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T H E W A R. Whether it be a coincidence...
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passed . This act bad reference to the taking of oaths during the absence of the Speaker .
LIMITATION OF THE WORKIIfG HOOKS OP NEEDLEWOMEN . The Earl of Shaftesbtjrv , in moving , on Thursday , that the bill for securing this object be referred to a select committee , explained the machinery by which he sought to curtail the excessive toil now imposed upon needlewomen . By the measure before the House , it would be enacted that the hours during which labour would be prohibited were , between the 1 st of March and the 1 st of August , from ten o ' clock at night to eight next morning ; and during the rest of the year , from eight o ' clock at night till eight next morning . In the course of the hour and half for
day there should be one a meals . In all cases in which penalties were to be enforced , the parties were required to go before a magistrate , to whom otherwise the working of the measure was referred . —Lord Gra . nvii . le , though he would not oppose the motion , pointed out the extreme difficulty of legislating on such a subject ; while , on the other hand , Lord Malmesbdbt thought the plan perfectly feasible . —After some further discussion , in whicli Lord Campjselt ., Lord Stanley of Alderiev , Lord Overstoke , and the Duke of Argyll took part , the motion was agreed to , and the bill was referred to a select committee .
The Cambridge University Bill , and the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill , were read a third time by their lordships , and passed .
EDUCATION ( SCOTLAND ) BILL . In the morning sitting of the House of Commons , the House resolved itself into a committee on this bill , when Lord Elcho inquired how the Government intended , in the event of the bill passing , to administer and distribute the Privy Council grants , with reference to Roman Catholics , Episcopalians , and Presbyterians?—Lord Palmerston replied that there are certain schools for -which the bill makes no pi-ovision , namely , Episcopalian and Roman Catholic ; and , as the object of the Government is to diffuse
education , they have no wish to withhold assistance from schools which would not receive benefit from the bill . With regard to Episcopalian and Roman Catholic schools , the Government and the Privy Council are disposed to give their most favourable consideration to cases of schools belonging to such communities , which , in countiesj > r towns , are not in a flourishing condition . So > far from diminishing , Government would rather increase their aid . —The committee then proceeded to discuss the details of the bill , which occupied the entire sitting .
VICTORIA GOVERNMENT BILL . Lord John Russell , in moving the second reading of this bill , stated that the Government had omitted those clauses which , by taking away certain powers belonging to the Crown , had rendered it impossible for her Majesty ' s Ministers to assent to them . —Mr . Bell moved , and Mr . Miall seconded , that the seco nd reading be taken that day six months . They objected to the bill upon the grounds of its being unpopular among the masses in Australia , of its not having passed the Legislative Council , and of its sanctioning religious endowments . —Mr . Lowe opposed the measure ; observing that the Imperial Legislature is bound not to interfere with matters within the cognizance of the Colonial Legislature , and vice versa , and that both principles were violated by the bill ,
which encroached upon the Colonial Legislature , while that , in its turn , was invited to encroach upon the jurisdiction of that House . The preamble waa drawn up upo n an erroneous interpretation of the law ; and , if passed , the measure would be a nullity . He also objected to the Civil List ( 112 , 000 / . ) , which he considered extravagant and oppressive . Altogether , the measure was anomalous ; and he conceived it to be the duty of the House to place a negative upon it . —The bill was also opposed by Mr . Adjderlev ( who regarded it in a similar light to that of Mr . Lowe ) , and by Mr . Pellatt ; and was supported by Sir John Pakington and Mr . Duffy . —Lord John Russell made some remarks in reply to Mr . Lowe , the chief import of which w « ro to the effect that the bill had bee n sanctioned by the Colony itself , and ought therefore to pass . —Ultimately , Mr . Beix withdrew his amendment , and the bill was read a
second timo . NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT BILL . Mr . Lowe moved that the second reading of this bill be deferred for six months . He observed that almost all the objections which ho had urged against the preceding bill applied with equal force to this . The Legislative Council from which the bill proceeded did not represent tho interests of tho colony f their real object being to obtain for certain parties in tho colony enormous tracts of tho public land . Tho representation of tho colonies is moat unequal $ and tho result is an onormous preponderance in favour of . the pastoral interest . Tho Legislative Council . appointed in 1853 a committee to consider tho question of tho constitution ; and one of tho recommendations of that
committee was the institution of titles in the Upper House , which they thought desirable because , among other reasons , it would induce emigration from the upper classes of the United Kingdom . Now , he ( Mr . Lowe ) thought the colonists had as much to lose as to gain by going back to pedigree . Mr . Lowe concluded by giving some instances of the misappropriation of the waste lands by the Legislative Council , and of the utter indifference of that body to the demands of public opinion . —The amendment was seconded by Mr . Baxt ;; k ; and the bill was also opposed by Mr . Maguire , while Mr . John Ball supported it . —Upon a division , the second reading was affirmed by 142 to 33 .
THIRD READINGS . The following bills were read a third time , and passed : —The Public Libraries and Museums ( Ireland ) Bill ; the Places of Religious Worship Registration Bill ; the Cinque Ports Bill ; the Bill for tho Repeal of Stamp Duties on Oxford Matriculations and Degrees ; and the Woolmer Forest Bill .
» 556 The Leader, [Saturday ^
» 556 THE LEADER , [ Saturday ^
T H E W A R. Whether It Be A Coincidence...
T H E W A R . Whether it be a coincidence or a consequence , it is certainly a fact , that ever since the appointment of General Pelissier to the command of the French army the Allies have had nothing but a series of brilliant successes . Town after town on the Sea of Azof has yielded to our sudden onslaughts ; that important water is dominated by our fleets ; the line of the Tchernaya is occupied by the troops of France , England , Turkey , and Sardinia ; and within the last week we have had news of the seizure of one of the most important outworks of Sebastopol itself—the Mamelon . With that in our hands , it is not too much to say that the tremendous fortress before which we have languished for so long is beginning to crumble beneath the fiery energy of our newly-aroused might . Still , the worst part of the business is yet to come ; and we must not blow our loudest trumpets until after the final triumph . It was about six o ' clock on the evening of Thursday , June 7 th , that the French attacked and carried the White Work and the Mamelon . They took several guns , including eight cohorns ; and a large number of prisoners fell into their hands . At the same time , the English took possession of the Quarries . The success was complete . " We have lost , " says a despatch received by Lord Panmure , " about four hundred men in killed and wounded ; " but whether the " " refers to the Allies altogether , or merely to the English , is not stated . It is tolerably clear , however , that the latter only are intended . The following are General Pelissier's despatches , giving , in the first instance , his confident anticipation of success , and afterwards the record of the accomplished feat : — " Crimea , June C , 10 i \ m .
" To-day , in concert with our allies , we opened our fire against the outworks , and to-morrow night , Deo volente , they will be taken . " " June 7 , 11 p . m . " At half-paat six , our signals for the attack were given , and one hour after our eagles floated over the Green Mamelon and the two redoubts of the Careening Bay . The enemy ' s artillery has fallen into our hands . Four hundred have been taken prisoners . We occupy the conquered works . Our allies , with their habitual resolution , have carried the work of the Quarries and established themselves in it . All the troops have been admirable for their devotion and high spirit . "
The " Quarries " here mentioned are situated between Frenchman ' s Hill and the Redan . They were constructed about tho end of last April , and were intended as an indemnification for tho loss of the rifle-pits in front of our right attack which wo had just then taken . Several large rifle-pits were connected by means of trenches with the quarries ; and tho whole communicated with the Kedan by a covered way . Further despatches of General Pelissier are as follows : — Juno i ) , 1867 > , 11 i \ m .
"All the demonstrations of the unomy against the conquered works have been fruitlosH . They have abandoned the ao-called battery of tho 2 nd of May ; they have also completely abandoned to us the right shore of Careening Bay . Tho vessels in port have sought refuge in Artillery Bay , where our large mortars can reach them . Wo are watching them attentively . " " Juno 1 . 0 , 1855 , Half-past 11 p . m . " Tho combat of Juno 7 was more advantageous for us than I first announced to you . It has put into our hands 602 prisoners , 20 of whom aro oflicern , and 7 ii pieces of ordnance . " " Juno 11 , 1855 , 11 p . m . " Wo aro strengthening ourselves in tho new works . Wo have been able to fire , with the ItuHwian mortarn , at the ships , -which have retired still further off than Artillery Bay . Wo are preparing now battorica . " Tho " Ouvrages Blancs , " or While Works , aro to the right of the Mnmclon : and tho Miunolon is a
steep rocky eminence with a height of about one hundred feet . " The approach to it , " says th e Daih News , " was swept by about forty guns in the Malakoff works ; its own guns made it truly for midable ; and when it is added that its steep sides are covered with masses of rock and loose stones the difficulty of the enterprise of June 7 th becomes apparent , and its success more striking . Already the besiegers must have gained considerably in the freedom of their movements , as the guns of the Mamelon completely commanded the ravine of Otchakov before it into
just expands the irregular-shaped vallej' lying at the foot of Frenchman ' shill . " The Mamelon also commands the Malakoff which lies in a hollow beneath it . We shall , ther e ^ fore , be enabled to fire straight down upon works whicli have always been esteemed the most perplexing and formidable with which we have had to deal . The importance of the newly-acquired position may be judged from the words of General Pelissier on a former occasion : —" The Mamelon must be taken if it cost ten men , we must have it ; if it cost ten hundred , still we must have it . "
We have also gained still further successes in the Sea of Azof . On the 3 d , 5 th , and 6 th of June , naval operations took place against Taganrog , Marioupol and Gheisk . They were perfectly successful . " The public buildings , " says a despatch from Admiral Lyons , " and numerous government magazines of provisions , were burnt ; and thus an immense loss of supplies has been inflicted upon the enemy . The operations were conducted with great vigour and rapidity . The allied forces had only one man wounded , although opposed by about 3500 soldiers at Taganrog . " Captain Lyons , of the Miranda , and Captain Sedaiges , were respectively the commanders of the English and French on these occasions .
Over and above the advantageous results thus accruing , we are also informed of the evacuation by the Russians of Anapa , which has been occupied by the Circassians . The Russians are supposed to have crossed the Kuban . We read in the JDaifj / News : — "Anapa , the last , is also in every sense the most important , of the towns and fortresses on the littoral of the Black Sea , abandoned by Russia since the commencement of this war . The town , situate on the north-east coast of the Iiuxine , at the northern termination of the Caucasian range , forty-seven miles south-cast of Ye ' ni-Kaleh . is inhabited by a miscellaneous population of
Circassians , Tartars , Greeks , Jews , Armenians , Kussians , and others , to the number of about five thousand . The adverse relations of its masters with the tribes inhabiting the mountain country in its rear have almost neutralised the great advantages offered by its situation , and prevented its growth . Its exports are at present grain , tallow , butter , hides , peltries , wax , & c . It is , however , as a military post that it has been most prized by Russia , and most deplored by Turkey . " After changing hands two or three times , Anapa was ceded to the Russians at the peace of Adrianople , in 1828 .
A telegraphic despatch from Vienna , dated June the 11 th , says : — "Two works close to the Malakotf Tower were taken on the 8 th . The slaughter was fearful . " Despatches from Marseilles of the same date speak to tho following effect : — " By intelligence from the Crimea to the 2 nd , it appears that the Allies were fortifying the Tote de l ' ont on the right bank of the Tchernaya . General Bosquet ' s corps was to invest Scbastopol on the north . General Morris , after a cavalry reconnaissance of the Kussinn camp on the Tchernaya , estimated the force at from 80 , 000 , to 100 , 000 men . " To this may be added the ensuing communication from the Vienna correspondent of the Times : — " Vienna , Thursday , June 1-1 , " 2 r . M-
" A . despatch from Varna , dated yesterday , Wednesday , June 13 , says that the French troops have l « en recalled from Kurtuh , probably to ussist in sonic groat blow against Sobastopol . " Abd-ol-Kuder is expected at Constantinople . It is to bo hoped that tho old desert-warrior will be employed , as wo believe he desires to bo , against the liusHians . lie would bo " therifrlit man in the right placo" if put at the head of the Tartars , to infuse into them his indomitable will , his subtle strategy , and his romantic courage .
niCI'OKT I'UOJI Silt OKOIUJH 1 UIOWN . Tho following report addressed to Lord llns inn > and having reference to the expedition to the bea oi Azof , has been transmitted to Lord I ' anmiiro : — Yoiii-Kalcli , May - ' '>¦ My dear Lord Kaglan , — Tho « x |>« tlitioii to thin plii"' . ho far , lias proved entirely auercirt . sfiil , and wo have tf *> posHOBHitm of all we proponed without filri '"» itf a " ' and almost without firing a nhol . (>) , On leaving tho anchorage oil" . SulwiHtopol , on t ) ^ " -: ' ' tho night became ho fo ^ gy that tho Hoot , mado but M " progretttf towards it « destination , but tl » u whole oi i utiipH nud Btoainurn reached tho rciidti / . voiiH , four li' » K > oil" C ' miu Takli , noon after daylight on tho morning oi i » 24 th , -when it wna wpcodily determined to run at <'" ' for thowpot at which , au your Lordship in aware , it v »
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Leader (1850-1860), June 16, 1855, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16061855/page/4/
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