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December 2% 1855.] THE LEADER. 1215
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PUBLIC MEETINGS. MR. BRIGHT O}T THE WAR....
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AMERICA. Conqbkss assembled on tho 3rd o...
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A CONSERVATIVE CHAMPION AND CHAMPIONESS....
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Ml IS. PEW AND HKIt "PINE APPLIC." Mas. ...
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War Miscellanea. Tins Heat-Th Ojc Tub An...
eatarrhal affections , and added some cases of catarrhal ophthalmia to our list ; but the admissions under this head have decreased nearly one-half during the present week , and it is to be hoped by care and removal of those labouring under the complaint to the Monastery that the disease will not extend . There has been a decrease in the number of admissions from fever , but an increase of mortality , confined chiefly to the Land Transport Corps , as fourteen out of the nineteen deaths that occurred during this week took place in that bz * aneh of the service alone . This corps has a heavier sick list than any division of the army , which is not to toe wondered at , as many of the Europeans have recently arrived iu the country , and . are not yet acclimated , and the natives bear fatigue and the vicissitudes of weather , like that which we now have , but ill . "
More German Neutrality . —Within the last ten days ( says a despatch from Tilsit in the Daily News several large caravans of horses—numbering in all about 1 , 500—have passed through this city of Russia . They are fine strong animals , equally serviceable for cavalry and artillery , and were purchased by the Russian government in the kingdom of Hanover , under the superintendence of a Russian general officer , who also personally accompanies the transport .
December 2% 1855.] The Leader. 1215
December 2 % 1855 . ] THE LEADER . 1215
Public Meetings. Mr. Bright O}T The War....
PUBLIC MEETINGS . MR . BRIGHT O } T THE WAR . After an interval , Mr . Bright has again opened fire ( if the expression be not too military ) on the war . On the evening of Friday week , he addressed a meeting of the members and friends of the Marsden Mechanics' Institution ; and , after enlarging on the virtues of penny papers , and commenting on the tendency to panics , as regards foreign affairs , to which the English mind is liable ( evidenced in the fear of Papal aggression , of French invasion , and of Russian ambition ) —a state of things owing to want of knowledge and thought—he proceeded to discuss the question of the alleged barbarism of Russia . He asked : —
" Is it not a singular thing that St . Petersburg , the capital of this barbarous empire , though but a modern city , has a library which , in size , ranks the third in Europe , and is said to contain 10 , 000 volumes more than the library of the British Museum ? Is it nofe a strange thing that at the southern extremity of this barbarous empire there is a city which some wretched and sanguinary fanatics in this country wish that the Allied fleets should utterly destroy ; a city the foundations of which were laid but sixty years ago , and which exported to this country in the year 1848 - —the year of famine in Ireland—more than 5 , 300 , 000 bushels of grain ? Surely there is something more and better than barbarism in facts like these ; and
yet the people of England have been supplied with mental aliment , for two years past or more , full of prejudice , full of exaggeration , and full of falsehood , and the policy they have applauded has been based on misapprehensions of the grossest character . And while they have conjured up these terrors in the East , they seem wholly forgetful of what is passing in the West . Many of you have relatives or friends in America . That young nation has a population about equal to ours in these islands . It has a gi-eat internal and external commerce . It has more tonnage in shipping thau we have . It has more railroads than we havo . It has more newspapers than we havo . It has institutions more free thau wo have—that horrid slavery
of the south excepted—and which ia no fruit of its institutions , but an unhappy legacy of the past . Jt has also a great manufacturing interest in difforent bronchos . That ifl the young ginnt whoso shadow ever grows , and there is the true rival of this country . But how do we stand or start in the race ? Tho United States' Goverumont , inoluding all tho governments of all its Sovereign States , raises iu taxes probably from £ 12 , 000 , 000 to £ 15 , 000 , 000 sterling in tho year England this year will raise ia taxes and loans , and will expend noarly £ 100 , 000 , 000 . This population must raiso and will spend , probably , £ 80 , 000 , 000 within this year moro thau that population will raise and spondand in America there is far
, leas poverty and pauperism thau in England . Can we run this raco on thoso terms and ngainst thoseodds ? Can wo hope to bo as woll oft" as America if tho products of our industry arc thus swept away by the tax-gatherer , and in tho vain wchomo of saving Europe from imaginary dangors ? Can poverty bo lessoned am ong us , can education spread , can tho brutality of bo many of our population bo uprooted , can all or anything that good men look for come to us while tho fruits of our industry , tho foundation of all social and moral good , rvro squandered in tliia manner ? Pursue tho phantom of military glory for ten years , and expend in that time a Hum equal to nil tho visible nronortv of Lancashire and Yorkshire , and
then compare yoursolf with tho United States of America , and where will you bo 1 Pauperism , crime , and political anarchy arc the legacies wo tiro proparing for our okildren , and there ia no oecapo for us
\ mless we change our course , and resolve to disconnect ourselves from the policy which tends incessantly to embroil us with the nations of the continent of Europe . It is the object of institutions like this , and of meetings like this , to enable us to inform ourselves on great questions of this nature , and therefore I make no apology for referring to them here . "
DR . WOLFF ON THE WAR . The well-known missionary and traveller , the Rev Dr . Wolff , is at present entertaining the inhabitants of East Brent and its neighbourhood with a series of lectures on the Eastern Churches , and on other subjects connected with his travels in the Easfc . In speaking of the Greek Church , on Thursday week , the Doctor referred to Russia , and in so doing , gave his own views on the present war , to which he is strenuously ojsposed , on the ground that Russia is a great civilising power , and that its Emperors , from Peter the Great down to the present Alexander II ., have not only been wise rulers , but for the most part Christian princes , whose great object has been to raise the barbarous tribes over which they ruled from
a state of degradation and slavery to that of civilisation and Christianity . As instances , he mentioned several circumstances relative to tho late Emperor Nicholas I ., which he knew from personal experience to be facts , and which may not be generally kuown to the people in England . One of these was , that through the influence of Nicholas , the two unfortunate English travellers , Stoddart and Conolly , were released from prison in Bokhara , and might have returned again to their own country , had not Stoddart refused to ackowledge any protection but that of his own government ; another was , that while at Teheran , the Emperor ordered his own Ambassador to supply Dr . Wolff with Bibles in the Russian languages , requesting him to distribute them amongst the
Russian slaves and fugitives iu Bokhara ; thirdly , he mentioned the fact that thirty-six univci'sities has been founded by Nicholas during his reigu . In fact of all this , the Doctor thinks it hard that he should be branded as a tyrant and despot , regardless of the lives of hi 3 subjects and intent only on his own aggrandisement , and made to bear the whole blame and odium of the present war , whereas the Doctor affirms that the ignorance and credulity of the English people have been imposed upon , and that a fearful amount of bloodshed will lie at the doors of thoso who have involved us iu this war . Dr . Wolff considers the late Emperor Nicholas to have been the greatest prince that the world haa seen for some centuries past !—County Herald .
The Duke of Richmond , Lord Alfred Ilervey , M . P ., Mr . W . F . Kuatchbull , M . P ., the Hon . R . W . Clive , M . P ., and Mr . Crauford , M . P ., delivered speeches in favour of the war .
America. Conqbkss Assembled On Tho 3rd O...
AMERICA . Conqbkss assembled on tho 3 rd of December , and adjourned after four hours of ineffectual attempts to elect a Speaker . The majority of votes was in favour of Mr . Richardson , of Illinois , a Democrat . On the subject of the tariff , a Washington letter in tho New York Herald says : — " The Secretary of the Treasury has become converted to the theories of the manufacturers of wool , and will recommend the admission of the raw materials free of duty , including chomiciuH and dyestuffs in the same catogory . He does not propose to touch iron ; but the backers of this movement in Congress intend to incorporate , if they can , upon the modification a provision allowing of railroad iron
to bo bonded for live your * . " Tho Washington Cabiuot , according to tho sumo paper , lias rejected Denmark ' s proposition for a capitalisation , or a tax according to tho value of tho cargo , in lieu of tho present Sound due * . Tho Governor of South Carolina , in bin mosHiigo to tho Loginlaturc , rocoininonila that tho law with respect to ulavo . s bo ho modified us to permit coloured hoiuhoh , tho subjects of foreign nations , to remain ou board their vchhoIh , to bo allowed to land whonovor tho duUi .-n of tho vchhoI requires it , upon their receiving « i written permit to of the and that while
that oiFoot from tins Mayor port , on land they be Hubjootod to tho ordinary rcstnohoua applied to tho naiivo coloured population . A collision has occurred in ICuuHua between thu Pro and Anti-Slavory parties . Three IiYoo-Statonmon had attempted to drive I Mr . Cowman , a Pro-Slavery nettler from hifl claim near Hickory Point . A islrug b'lo oiihikxI , which oxtondol and led to u uioHt minuun condition of affairri . Tho militia was called out ; 11 io pooplo of Luwronco armod thoniHolvoa with iivo piece * ol artillery ; sixteen Ikmihoh huv" boon burnt ; and , at tho latent advice * order had not boon rontorod .
, General Corral , uffcor bin ontry into Grenada , wan arrested on a ohargo of LrouHoii , tried by courtmartial , and nhofc . Gonoml Vallo lion reinforced Grenada with ono hundred and forty men . i ' roin Mexico wo hoar that the mutt of Government lutu been transferred back to tho capital . Alvarez won well received on hifl entry to tho city . Ho docliuwl that hi * banner was " Popular and RoproHontativo Republic , " and disavowed all personal ambition .
The New York commercial accounts state that the European news by the Atlantic created a commotion among the dealers in stocks , and large sales were made at a considerable decline of prices , there being no outside demand and no animation among speculators . Government stocks , however , had improved in consequence of the Secretary of the Treasury having announced his . intention to redeem further 1 , 500 , 000 dollars at a high premium . There was no especial change in the money-market ; the demand was good at full rates of interest .
A Conservative Champion And Championess....
A CONSERVATIVE CHAMPION AND CHAMPIONESS . At the general election of 1852 , Sir Alexander Cockburn and Mr . Wilcox were returned for Southampton on the Liberal interest ; and the Conservatives got up a petition against them , alleging bribery . The petition being referred to a select committee of the House of Commons , a man named Marston was examined to prove the bribery , but the committee disbelieved hi . s statements , and he was indicted for perjury . Mars ton was brought to trial , and a Mr . Mackey , a solicitor , of Southampton , gave his service * gratuitously iu conducting the defence ; while another of the Conservative party , General Bullock , together with several of his friends , got up a subscription for tho purpose of paying all the other expenses . Marston was tried before Lord Campbell nfc Westminster , and was found guilty . General Bullock , however , conceived that Mr . Mackey had wilfully mismanaged the affair ; and lie therefore charged Mr . Mackey with having sold liis client ami betrayed his trust . The latter gentleman , in the course of last December , brought an action against tho General , and obtained a verdict with substantial damages . General Bullock , however , was determined uot to rest in the matter ; and , having written several letters to Lord Palmerston and Lord Campbell , he collected them into a pamphlet , together with some otliera , and offered the whole to Mr . Kid-way , of Piccadilly , for
publication . Mr . Ridgway , though with some hesitation , consented to put his name on the title-page ; but , after tho pamphlet was printed , ho wild be must withdraw his name , on account of the libellous nature of the matter . General Bullock , nevertheless , circulated the pamphlet , with a paper staling that it came from Mr . Ridgway . He also induced the editor of tho Hampshire Independent to 2 » "blish a letter containing similar libels , upon hia promising to give indemnity in case of legal proceedings . In consequence of those libels , Mr . Mackoy , during tho lust few days , has brought an action against General Bullock in the Court of Queen ' s Bench . Lord
Campbell , iu hi . s summing up , made Home severe remarks on the conduct of the General ; and tho jury gave a verdict for Mr Muekoy , with £ 500 damages . In thu course of the trial , Mrs . Bullock win examined . She appears to have been a vory " rttroiig-minded" lady , and to have managed all tho private arguing with the opposite parties . Speaking of the trial of Mnr . ston at Westminster Hall , she Huid ( in tho f cross-examination ) : — " I was very indignant at tho remilt of the trial . / was taken out . of the Hall in conxor / uencc . I am very much interested about Mr . Marnt , i » u . I wrote the letter which .-ippoai-ed in tho paper . I wrote every letter in the matter . I prepared the picas . On which Lord Campbell oWrved , " They wero very long ones , at all evontu , " nixl thero wiw laughter . The lady also wild : - " General Bullock did 110 I wish iuc to go into tho witne .-fb-box at tho hint trial . / came into court , "
Ml Is. Pew And Hkit "Pine Applic." Mas. ...
Ml IS . PEW AND HKIt "PINE APPLIC . " Mas . 1 ' iiW — a lady who will hn nio .-d courteously dc-Horjbud , uik ' it tliis cir , whiob nho allowed Hbe had uxp . nded in paying nut-Bon and necerisaiiun during an iiln'iHH ul Mr . HoHc . il . bal . Tho lady had formerly liv .: < l with a gontleiuan name-l Tow , who at bin duooaiio bad leU her a mini of 1600 , furniture of ibo value "L -C 1 , 000 , and X 200 per annum . tfh <> lumunod tlm namo ol Pew , and in tho year 1851 formed an uuqimiiilanoonhip Hi , a boarding-liouao witli Mr . Uo . s . jnl . lml . At IihUi «
first , that , 'onUeman wui » nitlior ' . .. I" ; uuiao nearer uflurwimlrt , aslcud ih ,, Imr ' " f la mi K bt , " pay hi * a . l . lru . W to her , un « I "j'l : "' "' ' : Y f ' horsolf to bo iakvn out . iu . rarm ^ n by M .. K " .. ' il " . and indulged in I , o , « , h » f nmf . nm-MO ' ' , * > f \ | S ! V ^^ S 5 ^ - " «» London tuu . u ^ ' » ' . ^ ^^ „ Hv ( J ( l iffiKbss-x ^ rfBJ
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 22, 1855, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22121855/page/3/
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