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December 29, 1855.] THE LEADER. I243
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NAVAL AND MILITARY NEWS. Explosion op a ...
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A GALE ON THE COASTS. The coasts of Scot...
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opened at Constantinople * The only special representatives will be those of Russia and Sweden ; al ]| . idle other States will instruct their ordinary diplo- ^ matic agents . The idea of getting the revenue de ^ rivable from the Sound dues oapitalised and paid off by the various States interested , has been given up by , Denmark , and the retention of the dues under conditions less onerous to commerce is to be the object of the coming conferences , which , it is expected , will be opened next month . The Athenian Journal , the Hope , publishes an elaborate article , defending Greece from the charges recently brought against lier of being Russian at heart . The writer contends that Greece is neither
Russian , nor French , nor English , in her policy , but that she has a policy of her own ; that the facts of her political institutions being English in their spirit , and of her military organisation being French , would be sufficient to show that her sympathies are not purely Muscovite ; and that in her national library of 50 , 000 volumes not one Russian work exists . The insurrection and invasion of the Turkish territory in 1854 is said to have been simply for the purpose of recovering that part of the Ottoman empire which the Greeks will always look upon as being their rightful inheritance ; though it is added that the Hellenes would never have made that attempt could they have foreseen that the Western Powers would have abandoned them . They seized the opportunity presented by
Turkey being engaged in repelling Russia to effect a rising with a view to the further emancipation of their race ; but , in doing so , they did no more than hi their fii-st struggle for liberty . They have since given a promise of neutrality , and will keep to it ; yet they never can , and never will , recognise the integrity of the Turkish empire . Far from desiring that Russia should absorb European Turkey , the Greeks would oppose such a step , as being a robbery of their own inheritance . Still they entertain feelings of gratitude to Russia , together with France and England , for aid afforded in the war of independence . With respect to the cause of civilisation , the writer points to the efforts in the way of education made by Greece as evidence that her tendencies are not towards
barbarism . The state of trade in France still shows great depression in the provinces ; but the retail businesses of Paris have recovered some activity , in consequence of the approaching New Year . Great preparations have been made during the present week for the triumphal reception of the troops from the Crimea , which takes place to-day ( Saturday ) . Arches , trophies , flagstaffs , & c , have been erected ; and it is stated , that each soldier of the army of Paris will receive extra pay , in order that he may able to treat a comrade among the new arrivals .
Herr Von Bismarck Sehonhausen has recently paid a visit to the Court of Bavaria , at Munich , and subsequently to that of Wurtemburg , at Stuttgard . The object of the former visit was to confer with the Bavarian cabinet on the subject of the reforms which Bavaria desires to see introduced into the Bund—reforms to which Saxony and Hanover have signified their entire assent . Bavaria proposes to make a motion of its own at Frankfort with a view to a change of system : but Horr Von Bismarck has endeavoured to dissuade her fromt his independent course ; and indeed on business of importance can bo transacted in the diet without the previous consent of Austria and Prussia .
The result of the general elections which have taken place in Hanover is now known . Thirty-eight members of the old Chamber have been re-elected ; the ex-minister Lehzcn has been named eight times . The Chamber is composed of ninety members , of whom only eighty-aix arc elected . Of tho thirty-eight members re-elected , four only aro Ministerial ; tho others belong to tho Stuve party and to the Left . The now Itussiau Lonn , issued at 82 , has beou done at Hamburg at 81 , without having boon quoted at tho Bourse . That of 1851 in now at 79 . A camp of 40 J 000 mon will bo formed this winter at Cherbourg . General La Mavmora . in expected at Turin from the Crimea .
The budget of Prussia for 1856 , which has just been submitted to tho Chambers , oBtiinatoH tho receipts at 118 , 804 , 071 thalorsj , tho ordinary expenses nt 113 , 308 , 218 thalers , and tho extraordinary oxponaoH at 5 , 655 , 853 tlialors . Tho Communal Bill , which tho Prussian Govornmont haa just proHonted to tho Chambora , propoMos that mayors and other municipal i ' uuctiontu'iott hIuiII bo oloctod for life iiiHtead of for » ix or twelve yearn um horotofore . Tho health of lMneo 1 ' unkiowitsoh in improving , and ho in now able to attend to biiHiuoMH . Piedmont hns just lost one of hor mont dititinguinhod statesmen in tlio portion of Count Charles Borimdo do Pmlojnno , Knight of tho Order of tho Annunoindo , ox-Miniater , & a , who rosontly expired at ; Turin after n short illuonrt . Ho whh u con » intont liberal .
Tho Spanish Infanto , Don Enrique , han addrow-tod a letter to the Qucon , denying tho ohargon of disloyalty that have boon brought ugainst him . It i « thought
that this will lead to a restoration of his rank , title , and honours . The Tariff question is still occupying great attention in Spain . The budget of the Finance Minister , Senor Bruil , is under the consideration of the Cortes , and it is thought will pass . It is conceived in the spirit of freejjtrade ; but the Catalan deputation which has waited , on Senor Bruil looks with great favour on the preservation of monopoly , and one of its members even hinted at an insurrection in case of the reforms being proceeded with . Some English labourers sent out to Spain to work on a railway have been thrown into great distress by the suspension of the enterprise . Mr . Otway , the English Charge" d'Affaires , having brought their case before the notice of Lord Clarendon , oiu Government has given orders that they should be sent home at the national expense .
Father Lothar , the Franciscan monk , who escaped from his convent in Prussian Silesia , and joined the Protestant Church , has just published " a formal recantation of his errors . " Mr . Edward Murray , an English gentleman who , about three years ago , was arrested at Rome on a charge of being concerned in the murder of Count Severino , has been liberated , and sent secretly to Civita Vecchia , escorted by gendarmes , thence to be embarked on board a French steamer for Malta . An ukase of the Emperor Alexander II . grants an indemnity to the civil and military functionaries of Poland who , in 1830 , were dismissed by the Insurrectional Government , or refused to serve it . This ukase , moreover , authorises all individuals compromised in political affairs to re-enter the service of the State .
The accouchement of the Empress of the French is expected to take place between the 15 th and the 25 tli of March . " This , " says the Morning Post , " is authentic . " Her Majesty's health is excellent . Our readers will recollect the case of M . Rauc , jun ., which we mentioned last week . "Brifcannieus , " the Daily News correspondent , now reports that "M . Collet-Meygret , Director General of Public Safety , informed M . Ranc , sen ., that in consideration of his eminent judicial services , the government granted him
a great favour , viz ., that his son should- be transported , not to Cayenne , but to Lambessa , in Africa . M . Collet-Meygret at the same time requested M . Ranc to thank his Imperial Majesty for this gracious act of condescension . A father must thus , forsooth , thank the man who condemns unheard his guiltless son to the galleys of Africa ! Insult to injury ! " Such acts of wanton abuse of power will have tlicir . sure but deadly effect on the foundations of the Imperial throne .
The English Ambassador at Teheran has broken off all relations with the Persian Government in consequence of some personal offence . It is thought that the affair will be terminated by a reparation on the part of the latter .
December 29, 1855.] The Leader. I243
December 29 , 1855 . ] THE LEADER . I 243
Naval And Military News. Explosion Op A ...
NAVAL AND MILITARY NEWS . Explosion op a Mohtah at Shokbuhyness . —The iron mortar-raft No . 1 , which was towed down to Shooburyness on the 21 st inst ., with a second mortar , for the purpose of testing the efficiency of tho now principle on wliich these boats are built , wan again brought back to the Arsenal-wharf , Woolwich , on Monday evening . On her return to Shoeburyncss , preparations were immediately made to recommence the trials . Two rounds wore fired successfully , but at tho third discharge the mortar ( loaded with an ordinary charge of 201 b . of powder , & u . ) waa shattered in pieces , scattering its fragments over tho aides of tho boat , and shivering the framework of tho bod . The commander of tho Lizard , who was commanding , was struck by one of the fragments of tho metal , and was Bovoroly injured . The gunner escaped Herioiia injury , but one of the pieces , ejected with groat force , grazed and slightly excoriated his throat .
Hardships of the Clahk Militia . —Tho Dublin Mail calls attention to tho two following inntancof } oi ' official mismanagement : — "The Cliu-o Militia , under orders for Newport , South Wales , loft tho Curragh at half-past eight o ' clock a . m . on . Saturday , tho 22 nd inst ., and upon their arrival in Dublin at half-past twolvo wore marched from tho railway terminus to tho Royal Barracks , whoro they remained all day in tho open barrack Hquaro , exposed to tho weather . At . about twenty minutes past four o ' clock , they ruceivod ordci-H to march to BoggarVbuHh . On arriving at Boggar ' n-bunU BarraukH , they found that no Hort <> i preparation had boon made for tliom - -no food of any
kiud , not ovon broad . Tho colonol wont ono oi Ian ofliuoi'H out , who succeeded in purchasing about two hundred loaves of broad , which worn ilmtributu « l among tho mon . The mon wcro obliged to Ho on tlio floor , wrapped up in thojr blunkutu , uiiIohh they choHo to lio on tho hard iron bedntoa < ln , an no . straw hud boon provided for thorn . Thin wiw a novoro trial for young militia Holdiora . Up to nix o ' clock on Sunday , no bedding had boon provided . Tlio rogummt wuh t > embark for liirkonhoad "oxt morning . Tho lioncominon Militia wnHHOut , via Liverpool , to Loutlrt on Thursday . They wore ordered and ooiuitor-ordero . l to embark on tho name divy , und wuro ftont out oi
Kingstown in a heavy gale at last . At Liverpool , tire weather was so bad as to cause great difficulty in disembarking ; and when the regiment arrived at Leeds they were kept under arms in the streets for three hours before it was settled where they were to be quartered . "
A Gale On The Coasts. The Coasts Of Scot...
A GALE ON THE COASTS . The coasts of Scotland and Irelaud have been afflicted with a very severe gale , which has lasted almost a week . The wind blew from the south-east , and a heavy sea ran in the Irish channel . Vessels traversing that sea were exjjosed to great peril ; several , it is feared , have been lost with all hands . Among these are mentioned the American ship Canvasback ( crew saved ) ; a brig , about three hundred tons' burden ; the schooner Robert Boyle , of Donaghadee ( about four hands lost ); the schooner Isabella ,
of Cork ( one man killed ); two boats on the Dagger Bank ( with the losa of all the crew ); a fine ship which perished near the Saltees , apparently witZi every soul on board ; and a schooner ( as it is supposed to have been from the pieces of wreck ) , lost on the strand of Ballytiguo . Of the ships wrecked near the Sal tees , we are told that , with wonderful during and skill , she ran through the dangers of the Sound between the islands , a passage never attempted even in fine weather by ships of such size , and brought up to her anchors inside the Great Sal tee . But even hero it would seem that she perished .
Several wrecks have come ashore oh the east coast of Scotland . A small sloop was wrecked near Montrose and all hands perished . A boat on taking the harbour was swamped and fo \ ir men drowned , supposed to be the crew of some vessel foundered at sea . In the Moray Frith , a good deal of timber has drifted ashore , indicating wrecks at sea . A correspondent of the Times relates the following instance of heroism in connexion with the gale : — " On the night of the 18 th iust ., the brig Phillip , of Belfast , was driven by wtress of weather on the bar at the mouth of the Dee , Kirkcudbright , and stove in her bottom ; the crew , consisting of five men and a a boy , took to the rigging , a very heavy sea washing over the vessel . On the morning of tho lUth , the
men were aeon from the . shore on tlio rigging , and several attempts were made to rescue them , but failed by the violence of tbo storm , when a young man nained Walter Mure , . accompanied by his two brothers ( young boys ) , and another man named Beatie , made a final attempt , the Hea at the time running mountains high ; they succeeded in picking off" the captain , three mon , and a boy ; ono man in the interval being washed off and drowned . The poor fellown were quite benumbed , having boon ten hours in their periloim ponition . It in deserving of being known thut Mure lias boon tho Hole support of his widowed mother and a largo family of brothers and-. sisters for tho hist five years ; but he positively refuses assistance of any kind . "
Mi S C K L L A N K O U «. Extraordinary ...
MI S C K L L A N K O U « . Extraordinary Mkteor . —Mr . K . 1 . Lowe writes as follows to tho Times , dating from tlio Observatory , Bee .-fton , near Nottingham , Dec . 20 th : — " 1 beg to call your attention to one of the most extraordinary meteor * which ban ever como under my notioo , and which was Hecn hero yesterday morning nfc fih . 13 m ItH apparent . size waa nearly equal to that of tho moon , ami during tho moment tlint it wtw visible tho light produced was equal to that of daylight . Tho head of tho meteor wan rounded , and from it procoedod a long flamo-Jooking taij oi' tho namo width nn tlio inoteor itself , and of ayollowinh colour . It started in N . N . W . and inovoil to N . W . Itn position when fii-Ht hoou would bo somewhere about tho star II . 17 , C '
aiuolopardi , and when it vanished about midway betweon CupelJh find u I ' eivsci . After tho niotoor had vanished . u bright eomot-liko band of light ( of about tho width of tho moon ) remained , covering tho wholo ol its path , tho lower part of which gradually curio . ] round towards tho cunt , wbilo tho uppor remained Htationary ; boforo it had disappeared , tho lower part almost touched tho upper , forming u circular band omsloHing a larfo clear npaco . Thin gradually faded in about n quarter of an hour . No noino of explosion was hoard . A fulling Htar crowed over it at Oh . 14 in ., moving from Caiiolla towiu-dH h OaHHiopoia . " . m . Anotuku A'PMottPiiKiu ' .: I ' iiknomkna . < ' ) ' >» wiitoH to tho Thnea : " 1 wiu . r . » turiii » tf ••< . loot Irorn
D « ul to Dover , on the 2 » nl ii . Ht ., wh , n , al . m . t . a ... ilo beyond KingHWoou , I Ml . mm mi .. n . mMy "Ppr ^ ivo Honniitioii in the air . It wu * tl . « ' .. » ll"l't . " ( l ; ;;^ I | S fltSlho « l Vu-i-o ^ h »»« .. The i . ir then l « o «» i « q »< « «>«* S montioM .-d tho « ir « Hn , Htan «!( , <• - H « v < . ml l' «" I' »« Xm * " «> l' " » th « . ma , l , audl .-urnt , that m , v . ml of thorn hud obMorv . ' . i «>><> pboiminonon . '" V ' NKW Vaiiimiu ' . Htai ..- Mr . J . I . lliml nUtoH , 1 ,, Itlm obj Vd , wl . i « h 1 »> Iihh rantly «« l «««» v' » l » u tho ' v ' . moo , linuo . to o « n .,. y tlM- „¦„ .... !• " *•<• " " ; «»< l
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 29, 1855, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29121855/page/7/
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