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July 15, 1854.] THE LEADER. 653
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NOTES ON THE WAft. The Morning Chronicle...
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THE NEW ELECTION'S. Though not clearly y...
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Parliament Of The Week. There Was To Hav...
own numbers , while many clergymen of the Church of England had refrained' from full statements . Lord Granville , for the Government , refused the return : it couldn't be obtained ; or , if it could , it would be too expensive ; and there the matter dropped—no doubt as the bishop intended . Lord Granville paid a high compliment to the administrative genius displayed by the Registrar-General ( Mr . Farr ) in organising the returns . Dog-Cakts . —The Lords had a laughing debate , on Monday , in committee on the bill to prohibit generally in England what is prohibited in and near the metropolis , viz ., the use of dog-carts . The bill was opposed by various peers—conspicuously by the Earl of Egmntoun ; the grounds of objection being , that the bill would throw 1500 people oat of their ordinary occupation ; that the bill would cause 20 , 000 dogs to be hung up immediately , Lord Eglintoun suggesting that the community would consequently have to be careful about the pork pies of the period , and that it was absurd for the legislature , which allowed cruelty to cab-horses , and to
foxhounds , and to industrious fleas ( the last was Lord Lyndlmrst's ironical suggestion ) , to be so generous to dogs . The bill , however , passed : dogs are to be taken from carts and put upon gallowses—which will at least be a blessing to the rising geueration of dogs . The peculiarity of the debate was that the dog-cart question was an " open question" with the Cabinet Lord Granville was in favour of continuing the use of dogs for draught—the Dolce of Akgylk was eloquent on belalf of the dog—and one Cabinet Minister thus answered another ; also voted , against one another . The Coalition is not coalesced—even in going to the dogs . Property of Nuns IBills . — On Wednesday , Mr . Whiteside . gave up the bill which , earlier in the session , excited such bitter feeling in the Roman Catholic community . The Irish independent members ironically complimented him on his charity ; the fact being that Mr . Whiteside found that there was not quite bigotry enough to carry him through .
Commercial Patriotism *—In the House of Commons Lord Dudley Stuart has obtained leave to bring in a bill rendering it a misdemeanour for British subjects to purchase or deal in securities issued by the Russian government during the present war . JThe penalties attaching to high treason are threatened by " the law officers of the Crown against British , subjects who may subscribe to new Russian loans in the present position of relations between our Government and that of the Czar ; but there is at present no legal enactment sufficient to prevent such securities from coming into the Jands of English holders through the intermediate agency of continental dealers—a process which , of course , would help the Russian treasury almost as much as if the money were raised directly in England . Can such a bill be necessary ? While our aristocracy is eoquetting with Count Pahleu , can our 'Changes be flirting with the Russian Finance Minister ?
Count Pahlem . —Count Pahlen , a Russian gentleman , well known to the English nobility , arid a great favourite , as we judge from the parliamentary encomiums passed upon hira , is in London this week , being on his way from Madeira , where he has been sojourning for his health , to the Continent . While here , he paid his usual visits , arid received the usual attentions from our governing class ; and , among other-attentions , he was nominated l > y Lord Granville for the usual courtesies of the Travellers Club . The fact engaged attention : the Herald gave cry about a " Russian spy , " declaiming against the want of patriotism and proper conduct in a Minister , who thus cultivated the society of- a
Russian . Mr . J . Butt j Who represents the Herald itf Parliament , asked a question , and threatens a " notice ; " meanwhile , Lord Granville has offered his' vindication to the Lords , who cheered him , expressing their disgust at the attack , and endorsing all that Lord Granville had to say of Count Pahlen boing a person as innocent of politics as he is delightful in society . Lord Brougham , Lord Lansdowne , Lord Ellesmere , and Lord Malmcsbury , spoke of their long and intimate acquaintance with Count Publen's harmlessness ; and , of course , Lord Campbell , with obsequious alacrity to say a courtly thing to a powerful class , pronounced a verdiot of acquittal on Lord Grainville .
1 he Oxford University Bill has been read a third time and passed . The Guild of Literature and Art—Tho bill of this confederation , which enables £ hcm to commence operations , has been passed by both Houses , and has received the Royal assent . Uniykhsxtv ov London . —Mkdicai , Dr . onicKy . —Tho Mcdkal Graduates Bill introduced by Mr . Bell has received tho sanction of the House of Commons . This measure , it is anticipated , will have a most beneficial influenco on the interests of both tho medical profession and tho public at large .
Its loading feature is to pluco tine graduates of tlmt institution on a footing' in all respects with tho grndusitea of tho Univorsitiea of Oxford and Cambridge—thereby breaking down a monopoly of interest which 1 ms ho long interfered with tho advancement of medicul reform , and , « t the sumo time , exerting a most salutary chock upon tho Collogo of Physicians of London—; vn institution which lms greatly damngod itself by its illiberal nmniigomant . Lord Pahncrston lias undertaken to logialuto on tho whole question of modioal reform next aosaion ; and Mr . Brady , diirurgioul representative- in tlio House , will compote with a second plan .
July 15, 1854.] The Leader. 653
July 15 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . 653
Notes On The Waft. The Morning Chronicle...
NOTES ON THE WAft . The Morning Chronicle says ;— " Tho disappointment felt by tho Czar at tho course which events liavo taken is significantly displayed in the disgrace which has fullon on tho luto comnuandor-in-chief . It seems that Prince Paskiowitseh has been direct oil not to return to Warsaw , but to rcsido for tho present on his ostates in Podolia . Tho full of tho veteran fleldnmrshal is tho luoro conspicuous from the steadiness which hie mastor lma always shown in his personal
and official predilections . It is one of the most respectable features in the character of the Emperor Nicholas that his great officers of state have generally enjoyed a permanent tenure of their rank and influence . Three successful campaigns in Persia , in Asiatic Turkey , and in Poland , had raised the Prince of Warsaw to the highest position which a subject could hold in the empire . For more than twenty years the alter ego of the Sovereign has lived in almost Imperial state at the capital of his viceroyalty ; and when the short campaign in Hungary was terminated by the submission of the insurgents , it was generally understood that the aged commander-in-chief asked and obtained exemption from further ' active service . In common with the most
eminent Russian statesmen , Prince Paskiewitsch is believed to have regarded the present war with disapprobation , and it was only in obedience to the Emperor ' s solicitations that he accepted the conduct of the campaign which has redounded so little to the honour of the Imperial arms . It is at present difficult to say whether his failure is to be attributed to defective generalship , for no movements have taken place in the open field which could adequately test the skill of the hostile commanders . " Omer Pacha is said to have lately received a letter from . Ahd-el-Kader , dated Brbussa , the 18 th : —
" My very dear brother , —The gates of Paradise opened themselves for me , when I had a conversation with the only prophet in a dream on the eve of the 1 st Ramadan . I leard all the great and holy souls who repose in Abraham ' s bosom proclaim your name with shouts of joy , and I saw a large rainbow extend across the striking ranks of the holy souls when they , called you by name . God is with you , my brother . Wherever you go , glory and victory will attend you . I envy you . Carry off the camps of your enemy by your troops . . May my blessing accompany you . The enemies will , fly'before you like jackalls , and our children ' s children will glorify your name . Do not draw hack , but march your troops forward . The Prophet wills it . The day of expiation is arrived for the giaours of Moscow . —Blessings on you , my brother . —Abd-el-Kader . "
This is apocryphal ; or proof that the Emir is mad . It is disgraceful to our British pr , ess how it revels in conspicuous canards . Every day it has som e new " striking fact , " the last is , that " A proposition has been sent to the Admiralty by an officer of the . Navy of high standing , for the perfect sealing up the entrance to Cronstadt , by doing which the Russian fleet could be kept there for years , and if necessary for ever . If carried out , it will release nine-tenths of our " fleet from that part of the Baltic . " The Presse learns from the Lower Danube that the Sultan intends to go to Silistria , in order to distribute rewards to the gallant garrison . When is he to advance to Adriano-ple ?
According to the JJcbats , the German sovereigns have exhausted servility in their politeness , to the Czar . The official communications made by the German Cabinets to the Russian Government- subsequent to the Convention of Berlin and the interview at Tetschen were in each case accompanied by confidential autograph letters , in which the imperial and royal correspondents addressed the Emperor Nicholas in the most affectionate terms , protested that they had no inclination to make war , entreated his Majesty to condescend to nccede to their solicitations for peace , and offered in that case to constitute themselves the mediators at a congress , at which all pending questions were to be discussed and arranged . It is oven added that the King of Prussia had the
inexpressible meanness to beg his imperial brother-in-law to honour him with a personal interview on his recent visit to the frontiers of East Prussia—a request to which the Emperor Nicholas sent a flat refusal by one of his aides-de-camp , —and indeed tho Czar , if this account is at oil to bo believed , appears to have taken no further notice of these peurilo appeals to his compassion than to give fresh instructions lor the movements of his troops , ami to send us his rcprosontaitivo to Vicnnn a man well known to bo a partisan of the war , and a member of the ultru-Muscovito party , while ho reminded tlio sovereigns of Austria and Prussia that they owed their existence to his protection , and threatened to punish their ingratitude * by Bunio tremendous manifestation of hid power and
vengeance . A question . has been asked , in the House of Lords , by the Bishop of Oxford , whether tho slave trade ( thut is , in young girls for Turkish harems ) is not on tho increase from tho Circassian coast , since the Russians have bwsu cleared out of the way ? The
Foreign Secretary does not deny the fact , but intimates that " friendly" efforts will be made by our officers and agents to pat a stop to the traffic . Why merely "friendly" efforts , if that slare trade is wrong ? But have we any right to meddle with Turkish , customs ? An . imperial decree , published in the Moniteur , confers on Marshal Omer Pasha , general-in-chief of * the Ottoman army , the dignity of grand cross of the imperial order of the region of Honour . The officers of the Tiger , who were prisoners of war at Odessa , have been exchanged and released .
The New Election's. Though Not Clearly Y...
THE NEW ELECTION'S . Though not clearly yet within reach of the writ , Hull is making ready for an election , and the liberals , in a considerable number , are in favour of agenerous requisition to that gallant Radical , General Thompson .
Health Of London. {From, The Registrar-G...
HEALTH OF LONDON . { From , the Registrar-General ' s Return . ' ) The present return affords very satisfactory evidence of an improved state of the public health ; the mortality which 4 ias been long above the average having fallen last week below it . The number of deaths registered in London last week was 984 . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1844—53 the average number was 951 , which , if raised in proportion to increase of population , becoines 1046 . Last week ' s registration , therefore , exhibits a number lessby 62 than the calculated amount .
Continental Notes. M, De Peksigny And Hi...
CONTINENTAL NOTES . M , DE PEKSIGNY AND HIS BXASTEK . Politicians in Paris cannot solve the mystery of Persigny ' s retirement ; and the Paris correspondent of the 2 'imes labours to assure us that—he knows no more than anybody else . He says : — " The absolute devotedness of which the late Minister of the Interior had given so many proofs to the Emperor is , no doubt , remembered by the personage who hasbenefitted by it ; but whatever may have been the confidential intimacy of their relations , I think that those who attributed to the ex-Minister an exclusive or a very high influence were in error , 1 have never believed that any one possessed an influence of Such a kind overthe mind of the Emperor . The alliance beLween England and France is for the interest of those countries and for Europe at large ; and
sucli is the best influence , and the surest guarantee for its duration . " When an alliance exists between two great nations on such conditions , and produces such results , it can scarcely be supposed that it depends on the mere personal influence of any friend or Minister whatever . Besides , it was not in his capacity as Minister of the Interior that M . de Persigny could exercise any influence on the foreign policy of the country , and . the samo influence he was supposed to possess might be exercised in the Council , in which , as is well known , the Emperor wns desirous of retaining him ; and we may presume that if jVI . de Persigny did not accept the offer made Jiim , it is because he was convinced that his retirement would not produce any change in the policy of the Government . It is a labour of supererogation to seek about for the reason of that retirement . It is , in fact , to bo found in tho
last report which he himself addressed to tho Emperor . Whatever merit belongs to M . de Persigny for his devotedness , hia patriotism , and political abilityj his friends admit that ho had neither a taste for nor experience of the details of administration . His peculiar aptitude was no doubt of valuo during a certain period of the present regime , but now that the agitation of parties lias subsided ^ a prompt and judicious expedition of the current business Of the country is absolutely necessary . " According to a correspondent of the Ddbats , speaking of gossip at St . Petersburg , ono thing certain is tho profound irritation of the Czar , which Attacks both men and things ; irritation against the soldiers , who are not invincible , and who aro under tho enemy ' s sword , or struck down by contagious diseases : irritation against the generals , who allow themselves to bo stopped by obstacles which they ought
to lmvo foreseen nnd overcome ; irritation ngainst the administrativo departments , which are not ablo to provide for tlio necessities ot" the army , and which lmvo not calculated in timotho necessary provisions and materiel ; irritation agninst Austria and Prussia—that is to say , against the movement of public opinion which lma munil ' cBted itself in Germany ; against this Governments , who were either unwilling or untiblo to resist that movement ; and against tho two Sovereigns , whoso friendship and gratitude the Emperor Nicholas flattered himself lio liiul secured for ovur . " On what enn ouq reckon henceforth , " lio exclaimed , " if tho Emperor of Austria and tlio King of l'ruswia aro wanting in tlio most hoiioumblo and di-nrat aentimenttf ? Austria employ *
against mo all tlio resources of her trmlitiomil ability . » * Siio curries Pruuhia along wllh her . 1 know it ; but what , ingratitude 1 Tho King of lYuiswia and tlio Emperor of Austria lmvo then forgot tun all that they owe inu . Wiihout mowithout , my armies—tho mi o and ' 11 m olhor would have cea . Mnl to roign . Alone-, I mivoJ thorn ngainut tlio world ; but do they Ulievo lhat all i . i uuik ' d , inul that tliey aro in safety ? If 1 only thought ul ' veiitfi'iiiico , I would lot their enemies do whut tlu-y liked , and tlio silliiir would not bo a long one . " Tho l ) i (' dt ) Xcich ( Jityo ;—TInto i . i wlml b culled in India a bazaar lt ' porl that in t li « event , of the Alliou making ii tKM'iou . M iinprottttion on > SL JVteroburg , tho Csr . iir Into prupurod a foivuof -10 , 000 Tartaro , who aro to nllla ^ u the nliwo and li-avo it in tho condition lm . it calculated u > bo of advantage to tho oonuiK'rora . In oliort a copy of tho Moscow history .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 15, 1854, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15071854/page/5/
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