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THE LEADER.
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The Leader.
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Dcwinuhfthpwkk- India And Indian Progres...
DcwinuhFTHPWKK- INDIA AND INDIAN PROGRESS- * The French Press .. 1083 Death of Mr . F . Crace ..., . 1088 KfcVItW CJP * I nt- Wccix " 4-Ti / vrVHfil ifVQ . ' ¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ' HOME mmuGESCE PAGE latest Indian Intelligence ' . ' . IY . ' . 1070 „ ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE- COMMERCIALSir John Franklin ' s Expedition 1072 . _ inS o . Ireland—The Revivals 1072 MUSIC AND THE DRAMA— n ^ m ^ w " """ 1084 The Trade of China ............ 10 S 0 Notable Men Recently Deceased 1073 Haymarket ....-- 1080 uermany ..... avo * Money Market and Stock lux-The Strikes .... ; . 1073 J . 1 TeDATimc change ... 1090 Political Foreshadowings 1074 Postscript ... 1080 LITERATURE . — General Trade Report 1090 Naval and Military ........ 1074 Notes of the Week > 10 S 5 priceList of Stocks and Shares .. 1020 The Volunteers 1075 PUBLIC AFFAIRS Through Norway with a Knap- Consumption of Cotton in Europe 1090 Law , Police , and Casualties 1075 Sir John Franklin and his Com- sack 1085 Railway Intelligence ... 1090 General Home News ... . 1076 panions 1081 A Gallop to the Antipodes 10 S 6 Joint Stock Companies 1090 foreign inteixigence . The Weymouth Inquest 1081 A Trip to the Rhine and Paris 1086 ¦ __ General lummarvT ^ r . .. TV ...... 1077 O urselves and Neighbours 1081 British Soldiers in India 1087 SSMife ::.:..:: 1078 Custom-house Extravagance .... 1082 . Genera ; Literature 1088 Fa < jta ^ scraps 1091 Foreign Incidents 1078 Blondin or no Blondin ? 1083 Lecture by Mr . French 1 TO I ¦ ' .
W Mhe Return Of Captain M'Clintock With ...
w mHE return of Captain M'Clintock with authentic J- proofs of the death of Sir John Franklin and of the fate of his comrades forms the conclusion of a melancholy history which has excited the deepest interest and sympathy , not only in England , but throug hout the civilised' world . It is true that the tidings brought by the Fox only confirm the almost universal opinion of those best qualified to judge among the friends of the lost heroes as to theh \ probable ultimate fate ; but ali must feel grateful , from those nearest and dearest to
our lamented countrymen , down to those wiio have no other ties but those of kindred humanity , that the gloomy suspense is at length ended , and that the worst is told . Sir John Franklin himself , we find , has been at rest for twelve long years , and apparently was spared the miseries which were undergone by his less happy . companions . He died in June , 1847 , sometime before anxiety had begun to be excited in this country as to his fate and as to the result of his expedition , but in the execution ofhis duty—as an Englishman and a sailor should . Of the hundred and five survivors who endeavoured to reach the Great Fish River , we have but
slender intelligence , derived from the mute witnesses which have remained , in the shape of their encamp - ments and other relics , and the sparse information derived from the barbarous but friendly Esquimaux . Enough , however , has been discovered to show that they perished of hunger and cold ; that one by ono , worn out and emaciated , and unable to proceed further to the wished for goal , each gallant sailor dropped and died . Truly , the sacrifice to science of precious lives and noble devotion is now complete , and fitly crowned by the successful , because skilful and unwearied , exertions of Captain M'Clintock and his officers and seamen . The sympathy and noble , emulation to aid us in our seai'ch after our lost countrymen , which has been shown throughout the last ten years- —not only by our kindred ^ the Americans , but the sons of
other and stranger nations-i-may well be considered as the jewels which this tribulation has produced for us . The names of Bellot and Kane will long be familiar to British ears and welcome to Engh ' sK hearts as remembrances of the generous feeling ¦ which burst forth in Franco and America ; while Russians have not been wanting to do their part by rendering what aid lay in their power . War since that time has thrown an iron barrier between ourselves and some of these ; while with others bickerings and quarrels more or less serious have from time to time oocurred ; but the impression loft by those noble and gallant acts of humanity , will , it is hoped , bo still cherished , when the remembrance of blood-bestrown fields and diplomatic squabbles have passed away for
ever . And trusting , as we do , to the' prevalence of common sonse and prudence over paesionate arguere and political schemes , wo hope soon to hear that the impending territorial dispute between this country and the United States has resolved itself into an unsubstantial grievance which will bo as easily remedied as it was fool-» ahly entertained . . By the first accounts we received , it appeared that General Harney had occupied the island of Son Juan with
an American force , and that to these the English Governor Douglas immediately opposed a more powerful body of troop _ s—that men-ofwar belonging to both countries were at _ the scene of action , to which American " rowdies " were hastening to volunteer ; and in fact that everything seemed ripe for mischief . The more recent and probable version is , that . General Harney was merely present to protect the settlers from the attacks of savages ; that there is no disr pute at all upon the spot between England and America- —because , in fact , the right of the latter power is acknowledged to the island . Meantime , a wise and moderate tone is observed in the articles of the American papers upon the subject , and no doubt appears to be felt of a pacific arrangement between the two Governments .
The Emperor of the French appears to have quickly taken the alarm at the independent tone which the French journals had begun to assume upon the strength of the late pseudo-liberal measures . ; and the Moniteur , and other official prints , have been directed to undeceive the too confiding journalists , and to inform them that nothing is , in fact , to be altered in the regulations which govern the press , to which , in the Emperor ' s opinion , is even now allowed as much liberty as is consistent
with good Government—and of course with the interests of Imperialism * Still , unless the newspapers are suppressed altogether , or reduced to the category of mere almanacs , it seems hardly possible to doubt that they must exercise some little influence ( and for good ) , even over the will of the Imperial autocrat himself ; since we cannot think that the wit and courage which have dis-: tinguished Frenchmen in all ages pan be entirely stamped out by the heel of a despotic press
works which in other countries . . are . only ^ fleeted by the strenuous care and lavish expenditure of the State . An almost poetic description of the wonders and advantages of the electric telegraph formed an unwonted feature in the facetious Premier ' s address . Political utterances , however , with reo-ard to our own affairs have not been wanting ° this week . At Stamford the Conservatives have met to do honour to their Parliamentary representatives ; and Lord Robert Cecil uttered sentiments of a novel and highly sensible character , amounting to a simple acknowledgment that the Conservatives are beaten * and that they do not wish for a change of Government till they can command an overwhelming majority . Lord Robert denied that the happiness or slavery of the Italian nation were any affairs ot
Garibaldi , and English sympathy and assistance , do not carry them triumphantly through their difficulties . . The present week has witnessed no expression of opinion or policy on the part of any member of the Government with regard to this peculiarly interesting and important crisis in the afiairs of Europe . There has , in fact , been no opportunity for speechmaking . Lord Palmerston , it is true , in his usual urbane and graceful manner , presided at the inaugural ceremony connected with the commencement of a railway near his estate of Broadlands ; but he confined his oration to some happy observations upon the benefits railways had conferred upon the nation in increasing its prosperity and actual wealth ; and remarked upon the power of the great English trading interest , which completes bv its own energy those magnificent
ours ; and , also , among other topics , handled some of Mr . Bright ' s exaggerations in an able style . Sir Stafford Northcote , at the same festival , gave utterance to similar opinions , to those expressed by Earl Stanhope last week , to wit , that it is no duty of the Opposition to overturn good measures , even if such were introduced into the legislature by their political opponents on the contrary , he expressed the determination , of his party to support Government in all wise ana necessary measures , particularly such as had reference to national defence , and sound toreign policy . The new-made Lord Ferrnoy , upon nia native turf , has e loquently expounded to his brother Irishmen why they are always poorer than English aud Scotch ,- his advice was sound and well-timed , and if only followed will doubtless
censure . Victor Emmanuel is this day to receive the deputation from the Roman States * which bears to him the offer of their allegiance as his subjects ; and conjecture is rife in Italy as to what response will be vouchsafed by the Piedmontese sovereign . If we aro to believe the well-wishers to Italian independence who are on the spot , the time has now arrived for the descendant of the gallant princes of Savoy to throw off the yoke of France , and , calling to his councils Cavour and Massimo d'Azcglio , to place , himself at the head of the twelve millions of Italian freemen who claim
him for their chief ; relying upon the sympathy ; the moral , and perhaps the substantial assistance of those Powers which enjoy the blessings of constitutional government . The Emperor Napoleon , it is said , is still taking measures which can only tend to the establishment of the kingdom o Etruria for his cousin Plon-Plon ; while on the other hand we aro told that King Loopold is at Biarl-itz making a bargain for the establishment of his second son as constitutional sovereign of Tuscany ,
be highly beneficial . , . The inquiry into the calamity on board the Great Eastern has terminated , and m the most unsatisfactory manner to everyone , except the o-uilty persons whose carelessness caused the death of the victims ; those guilty ones being , as it would appear , undiscovorablc . The evidence shows a complete want of responwbjli iy , and a terrible laxity of discipline ( or rathor no discipline at all ) to have existed on board of the unlucky monster . Since then , indeed , we hoar oi Captain Hiirrirton having to nppoal to the law in a case ot mutiny among his motley crow , a number of whom are in consequence committed to gaol . J . he snip is not , wo aro now informed to go to America for a year if then—but is to bo moved about as a travelling exhibition from port to port of the Unitud Kingdom ; for the gratification of the curious , at holf-a-crown a Wud .
and for the amalgamation of Modena and Parma under the rule of Arch-duke Maximilian , who is to astonish the world as a ¦ liberal soion of the House of Hapsburg . It appears but too evident that the fate of Italy depends uppn the firmness of the Italians themselves—for it can hardly bo credited that the astute ruler of Franco will tfo so far as again to draw tho sword in a cause which will array all tho rest of Europe against him ; and if a bold front be shown by tho inhabitants of Central Italv . it will ffo hard if Victor Emmanuel ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 24, 1859, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24091859/page/3/
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