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ttg cornoartiona , of certain niarji ^ e ^ MP : : ^ ¥ ? * presaat mdral : — " & # iwP « i^— The <^ oun ^ ^ jflfq ^ e ^ fhp ± § mce the ; : iafe ''^ hfVat ' W ' ^^ rf ye ^ i ^^ 4 ; vqi | n ^ ed inaa 'have ' l ) eene sent , from j ; e Flegte t # ye Towne . Siii-i to ^ e tiere /;< jjis £ qsjK ^ in order ip t ^ eir Resent ' r ^ V lelfe and reco ^ ye ' . Wee ' hope 1 your sence '" of their present " Condition and of t ^ i ? " adventuTe in ye . Seryiqe 5 f lijeir CoTintr ^ eTwiiere ^ y tjiey l ^ ye '|<^ t the ^ ir Healji l ^ ril ^ C ^ wiOiia ^ fiye «^ d $ s ^^ ' w d ™ * Oare . Qf them that nothing shall be wanting to i ^^ wj&ch may bp ^ t . ajid ^ nec ^ ary for Men in their Condition . "Wee have appointed a Phisitian and
Chirurgeons to be upon , . the plpce ; to administer such Remedyes upfp thei » as they Bhallfind fitt , and to attend their Cures , in which tfcey may possibiye ( for ye procuring , of some a ^ Qmmodatipns " for them ) stand sometymes in need of your assistance . Wee desire you , therefore , upon any occasion when they may stand in need of yo'r helpe , and shall desire it , that you will give them yo'r best furtherance , . and if upon occasion of this Service you sijall be putt to the disbursing of any Sum of Money you are to draw a Bill of Exchange upon Mr . Richard Hutchinson , Treasurer for ye Navye , who will accept it , and paye ye money to such Persons as you shall appointe to receive ye same .
"Signed in ye name and by order of : ys Councell of State , " Math . THOjtLmsosr , President . " WhiteTiall , the 18 th of . J ^ e , 1653 . " The "Wounded So *; dieks from the Crimea .-. —The recent inspecti ng of the invalided soldiers who have returned £ om the Crimea have afforded most interesting , ytc melancholy proofs ofthe desperate nature of the late campaign . Nearly all these men bear too plainly the marks of the fearful sfewggle m- ~ which they were engaged , and are unfortunately disabled from further service in the army . Several ' of them having been but a short timfe in the army will be entitled to only a verysmall amount of pension , and the bare idea that men who'have performed such feats of valour in the service of their country should be left to struggle with penury
• and destitutioncannotrbefor a moment tolerated . Many ef these men , although unfit for military service , are quite capable of ; duties where steady habits of discipline , truthwortmness , and obedience are required , and would rejoice in any employment that would enable them to maintain their independence . They " ~ well suited to act as . private watchmen , gatekeepers , porters , or warehousekeepers , and as porters in attendance upon passengers at railways would be highly useful . It is to be hoped that the generous feelings manifested in innumerable instances by the ' public during the present war will not fail to find employment for these noble fellows . We believe we may add that every opportunity of employing them in the royal parks will not be forgotten . — Times .
Lord John Russell had an audience of the King of the Belgians on Sunday . On Wednesday he arrived at Berlin , and had an audience of the King on Thursday . Dr . Barth . —At a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society , Dr . Shaw , the secretary , said that Dr . VogeTTfaS written"thaf ~ the " * report Of the "death of-Dr ; Barth had not been confirmed , as he had been assured by many people that the doctor was in Timbuctoo as late as the month of July last , and could not , therefore , have started to meet the Niga Chadda Expedition , -which during that month proceeded up those rivers .
London Baths and- Washhouses . — -In all the religions of antiquity , before science had demonstrated the truth that dirt is the cause of innumerable diseases , men had been taught by their great lawgivers to regard personal uncleanline ' ss as something defiling and unholy ; yet it is only recently that the artisans , and even the middle class of London , have in part been supplied with baths , and with the means of washing linen easily and at little coat . ' The last return of "the committee for promoting the establishment of baths and washhouses for the labouring classes" shows that ( here are thirteen baths and ' washhouses in London ; at which 1 , 220 , 730
baths wore administered for 17 , 062 * ., and 421 , 101 washings of the linen of about 1 , 664 , 404 persons were performed for 6096 / . Kensington , Chelsea , Hampstead , Islington , Hackney , the Strand , Holborn , Clerkenwell , St . Luko , Shoreditcb , Bethnal Green , St . George-in-the-East , Stepney , St . Saviour , St . Olave , and St . Georgo , Southwark , Newington , Wandsworth , Camberwell , Rotherhithe , and Lewisham are still without public baths and washhouses . The City of London , which spreads its hospitable tables to the rich , has hitherto left its poor eitizens unprovided with baths and washhouses . —Regiatrar-Gfcnerol ' a Report .
Socth-Sba House . —The sale by auction of this important property took place at the Mart on Tuesday , and attracted nn extremely crowded attendance . The biddings commenced at 25 , 0001 ., . and after a spirited competition the hammer fell at 66 , 750 / . The purchaser was Mr . Marsh Nelson , the architect , but whether on his wm behalf , or for a society , did not transpire . It is announced that the King of Portugal , Don Pedro V ., has . determined to pay a visit to Paris this ywj to mm the Great Exhibition . liOR ^ KsmroKF expired at his seat , Gredington Hall , in BUKtaAbe , on Sunday last , at trio venerable ago of evonty-Mgfct . The deceased Lord was son of the first Bwroty wild- was a distinguished judge , and filled tho fflce « f Cfckrf Jturtfexs of the King ' s Bench in 1788 . H «
W& * $ 8 LM % & § r M AftPgr- ^ W WfifiSgHiSf-fek p , , m ^^^ m ^ Sm- ¦ $ ® m ?~^; &m * g * m ^ m ^ wjLYrAJ ^ piOTED , GpymNojs of , Sopra Amtr ^ xia , Mr . ' RiQha ^ d M' ^ QnaJd . iiaS ; been Wlited by the Q ^ eenf . fie . ] Eas , ] t >« sen Goy ^ pjpr ,. of the Bfi ^ sh possessions , pn the ' w ^ stern , epajstaf Africa ,, ofSt . . Lucja ^ and of " St . ymi ^ ift . He Ja the son of the Pjrpv ; ost , pf the Dublin tfinversjf ; y > Mb . John Benbojv . M . P . for 5 Qudley , died at
Hastings on Saturday last , at the adv ^ ced age of e&hty-a ^ rii 1 - Mr - BenboiV was . formerly a , solicitor in extensive practice , a ? iJ . F 8 S . first returned , fpr Dudley in 1844 . He was a , director of-th ? North Western and the Shrewsbury and ^ irflaingham ^ ajjw ^ y | . # Gjenjeral § is James ^ vclkan- and Capjtajn Laflan , -B- . . E ., have been in Paris for . spm . ? days . Ifeift said . tftey are inspecting the plans , and-, docunients of th . e French War-ofijoe , with a yie ^ . tp preparing a general plan of organisation for the , Epg } ishv army , onitkebajsp ofthe French . ... « ,. of
Go ^ pt M « fE 3 extrapriliBar ^ richnesa hfljzp . b ^ ft . djar covered in , the province of MaVftnham in . BrazU . The richest fields . in . California and Aju str ^ alia . are said . % o . bear no comparison . with these . ne ^ fee ^ of weal th . Mr . Babkij&y , one of thje-dhrecjtorsjof the ^ oal-mwes near He ^ aclea , has taken . out ^^ ^ wjth . him , as }» S Qf work- , ' men . and . a : quantity of ^ material for the use of the mines . Since the transference of these worksitethe British Government a large quantity of cpal has been , esiracted for the use of the alkedr forces . A Das- of- Fastbuq ,. Humiliation ,. and Prayerj for the success of our armies : in the present contest , has been appointed for Wednesday tte 21 st uist . Inundations in Italt . — ^ The Florence , Pisa , and
Leghorn Railroad received considerable damage in two places on thp 16 t 3 i , by the inundation caused by the Arno ; in consequence of which tihe trains have ceased to run . A letter from Florence , of the 20 th , says that the inundation has caused the greatest desolation in the environs of Pisa ; that the crops are ruined , large numbers of cattle drowned , ' and several houses washed away . At Rome the inundations have caused great alarm . _ ¦¦ ¦ --, The Balaklava Rail , wat . —Advices Irom
Balaklava of the 10 th state that the railway had wound its way up the greater part of- the main street of the town . The railroad is simply constructed : the wooden sleepers are laid down longitudinally over a bed of stones on the road , and the rails are fastened down on them . It nearly fills up the breadth of the main street . About fifty yards of rail have beefi . laid down in the street , but the road is in many placesTn a state of forwardness , and will soon be ready to receive the rails . The Telegraphic Advices from China , to-day , which reach to the 16 th of January , contain the extraordinary announcement of the city of Shanghai having been declared in a state of siege by the French officers stationed at that port , but give » o explanation or further particulars . The fall of Canton -tvras expected to occur before the departure of the next 'mail . — -Times , City Article , Thw » dat / . , _ „
Frost in Illinois . —Almost incredible accounts have been received of the effects of snow upon the railroads crossing the great prairie of Illinois — that singular formation of solid sea . The winds howl over it with even less broken force than over the ocean , for there are no crests of waves to be gathered in their hands and carried with them tO'Detard ' their progress . The snow , which has this winter , fallen in most unusual quantities , has been piled in solid masses along the railroad lines ,
sometimes 15 or 20 feet in height . The deadly cold has frozen the water in the tanks , so that the exhausted engines , left in the middle of these prairies without water , found themselves unable to drag the trains through the snow ; and thus in several detached places passengers were shipwrecked , far from human habitation or possibility of human aid . In one case we are told that three cars were split to pieces and burnt to keep warmth in the body , and dogs killed and eaten for food before aid was rendered .- — -Times .
The Duke of Cambridge and the Wounded Soldiers . — On Wednesday afternoon the Duke of Cambridge visited the hospital depots of the Grenadier and Coldstream Guards , in Rochester-row , Westminster , and was received by the men with great enthusiasm . His Royal Highness asked thorn several questions , and promised that if any of them wished to go to friends in the country he would provide the means . The Duke had visited tho Fusiliers on the previous Friday . Monet in Amrrica continues easy and abundant , and stocks and securities generally have advanced .
New York , says tho Times' American correspondent , is now enjoying its Carnival . A heavy fall sf snow having taken place , sledges capable of holding fifty or or sixty persons , have taken the placo of omnibuses . Some of these sledges are very ologant , and splendidly ornamented , and , tho horses , are covered with bells . Imucnois has just returned to the Senate at Washington an anti-slavery senator , making now eleven senators of that party . India and China . —By the last advices from India and China we learn that nothing of importance is taking place . The native officer who conveyed to Dost Mahomed the expression of the Governor-General ' a pacific
dispositions , was reQewjed ; ^ b y ,, t ^ a , Ameer with great honour , but ny > business was . transacted . The Chinese rebels were threatening Canton , , and ; that city was in " a state of siejge . ' ^ hej ^ urrectipnists have been warned by ^ f ajUthoriUes ' of England and America that any injury to the property of either Ration would provoke retaijat ^ pns frdni the " naval- force . ' ¦ ' ¦" The Remains op the late Mr . Hume were removed on Thursday morning to the Kensal Green Cemetery . The Turks and . the English . —Some of the old Turks are supposed not at ajlto fancy the allied
occupation : one asked the other day why tie English £ hg was not displayed on the barrack we occupy at Scutari : " Because it is not ourproperjy , but the Sultan ' s . " " Oh ! it is very kind in you to say so . " ^ They were much surprised to seethe arrival of the soldiers ' wives , of whom a limited number is allowed to each regiment . " We thought the English , had come here to fight , but they have brought their harems . " Others were heard to say of iflje " troops : "Why these are all boys and girlsthey have no beards !"— Diary in TtirJcish and Greek Waters .
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Lbapeb : Ofmge , Saturday , March 3 . HOUSE OF COMMONSBARNSXAEIiE EfcBCMOK . The rep ' ort of the committee on iMs election was brought up , declaring Mr . Guinness duly elected , and Mr . Laurie unseated . DEATH OF THE EMPEROR OE RUSSIA . Mr . F . French inquired of Lord Palmerston whetler the Government had receivedany intelligence with regard to a report of the death of the Emperor of Russia . Lord Palmerston said the Government has received two telegraphic despatches , one fromBerlin and the other from [ the Hague , which state that the Emperor of Russia died in the course of this forenoon . THE NEWSPAPER . STAMP . The proceeding witib this bill was postponed until Monday next .
EHB SBBASXOBOX , COMMITTEE . Mr . Roebuck moved that the Committee for Inquiring into the Condition , of . 'the Army before Sebastopol ,. be a Secret Committee . He-declared , that in doing so , he was- performing a very disagieeable duty , as he feared , such a course would lead to much misoonception . He declared , however , that , the committee was unanimous that it must be secret ; but the only difference amongthem' was , whether , it should be entirely secret , or , while closed to the public , yet open , to , members of the House , but the majority were of opinion ; thalit should be entirely
secret . He said that the difficulties in . oonducting this delicate investigation were yery great ,, and he would only shadow the greatest difficulty of . lall ^ -namely , that this , country being in alliance with France , there was danger in an open committee , and also that when individuals , whose character ^ was implicated , " make * defences , they might disclose matters that it . would be better for the public service to keepisecret . The committee having come to the decision 'Jihat the proceedings should be secret , could any appeal to the House to give them its confidence ?
Lord Seymour , while objectdng generally to secrecy , yet was in . favour of tho exclusion of the public and the admission of members of the House to the sittings . He pointed out very forcibly the difficulties which had arisen from the appointment of the Committee at all ; and urged that is was almost impossible , under any circumstances , to obtain absolute secrecy . Mr . Wilson Patten took a still stronger view of the difficult position in which he urged the House had placed itself , and which he said he foresaw , and therefore voted against the motion for a Committee . Sir J . PaiKINGTQn aegued very decidedly in favour of a secret Committee , and pointed out that it was almost impossible for the members of it to perform their duties satisfactorily unless they had the . protection of secrecy ,
Sir J . Graham declared in very forcible language his opinion that nothing but an open Committee would satisfy the public . Ho maintained that the preservation ot secrecy was practically impossible , and that it wns certain that thero " could bo a whispering gnllery between Committee Room No 17 , and Printinghouse-square . " He warned the House against entering into a contest with tho press , and emp hatically statinl his belief that if they did , they would in the end have ^ to
give way . , , Mr . Layard pointed out that the two members of the committee who had voted against eeeresy , had voted against the committee itself . He pointed out that tiio simplest inquiries might trench upon dangerous ground , and insisted that secretly alone afforded a Boieguam from tho consequences . In an episode of his speech tno honourable gentleman took occasion to alludo to m » differences with Admiral Dundas ? and stated that he nnu never meant to reflect on that officer ' s courage , whatever opinion ho might havo of hia judgment , and that he haa not intended his letter on the subject to bo made public . Mr . S . IIkrskr-d opposed , the proposition for making the inquiry secret , aa did _
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Leader (1850-1860), March 3, 1855, page 202, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2080/page/10/
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