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• e , than the Kegent ' s-park , few of the " legion" te seen . " he French and Russian Armies op the North . 'he Berlin Correspondent of the Times says : — " The ich , if a report current in Lubeck two days back be i , will export soldiers to the neighbourhood of the man ocean , who will on landing proceed direct to eck , and be shipped at Travemunde for employment he Baltic ccf ast . This , if it can be accomplished , be the most judicious and economical mode possible , it avoids the whole trip round Denmark , with all tedious navigation of the Scandinavian Archipelago , langers , and its Sound dues . " The Russians also l desirous of a Foreign Legion ; for the same writer i : — "In Copenhagen , the Russians are recruiting for y species of service . An active agent took up his ters at a first-rate hotel there about the 20 th of last
th ; and , before the police got a scent of his mission , ad left Copenhagen with about forty or fifty ableed men . From one engineer ' s shop alone , he got ten velve excellent smiths ; and , besides those , he had iged medical men , chemists , and even military ers . " jssian Levies . —The Times Berlin correspondent : — " The latest news from Russia shows that the hern Power is beginning already to feel a sensible of that raw material for war purposes which Rusofficial language styles ' souls , ' but which Russian ary tactics treat as mere bodies . It is only as far as the Cth ult . that the Emperor issued his ukase , h , in consideration of the necessity of keep ing up
ull complement of the armies and navies , ordered a of twelve in every thousand registered male souls Le seventeen western governments of the empire ; low , under date of the 26 th of that same month , a ementary ukase is published , professedly for the purof ' facilitating the levy , ' and ordering that in the ! domains in the said seventeen governments peasants ore advanced age than that prescribed by law , viz ., » the age of thirty , shall be included in the liability rve . " Young Veteran . —The Hamburg News contains a r from St . Petersburg , which says : — " Captain ilow lately made his appearance in the drawingis of the capital , and has excited much attention the fact that , although he is only twenty-three 3 of age , he lias twenty-four years of service . 1 st , is been eight 3 'ears in the army : 2 nd , he has served
nonths at Sebastopol , and as , according to an order ie Cabinet of the Emperor Nicholas , each month ' s ce there is to count as a year , his six months are ralent to six years , which give fourteen years in 3 rd , he wears the Order of St . Anne and of Wlar , the cross of the Order of St . George , and has a : of honour , which reckons for ten years more ; and at way he makes up the twenty-four years . Strange y , although this officer has been in twelve sorties , is never received a wound . " re at Galatz . —A despatch , dated Galatz , 1 st of , says : — " There was a great fire last night in the ery and cavalry stables , close to the ammunition . Austrian garrison succeeded in extinguishing the s , but 103 horses were burnt . The cholera is said , ve appeared in the Austrian army in Gallicia . "
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THE BALTIC . HMtBUUG letter of the 29 th ult . in the Indepeni Behje says : — ? he English Government is still increasing the ier of its war vessels in the Baltic . At no former 1 was so powerful a fleet assembled in any sea . lie 21 th , a transport steamer , laden with ammuniaiul a gun-boat , entered Elsinore . On the 25 th , a -vessel , the Redwing , readied Copenhagen ; and on : 7 th , the steam-corvette Volcano , with a gun-boat , id at Kiel , also coming from England . It is not to pposed that so large a concentration of naval forces s gulf will remain there inactive , as last year . The ah officers say that Admiral Dundaa is only
waitho junction of tho French squadron , of which ho ally desires tho co-operation , to commence hostili-, . . Four English ships of war arc constantly in of Stvcaborg , closely watching tho movements of nemy in that military port . In a few hours they onnniinieatc with tho main body of tho fleet , atal at Nargon . Tho Isles of Aland continue to bo ctoly abandoned , no English vessels having as yet [ I them . Hostilities arc to be carried on this year i other extremity of the gulf , and it is to be prol that Admiral Dundas will not allow the season is over without striking some decisive blow against
ussian fortresses in that aea . Tho appearance of English ships of war before Korpo , near Abo , had 1 there considerable alarm . Tho Russian comar of Abo having made tho signals agreed upon , in rfc timn an entire division of troops was concou-. ftt Abo and along tho coast . This place In oond tho moat important in the Gulf of Bothnia . An » to channel loads to it on tho hco , hUIq , and tho s are bo bIuiIIow that whips of war cannot well ach the town . The flotilla of gun-boats , expressly uctcd in England to operate in theso shallows , liable tho Admiral to attack positions hitherto laaiblo . The whojo of tho Russian troops
quartered in the interior of Esthonia , Livonia , and Courland , have been ordered to proceed by forced inarches to the coast , where the greater part of the army of General Siewers is now assembled , awaiting events . " We gather the following from correspondents of the Times : — " Th 2 Amphion has been to reconnoitre the Aland Islands . During the winter , the Russian police came over there from Abo , and have sent many of the inhabitants , who had been reported to them for trafficking with us last year , to Siberia ; others had been flogged ; and the people in the little village of Dagerby were nearly famished during the winter . The police would not allow them to buy provisions at the public stores , for having sold us milk ^ eggs , &c .
" The general belief of many persons who ought to be well informed on the subject is , that active operations against the enemy are about to be undertaken ; but , lest their nature should be made known through the medium of the pre 3 s—the principal source from which , since the commencement of the' , the British people have derived any detailed information—the utmost reserve on all that relates to the plans of the present campaign is practised by the supreme naval authorities in the Baltic , under the questionable impression that the promulgation of them to the public would tend to the advantage of the
Russian Government , by enabling it the more effectually to thwart the offensive measures that are to be adopted . " The general in command of the Russian army in the Baltic has recently inspected the fortifications of Riga , Revel , and Pernau . The armaments , by his direction , are to be considerably increased along the line of coast . The Russians are reported to consider that Revel is the most likely place to be attacked by the fleets of England and France . Revel , according to an opinion stated to have been given last year by General Jones , is deemed even stronger than Sweaborg . " Large bodies of military have been posted by the Russians all along the Baltic coast , and in the chief towns and cities . A great many prizes have fallen into our hands .
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FLOWERS AND MUSIC AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE . Flora has been holding high festival in that translucent temple on the green Sydenham slopes and bosky lawns . An ancient Roman might on Saturday last have paid his devotions to the goddess of young buds and flaunting blossoms , among evidences of her creative power more glorious and overwhelming than any he can have ever seen . Anacreon might have wreathed his brows with coronals of greater variety , splendour , and intensity of perfume , than even the gorgeous light and languid glooms of his
own Asia Minor could produce , and might have chanted forth some new ode , " dropping odours , dropping wine , " under the intoxicating influence . Hatiz , the Persian poet of roses and nightingales , would have fairly acknowledged a rival to the delicious valley of which he sang , and have been content to qualf the wines of Shiraz under the diaphanous rcof of " the people ' s palace . " Indeed , the inhabitant of the most favoured climate of South or East must have admitted that science and culture had collected in one spot the most marvellous and bewildering affluence of floral beauty that the eye has yet seen .
" And , after all , what of it ? " cries the " practical " man , always eager for something " useful , " meaning thereby something profitable to the pocket . " It was a mere effect of colour . " Nay , thou mechanical , automaton-souled Jones ; it was something more . Yet , even had it been merely so , this alone would be sufficient to move the deep fountains of delight in any spirit which has a living sense of the magnificent marvels of creation . Colour is one of the most glorious and divine of God ' s physical mysteries — i gorgeous angel coming to us out of tho sunbeams . But , over and above their flushing tints and luminous brightness of hue , as though we were looking upon sheer light in its utmost concentration and ripeness , flowers suggest an indescribable
purity , grace , and tenderness — a vestal innocence as of the maidenhood of the earth—u something which in all but the most callous minds induces a feeling of natural religion . It is not the most unreasonable peculiarity of the Koman Catholics that placing of flowers upon thsir altars ; and tho visitor to Sydenham must be devoid of all feelings of reverence if ho do not find himself touched by aflner sense of the marvellous bounty of creation . It is impossible , moreover , to calculate the amount of good that might be done to Methodist and Quaker by such an exhibition , if they could he persuaded to enter tho atmosphere of its fascination . Here , indeed , we may learn th « . t Nature ' s is not a drab-hued universe . Here , in , the exquisite lines of Leigh Hunt ,
we may " Sec , and acorn nil duller Tas t e , how Heaven loves colour ; Ilow great Nature , clearly , joys in rod and green 5 What sweet thoughts she thinlcn Of violets und pinks ,
And a thousand flushing hues , made solely to be seen ; See her whitest lilies Chill the silver showers , And what a red mouth has her rose , the woman of the flowers . " The Flower Show was interesting also in a scientific point of view , as exhibiting the singular power of art in modifying , and we may even say in improving , natural productions . It was a great holiday , last Saturday ; the Londoners were evidently determined to enjoy themselves . Nearly twenty thousand persons went down by the rail ; and to these are to be added about ten thousand who proceeded along the highways . Seven
thousand carriages , say the police , were to be seen at Sydenham on that day ; and they add that they never beheld so many vehicles in one spot before . The attraction extended to the very highest in the land , with the exception of her'Majesty herself , who was expected , but did not come . Prince Albert , however , was there ; and the Ministers put off their usual Saturday afternoon meeting until a later hour , in order that they might attend . The Duchess of Kent was also present ; and the Duke and Duchess of Argyll , the Duke of Beaufort , the Duchess of Sutherland , and the Duke of Devonshire ( the latter just recovering from his late severe illness ) , might have been noticed during the day .
We append from a daily contemporary a brief notice of the chief features of the occasion : — " The naves , both north and south , had been fitted up with temporary platforms , running almost their whole length ; and these were densely covered with the rarest specimens of the conservatory , the greenhouse , and the garden , all tastefully arranged with an eye to form and colour . In one place , extraordinary specimens of the cactus family attracted groups of admirers ; in another , the gay variety of innumerable pelargoniums arrested crowds- of young ladies , who looked as gay and riantes as themselves . Here the regal azalea shed a flood of pink and scarlet over a whole district ; and close at hand the minuter beauties of the exquisitely tinted and formed
geraniums arrested the gaze of the more discriminating spectators . Orchids in all their variety occupied a large section of the space ; and the interstices were everywhere filled up with stove , hot-house , and pitcher plants , of which few could understand the names , but all could appreciate the rarity and beauty . To the rhododendrons , a great portion of the transept was devoted ; and down the southern nave a second platform rivalled its neighbour in the north in the extent , variety ^ and beauty of its floral treasures . But even here the contributions were not exhausted . Along the whole of the open corridor facing the terrace stands were erected , protected by a stout awning , and forming a sort of aggregate meeting of all the flowers that were more strictly classified inside , and further enriched by parterres of roses . Those who are deep in the mysteries of
floriculture , gave the preference to the azaleas , and amongst the azaleas to the contributions of Sir E . Antrolms , whose gardener , Mr . Greene , received the commendations also of the universal public . The orchids next received the most general meed of approbation ; and , after them , there was a struggle for pre-eminence amongst the roses , ferns , fuschias , &c . As might have been expected from the backwardness of the season , the display of fruit was not very extensive ; but what was exhibited was of very fine quality , especially the strawberries , a magnificent basket of that fruit having been sent up by Mr . M'Ewen , the gardener at Arundel Castle . Some enormous cucumbers- were sent in by Mr . lioser , gardener to Mr . Bradbury , together with melons , nectarines , and some bunches of black and white grapes from other contributors ; but , on the whole , the show of fruit told tales of the inclemency of the spring which
has so recently passed away . " The flower show , manifold as were its attractions , by no means concluded the bill of fare which the Crystal Palace authorities had provided for their visitors . The nmaical arrangements concluded not only tho whole strength of the permanent orchestra , but also the service of two military bands stationed in different parts of tho grounds , and the brilliant performance of Master Arthur Napoleon on tho grand piano in the transept . Mr . Sehallon ' s troujm performed a varied programme , coinprising some of the choicest works of Beethoven , Bollini , Handel , and Rossini ; and tlie military bands enlivened tho air without with marches and polkas . music tho
" After tho flowers ami tho , came yrand display of the waterworks the first of tho kind ever attempted in this country on a scale of equal magnitude . Wo had hoard of Versailles , and to our sorrow and shame had seen the fountains in Trafalgar-square ; but no iintrnvellod Briton had ever soon a whole Berius of macnUlccnt basins , each throwing dozens of jots of sparkling water wxty or seventy feet into the air , until tho tfonius of Sir JoHcph l ' nxton wooed the waters of the Thames and its tributaries to tho top of Sydunhnm hill Tho task V . 'W been one of iinincnno difficulty and cost ' but the resist , oven an yet incompletely developed , ia a complete hucccsh , and was so pronounced by tuo thoiiHandeTwho witnessed the display of Saturday lust . Tho ixlay of tho water was utrong , wteady , and contlnuoiiH , for upwards of an hour ; and tho effect was of a novel kind of beauty , the jota . ua they foamed , featliored ,
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June 9 , 1855 . ] THE LEADER . 537
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Leader (1850-1860), June 9, 1855, page 537, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2094/page/9/
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