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' Scott aoA Sow , have * && ****» & > w ^ th ^ droir ^ Hy ; . * o mSw « . 4 fc **« w * r i **^ sBrinp » f 1956 : ' £ ote ? X p 8 tWCU& < : ? jn . x » - . Xttm BftrOJBgt ^ Qd ; Substantial J ^^ r ^^ ST * light MmB htiorvMter ^ |*« 5 r 1 Itoflfflra ^^ ai cons ^ t o € , a l 3-iBcft , mc . ytaJr ,, fttted on a f SfttfoMftof great , et ^ engtl * . plaped . anMds ^ ipa , and they smfii ] t > e ^ cutterrrigged- Tfapy ^ ift . parry little canvae ^ as , Iwjken Jbroj ^ i -wtPij use , they - ? will be attended by " steamers , which , will tow them into . position . Weunder-. stand ^ ha ^ J ^ e ^ ra ., Scott , 6 uic 1 < air r and Go * hare , ^ Jso an , o 0 ef : fKgva , ti ^ Ordnance Department to vast the mw ^ ar ? , an 4 , manuiact « re shot and ^ e % rr : Grfi ^ nockAdvertiaer ^ fl , ^ jj ^ fjfe 8 W 4 t ., 3 ^ A 9 « iKB ! .- ! -We , read as follows . in a j ' . j ^ jttet ^ qi ^^ bas ' t ^ ppj . iii $ he Jourpcdde » fieAat » i- ^ A . ' ni ^ iancJ ^ Qly . acc ident has just occ urred , which i * # little ; i ^ e ^ lfiuted <» damp the ardour of tourists . An English raoldjer . happened to walk on an infernal machine , which jinmediately . C f icploded , - killing - or - wounding some sixty ; inept . . ^ ' This , . accident t h , a £ ,, j 3 ugges £ ed ,. the propriety ,, of . ' mak ^ ng . firesh , ' exanunation ^ ,. flnd ,, on all sides , are to , _ be ; seen jnen busily employed digging , with a view to disv cover those destructive engines of the Russians" ..-. ..
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: $ m £ ? c $ ite& Att' BA ^^ f ^ x ; ;^; tac ;^ sao ^ ; '' . A ^ Gp ^ ifj * banquet , an . celebration of the , Crimean ¦ Victories took place on Friday week in the City Hall , . ( Glasgow : , uand wfl * numerously attended . Tfce na-1 ; fipnalx 5 plpurs of England , France , Tuxlcey > and Sar-JUnia , waj ^ edjfrapa frbje , walls ; draperies of red . and ; white , Hung roMni tjhe chamber ; the words . r <« Alma , " ;;^ B ^^ a ^ a , " « jfnfcerffiian / ' , << SebastopoL" were con , ^ cuqusjy ^ bla ^ ned ;; and round , the galleries eyer' , greenswere wreathed , abo ^ , the ^ nftraes of the , s chief r&B ^ W . i&& 9 &W , i ^ teP >* , Sfc . ^ Ajmaud ,, Eelissier , Sunpspn , aB » r Conn ,., Campbell ...-IJosquet , Marmora ,
t Omar . Pacha ,, Lyons , JEl ^ uat , Cathcart , Evans , Cam-: $ T $% e $ n $ tytyJfaon *; . ; $ he X > uke of Hamilton ,, and t 3 & * nd § $ , oc ^ pied the . cha . iri . and , the meeting was * ; . 8 ta |( r ««^ pa ,. hjy . himr by AdnairaliMontgomerie ( in ac-; k ^' pwiedgment . of the toast of the navy ) , Captain : « lSMPfffi . ; : Mri i $ (?;? epe ^^ tixe ; Qt 4 he . army ) , Mr . ' 1 sM ^ m ^^ JC % ^ 9 ; Ho » ise ,, Gf . iCommonsX Mr . ,. m * jt 5 rejgpic , ^ sdC , R ! . t v » njo . was met w . i £ h so many , symp . ^ m ^ ' ^ i ^^ i ^^ w ^ - ^ fs ^ ft «* ao . ^ n ) , i ^ $ ajm § s ; , ^ the . toast of < M » tfi e Grimean aimy , and velcppie , to the victorious heroes who have returned" ) , the Duke de Coigny and M . Maubousefn ( iti acknowledgment of the toast " the Emperor of , the , French and our , Jbraye allies" )* i
, Sir Artjliibald AIfs 64 , ;^ r ^ MUip , C 6 chra 4 ie , a private soldier , named M'fiavla , and a few others . It is worthy of notice , - « s = being greatly to -the Credit ' of 'ih&raanagarao ? the-banquet ? , that tlie non-commis-¦ sibnedUoffleerb and privat e *' at prfesentMih- Glasgow , iiwho took part in the ¦ Crimean "campaign , and who inuqfberedi abottt'fiftyi were entertained at tlie ban-«> quet . ¦ •^ . ¦ : > -u , : u ¦ ; ... • ¦¦¦ .. < :: ¦¦•¦ , , ¦ ,...-. > . i , ¦ .. ' ¦ .. . -uVlTbereiwa * , of course ; plenty ' of Scotch enthusiasm : « t ! the meetihgj 1 plenty bf-national oelf-ex * ltatibh , plenty ; of quotation * from Scotch poets and prose fiTyJiiterB ^ atidJ the * usual * oniissioti ' of tfeferettce to ( the iclaimsof vany ' tnembQrt of-the' British attmy ^ beu sides * the natives of the land beyond' the T weed * But Jthas ieinotihiriKlniore than 1 'we expect to find at a
L Scotch ; meetingy and twe m-ttBt not quarreV with that . wndch ^ s ? *• entirely ( according 1 to rule . Thfc Ohairi man ; made several rather grandiloquent speeches , in i-proposing * thevarious' toast *; ' - -He naked :- ^ - . 1 < I > i ilvWter * « 'iSo ' t proud of 'bemg a Brfiton who tninjts of the flfeld of Alma ? ( Cheer ± ) Who is not pWud , I nitty Add , to many herej of "being » Scotchtrian who thinks of -that bccasidn ? ;' ( Renewed ctlfieri . y "' Thert came the gibrlotia fight of . Inkerman , which long-will live in history ; and bWaTclaVa , perhaps' lihiiqualled' fbr chivalrous va-WtuV vQ ' uinttM etirtius , jrtrtipJn ^ into the gulf , was not « In * BWer hero ' ^ han '' wvery mian , ^ riy aife pr dfl ^ cer , who charged at Balaklava . ( fiheeri . y "f have neard euch a i sehdjnenbtfronvtaeveral of' thom , and among others from 1
o Dne ; who won ( at-the sword-point every distinction he wears , and who cried like a babe when he talked of ^ iBaUkl * v 4 i »» - ' - ' 1 : ¦' .-. '>>' ¦• . 11 :-, ; i ¦ .- ¦¦ ,. ¦ .- ¦¦ . ¦ . •¦¦ 1 THe' ( duke ' ttleo alluded » to th& gallantry of the French 4 M dttWlhitanfc , nn ^ paid a ^ elttfelt compUmlent ttt the courage , selftd 6 voU 6 W , ' ana' perseverance * bthlblM'byth « ' Russians in ^ h eir aeferic ^ 6 f Sebastopol . ' Of thoErtiperbrbf TPrKnce' the Duke spoke highly , and observed , " He has throughout Tbeeii Vfattti<ttWl ^ B engtegen ^ eritsVith his alliea . He has not faltered when others have been timid and ih-MVia »« w » l »«» v& « v « VTtAV'A UUIIC ^ O IIUVU VCT 3 U liltU&U C ^ lfU AIH- *
tiotlve : he Tim glVett' streingtK to' tWIr tibuniiels . " — - The Duke de CWghy rtrnarked , In' ackriowlodging these compliments— ¦ •';• "i ¦ ' ¦ ' " ' ¦¦ '" I bog the nobfe dnKe and this comtoany to' acce pt my cordial ekpresslori' of ' gratitude , and , on liohalf of my country j I muBt thank th' 6 nbblo tiuito most heartily" for what he said about our'happy allf&nce—that alliance , which I am proud to say , has been the constant droam of my life . ( jQhcers . y Yes , gentlemen , I may boast that it has been a dream always present tome , even i , when . I was fighting against you . ( JRenewed cheers . ') .: Aft 9 r every battle I could not help deploring that two ,. 'W » t oMionnJike yours and mine could not come to a
• gootf * mideiatauding .- ¦ - ( g % » w ^ HB' ^ ppgd ; - ~! f v > ple « sed JGk > d ^ i ^ iat : S ? oilld , ; i «* TloBfr > ibe 'the cased -Now that we arein poaae 3 sion > of thatiformidable alliance , letuahope that-we shall remain . Jriends ! for ever . -If f after , the . present , bloody . wart is finished , ; we are again called to the fieldsletus ihope that it will be » as -tiie noble viscount at the ; -iiead ; of-your Government said , in . his beautiful speecht ^ at Bomsey , not face to face , but side by side . " { Continued' cheering *} The chief speech of the evening was that ; of Sir Archibald-Alison , who out-Heroded' Herod in his eulogies- on- Scotch valour , -But first he took a general survey of the w ^ ar and of the alliance :- *¦ ¦ 5 This is not the first thne when the armies of England and France have' been united in war . They fought side by aide under Richard Cceur de Lion and Philip Augustus- ; ' theywere united against the inroads of the Saracens as they have been against the aggressions of the Muscovite . By a strange and most striking coincidence , the eveints of the two wars are nearly paralleled ; ¦ Ascalofi ' wasthe prototype of the Alma , and Acre of Sebastopol . After a siege of two years , 1 > y the united arms of England and France , the fortress was at last taken by the impetuous assault of the French soldiery on id Tour Mattdite—thef ' ¦ Malakhoff of Acre—-which had long repelled their anna . But , though this was the case , history , more just than our contemporaries , has assigned at least ah equal place in the glorious ' crusade to'the English under Richard as to : the" French under PhiBp Augustus . ( jCKeers . ' ) It is ' natural that after so ittany tridtnphs , the people of thiscOuntry should regret-that irithe last assault their arms were not equally successful with' the French . Onr brave defenders Tifeve themselves' to" blatrie for this feeling , for they have so accustomed their countrymen to victory that they cannot tolerate evteti passing ; repulse : But never was a feeling iridre unjtist ^' " never was one more sure to pass away . I wiU make'fad ttp ' ologies for the failure at the Redan ; I accept'it a ) r 6 ne of the most glorious passages in our military nisiEoryV and so you may rest assured will your children stad children ^ children feel on this subject . ( Ckeers . ' )' - ' - 'tt was impossible to hold It even when carried ' , for being entirely open in the rear it was commanded by other entrenchments equally strong as the one in front . Nothing but a force as large as the garrison of Sebastopol could hold it against the reserves sure to'be brought up . " - Haying ilius shoWri . ' that the Redan coujd not be taken / excetit by ^ force equal to ^ he garrison of Sebastbbol , ' Sir Al-cb ; ibald ) E > toeeeded ^ to assert that the > gh Ktrid ' reMui QKts ' would bjave carried it the next 'dftp , ^ th ^ 'Tall of tlie whole town had not supervened . ' . " ¦' ' "" ' -... - .. ¦ / . ' 'In these glorious triumphs , our own countrymen have borne their full ' share . XCheersd ., It was the Highland regiments , which with the Guards , first planted the British stft ^ d ^ rd on . the heights of Alrn ^; they shared in the terrible service of ; the trenches during the ibree last and rjiost arduous months of its , endurance ; and , ' after ^ ke repulse ' at ' the pedan ,,, and , when , the honour of England Y ^ , P ^ sM ¦ * ° j ?? rry ^» Jt t . was the Highland rp-^ lments wMc ^ . were brought' up for the assault on . followingi inorniiig ; . itott ^ cheers , " ) Our generals knew ih ! at ! ' lt ^ ng ! iand's' danger i § ' not . Scotland ' s opportunity . "flae ' re isLpp maii in . the camp who doubts that , had . the Russians not ' abandoned the place during the night , ' the Redan would next morning have been carried by . the Highland bayonets . If in the interval they were not actively engage , d , it -yfas because , like the Tenth Legion of Ciosar ' and th 0 Old Guard of Napoleon , they paid the penalty of th ^ fame—1 t hey were placed in defence of the vitatjinebf the armies' communications , where defeat wpi ^ ld have been ruin ; and well did , . they deserye the'trust ! * when ordered up from Kamara to take part in the assault on the 8 th of September , they marched ten miles to the front , wore twenty-eight hours in the trenches under a , constant fire of shot and . shell ,, and iharcne ' d back ton miles more without halting , and only one man fell out in the whole brigade . ( Cheers . ') And those are the ' men whom the Times tells us are composed of the scourings of Manchester and Liverpool . We would recommend them to go and do the same . " Haying diQiipun ^ ed free trade as the cause of that qxces . ' siye emigration which we have seen within the last nine years ,, in itself the cause of the depopulation of the Highlands , and of the consequent difficulty m ' r ^ oruitlng tho Scotch regiments , Sir Archibald proceeded : — , . ' f JQurJng tho , last nine years , till within these few months , th © depot 8 ° * ° 11 the Highland regiments have been kept put pf Scotland . Why have they been so removed ? Because , being steady , well-conditioned troops , they could be trusted to put down civil brawls in the manufacturing districts of England and tho south and ; west of Ireland . " Quintus Gurtius leaping into the gulf was in high requisition ; for , although tho Duke of Hamilton had already paraded him for public inspection , mid for purposes of comparison , Sir Archibald Alison could not let him rest , but muot needs bring him forward again in connexion with the Redan . Mr . BiuUieCoclirtt . no made a long speech , in which there were still further allusions to tho unparalleled , heroism of Scotchmen in general , and of I
in the army two-and-twenty years , and had been attached to the Ambulance Corps in the Crimea . But , being desirous of seeing hotter service , he absented himself , and joined a division of the army at Balaklava . On the morning of Inkerman , he was at a distance from the field of battle , but coming up some time after the action , had commenced , he went up to one of the general officers , and ventured to say — - " You are rather short of artillerymen , sir ; have you any objection to my serving the ammunition ?" The reply was , " No , old fellow ; I wish we had many like you . " He afterwards served with the 95 th until he was hit . . ¦ . ¦ . Several routine speeches having been delivered , the company separated .
' jLttintrkshliB 'iueii"Hnfi ""< 3 tasg \)' w "" iu'mi ltt "" p ° ariicular . MricCochrane quoted passages from the letters of Marshal St- Arnsud , > to show ; the * ob ! e spirit of selfdevotion and absence of all jealousy which he said distinguished , that general . He- also eulogised the loyalty , disinterestedness , and grandeur of soul of Lord Baglan , General Canrobert , and others connected with the war ; and , having proposed the toast of f ' The city of Glasgow and county of Lanark , wliich have contributed so largely to the array and the Patriotic Fund , " sat down amidst loud and reiterated appJause . - The private soldier ; M'David , gave a rongh and humorous account of his adventures . He had been
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PUBLIC MEETINGS . ¦' ¦' : ¦¦ MR . S . G . O 8 BORNE ON RUSSIAN JPIETr . The triennial commemoration of the Wiltshire Parochial Library and- Readiog-room was celebrated in the course of last week by a tea-party , the Right Hon . Sidney Herbert , M . P ., presiding . After a speech from that gentleman , having reference to the affairs of the society , the Hon . and Rev . S . G . Osborne addressed the assembly on the subject of the war . He paid a high compliment to the noble exertions of Miss Nightingale , Mrs . Bracebridge , and the other lady nurEes now or recently in the Crimea ; and then produced some relics of the conflict . He observed : —
" He had brought with him two or three things , trophies of war , which might possibly be of some interest . For instance , there was a sabre taken from a Russian on the morning of the battle of Inkerman . It might he said . there , was . -nothing remarkable about that piece of iron and brass , but he thought everything was of interest which had been concerned in the destruction of human life in a cause which its owner no doubt as much believed to be right as we ourselves believe it to be wrong . "We might have our opinion on the . vr&T- —we' might deem it our duty to shed blood to drive the Russians , to . those terms which only , for the safety of Europe , could realise a' lasting peace ; but the enemy also had their opinions . However bod we might deem ihe-Ruaaian cause , we must
admit that ,, at all events , they fought like men ; wbo felt . thornaelves in the right . We could not dispute their bravery , though we . deprecated its direction ; and , hovrr ever proud we might be of having conquered : them , we must own that they ere an ; enemy worthyof our . arms-$ U . doubt , the hand which held the sword he now . ex-, hibited was actuated by $ he . same emotion as the English soldier . It was very true that , we were fr , ee and the Russians were slaves , but they were still men like ourselvea , and . there was np reason why they should fear death more than we . . Then while ' , we ware glad to proclaim ourselves the conquerors , let us j 3 ti ] U ., honour tho bravery wliich so long disputed our victory . ' England and France had found no common , enemy , and the more
honour was . there in the victory they had won ., ( Cheers . ) Adverting to what he called the fanaticism of the Russians , Mr . Osborne proceeded to say th . ey were fightin g , jfor thoir Czar , whom , they worshipped with a feeling pfawe and reverence for his power scarcely lesa thau they ijelt towards God himself . .... We , as a Christian nation , had fejt it our . boundon duty to make the cause of liberty our cause , to protect the weak against the oppressor , that nothing wrong should be done . Ho trusted that wo felt so on sure and cortain grounds . We must not forget , however , that the Russians al < jp went to battle for what they felt to bo the cause of religion and justice . They had all heard of tho great
mass which wa $ celebrated by tho Russian army before they attacked us at Inkerman . Thero was real if mistaken religion in that observance , and as such wo wore bound to honour it . The Russians- had a strong feeling that they were right , and iu that feeling thay wont to war . Upon tho bodies of the slain Russians wore found charms . Some of thorn were fastened round tho head , and others , composed of smnll pieces of brass , wore round the bronet . It was tho custom in war to pillage tho dead , and our men got hold of those charms in a somewhat summary njannor , taking thorn from the necks of . the ulain and wounded . "
Mr . Osborne exhibited one of these charms , which consisted of a small picture of tlio Virgin and Child , nnd was taken from the body of a Russian officer . Xho belief tvas that if a blow or thrust came upon tho picture it would bo without ellbot . Among tho other trmpUies were a tobacuo bag which had belonged to Butler , tho defender of Silistriu ; and a pair of boots belonging to Prince McnsoUikou , which had been
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 20, 1855, page 1000, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2111/page/4/
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