperial foundry at St . Petersburg ; and fortifications of defence , on a vast scale , are in . progress at various parts of the country . " It is believed at Revel and Riga , " says a Hamburg letter in the Indtpendance Beige , " that an Anglo-Fxench force landed in tne tnree auic
will be j > provinces me moment the navigation becomes free , and that hostilities will be simultaneously carried on along both banks of the Gulf of Finland . " New levies are being perpetually made . The Czar has ordered the Minister of the State Domains to raise another corps of Chasseurs , to do battle against the enemies of " orthodoxy " and of holy Russia ; the word " orthodoxy '' being supposed to convey an implied threat to Austria . An Imperial order has been issued , commanding three fresh linnish battalions 01 to iormen
snarpsnooters oe , together with a reserve for each battalion . Ench of che new battalions is to ic six hundred ip « n strong , and the reserve one hundred and sixtyforty men for each company . After May 15 tl » , 185 ( 5 , wlien tl > e three fresh battalions will be completed , there will be no less than nine Finland national battalions of sharpshooters , viz , Abo ,
Wasa , Uleaborg , Kuopio , St . Michel , Tnvnstclmus , Bjorneborg , Nyland , and Wyborg . From Asia we have a few ruiditionnl ptirticulnis , but none of great importance . Omar Pasha , according to a despatch from Ht . Petersburg , hns retreated on Redout-Kaleh , where his troops suiter much from the inclemency of the weather . The Russian detachments of imlitin and the Mingreliuii militia , says the same despatch , do great mischief
to Omar ' s rear-guard . For two dnys , when near Kutaia , the nrmy of the Turkish Generalissimo wns in want of provisions , in consequence of the overflowing of the rivers . The Turks at Redout- Knleh are unnble to communicate with Souchum-Kalch by land . Seventy Turkish vessels were recently lying at Constnuiinoplc , laden with munitions oi war , rcudy for tmasport to Souehum-Kalch ; and , in a Council held on the 2 < ith of December , lll ( 1 Divan decided tlint , ft new and very largo nnny should be sent into Asia in the spring . Tho Ottoman forces under tho orders <> l Soliui Pashft a «* e still enenmped iu the mountninaof Dovish Hoynou ; and Ilaliin Pasha is reported to liavo arrived at Erzero ; un , where troops uro being collected by w ' Porte . Tho fortificatione recently constructed ax ' only mounted , it is wud , with twenty-eight pieces
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 12, 1856, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12011856/page/2/
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