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«HIPPINfi iNTFTTTaFTJ^w npTMir *^ 1J - LIGEN<3E.--THE CRIMEA
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SSSfcSSKEKSs ^^ S ^' paS ^ boat to undertake an ospe-31 "The 10 th Htirears are to start immediately for the seat of war j they muster about « 50 sabres . . . JFrom Calcutta we hear that the Burmese Embassy ; has at length arrived . The envoy was Jetainedat Rangoon for several weeks , ana refused a public Since because the letters sent to the British authorities were defective in tto mode of address The mission springs from the Sing ' s own spontaneous will , and is doubtless intended to cement a friendship and alliance with the British Government . They say he has no favour to ask but amity and
goodwill . - The question will now come on whether we shall make the Irrawaddy free from its source to the sea , and establish a cementing bond of commerce between the provin « es of Aya and those of British Barman , and obtain access to the western provinces of China , and a vast outlet for our manufactures , or plant a range of non-intercourse sentry-boxes along our frontier , and fill them with a dozen custom-house officers ; in other words ,, whether it is better to open the Irrawaddy to the enterprises of commerce , or carry 15 , 000 * . a-year to the credit of the province of Pegu . ¦
., __ , ., „* Important changes are expected to take , place almost immediately in our Indian armies : the senior officers on becoming entitled to . off-reckonings are to be promoted and shelved--they are to be disabled from holding auditor-generalships and other -appointments hitherto entrusted to them . Lieutenant-Colonels of three years ' standing are to be promoted to the rank of colonels , and 220 majors-general , including those now existing , are to be added to the army , each regiment having an officer of this rank at its head : at present a colonel never sees the
corps to which he belongs . So short is the supply of civilians in Bombay , suited for high , appointments , that young men not six years in the service , and not seven and twenty years of age , are holding appointments worth close on . 20001 . a year , others of from ten to fourteen years' service , holding those from 20001 . to 30001 ., for which no special or- Haileybury
qualification is required . ~ The Russian Frigates Atjrora akd Dwina . —Accounts from Calcutta of the 5 th of December , state that the Russian frigates , the Aurora and Dwina , had been captured by a combined English and French squadron . These accounts , which are gaining currency in London , are most ; probably incorrect .
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SIR ROBERT PEEL AT TAMWORTH . Ok the occasion of a soiree at Tamworth , in connexion with the , library and Reading-room for the Working Classes , Sir Robert Peel made a useful and pleasing speech full of good advice . It was principally remarkable , in these times , for the attention given to the matter in hand , and for not being a criticism on the conduct of the Government with regard ~ t& tilae vrar : - The war , however ; was- mentioned in its relation to the present necessities of readers , and Sir Robert gave some admirable advice , which we subjoin . He also remarked that newspapers would now be liberally distributed in the Reading-rooms — they , having been hitherto withheld as calculated to imbue the minds of workmen with party strife . That cause having greatly decreased , there was no longer a reason for withholding newspapers .
Dr . Playfair had remarked to him , he said , that a desultory course of reading resulted in little advantage . What he would recommend was that they should read works bearing on the trades , occupations , or professions , or any particular kind of study in which they happened to be engaged , and afterwards direct their reading to the passing events of the times . Each age had a distinguished feature , and was characterised by events which always for a time absorbed the public mind , and they should read about them , in ordor to understand and bo able to express an opinion upon them . In the time of tSie Crusades , every one talked about the Crusades | and in the time of the Reformation , the subject of discussion was whether Luther , Melancthon , Calvin , or the Church of Rome was right , and the whole of
Europe had its Attention directed to the all-engrossing subject . So there were periods when discoveries of science and philosophy attracted general attention , as was the case in the last century , during the time of Voltaire , Rousseau , and others . At the present time public attention was directed to the subject of the wax —the calamities and sufferings it entailed , and its probable advantages or disadvantages ; and was It not well that they should read the records of past ¦ truggtae , in order that they might bring experience to bear , and form a judgment on the events which were now pantingP Any one , anxious to enter on a course < rf-r « a 4 ing oaaiMeted with tho subject of the war , he would reoNMMftd to wad a goography of the East , « nd bun Mnething of Mahomed , who , * thouaand years ago , ttledovwr Ii > 0 millions of people , and who had more power Own any . other mortal who had ever liv « d . They
should also read of the fall of Constantinople&m 145 ' 3 ; arid by the way , he might be permitted to express a Hope that at this time ; about the 400 th amnverBary of the fall of Constantinople , they jnight see thecBmmetacemerit of liberty and of greater civilisation in thatcountry . They should also read the history of the Empress Catherine of Russia , the originator of a policy which , from 1772 up to the present time , had had a striking influence on the affairs of Europe ; and it was necessary to read that history in order fully to appreciate the events now happening . In 1772 the Empress Catherine committed the greatest atrocity which had ever marked the history of a nation—the partition of Poland . Russia had-again provoked a war , which , he trusted ; might resuitin restoring Poland to her position as a nation , and give liberty to a people which have ' been so long enslaved . "
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CHURCH PmtNTTUEE . In the Consistory Court on Wednesday , Dr » Bayford made an application on the part of Mr . Westerton , one of the churchwardens of the district chapelry of St . Paul ' s , Knightsbridge , tor a decree against the Hon . and . Rev . R . Liddell , and others , to show cause why a license should not be granted to Mr . Westerton to remove the altar or high , altar and cloths now used for covering the same , together with , the wooden cross elevated thereon and fixed thereto , as well as the candlesticks , thereon , together with the credentia , preparatory altar , or credence table , now set up and used in the chapel or church of St . Paul , and which were offensive to the religious feelings of a large portion of the parishioners and inhabitants of the district . It appeared that those persons had made -applicatioa to Mr . Westerton to apply for this decree . They were prevented by conscientious motives from attending divine service while tjiose things remained . There was -an affidavit from Mr . Westerton , stating that instead of a decent communion-table , covered in time of divine service with silk or other decent stuff , which ought to be provided * nd placed in the church , there was-set up therein an altar or high altar of wood , which was constantly covered with a succession of cloths embroidered and decorated in a fanciful and unseemly manner , and which , cloths were varied at different periods of the year , and that there was also elevated upon , and fixed and attached to the centre of the altar or high altar , a
wooden cross two feet high and of proportionate breadth . There were also two gilded candlesticks placed on the altar _ or high altar , with , candles therein of at least eig h * inches in circumference , and , when new , of one yard in height , and that the same were wliolly unnecessary and superfluous for giving light , and that there was also set up in the chancel of the church a credentia , preparatory altar or credence table , and that the altar , altar-cloths , cross , candlesticks , and credentia , prepararatory altar , or credence-table , were offensive to the religious feelings of a large portion of the parishioners and inhabitants of the district chapelry ; that they were thereby , as they had frequently informed him , and as he in his conscience believed , precluded by conscieutSous
motives from attending divine service at the church ; and that they had required ^ iim , in his official capacity of cnurcnwarden , to takei iucfi legal measures ^ asisHbuld be requisite and necessary , and he should be duly advised to adopt , for effecting the removal of the altar , altar cloths , cross , candlesticks , and credence-table , from the district chapel , and substituting a decent communiontable with a proper covering instead thereof . With regard to the matters complained of , Dr . Bayford said , that it was perfectly well known and of common reputation that the parish had been in a state of conflict on account of those things for a long time . Application had been made personally to the bishop , but he , of course , declined to interfere without this Court . The Court took time to consider ..
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SHIPPING 1 NTELLIGENCE . —THE CRIMEA . Arrival of the Avort . —A disgraceful incident occurred at Portsmouth last Friday . The crew of the Avon transport refused to prolong then * engagements for the purpose of having the wounded men taken to Chatham instead of being landed at Portsmouth . This kept the poor fellows two days longer on board , but they were made very comfortable , and the people of the town -sent them presents of porter , &c . It was evident tliat the conduct of the merchant crew made considerable impression on the soldiers . Whilst gazing on the mutinous spectacle going on around them , many a poor fellow told of the care and kindness , and truly feminine gentleness , with which he had been carried from the spot where he fell to a place of help by the sailors of tho royal navy , and-of almost equal kindness being exhibited to the wounded Russians themselves . Akkival of tub Cambria . —The Cambria arrived in Liverpool on Monday , And brought with her iji 3 soldiers , wounded in the Crimea or sick , 8 servants , and 29 women , and also the remains-of Major-General Adams . It should bo further stated , that so fully suitable wore the arrangements on board , that , notwithstanding tlie very precarious condition of the large numbers on board , only one death
occurred oriiheTOyage . Atn ^ rtuos ^ on were SSrfenSit er £ ^ , bf . th ^ t ^ ier Gu ^ ds , ip charge of the invalids ; C ^ S , ^ ' < f fc the 55 tS Regtoent ; Paymaster ; wJigtiey , < £ ¦**>« ¦ * && * Colonel Wa-rren , of the 55 th-, ^ on . CaptaJn Carnegie , R . N ., Captain ETere , B . N ,, lieutenant Astor , R . N ., and Lord Butler . . - AxntrtAi / br the Sxmssonv—the . Sampson , % paddlewheel steam-frigate , steamed into ^ prtsnwmth harbour on Saturday morning fircan Spitgead , to have a thorough overhauling andreflt . ,. She wa * much injured in the great storm . She brought how * a fine Circassian hear , about seven months old , which has been named Nicholas , after the Emperor ; she also brought home a very fine oil paiatmg , a portrait of the Czar , captured at Yalta . _ - ^ li ^» lii * £ '' . ^_^ ljk - -i-: ' ' 4 s : L-lwi » -i ™ L ^
Depastures ^ ni > Pbbpaba . hons , —The "Volante * with Another detachment of the <' navvies , " has sailed for the Crimea , The Coriolauus ,, sailing transport chartered by the . French Gaveewment , bassailed , ladea with huts for the use of the Feeacb . aoldiera in the Crimea . She has stowed away 382 , besides a quantity of stoves . The fine clipper sailing ship Swiftsure , also chartered by the French Government , is being speedUy filled with huts . The General Screw Company ' s steamship Lady Jocejyn , 1800 tons , also chartered by the French Government , is receiving on board her cargo . She will convey , besides huts , 1500 barrels of pork and about 3 G 00 "bales oC clothing . The remaining portion of the English huts , have been despatched by the screw transport Ainitiyv 177 , and to the
the chartered steamship Rajah , belonging Peninsula ^ and Oriental Company . The Loire screw steamship , chartered by Messrs . Crodkford and Co ., winemerchants , t > f St . James-street , has sailed with a cargo of wines , spirits , &c , for sale amdng . the army and navy in the Crimea and Black Sea . Messrs-Crockford have engaged to convey , Bcee of charge ,, about 500 packages and parcels which are being forwarded by friends to various officers and men engaged in the Crimea . "The General Screw Company ' * steamship Croesus , 2500 tons , which has been chartered by the BngEsh Government for the propose of conveying detachments from Portsmouth to the Crimea , will be removed from the large graving dock shortly . Her hands are ordered to ship , and there is now no doubt that she will very-shortly he ready
for sea . .. . _ -The Himai , ata . —Respecting the alleged severity 6 f the Custom House authorities on the landing x > f the sick and wounded from the Himalaya , "Mr .- Maclean , Jthe Secretary to the Custom House , thus writes to the Times : " I am desired by the Board of Customs -to state that , having caused the strictest inquiry to be . made into the facts of this case , they find them to be entirely at variance with those furnished by your correspondent at Portsmouth , upon which your subsequent observations were ,, no doubt , based j and it has been ascertained most
distinctly that not a single knapsack or bag of the sick or wounded men ( tbe only baggage they had ) was examined , nor was one of those men detained on board , or af ter , landing , Jt ) y . ony . jictpfthe __ officers _ of L tbisjtepart--ment . And although it is true that the baggage " of the other persons who came home in the Himalaya , consisting of officers , passengers , shipwrecked sailors , and a large number of women and children who belonged to troops for some time stationed at Malta ( not the Crimea ) , was considered liable to be inspected , even more than two-thirds of that baggage was passed without being opened at all , whilst the inspection of the remainder was of the most superficial character . "
The Marxborotjgjh . —It is well known that the name of " La Prance" is to he given to one of tbefirst-class men-of-war now building ,, to comtnemoijate the cordial and warm intimacy that now exists between this country and our allies the French . We believe that the great screw three-decker , tho Marlborough , of 181 guns , now building in Portsmouth dockyard , will be the vessel selected to receive this name . She will be ready for launching in Maxell , and there is a probability that the Empress of tho French will , with the Emperor , be present at the launch , and perform the ceremony of naming tbis . splendid ship . On the arrival of the eick and wounded troops nt Liverpool , on Monday , the Mayor ( Mr . J . A . To bin ) supplied them with new shirts and sheeting at his
own expense . On Thursday tho screw-steamer Pioneer completed loading at the Irongate Whar £ Tower ; she has on board a miscellaneous cargo of comforts and necessaries , the voluntary contributions of the public for the army in the Crimea , altogether about 700 tons . The vessel is to sail to-day for Balaklava . When tho crew of the Nile , 91 , was paid off on Monday , it was with great difficulty that some of them could be persuaded that Bank of England paper was a legal tender , and there was a decided objection to accept a 5 / . note as tho value of five sovereign . " . Many of them first took the bank-note to be a ticket of leave , by which they ore granted fourteen clays . Stranger still , these men wore from tho " far north . "
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 20, 1855, page 58, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2074/page/10/
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