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October S&, 1853] THE LEADER. 1041
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Drafts from nine regiments, in all 400 m...
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<>o i" / ollour foVf ' r at Bermuda had ...
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Henceforward, according to a circular is...
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The secret service money for the year en...
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A lasmanian paper remarks that tho perma...
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Tho contractors of tho 1'iuhIov Orb Work...
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MAumifiD Coni'MW in Wokkuoumich. -—Tho n...
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TO READEES ANJD COBBJESPONDEFTS "ThSserf...
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n SATURDAY, OCTOBEE 29, 1853.
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There is nothing so revolutionary, becau...
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ANTI-TURKISH OPINION ON THE EASTERN QUES...
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Tho Periodical Budget Of New S From Jndi...
posti in detail . They were said to be instigated by the King of Ava , ? tnd the resumption of hostilities was considered inevitable . Colon *! Macfeeson had been assassinated by an Affghan , at Peshawur ; while Captain Parker and Ensign Bosworth had been killed in an aflair with Arabs in the Nizam ' s country . The Chinese revolution was going on bravely ; and it is even thought that Pekin has fallen by this time . From Australia we hear that the Constitutional Committee of the Legislative Council of New South Wales had recommenced the establishment of the TJ # per Chamber on the nonlinee system , and negatived the proposal to iriake it executive . Large quantities of gold c 6 nthxued to be found .
October S&, 1853] The Leader. 1041
October S & , 1853 ] THE LEADER . 1041
Drafts From Nine Regiments, In All 400 M...
Drafts from nine regiments , in all 400 men , embarked on board , the Leopard , lying at Queenstown , on Tuesday , for the Mediterranean . Heinforcements of Royal Artillery are about to be sent from "Woolwich to Gibraltar , Malta , and Corfu to complete the companies at these stations . Xord Mayor Challis proposes to erect a statue to Prince Albert in Hyde Park , on the site of the Crystal Palace . He has got a host of dukes , marquises , artists , and others to assist Mm . There is to be a meeting at the Mansion House next week .
' A cotomittee , comprising the names of the most prominent of living men of science , has been formed to erect a njonument to the memory of Arago . The testimonial , so long in contemplation , to commemorate the share which Mr . John Bright took in the Anti-Corn law campaign , has been at length handed over to that gentleman , in the shape of books and bookcase , worth upwards of 5000 ? . The two candidates for Salisbury are General Buckley , quasi-Conservative , and Captain Julius Koberts , " Liberal and Independent , " whatever that may mean . The annual soire ' e of the People ' s College , Sheffield , was held on Wednesday evening , in the Cutlers' Hall . The number of students and friends of the college present was about 300 .
The Lawson Observatory , although we may presume that it is secured , is not yet out oi its difficulties . The committee still want about 1800 Z . The Russian Grand Duchess Marie has left England . She embarked on board the mail packet , Vivid , at Dover , on Saturday , bound for Ostend . We remark that she was attended on board by the Duchess of Hamilton and Baron Brunow ; and saluted on leaving . Major-General Fleming has been appointed to the colonelcy of the Enniskillens . He has sewed in every quarter of the globe , and has a war medal with tkreo clasps . Captain Dcnman , who gained a name in aiding to suppress the slave-trade , is appointed to command the Queen's Bteam-yacht squadron .
The United Service G-azette states that Lieutenant Colonel Beatson , an officer who served in the Spanish Legion , and who has since commanded a brigade of the Nizam ' s army , goes to discipline the Osmanli regulars in Turkey . At the final review and inspection of the Royal Bucks Militia , Colonel Bushe , from the War-office , confessed his astonishment at the " undeniable excellence" of the display after only fourteen days' training . Mr . Disraeli wag prosent on the occasion . Sir William Botham , Ulstor King of Arms , died suddenly on Wednesday morning , at his residence near Blackrock . The lato residence of the Duko of Buckingham , in Pallmall , has been let to the Carlton Club for 1 QO 01 ., till Midsummer , 1855 . The tenancy of Buckingham-house by tho dul ) -will ho during the alterations which are to be i « ado in thoir own building .
Mr . Charles Lano Fox , of the Gronadior Guards , haa been bound over na heavy securities to keep tho poaco for twelvo months . Mr . Fox could not say , upon hia honour , that no hostilo meeting was likely to occur botweon himself and Sir Jukoa Clifton . N \« t week , tho Anti-Stato-Church Association holds a conference in London .
<>O I" / Ollour Fovf ' R At Bermuda Had ...
<> o i" / ollour foVf ' at Bermuda had not abated on tho AtjMi of September . Tlio Sappors had Buffered severely ; " >« three mmior officers in command had died ; and only ono dork in tho Ordnance Department survived . T'ftftOf ) , ho often tho neono of little wars , figunw Again in ermternporary liintory . In August King Akatoi ruled "iflw *; but ho wan annulled by u prctondor to fcho throne , JVomi ko . Encouraged by a rebellion in tho Kin ^> town , <> r jlio king ' H HubjoctH , Komiko ventured on an attach , but "fortunately for him Admiral Brnco happened to <; omo "P m a Hhip of war , a force of Bailors and mnriiicH wiih ian (|( . < l ) ftmf tiw , . of , wnr'rt l ) OatH woro nont up . ThuH voNako wna routod . But King Akatoi shortly uftnr died . ( lr »« k and vexation , and Bucomo , his son , rulod in hi « "'¦ Olid ; r bonlman , on returning to Fanon in SloHwijr , on the |» n ltiHl ,., roportod that he had sighted a vohhoI at , hmii ! P H'j 5 < i ( l . Boats woro « onfc out in Houroh , and on ajiproadi-K ilMi hull a tapping was hoard . A . holo wan nuulu in ¦» " bottom , and a young EngnHlunan dineovoral in a frAl Hf ' ' fltft"d ! rig up to las chmt in wator . Ho wan th Mi / 0 - | Nr ° < U ) y > ftnu owofully tended , but diod them on o MfcU mat . In his wanderings ; ho continually ropoutcd
the inscription of a medal he wore , "Let , every man do bis duty . " Itis supposed that the vessel had been bound from Hull to Hamburg , and Was lost in the storm of the night of 26 th September , in which case our hapless fellowcountryman had been in that pitiable position eleven days before he was extricated .
Henceforward, According To A Circular Is...
Henceforward , according to a circular issued by the Metropoh'tan Commissioners , of Police , promotion is to go entirely by merit , and not by favour . Li order to secure this the officers of the force are forbidden to attempt to obtain promotion through the influence of private friends . Even ; applications to the Secretary of State are forbidden . The trades of Edinburgh and Leith are agitating for [ Friday payments , and a half holiday on Saturday . The building trades , so successful on all sides , already enjoy these advantages .
In anticipation of the new tariff now under consideration at Washington , the Belfast Chamber of Commerce has memorialized our own Government to urge the claims of Irish linen to a full participation in any reduction of duties . America manufactures but a smau quantity of flax—only 14 , 550 spindles being employed , half as many as there are in one Irish mill alone . What she does produce is coarse , and does not compete with Irish linen . No less than 20 per cent , is now levied , but it does not operate as a protective duty . The Belfast men seem to have made out a good case . The Golden Age , a steamer of 3000 tons burden , is advertised by the Post-office authorities to take out ship letter bags for Melbourne and Sydney , on the 10 th of next month .
The steamer Argo has made the quickest passage on record to Australia . She belongs to the General Screw Shipping Company . . ... " Burton-upon-Trent , " taking advantage of " the price of malt and hops , " has raised the price of pale ale . [ Some people make an outcry at this ; but if the manufacturers have a right to resist an advance of wages , under Freetrade , surel y Mr . Bass has a right to ask for a rise . Freetrade sanctions the strictest competition and the sharpest bargaining . " ]
The Secret Service Money For The Year En...
The secret service money for the year ending the 5 th of January , 1852 , amounted to 45 , 915 ^ .: Home , 10 , 0002 . (!) Foreign , 31 , 300 Z . ; Ireland , 4615 J . The expenses of transportation for the year 1852 were 87 , 387 * . Last year the amount of land-tax collected was 1 , 151 , 6132 . The interest on the National Debt for the year ending 5 th January , 1853 , was 23 , 637 , 996 ? . The duty on glass last year amounted to 10 , 116 ? . ; the posthorse duty to 150 , 061 ? . ; the stamp duty on marine insurance to 192 , 243 ? . The pensions for naval and military services amounted to 31 , 625 ? . ; those for judicial services to 42 , 264 ? .
A Lasmanian Paper Remarks That Tho Perma...
A lasmanian paper remarks that tho permanent gallows at Launcoston , built of brick and stone , was pulled down as soon as the system of transportation ceased . Montarosi , a Spaniard , has stabbed two sailors at Liver - pool , killing one . He got away but was afterwards arrested . Tho motive for the attack is not stated . Otway , a farm labourer in Somerset , habitually intemperate , got intoxicated , and lay down in a field . When next seen he was in flames . It is supposed that he put a lighted tobacco pipe in his pocket , and went to sleep . Ho has died of tho burning . It is not often that tho neglect of county authorities is the cause of a loss of life on so grand a scale as that which
occurred in the Medway last wook , at Hartlake-bridge . A band of forty hop-pickers had finished their day ' s work and wero returning homo in a wagon . Tho road wns flooded from tho overflow of the Medway , ho that tho wagoner had to mount ono of the horses out of tho water . Tho party had . to puss JIartlako bridge , a rotten structure , shamefully neglected . One of the horses Htumblcd ; tho wagon struck tho bridge , broke it , and tho poor wretches wero dashed into the rivor . Thirty-seven wero drowned . An inquest haa been held ; and the jury havo found that tho accident " arose entirely from tho defective state of tho road and tho bridge . "
There wan a small firo doing some damage in tho mills of Sir Elkanah Armitago , at Pondlelon , on Wednesday . Tho firo was confined to two rooms . It is a significant fact that they wero lire-proof , . ¦« > . Henry Conyboar , aginl 80 , employed at MoHsrs . Myers ' works , Crystal Paloco , Sydonhani , vr um crossing tho railway for tho purpose of returning to London , wlum bo wan knocked down by ono of tho trains , and crushed to death almost instantaneously .
Tho Contractors Of Tho 1'Iuhiov Orb Work...
Tho contractors of tho 1 ' iuhIov Orb Works commemorated the completion of tho now works on TiNimlay evening by entertaining upwardn of 1 ( 50 gontlomon within tho gasomotor , which wiih mxitably fitted up for tho occtution . It is Haid Mint tho . English nml . ijVnnoh cIickm clubs havo mado a novel . match , to bo playml nhortly at tho ilippodromo . A gigantic elioHH-board will bo marktid out , upon tho turf . Tho crhUoh will bo carried on tho baelcH of roul olopharitH , and ovory othor pioco will bo repremmted by an equestrian performer drcwucd in ohm-actor . Tho kingH and quomiH will bo in gorgooun roben , tho knights in full armour , and tho bimiopM will roprouont tho " trim church militant ,. "
Maumifid Coni'mw In Wokkuoumich. -—Tho N...
MAumifiD Coni'MW in Wokkuoumich . - —Tho number of marriud couploH , abovo ( i () yearn of ago , living together in EngliHh workhounoH on fcho ~\ nb of . Tummry last , wero 2 i ) H , « , nd in Wales 1 , malcing 2 J )!) . Tho mmibor of inarriod couplon abovo < i () , who wore inmaton of workhoiiHOB , and living separate , on tho name day , was in England 57 f > , and in Wales a , making 678 .
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There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatui-al and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the worid is by the very lavr oi its creation in eternal progress—De . Abnold .
Anti-Turkish Opinion On The Eastern Ques...
ANTI-TURKISH OPINION ON THE EASTERN QUESTION . Foe many years there seems to hare been growing- up in tnis country a new form of the old spirit which led our forefathers to the crusades . A conviction seems to have been creeping- into the minds of speculative and amateur politicians that something or other ought to be done with the Ottoman empire , equivalent , allowance beingmade for the more sneaking necessities of modern procedure , to the splendid attempt of the mediaeval chivalry upon the same Oriental region . Travellers in the east have of late done all they could to feed this longing for a new crusade . With considerable unanimity they have been telling us of the anarchy and misrule prevailing in the provincial populations of the Turkish empire ; of the deadly enmity of the Syrians , the Arabs , and the Greeks , to their Turkish
masters ; of the horror which remote tribes have of the Turkish conscription ; and of a universal prophetic anticipation said to exist in every village between the Mediteranean and the Tigris , that the Franks are again to appear in that portion of the world , to act the part of deliverers and governors . AH this information , whether false or authentic , falls on a very inflammable state of the public mind at home . The seeds of the crusading fever are still in the English blood . There are hundreds of students of history with susceptible
imaginations , who , at the very mention of the Ottoman Empire , leap back a thousand or two thousand years , to the times when the lands now included in that empire , were the fairest , tho most populous , the most civilized on earth ; when Nineveh and Babylon , and Tyro , and Jerusalem , and Ephesus , and Rhodes , and Sardis , and Troy , and Constantinople , and Alexandria , were in tho pride of their glory ; and the muso of history bad hardly anything to listen to but tho ceaseless hum of tho busy East . And , then , partly out of
mere sentimental antiquarianisni , partly out of a belief that fine elements still slumber in those classic and Biblical lands , if only tho organizing touch wero at hand to evoke and ro-arrango them , they fall foul of the Turks , and ask whether it is not to tho discredit of tho politics of Christendom that these lands should bo at fclie mercy of unenlightened and misbelieving bashas P In some minds this sentiment takes oven a deeper form . Other hinds they may lot alono ; for Tyro and Constantinople they may care nothing ; but thero is one land over which they hover wistfully—tho land of Jerusalem and of Jiethlehom . Tho geofjrap hy of Palestine ih an actual part of tho reigion of Groat Britain . There are at this moment hundreds of clergymen , of all denominations , to whom the progress of the Eastern question in a matter at once of pious interest and of professional curiosity . With preconceived intorprofcaliona of the prophetic books in their minds , and with such works aa those of Itobinson and X ) e Sauley before them , they are intont upon a revolution which they HuppoHe is about to befall Mint land to which their mont HocrodsLudioHrofer : that land , " Over wIioho aereH walk « d thorn ) blofwod foot , Which oightoon hundred ytiam ago woro nailed . Vor our advantage to tho bitter CVosa . "
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 29, 1853, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29101853/page/9/
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