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THE RI-VENIK. The official Return of the...
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BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS FOR AUGUST. The B...
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PUBLIC MEETINGS. MB. BRIGHT ON FKIENDI7T...
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DR. CULLEN AND IRISH CATHOLIC " REFORM."...
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The War. The Bombarfroent Of Riga By The...
to believe , was tfie father of the present French Marshal , £ , 5 ii therSbiS tfie writer ' s cousin . We believe there U ^ no doS ^ he Irish origin of General M'Mabon ; and an attempt is being made to establish a similar narentejw for General NieL But our readers will have Noticed that almost every European who makes itinuelf consp icuous is claimed by the Scotch or Irish as belonging m some way to them . A " Tk BfiUJ * " has been chanted iu the cathedral of Sebastopol in presence of Marshal Pelissier . Another church has been placed at the disposal of the English . Prince Mewschikokf a Monk . —The l ' atrie states that a private letter received by a Russian family in Paris announces that Prince Menschikoff has become a monk . He lias enrolled himself , it is said , in a monastery near Moscow . Nichouueff . —The Emperor Alexander , with the Grand Dukes Michael and Nicholas , arrived on the 25 th ult , at NicholaiefF . Siiuhla is full of newly-raised troops , who are drilled morning , noon , and night . The fortress of Shunila is to be strengthened , and five French and two Prussian officers of engineers have arrived from Constantinople to superintend the works . The commanding ofliccr is Colonel Bcncole , who went to inspect the fortifications of Sophia on the 10 thu . lt . —Times Vienna Correspondent . Kaks . —A letter from Trebizonde says : — "Reports are rife here of a recent attack by General Williams upon the army investing Kara , which resulted in a loss to the Russians of three thousand men . "
" Alma . Day" in thk Camiv—The 20 th of September —the first anniversary of the Battle of the Alma—was celebrated in the English camp by the distribution of medals , clasps , and ribands . " Alma dinners , " with much singing and jollity followed , both the officers and privates commemorating the day with these festivities . The French , also , had their banquets , and , early in the morning , they performed a Alis # < t 6 ' ul < uuis for the repose of the dead .
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The Ri-Venik. The Official Return Of The...
THE RI-VENIK . The official Return of the Revenue for the quarter ended on the 30 th of September presents an increase on the quarter , as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year , amounting to 1 , 924 , 124 / . ; on the half-year , to 2 , 929 , 699 / . ; and on the year , to 8 , 344 , 781 / . The following is the statement for the quarter : — INCREASE . Customs . £ 304 , 423 Property Tax 1 , 093 , 590 Crown Lands 4 , 944 Miscellaneous . 33 , 063 £ 2 , 306 , 920 DRCRKASE . Excise £ 200 , 006 Stamps 1 U 3 . Taxes 22 , 203 Post Office HI , 213 Net Increase on the quarter . £ 1 , 024 , 124
Board Of Trade Returns For August. The B...
BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS FOR AUGUST . The Board of Trade returns for the month ending the 81 st of August wcro issued on Saturday , find present a further corroboration of the views entertained regarding the commercial position of the country . Compared with the corresponding month of last year they show an increase in the declared value of our exportation * of 107 , 769 / . Among the most prominent items on the favourable aide arc rulk manufactures , woollen and linen
yarn , and the various miscellaneous products comprised under tlio liend of unenumcrated articles . On the other sidci , the chief features observable arc still those consequent upon the diminution of the Australian trade . The general character of tin ; return , however , la one of remarkable steadiness , since in the great branches of industry , such a . i cotton , woollen , and linen manufactures and metals , the totals . s how very moderate variations .
With regard to imported commodities , an increase is again shown in the arrivals of wheat and Indian corn ; but flour presents a diminution , owing to the delay in the American shipments . Coincident with tlie demand for broadatufTs , there ha * been an augmented importation of rice , oh was also the case last month . The- consumption of other articles of food or luxury hits been upon a scale to Indicate the exercise of economy on the , part ol the peoplo , induced probably by the high price of grain . Thus , tea , coffee , cocoa , sugar , spirits , fruits , ami spices , all show a decline . Tho importation * of some , of these articles , however , have been large , especially of coll ' ee , cocoa , and tea . The comparative imports and exports of raw material show a large diminution under every bead , sufficient to demonstrate that there has been no overtrading . —JW # .
Public Meetings. Mb. Bright On Fkiendi7t...
PUBLIC MEETINGS . MB . BRIGHT ON FKIENDI 7 T SOCIETIES . A " tea-festival , " has been given at the Victoria Hotel , Hulrue , Manchester , by the members of the three Friendly Societies of that township , for the purpose of presenting a complimentary address to Mr . Bright , and a vote of thanks to Messrs . MiLner Gibson and Sotheron , for their exertions in procuring the Friendly Societies Act of last session , and in defeating the measure introduced on the same subject , in 1854 , by Lord Palmerston . The address was very beautifully engrossed on vellum . After tea , Mr . Bright delivered rather a long speech , in the course of which he observed : —
" Something has been said about a bill that was proposed prior to the introduction of the bill on Friendly Societies , which is now the law of the land ; and I unite most cordially in reprobation of that bill . ( Cheers . ') It was the manner in which I felt stung by the scandalous insult which it was endeavoured to offer—in fact , which was offered to the people of this country—by a certain clause in that bill , that stimulated me almost more than anything else to give a particular attention to the subsequent measure which is now in operation . ( Cheers . * ) It was the present Prime Minister of England who was especially instrumental in offering that insult to you and hundreds of thousands of other members of friendly societii-s . He knew nothing of your habits — nothing , or little more than nothing , of your interests—he knows far less than anybody here of what passes generally in the minds , and what is the course of life , of the great bulk of the population of Lancashire ; and , acting upon some single case , which , perhaps , was mkrepresented or exaggerated , he comes forward to stamp an indelible disgrace upon a vast number of the people of his own country . ( Long continued cheering . ' ) The contemplated measure would have treated you as if you had no natural affection . Does any man in the world consider that if the natural affection of the parent to his child is not a sufficient guarantee for the safety of the child it i ~ j . oj =-sible tor any miserable act of Parliament to give that guarantee ? ( Cheers . ) Do you think the God who made us , and who has given us those inestimable blessings — those little children that are our heart ' s life — do vou think He left the preservation of those children t <> . ! ie security of an act of Parliament dictated by my Lord Palmerston ? ( Renewed applause . ) No , surely not ; and I am delighted that , the committee to whom the matter was referred sat , and that the pleas upon which this calumny was founded , were overthrown , and that when the proposition was endeavoured to be forced through Parliament by the weight of the then Home Minister , it utterly failed , and that after that failure you succeeded — and I must say to a very large extent succeeded bv the exertions of the deputation from your societies—in procuring a measure with which the members of friendly societies generally have reason to be satisfied . ' " After expressing his opinion that a man with five pounds in a Friendly Society is more likely to be a steady workman than if he had nothing to fall back on , and that he will always be in a position to demand higher wages , Mr . Bright alluded to the emancipation of the newspaper from the penny stamp , and , briefly touching on the war , remarked that , whether it be right or wrong , it is highly necessary that the people should be informed of its progress , and capable of keeping a cheek on its management . As an illustration of its effects , lie mentioned the increasing numbor of empty houses in Manchesterthis year , 7000 ; last year , GO 0 O ; and the previous year /> oo 0 . He resumed his seat amidst much applause . MR . 11 AXTEK , M . P ., ON " SOMRTHINO WOR 8 IS THAN " WAK . " Mr . Baxter , the member for Mont rose , has been recently meeting his constituents , in order that he might give an early account of his stewardship , and nllord ltis constituents an opportunity of expressing their opinions with respect to his Parliamentary conduct . Tho Town Hall was crowded ; and , the Provost having complimented Mr . Baxter on the faithful discharge of his duties , a cordial vote of thanks was passed . In tho course of his address , Mr . Baxter said : — " There is no man living who is more deeply impressed than I am with the dreadful evils to which war tf ives rise . Is it not even at this moment bringing sorrow into a thousand homes , adding to our national burdens , checking our course of free trade legislation , and interfering iu countless ways with our prosperity ? Hut is nothing worse than war ? Look at Naples . Aceoin-. I ' . 'iny mo in thought for a moment to the land of the olive and tho vino , to the sunny skies and bright blue
waves of Southern Italy . There you have , in its . physical aspect , a garden like that which tho Creator first planted by the banks of tho Euphrates—in its moral , so full of horrors that Danto alone could adequately describe it . The air is balmy , the soil is rich , the fig trees cuibowor the gardens , vines cluster on tho mountains , the plaint * wave with tho finest wheat , and every valley is a ( ioshen . Hut the last of the Bourbons , like the destroying augel of Kgypt , hovers over the territory and nil . - *
it with woe . The stillness of death pervades every family ; for who knows that his neighbour is not a spy ? Who knows that , innocent and harmless as he is , before sunset he will not be immured in some dreadful dungeon , the horrors of which no pen can describe ? Every mind is in an agony of suspense—every ear listens for the knock of the shirri- — every eye watches for the myrmidons of a base and detested despot . But it is-the silence which precedes the roar of the volcano ; and to my mind , gentlemen , this dreadful silence is worse than war . I know that hostilities , when they do break out , must darken many a hearth . But , were I a Neapolitan , at this very moment I should require no twice-repeated signal to buckle
on my armour and say , ' God defend the right ! ' ( Great applause . ") It is said that we are a commercial nation , and that fighting is not our province . Now , history may instruct us on this point too . Some nations have striven to perpetuate their existence and their power by conquest ; others have trusted entirely to their wealth derived from trade . The one neglected altogether the arts of peace , the other neglected altogether the means of defence and . provision for the public honour ; and both stand out as beacons , warning us to shun extremes and endeavour to pursue a middle course—avoiding , on the one hand , the lu , st of conquest , and , on the other ,
that sordid bjurit which sacrifices everything to the money-making of the hour . ( C' fieers . ) Let us not be blind to the fate of empires which preceded ours ; but , glancing back to the old world , keep in mind that , while the stranger wanders for hours , solitary and musing , among the ivy-crowned columns , the crumbling walls , and cvpress thickets on the site of the palace of the Cajsars , in the midst of imperial and all-conquering Rome , commercial nations have fallen too ; for the tideless waves of the Mediterranean break silently in upon that deserted beach where once dwelt , in almost regal splendour , the merchant-princes of Tyre . *'
HEREFORDSHIRE PASSES JIDGMr . ST OX 3 IE . 3 IECHI . The Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Herefordshire Agricultural Society was held at Ledbury on Thursday week . A Mr . R . D . Cooke was in the chair ; and this gentleman undertook to " put down " Mr . Mcchi . From the marks of approval with which his observations were met , we may fairly judge that he spoke , not merely his own individual opinion , but the opinion of corporate Herefordshire . Mr . Cooke , it seems , does not regard Mr . Mechi as a farmer at all . Mr . Mechi , believing that " any fool wiil do for a farmer , " has forgotten to ask himself how it is that " farming has made so many wise men fools . " ( Here the meeting-, touched as with a personal reference , cheered . ) Mr . Mechi thought that farmers
could not go to too great an expense in farming ; but Mr . Cooke could inform the meeting that " gold might be bought too dearly . " Mr . Mechi spent a pound in experiments that he might save a penny in manure . Mr . Mcchi had been called " a great star " in agriculture ; but to the philosophic gaze of Mr . Cooke he appeared more like a Will-o ' -the-wisp . ( Great cheering . ) His system is " the broad farce of farming : " it is , indeed , " supported by the Times " but that is because the Times is ignorant of country matters . Nevertheless , the candid Cooke admitted that Mr . Mechi is " a useful man as an experimentalist and as a hobby-horse farmer . " Cooke , therefore , does not bear too hard on Mechi ; but Herefordshire has pronounced awful judgment , and Mechi is put out of court .
Mi:. Vkrn'ox Smith, M.P., Has Been Addre...
Mi :. Vkrn'ox Smith , M . P ., has been addressing a meeting nt Kettering on the war . His remarks were not of a nature to call for analysis or quotation . Mu . IIorsman ' , M . l \ , Chief Secretary for Ireland , visited Belfast lust week , and was entertained at a grand < /< utter . On returning thanks for his health being drunk , he congratulated his auditory on the astonishing progress which Ireland had made within the last seven 3-cars , and passed high encomiums on the Irish character .
Dr. Cullen And Irish Catholic " Reform."...
DR . CULLEN AND IRISH CATHOLIC " REFORM . " Dn , Ccr . i . KX , the Catholic Legate in Ireland , is about to introduce certain " reforms" of a rather important nature into the management of the Irish Church . Tlie Propaganda , whieli appears to be greatly inlluenced by Dr . Cullen , who is now at Rome , has found , out—what Protestants have discovered for a long time past—that Irish priests arc iu the habit ot ' mixing themselves up to an undue extent with poviru
litical questions , of appealing from the altar in - lent language to the fiercest passions of the people , and of forgetting the olllees of religion in ( ho noisy declamation of partisanship . Dr . Cullou desires to reform this , and so far nothing can In hvttvrt uu * tho ulterior designs ho has in view will »»* > "jct with much approval among ^ "y ^ ' ! ^ , . ^^ " ^ from Rome , published in the Times J ^™^ "i ence , sets forth the whole plan . J ho i » n *>* " ^ i in ^ i % f 3 i ?^ li ^ atAnlSfSwhor ; ^ tho U *!* language is
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 6, 1855, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06101855/page/5/
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