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when Parliament opens , some patriotic member -would move for a correct return of the number of hospital marquees blown down oa Balaklava heights between the 14 th November and the 2 nd December inclusive , and also how often each marquee was blown down , and . whether the accident or accidents occurred by day or by night , and ., how many hows it took each time before it was possible again to pitch the marquees . I am sure such a return would throw some light on the extraordinary mortality in the latter lalf of November . I know it will be urged that the hospital marquees in the camps are merely temporary asylums for the sick , who , on the recommendation of the regimental surgeon , are sent down- to Balaklava hospital , and from thence to Scutari . That is the theory . The practice , I fear , is somewhat different . I know , for instance , that on the 13 th
November , the day after the hurricane , the L 3 th Lancers applied for ambulance waggons to carry their sick down to the hospital at Balaklava . When they got the waggons , and at what date the sick of the 13 th Lancers were removed from camp , is more than I am able to say ; but this I know , that ten days after the demand was made , up to the 25 th of November , the ambulance waggons had not come up , and yet the cavalry camp is not very far from Balaklava ; and if the cavalry must wait above ten days for ambulance waggons ( and that , too , at a time when comparatively few wounded were to be taken down from the front ) , what must be the delays before the iaifantry divisions can send down their sick ? Thus much for the theory of a regular clearance of the hospital marquees , the roofing of the sick in Balaklava , and the housing of them in Scutari T '
TEACHING OUR ENEMIES . The Daily News correspondent describes the somewhat anomalous position of the siege . It appears from this that our only chance of beating tlie Russians is to leave them undistiir'bed : — . "Our hope is that the Russians may come on , for we are now despairing of our ever being led forward to expel them from their positions . What the Comman < ler-in-Chief ' s plans are . it is impossible to know , but a fair estimate of them may be gleaned from -what is doing . A fresh siege train has been ordered up from Malta ; fresh supplies of ammunition are coming oat from Malta and . England . Since a cannonade of forty-two days against the fortress has done no good -whatever , Lord
Raglan has come to the conclusion to continue it until it doe 3 some good . We are advancing our works and repelling the Russian sorties , and the Russians are narrowing their lines , and constructing fresh works in the rear of those we destroy with so much labouT . The fortress is actually getting stronger under our cannonade , and if that cannonade continues ( as it is likely to do ) for anothet two months , Sebastopol will be impregnable . A fortnight ago the approaches past the White Tower were open to us ; at present that portion of the ground is unassailable , and if an attack takes place on the extreme
right , the storming columns must advance down Inkerman gully , and outflank the north-east of the fortress , under the nearer and deadlier fire from Fort Constantine , and the works on the other side of the harbour . In another month Inkerman . gully , too , is likely to be impracticable , for a battery at its extreme end would place our columns in the unenviable position of advancing against that battery in front while the town and the forts fire at them on either side . British troop 3 might stand that fire , but assuredly tliey could not survive it . And yet Lord Baglan ' s plan , whatever it be , give 3 the Russians plenty of time to complete their fortifications . "
H . U 8 SIAN PUEPAUATION 8 FOR NEXT YEARS CA . MPAIGNExtensive preparations are toeing made in . " various departments . Twenty-aix reserve companies of sailors are being formed to replace those who may be killed or disabled next summer . The Swiss Armourers of Zurich have been invited to join the Russian army . Very liberal pay is promised them , aud they will be placed at the head of the workmen . It is also rumoured that Colonel Oolt has contracted to supply a large number of revolvers which are to be manufactured at Liege ,
IN CIDENTS , Tnv » I ' miscaa ow YVajcbs and the Sjghjiunt-Majow . —Lord H . Ro-keby , lieutenaut-eolonel of the Scots Fufjiliet Guard * , who ia about to leave England for the seat of war in . the Crimea , va » sent for at the request of the Prince of Wales , His royal highneaa informed the officer that he wished him to bo the bearer of o fur cloak , as a present to Sergeanfc-Mojor Edwards , of the first battalion af Scots Fusilier Guards , who when ia England woe his royal highness ' s gymnastic preceptor .
Woodbn HousB . —At th « Southampton Docks n real wooden houso has been exhibited . This longest « i < les of the house « ro formed , in tho first ]> lncc , with twenty-four upright posts on each side ; planks then ilt into these po » t » to make tho eidea weather-tight . The roof ia ridged , and covered with folt . The houso ia floored witlv thick planks , raised from tho ground . UYom the , longest sides tho flooring elopes considerably towftrda the middle , where ia tho passage from one end of the houu-Q to the other . Thero is a wellarranged doorway to tho house , and two glazed vrindowe . A lAxg « nanaboi : oC cratoa of glu as is to bo
sent out to Balaklava , to repair the windows , when necessary . There are now iu Southampton Docks prepared timbers for 300 houses waiting for shipment . This number would house upwards of 7000 soldiers . The " Surprise" at Inkerman . —In reference to this a correspondent of the Constitutionnd says : — " A Russian officer declared in dying that we were betrayed by a deserter from the foreign legion . It is known that the foreign legion , which is so remarkable for its bravery , counts a great many deserters in its ranks . The man to whom I refer is said to be a German , and persons ask if it would not have been prudent to have left in Africa all those who had deserted , especially those who have a certain affinity of race With the Russians ? " -
The Henri Quatre . —A large body of Cossacks , thinking this a fair mark for plunder , came down towards a hillock , with four field-pieces , to pound the wreck . The French saw them approaching , and observed veil the spot on which the artillery would be posted ; every gun of the vessel was lai < l for that place , and all was kept silent on board until the Cossacks were well fixed aud just about to fire . At that very moment the triggers were pulled on board the Henri Quatre—almost every Russian was destroyed , and our noble allies have now the four field-guns on board a man-of-war , trophies of a feat as clever as it "was successful .
Gallant Conduct of ait Hotkl-keeper . — "We are gratified in being able to announce that Mr . Edward Churchill , of the Calverley Hotel , Tunbridge ,-has .. put the resources of his establishment in requisition for the purpose of supplying our troops with plum-puddings to the number of 160 , and which , when cut into half-pounds , will enable several thousands to partake of that cheer without which an ; Englishman's Christmas is not complete , and we believe it is Ins intention to remit to Cheltenham orders that the same course may be adopted in his establishment there .- —Sussex Express . Officers of the Staff . —The JVenayh Guardian says : — " We understand tliat all the mounted constabulary throughout Ireland , amounting in the aggregate to about 350 men , have been ordered to Dublin , for what purpose we are unable positively to say , but , if rumour be true , to undergo a preliminary inspection previous to their ardour fox a brush with the Russians being appealed to . " The Recimentax Tailors . —A correspondent of the Times calls attention to the miserable pittance earned by the pooT girls'v ho make the greatcoats recently ordered for the Crimea . The following is an extract from his letter , which certainly calls for the attention of " Alton Locke : "" I would first observe that there were six persons in a room of about 12 feet by 7 , a considerable portion of which space was occupied by a bed . One young woman , A . B > , had been employed in making a military greatcoat , for which she received the incredibly email sura of 6 £ d . ? The needles and thread coat her about l ^ d ., leaving a sum of 5 d . as a , remuneration for her labour . This did not include working the button-holes , which would have given an additional 2 d . to the worker . This young person tola me that she was a > new hand ,, and could not make more than one coat a day , working for 14 or 16 hours ; or , in other word 3 , if fully employed , and . working six days , or 34 hours , ahe would receive 2 a . ad . for her labour . An adept at the work could sometimes manage a coat and a half or even two a day . Another young woman ( A . G . ) was engaged upon a kind of militaiy paletot , for malting which , including working the button-holea and sewing on a double row of buttons , she obtained 7 d . After deducting the coat of needles and thread she had left 5 £ d . per coat ! This was without lining , and , being a tolerably quick hand , she could complete two in a day of 14 or 16 hours ' labour . Tho garment she was then employed upon was intended , to have a fur , or cthor warm Hniug , this 'would give her lOd . per coat extra , or , after deducting thread , & c , about 8 § d . ; but , by sowing in tho lining , she could only complete one coat in a day—that i » , Is . 2 ( 1 . for making a coat lined throughout with fur !"
1206 The 1badbb. [Satttebat,
1206 THE 1 BADBB . [ Satttebat ,
Lord Derby's Accuracy In Quotation, A Mo...
LORD DERBY'S ACCURACY IN QUOTATION , A morning contemporary , just at present more remarkable for its scholarship than for its urbanity taunts Lord Derby , through a correspondent , with imputing tho celebrated lines " Italia , Italia , O tu , cui { go la sorto Dono infolico di bolloss / V to Alflcri , instead of to Pilicnja . This is doubtlessly wrong , but wo must say that it provos Lord Dorby to ba acqunintod with tho author , although he mack a slight error , and wo like him sill tho bettor for not leaving hia "felicitous illustration" to tho euro oi hid secretary . AVo ure tho inoro happy to suggest thia deiuneo , as wo , lust week , inserted a correction of the supposed blunder on tho Chatham epigram , winch , it subsequently appoaroJ , was entirely an error of tho reporters .
attended , and were received by a perfect storm of cheeis , hisses , and groans . Various gentlemen addressed the meeting , but it was scarcely possible to hear anything until Mr . Bright presented himself , and when that period came , it was quite impossible to hear him for about a quarter of an hour . He then contented himself by simply addressing those immediately near him in general terms , and an adjournment was effected to the lleform Asssociation's Room , in Newall ' s- 'buildiiigs . After a few observations from Mr . Wilson , the chairman , the meeting was addressed by
ME . BRIGHT * M . P ., AND THE WAR . A pirni-ic meeting has been held in the Manchester Town-hull , " to enable the citizens to declare that they do not concur in the opinions of Mr Bright but are fully convinced of the justice and necessity of the war , and earnestly hope that it will be carried on with the utmost vigour , until the objects for which it was commenced nre thoroughly effected . " The meeting was called upon a requisition to the Mayor , signed by upwards of 600 inhabitants of all political parties . Mr . Bright and his friends
Mr . Bright , who commenced by complaining of those who had asked him to go to a meeting for collecting subscriptions for the Patriotic Fund , when it was well known that he could not approve of its purposes . He said : — " Mr . Watlun should not have written . me a letter if he did not want my opinions to be known at St . Petersburg . But with regard to the publication of the letter there , it tells very strongly in favour of not haying gone into the war-at all . There can be no man in England that can have less sympathy than I have for the Russian system of government . I was one of those who did what I could to receive with great delight the exgovernor of Hungary , the most wonderful man , I think , that has visited the shores of this country for many a long year . I had not only a dislike , but an absolute horror of what I considered ' the unfortunate and wicked
ste ; p taken by the Russian government in crossing into Hungary , and putting dovm the attempt of the Hungarian people to obtain freedom fox themselves . 1 have no doubt that a great deal of the clamour that has been raised in tiiis country against Russia of late , has come as an almost inevitable consequence from the false step which the Emperor of Russia took on that occasion . But having this opinion against the Russian system of government , does it not rather tend to . shake that confidence of men in the goodness of the cause in which this co-uaitry is now engaged , -when a statement which no man , 1 take it , has been alile to overthrow , drawn up by
an Englishman , who has as good means of judging as anyone else , and who can have no partiality for the Emperor of Russia or his system of government , when even such a statement of events can be laid without harm before the public of his capital and his empire ? I hope they will learn one thing from it , at any rate , that there is a couutry , and unfortunately it is this with which they aro at war , in which , although public opinion nxay run strongly in quo direction and there may be a violent clamour , yet any man , having honest convictions in opposition to public opinion and clamour , may , without fear of the government , publish those opinions to his country and the world . " ( Cheers ) .
He urged his right to speak , no matter what Kussia might think of the want of unanimity of public opinion here . Personal and party feeling had more to do with the meeting against him than unadulterated patriotism had . Ho continued ;—" There id no man living who more appreciates the honourable position I have been placed iu as representing this constituency . It ia far beyond anything 1 had ever ainy reason to anticipate , or fur a moment aspired to . But tho very fact that I am the depositary , bo fur as tho House of Commons goes , of a portion of tho political power of thirt constituency , makes me feel tho more that it is not becoming in me , whatever it may bo in members of otlior places , to skulk on an occasion of this kind ;
or , when I hold opinions adverse to tho Government of the day , to foar to state them , whether in the Houso or out of it . Did not 1 make a speech in the House of Commons , which , 1 am sorry to > say , took me nearly two hours to deliver , and which , I am proud to any , was listonod to with am attention that could not possibly bo exceeded ? And although » minister—and that minister precisely that on « who ia said to know ho much inoro of foreign ulr ' uira , and to bo so much more cnpablo of managing them than anyone uIbq— -though he rose to answer mo , wh « t waa hid answer ? Ho did not go into tho negotiations nt all . He did uot meet a single fact . Ho said ,
" tho Mumbor i'or Munchuutur is nguinat all wars under all circumstanced , and i » u doubt if an oneiny —I suppose ho mount that onomy thiil ho said -vvub coining over 00 , 000 strong l \ vo yoaru ago , the soldiers of our great ally thu Emporor of tho Frouoh— ' wuro to comu over , tho Member fc » r MuneUuwlor wuiud merely Lake u piece oC pauur and dieuovtir wUioli wiia tho choupoat , whether U ro » int , them or to bt < emu mural ; and therefore hid vi > hMn upon « inntlur of tbio kind ia not to bu tftlu ; ii / it nil . But am I to nliut . my mouth in tho Houbo of Commons—( " no , no" )—bueaiiao I fool it my duty to any Bomuthing / tdvtirno to tho policy lining carried on by th > H ( JovuiH " mout V What did tlaoy any whon Mr . Burlio onj »» ao < l
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 23, 1854, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23121854/page/6/
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