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      In the Piedmontese papers we find a letter by Signor Monin , addressed to Signor Valerio , a deputy . ThiaJetter encloses a copy of a previous letter by the writer to the Paris papers , and amplifies it . The Republican party , so much calumniated , he says , makes a new act of abnegation and sacrifice to the national cause . " That party says to the house of Savoy—Remember Italy , and we are wifch you . They say to the Constitutionalists—Take thought for making Italy , and not for aggrandising Piedmont . Be Italians , not burghers , and we arc with you ; if not , not I , a Republican , raise the standard of union . "

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      THE BALTIC . Dantzic , Friday , September 28 . The Bulldog has arrived with the mails . AH the high-pressure block-ships have left for England . The weather continues unsettled .

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      Alderman Kennedy and Alderman Rose , the nowlyeleotad sheriffs for the City of London and for Middlesox , wore sworn in yesterday with the usual ceremonies .

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      A very serious fire broke out on Thursday afternoon on the premises of a miller at Deal ; and when the accounts left , it was still burning 1 ,

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      NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS . No notice can be taken of anonymous communications . Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily . for publication , but as a guarantee of his good faith . Communications should always be legibly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications . It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we retielve . Their insertion ts often delayed owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted , it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of the communication .

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      There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to Keep things fixed when all the -world is by the very law of its creation in eternal progress . —De . Arnold .

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      THE REDAN . Much misapprehension prevails on the subject of the attack on the Redan by the British troops at the final operations against Sebastopol . Much painful feeling has been excited , first by the unintelligible jargon of General Simpson ' s despatch , and next by the publication of the first impressions of the newspaper correspondents . All this painful feeling , we are convinced , would never have been aroused had the English General clearly explained , as he was bound to do , the character of the work and the nature of the combat . We will , therefore , attempt to supply the omission in the Bx'itish General ' a

      despatch , and inform our readers h ow it was , ana why it was , that the assault failed . The Great Kedan was a triangular work , the apex pointing to the British trenches . Across the base ran a breastwork , pierced for field-guns . A parapet ran parallel to the lines forming external embankments ; traverses , or strong works , intended to shelter the garrison , ran along its sides . This great redoubt was the centre of a line of earthworks , having the barrack and other flanking batteries on its right , and similar flanking batteries on its left stretching towards the Malakhoff .

      In order to comprehend the attack on the Redan , it will bo necessary to descrjbo the , plan for the general assault , Sebastopol , as our readers know , was a vast entrenched camp , defended by a numerous army . The works on the Malakhoff front were , it has boon long admitted , the key of the place . They

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      THE RUSSIAN MOVEMENTS . With respect to the alleged attack on the Russians , and the landing of men at Eupatoria , we read as follows in the Globe of yesterday ;—" We have good reasons for regarding as undeserving of serious attention the intelligence which reached London by telegraph from Hamburg last evening , and which is repeated to-day in a different form from Berlin . If it be not altogether without foundation , it is at least based upon some movement by no means of the importance with which the telegraphic message invests it . We can positively state that the Allies have not ' landed 20 , 000 men at Eupatoria . ' As to the number of their forces now there , we think it as well to be silent . Prince Gortschakoff . is an able general , and can doubtless ascertain for himself . "

      " Various circumstances at St . Petersburg , " says a letter from Berlin of the 23 rd , " seem to indicate that Prince Gortschakoff will soon evacuate the forts to the north of Sebastopol . These forts , since the destru 6 tion of the Russian fleet and the naval establishments , ftre only strategic points . Well-informed people say that if the Russian general should consider it desiraWe to concentrate his forces in the * interior of the Crimea , he will not leave in the rear the garrisons of the forts . " A letter from Vienna of the 22 nd , in the Inde ' pendance of Brussels , says : —

      " From the accounts which have been received here it would appear that the Allies are actively preparing for a campaign , and doubtless they have it in contemplation to force the Russian line of defence of Tsoherker Kerman , or , in other words , to make a diversion against Baktchi-Serai . This town , which contains 1600 houses and 10 , 000 inhabitants , is the station of the reserve of the Russian army which holds the plateaux of the Belbek . " We learn from the Patrie that the northern forts continue to fire into the town , but that they do not effect much damage .

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      jjato the loom where the experiment was made . The length of the wire was , 1082 . miles . The arrival as well as the departure of ihe despatch took place under the eyes of the commissions . A -despatch , consisting of two hundred and eighty-two words was transmitted from one end of the wire . A style attached to the other end immediately began to write the- message on a sheet of paper . The entire message was written in . full , each word being spelt completely :, and without abridgment , in fifty-two seconds . By this means , therefore , twenty thousand words , using round numbers , would be transmitted in an hour ; six columns of such corre-^ pondeace as you publish would be transmitted in ynoiw $ y > i 8-&R * VEST Home at Bxnha » . —An immense tea-SnYee ' ting , attended by from two to three thousand of the inhabitants of the district , to celebrate the conclusion of tTie harvest , took place recently at the village of Banharo , liear Attleborougb . The scene of the festivity was a booth on the village green '; and the meeting was addressed by the Rev . Scott Surtees , the rector of the parish , and by the Earl of Albemarle , the latter of whom was in the chair , and made some excellent , though bluntly-expressed remarks on the habit which English labourers have of begging " largesse" from door to door after the harvest , and spending the money thus humiliatingly obtained in getting drunk , while his wife and children remain at home often in a starving state , and perhaps are cruelly beaten by the brutal husband and father when he comes home . The English labourer was counselled to take a lesson from the French peasant , who never omits to carry his wife " and children to the rural fe'tes , and who conducts himself there with the utmost sobriety and decorum . The Earl , as well as Sir George Nugent , of Harling Hall , promised to throw openrtheir parks at the next harveBt home . Great Fires have occurred in Liverpool and Norwich , attended by considerable loss of property ( insured ) , but by no loss of life . A Burglary has been committed at Airthrie Castle , the seat of Lord Abercrombie . A large amount of plate and other valuables has been Carried off . TCtt . t . tcti bt a Bull . —A man has been killed at Liverpool by a bull . Before his death , he stated that he had only himself to blame , as he had beat the animal in driving it into a sfalL PA-StHTG FOR WHAT YOU DO HOT HAVE . A great number of persons , owners and occupiers of louses in the Greenwich and Ravensbourne districts of sewers have recently refused to pay the sewers-rate , on the ground that they are without sewers , and suffering from impurities which they have no means of removing . They are told , however , by the Commissioners , that , according to the act , the entire district must pay for works executed in . a portion of the district . It is haxd to understand the justice of this principle . The Late Cbild-Murder at Bristol . —The Government has offered a reward of 100 Z . for the discovery and conviction of the murderer or murderess of Melinda Payne ; also a free pardon to any accomplice . A . Fatal Railway accident has occurred near Bury . A . passenger-train ran into a luggage-train already in ttie station ; the guard of the latter was killed ; and several passengers in the former were injured . Roy ax , Dispensary fob Diseases of man Ear . — The half-yearly meeting of this useful Institution , founded in 1816 , for the cure of" deafness and other affections of the ear , was held on Friday last , at the Dispensary , Dean-street , Soho ; Mr . William Temple Cooper in the chair . The Secretary announced the amount of subscriptions received during the last six months , which was very inadequate to the number of applicants for relief . Mr . Harvey , the surgeon to the institution , stated to the meeting that the number of 'Cases admitted on the books during the last six months was upwards of 429 , consisting of cases of diseases of the throat in connexion with deafness , rheumatic affections of the head , and noises in the ear , - with numerous cases of neglected discharges from the ear amongst children . The committee appealed to tho generous public for their support of this useful Institution . The thanks of the meeting were given to Mr . Harvey , the surgeon , and to the chairman , and tho meeting separated . Tins Duke op Somerset Refuses u Satisfaction . " —A correspondence has been published between Mr . Alfred Hamilton and Major Green , " his friend , " on the one hand , and the Duke of Soznorsot on tho other . Mr . Hamilton , it scorns , called on the Duko on sonic matter connected with the borough of Totness : but his Grace , 44 ¦ without acknowledging his salute , or offering him a seat / ' nrot of all asked , " in a most insolent tone , " what he wanted , and , before ho could explain , showed him the door . Mr . Hamilton wrote to tho Duke for an explanation , but got nono ; and subsequently indited a letter , stating his opinion that if , for such behaviour , he bad " severely chastised" tho noble Duke , said noble Duke u would only have had his deserts . ' " ' But previously to this declaration , Mr . Hamilton caused <' his friend , " tho Idtajor , to write and seek an interview . Tho Duko replies £ hat Mr . Hamilton was admitted by mistake , and refers the Major to the ducal solicitors . Tho Major thinks thoao We hardly the right gentlemen fdr such a business ; but Tnts < Qrac « declines to enter into tho matter any further . WtaaHy : Mr . Hamilton declares—" Now , elnco you

      decline to submit yourself to those rules of society which are held sacred by afl . gentlemen « nd mea of honour , it becomes my duty to bring you to the bar of public opinion , . by which you shall be judged" He , therefore , brings him to the said bar in the columns of the Morning Post . Preparations for Wintering in the Crimea .- — Yesterday morning orders were forwarded to the Ord < - nance storekeepers in the Tower and Woolwich Arsenal to forward without delay to the various outports , for shipment to the Crimea , as many of the new pattern blankets and rugs , waterproof coats and capes , ox hide boots , and Canada stoves , besides the requisite 'culinary stores , as may be ready for delivery . Nearly the whole of the huts contracted for by Messrs . Cubitt and Lucas Brothers are completed , and a very large number have been forwarded to their destination .

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      TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION TO * ' Wbe H * ab * r . ** ForaHalf- ¥ ear . * ....,, * . *~ . . m ,. « £ 0 18 0 To be remitted in , advance . ^ g ~ Moaey Orders should bo drawn Upon the Strand Branch Office , and be made payable fro Mr . Asfeed E GalioWAY , at No . 164 , Strand .

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      Erratum . —In our War Summary last week , a mistake occurred , or so obvious a nature , tb ' at , were it hot for our own sakes , it Would hardly be worth <* orreCtifig . At nag © 902 , in the 20 th line from the top , " the southern half of Sebastopol" should of course be the northern .

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      * * Fivepencb is now the price for an Unstamped copy of the Leader , and Sixpence if Stamped . A "Stamped copy of this Journal can be transmitted through the Post-office to any part of Great Br itain as frequently as may be required , during fifteen days from its date , free of charge ; but it is necessary that the paper should be folded in such a manner that the stamp be clearly visible on the outside . The Leader has been " registered" at the General Postoffl . ee , according to the provisions of the New Act relating to Newspapers , and an Unstamped copy has , therefore , the pr ivilege of transmission through the post beyond the United Kingdom on payment of the proper rate of postage .

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      SATURDAY . SEPTEMBER 29 . 1855

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      Leader Office , Saturday , September 29 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 29, 1855, page 934, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2108/page/10/