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      " favourite'' to accept the Embassy to Vienna , -with the additional gratuity of 3 , 000 , 000 of reals ( 30 , 000 / . ) to the " favourite " himself to accompany his worthy parent . A near relative of an influential member of the present Cabinet is spoken of as likely to be the new " favourite . " A telegraphic despatch from Madrid brings intelligence that the Cortes are convoked , for the 19 th November . By a recent decree all iron and implements to be used in the making-of railways axe admitted free of duty in Spain .

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      NAPIER "TO HIS SOLDIERS . Sergeant John Casey , once serving under Sir Charles James Napier , with the gallant twenty-second , but now living retired near Belfast , heard of his old general's death , and wrote to Napier ' s son-in-law to know what were the last words of his former commander . The following is the reply : — "Blenthvortii House , Horndean , Hants . Sept . 19 , 1853 . "Sergeant , —Your letter gave me heartfelt pleasure . It ¦ was in possessing the affection and confidence of noble soldiers like yourself that our beloved commander reaped his proudest reward . You are worthy to receive his dying words , ¦ which he charged me to deliver to the soldiers whom he loved so well , and thus I impart them to you . Guard them irom dishonour and misrepresentation as you guarded in battle the glorious old colours that received his latest breaih : —

      " ' I took up my sword at eleven years of age , and 1 now sheath it at seventy-two w ith honour . I have never stained it by a mean or dishonourable action , or by a desire to use it for my own aggrandisement . I have served my country zealously and honestly , but my chief aim -was to protect the poor soldier . I may have to reproach-myself ibr some things , hut not for my regard for the soldier ' s welfare . Tell them that , Montagu , who have followed me . Yet even in this I had to check myself , lest my bitter , bitter enemies might say I courted popularity . I never courted popularity with the soldiers ; 1 only strove for their rights . ' " I know , Sergeant , the reverence and affection with which you will read these words , because you and the soldiers know them to be true ; and I see , by the feeling expression ' s in your beautiful letter to me , that yoii have a heart to appreciate them . Accept , Sergeant , my thanks and good wishes .

      " Yours faithfully , "Montagu M'Muudo , Major . " To Colour-Sergeaitt John A . Casey , lato of the 22 nd ltegiwent , Ballynafeigh , Beliiist . " Perhaps this is the noblest commentary on the life of Charles James Napier which has appeared since his death . The soldiers know , although some do notthat " he only strove for their rights . "

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      THE IRISH TENANT-RIGHT PARTY . A meeting of the Tenant League was held in Dublin on Tuesday . There were present thirteen Members of Parliament , namely—Mr . Tristram Kennedy ( who acted as chairman ) , Mr . Serjeant Slice , Mr . G . H . Moore , Mr . Lucas , Mr . Potter , Mr . Duffy , Colonel Grevillo , Mr . George Bowyer , Mr . Swift , Mr . l ' ox , Mr . M'Mahon , Mr . Mngan , Mr . P . O'Brien . The proceedings were rather discordant and stormy . One of the original resolutions of the Tenant League pledges the Irish party to oppose any ministry that will not make Sliunnau Crawford ' s Bill a Cabinet measure . Mr . liowyer proposed an amendment , altering the word " Cabinet" to Government . Several members strongly objected to this alteration—Mr .

      Potter , Mr . Lucas , and Serjeant Shoe leading tlie opposition . Mr . Bowyer , after some discussion , withdrew the resolution , but Mr . Lucas insisted that the sense of the meeting should he taken on the point . The amendment was then formally put , and almost unanimously rejected . Another resolution was then proposed , pledging the party to graft on the Tenant Improvement Compensation Bill all the essential principles of Sharman Crawford ' s measure . Thin led to n controversy of great animation and acerbity . Dr . M'Knight , editor of the Jian-ner of UInter y hinted at sonic " Member" who had urged the Government to withdraw all Tenant Right legislation last session . Mr . Duffy attacked Dr . M ' Kniglit for articles in the Banner of Ulster imputing corruption to particular members of the Irish Party in Parliament . This led

      to a scene . Dr . M'Knight . — " I ' ass a resolution calling upon me to . say who it wiw wlio wont Jo a leading member of tlin ( Jovennncnt to ask him not to have any tenant-right agitation . l ' ass a resolution , and I will name him . " (( ireat . confusion . ) Tim Kov . Mr . lingers then attempted , amid great uproar , to iHjMnik , but it was decided that hu was not in order . The mooting called on Dr . M'Knight to name ; the person to whom ho alluded , but ho declined doing no , unless * in compliamii with a resolution . The two amendments , haying been put from the chair mid lost , and the original resolution having been carried with only four dissentients , , On the million of Mr . Lucas , seconded by Mr . Swift , Dr . M'Kniglit was required logivo the Hume .

      Dr . M'Knight . —" Very well . The circumstance to which I niter \ v '« ls this , — that when the tenant -right measure came on to lid a subject of serious legislative consideration , u member of \\ w independent party wont to tho Chief Sucietary for Ireland , n part of ( ho ( Jovoriunoiit , having charge of the Hill in the House of Commons , —at least he was the parly representing the ( Joveininent , and acling <» " t . lm instructions of the Cabinet , — -and this gentleman used a number of argument * and considerations , the tendency « uid effect , of which were to induce Sir John Voting to postpone all attempts at legislation for the last nckmoii , and let the thing drop in lliu mean time . Thiit person wan Mr . Lucus . " ( Laughter mid uproar . )

      Mr . Lucas .- — " I may now ask Dr . M'Knight who told him that ; but , before the answer is given , I pronounce , from beginning to end , the whole matter ail unmitigated lie . " ( Cheers . ) Dr . M'Km ' ght . — " And , on the other hand , I pronounce that in the lobby of the House of Commons Mr . Lucas did admit to me that he had had such ah interview with Sir John Young , and the facts which I have stated , and did also excuse himself by a variety of reasons which induced him to think that that was tho most expedient course even for tenant-right . " ( Tumult . ) Mr . Lucas . — " After the experience I have had of the first statement—( ' Oh ! oh ! ' from Dr . M'Knight . ) Listen to me , if you dare . After the experience 1 have hud of the first statement Irom that quarter , I need say little more than that when that statement comes from such a quarter as you , the meeting will know how to treat it . "

      Dr . M'Knight . — " It is for Mr . Lucas to deny it , and let the denial go . It is a fact . " Mr . Lucas . — " Listen to me , if you dare . I called for Dr . M'Knight ' s authority for the original statement , because it was one which , from its nature , could not come from himself , and lie might have been mistaken . He pretended to speak of a conversation with the Chief Secretary for Ireland , and I presume he was not present . ( Dr . M'Knight . — ' I was not . ' ) His veracity was in no respect pledged to the original statement , he might have been told so . I was anxious to know

      his authority —( Dr . M'Knight . — ' You can get it ); but for the second statement he has the authority of himself . If that statement is a falsehood , he is false . ( Dr . M'Knight . —' Just so ' ) If he is not to be believed in the last statement , neither is he to be credited that anybody told him of the former falsehood . I therefore have two lies with one neck , and I behead them with one blow . ( Cheers . ) The statement which Dr . M'Kniglit has now made is the most unmitigated falsehood I ever heard . It is not true ; it is nothing like the truth- —it has no foundation in fact—it has not an element of truth in it—it is all the invention of that wicked mind . " ( Cheers . )

      Other " scenes" this kind succeeded , and finall y the Conference adjourned , after adopting the second resolution . On the next day , Dr . M'Knight , the Reverend Mr . Rogers , and the Reverend Mr . M'Cullogli , sent in a protest against the policy of rejecting all instalments . On the reading of the protest a Roman Catholic priest recommended the expulsion of the three Protestants , but after a warm discussion the matter dropped . Two or three resolutions were subsequently

      adopted , and the " Conference" separated m perfectly good order . In the evening a soirde took place in the Rotunda . About 400 persons sat down to tea , coffee , and cakes , the principal portion of the company being Roman Catholic clergymen . The orators of the night were Mr . Bowyer , M . P ., Mr . M'Mahon , M . P ., Mr . G a van Duffy , M . P ., Mr . Moore , M . P ., and Mr . Lucas , M . P . The last toast of the evening was " Purity of Election , " which was proposed in a neat speech by one of the parish priests of Sligo .

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      THE LAWSON OBSERVATORY . The Midland Observatory is safe . The Corporation of Nottingham have granted a site for the building on Mapperley Plain , valued at SQiil . With this grant the amount required has now been made up to within a little more than 1000 ^ . of t he sum required ; and , as the Committee appointed to carry out the undertaking are prepared to guarantee that the deficiency shall be supplied , Messrs . Lowe , Bradley , and Chapman , have been deputed to wait upon Mr . Lawson , at Batli —the munificent donor of the instruments and 1000

      guineas towards the erection of a suitable buildingand upon the Lords of the Treasury , for the purpose of making final arrangements . In a Treasury Minute Mr . Trevelyan explains the condition on which tho Lords of the Treasury grant 20007 . towards the scheme . Altogether the Institute will cost some 20 , 000 / . The elevation of Mappcrlcy Plain is so great , and tho air generally ho clear , that Bolvoir Castle , stud even Lincoln Minster , may bo seen tltcncu with the naked eye .

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      AMERICAN TRADE IN INDIA . With their usual energy , the Americans have opened a commerce with Central Asia , and drive n trade with tho natives in tho Mekran coast by a kind of rough and ready barter quite characteristic . Ships under the American flag periodically visit Gunder and Muscat ; there were fifteen ait Muscat in lllftO-51 . Tlio Americans take dates and tortoise-shell in exchange ! for unbleached cotton cloth of a very course and cheap description , common clocks , spornmcoti candles , and soap . TJiere i » al « o a largo export of dates and suit to India , chiefly in exchange for rice . At Gunder ( Mekran const ) the wool ih generally

      purehiiBod for dollars . The unbleached cotton ih a very coarBii fabric , mieh jih wo nhould term in thin country towelling , but to the population of India it in Hold under tho name of . sheeting . It in Htrong , however , and evenly woven , and in a kind of cloth which , an Mr . Melville , Hecretary to tho Court of Directors , observer , " JippeaiH to bo well suited to tho wants of tho Asiatic conununitien . " Tho American traders have a great advantage over tho Kngliwh iu tho tnillic . They whip a load of theao hheotingH to the cojujt of India with a supercargo on board , who takes charge of tho sale , receiving in return wuch raw products * na tho nativoH enu give , and an will moot n ready market at homo ; ami Ji tra . de or bartor of tlri « Jciud ia

      conducted at comparatively little cost to that which m merchants incur with large establishments at Bombav and having to pay heavy charges for commission s and for landing , shipping , storing , and duties An American shipmaster will land a cargo on the Mel-rT coast at less expense than a cargo of British goodsmn be lauded in Bombay . The American has ¦ manufpn tured goods on the spot , and deals directly with thl native holders of raw produce ; not so the merchant

      of Bombay , with his expensive establishment hi brokers' , landing , shipping , and storing charges n Government charge of 5 per cent , to meet and position many hundred of miles distant from the market , where he waits till purchasers find him out . In 1844 American piece goods were imported to Kurrachee to Muscat , and found a sale , notwith standing the weight of duties to which they were subjected .

      The English trade with the Mekran coast is also on the increase . The value of the imports into Bombav from Mekran , which comprises the ports of Sonme ' eaneeand Guader , was in 1845-1846 , 24 , 528 rupees in 1850-51 , 119 , 951 rupees—showing an increase in the space of five years of 95 , 423 rupees , the trade consisting chiefly of wool , fishmaws , shark fins , cup . pas , and ghee . Were Government to abolish all export duties except on opium , salt , spirits , tobacco cashmere shawls , and indigo , it would be a vigorous step towards the encouragement of trade . At present the trade of Central Asia would seem to be greatly impeded by the enormous transit exactions of native States through which it passes . Each camel load pays between Candahar and Kurracheeas "black

      , mail , " 23 rupees , independent of an export ad valorem duty at Candahar of 5 per cent . The return trade is still more heavily taxed . But if the British Government would enable their own traders to meet the Americans fairly , they must make the most of the great advantages afforded by the Indus as the highway to Central Asia . This can be done oil the part of the Government , by improvin g the port of Kurrachee , and making it safer , more accessible , and more commodious than it now is ; and this can be done at an expense which is , compared with the object , very trifling ;—by not only fostering , in tlie liberal manner already sanctioned by the steam communication along the river , but by improving the means of communication between Kurr .-ichee and

      that point on the river ( Jurruck ) whence it becomes desirable to have better and quicker means of communication with Kurrachee than are afforded by either the water carriage out at the mouth of the Indus , and so by sea to Kurrachee , or that through the tidal channels to Gizree;—by improving the roads to Scinde , both those which run at right angles to the river , and serve as feeders to it , and those which run

      parallel to it , and would help to convey goods up country by means less expensive than steam , and leas tedious than tracking a bonfc against stream along the river . Such roads would thus assist bulky goods imported by sea to go up country as niiicli as the steam aids similar goo ; ls intended for export to come downwards to the sea . Merchants also should send goods direct to Kurrachee , so as to avoid the expenses of many changes of hands .

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      TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON AN IRISH RAILWAY . A l'AssKNGi ' . n-TitArivr from Killarney to Dublin ( Great Southern and Western line ) was stopped between the Sailing and Strafl ' au xtations owing to . some defect in tho eng ine ; . A man was immediately sent on with a danger signal to sto | i tho following luggage train , lint through soiikj unexplained bud conduct on tho part of tho driver , the cattlo-tmin rushed on , going qnitt ) through tho last carriage and smashing all tho i-osl into a heap of ruins . Tho following account is given l > y Captain Collis , one of the pnssengors : — " After passing "'" Sallius station the engine went slowly , and Mopped about

      half n mile short of tho Stradtm station ; it remuined st . utioimiy about lo minutes . Five passengers got out with me , I " - Jolly , of Maryborough ; Mr . Connor , of Newbrid ge ; M' \ Kolly , of tho saino place ; a Scotch gentleman , Mr . Loitch , from Armagh ; and an Knglish gentleman , whoso name I dul not ascertain . Ho was in too much trouble for me to ask Im " after all was over , for ho lost his pretty young wife and «>» sister . Mr . Croker Harrington , tho solicitor to tho conjnaiiy , who was riding in a first class enrriago next Iho engine , K <» out and sent one of tho railway servants ( the stoker 1 thin" ' */¦•«! t «« a « - « iiiiiii , \ tti «< oi * im . i * twft > V t * > ii \ ii i luini y- " - -t hh

      was ) down tin ; lino with a red ' lamp to slop the luggage « cattlo trnin that we know was about , hall" an hour tielnni " ¦ W « worn , however , 11 ininut-js behind <> nr timo « ' ^ al ""* - Ho hud been gomi about 10 , or from that to 1 T > '"""' -J ^ whon wo saw the lights of the euttle-tr . un approaching , all thought , of cnursif , it . was coining along quito slow . Jolly Nteppud into his carriage , stopped in •«<> """ 'T ' ;;' andlookod out . Th . » Knglish g .-ntloman ' s wilo «»< ' M ¦ ' worn behind Mr . Jolly , and they wanted to get . out , ''" , j ; ,, ))^ them not stir , as ho was himself going to get in . i ' •_ ' J

      Was going to Mep into his enrritign also , when I san — ' a liul . i . Thcro irt no hurry . Tho train won t go wi somo warning , and , at all events , you nml » nro "Hive «»• « to jump on if it should . JJut just wait till this train " "' ; , { ,.. ' Oh , said he , ' it is merely walking up lo us ; I » ut , i >« ^ hiss , ho wailed . X stepped close to tho line ««»< ' JlKl , , , [ ,. lini by whining rails that it . was coming at full speed , "'» ; j ( | t tho beat of tho engine that the steam was n » l " '" J . , " <)() , |; onco shouted out— ' Uoo . l «« il I » h » Ik citimutt . ' « " ; * ¦ look out , look o ^ t ; ' « nd I jumnod over tho wro wim- "

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      S 66 THE LEA DEB . [ Saturday ,

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 8, 1853, page 966, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2007/page/6/