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      9 g 0 THE LEADBR . [ No . 289 , Saturday ,

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      she participates in the increasing solicitude of moneyed men . It is , however , natural that any belligerent , after a Jong continuance of the twir , shouMJ ' begin to feel the demand for < ftteh ; tfad it is < jjaite certain that the Allies do not feef it half so severely as Russia , nor even so strongffp-as Austria . "We have already mentioned the failure of the Austrian plan for establishing railway * in Northern Italy , and hypothecating them to the money-dealers of the West . It appears , however , that Austria has been endeavouring to raise means through the ubiquitous Sdciete de Credit Mobilier , but has failed in doing so . The very attempt shows the pressure which is felt in Vienna , and may partly account for those large - sales-of horses n > the reduction of cavalry which have furnished beasts at once for the Allies in the Crimea and for Kussia . Sir Geobge Coknbwall Lewis has appeared as the apologist for the war and its management , speaking as a . Radnorshire Member to the local Agricultural Association . The whole moral of his representation is , that Ministers could not have done better for want of experience in war , and that a judgment must not be pronounced on the officers , even for the failure of the Redan , without waiting" for the defence of those officers . lit tBe' lneanwhilev Heb Majestt , through the Gazette , ha& pronounced the severest sarcasm that has yet been uttered on General Simpson . The public had given to him the title of G . C . B ., it was his due , if not a baronetcy or a peerage . The man who had led , the British in the glorious capture of Sebastopol deserved no less , yet -what has been done for him ? He has Had one step ; just the promotion that an officer might have had for his duties at Chobham , no peerage , no baronetcy , and he is not rewarded as having shared in the success , but as " commander of her Majesty's forces during the late arduous , and finally successful , operations which have led to the fall of Sebastopol . " Yet , the impulse of promotion was not satisfied with the amount to be bestowed upon Qolonel Winjoham , who was made a Major-General . That was so perfectly natural , that something more was required to satisfy the ardor promovendi . It was felt that after such a victory somebody must be made Marshal ; and accordingly , Her Majesty , for want of any present provender , picks out three old Generals of the last war , and marshalises them ! Stapleton Cotton , Byng , and Habdinge , Generals of the Peninsula , known to our forefathers by those names , but to us as Viscount Combermere , Earl of Stbafjtord , and Viscount Hardinge , are made Marshals , as if on purpose to mark the rank to which Suwpson is not elevated . Whatever may be the ultimate opinion of the public on the subject of the war and its management , and'the terms of peace , it is quite evident that next session Ministers will not be allowed to get off upon the plea that they can attend to nothing else . At the meeting of the Friendly Sbcieties in Manchester , MV . Bright , touching the subject of the war , alluded'to the shortcomings of ) IiOrd - pAMMomalsTdN as Home Secretary in handling ! the stibject of Friendly Societies . He spoke homo to his hearers , which must know how oven the Limited Liability Act was clogged with rostra intl to prevent'the-humbler classes from sharing the ; advantages offered' to capitalists ; but Lord P almhbston helped to relax those-restraints . Again ,, at Roohdale , where we find-Mr . Bright associated with Sharman © bawtokd ; we see that the working classes are prepared to como forward with . their olaime , and not to leave mutters entirely im the hands of the middlo classes and the aristocracy beoauso we are at war . Birmingham , too , is stirring in another raovc-¦ '' ¦/ , fcnjttltv ; , A publio dinner was given on Thursday to ; " ' i ^^ i vkM ^ rz ^ the'founder of Mettroy , and around ¦ ' y K ' V ; ' . v v ; V-J * v . \ '

      him gathered ait tne : English promoters of reformatory institutions *—Addekley , Sydney Turner , P ^ jKDtgton , Bardlet Wilmot , Lord Cai-* THOB 3 KB , Lord LytteltoSf , Spooneb , Br 4 !< s » bridge " o * -Scutati ";'' Mr . "JB &vHm . was kept awsay bj illness . Our readersiioaust know the namer of Di Mbtz—h& is the foiasrier of one of the most successful sefbrmatory institution in the world Mettray is the place where the school is-situated , The plan is one of strict discipline , but unbroken kindness . The young prisoner is received as if he were admitted into a family , whicb the organisation of the school is made tc resemble as much as possible . He finds in De KEetz an unwearied friend and adviser ; bu 1 ' he finds also that his own personal comfort is essentially connected with his attention to the rules of the place . Still the most powerful incentive amongst the scholars is the approbation of Di Metz ; and many a time have boys spontaneously come forward to confess their errors rather than deserve his disapprobation . Our own reformers . Mr . D . Hill , Sydney Turner , Ellis , and Addejrley , have copied the spirit rather than the letter of the French model . As we find that the French produce admirable dramas , but that then pieces have to be altered as well as translated foi a successful appeal to an English audience , so the principle of paternal kindness is as successful at Redhill as it is at Mettray , because the manager knows how to seize the idea , though he does not place Eng lish boys under French rules ; which would be as gross a mistake as to place French boys under English discipline . Never was there such a confusion of political parties as we might see in the representative men at Birmingham ; never was there such a real moral order in an assemblage of men . But they were obeying a higher idea than that of party ; and if , still overruling the distinction that divided them , they can continue in their union , they must do more than party can do , and recover for mankind what selfish and narrow legislation gave up to perdition . Suspension of Payment op De Lisle and Co . —On Wednesday morning , an announcement was made of the suspension of Messrs . De Lisle , Janvrin , and De Lisle , foreign merchants and bankers , with liabilities for 400 , 000 ? . The house was among the oldest and most respectable in London , and it is believed , apparently on better grounds than are usual on such occasions , that the liquidation will not prove disastrous . The circumstances under which the stoppage was resolved upon appear to harmonise with the reputation for honour the house has uniformly enjoyed . It appears that they had a large balance at their bankers , as well aa money at call in the hands of discount brokers and in other available quarters , to the extent of about 100 , 000 / . ; but that , being involved in large advances in Canada , which assumed a more serious complexion on Tuesday on the arrival of the American mail , they determined at once to suspend , instead of risking the property of thoir creditors by any uncertain attempt to sustain themselves . —Times City Article . Thunderstorm at Liverpool . —A terrific thunderstorm broke over Liverpool on Thursday , and continued ; to rage with great violence from half-past twelve to halfpast one o ' clock . Rain and hail descended in sheets , accompanied by frequent flashes of lightning and volleys of thunder . In addition to an accident at a firowork manufactory where there was an explosion which injured several persons , the ship Mary Hale , in the "Victoria Dock , had her mainmast shattered . Many minor casualties occurred during the continuance of the storm , which abated as rapidly as it had sprung up . Collihion at Ska . —The Princess Royal , Granton and London steamer , on its way south , came into collision on Saturday , near the Fom Islands , with a brig , name unknown , which was understood to bo sailing for somo northern port , and to belong to Dundee . The weather was very foggy at the time , which was the cause of the accident . Noithor vessel was seriously injured . Mr . Sharman Crawfurd , who for olovon years was member for Rochdalo , has received a testimonial from the inhabitants of tho borough , in the shape of a silver candelabrum , of tho value of ji hundred guineas . At tho mooting , Mr . Crawfurd , Mr . Mlall , and Mr . Bright delivered speeches against tho war , the lant-namod gentleman including a blow at tho newspaper press . ¦ ¦ ¦

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      [ THE WAR .

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      : The bom&asdment of Riga by the English is the y only piece * otf certain intelligence in connexion with r the war which we have received this week ; and it s is no * w « SBth much . It appears that four liners , one frigate ^ aatdi threecorvettes , bombarded the batteries I of Dunamunde . and Vinrage-Boullen for three hours ¦ on the morning of the 27 th or 28 th ult ., without , i however , doing much darnage . On the 25 th , two s frigates appeared before Old Salis , where ten ships l were burnt . > In the Crimea , all is still uncertainty and darkness . Operations apparently lag , but perhaps in J 1 reality do not . In the meanwhile , however , the j i public mind is painfully agitated by rumours and > . guesses . A private despatch received at Vienna j from Bucharest about the commencement of the > 1 week , states that the bombardment of the northern 1 forts commenced on the 29 th of September ; that the : Russian army was in full retreat ; and that the Allied fleet had sailed with troops , whose destination was unknown . This announcement was to a certain extent confirmed by a similar despatch from , Turin ; but no official warrant for the news has been published , and the report is already fast lapsing into the limbo of all such shadows . There seems , how- i s ever , to be no doubt that the Allies keep up a con- ! siderable fire against the north side of Sebastopol , \ which is feebly returned by the enemy , and that ! General Niel is constructing on the coast of the bay j several batteries of mortiers a plaque of large calibre 9 ' and of longer range than- ordinary mortars . Con- jj cerning the present positions of the opposing armies ? and the probabilities of the future , we read as follows g ! in the Vienna Military Gazette : — 1 " The demonstration—so often declared and so often | 1 denied—of the Allies from Eupatoria appears , after all , to be really about to be made . Prince GortschakofF | reports on the 23 rd ult . that nearly 30 , 000 men are con- I centrated at that spot , that his left wing is repeatedly | alarmed , and that on the 22 nd there was a collision with the Russian infantry , after which the Allies withdrew to Urkusti ; descended , however , the plateau again " j on the 23 rd , and repaired a road . Since Urkusti , or j Riukasta , lies to the north-east of the right bank of the ' Tchernaya , and Russian detachments stood before the 8 th of September near Biuk Miskamia , on the left bank of the Tchernaya , it results from the above despatch that the district of the Tchernaya is in the hands of the Allies , and that the Russians have stationed their left I wing in Tchulia and Kandi , their centre near Mangup a Kaleh and Mackenzie ' s Farm , and their right wing ¦> beyond Inkerman as far as the north forts , while the , bulk of their army is at Baktchi-Serai . " | Admiral Bruat , it is stated , has left for Eupatoria jj with the last ships of the expedition ; but the state- f raent may be worthy of no greater credit than others $ which have gone before it . The Daily News ob- tj serves : — | " "What we know of the positions occupied by the , army in the Crimea ja gleaned from the statements of . travellers and couriers ; but all their statements agree . j They tell us that tho main body of the Russian army occupies a line from Duvankoi to Avankoi , Baktchi-Serai , and Simpheropol , and that strong cavalry corps v are advanced from Sarabus , by way of Les and Tulat , \ k on the road to Eupatoria . " $ ! A Russian paper asserts that no official account ! i of the fall of South Sebastopol had been published i at Odessa up to the 19 th of September . The people , however , are , of course , acquainted with the fact from other sources , and must see plainly from this j silence on the part of their rulers the deep mortification and shame that are folt at the event . Two significant facts arc talked of at Odessa : the first , that General Annenkoff , the Governor of tho Crimea , has made it public that no more goods , provisions , |{ &c , are to be sent to that peninsula ; the second , | j hat tho march of troops to the seat of war has been suspended . Stung with these facts , tho Russians \\ comfort themselves as best they can with gloating jj over " a successful skirmish" which took place at > ij IKertch between the Cossacks and a foraging party ' { of the Allies , and which ended in the capturo of jW twenty-five English and French Hussars . I Tho Muscovites do indeed need some comfort ; and H therefore , according to a report , which , however , bears improbability on its face , the Czar liimsou is going to tho Crimea to anirnato tho troops . Ho has already been to Moscow , to pray to " tho God of Russia" in Russia ' s undent capital ; and , while there , ho addressed a rescript to tho Military Governor ot tho city , in which , alluding to his visit , ho said : — " My happiness would have been complete if recent events had not dimmed tho satisfaction of tlicwo sweot moments . My ordor of tho day to tho Russian armies has already made publio that , after an unexampled aiogo of olovon months , tho garrison of Sobautopo ] , » lt « r having given unheard-of proofs of courogo and wlidonial , and having successfully repulsed six < M > ornte

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 6, 1855, page 950, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2109/page/2/