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THE DEMOCRACY IN HYDE-PARK. Another gath...
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War Miscellanea. Courts-Martial In Tiik ...
tell you an anecdote relating to Captain Hall , who has been hovering about Hango for some tixne , in . hopes of havnur revenge for the massacre of the Cossack s men . After harrassing in every way in his power the Cossacks stationed in the neighbourhood , he one morning landed all his marines , who at once formed a cordon round the Village of Hango , placed the gunboats close inshore , and , with a party of bluejackets carrying a flagstaff , with an ensign half-mast on it , the band playing the " Dead March in Saul , " in front of them , marched up to the place where two of the boat ' s crew and the Finnish captain who was to have been released were buried . On arriving
at the graves , the chaplain of the ship read the funeral service . After that was over , a tablet , -which had been neatly carved on board the Blenheim , was placed by way of a tombstone Over the spot , with the following inscription : — " Sacred to the . memory of ihe boat ' s crew of Her Britannic Majesty ' s ship Cossack and a Finnish master of a merchant vessel , who were barbarously murdered by Russian troops , under the command of an officer , when under the protection of a flag of truce ; and to that of the wife of the above-named Finnish master , who died of grief at Helsingfera , when she beard of her husband ' s death and her country ' s dishonour / ' Having done this , the whole party re-embarked . "
Cibcassia . — Some tribes of the Circassians—those known by the name of Adbije , the only tribes recognized by the Russians , as Circassians at all—are said to be well affected towards their Muscovite rulers , and therefore , of course , inimical to the Allies . The cause of * this is attributed to the Czar ' s opening commercial relations with them , and thus improving their condition . They occupy that portion of the northern slopes of the Caucasus , which is comprised between the Upper Terek and the Malka . New Russian Levy . —Advices from St . Petersburg tftate that the Emperor is about to publish a manifesto ordering a levy of ten men in every thousand throughout the empire , with the exception of some few provinces .
Captain Maxbe has written to the Times to vindicate , in answer to some observation of Lord Albemarle , with reference to Major-General Windham , his own claims to the honour of that celebrated feat of daring by which the fleet was brought round to Balaklava in the early part of the war . The Bai / hc . —We read in the Independance Beige , under date Hamburg , Oct . 23 : — " Letters fiotn Elsinore of the 21 st announee the departure for England , in compliance with the orders of the Admiralty , of the divisions
of gun-boats which had just returned from the Baltic . The last accounts from the Baltic represent the number of war vessels belonging to the Allies in that sea as amounting to twenty-eight . They are exposed to the tempestuous -weather , which usually prevails at this advanced season of the year , and it appears but too true than many vessels have of late suffered considerable injury . The three French gun-boats which a few days since sailed from the Gulf of Finland for France were overtaken by a frightful storm , and driven into the harbour of Calmar . I have not yet heard that any serious accident has occurred "
The Highland Division . — Sir James Simpson announces that the departure of the Highland division , which he had ordered to proceed to Eupatoria , under Sir Colin Campbell , was countermanded by him on the receipt of Lord Panmure ' a telegraphic message of the 13 th ult ., apprising him that the Russians had resolved to hazard a battle and attack the Allies . Th » Land Transport Corps . —Director-General M'Murdo gives a very satisfactory account of the state of this corps . He observes : — - " The most important work of all will , in my opinion , be the floating factory . This is a measure worthy of England , for her base is on the waters , and she has now floated Woolwich to
iier army in the Crimea . I have minutely inspected . this vessel and her fittings ( and , moreover , drawn largely from her stores ) , and have been struck with adjniration at her capacities . I have had the fashion of the , boxes of wheels taken , and I hope to have them cast in large numbers . Iron axles can be welded and . turned , engines fitted , and timbers sawn ; in short , I have nq longer to look 3 , 000 miles for the source of vitality . .. Ii hope now to be enabled to make provision for the spring , for . the transport is so situated that the material parts of all the , carriages must become worn out by the incessant traffic to which it will necessarily be exposed throughout the entire winter . "
Thb Hhaivth ov thb Army . —Dr . Hull writes , on October 16 th-r—" The health of the army continues eatisfectoryj ' There has been a slight increase of cholera in the 2 d and 3 d Divisions during the week , chiefly t amongat the newly-arrived men . Catarrhal complaints have al « o been more numerous . Large fatigue parties are employed daily in making and repairing roads ; but the night duty i » light , and the men ' s rations and dross are both good . "
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Fire anjd Loss of Li » b . —On Saturday night , the > hoose of Mr . Smith , tailor , Dockhoad , Bermondsoy , , caught fire in conaeqmnce of the gas not having been properly , turned off . Mr . ant Mm . Smith escaped with great ; difficulty , but one of their children was burnt tc dealfe * . ' , . Considerable tl « m « ga was done to some of the adjoining houses .
THE QUARREL WITH THE UNITED STATES . The enlistment of recruits in the United States for the English . Foreign Legion kas created great excitement in America , and there is no doubt that , among a certain section of the , population , there is a strong war spirit . Others again , while admitting that the English Government has acted with great indiscretion , observe in the conduct of the United States Administration a manifest desire to push matters to extremity , and , in connection with the recent trials , accuse Mr . Gushing ( the Attorney-General ) and the President of great discourtesy and even unfairness . Mr . Cushing , in sending instructions to the District Attorney at Philadelphia , with reference to the trial ef one of the offenders , tells him that he is not to
permit the British Consul , as on a former occasion , to put in any letter in the course of the trial , except as evidence , and that "if he Jiave anything to say , he shall be put on the stand by the defence , in order that he may be fully cross-examined by the prosecution . " The New York Courier and Enquirer stronglj' rebukes Mr . Cushing for this intemperance , which it describes as " a gratuitous insult to the British Consuls . " Similar statements , it alleges , have been put in on inilar occasions by American Consuls at Liverpool and London , and have always been received . The Enquirer contends that , even had the English Government refused all explanations on the subject , " such letters as those of the Attorney-General , reflecting upon Lord Clarendon and the British Government and its officials here , written by order of the Executive , to be read in a court of justice , would have been condemned by every honest and right-thinking man in the country as a gross breach of official
etiquette—undignified , improper , and absolutely disgraceful to all concerned in the proceeding . ' But it happens that , on representations being made to the English Government as to the questionable legality of its acts , Lord Clarendon replied that he had given " the most stringent instructions to all concerned not to violate the municipal law ; " , at the same time , our Foreign Minister expressed his regret at what had happened , and rescinded all his orders permitting the enlistment of soldiers for the Crimea in any of the North American provinces . The Enquirer attributes the " diplomatic outrage" committed by Mr . Cushing to " a desire to influence the approaching elections and the Presidential contest of 1856 , " by getting up a difference with EngJand . Mr . Cushing even declares that the instruction not to violate the municipal law was an attempt at evasion , and a flagrant violation of the sovereign rights of tlie United States , doubling the magnitude of _ the national wrong inflicted on them .
The trial of Joseph Wagner for enlisting men for the Crimea has terminated in a verdict of guilty , although the accused , who is a very poor man , was defended by the ablest counsel of New York—a fact which gave occasion to the United States District Attorney to hint that the English . Government wa 3 paying for his defence , and that *' a nation had ^ thrown its shield ove r him . " The penalty is one thousand dollars fine and three years' imprisonment . Henry Hertz , who was recently convicted of the same offence , has made a confession , in which he charges Mr . Crampton , the British Minister at Washington , with inciting him to enlist men on the territory of vhe United States that they might be sent to Halifax . In the course of last January , he was induced to call on Mr . Crampton , in consequence of some remarks made to him atthe United States Hotel . Very vague preliminaries
were entered into on that occasion ; bat on the 5 th of February Hertz received a letter from Mr . Crampton , and culled on him torn * few days afterwards . Hertz then states : — " I asked Mr . Crampton what was to be dono 1 How was the matter to be conducted ! He said , ' As far as I know , there is a law in the United States forbidding the enlisting of soldiers within the territory of the United States ; it is , however , not difficult to evade this law , because who c ; in prevent you from sending labourers to Canada ? But we must take care to do this in such a way tfiat it shall not appear to be in defiance of the Government . My idea Is , further , thut if you have twenty-five or thirty men together , either yourself or some other confidential person should take them direct by railway to Montreal , where , I think , a depot may be erected . '"
Fearful of consequences , Hertz asked— " How am I backod in case a charge ia made against me ? I have a wife and children . " Mr . Ciampton replied , " first , that the law was exceedingly lax ; and secondly , that , if anything should happen , tho British Government would not allow any ono to suffer who had been engaged in asslating them in furnishing the men . ' I replied , ' The populur voice is against this matter ; ' but Mr . Compton onid , Never mind about tliis popular voice ; if a house in Liverpool fails , the whole United States tremble . ' After Mr . Crampton had given me suoh assurances , and had used the expression , ' I give you nay word as a gentleman that nothing unpleasant shall happen to you , ' I then made up my , mind to act for tho British Government .
Hertz than states at considerable length the subsequent course of affairs , from which , it would seem that Mr . Matthew ; the British . Consul at Philadelphia , Mr . Howe , an agent of tho Governor cf Nova Scotia , and the Governor himself , Sir Cnsparu 1 « Marchant , were implicated in the transactions , which ended in the taking of men to the depot at Halifax . Hoits concludes hia coj ^ saiou thus : —
" Previously to my going to Halifax on the 28 th May , I wrote a letter to Mr . Crampton , in which I stated that I had received information that he ( Mr . Crampton ) sad his secretaries altogether , had said that I was in . correspondence with the Russian Government , for the purpose of betraying their secrets , and if they did not apologise for making this charge , 1 would call upon him and the Russian Minister to make a statement . All that I did in procuring and sending men to Halifax for the Foreign Legion was done by the advice and recommendatio n of Mr . Crampton , Mr . Howe , and Mr . Matthew . 1 -was employed by Mr . Howe , and acted as his agent , with the knowledge and approbation of Mr . Crampton and Mr . Matthew ; . Mr . Matthew knew of both the expeditions I sent . He approved aiid encouraged me in sending them
away . He encouraged me by his advice and counsel , and in giving me money to send them away . The statement which I now have made I have made voluntarily , without any inducement other than the regret 1 feel in having violated the laws of this country , and the desire which now prompts me to make every reparation in my power , by confessing my own fault , and exposing those who hare induced me to enter into this illegal business . I make this statement in the hope that it may have its proper influence upon the government of the United States in relation to any future action in the prosecution against me . I bave made it , however , without any promise as to such future action , placing myself entirely upon the clemency of those who have the power to act on the premises . "
The Democracy In Hyde-Park. Another Gath...
THE DEMOCRACY IN HYDE-PARK . Another gathering of working-men with reference to the cheap bread agitation , took place ia Hyde-Park , on Sunday last . It has now come to light that the movement has been inaugurated and conducted by a body styling themselves " The Working Man ' s Provision League . " This body held a meeting , in the early part of last week , at Blake ' s Coffee-house , Clerkenwell-green , when a Mr . Beacon , of Upper George-street , Portman-square , presided , and it was agreed that a manifesto , which was then assented to , should be read in the Park on Sunday , and " presented for the people ' s adoption . " A large crowd assembled as usual ; . and a ring having been formed , Mr . Beacon , who
is described as a very inoffensive and respectable-mannered elderly gentleman , of portly person , opened the proceeding ! by a temperate address , in which he m-ged the meeting to maintain order and decorum . Taking out of his pocket an Act of Parliament passed during the Chartist agitation in 1848 , which , he said , was carried through Parliament in the short space of twenty-four hours , and which h « designated " the "Whigs * Gagging Bill , " he read from it a clause making it felony , punishable with transportation for life , oi for not less than seven years , for any one , by open and advised speaking , or by any open or covert act or otherwise , to seek to depose the Sovereign , or in otle * respects to overturn the constitution of the country . The meeting-was then addressed by Mr . M'Heath , the working
carpenter , -who has distinguished himself on the previous occasions , and who is secretary to the " Provision League . " Thia individual took his text from a verse in the Proverbs , which says : —" He that withholdeth corn , the people shall curse him ; but blessings shall be upon tho head of him that selleth it . " The " manifest *; " as read by Mr . M'Heath , stated that the Working-men ' s Provision League had in their possession the most startling fact ? , showing that immense quantities of corn had been sunk in the sea or kept in bond , with the view to emhance the prico of that article , which had the effect of causing a famine of the staff of life among large numbers of the people . It averred that , while we refuse to import
Turkish wheat into this country at" 2 « a . a-quurter , wo are doing a considerable trade with Russia at 73 s . It' the present very questionable war was to be carried forward to a speedy and successful conclusion , it must bo by a rea . and not a sham blockade of the ports of Russia , by which , at present , we furnish money to the enemy to wage war against us , and the territory of our ally ia mortgaged to obtain for the benefit of despots and kings those supplies of money which it Could command by the sale of tho grain which it produced . Tho document also denounced the system of primogeniture and entail , by which eight million acres of tho common lauds of Eny lund are appropriated by the aristocracy .
The manifesto was adopted on a show of hands ; anil tickets of membership , at twopence each , were vended among tho crowd , in the course of which , Mr . M'JtleatU stated , that no man ought to join the society unless lie was prepared to pledge his head if necessary . In tho meanwhilo , Mr . Ernest Jones addressed a crowd at a little distance ; but shortly afterwards the meeting broke u |> . A number of rough fellows ran towards Purk-lanc , which they crossed , and entered South-street , possibly with tho intention of breaking windows ; but they wore met by eight mounted policemen , and withdrew , hooting clamorously . Ultimately , they disported , without doing any mischief . In the Park itself , driring tho who ! o proceeding * . there wore very fow policemen to be seen .
Miss Iiiuds, After A Painful And Long-Pr...
Miss IIiuds , after a painful and long-protracted strng gle , has expired .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 3, 1855, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03111855/page/4/
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