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290 ' TfHE LEADER. [No. 314, Saturd.v
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S>ezzia.t—The creation of a permanent Bo...
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THE WIND-UP OP THE WAR. The Blockade in ...
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THE PEACE. Tiria public, it Booms, were ...
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/T>He Struggle Now Is, To Close The Conf...
keep alive for a day . The administrative re-Formers attempted a demonstration in St . Martin ' shall , but so feeble were they , that they only hoped to carry their affirmation of the necessity for administrative reform by adopting an amendment of Sir John Shelley for Parliamentary reform j . andeven then it was a drawn game between themselves and the proposal of the People ' s Charter .
The Potteries , rallying roundthe flag of OnviEBA and cheap wines , Jiave been more successful in a holiday demonstration on behalf of reciprocal trade with France . " Cheap china for France , cheap wine for England , " was the Staffordshire cry ; and Mr . Oliviera has gained the support of an important manufacturing province . The Church welcomes the PurNCESS Royal amongst its " confirmed" members , hut that accession of strength is compensated by" a jar or two
cere and there . While cheap editions of Caird ' s sermon—on " Religion in Common Life , ' printed byiher Ma j esty ' s command , and jepreaehed in the pulpits of so many " persuasions , "—are circulated among the , million , the attempts of sectarians to re-unite are thwarted by the stronger impulses of sectarianindividualisin ; and tnelSlshop of " Bang or . is seen positively suppressing an attempt to extend the service of the Established Church in " Wales—so jealous is lie of any clergyman , or layman who nau go before him in his duty .
Chief Justice Jervis is quarrelling with the coutitrjr gentlemen , who try to evade the duty of providing his lordship with javelin men , state pageantry on his arrival in the streets , and other little attentions . The judges themselves , indeed , had rather set the example of waiving some of these antiquated customs ; they had , for instance , enteredtowhs by rail , and not in state coaches , and in Liverpool they have permitted the juniors of the bartoprovide themselves with private lodgings , much
to the relief of the same juniors ; but they will iiot tolerate the absence of the j aveliu men . And why should they ? If the country gentlemen who have conspired in an ' association desire to get rid of some df the charges of their local state and dignity , they ought at least to make compensation to the publie . They profess the desire to accommodate the arrangement of their duties to the
spirit of the age : let them carry out the principle . Let . them , for example , accompany the proposal to relieve them of the charge of javeluv ' m ' en , and to place it upon the ratepayer ^ , with a proposal to extend the Parliamentary representation to all rate * payers who shall pay for javelin inen . The object of their association would then be carried at once by popular " acclaim .
But vre have not yet arrived at that recognition of equitable exchange in public affairs . The quid pro quo is the last thing that your politician is willing to surrender . That principle is only carried out in nefarious trades , like that Hamburg'ycom _ nierce of which wo have some farther evidence this wdelf . It is not carried out at the great Palace of trade upon Cornliill . One of the underwriter ^ lias come before the public this weolt , with a statement that these acute gentlemen are entirely overreached by the shippers , by tlieir own agents , and
by each other . The frauds of shippers and merchants are systematically aided by the agents of L ^ i / dyp ' s , and facilitated by the reckless negligence Of ilvrunderwritcrs themselves , who take all kinds of risks at tho lowest charges , and gamble ininsur-J \ y ]* c $ »* earnestly as they would in cards . The ¦' . ' tr ^^ f ¦ *? # * ' . Mr- Watts , is actually decaying unde I ' ^| % T ^ actlces . Nbfc only are individuals retiring , ! 'W $ j | $ p fe > "Wies are leaving the business j nnd , vfiiixi : $ i nioyo surprising , these assertions are posi' ¦ tivefyWue . ' ^ riThe meting df lindte ' Htfritera listened
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and acquiesced ; despised the small palliatives that Mr . Watts suggests , but had no others to suggest of their own , and were content to drift into destruction—a splendid example on Cornhill of the manner in which we " practical people" manage our affairs .
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S>Ezzia.T—The Creation Of A Permanent Bo...
S > ezzia . t—The creation of a permanent Board of Admiralty in Piedmont is the forerunner of the removal of the naval administration , the" arsenal and the dockyards to Spezzia—an important station , which Napoleon I , intended to make the Touloa of Italy .
The Russian Uniform is undergoing certain changes . The lulinet will be abolished in favotir of the French kepi ; and the coats will be supplanted by the polou-kaf tan , a sort of frock imitated from the French . The long grey great-coat will be retained . BURGLABT AND CAPTURE OF THE BURGLARS . — Shortly before three o'clock on Friday morning , a daring burglary was committed at the Effingaam Saloon , WMtechapel road , and three of the burglars were captured on the premises by the police . The proprietor ^ Mr . Morris- Abrahams ) retired to rest shortly after twelve o ' clock , when the premises were securely fastened back and front . On the following morningj a police constable saw a light in the bar and heard a noise which excited his suspicion . He
obtained the assistance of two other constables , and , upon forcing the front door , which was easily opened , they discovered- three men behind the ; bar . They made an effort to esescape ; hut , by the determination of the constables , the three burglars were secured , though not without a desperate struggle . One man had a quantity of silver and copper money in his pockets ; and the other two had a considerable portion of tobacco in their possession . They were well-known expert thieves , and belonged to the Wentworth-atreet gang of burglars who infest the me tropolitan and suburban , districts . They had packed tip a quantity of wealing apparel for removal . Several attempts have been made on the premises during the last fortnight .
Chief Justice : Jervis and the Javelin Men . — The "javelin men" lioying been dispensed wltn at , ilio Norfolk Assizes by the High Sheriff ; Mr . Chief justice Jervis , in charging the jury , called attention to the cii'cumstance . He said ;— " * I- am told the High Sheriff has bean persuaded by an association which he has joined to take the course which has been followed on this occasion , and I hope and trust the association will support him . as men of honour and gentlemen in that course . I find there are no javelin-men oi * attendants of the Sheriff to keep order in the court and neighbourhood . In answer to my inquiries , I am furnished with a
paper , wMch purports to be the rules of an association to diminish the expenses of gentlemen who are to serve the office of sheriff ; and amongst others I find this rule , which calls for , serious observation : —" The keeping of order in the courts of sessions and assizes being essential to the due admini-Btration of justice and the proper conduct of county business , an arrangement may be made by ¦ which the county police may b © employed in lieu of javelin-rnen , and be paid by the county for suoh extra duty . " In othex words , the ratepayers of the oouuty of Suffolk ate to relieve the gentry of the county from the burden of an office which it is their duty to serve ; -the property and lives of the public are to be
deprived of the natural protectors which the law affords ; and those who are so iucliued—knowing that the police are engaged at the Assizes , as it may be upon this occasion for a whole week—may make an inroad into tho county , and commit their depredations without check or oontool . The thing cannot bear inquiry or investigation for a ( jingle monient ; it is wholly illegal . The object of tho association—I entiroly absolve tho sheriff from any participation iu it—u to save the pockets of its members from tho expense of javelin-men , It is my duty to take euro that it is not done ; and I therefore fino tlio sheriff £ 100 , which I trust the committee * of the asH-ooiatioii who persuaded him not to havo tho ordinary attendants will pay for him . "
Rio AX Estate in Turkky . —Some . Australian capitalists , says tho Mcrcure de Souabc , propones to avail thoniBelvos of tho rights recently granted to Europeans to acquire real estate in Turkey . A society is being formed to effect vast requisitions ! ot land in tho European provinces ) , oapooially in Rournolin . M . Difl £ jkniJ 3 ) Ei < R . —A letter from Copenhagen ntnto » that M . do Sohoole intends defending himaulf before tho Supremo Court of Kiel , against tho ohargo brought against him by tho States of Hobtoin . A SlMaur , Att Svkotaolm now presents itself , which has not boon seen for tho last hall' century ; tho Zuy doi'Koe , in consequence of tho long continuance of nortborly and easterly winds , is almost dry . Between Gonornindon , Blook / il , Lommor , Kiunpdon , and Wardoi'wyk tho bed of tho boo . may bo oroflflod dry-footod .
The Wind-Up Op The War. The Blockade In ...
THE WIND-UP OP THE WAR . The Blockade in the Baltio . — Commodore Ivatson has declared Libau and all the Russian ports in u £ Baltic in a stete of blockade . By the latest accounts from the Gulf of Finland , which extend to the middle of the present month , that par t of the northern 8 ea was completely blocked with ice , and the ships were obliged to postpone penetrating much beyond the island of Dago . Sufferings of the French Army . —The French admit the present mortality in their army to be one hundred and twenty a-day , and on some days considerably more . The right of tie army , in the Baida r Valley , suffers the most . I am assured that the deaths there have reacted one hundred per diem . Last winter was far severer and more trying than this so that the natural deduction is , either that the French suffered far more than was known during the trying five months from the beginning of November , 1854 to the end of March , 1855 , or that the preparations for this winter and -the sanitary precautions taken have been very inadequate . I do not hesitate to say that the French army is being expended , at least as rapidly as it was by shell and shot during the severest part of the siege . A sanitary commission ' s investigation of the French camp would reveal a startling amount of suffering . Insufficient shelter and covering , and a deficiency of vegetable food , readily account for the sickness that prevails . Of course , everything we can spare is freely placed at their disposal . They have availed themselves to a considerable extent of our offers of service , but I was surprised to learn that they declined a quantity of warm clothing offered to them the other day , saying they did not want it . — Times Correspondent . [ The Moniteur denies the existence of distress among the troops . l
Aff Action on the Coast op Siberia .. —The Journal de St . Petersburg ?) , of the 16 th inst . publishes an account , taken from a maritime magazine , of an attack made on the 3 rd of October , 1855 , by an English squadron on the east coast of Siberia . The English , squadron consisted of the Sybil , Encounter , and Hornet . A Russian- Military Scandal . — -The Invalide JRusse announces that the Emperor , having been informed that the battalions which were sent from the division of the depofcof the 6 th corps d ' armee in 1855 to cuuiploto the troops in the Crimea were not properly armed , and were unlit to continue tlieir inarch , published an order of the day on the subject on the 12 th inst . In that document , the Emperor severely censures Generals Marin and Yon Brine , and they will be punished .
The War in Asia—Omar Pacha is , it is said , to move with his army on Erzeroum . Ismail Pacha is increasing the army of Anatolia . General Mouravieff lias received reinforcements by way of the Caspian Sea and Tiflis . The Anglo-Italian Legion . —The second Regiment of the Anglo-Italian Legion embarked at Genoa on the 20 th on board an English ship bound for Malta . The Wall of Subastopol ;—The Allies have commenced the demolition of the enclosure wall of Sebastopol .
Fioholaieff . — A letter from Nichoalieff , iu the Moniteur de la . Flotte , gives some details of what is going ou at present tit that place : — " Two days back , a commission , composed of five persons , and presided over by one of the heads of the Board of Admiralty arrived here from St . Petersburgh , charged with the task of taking an inventory of all that the dockyards and arsenals contained . The Grand Duke Constantino is , it is said , to arrive here in a few days to inspect the pi'oceediugs of tlie commission . The mtttdriel lying in this establishment , considered capable of boiug
turned to account , is to be transported to the Baltic , after having been classified and duly marked down in the books of th « commission , article by article . Already all the utensils for manufacturing gunpowder and tho materials from the artillery dopot have boon loaded on carts belonging to tho military baggago train , and are to set out without delay . Tho navy eohool for tho bows of the nobility , tlxo school ot maritime engineers , aud that of tho naval arfciller } ' , aro already evacuated . Similar measures aro to bo applied to Kherson . "
The Peace. Tiria Public, It Booms, Were ...
THE PEACE . Tiria public , it Booms , were a little too sanguine lust wedk in believing that the treaty of penoo woxihl bo fliguod on Saturday . It has not yot boon signed , owing to a cliffloulty which arose ahnowt ab tho hint moraont , This difficulty arose from PrusHia demanding that she . should sign the treaty on precisely tho muno terms as tlio . other Powers . Tlio Pr . uBfliau plenipotentiaries wore , ftrat admitted on Saturday at about four o ' oloolt ; and it ; i » Baid that they immediately manifested their displeasure at not having boon Hummouod laofore timt luta hour , its tlio Cougr « HH had been Bitting sinco tho morning . Ouo of plenipotentiaries , according to tho story , thon Ham that tho Prussian miniafcorra wore of course to bo admitted on equal terms with tho othorw—a pooitioD
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Leader (1850-1860), March 29, 1856, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29031856/page/2/
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