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      had an inveterate passion for selling his shoes . One evening , my pay-sergeant came to me and said , Conolly has sold another pair of shoes . " My answer was , ' Parade the company to-morrow morning , at six o ' clock , without arms , and in fatigue-jackets , but let Conolly parade in heavy marching order , but no shoes . ' I marched the company out on the road four miles and back , poor Conolly all the way under the laughter of the men , while his only remark was , ' Faith and truth , the captain has the right way of it . He never sold another shoe , and he escaped with sore feet but a sound hack . " This was part of a system , and the writer says : — " If I could do this successfully . 'with 120 rank and file as a company , with 900 as a regiment , I think 100 , 000 might he governed in the same way . Let officers , young men , remember that if a soldier gets twenty five lashes with a cat-o ' -nine tails , he is a marked man for life , and dare not take off his shirt , for fear of showine' his shame . "

      French arid English officers have been fraternising at Walmer—the old castle where " the Duke" once lived , and where ho died . On Thursday of last week the officers in the castle were gratified by the unexpected visit of several officers of the French squadron , in return for the visit of the former to their ships . An excellent luncheon was partaken of ; th « fraternisation of both sides was complete , and it led to the happiest expressions of harmony and cherished regard . The admiral could not allow his officers to dine with the 19 th , although pressed by the militarv , as his orders were

      peremptory to repair to Cherbourg to be inspected by Prince Jerome . A crowd of operatives , on strike , assembled at an inn room , at Preston , to receive the weekly allowance of money from the body . The floor fell beneath the unusual pressure , and three hundred men and women fell a height of twelve feet . The floor had parted in the centre , like a pair of folding doors . Those who occupied the centre fell abruptly , and were much hurt , while those at the sides glided down the sloping boards upon them . The young women suffered verv severely : one was killed .

      A Scotch paper tells n good story of a boy . who fell over a cliff near Noss Head . He was caught on a ledge of the precipice , about half way down . The poor little fellow then attempted to - (• limb the rock , but found it beyond his power , and , after waiting for some time , lie threw off a portion of his clothes and . jumped into tho sea , a distance of many feet . Hero he succeeded . in reaching a safe point , ju » t as . darkness was coming on . and hare he had to remain , wet , cold , hungry , partially naked , and parched with thirst , during a long , dark , and dreary night , with a stormy sea before him , a howling

      wind around him , and listening to these and ' tho screeching ' of the wild fowl in the inaccessible crag * above him . Thrice after dark did he attempt to scale the rock , and , when parched ¦ with thirst , lie collected thn droppings'of rain water falling from a fissure in the rock with his hands . In tho ¦ morn ing he saw n sclionner pnssing , nnd his cries attracted tho notice of ^ he cro w , who hailed in return , but . not observing him , tliO 3 " passed on , aftor putting tho vessel about soverul times . In thu morning he whs found by his friends who had been much nlnrmed at . his abvMif . e . Ho was found to have been little hurt , and after a sound sleep felt ( initn refreshed .

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      A railway manslaughter of n most criminul character occurred nil the . Midland Railway on Tuesday . An eugiuo hud got oil" the down lino tr > Ma ! lock , nnd liolp hud been sent for from Derby . An engine was speedily despatched , conveying several idpu to render jwsistancn . On " their arrival , however , it was thought thoy liad not nullicinnt strength among them to replace tho engine , and a mov ^ ago was sent , to Derby for furiher aid . Another oiitdno , conveying fourteen or lift on n men , wns immediately sent , and , on those arriving at Ambfi-gate , tho ongino was reversed , and it ran towards Mullock , with thu tender first . Before this List assistance arrived , tho m ; : n first sont bad succorsdnrt in getting the dislodged e-n ^ ino replaced on the lino ; and , thinking tho distance but short to Amborgato , thoy startod to proceed thithor tho

      on line thoy woro on , instead of running a short distance in tbo opposito direction , and getting ori to tho up line by u tiding , which they could havo dono . TJiu eonseipionco of this was , ilio two engines mi arriving at n curve , canto into foarfnl collision , although ( ho drivers shut off tbo stenm and reversed both engines immediately upon coining in sight of oaeh othor . Onri of tho men on tho tender juinpod off boforc Ilin nnginc . s came in contact , but tho others wore scattered about in all directions . Many of thorn worn •^ iously bruised on vnrious parts of their l ) odies , and olhors rendored insciisihln . On « of tlio stokers got his skull fractured and thigh lacerated : bo diod tho noxt morning . Others got fraclurod jaws , fraoturud ciillm- bonen , » oalp wounds , and othor sevoro bruiuon . lint tho most of thorn aro doing woll .

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      Tlio drivor of tlio South Yorkshire train ( on tho Sontli Yorltiliirn railway ) had boon ongagnd in shunting some gooda wagons , which woro about to bit ntluehod to tho 15 arn * le , y pnssongii ,- ( rain , into tho Moxboroiigh siding , and lio failed to clear ( ho liao holore the , Midland train was duo . A collision t ( » "k plaeti ; tho butler planks of tin ; engine woro . tmashiid , ni 'd tlui rods bout , by the foreo of tho Collision . Several lxiiMtns w < to seriously but nouo fatally hurt . This ooeiu ' - ' ' tiiuro to (( ] c plm ; t , on Thurmluv evening of liml . week .

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      A laimtrul train was engaged in nhunling waggon . t on tho J'lilndoniiii ) Railway . Thu oxpruss ( rain rubbed up and cut . " m tu ' o . Several persons were wounded . A pim ] nu' Irish woman lived nixttion years in St . IjIiW . h Parish , Middlesex , hut tho guardiaiiH minf , her for relief to '' U nericli , lior imtivo place . A stir linn boon made about the JUiillor , lmt ( he giiiirdiiius refuse to give any " information " " >*•¦ it . rthould hi ) u . iod against them in any law proceedings . 1 'he Now A ' ork pooplo bavo voted n splendid gold medal I' ) Captain hifrrahiuu , fur his conduct , in tbo . Kiis . stn afl ' . ho mooting for (] ,,, purpose wns hold in tho Motropolifuii "' dt , on il ,,, iJ'ind ult ., and was quito a coNinopolilun du-» n > nMration . Fnuichmun , Italiaim , («' oiinan \ Huiu << mitm , j ^ wiss , mid Cubans worn pro-Mint , and llio speeches woro dehvemd in 1 ' Yonoh , Spanish , ( Jei man , and Selavonian . Coinniiidoro Vandorbilt ' s Hloam-yiiohl , llio North Mar , ur mod . at Now York < iu tho ' 2 : ? id from hor Kuropnan trip > s >>»»» 5 «» loivviiig Now York , tho North Mar has steamed np ' .

      wards of 15 , 000 miles , and a full description of all the wonders Commodore Vanderbilt saw and did in Europe during his tour is published in the New York Herald , in the shape of a diary , which appears to have been kept on board by some of the members of his pleasure party . Tho Herald , in summing up the voyage , says : — " Since the 26 th of August the Commodore and his friends touched at points of Asia , Africa , an d Europe , and when they landed in America they accomplished the teat of visiting a part of the four quarters of the globe in twenty-six clays . During her absence the North Star astonished John Bull , was admired by the Russian Court , gazed at b y the Sultan , and frightened the Pope , which completes a series of incidents unequalled in the history of even Yankee ships . " Tho yellow fever , now almost extinct at New Orleans , is ravaging tho small villages along the coasts .

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      Saturday , October 8 , 1853 . The meeting at the London Tavern , last night , was an effective demonstration of the opinions of the people of the metropolis . Long before the hour appointed for commencing proceedings , the great room was crowded ; and when , at a quarter past seven , Lord Dudley Stuart took the chair , some hundreds had been turned from the doors . ' Sir

      Charles Napier was there to take a part ; Mr . Blackett , the spirited member for Newcastle , Professor Newman , Mr . Prout , Mr . Nicholay , Captain Mayne Reid , and several well-known representatives of the working classes , William Newman , Dimford , Moore , Elt , and others , were also present . We have already published the resolutions which were proposed , and have now only to add that they were unanimously adopted .

      The speech of the chairman does not afford mat ter for extract . It was a spirited speech ; it condemned the course pursued by the present Government ( excepting Lord Palmerston from censure , and attacking Lord Aberdeen ); it declared for war on the ground both of honour and interest ; and it comprised a full and vigorous narrative of the events which have occurred , from the first mission of Menzscliikoff to Constantinople , to the present day . Hearty responses broke from the meeting when its feelings of manliness and honour were appealed to . Professor Newman moved the first resolution . He said—¦

      " I bavo lived , I believe , for more than forty years in this world under the delusion that it was tbo part of a private citizen to leavo to tho Government tho direction of foreign affairs ; but , unfortunately , I have been converted to an opposite opinion by discovering—what Lord John Ilussell has also discovered —that then ; is in iMirope a conspiracy of despots against liberty . Another discovery I have unfortunately made , which Lord John Russell has not madenamely , that , that conspiracy of despots has put . forth an influence within the Cabinet of tho Queen . I look upon it as

      a fact that , unhappily , cannot be doubted , and it is the duty of all Englishmen to stop asido from their private position , and doelant to the world , if thoy fed it , their shame , indignation , and disgust , at . the wity in which tho honour ol Kngland has boon cast into tlio dust in these recent ail ' airs . What , then , is needed ? It must be admitted that tho timo fir p : !) suasion and concession is passed , and ( be . time for a tiui lias arrived . [ Cheers . ] 1 trust dial , all who nre ac <) rtuhit . i ; d with tlio proceedings of tho meeting will bo ]<; lt U'ldi . T no possiblo doubt as to what aro its feelings , temper , and judgment , nnd will bo awnro thut you all feel what . I feel

      —namely , that tho conlidenco which wo have been accustomed to put . in Ministers has been utilised . Wo liavo looked to them , and our Parliament has looked to them , to uphold tho dignity of England , to porlbini thoir duty , and to fulfil tho trenUes into which the } ' bad entered , and to provide for our safety . They stopped tho mouth of Parliament ; they would not let . Parliament , know what , they were doing , because they were ashamed of it . They put . it oil' until tbev could secure for themselves six months of unrestricted oxcrutivo despotism , and now if they should scad their soldiers to light against , tho Turkish people , tho Knglish . nation has no powor t <> prevent il . " [ Cheers . ]

      Mr . Nownian broke on" rath or abruptly and gave way to Mr . iJluoketf ,, whose spwdi wan neat and pointed . Otto passage will illustrate bin isontiments . " Tho lOmpiiror of Russia counted that Knglund would show a ctirliiin dej , 'ieo of indignation , luit )|(! counted tllat that resentment would expend itself in protocols and desp : itc . lie . s , and noles , mid all llio devices of diplomacy ; lmt , si ill * ho counted upon this , that an Mn ^ lish Minister wotild shrink from . tbo hist , ( ixtremily of war . (> od forbid that he or any other Christian man should doprecinto tho calamities of nnr . Butilioiiuh liefelt . alJ the misfortunes which war wouhl

      iiitliet . upon llio human nice , still , when lie eonsidorcd thoevils of tho extension of Russian despotism , ( he dernn ^ einenl that would lake p lans all over the continent by the iilterution in tho balanei ! of power—when Ins remembered that , tlio pn > - KI'ovm of RiiMsia was identical with hij { h lurills al |(| prohibitory duties , ami tho injuries that , rosnltud to llrilmh commerce from tlio preservation of the present , slato of things which wan called peace , but . which , in tho lnngiiai , ' * ' of I-oi'd John Russell , was no ponce m . ,, ]| | m ( W (| S , ' , „ ,.,, . envious trueo , to bo denounced b y the a /^ ressor whenever lit ) thought lie could Hccuro his own ad vuiUuk « i- | cluters | ho believed thai , taking tho mennont und most mercantile vimv of thoso matters , it wan prolml > l () that tbo cost of

      war would be but a moderate insurance against what was fast becoming tbo intolerable calamity of so-called peace . [ Cheers . ] But , even on higher considerations , he , could not forget that tho faith of . this country was pledged to Turkey ; or the . assurances which the Ministers themselves had given otthrar determination to maintain the independence of Turkey ; he could not doubt that there was a man m this room but wouhl join in the earnest praver that England would be true to her ancient honour , and that otir Government would not belie thu gallant spirit of the r countrymen . " [ Loud cheers . ] Mr . Nicholay gave expiession to similar sentiments ; particularly expressing his trust that the good old time would , return when an Englishman was respected , let him go where he would , and not as now cut down ^ insulted and imprisoned .

      Sir Charles Napier ' s appearance as a speaker drew forth protracted applause . He condemned the present Minister , and declared that our fleet would have entered tho Dardanelles in May had we been prepared to meet the Russians in Yarmouth Roads . Instead of reviewing a grand fleet at Spithead , he would have treated the Russians to the old Nelson trick in the Baltic . [ Immense cheering . ] " I see there is to be a Peace Congress on the 13 th , and that Mr . Bright , Mr . Cobden , and all tho peaceable men are to be there [ laughter ] . I am a peaceable man . and I will be

      there also ; I am just as much a man of peace as Mr . Cobden ; I am as fond oi' comfort as lie is , and should like to see this country happy , peaceable , and prosperous , and every man enjoying himself [ cheers ] . I am not fond of . bloodshed , but my way of preserving peace is very different from their mode . Mr . Cohden told you some time ayo that he would take Russia ami crumple it like a piece of brown paper ; why does he not crumple it now [ cheers ] ? Will he crumple the army in its fortresses-, and its fleets in ^ ebasto pol and in the Baltic [ laughter ]) " If lie can only do that , he will save an enormous stirn of monev . "

      Mr . David Urquhart here stepped in with an amondrnent—one-half declaring the Ministry incomjjetent , the other calling on the meeting to restore the prerogative of the Crown . He supported it with his usual vehemence ,, but niinglcd with his arguments doctrines of prerogative which the meeting could not understand . Mr . Newton supported the first half ; but repudiated the . second . This speaker expre .-sed the sentiments of the working men of London—jather a costly war than dishonour . Captain Mayne Reid spoke efl ' ectivel y against aecrtt diplomacy .

      " Secret diplomacy ! There was not a phrase in the language that was more repugnant to tin : hearts air . 1 the ears of Englishmen . Secret diplomacy ! There was dishonour in the sound—there was positive , and palpably meanness in the . thought . What has sticvet diplomacy dono for England "' Was it by secret , diplomacy that this niighlv nation had been built np ; If they looked back upon their former history , thoy would find that the tricksters of foreign countries had ' always out-tricked thn tricksters of England , fie could understand some mean and petty nation bavin ; ' resort to secret

      diplomacy , but he couhl not understand why Kngliind should have recourse- to it . Their first duty was to know what was right , and having ascertained that to demand it , in the most open mid straight-forward manner . [ Cheers . ] He was no lover of war—lie would be glad to see the sword turned into the ploughshare ; but ho , believed the time hud come vvlirn war was not , only , ju ^ l , but . a strict and Imlv necessity . Thoy wen . ) bound by trciity to protect thu integrity of Turkey . Throw interest , lo this winds ; their honour called ' upon them . " [ Loud cheers . I

      lord l'a . hncrstoii ' f ) name was always received with applause ; but tbeni appeared to be a utrong dissentient party . Praised by Lord . Dudley Stuart , he was attacked by Captain . Reid , because be hud not lent eflcctivo assistance to Hungary in 1 S 4 <) . Mr . Trdnwny pointed out that in IN 4 !) Lord Piilmernton ' s bauds ' wero not strengthoih'd . In the House of Commons there was a motion wiiulw to reduce the . standing army . What was the use of burking if tliey could not l > i (; e ? On the whole , tbo two decided feelings of the meeting were , the one for \ . var , the oilier in condemnation of Ministers . Tho despatches of Captain Jnglefield and Ciiptai " M'Olure aro this morning published . The latter has not passed through tho North-west , pjissa ^ 'o ; but bo states thai ; he lias disoovored it .

      I he rumours uro n ^ iiin repeated that . Sulfnu ban declared war ; and that tho JKn ^ liNh will send ten and the I'Yeneh thirty thousand men to aid tho Turks . II , is also snifi that n lar /^ o reinforcement ol the army of occupation at , Koine is contemplated . A despatch from Itcrliu states that the Ivinj ^ of IVussia , accompanied by the Kniperor Nicholas , woro expected there on tho 7 th instant . It is said that tho Turku have crossed tho Danube and sacked a village ; but the authority for it is very bad .

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      -An (( migrant ship , Ilin Annie . June , was wrecked on thn Wth September , off tho ] $ cmi Inland . *! , on the coast , of Scotland , and . ' 110 lives were IomI . The news front the cholera districts is not without enconnifjoinoiit . Tbo number nf deaths at Nowcusllo eontinuo at . ten ; that at . ( Jateshcad lia . s Npnuij < up to four ; but the . so Ihict . tiations were expected . A few deaths uro chronicled in llio districts iiroiiud .

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      October 8 , 1853 . ] THE LEADER 969

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 8, 1853, page 969, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2007/page/9/