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November 24, 1855] THE LEADER. 1121
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GENERAL CANROBERT AT STOCKHOLM. A letter...
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THE FOREIGN REFUGEES. The following lett...
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PUBLIC MKBTlNaS. SIR ItOOHRT J'KKI. ON T...
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War Miscellanea. Tub New Quarteumaster-G...
east of north indicates ? If the army were to advance into the interior , has this officer studied the geology of the Crimean peninsula so as to infer beforehand for the benefit of his general , the character of the ground and the facilities for obstacles against movement which it may be expected to present ? Does he even know the condition of the roads , and how to make them passable for his artillery when the enemy shall have destroyed them . No certificates of this scientific ability have ever been earned by him , and he is , known to possess no scientific knowledge . " The ¦ writer adds , that General Simpson intended to give the post to Colonel Edward Wetherall , who is described as being in every way fitted for such a situation ; but this design has been set aside . The Codringtons . —It is a curious fact that our
Baltic fleet , now at Kiel , is ( during the temporary absence of Admiral Dundas ) under the orders of Captain Codrington , of the Royal George ., brother of the ^ Commander-in-Chief in this Crimea . Thus the sons of the hero of Navarino are at the moment in command of two divisions of English forces engaged against Russia and for Turkey , Odessa . —The Times Correspondent says that the reason why the fleet did not destroy Odessa on the occasion of its last visit was , that it was not provided with a sufficiently large amount of the requisite ammunition . On which the Editor of the Times remarks , in a foot-note : —" The impression in the Crimea , which no doubt our correspondent faithfully echoes , seems to be that Odessa should have been destroyed , whereas we believe that an attack on Odessa would have been considered throughout all Europe as a barbarous outrage , which the aggressors
would , have been heartily ashamed of after the heat of conflict had passed away . If Odessa were really a military station , the stern laws of war would , no doubt , justify its destruction ; but an attack upon a great commercial city , on the pretext that its stores supplied provisions to the Russian army , could only be classed in history with the burning of Washington . " Thb Czar ' s Desirk for Peace . —A statement appears in Le Nord ( the Brussel ' s Muscovite paper ) , to the effect that , in answer to an observation of a Russian merchant at Odessa , that all that was now wanted to the prosperity of the city was an honourable peace , the Czar replied , " Who is there that does not de 3 ire such a peace ? I more tliaa any one else . " General Mouravieff , according to a letter from Erzeroum , has become insane , in consequence of his defeat on the 29 th of September . His staff sent to Tiflis for General Bebutoff , who refused to accept the command offered to him .
The Line of Telegraph from . Simpheropol and Nicholaieff to St . Petersburg is opened and at work . ¦» Admiral Penatjd has arrived at Kiel with , the Tourville and Dugerne , French line-of-battle-ships . Admiral Stirling and the Russian Fleet . —It seems possible that the Russian fleet did not , after all , sail round Admiral Stirling . There is said to be a channel connecting the Gulf of Saghalien with the sea of Ochotsk . It was certainly unknown to the Admiral , whose disposition of his fleet was dictated Bolely by a wish to intercept the Russians if they came southward . —Times Calcutta , Correspondent .
" Urgent Private Affairs . "—A correspondent of the Times points out that the Duke of Wellington , writing to Colonel Torrens on the 28 th of January , 1811 , from Cartaxo , says , —I am much annoyed by the general and other officers of the army coming home . They coino to me to ask leave of absence under pretence of business , which they say it is important to them to transact ; and , indeed , I go ao far as to make them declare that it is paramount to every other consideration in life . At the same time , I know that many of thorn have no business , and that there is no busiuess which cannot be , and that every business is , transacted by instruction and power of attorney . . . . Tho iuconveuionco it throws upon me is terrible , and tho details greater than I can well manage ; for I ain first to instruct one , then a second , and afterwards , on his return , tlte first again , upon © very duty . "
__ _ The Smyrna Hospital . —This "building will henceforth be occupiod as a barrack for the Swiss Legion . All the patients who can bear romoval will be sent to Renkior ; bufc , at the latest dates , there wore no means of transport , and , aa tho Swiss Legion was already ou its way out , fears were entertained that they would arrive beforo thoro would bo room for them . The Baltic—The Duke of Wellington , bearing the flag of tho Comiannder-in-Chief of tho Baltic , arrived atKiel on the UtU ult ., and saluted the Danish flag the next morning with twenty-one guns , which wn « returned . She left Nargen on the llfh , at eight , in company with tho Majoatio and Firefly , leaving behind her Admiral Baynos and his squadron , and the French Bhips Tourvillo and Duquonno . lho Majestic and Firefly arrived at Kiel on tho 15 th .
November 24, 1855] The Leader. 1121
November 24 , 1855 ] THE LEADER . 1121
General Canrobert At Stockholm. A Letter...
GENERAL CANROBERT AT STOCKHOLM . A letter from Stookholm gives the following details efbeerning tho audience given to General Canrobort : — " Shortly before one o ' clock , tho Groat Master of
the Ceremonies , Count Gyldeastolpe , conducted the Ambassador from his hotel in a carriage drawn by « ight horses , preceded by two runners . By the side of the carriage walked six footmen , and each horse was held by a groom in grand costume . This carriage was followed by another , drawn by four horses , in which was the aide-deTcamp of the Ambassador and the Swedish Captain Count Bjornstjerna , Aide-de-Camp to the King , who has been placed at the disposal of General Canrobert during Ms stay in Stockholm . In the hall of the castle the Ambassador was received by the First Marshal of the Palace , surrounded by the officers of the Court , who accompanied the Ambassador to the apartments of his Majesty . At the top of the staircase were posted twenty-four men , aa a guard of honour , in the ball-room were twelve pages in livery officers of the bod
at one of the doors , whilst the y guard were at another ; in the lower part of the gieat gallerv was the personal staff" of the King . At the door of the bedchamber , where the audience took place , was posted his Majesty ' s body guard . When the Ambassador entered , the First Chainberlain , Count de Loewenhaupt , advanced towards him , and conducted him to the King with the Grand Master of the Ceremonies . All th . e doors were open . At the Bide of bis Majesty were the Dukes of Ost-Gothland and Delecarlia , with , the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs , the Baron Stjerneld . The Ambassador pronounced an address , and handled the insignia of the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour to the King . When Ms Majesty had replied the doors were closed . At a quarter to three the Ambassador was conducted back to his hotel with the same ceremony . In going , as in returning , the streets and places were crowded
with persons , who loudly expressed their sympathies by cries of ' Vive Canrobert ! ' ' Vive la France / ' A grand dinner was given in the evening by the King in the Queen ' s banquetting-room , at which were present the following personages : —the Crown Prince and Princess , with their suite ; the A mbassador , with his Aide-de-camp ; the French Embassy at Stockholm , the high dignitaries of the Crown , and Admiral Virgin . " The Monitcur publishes another letter from Stockholm , stating that popular sentiment in Swodea was manifesting itself more and more decidedly in favour of General Canrobert and France . When the General appeared in the Royal box at the opera , on the previous evening , the audience in their enthusiasm demanded the national hymn of Sweden , and nest , that of France . When , at a later period , the King entered , attended by the Royal family , his Majesty was greeted with tlie most raptuous cheers .
It is said that Sweden haa agreed on the terms of a military convention , in -virtue of which she will furnish a military contingent next spring , to act conjointly with us , and her guu-boats will operate with our fleet in the north . An expedition to Courland , with the object of inducing Austria and Prussia to declare themselves , is also talked of . It is thought that the restoration of Finland has been promised by France .
The Foreign Refugees. The Following Lett...
THE FOREIGN REFUGEES . The following letter of Mr . Ernest Jones haa been published in the Times : — Sir , —In your impression of Saturday lost "A Liberal " cudeavourB to place the case of the Jersey refugees on an entirely wrong basis ; indeed , it is not so much the case of the Jersey refugees as it is that of the English people . Your correspondent takes up the two following positions : —1- " Detestab ' e doctrines and sentiments " have been promulgated by tho refugees . 2 . We are bound " to prevent a set of men from availing themselves of any facilities our constitutional or geographical position may offer to intrigue and carry out plans against our friends and allies . " As your correspondent has specially addressed jne , your sense of justice will , I doubt not , permit mo to answer him in your columns as follows : — 1 . With the doctrines or sentiments of the refugees we have nothing to do . Their having avowed " detestable sentiments " cun bo no excuse for our performing detestable acts ; and I unhesitatingly brand as such the appeal to Lynch law made in tho presence of and sanctioned by the ohief magistral of St . Holier . I unhesitatingly brand as such the forcible expulsion from Jersey , by martial law , of men who , had they boon guilty of an oflonce , ought to have been brought before the proper tribunal of tho °° 2 ? But who are the expelled ? " A Liberal" seoina to confound the writers of tlio letter , its publishers , aud Victor Hugo « ud hip twenty-nine colleagues in one category . Messrs . Pyut , Rougoo , and Jourdain wrote tho letter . They live in London , and havo never been interfered with . Colonel Pinnoiunl and MeHHre . RibeyrolloH and Thomas published it in thoir newspaper in Jersey after it liad boon read at a public meeting in London . They wore expelled in consequence . You , sir , also published it , not entire , not with He explanatory passages—those that took away all ovil interiiretation ^ from tlio others—butwoleotiug precisely its most objectionable parts . Sir , if Colonel
Pianciani deserved expulsion from Jersey , you far more deserve expulsion from Printing-house-square , for he , at any rate , did publish the ' * good " part *—you revelled in the f bad " alone . But there is another feature of the case "A Liberal " overlooks * Victor Hugo and his twenty-nine friends neither wrote nor published the letter ; they merely protested against an infringement of British law , and for that they were expelled . The meeting in St . Martin ' s-hall protested to a man in the same way . By the same rule they should be expelled as well The case of Victor Hugo amounts to this—He endeavoured to defend English law ; he protested against its violation ; and , for defending the law , the Government expels him —a very close imitation of the coup d ' etat .
Z . "A Liberal" declaims against the refugees availing themselves of the " facilities of our constitution , " and says we are bound to " prevent their doing so . What ! does he mean to say the Constitution !? to be broken through , and the laws of England are * to be violated ? Does he mean to say—" You refugees came here in confidence , relying on English lawyou have not broken that law , you have done nothing an Euglishman might not lawfully have done—in proof of which we can take no legal proceedings against you ; but you shall find English law a mockery and a snare , the constitution shall be no constitution for you ; we are too * liberal' to be bound by laws and Constitutions . "
I claim for the refugees tho same rights of free speech and free press as are enjoyed by Englishmen . Have the refugees violated either ? They have written history , and passed an historical judgment on the facts they have recorded . If they had described the massacre of St . Bartholomew and the conduct of the French Charles , would they have been arraigned for so doing ? If they had said Charles was a perjurer and a murderer , and denounced against him the murderer ' s doom , would "A Liberal" have raised his voice in condemnation ? No , —but unfortunately they wrote 1851 instead of 1572 , and recorded another name instead of " Charles ! " Will "A Liberal " inform me within what limit of years it becomes a crime to tell the truth ? . is
Sir , if England is allied with one to whom history offensive and truth fatal , that is no fault of the refugees—that is no reason why England ' s Constitution should be altered or her laws broken , as A Liberal" proposes . I protest against changing either , just to suit the coups d ' etat that may take place on the continent . " Upon the manner in which this question is treated by the British public will depend whether , in the eyes of the people of the continent , we maintain the character of guardians of the altar of liberty , with all its privileges and immunities , or sink in their estimation to the level of police spies and second-hand tools of the Hofburg or the Tuiliers , and obsequious lacqueys of continental despots . The question is not one of " doctrines and sent ^ ments "—it is something more ; it is , whether England is still powerful enough to extend the right of asylum on the same terms as she used to do , or whether , like little Switzerland and Beltrium , she must expel her
refugees when a foreign autocrat bids her . In conclusion , I say , if the refugees have broken a law , try them , by the law they have broken . Name it , cite it , —which is it ? Tell ue , and lot them abide the issue . If they have , by doctrine or sentiment , offended against morals , let morality avenge itself , not by Lynch law and unconstitutional acts , but by the calm logic of reason , before tho great tribunal of opinion , wherein a people proceeds all the more surely if persecution does not enlist its heart against its judgment . _ _ . . and venerate true religion
I abhor assassination , I as much as you do . If the refugees recommended the one or ridiculed tho other I havo no sympathy with thoir proceeding—let thiH , in justice to myself , be distinctly understood , —but I cannot see that the letter signed by three of them does either m the remotest degree . Most emphatically , however do I protest against any letter of any man or any set of men" boing made a ploa for violating or altering the laws of En g land . The letter is not tho question under discussion , or to be discussed ; the quest . oj . is I repeat , are our lavv » to be changed and broken to suit tho convenience of any autocrat , or will such reboot - ablo individuals havo to reBt sati s fied with » eo my English law impartially administered to all who Uyo within its pale ? , . I am , Sir , your obedunt «™? j 0 NW <
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PUBLIC MKBTlNaS . SIR ItOOHRT J'KKI . ON TUB WAIl . IST ^ trS " « e allusions to the war 1 £ nSSiS ^ « ood deal of attention to tho euljec t he bXeWuvt tho fall of fckbantopol was one of
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 24, 1855, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24111855/page/5/
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