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298 THE LEADEB. : [No. 467, March 5,1855...
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THE FATE OF M. AROLPHE SCHLAGINTWEIT. A ...
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MISCELLANEOUS, The Court.—Her Majesty an...
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S ^ Team Navies In Continental Wars, The...
else she is at war -with one or more maritime Powers of the Continent , and in that case site can only acquire aii ascendancy over them by ruining their navies . Then , of course , she can do them infinite miscliief by ravaging their cpasts , but not by a naihr tary invasion ; she could only carry on a Avar of annoyance by a multiplicity of partial expeditions ; all her army could be called Upon to do would be to occupy some fortified position under the guns of her ships . But this is only a possible , and not a probable case . England , in engaging in a continental war , would probably ensure the services of some . allies , whose armies would then derive immense advantages from her fleets . The conclusion at . which the author of the article arrives is , that naval forces will henceforth become indispensable elements in future continental wars .
298 The Leadeb. : [No. 467, March 5,1855...
298 THE LEADEB . : [ No . 467 , March 5 , 18551 .
The Fate Of M. Arolphe Schlagintweit. A ...
THE FATE OF M . AROLPHE SCHLAGINTWEIT . A vert full meeting of the Royal Geographical Society was held on Monday evening at Burlingtonhouse , Sir Roderick I . Murehison , President , in the chair . : Among the papers read was a . despatch from Captain Henry Strachey respecting the measures taken by the Indian Government to ascertain the fate of M . Adolphe Schlagintweit , communicated by the Right Hon . Lord Stanley , M . P ., EMt . G < S .
Lastly , to the Russian outposts on the N . W . and North Fort Aralsk , near the Araland Ak-majed on the Sir ( jaxartes ) , where most probably he has proceeded , as he would then"be in a civilised . world . It would be futile to discuss the chances of his ultimate escape , ^ hang ing as they do on the caprices of the vilest barbarians of Central Asia . A discussion Laving ensued , the meeting was adjourned to the 14 th inst .
Adolphe Schlagintweit crossed the Para-Lassa Pass from India to Thibet on the 31 sfc May , 1857 . The last documentary evidence consists of his letter to Hnrkishu from Chang-Chenmo of Ladak , dated the 14 th June , with a pos t script , stating that it was not sent till the 24 th , and one or two notes , for sundry payments , of the latter date . These documents were brought from Ladak by the Chuprassies , wh 6 joined Harkishii atKhardong of Garzha on . ' t lie 20 th of July , from whose statements it appears that before they left the Moonshee , Mohatned Hasan had desertedj taking the ponies , some money ; , nncl other articles belonging to M . Schlagintweit , but was overtaken , and the property
recpy : ered . Harkishu gathered' frqm Captain Montgorrierie , F ^ H . G . S ., of the Trigonometrical Survey , and his native doctor , that they were in Ladak during the summer when he left . Prom the locality of his last despatch , Chang-Chenmo , it is inferred that he crossed the Turkish . water-parting to the east of the Kili * a : Koriim Pass : —perhaps to Sugat , on the head of the Kara Kash , and thence followed the route taken by his brothers the previous year , towards Kiliam and Khbten . Jt seems that he had laid in a stock of merchandise to facilitate his journey by trading . From another source , the Bholiyas of Jwar , the information serves to shovr that lie had reached the margin of an inhabited
country , at the foot of the mountains ; left his camp to reconnoitre , and , in his absence * the guide absconded with most of the baggage and cattle towards Yarkend .. Being thus left helpless , M . Schlagintweit sent to the Tanadar pf Le for assistance in men , cattle , provisions , & c , whether for the purpose of penetrating into Turkistan , or returning to Ladak , remains undetermined . The next accounts are derived from merchant travellers from Ladak , from whom it appears that he had passed the winter of 1857 .-58 on the border of Khoten , and that oh his arrival the provinces of Euskghar and Yarkend yere in a disturbed state from one of the periodical invasions of the Turks . It is unlikely that he
would remain more than one winter here , or that if still jn the locality he would not have opened communication with Xadak t * nd India } probably , therefore , ho took the opportunity of the temporary subversion of Chinese authority to entor Khoten or Yarkend , as to go far or remain there . He could hardly nvbkl tho , notice of the insurgent Turks , who , though contrary to their natural impulse , roig-ht , in tho actual conjuncture , welcome him as an . enemy to the Chinese , and tho Jovo of travel and enterprise might prompt M . ISchlagintweit to offer himself in that capacity . In either case , when the Chinese got the upper hand , they would first rogaln possession of their southern frontier towards Ladak and
, , ho would probably retire with the invading Turks through Kashgur into Khokand , with which Our relations have been very plight , although wholly amicable , and on tho strength of them he might meet a friendly reception there ; on the other hand , tho . Khokftndis are on bad terms with all their neighbours , including the Russians , who are steadily encroaching on their north-west frontier , and this would add to Jiia difficulties in leaving their country agdin , TUclways out of Khokand aro E . to AU and S . E , tp KftsHghar , both completely stopped by the QMnese j S . to Buda . k & Uan and Cabul , but physically and politically mpot diWoult » S . W . to Samarkand and Bukhara , and W . to Khiva , both probably hostile to KhokanU , and certainly so to tho British . A Europqan , and especially an English traveller , would find safety thoro only from Russian protection .
Miscellaneous, The Court.—Her Majesty An...
MISCELLANEOUS , The Court . —Her Majesty and her family continue in good health at Buckingham Palace . The second levee this season was held on Wednesday ; it was not so numerously attended as the last , On Thursday , the Queen held a Privy Council at Buckingham Palace , at which she received the seals of office from the out-gbing minsters ; and . their successors kissed hands upon their appointment . The Queen honoured the performances at the Royal English Opera and the Olympic Theatre with her presence this week . Her Majesty lias signified her intention of holding a Chapter of the Most Ancient and Blost Noble Order of the Thistle at Buckingham Palace on
Monday next , for the purpbse of investing the Marquis of Ailsa with the insignia of the order . Lokds Palmekston and Joh ^ t Russeix . —We find the following in a morning journal of yesterday - —We have the best authority for stating that an important movement has taken place amongst the leaders of the Liberal partj \ Lord Palmerston and Lord John Russell have agreed to : lay aside their little differences , and go warmly in against the Government Reform Bill . The questions now to be determined are ,, whether a meeting on the new measure is to be called , and which of the noble lords is to convene it . If it be held at Lord John ' s , it is understood that Lord Palnierstori will attend . ''
Signok FjJiiia ' s Pamphlet . —The letter of i arini to Lord John Iiussell on the Italian question has just been published , and tends to show how fruitless will be every effort to pacify Italy , arid , through her , Europe , so long as Austria remains in Loinbardy and Venice . Farini hopes that the old sound common sense of England ; arid her sympathy with all oppressed nations , will induce her to join France in the-effort to secure against every eventuality the cause of Italian progression .
. Common Council , —At a special CouTf on Thursday a motion to oppose the Sale of Grain Bill was agreed to A long discussion ^ on the proposed lunatic asylum then took place , and a motion to rescind the resolution of the Court of January 22 , 1858 , as far as regarded the cost of erecting the asylum by a county rate , and that it be paid out of the city ' s cash , was carried , with an addition to the effect that such expenditure should be entirely under the control of the Common Council .
Direct Commissions in the Army . —It is a curious circumstance , and one ¦ well worthy of notice , that the two last direct commissions obtained in the army by examination have been conferred on the eldest sons of the senior physician , Dr .. Golding , and senior surgeon , Mr . Dancock , of the Charingcrsss Hospital ; the former commission was competed for in September of last year , and the latter in February of the present one . New Church at Twickenham . — At a meeting held at the residence of RearrAdmiral Sir II . L . Baker , Bart ., at Richmond , a committee was formed for the purpose of taking immediate steps to secure the erection of a church on the sije set apart by the Conservative Land Society , on tho St . Margaret ' s Estate , at the corner of the St . Margaret ' s drivo and Ailsa-road , at the entrance of the Riehmond < -road .
The following gentlemen were appointed a committee : —Sir H , L . Baker , Lord H . Cholmondeloy , Rear-Admiral Bethuno * Major Ditrons , Capt . C , Egertpn , R . ET ., Rev . T . D . Hales , Capfc . Heaslop , R . N ., Rev . T . G . Hough , Mr . F . A . McGeachy , Capt . tho Hon . F . Maude , R . N ., Mr . Henry Pownall , General I ' ownoy , Mr . J . M . Strachan , Rear-Admiral Trptter , and Mr . Morgan Yeatman , the lattor of whom , with Capt . Maude , to act as honorary secretaries . The following gentlemen have censented to act as trustees , viz , ;—Lord H . Chplmpndoley , Rev . Edward Hoare , Mr . II . Fownall , Mr . C . J . Bevan , and the Hon . Capt . Maude . The necessity for the erection of this edifice is becoming more and more urgent , especially since the occupation of Lord Kilmoncy ' s mansion , sold by thq society to the Rpyal Naval l ^ omalo School , the residents in which alone form tho nucleus of a congregation ,
Tub Metroi'qlitan Pomoe . —484 . 202 Z , was tho total oxponso of tho metropolitan pplico force last year . One chief magistrate ( tho tord Mayor pro tgm . ) receives 1 , 600 /; . a ^ -ycar j 22 magistrates , 1 , 200 * . eachj and 23 clorks , salaries from 7 SJ . to 500 J . aycftrj 11 , 270 / . was dorlvod fvom flnosUist year . Tho oditoi' of , the Polieo Garotte receives a stipend of 100 ? . a-yqar . The polioo force includes 18 superintondoiUs , 143 inspectors , 023 sorgeants , ana 5 , 355 common constables , makbig a total force of 0 , 130 men .
The Last PLOt , r- ^ -A Paris letter says : —AU the JTrench newspapers state that the Princess Mathilde paid a visit to the Prefect of Police a day or two since to inspect some old records . I have reason to thirik that the object of her visit was very different from the one alleged . About ten days ago a person clad in the Imperial livery presented himseh ? at one of the railway stations , and asked for three bo ^ es which the Princess expected by a train that had just come in , and which would be directed "To be left till called for . " He was told that two boxes only had arrived , and took the two away . The next day the missing box arrived . The railway clerks at once sent it off to the Princess Mathilde ' s residence
The hall-porter , on being told of the other two boxes said he knew nothing about them . The Princess ' being informed of the message from the railway , box was opened in her presence , . and . was found to contain a quantity of bombs , i-ather smaller than those iised by . Orsini , but of precisely the same character . I am not sure whether it was oil that evening or the next that the Emperor went to the Opera Comique . It was observed that most extraordinary precautions were taken on this occasion . Two squadrons of cavalry , a force quite unprecedented as a guard of honour for an ordinary visit to a theatre , were stationed on the Boulevards : and
all the approaches to the theatre were kept clear to an extent altogether unusual . . The ' . reason ' for these precautions is now evident . There can scarcely be a doubt that the Princess Mathilde went to the police-office for reasons connected -with the alarming discovery above alluded to . With regard to the above story , the Paris correspondent of ' -the Globe observes : —I perceive in the Express a magnificent canard about three boxes of Or . siivTs bombs . " smaller dimension , " delivered as railway jwrccls , and addressed to Princess Mathilde . That duck is very laine in all its bearings . If there had been any truth in it , the Express would have been seized .
Advantages of a Marriage S > : TruiMi : NT . —It appears that the attempt of the liqiiidaturs of the London and Eastern Banking Corporation to obtain possession of the 16 , 000 ? . settled by the notorious Mr . Stephens upon his wife , and of which- his confederate , Colonel Waugli , was one of the ti ustees , together with' his . father-3 n .-law , Mr . John' Carnac Morris , has wholly "failed . The settlement / was effected only a short time previous to the iliseovery that "VVaiigh •• and Stephens had obtained for their own use the whole of the funds of the bank , and had reduced tQ a * uin all who liad euibarted in it ; but Stephens ' s frausactions were carried on partly in the shape of loans to himself , and partly by the
ordinary working of a drawing account ; anil the Vice-Chancellor has decided that the property which constituted the settlement cannot , as regards its mode of acquirement , be sufficiently traced to admit of its being recovered for the victims of that establishment . In addition to the lG , 0 uu / ., 4 , 000 f . was settled by Mr . Curnac Morris , and the result therefore is , that Mr . Stephens , at the conclusion of the present chapter of his career , virtually finds himself with tux inalienable provision of 20 , 000 * . Looking at the fact that lie commenced his operations in the financial world fresh from the duties of an army assistnnt-sm ; j > von , and that the creation and destruction of tho bank was
the work of only three years , his success must hftve realised his best hopes . Colonel Wiiuyh is . fully believed to have exorcised corresponding care fur tno protection of Mrs . Waughand his family , and ns ^ the creditors of the bank are not . inclined to jidil to their losses tho expense of hunting him down and bringing him to justice , and the Government have apparently determined to lot all sucli cases for fhe fut urc enjoy immunity , a spectacle is thus presented to tho "world of triumphant audacity which , for completeness lias rarely boon paralleled . That under tho present state of the law tho oxamplo will find numerous tho
imitators must bo fully expected . Among cases of insolvency during the crisis of 1857 , there voro many which showed that tho marringo Kottleincnt system constituted thocsliief inducement ana rolmnco of tho advonturors by whom our cpjninorco was being ruinod , and one of tho great objodkmH to me practice of winding up " under inspection ij" » consisted jn the way in which ' . for obvious reasons accountants , solicitors , and creditors have p'lssea over -those contrivances . That thoy will lw stiu niore widely carried out during future por \ o < toiw speculation can scarcolvbo doubted , alter tno
oncouraging instances now furnished . A reform o * tho Bankruptcy Court may , porhaps , f'UU ' / . ? ? , ™ check ; but thore can bo no real remedy untn vw morality of the trading classes shall have lulviuicca to a point to ohabto thgm to recognise that tno indulgent creditors who connive at such tmnsnouon » aro almost as guilty no the plausible cluirJutnnB ot whom thoy allow thomsolvos to bo thodupcu . — ¦* «««*• East India Housw .-rHer Alajosty has boon l '' ^' on the rocpmmondatioji of Lord Stanloy , to m >^ l the appointment of Sir Robert N . C . Hamilton , w ^> as Provisional Member of tho Council .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 5, 1859, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05031859/page/10/
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