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December 15 , 1855 . ] T H E L E A D E E . I 1 Q
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WAR MISCELLANEA . Symptoms in the Crimea . —The writer of a letter from the camj ") , dated November 23 rd , says : — - " We have just had a telegraphic message—at least , I heard so on good authority—to suspend all hutting and ro . id making . What docs this mean ?—can it be peace ? They can hardly intend to move us , now that we have made ourselves snug for the winter . Report saye , too , that the Russians are about to evacuate the Crimea . Are we to go to Simpheropol ? The 3 * will not leave us very comfortable lodgings there . " The Explosion at Ixkermanx . —The same lot
telewriter gives the following account ( which confirm .--that already published by the Times correspondent ) of the cause of the explosion at Inkemiaim : — ' ' In the distribution of the property found in Sebastopol , the gunpowder fell to tha lot of the French . It was brought up from the llnssian magazines and batteries in temporary boxen . At the time of the occurrence of the explosion some , of this gunpowder was being transferred from the temporary to more . secure mid durable cases . Three men were employed in the operation . One had charge of the box in which the powder had been brought up to the siege-train depot , the second held a copper tube or funnel , through
which the powder was passed into the periiKinent powder case , and the third man had charge of thi . receptacle . The artilleryman who had the first box ^ while pouring out the powder into the funnel , found in it a piece of shell . Without heed , he inadvertently threw it down upon the ground , and from the catastrophe following instantly , he concludes that the iron struck fire against a stone , and so , by n spark , ignited the gunpowder , of which a considerable quantity was lying scattered about . The two men who were assisting him in transferring the powder were blown away , and not to bo recognised ; he , much . stunned and scorched , escaped with his life , and i .-j still a patient in the French ambulance . " : ] i 1 1 1 i t f *
Contraband of \\ a p .. — -ft is now . several wcekn since the British consul-general at Hamburg , Colonel Hodges , was instructed by the government to present to the Senate of Hamburg an energetic note , strongly protesting again ; -: t the laxity with which tlio government of this city observe 1 their so-called neutrality , and the glaring and open nmiiner in which contraband of war ( and more [ especially the articles of sulphur and saltpetre ) was sint from hero by the Prussian railroad to Russia . —Jftfiubitrej < . 'orvenp'ini !< : nt . of tl < r Dal !;/ jVewtr . FoitTiKiavrrox or St . PKTKiwnuur ; and Moscow . —At tlio ( Inuil Council at St . Petorrtbu !•; .: , it has been resolved to fortify St . J ' otor . sbnrg and Moscow , rind commission * of engineer .- ! have Loon appointed to make plans of dulonc .. ' . General Delin is tho president of the eoiunii .--nion for St . Potur .-iburg , ami ( Jenor .-il Todtlehcn of I . Iial ; for Moscow . *¦ 1 t 1 i ' < ¦ < •' ' - I ]' C
1 ' uoai'Kc . TS roll 18 fi <> . In 1 S . ' jIj , wo shall make war with an iiriny n inner ieally proportioned ( o our position and a ( loct MnifiViently liu-gu <<> aci . vniijili di ; niythiiig that a flooli can well Acuoi 11 [> 1 ixli . Besides the l ; i"g < i tsliips of thu year ' s Haiti's fleet , wo havo many now vessels like the Mnrlborougli , ( Viuiucror , Urunswick , Victor Einin : muel , ttutlrj , Shannon , and L ' oarl , which have first flouted within tlio lash few w <'< ks , and will bo ready for i-ervioo wIhmi they arc required in Ibo Mpring . ' J'liicli week that , puses witnessed Hmtf . tli .-U upoi / tho wiitnvH of soino half-dozonlitt . le gun-boat . •<—Biters , Hiiiippi'i's , and 'IVazcrs - \ vho . « o doud'i we lire sure will nut IhjUh tlioir iiiinnv 1 . Altogether , wo may calculate uixni 11 : \ inr ; uvailaldo next minimcr somo v n k \ li I ) « u li s c <
forty linu-of-baHlcj sliip : i and luryn frigates of tlio now lioavy-nriiK'd c'ln u , about twenty corvettes and siaallor v ' twuila of war , with not less than 170 or 180 gun and mortar boats of light draught , ouch mounting from one to four guns of very heavy eulibiv . — - Globe . " UiuiiCNT I ' iuvatk Akkaiujj . " —fn npitu of General Sinipson'n order regarding loavo of absence , " urgent private affair .-. ) " oontinuo to tako away a groat number of our offlooi'B i . incu General Codriugton took command . During tho liwfc woven days— -from tho l . ' Jlh to tho 20 th ins ! .---no Iuhh that hovou colonels anil lioutonaut-oolonuls , three mojom , Avo captains , two lieutenants , « m adjutant , and an ansistaat surgeon , havo found " urgent , private affair , * " nuflloiont excuse to obtain loavo from tho camp for longer or shorter fi n si g fi 8 ; pi o ( m tc : li ' lii hi tc
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PUBLIC MEKTINGS . mi : . vi'Ai- 'Koito NoiuiicoTi ; on tui : war . Sik StaI ' TOHd North cot i-:, in tlie course of last week , delivered a lecture at tho Mechanics' Institute , Dudley , on ' The treatment of criminals in . this country » " and , during his stay at Dudley , explained to a meeting of his constituents his opinions on the war . He was entirely in favour of it ; but on the subject of " disniiMiiln-rnieiit " lie tliun expressed himself : — " I ' . ) id they want lo dismember and partition the tcri'itorii'rt of {{ inisiii , ; md to set up independent states on her borders . ' or « . li « l ( . hey uuiuii simply t liafc they li < t not , think tin ; Hociiritio .-i mentioned in tlu- pufjoi'M Hiifiiciont to prevent her again breaking tlio lawn ' <> f Europe ; ' J-f «» wan not prepared to recommend the diHiiieiJiln'rnii'iit of Russia . J I ; might , ho doNirablo to take from her some of tho possosMi ' ons slm Jim I Ruined liy recent conquests to tnko thono points which gave hor t . lui unpreuiaoy of llns Kuxinc , ami miuln her dangeroiin to Turkey , but Im was not , for her di'meuiberment . Ho thought if they couM iin 1 ' i < -tj Imr to yivo up hi . i' iiceulini privilege , - * in ( ho lilack Sea , tlio pro-Uiet . oni . tn over th « i ubliu opinion , and him known and 1 . roved I'uworH 'jf their army to maintain peiuv . " I . OUD II All riV VANK ON Till ' , WAH . At tie D arlington I '' at : Cuttl .: Show Dinner , . Lord ilurrv Van *" , M . I * ., made some st i id u /' S on tin ; impolicy of our entering into " an indefinite war witliont any ( leCniit . e . purpose . " He n jh met by sonio inunnurs of impatience ; hut Jic proceeded , and remark ( jt . I : — " lli . t views had bo , m sl . al . 'd with ( l . <> ul . moitgoodwill and with tho K ivaloit'l' -l « i- « '" «'" '" t Im .. / . inioim ol others ; but ho felt dial , if nv » xv . jii . f- » . ¦ i-rry « . . n a wm-for indeiinito purj . oses , ,,... 1 if w « . wer ,, ( ... «• . m . >»> f »} K " »> mounUin . ' of . loU will . H ««; V' ^ V' ^ ' / » ' ¦ ' ' >* f J WHUoto a nrutriu . l . o . 1 wiir , « li . wu veryiMl . « ro » tH wluoh we -onou ' . l . rivinK a to ,..,,.. mry lioiu-fi thy , ¦„ mou ol hh 1 m " « os , nurtt in 1 . 1 . » < m-l Ki-outly suffer , and H . oho who i ! ' , ' v n .. rl . « . l . H hmvA him with Uttl" f « ivo ... would coma round to tho o | . i » i . nw ho hud uxi . i-omho . 1 . HIH KollKIlT I'hia ON THK WAH . Sir Robert ; Peel was entertained lust week by
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periods , some for two , some for three montU 8 . The cavalry division appears to have fewer of these marvellous " urgent private affairs" than the resb of the army ; the brigade of ( Jlunrds unquestionably the most . . So much so is this tho ca . so , that , what with officers absent ou sick leave , on staff employm ^| i < y and on " urgent private affairs , " one battalion of Guard . s , that of the Coldstreams , has hardly any officers doing duty with it . A lieutenant in the regiment ( although of course a captain in the army ) Thelluson , who only entered the service ill 1847 , is in orders to act as a field officer with his corps , so few effective officers of rank are there present . —Letter from the Crimea .
Pou . su Soldjjsrs * -ok the Kast . —A detachment of forty-four Poles , including cifj ; bt officers , sailed on Saturday from Debtford , on board the Ottawa steamer , for Turkey , to join the division . of the Cossacks of the Sultan , commanded by General Count Zamoyski , which is now in the T > riti . sh service , and forming part of the Turkish e > nlindent . Tho present is the fifth transport of Poles from Kngland since the war commenced , thus making a total of four hundred Polish volunteers , among whom there wore about , two hundred prisoners taken at Koninvsund . As the stcanier was leaving Debtford Dockyard , several hundred workmen assembled , and gave three cheers for Poland , wishing the Poles speedy success in their undertaking .
The Austrian Military Reduction . —Lc Nord , reporting the reduction to a peace-footing of the Austrian advanced army corps opposed to Russia , namely , thut of Uallicia , claims tho fact uh a proof of the confidence offchc : Austrian Government in that of Russia , and exhibits it as an answer to those who boast of the Alliance between Austria and tlio Western Powers . Tt is a corrobora * . ion , according to the journal quoted , of a significant jias-nge in the King of PrussiaV recent fij > eech , and ; x roptidiation of any part or lot in tlie aggressive policy of l ^ mnee and l ^ ngland . Tin-: Baltic . —The whole of the Knglish flying squadron , composed of seventeen . ship : ' , has quitted the Baltic . Not a single Jlritisli ship now remains . All have relumed to England .
SiciZLHJi oi > ' tiiic lai . ANU <>;•• ITnui ' . — -Two French frigate . " , belonging to the naval expedition sent to the coast of Kiinitsebatlwi , took po .-si-wsion on September : Jrd , in the name of tho Allied Powers , of ( lie island of Ui-up , tho centre of the Kirs . siun iraiK ) in the Kurile Arelii ])( da , go , and capture : ] there a Kussian cutter , laden with n . rich e . ago <> f furs . ' 1 he liussian name of the island has been changed to that of Alliance . The French frigate . Sibyl !' , of fifty guns , was allowed to entur Okasaki without , imj o ]> j > ositioi ) , auil wa « . receivi ' -d in a most hospitable maimer by tlio local an thoritio * .
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enemy s loss was considerable . Before the 2 Sth of October ( 9 th of November ) , the Koboule " ti detachment had received additional reinforcements , and its . effective strength now amounts to 15 , 000 regular infantry and 3 , 000 cavalry , with fourteen pieces of artillery , without counting a considerable number of Bashi-Bazouks . " As a set-off against the Muscovite triumph at Kars , a condition of embarassuient in monetary matters , amounting to a financial crisis , has commenced in Russia . The Czar has been obliged to have recourse to a new loan ; but trouble is gathering round him , and a question of money may decide the war-DESTRUCTION OF STORES IN THE SEA OF AZOF . Sir Edmund Lyons has transmitted to the Admiralty a report from Captain Sherard Osborn , dated November 7 th , and containing a detailed account of operations iu tlie Sea of Azof . The squadron under conimand of that officer destroyed a large amount of stores at Vodina on the 3 rd , and on the same day committed similar havoc at Glofira and Gheisk . At the former place , the marines who landed were opposed by Russian troops , who , however , were speedily driven back "; and . at both the success of the expedition was complete . Captain Osboru proceeds : — " Throughout the night , the stores were burning fiercely , a sheet of flame extending fully two miles ; but the town of Glofira , except where the troops had used the houses against us , remained untouched . "At an early hour on the Gth of November , wo weighed ami proceecled . into the Liman , steering towards Gheisk ; the valuable services of Mr . George Perry , acting-master of the Vesuvius , and Mr . Parker , second master of the Recruit , came here into play ; and , at an early period I had the satisfaction of seeing all the gun-boats anchored just in their own draught of water | within long gunshot of the east extreme of Ghfcisk and the neighbouring steppe , along the edge of which , for four miles , corn and hay were stacked ia quantities far beyond what I had conceived to be possible , and at the base of the steppe , as well as that part of the spit commanded by tlie town , timberyards , fish stores , boats , &c , in numbers were accu- mulated . " To attack upon as many points a = i possible was , I thought , the only way to foil the troops that had now had thirty-six hours to prepare for us ; the gun-boats Grinder , Boxer , Cracker , and . Clinker were left to cover the lauding party . To Lieutenant Ross , of the Wesor , I signalled to prepare to land , and divided the force in the Liman into three bodies ; the left under Lieutenants Day and Townshi'iid , con- sisted of boats and men of the Recruit and Boxer ; the centre I intrusted to Commander Kennedy , having under him Lieutenants Hamilton , Campion , Marryat , and Mayne , with all the boats of the Curlew , Ardent , Grinder , and Cracker , and port rocket and gun-boats of the Vesuvius ; the right division , under Lieutenant Chetham Strode . and Lieutenant Hudson , consisted of the starboard gun-boats of the Vesuvius , and those of the Clinker , together with some marines , Mr . R . Far- quharson , miildliipmau iu charge of the latter . Lieu- tenant Ross , ou the west side of Ghoisk Spit , had tho boats and . small-arm men of the " Wesor , with a small force from tlio Curlew and the Ardent , under Lioute- naub Myall , and Mr . Tilley , second ma . stor , in readiness to c > operate . " Tho different parties 2 'i'lled i'i and ofToctod a land- \ ing at appointed places , fully a inilo apart ; tho llussian troops , within light breastworks , attempted to prevent them , but failed , and in a few uiomciitH a screen of flamoa and smoke rolling from our men towards tho enemy proventod the latter seeing whore or how to nr . iuoouvro in order to cutoff any of our small detachments . " On tho right and centre , the enemy mustered strongest ., and at ono time , observing a column of hoiuo l , 5 ' 10 CorfHa ks moving rapidly oil" to the left , 1 directed Commander Kennedy , who by that time hud connected his fires with thoso of Lieutenant Day , to ro-em ' jark all but , tho marines , and with thorn to pro- cood to his right , and I reinforced him with tho marines of tho Itoeruib and W " osor , under Lieutenant Campion . This answered perfectly ; tlio enemy arrived too late- to eavo anything on tho luft , while our men utoa-dily worked towards tho right division , under Lieutenants Strode and Ross , who , in spite of a heavy but badly dirocted fire from tho houses ou tho heights , steadily hold their ground , and effectually destroyed a groat accumulation of material * for boats and ship building , fish Htoro .-j , cavalry ciunp gear , and granaries . " When everything but tho town of flhoink was destroyed , I ordered tho embarkation to tako place , and detached Homo boatu to cover Lieutenant JIobb , between whom and his boat tho enemy wero throwing a body of men , who , by their uniform , I bolioved to be regular infaufcry . " By two l \ M ., everything was finished , and all tho pavtlea safely re-embarked on board thoir m-ipeotive gun-boatm , tho casualties amounting to only six men
wounded in all , one of them dangerously , and another severely . " During these proceedings , we never had more than 200 men engaged ; the enemy had , from the concurrent testimony of Lieutenants Ross and Strode , and from my own observation , from 3 , 000 to 4 , 000 men in Gheisk alone . " Another visit was paid to Glofira on the Gth of November , and the flames which had died out were again kindled . In consideration of the services mentioned by Captain OsbOrn , Commander John James Kennedy will be promoted to the rank of Captain as soon as he shall be qualified ; and Lieutenant Hubert Campion has been promoted to the rank of Commander . Sir Edmund Lyons says that ice is now ( Dec . 7 th ) forming on the shores of the Sea of Azof .
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 15, 1855, page 1191, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2119/page/3/
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