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subserviency even to departed greatness in wealth . The three gentlemen , -whose conduct has impoverished numbers and ruined many individuals , are brought to the gaol in ^ all th < e . pdour of sanctity of wealth . They app ^ Na ^ MB ^ tte rfi ^« w * s ^ 4 o understand their position ; anliSthe Governor ; 0 bo understands it . They are at first lodged in ceriitom cells ; but it is soon discovea & sill that they ajse ^ of that quality which ^ quipe »<^ B * mction , ^« gp are of that blood with which p <* rt wine is congenial , they are of that standing which is above the rules
of ordinary persons ; and Mr . Governor Hiu , regarding their fall with compassion , makes ( the custom of the prison bend to their dignity . They have correspondence , parcels , irionds , with out restriction , and the letters pass witihout examination ; whereas common men can only have their friends for twenty minutes at a time , * nd only two in a day , and their letters are read . The three magnates of the criminal community are permitted to have friends with them all day . Mr . Stbahaw , naturally feeling separation from his wife , is furnished with an occasional residence in the Governor ' s house ; where he is so much at
home , that when a friend visits him in the prison , he beckons ' that friend to a more agreeable place of meeting . The Governor perceives distinctions , and catii Enforce them , notwithstanding the prejudiees * that may reign amongst the vulgar herd of prisoners against such differences between man and man . As to the possibility that Stbahan or Paujl could have used opportunities for escape , that is not to be thought of : they are persons of high distinction , not for a moment to be suspected of dishonourable purposes ! Does not Stbahan say , alluding to magistrates who may object to bis treatment , that they are a set of " Radicals , " and that he will " reward" the faithful Governor ?
Does not dethroned greatness exclaim , " Yes , take all , but leave me my Bible ! " Are persons of this stamp to be brought down to the low standard ? N " o , Hiuc is above such mean considerations . By his instructions , the rules of the prison are rendered subservient to the prisonersnamely , to these , i & ree ; and the " Radical " magistrates record ' their spite upon Hii / l by suspending him until they shall consider what to do . But law and justice themselves are under consideration . "We "have had a continuance of the attacks upon the ticket-of-leave system , and it has
at last met with one defender—a defender who shields it in the most extraordinary fashion . Colpnel Jebb , Chairman of the Directors of Convict Prisons , brings forward an elaborate statement in the Times to prove that the ticket-ofleave system has been eminently successful . His argument is , that when transportation ceased , imprisonment atliome wns regarded as the substitute or equivalent ; that in the colonies the convicts used to obtain their discharge conditionally , and that they ought to do so here ; that the strictest imprisonment justifies a shorter term , and that the statistics of the returns show the
prisoners ,. on the whole , to have been reformed . Out of 3629 prisoners who have been discharged conditionally , only 96 lave had their ticket-ofleave revoked , and 97 have been convicted and sentenced for Fresh crimes . While of 099 prisoners who Tiave claimed the balance of a gratuity due to thorn out of their earnings after they are discharged , if they behave well for three months , -684 have obtained tho allowances upon
satisfactory assurances of their behaviour . Tho Colonel nlso shows that the per-centago of ordinary prisoners convicted again is much greater than that of the ticket-of-loavo men reconvioted . But this system , so successful , he says—and ho eaye it as a kind of assurance to the public—is not t 6 bo carried out by -Government . They will more commonly observe tho rule that the prisoner undergoes hia whole sentence in confinement ; «/»« enjoying . tho tioket-of-loavo . So that , while
defending the system * lw ^ bandons ; and , telling the country the Messing it has had , he reassures us by tel & ig us the blessing is to be revoked This is son odd policy for * reforming Government , andii * e ean « mly suppose that -by same areeident thejawsatter ^ as been Bs & in the h ands of a « ubornate—Colonel Jebb . Aaaother * V £ arty" has been ibrought before the lawvModan amannar aflmosfc mnprecedemtefi to the public of the present day . Certain refugees have been called to account for an offence against the political as well -as the common law of this country , mnd they fasw- & been punished with a pemalty
that in some countries has been ranked next to death- Three r-efugees resident m London iiave affixed their names to a paper in the jform of a letter to Queen Victoria , which we have characterised in a separate paper . Addressmg the Qceex in terms of unreserved familiarity , the refugees affirm that Pianobi ' s attempt on the life of the Emperor Napoleon was only the ' prelude to the final destruction of the Empekoh ; and they declare that the family of Napoleon must he expelled from every country , respect for his very name or memory constituting an offence . This letter has been printed in
ISHomme , a French paper , published in Jersey ; and the inhabitants of St . Heiiers , the capital of that island , have met and called for the suppression of the paper . The island authorities , exercising the privilege of a local law which is sometimes a serious nuisance to the United Kingdom , have " banished" the proprietor , the editor , and the publisher of the journal . This , no doubt , sends them over to England ; where they will recruit the forces of the triumvirate which signed the letter . The occurrence las created a feeling of strong
disgust among many patriots resident in England , who see in it an injury to themselves and to the good cause , even more than to England or to the Queen . In fact , the . refugees who have signed the letter may be said to have embezzled the character of patriots , and to have prostituted it to a very low class of trade—that which panders to the mere love of sensation . As certain people trade in disgusting publications for sale among the depraved , these traders appear to be bent upon composing a crime and publishing it bodily , and the letter is the puff * preliminary .
The Bishop of- Lincoust ok Clergy Increase . — Some observations were made by the Bishop of Lincoln at a meeting at the Corn Exchange on the subject of the ¦ want of churches and clergymen . He said that , allowing one clergyman for every one thousand or fifteen hundred persons , the increase of population would require something like a hundred additional clergymen per annum . The largest number that a clergyman could properly attend to was 1000 or 1200 ; but many pride themselves with being invested with the charge of 50 , 000 . A conscientious minister makes an attempt at visiting and inquiring into all his parishioners ; but ho soon finds it impossible , and is obliged to give it up . The want of clergymen in the large towns , said the Bishop , is the cause of infidelity and immorality- " What was
denominated the Church property had by successive reductions been limited to something like a tenth of its former amount , and a curious fact was mentioned in a report of the Additional Curates Aid Society , that the sum spent annually in Groat Britain on tobacco and snuff was just twice as much as the whole income of the Church of England , from the Archbishops down to tho curates j so that , to put it in another way , if people who indulged in the use of those unnecessary and often injurious stimulants were disposed to give up what they expended in them to the use of the Church , tho number of tho clergy might be increased threefold . If tho whole of tho inoomos of the Churdh of England wore redistributed and divided equally among all the incumbents throughout the land , tho result would bo a not average income of only about 200 / . a year each . "
Dramatic Rka . i > ino at Bristol . —We observe in tho local papers that Mrs . Chatterloy , tho London actress , has boon reuding Much Ado About Nothing at tho Bristol Athonwum . Tho reading was prefaced by an historical and critical account of the play—a novel feature which iwo believe Mrs . Ohatterley introduced for the ilrst time at tho Polytechnic Institution . Entertainments of this . kind serve to popularise tho achievements of great Intolleotfl , and to extend rofiuing influences ; and wo are , therefore , glad to learn that Mrs . Chattorloy was , greeted with the applatteo of a numerous audience of Briatolians .
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/ ' . „ ip ^ E WAR . An entiKB ilefjeat of the Russians before Kara forme thesebSeTfteem of the war news this week . It appeatrftHflipat ^ 'Wte the 29 th of September the Russians AttackeflTtfhe city which they have so long blockaded . For eigjhit Siours the combat continued , the utmost fierceness « nd determination being shown on both sideB : ; 5 « n 3 fj ' « 9 fliough the attacking columns several times gained * an lentranae into the works , they were as often dashed foack , till , nitterly disheartened and worn out , they retired , completely routed . The losses are variously stated . According to a despatch from Lord Stratford de Redclifle , the Russians had 2500 killed , and twice that number wounded , while upwards of 4000 muskets were left on the field : and the
Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs , in writing to the OttoinaH Envoy in [ London , -states that General Mourav 5 eff 3 ost 4000 men killed ) 3 W > prisoners , and ¦ one goo . The Turkish Iosb appears to have been from 800 to 1000 men killed and wounded ; the killed including several superior officers . It was afe first stated that the Russians , seized with a panic , were preparing to retreat and abandon the -siege ; but General Mouravieff announces that the blockade of Kaxs is re-established on the . same footing as before the attack . The failure of the attempt is attributed by him to several officers of high rank having been killed or wounded early in the action ; but it is added by the Russian Commander that he succeeded in capturing fourteen Turkish flags .
It is gratifying to reflect that a large part of the honour of this Turkish success Is due to Englishmen . General Williams is the Commander-in-Chief at Kars ; and he has had under him Captain Teesdale , Coloael Lake , of the Madras Frngmi » Firg J * nr 1 C & ptain Thompson , of the 68 th Bengal Native Infantry—all three young men . The last-named officer was severely wounded in the arm iD the Burmese war ; and , going out to Kars before he had fully recovered , has actually aided in defending that town with his arm in . a sling- ... .
Preparatory movement , and the weaving of a vast network of stratagem round the Russians , may be said to be the summing up of the intelligence from the Crimea and the adjacent lands and seas . Gortschakoif announces to his Government that the Allies are organising a concentric advance from Eupatoria , Baidar , Kertch , and Kinburn , with the design of surrounding and cutting off the Russian forces . The appearance of the Allied fleets before Odessa did not lead to any attack ; and the squadrons departed in peace , and sailed to Kinburn—a town situated at the extreme western point of the coast which bounds the linian or estuary of the Dnieper on the south . They appeared there on the 15 th inst ., and landed a small force not far from the Salt Lakes . In the
evening , six steamers began to bombard Kinburn ; the fortress replied , and one of our vessels was injured . On the 16 th , a cannonade took place between the fortress and the gunboats of the Allies ; but no result of importance has as yet occurred . Intelligence has been received by Lord Pan mure that Sir Colin Campbell has been sent to Eupatoria with a considerable force of infantry and artillery . On the evening of October the 6 th , an expedition , consisting of 3500 English troops and 2000 seamen , sailed for the mouth of the river Bug ; and the Light Cavalry , under Lord George Paget , together with a troop of Horse Artillery , will embark for Eupatoria . GortschakofF , on October 11 , telegraphed to St . Petersburg that the Allies had concentrated imposing masses of troops in the valley of the Upper Belbek , and wore preparing to advance still further ; and despatches from the Crimea , dated the 13 th , state that the advanced posts of the Allies
on tho previous day were within five leagues of Baktchi-Serai , that the Russians were retiring slowly , and that everything led to the belief that General Liprandi intended to defend the line of tlic BeHuelc , and to rest upon the corps commanded by Prince Gortschakoff . In a telegraphic message from GortschakofT , of the same date , we find it asserted that tlie Allies quitted the valley of the Upper Belbek that mqrning , and returned to the ridge separating it from the valley of Baidar . This retreat is attributed by GortechakofF to a movement of the Russians to-\ rards Tavri and Albat . The temporary inaction after the fall of South fc'ebastopol seems , however , to have given place to an elaborate and widely-extended movement ; , tho results of which wo have yet to await . Among tho current rumours , to which it must be owned no great importance as yet attaehoe , it may be mentioned that the Russians are suiil to contemplate abandoning the north aide of Sebastopi )! , and retiring to Porokop .
The straits of Kertch have once more bohckl n complete success on the part of the French mid English flcots . Admiral Bruat has communicated to hia Government an account of operations j ^ uinst Tnm « n and Phanagoria . A summary of tiiis * lospatdi in the Moniteur narrates tho following "lt' " dents of tho expedition : — " On tho 2 dth of September , Commandant JLJonot left
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 20, 1855, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20101855/page/2/
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