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OcjoBEB 16, 1852.] THE LEADER. 985 _
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THE ANGLO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE. MR. BARING ...
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GENERAL SCOTT'S CHANCES. The Derbyites o...
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THE AUCT1C EXPEDITIONS. Tire despatches ...
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Continental Notes. Bordeaux, The Most Se...
On the morning of the 7 th inst . the firing of artillery need j o the inhabitants of Madrid that funeral honours were about to be paid to the memory of Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington and Ciudad Rodrigo , a ™ r > tain-general of the Spanish army . At twelve o ' clock the entire garrison of Madrid , in full drejg , assembled bef re a mausoleum erected for the occasion , and there rendered all the honours to the memory of the duke which are riaid to a deceased captain-general . Tho troops afterwards defiled before the captain-general of the province , who was accompanied by the military governor and a numerous and brilliant staff . There was no religious cercjnony . in consequence of the duke having been a profcestant . The port of Leghorn is about to be enlarged .
Ocjobeb 16, 1852.] The Leader. 985 _
OcjoBEB 16 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 985 _
The Anglo-American Alliance. Mr. Baring ...
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE . MR . BARING AT BOSTON . The commercial men of Boston entertained Mr . Thomas Baring , M . P ., at a banquet on the 22 nd of Sep tember . In reply to a toast in his honour , he is said to have expressed himself as follows : — " He had thought when he came here that ifc would not be necessary , on his part , to allude to the object of his mission to America—and he was surprised when the worthy chairman made the remark , that perhaps it might involve a diplomatic purp 6 se . Surely when it was known , as it soon would be known , that his humble talents were unsuited to any diplomatic task , the more especially unsuited because of so many others having eminent qualifications for such duties being left behind him—no such opinion would be longer entertained . " Agents were generally chosen for diplomatic duties who had some qualifications for the work they undertook ¦—which he confessed he had not . If any reason existed in addition , why the gentlemen assembled about him ought to be convinced that diplomacy was not the object of his mission—that reason would be found in a contrast of his own poor abilities with tho splendid capacities of his friend on his right ( Mr . Everett ) , who , during his mission to England , was not more distinguished by his ability than by his urbanity , loftiness of character , and those other qualities which grace a diplomatist of the first order . ( Applause . ) Thus knowing what a real and competent diplomatist was , he considered it strange that it could have been entertained for a moment that he came here in the capacity intimated by his honoured friend in the chair .
"He had not come to meddle with the fishery question , or to take care of the Lobos Islands . ( Loud laughter and applause . ) He could not dive so deep or look so far as that , and he was happy to come here divested of all such incumbrance . Some twenty-three years ago it was his good fortune to visit this country , and at that time he was received wiUi a courtesy and kindness that could not fail to make a deep impression on his heart , and call forth his warmest gratitude . But then only a year had been allotted to him to see and admire the rising prosperity of this great land —a period altogether insufficient for that purpose , or even to no to in any considerable or intimate degree , all that was remarkable and praiseworthy to be seen and
remembered . What he had then observed had begot gratification , and an interest to know more ; and for many years he had earnestly desired to come back and renew old friendships , and become more acquainted with what was so full of interest to him . Tho interval had been spent by him in pleasing and intimate relations with the commercial men of the United Stales , and his wish to re-visit tho republic had been much enhanced by the deep desire to meet those infiii personally , and realize to sight , what mutual transactions had fiilly and satisfactorily proved to his mind , that they enjoyed a prosperity which wan the deserved sequence lo an upright , honourable , and high-minded pri ctic i . ( Cheers . )
'' It happo icd most luckily for him that n very i ' ow weeks r < in lined at , his disposal—very short—seven weeks or so , of which t . vo had already been very pleasantly spent in this city . Hero lie bad neon much change and much improvement ; . The hot fevor of youthful < : ommerriul eiK .-i-jry | ,, l ( l not oxhihited the slightest indications of npprouehing decay . Everything showed the contrary . Telegraphic communication , railroads , canals , and other aids to commerce , were enumerated hy Mr . Baring , m \ having been the more liberally recognised us the strength of tho Rational welfare , and all hiuf combined to open up fields for cultivation and enterprise , inexhaustible in their riches and usefulness . Alluding to certain observations made by the chairman relative to the value anil necessity of
pence to the prosperity of commerce , Mr . Baring said lie hoped no temporary incitement would operate to mar the lundl y feelings now existing between America , and ( Jreiit Britain , or that any present cause of umbrage hIiouIH beget Hlerl , which would militate against the welfare of the future . ( Loud cheers . ) He was nut afraid of the Governments of the nations involving themselves in mioli ; i way , With the prospect of nueli consequences before them . To multiply power , was to work through the menus of sueh peaceful and mmd-cullivatiii / f institutions , us were so markedl y cherished in this Stale , and not through any Nuch means as might he the result of a war among friends . ( Cheers . )
' "" approved of the remarks of ( he chairman relative to the value of peace both to America and Uroat Britain , ' '¦• very additional year of' its continuance added another link ' <> tlio chain of mutua . l prosperity , another wries of iiieaiin through which wealth nnil national comfort could best lio promoted . ( Cheers . ) The purpose of both GoveninieiitH , he assured gentlemen , in his estimation , was ' <> maintain peace , as such was the only true policy . U < heei-H . ) Cabinets and political parties might rise and lll 'l . » . iu [ changes might arise which involved important . J ' i'suIIn , hut whatever nllerul ion might Lake place , there could ho no doubt , that the wish of the people and Go \ ern-J"ontn of both countries was for pence . Commerce wan •¦ ' »« mi ylity girdlo of ponce . Blw miooinpuHuvd it round
about , and whatever tended to break the band would be destructive to the interests of nations . Looking at the questions which now and then arose , rulers were slow to misunderstand each other , and they were happily so . Misunderstandings might arise ; but with reference to Great Britain , he would say tlio people of that country were too proud of the position and welfare of Americathe origin of ¦ which welfare they ¦ somewhat claimed—to desire or countenance other than the most friendly relations . " ( Loud cheers . ) ¦ ¦ - .. Mr . Baring finished his speech by expressing- anew his gratitude for an honour he felt constrained to divide with his associates , and sat down after giving as a toast , " Friendship , may it not be national or sectional , but universal . " This sentiment was received with repeated cheers .
General Scott's Chances. The Derbyites O...
GENERAL SCOTT'S CHANCES . The Derbyites of the United States , in other words the Whigs , seem to be making great efforts to return their candidate for the Presidency . Until lately the chances of General Scott appeared ludicrously small , in consequence not only of the great strength of the democrats and the natural advantages of Pierce over his rival , but also of the division of . the Whig camp between Scott and Webster , and the appearance of Hale as the Free-soil champion , and Troupe for the Southern Rights or Secession party . Until the arrival of the last mail , which reached England on Monday , bringing
us New York papers and correspondence up to the 28 th Of September , it was believed that General Pierce would be triumphantly elected . Now , however ^ a change is reported . Scott is rising in the estimation of political observers , and the intelligent correspondent of the Times , who has Pierce leanings , states some reasons why Scott is up in the market . The two first signs he mentions are , that Massachusets , North Carolina , and Georgia , will probably now go for the Scott instead of the Webster ticket . These are three Whig states , which the democrats hoped would be so divided as to cast the state vote , that is , the actual majority ,
for Pierce . The next signs , although more d elusive and less easily appreciated , more nearly affect us , and show that , as far as we are concerned , we have more to hope from the Democrats than the Whigs !—" Some other signs in favour of General Scott have recently been manifested . A few days ago this distinguished military chieftain started on a professional tour through the central and western States , to explore the country and settle npon a site which , in his judgment , was best adapted for a military hospital , the Congress of the United States having appropriated a large sum of money for the purpose of cstablishiiiir such an institution in the central portion of
the Union , contiguous to a large number of our military forts , and the commission for the execution of the law having been conveyed to General Scott , as the Cominandcrin-Chief of the American army . General Scott is an upright , just , and patriotic man , and no American would apprehend the slightest danger that he would be swerved from the line of rectitude or duty by any ulterior object which political prospects might present to him . Hut , at the same time , everybody knows that it is quite possible he may have been influenced by existing events and circumstances ; for it is quite certain that during the last week , while he has been on this tour of observation , he lias taken occasion to stop long enough at . Pittsburgh ,
Cincinnati , and other large towns , to make addresses to his fellow-citizens , who at this period are likely , from political feeling , to extend to him an unusually warm and enthusiastic reception . General Scott understands the geography of this country and its political history too well not to know that tho whole of I ho western valley of the great basin of the Ohio and the Mississippi is thickly scattered over with men who fought under his banner in the war of 1812 , in tho various contests we have hud with the Indian tribes , nnd more particularly in the Mexican campaign . lie knows , too , that these men cherish souvenirs of battle , of . suffering , and of victory , all of which , being more or less intimately associated with his name , are likely lo 1 ) 111 , forth a . direct and a powerful influence upon the present ,
Presidential canvass . 'The accusation of indelicacy has been very strongly urged in some quarters- against the Commander for ' l ho course he has taken , because , it , is well known that , since the statute of Congress which made it his duty to explore the great Imsin of the M ississippi many months have passed hy , which he has not thought it , proper lo improve for ibis purpose . And now , after his name is brought before the country , and during the last month of the canvass , he has uliirted upon I he expedition , neglecting no opportunity to deliver military speeches to such assemblages of his fellou-eit izens as lire drawn together by admiration or curiosity ; and , at the same time , taking ' every occasion to court , the I rish vole by assuring the natives of that island thai , he never would have been nlile < o achieve the victories he has had it not , been for
their patriot ism and valour . " There in another sign in liiti favour . All along the Canadian , front ier every district Iiuh been flooded with documents , papers , biographies , histories , and inflammatory appeals to the prejudices whicli were aroused against Great Britain during the war of IKI'J prejudices which were awakened but , a few years iijm i , on the occasion of Iho IM'liCod dilliculty , when the passions of I lie hour and the appeals of demagogues came no near bringing iih into direct collision with Great Britain . It , is within my knowledge that , the leading Whig committees and presses of the country have been p lying night anil day lor several weeks in multiplying copies of fheao inflammatory documents
with no other purpose than to excite a feeling of hostility against the British Government along the British frontier . You may yourself judge how far these means are justifiable in a Presidential canvass . " But the point of view from which the Whig party appears , like our own delectable Derby-Disraelites at the last election , is in the statements of their policy , based on the Jesuitical principle of all thing s to all men . " Again , 1 yesterday learned that , from the estimate of those Whigs who have been most actively engaged in the business , not less than two millions of political tracts of the most violent party character have been printed in German in New York , Cincinnati , Philadelphia , Louisville , Chicago , and St . Louis , for circulation among the Germans in the central and western parts of the United States . I have myself seen several of these documents , and I am enabled to assure you that they look to all points of the compass . In the State of Pennsylvania , for instance , tho appeal is made chiefly upon tho ground of protection to American industry , Pennsylvania being a mineral State , where the Whigs have from the beginning endeavoured to persuade the people that it was a matter of life and death
for them to have such a tariff as would afford special protection to their coal and iron . In the western districts of the United States , where lead and copper are produced , this argument is not only used , but , in addition to it , attempts are made to persuade the German population , who have within the last few years come rushing in by hundreds of thousands , that General Scott is particularly favourable to a limitation of the period of probation for citizenship ; while all these documents are filled with the most libellous assaults upon the reputation of General Pierce , and in no less than five or six of them which I have seen within a day or two , there are the most unqualified statements to the effect that General Pierce is opposed to the admission of any foreigner to American citizenship under any circumstances , unless that foreigner happens to be a Protestant . "
Large sums have been subscribed by the capitalists to carry out this astute but unscrupulous policy . The writer above named sums up what he calls the " irresistible machinery" brought to bear in favour of Scott . " And yet all these unfair means are resorted to to inflame the passions of the American people , and excite their hostility—against Great Britain and the nations of Europe , because , we are told , that they are our most formidable rivals in the commercial world ; against the British provinces of North America , with which the fishery question is continually mixed up , for the purpose of exciting a still more malignant feeling against Great Britain ; in
favour of a high protective tariff , as the only salvation of American industry ; in the South , in favour of the perpetual union of the States , and oven in favour of slavery itself , and that , per sc , while at the North the Whig party have , as a body , adopted Uncle Toms Cabin as the text-book of the whole campaign . In the midst , therefore of all these signs , which have been so suddenly electrified into activity , I confess that I have been obliged to change my opinions in regard to the prospects of the approaching canvass , and 1 should not be surprised to see General Scott elected to the Presidency . So much for present political aspects . "
Our readers must not forget that America is the topic , and that the next post may dispel the unpleasant thoughts which this recital calls up . The democrats have tremendous majorities in both Houses ; and oven if Scott be elected , the policy of the Union must be of the progressive and liberal land ; smother point of similitude with the position of our own Derbyites .
The Auct1c Expeditions. Tire Despatches ...
THE AUCT 1 C EXPEDITIONS . Tire despatches brought by the Prince Albert , from Sir Edward Belcher ' s exploring fleet , have been published , together with tho following from Mr . Kennedy , giving n brief account of his doings in the Arctic ; seas . " Admihai . ty-in-Waitino , Oct . 0 . "Hut , —I beg to inform you of my arrival with tho ' Prince Alht-rt from the Arctic seas , having reached Aberdeen on Thursday evening , at ( i p . m . " I left the li'ortli Star , Captain Pullen , at , Beeehy island , taking up her winter quarters . All well on hoard . Dr . M'Cormick hud just launched his boat in open water , with a party , I think , of fi . ur men , and was proceeding to
Baring Bay , to ascertain if there was any opening to the eastward into . Jones' Sound , and with a view of examining the cairn and cooking place seen by the I'rhice of Wales in 1 H 1 K . I arrived at , Beechy Island on the 11 ) 1 li oi August , nnd quilted on theiMlh . Sir Edward Belcher , with one fender , the I'iuueer , Lieutenant Sherard Osborn , had proceeded up the Wellington Channel , in open water , a lew days previous to mv arrival , while Captain Kellett , with fhe ' olher lender , < . aptiiin M'CIinfock , had gone in clear water up Burrow Straits , towards Melville Inland . The Prince Albert wintered in Batty Hay , I ' rince Regent ' s Inlet . In . Iniiuiiry , accompanied by Alons . Bellol , of the French Navy , 1 pVoceedeil with ; i . ' sledge and three men ,
alike to visit , Fury Beach and to form a lirst depot- It'' - turning to the ship , we again started in February , mysell in charge of an iidvnneo parly of live men , and M . Itellol , the week following , in charge of a party of seven men , huviiif left MesMTH . Hepburn and Leask in charge of tho ship . " " On M . Belhtt coming up with me at Fury Beach , I found it necessary to send him back again to the ship , in order lo brin /; down further supplies , nnd it was not until Mm MiHh < A ? March Dial , we were enabled to proceed on the extended journey . A fat igue party accompanied us as far » s Brentford Bay . Here we found an opening runniiiLf in a general course of about , south-west , und northcast of about fifteen miles to Capo Bird . On attaining
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 16, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16101852/page/5/
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