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      wtooh /* ill be at once te n dered by England and France , Mid which will be readily acquiesced In by Austria and SUSS « ~ 7 Ti "" && * 7 . re 8 uIt ' there " no floubt t > at that the stea taken by Russia is very strange , and that the state of affairs in the East is very menacing ! " With regard to the armaments of Buisia , they are ¦ teadily promoted , and the whole of Bessarabia and the seaboard of the Black Sea are teeming with Russian troops . Great apprehensions of invasion exist in Moldavia , as it is known at Galatz that a contract for the construction of a wooden brid ge over the Priitb , just above itd confluence with the Danube , has beenenterea into" At Odessa and other ports of the Black Sea the naval

      armaments are on a scale of the greatest magnitude . " After this comes a brief note , dated " Constantinople May 9 , " and published in the Times : — " Prince Menschikoff has given the Porte eight days to consider its decision on his ultimatum . The representatives of England and France , consulted on the subject by the Divan , have sent off couriers to their respective Governments . Advices from Smyrna are of the 11 th of May . The town was tranquil . The French squadron was still in the Bay of Athens . It was asserted in Paris that an electric despatch had been received from Vienna , announcing that the Porte had accepted the Russian ultimatum . "

      Later in the day , the Post denied the acceptance of the ultimatum . Next in importance are the doings of the German potentates at Vienna . King Leopold has been right royally welcomed by Francis Joseph . The usurper of Hungary met the constitutional King of the Belgians at the railway station , and the monarchs returned " hand in hand , " as the German papers say . A letter from Vienna , of May 12 , in the RTeio Prussian Gazette , gives us a glimpse of their doings . " The Emperor yesterday paid a visit , in the uniform of colonel of the cuirassier regiment of Francis Joseph , to his illustrious guests , the King of the Belgians and the Duke de Brabant , at the hotel of the Belgian embassy . The whole party afterwards went out together , and proceeded to the

      imperial palace . This day the illustrious travellers received visits from several members of the imperial family , and from Prince Augustus of CobiirgGotha . The Archduke Albert and the Archduchess Hildeffarde , sister of the King of Bavaria , yesterday paid a visit to Queen Amelia of Greece , who is this day to continue her journey to Oldenburg , after having dined with the Princess Wasa . " The King of the Belgians was present at a grand ball given in his honour by Count Buol Schauenstein , president of the Austrian Cabinet . King Leopold will prolong his stay in the Austrian capital until Sunday . The King of Prussia set out for Vienna on " Wednesday ; the Emperor of Russia was expected .

      The Brussels Emancipation says that " private correspondence from Vienna , received at the moment of our going to press , assures us that the marriage of the Duke of Brabant with her Imperial and Royal Highness Marie Henriette Anne , daughter of the late Archduke Joseph , Palatine of Hungary , is formally resolved upon , and will take place at the beginning of next winter . For our own part we cannot guarantee this important news , but we can assert that our correspondent is in a position to be well informed . " Italy gives slight signs of uneasiness . It is stated that Mazzini intended to publish a book at Genoa ; but no Booner had a copy been , deposited in the Governor ' s office

      than the police waited on the editor , and seized the entire edition . The Italia e Popolo publishes a consultation with regard to that measure , and to the arrest of the printer JMoutti , in which the lawyers ask — 1 st , Can there be an offence of the press without a publication , and what constitutes a publication ? 2 nd , Has tho work of Mazzini been published P 3 rd , Were the judiciary acts which preceded the seizure legal ? 4 th , Is the imprisonment of Mputti legal ? They examine in succession each of those questions , and solve them negat . ivfllv . bv auotine- the very text of tho laws , the opinions

      of the highest logal authorities , and by adducing solid reasons developed with precision . Tho consultation is eiffned by MM . Morchifl , L . Casanova , A . Caveri , C . Cabeila , andCastagnola ; and eighteen other distinguished jurisconsults have adhered to it . For some time past tho Swiss journals have been filled with details of tho seeiles which took placo at Bullo , in tho canton of Fribourg , at tho lato election . These recitals have nwakoncd tho solicitudo of tho Federal Council , and M . Drouuy has been sent to L < Yibourg , for the purpose , acvordiriir to tho New Zurich Gazette , " of coming to an understanding with the authorities , and of protecting conto the

      Rtitutional rights . " From a report made I'eaera Council by M . Ochsonbcin on tho matiriel and personnel of tho cantonal contingents , it results that Switzerland would bo prepared for any eventuality . Tho few cantons that had boon backward in fulfilling their obligations in this respect , had boon ordered to complete them . Tho Marquis of Villumo ( Pesmela ) has been appointed Spanish Ambassador * nt Paris . Munoz , Puke of RianzaroH , had an interview with Louis Napoleon on Wednesday . . JV 1 JWrhnosHy , who hold an important charge m tho It . in . mrii nrniy during the campaign of 1840 , and after-2 Lk rofugo with M . KoHsuth in Turkey , has been c ^ p Uirod l , y the Austrian gendarme ,, at Hatvan , near Oyongos , in Hungary .

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      WILL I AM I ) A It U AN . Oiift account ( lust week ) of William Durban ' s career was im ^ oc * in ono particular . We stated him to have b . » n " railway libLror . " Tlu , impression was tor-™* « 1 from "tatonumtH current in Dublin some timo ^ ZZJSJSSw of Jtop * - beliaved

      that hia was power that could have risen from any rank . The following letter comes from one on whose word we rely : — " Crystal Palace , Railway Worts , Syctenham , " May 14 , 1853 . ' * SIS , —In your notice of the Dublin Crystal Palace , your itatement respecting 1 ' " William Dargan , formerly railway labourer / is rather calculated to mislead the public as to the origin of that distinguished and really good man . Mr . Dargan never worked as a railway labourer , as that term is usually understood ; he was long connected with / public works before railways were introduced . Mr . Dargan began life in the office of the late Sir J . Telford , as civil engineer , and so high an opinion had Telford ^ of young Dargan that he confided to him . the construction of that

      portion of the Shropshire Union Canal which crosses the Shellmere valley , a work of great difficulty , but successfully carried out by the untiring energy of Mr . Dargan and his able chief , the 'labouring stonemason . ' Mr . Dargan is still spoken of and remembered with affection in this neighbourhood , and well he may by one family whom he formed an important connexion with , for he has treated the members of that peasant family with his usual liberality . As soon as he became a prosperous man he , unsolicited , placed his mother-in-law in a handsomely furnished house , allowing her 300 Z . a year ; his wife ' s brothers were each put into farms , well stocked , which must have cost him no little

      money ; and to his sister-in-law he presented 1000 Z . on her wedding-day . Such acts as theae has Mr . Dargan performed unknown to the general public ; yea , and many more beside . From that neighbourhood he went to the north of Ireland , still acting as a civil engineer on canal works ; but , upon the death of Telford , he commenced contracting under the present Sir William Cubitt , who finished the works Telford had in hand at the time of his death . After this , Mr . Dargan ' s rise was rapid , and is a matter of public notoriety . Well does he deserve the success that has attended him in life , and long may he enjoy it . I am , sir , yours , &c , W . At . "

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      MERCANTILE AND MARINE EDUCATION . The " City people" are eager to train English youth in the craft of commerce , and the science of seamanship . At a meeting-, on Tuesday , the example of America served to stimulate and guide action on the point . Lord Harrowby said " he knew a good deal about Liverpool , and he knew that if an agent there had his choice of an American and British ship he would not think that he was doing his duty to his employer if he did not select the American ship , as being safer and better found . " Not alone in practical cunning , but in enlarged observation , the Americans had surpassed us .

      It is proposed to establish , in London , a college for education , in all matters connected with commerce and the sea . Gresham College , enlarged and improved might supply the want . In connexion with such a college , there might be a trade museum , containing samples of the raw produce and manufacturing skill of the various countries on the face of the globe , charts and models , and a general repository of all sorts of information , statistical , mercantile , and legal , connected with all countries with which we had commercial relations , and a collection of works on commerce , banking , and general science .

      The present promoters of the affair arc some of the most forward and enlightened of the citizens , and a committee to prosecute its practical achievement has already been nominated .

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      A WORKING MAN'S " COUNTRY PARTY . " There were gay doings on Whit-Monday in tlie beautiful park and grounds of Wilton Abbey . Tlio people of tho town of Wilton came in thousands to enjoy tho pleasant walks and noble prospects , and to meet genial weleomo from Mr . Sidney Herbert . The occasion of the meeting was a dinner of the Wilton Branch of the Wiltshire Friendly Society . In a welltoned speech after dinner , tho honourable host " talked holiday" in a happy way ; and also gave some useful advice and information . Regarding benefit clubs in general he said : — " You ought to ascertain whether , in joining clubs of this sort , the sum you are called upon to pay is not too small to enable you vrtth certainty to calculate on tho benefits it proposes to confer , or whether tho sum it gives is not too largo in proportion to your payments—so that after you have been subscribing to it for years and boforo you got old , just at a timo when you are absolutoly requiring its aid , you find tho club is bankrupt and your provision entirely lost—beforo you join any club at all . " His testimony to tho beneficial effects of friendly meetings between different classes of tho people wus happy and valuable .

      " I think ono of tho chief reasons why tlioso anmvorairy nicotines arc so enjoyable is that here wo boo men and women of different classes mooting together lor the promotion of one common object ; and if 1 may suffgefit tho moan * of producing reality of purpose , tho society may be benefited by the experiment of producing warmth of feeling between thorn by rubbing thorn together—( LmiRhtort—ami if y 011 < mly rub them to B ° thor » 7 ° " Wlll / Ind . there arise * a warmth of fooling and co-operation beneficial to all classes . Then , I must nay wo have another feature of vorv Croat advantage to these meetings—and what tho archdeacon has said is perfectly true-our mooting , hajo never been diflffrwod by anything likemtemporanco , which

      in former days was usually prevalent with those classes who assembled together on these festive occasions . ( Cheers . ) There are besides marked signs throughout the whole of this country of great improvement in the habits of the people in all classes of the community . I was only told the other day by a gentleman—an officer commanding a militia regiment—and he was one of the old-fashioned school—who , speaking of education , and the extension of education among the people , thought education was likely to bring us into a state of utter confusion , turning society all topsy-turvy , and heaven knows what besides—that he was quite astonished at the sobriety and honesty of 1000 young men , who assembled under his command , all about 22 years of age—and that he never saw such good order in his life at

      manifested by a body of men , especially a time when temptations were greatest and their spirit of resistance weakest . ( Loud cheers . ) I said , ' What should make them so—how do you aceount for it P' and he replied , The people are better off , they are more comfortable , better educated , and , as a consequence , are better contented . ' ( Applause . ) Well , I think my friend was correct after all . ( Laughter and cheers . ) We have seen a marked improvement in the intelligence of the people of this part of the country during the past few years , and I trust we shall continue to see that improvement in a greater degree than we have done hitherto . " ( Applause . ) The day was happily spent ; and it is days like these that will cement , if anything can ever again cement , the union of the Wiltshire labourer and the Wiltshire landlord .

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      ANTI-SLAVERY . The " Anti-Slavery" agitation in England has received an impetus much needed , from the arrival of Mrs . Stowe . That lady was the chief figure at the meeting of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society on Monday . She sat in one of the side galleries . As she entered the whole meeting rose , and the fervour of tlie greeting was loud and genuine . Lord Shaftesbury was in the chair , and in the course of some trite remarks said ( referring to the ' backsliding" of the Christian churches in the States ) : — " We have no patience with those professed leaders who mislead the people , with those who blasphemously rest slavery on Hol y Scripture , and -who in this way desecrate their pulpits with doctrines better suited to the synagogue of Satan . ( Cheers . ) This was indeed a dismal prospect to those "who trembled at this display of human power , but they had this consolation , that while the enemy came in like a flood , the Lord would raise up a standard against them ; and He had done so now . He had raised up a new , wonderful , and inspired protectress ; and although her sex was feeble , yet irresistible by her truth she would prove to their adversaries a tower of strength ; and the Lord would sell this Sisera into the hands of a woman . "—( Loud cheers . ) An attempt to read the report of the society was cut short by the impatience of the audience , who would not hear that tho society had spent over 1000 / . during the year , and were in debt over 2001 . The Rev . S . Warde , " a black minister from Canada , " made a uensible . speech . Professor Stowe spoke at some length , pushing- the argument against slavery into the commercial relations of this country . He stated that slavea derived their chief value from our purchase of slave-grown cotton . England consumed four-fifths of the American cotton ,

      thus supported four-fifths of the American slaves , and therefore bad a right to interfere . The introduction of cheap Chinese labour into America offered an opportunity for diminishing slavery , and England by discouraging slave-grown cotton could do much towards the abolition of the system ; and if * they could not make as much profit by using free cotton as slave cotton they must bo content to " practise n little of tho denial they so properly preached to tho slaveholder . tho course of the proceedings it wus announced that Lord Carlinle would , on the 30 th , call the attention of tho House of Lords to the continuance of the slave-trade in Cuba . If it would not ho considered impertinent we might call the attention of Professor Stowo and his wife to a caso of Hlaveholdhig , in tho " guilt" of which , if bis logic be good , they " indirectly participate . " An " indignation" meeting on tho subject lias not yet been held at Exeter Hull , nor is a world known story on the * subject as yet penned ; but tho story is tolling- enough even when barely related . In ono large factory ( it is not on " a plantation" ) are confined several young women : — Work in commenced ovcry morning at seven o ' clock , and continued till eleven at nitfht— a period of nixteon hours , tho only intervals allowed bein ^ about ton minutes foi each meal—viz ., breakfast at eight o ' clock , dinner at Iialfpasfc ono , ton at half-pant flvo , and nuppor nt half past nine ; tho total amount of timo allowed for rating thoir food , i wan going- to say , but nuroly " bolting" it is the more appropriate phnme—being forty minutes j > or day ; thus leaving fifteen hours and twenty minutes as the period devoted to work . And yet for thin continued and unrelenting pressure of mxtonii hours' work per day , from year ' s end to year ' s end , thin firm nHsiuno to thorn solve * tho groatonb possible credit . They thank God that they ttro not ab other firms are at the went , end—oppressors and doHtroyers of young women . They never -not oven for a faw wboks in tho busy noason—make their people sit up till throe or four in tho morning . Oh no I their gas lit

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      May fllj 1853 . ] THE LEADER . 485

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 21, 1853, page 485, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1987/page/5/