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THE BALTIC. Dantzic, Friday, September 2...
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Alderman Kennedy and Alderman Rose, the ...
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A very eeriouB fire broke out on Thursda...
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1855.
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THE REDAN. Much misapprehension prevails...
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intWrthcBOom where the experiment was made . The lenatfijofitfce wire was J . 082 miles . The arriy , al . as well ^ Ifteb ^ fpartare of the despatch took place under the ewes ot . tite casamissions . A despatch , consisting of two hundred and eighty-two words was transmitted ftom © ne « en , < L of the wire " A . style attached , to the-other end immediately beganto write the message on a sheet of paper . The entire message was written in full , eaeh wotfd . being spelt completely , -and without abridgment , va ^ fifiv f " 00 second 8 ' By 'h * means , therefore , twenty thousand words , using round numbers , would be transmitted in an hour ; six columns of such corre-Spbriaeutte' as you publish would be transmitted in two Hows ' ?
; 5 Ha * VeST Home at BJcnham . —An immense teanifeeteftg , ' attended by from two to three thousand of the inhabitants of the district , to celebrate the conclusion of the harvest , took place recently at the village of Banbam , near Attleborough . The scene of the festivity was a booth on the village green ; and the meeting was addressed by the Rev . Scott Surtees , the rector of the parifth , and by the Earl of Albemarle , the latter of whom ¦ was In the chair , and made some excellent , though bluntly-expressed remarks on the habit which English labourers have of begging " largesse" from door to door
after the harvest , and spending the money thus muniliatingly obtained in getting drunk , while his wife and children . remain at home often in a starving state , and perhaps are cruelly beaten by the " brutal husband and father when he comes home . The English labourer was counselled' to take a lesson from the French peasant , who never omits to carry his wife ' and children to the rural fe"tes , and who conducts himself there with the utmost- sobriety- and decorum . The Earl , as well as Sir George 'Nugent , of Harling Hall , promised to throw open'their parks at the next harvest home .
Great Feres have occurred in Liverpool and Norwich , attended by considerable loss of property ( insured ) , but by no loss of life . A'BtTRtHjAKY has been committed at Airthrie Castle , the seat of Lord Abercrombie . A large amount of plate and other valuables has been carried off . Killed bt a Bull . —A man has been killed at Liverpool by a bull . Before bis death , he stated that he had only Hmself to blame , as he had beat the animal in dnviirg it into a stall .
Pa-stng fob What you do not Have . —A great number of persons , owners and occupiers of houses in the Greenwich and Eavensbourne districts of sewers have recently refused to pay the sewers-rate , on the ground that they are without sewers , and suffering from impurities which they have no means of removing . They are told , however , by the Commissioners , that , according to the act , the entire district must pay for works executed in a portion of the district . It is hard to understand the justice of this principle .
The Late Child-Murder at Bristol . —The Government has offered a reward of 100 ? . for the discovery and conviction of the murderer or murderess of Melinda Payne ; also a free pardon to any accomplice . A Fjctal Railway accident has occurred near Bury . A passenger-train ran into a luggage-train already in . the Btation ; the guard of the latter was killed ; and several passengers in the former were injured . Royal Dispensary for Diseases of the Ear . — The lialf-yearly meeting of this useful Institution , founded in 1816 , for the cure of deafness and other affections of the ear , was held on Friday last , at the Dispensary , Dean-street , Sbho ; Mr . William Temple Cooper in the chair . The Secretary announced the
. amount of subscriptions received during the last six months , which was very inadequate to the number of applicants for relief . Mr . Harvey , the surgeon to the Institution , stated to the meeting that the number of cases admitted on the books during the last six months was up wards of 429 , consisting of cases of diseases of the throat in connexion with deafness , rheumatic -affections of the head , and noises in the ear , with numerous cases of neglected discharges from the ear amongst children . The committee appealed to the generous public for their support of this useful Institution . The thanks of the meeting were , given to Mr . Harvey , the Burgeon , arid to the chairman , and the meeting separated . ' : ' ¦'' Th » Dttkb of Somerset Refuses " Satisfaction-. "; — -A correspondence has been published between Mr . 'Alfred Hamilton and Major Green , " his friend , " on the !
one hand , and the Duke of Somerset on the other . Mr .. Hanulton , It seems , called on the Duke on some matter connected with the boroqgh of Totness ; but his Grace , " without acknowledging his salute , or offering him . oJ seat , "first of , all asked , "in a most insolent tone , " what 1 he wanted , and , before he could explain , showed liim the door . Mr . ' Hamilton . wrote to the Duke for an explanation , but got none ; an'd subsequently' indited ' a l etter , stating hia opinion that if , for such behaviour , he Jbta'd " severely chastised" the noble Duko , said noble , Duke " would only have had his deserts . " But previously , to 'this declaration , Mr . Hamilton caused " hla friend , " tlie Ttojajorj to write and seek an interview . The Duke repllos that Mr . Hamilton was admitted by mistake , and refers tfce M < tfor to the ducal solicitors . The Major thinks the ^ e : £ rfihardty the right gentlemen for such ft business y but * WTw * % declines to enter into the matter any further . j 'JwMKv ^ MrrHairillton declares—•* Now , since you 'do- '
dine to submityourself to those-rules of society-which are held sacred by ?» Htigprni ; Iemen ;^ andi inen .-of honour , -it becomes , my duty to . bring you to the barof pu & dc opinion ; by which you shall be judged" He , , therefore , brings him ; to the said bar in the columns . of , th & Morning Post . \ nr - Preparations fob Wintering in the Ceeeea . — Yesterday morning orders were forwarded to the Ordnance storekeepers in the Tower and Woolwich Arsenal to forward without delay to the various outports , for shipment to the Crimea , as many of the new pattern blankets and rugs , waterproof coats and capes , ox hide boots , and Canada stoves , besides the requisite culinary stores , as may be ready for delivery . Nearly the -whole of the huts . contracted for by Messrs . Cubitt and Lucas Brothers are completed , and a very large number have been forwarded to their destination .
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Leader Office , Saturday , September 29 . THE RUSSIAN MOVEMENTS . With respect to the alleged attack on the Russians , and the landing of men at Eupatoria , we read as follows in the Globe of yesterday : — " We have good reasons for regarding as undeserving of serious attention the intelligence which reached London by telegraph from Hamburg last evening , and-which is repeated to-day in a different form from Berlin . If it be not altogether without foundation , it is at least based upon some movement by no means of the importance with which the telegraphic message invests it . We can positively state that the Allies have not ' landed 20 , 000 men at Eupatoria . ' As to the number of their forces now there , we think it as well to be silent . Prince Gortschakoff is an able general , and can doubtless ascertain for himself . " " Various circumstances at St . Petersburg , " says a letter from Berlin of the 23 rd , " seem to indicate that Prince Gortschafroff will soon evacuate the forts to the north of Sebastopol . These forts , since the destruction of the Russian fleet and the naval establishments , are only strategic points . Well-informed people say that if the Russian general should consider it deeirable to concentrate his forces in the Interior of the Crimea , he will not leave in : the rear the garrisons of the forts . " A letter from Vienna of the 22 nd , in the Independance of Brussels , says : — " From the accounts which have been received here it would appear that the Allies are actively preparing for a campaign , and doubtless they have it in contemplation to force the Russian line of defence of Tscherker Kerman , or , in other words , to make a diversion against Baktchi-Serai . This town , which contains 1500 houses and 10 , 000 inhabitants , is the station of the reserve of the Russian army which holds the plateaux of the Belbek . " We learn from the Patrie that the northern forts continue to fire into the town , but that they-do not effect much damage .
In The Piedmontese Papers We Find A Lett...
In the Piedmontese papers we find a letter by Signor Monin , addressed to Signor Valerio , a deputy . This letter encloses a copy of a previous letter by the writer to the Paris papers , and amplifies it . The Republican party , so much calumniated , ho says , makes a new act of abnegation and . sacrifice to the national cause . " That party says j , ^ the house of Savoy—Remember Italy , and we are with you . They say to the Constitutionalists—Take thought for making Italy , and not for aggrandising Piedmont . Be Italians , not burghers , and we are with you ; if not , not . . . . . I , a Republican , raise the standard of union . "
The Baltic. Dantzic, Friday, September 2...
THE BALTIC . Dantzic , Friday , September 28 . The Bulldog has arrived with the mails . All the high-pressuro block-ships have left for England . . The weather continues unsettled .
Alderman Kennedy And Alderman Rose, The ...
Alderman Kennedy and Alderman Rose , the newlyelected sheriffs for the City of London and for Middlesex , ' were sworn in yesterday with the usual ceremonies . .
A Very Eerioub Fire Broke Out On Thursda...
A very eeriouB fire broke out on Thursday afternoon on the promises of a miller at Deal ; and when the accounts left , it was still burning .
Terms Of Subscription To ; " ©Fre Orator...
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION TO ; © fre Orator . " For a Half-Year * —~ £ 0 13 0 To be remit tedin advance . . tgW Money- Orders should be drawn -upon the Strand Branch Office , and be made payable to Mr . Aipbed E . GAiioWAYi afNo . ' 154 , Strand .
Erratum.—In Our "War Summary Last Week, ...
Erratum . —In our "War Summary last week , a mistake occurred , of so obvious » nature , that , were it not for our own safces , it would- hardly be worth correcting . At page 902 , in the 20 th line from the top , " the southern half of Sebastopol" should of course be the northern .
Notices To Correspondents. No Notice Can...
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS . No notice can'foe taken of anonymous communications . Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and- address of the writer ; not necessarily for publication , but as aguarantee of' his good faith . Communications should always be legibly written , and on one side ^ of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of nnding-space for them . We cannot undertake-to return rejected communications . It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive . Their insertion is often delayed owing to a press of matter ; and-when omitted , it is frequently from reasons quite independent of' the merits of the communication .
*J T* Frvepence Is Now The Price For A. ...
* j t * FrvEPENCE is now the price for a . n Unstamped copy of the Leader , and Sixpence if Stamped . A Stamped copy of this Journal can be transmitted through the Post-office to any part of Great Britain as frequently as may be required , during fifteen days from its date , free of charge ; but it is necessary that the paper should be folded in such a manner that the stamp be clearly visible on the outside . The Leader has been " registered" at the General Postofflce , according to the provisions of the New Act relating to Newspapers , and an Unstamped copy has , therefore , the privilege of transmission through the post beyond the United Kingdom on payment of the proper rate of postage .
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Saturday, September 29, 1855.
SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 29 , 1855 .
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There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to Keep things fixed when all the world is by the very law of itacreationin eternal progress . —Dr . Arnold .
The Redan. Much Misapprehension Prevails...
THE REDAN . Much misapprehension prevails on the subject of the attack on the Redan by the Bi'itish troops at the final operations against Sebastopol . Much painful feeling has been excited , first by the unintelligible jargon of General Simpson ' s despatch , and next by the publication of the first impressions of the newspaper correspondents . All this painful feeling , we are convinced , would never have been aroused had the English General clearly explained , as he was bound to do , the character of the work and the nature of the combat . We will , therefore , attempt to supply the omission in the British General ' s despatch , and inform our readers how it was , and why it was , that the assault failed . The Great Redan was a triangular work , the apex pointing to the British trendies . Across the base ran a breastwork , pierced for field-guns . A parapet ran parallel to the lines forming external embankments ; traverses , or strong works , intended to shelter the garrison , ran along its sides . This great redoubt was the centre of a line of earthworks , having the barrack and other flanking batteries on its right , and similar flanking batteries on its left stretching towards the Malakhoff . In order to comprehend the attack on the Redan , it will be necessary to describe the plan for the general assault . Sebastopol , hs our readers know , was a vast entrenched camp , defended by a numerous army . The works on the- Malakhoff front were , it has been long admitted , the key of the place . They
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 29, 1855, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29091855/page/10/
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