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4 be corporations > of ctitbin miaritinie 4 ow » s : -it has -a present "morel r— t _ "• Gflndemeiv— - 'Hie Couneell -are informed that « mee the late Tight « t Sea diverse of ye eickiand < wounded anen'have beene sent-from ye Fleete to ye Towneof —— to » be < there ^ disposed , in order > totheir present iefeife and recovery * . Wee hope your sence of * heir present Condition and of their , adventure in ye Service *> f ; their ^ ountrye , whereby they have lost their Health end Limbs , will -sufficientlye excite you to soe due a Core df them that nothing shall be-wanting to them which gnaybe fitt > and necessary for Men in their Condition . Wee have appointed a Ehisitian and
Chirurgeonsto be upon the glace to administer such ^ Remedyes unto them as they shall find ^ fitt , and to ' attend their Cures , 'in which they may possiblye ( for ye procuring of some -accommodations for them ) -stand- sometymes in ateed ofryour assistance . Wee desire you , therefore , upon -any occasion when theymay stand in need of yo ' r helpe , and shall desire it , that you will give them yo ' r best furtherance , and if upon occasion of this ^ Service you shall be putt to the disbursing of any Bum of Money you are to draw a Bill of Exchange upon Mr . Richard Hutchinson , Treasurer for ye Navye , who will accept it , aud paye ye money to such Persons as you shall
appointe to receive ye-same . " Signed in ye name and ^ by * order of ye Councell of State , " Maih . Thomijnson , President . " Whitehall , the 18 th of June ,-1653 . " The Wounded Soldiers from the Crimea . —The recent inspections 6 f the invalided soldiers who have returned from the Crimea-have afforded most interesting , yet melancholy proofs of the desperate nature of the late campaign . Nearly all these men bear too plainly the marks of the fearful-struggle -in / -which they were engaged , and are . unfortunately disabled from further service in the army . Several of them having been but » b ! short ^ time ^ in the army will' be entitled to only avery small amount of pension , and the bare idea that men ¦ who have performed - such feats of valour in the service
of their country should be left to struggle with penury and destitution cannot be ' for a moment tolerated . Many of these men , although unfit for military service * are quite capable of duties where steady habits of discipline , truthworthiness , and obedience are required , and would rejoice in any employment that would enable them to maintain their independence . They aTe well suited to act as private watchmen , gatekeepers , porters , or"warehousekeepers , and as porters in attendance upon passedgers ~ at railways would be highly useful . It is to be hoped that the generous feelings manifested in innumerable instances by the public during the present war will ¦ not fail to find employment for these noble fellows . We believe we may add that every opportunity of employing them in the royal parks will not be forgotten . —— Times .
Lord John Russell had an audience of the King of the Belgians on Sunday . On Wednesday he arrived at Berlin , and had an audience of the King on Thursday . ' Dr . Babth . —At a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society , Dr . Shaw , the secretary , said that Dr . Vogel had written that the report of the death of Dr . BarthT had hot '" been ~ connrmed ;~ as ~ he had -been-assuredby many people that the doctor was in Timbuctoo as late as the month of July last , and could not , therefore , have started to meet the : Niga Chadda Expedition , which during that month proceeded up those rivers .
London Baths and Washhousesr—In all the religions of antiquity , before science had demonstrated the truth that dirt is the cause of innumerable diseases , men had been taught by their great lawgivers to regard personal uncleanliness as something defiling and unholy ; yet it is only recently that the ' artisans , and even tho middle class of London , have in part been supplied with baths , and with the means of washing linen easily and at little cost . The last return of "the committee for promoting the establishment of baths and washhouscs for the labouring classes" shows that thero are thirteen baths and washhouses in London ; at which 1 , 220 , 739
baths were administered for 17 , 062 / ., and 421 , 101 washings of the linen of about 1 , 684 , 404 persons were performed for 6096 / . Kensington , Chelsea , Hampstead , Islington , Hackney , the Strand , Holborn , Clerkenwell , St . Luke , Shoreditch , Bethnal Green , St . George-in-the-East , Stepney , St . Saviour , St . Olavo , and St . George , flouthwark , Newington , Wandaworth , Camberwell , Rothorhithe , and Lcwisham are still -without public baths and washhouscs . The City of London , which spreads its hospitable tables to tho rich , has hitherto left its poor citizens unprovided with baths and -wash-houses . —Itegistrar-GteneraVa Report .
South-Sba House . —Tho sale by auction of this important property took place at tho Mart on Tuesday , and attracted an extremely crowded attendance . Tho biddings commenced at 25 , 000 / ., and after a spirited competition tho hammer fell at 55 , 750 / . The purchaser was Mr . Marsh Nolson , tho architect , but whether on his own behalf , or for a society , did not transpire . It is announced that tho King of Portugal , Don Pedro V .,. has determined to pay n visit to Paris this year , to see the Great Exhibition . 'Lord Kbnyon oxpired at his seat , Gredington Hall , in Flintshire , on Sunday lost , at tho venerable qgo of eeventy-elght . Tho deceased Lord was eon of tho first Baron , who was a distinguished judge , and filled the dfflce of Ohfef Justice 6 f tho King ' s Bonch in 1788 . Ho
• aoceesfefl this fetter-in . 1-802 , mnd'is succeeded by-his « en , < the . Honourable Jsloyd rK *» yon , mow -thurd-Bason "Ken-yon . ., . 0 » he Naw ^ T-APPonrtBED ^ GOvfittsOB of -South Ato-« balia , Mr . * ichatd McDonald , has beenfenighted by the Queen . Hebasbeen Governor © f the-B *» tadi ^ possessions on the western coast * f Africa , ofcSt . Lucia , and X > f « t . -Vincent . He is the son <> f the Provost of the Dublin University . -Mr . John Benbow , M . P . ( for Dudley , died * t Hastings on Saturday last , . at the advanced age <> f mehty + eeiren . Mr . Benbow w « s formerly a solicitor in extensive practice , andwas-first returned for Dudley-oin I € 44 . He was a director of the North Western and the Shrewsbury and BuminghamJ 8 ailw « ys . _ and Laffan
' ' General Sir < Jambs Maclean « Captain , R . E ., have : been mi Pairis for some days . It'is said they are inspecting the . plans-and-documents of-the -French War-office ,-with a view to preparing , a general planxrf organisation > for -the English / army < dn the : ba « s of'the French . Good-Mustes ofextraoidinajjy Tidhness have been discovered in the province of < Ma * anham in Brazil . The richest fields in California and Australia-are ^ said to bear no comparison" with these = new -beds of-wealth . ¦ Mr . Bahklby , one of the directors of the coal-mines near Heraelea , has taken outwith him a staff of workmen and a quantity of material forttie use of the mines . Sinee : the transference' of ¦ these works to th & British Government a large quantity of coal has been extracted for the use * of the allied forces .
A Day . of Fasting , Humiliation , and Prayer , for the success of our armies sin the present contest , has been appointed for Wednesday the 21 st . Last . Inundations in Italy . —The Florence , Pisa , and Leghorn Railroad received considerable damage in two places on the 16 th , by the inundation caused by the Arno ; in consequence of which the trains have ceased to run . A letter from Florence , of the 20 th , says that the inundation has caused the greatest desolation in the environs of Pisa ; that the crops are ruined , large numbers of cattle drowned , and several houses washed away . At Rome the inundations have caused great alarm .
The Balaklava Railway . — -Advices from Balaklava of the 10 th state that the railway had wound its way up the greater part of the main street of the town . The railroad is simply constructed : the wooden sleepers are laid down longitudinally over a bed of stones on the road , and the rails are fastened down on them . It nearly fills up the breadth of the main street . About fifty yards of rail have been laid down in the street , but the road is in many places in a state of forwardness , and will soon be ready to receive , the rails . The Telegraphic Advices from China , to-day * which reach to the 15 th of January , contain the extraordi- ' nary announcement of the city of Shanghai having been declared in a state of siege by the French officers stationed at that port , but give no explanation or further particulars . The fall of Canton was expected to occur before the departure of the next mail . —Times , City Article , Thursday .
— Frost in-Illinois . —Almos t incredible accounts -have been received of the effects of snow upon the railroads crossing the great prairie of Illinois — that singular formation of solid sea . The winds howl over it with even less broken force than over the ocean , for there are no crests of waves to be gathered in their hands and carried with them to retard their progress . Tho snow , which has this winter fallen in most unusual quantities , has been piled in solid masses along the railroad lines ,
sometimes 15 or 20 feet in height . The deadly cold has frozen the water in the tanks , so that the exhausted engines , left in the middle of these prairies without water , found themselves unable to drag tho trains through tho snow ; and thus in several detached places passengers were shipwrecked , far from human habitation or possibility of human aid . In one case wo arc told that three cars were split to pieces and burnt to keep warmth in tho body , and dogs killed and eaten for food before aid was rendered . —Times .
The Duke of Cambridge and the Wounded Soldiers . — On Wednesday afternoon the Duke of Cambridge visited tho hospital ddpGts of the Grenadier and Coldstrenm Guards , in Rochester-row , Westminster , and was received by tho men with great enthusiasm . His Royal Highness asked them sovoral questions , and promised that if any of them wished to go to friends in the country lie would provide tho means . The Duke had visited the Fusiliers on the previous Friday . Money in America continues easy and , abundant , and stocks and securities generally have advanced .
New Yomc , says tho Times American correspondent , is now enjoying its Carnival . A heavy fall at snow having taken place , sledges capable of holding fifty or or sixty persons , have taken the place of omnibuses . Some oftheHO sledges aro very elegant , and splendidly ornamented , and tho horses aro covered with bolls . Illinois has just returned to tho Senate at Washington an anti-slavery senator , making now cloven senators of that party . India and China . —Uy the last advices from India and China we learn that nothing of importance is taking place . Tho native officer who convoyed to Doat Mahomed tho expression of tho GairarnoT-Gcneral's pacific
dispositions , was received by * tke Ameer with great honour , -but no business was transacted . -The Chinese rebels were threatening Canton , vand -that city was in a state of siege . . The insurrectionists have been warned by the authorities -of England and ' America that any injury to the ^ property of either nation-would provoke retaliations from the naval force . _ ' ¦ . . . The Remains of the late Mr . " Hume were removed on ^ Thurs day m orning to theKensal Green Cem etery . The Turks and the English . —Some of the 613 Turks are supposed not at all to fancy the-allied
occupation : one asked the other- day why the'English flag was not displayed on the barrack we occupy at Scutari : " Because it is not ourproperty , but the Sultan's . " "Oh ! it is very kind in you to say so . " They were much surprised to see the arrival of the soldiers' wives , of whom a limited number is allowed to each regiment , " ^ fe thought the English had come here to fight , but t hey have brought their harems . " Others were heard to say of the troops : "Why these are all boys and girlsthey have no beards !"—Diary in Turkish and Greef ; Waters .
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Leader Office , Saturday , March 3 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . BARNSTAPI-E ELECTION . The report of the committee on this election was brought up , declaring Mr . Guinness duly elected , and Mr . Laurie unseated . DEATH OP THE EMPEROR OE RUSSIA . Mr . 'F . French mquired of Lord Palmerston whether the Governmenthad received any intelligence with regard to a report of the death of the Emperor of Russia . Lord Palmerston said the Government has received two telegraphic despatches , one from Berlin and the other from [ the Hague , which state that the Emperor of Russia died in the eourse 6 f this forenoon .
THE NEWSBAPER ^ STAMP . The proceeding with ithis bill was postponed until Monday next . . ~
THE SEBASTOPOL COMMITTEE . Mr . Roebuck moved that the Committee for Inquiring into the Condition of the . Army before Sebastopol , be a Secret Committee . He declared that in doing so , he was performing . .-a very disagreeable duty , as he feared such a course would lead to much misconception . He declared , however , that the : committee was unanimous that ifrmust be secret ; but the only ^ difference among them was , whether it should beentirely-eecret , or , while closed to tfce public , yet open to members of the House , but the majority were of opinion that it should be entirely
secret . He said that the difllculties in- conducting this delicate investigation -were very great , and he would only shadow the greatest difficulty of all—namely , that this country being in alliance with France , there waa danger in an open committee , and also that when indi-. viduals ,. whosB .. characterjwas : impH they might disclose matters that it would be better for the public service to keep secret . The committee having come to the decision that the proceedings should be secret , could any appeal to the House to give them its confidence . ?
Lord Seymoujr , while objecting generally to secrecy , yet was in favour of the- exclusion of the public and the admission ofmembers of the House to tho sittings . Ho pointed out very forcibly the difficulties which hnd arisen from the appointment of the Committee at all ; and urged that is was almost impossible , under any circumstances , to obtain absolute secrecy . Mr . Wilson Patten took a still stronger view of the difficult position in which hourged the House had ^ laccd itself , and which ho said he foresaw , and therefore voted against the motion for a Committee . Sir J . Pakington argued very decidedly in favour of a secret Committee , and pointed out that it was almost impossible for the members of it to perform their duties satisfactorily unless they had the protection of secrecy .
Sir J . Ghaiiam declared in very forcible language his opinion that nothing but on open Committee would satisfy tho public . He maintained that tho preservation of secrecy was practically impossible , and that it whs certain that there " could bo a whispering gallery between Committee Room No 17 , and Printnighouso-squaro . " Ho warned the House against entering into a contest with tho press , and emphatically stntcil his belief that if they did , they would in the end have to give way . . , Mr . Layard pointed out that tho two members oftno had voted
committee who hnd voted against seercsy , against tho committee itself . Ho pointed out tnnt tn « simplest inquiries might trench upon dangerous ground , and insisted that secresy alone , afforded a sutefiunra from tho consequences . In nn episode of his speech tuo honourable gentleman took occasion to allude to Hisj differences with Admiral Dundaa , and stated that he mm never meant to reflect on that officer ^ courage , whatev opinion ho might have of his judgment , and that ho hnu not intended his letter on tho subject to Wo made publ <• • Mr . S . Herbert opposed the . proposition for making the inquiry secret , as did
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Leader (1850-1860), March 3, 1855, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03031855/page/10/
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