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m2 THE LEADER. [Saturday,
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-THE DUKE OF CLEVELAND AND COLONEL GARRE...
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SIR WILLIAM MOLES WORTH AT EDINBURGH. Th...
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TORY IPOLICY NEXT SESSION. Recently we s...
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ntJSSIATS AND FINNISH PRISONERS. Theiie ...
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The Dauntless Affair. Lieutenants Knight...
&» t we trust , now that the investigation has been » ougdht to a close , tbe public mind will be appeased , m & that !*»' att ) ersw-ill be allowed to take their proper s © urse on the decision to which we have come , and which decMwn , I hav-e to add , is unanimous on the part of the bench . Lieutenant Knrght is tinder arrest on board the Dauntless , preparatory to his being tried by a courtmartial .
M2 The Leader. [Saturday,
m 2 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
-The Duke Of Cleveland And Colonel Garre...
-THE DUKE OF CLEVELAND AND COLONEL GARRETT . A . correspondekce has taken place between the -3 > uke of Cleveland and Colonel Garrett of the Fortysixth , in consequence of certain opinions on the discripli » e of the regiment expressed by the duke in his recent letters to the Mayor ofWindsor . Colonel Garret t asks the duke to point out in the evidence at the courts-martial anything to sIiq wthat beyond the cases of Greer and Perry , he was justified in the remark , that , If youths in the lower Yanks of regiments are allowed to practise every sort of riot , drunkenness , and debauchery , and no " notice taken of it by their comtnanders , are they to be made the victims and he to be let off scot-free , when , by his own culpable- negligence , he has been the sole cause of it ?—for . such is the case -with ^ Colonel "Garrett /'
The d-uke replies , that as an Englishman he had a Tight to make observations on , the colonel as a " public man , " and denied his right to ask him to give his xoasonsibr the opinions he had expressed , "\ yere he v anerely a ciyiliats ; but still less had he a , right to Jnaake saeh a Teqjuest , in a , military point of view , fronjhis superior officer , "—and that the evidence on Ithe whole justified his opinion . The colonel rejoins , that lie has commanded the Regiment for . fifteen years , \ and it had been in . spected by eighteen general officers , whose opinions ^ vere the ( reverse of the duke ' s . DE-Ie then
sarcastically points out , by reference to dates , that " his ^ Superior officer" had only served in the army eleven years ; declares that he has received offence , injury , and insult from the duke , and asks for an apology . ¦ To this he gbttioreply ; and again he urges that the ¦ matter-should be placed in the hands of a friend on « ach side , under the provisions of the Articles of War , which instituted that sort of arbitration among ' officers instead of duelling—" a practice , " says the ^ colonel , " which , ten years ago , would have "brought such ' a Riatter as the one now at issue to a speedy ¦ settlement . "
The duke declines , and leaves him to his " action for libel . " Colonel Garcrett then aays , that as that is all the ledress he can get , he c < rmist keep that course in View for 'his future guidance , " and in the mean time iie will publish the correspondence .
Sir William Moles Worth At Edinburgh. Th...
SIR WILLIAM MOLES WORTH AT EDINBURGH . The freedom of the city of Edinburgh- —as w . as pathetically said by the Lord Provost , " all it has to give "—was bestowed on Sir W . Mblesworth on Saturday last . The chief magistrate took the occasion-to express a good deal of confidence in the present Government . Six William returned , thanks at length , and was firstly "unable to find words to express his gratification at auch a mark of respect from " so great and fenowed a city—renowned both in ancient history and modern science ; remowned for its philosophers , historians , poets , and divines . " But ho had peculiar grntifieation because , said he ,
I am connected with tins city by tho tics'tooth of birth anil edncation . By both 1 am hiilf a Scotchman . I ain prottel of my Scotch bloo « l , and of belonging to the eamo faintly as 'David Iluino , tho historian and philosopher . ' lit tho'University of Edinburgh I was educated under Leslie ^ Jameson , and cither eminent professors . In my youth I' ^ was so fortunate as to enjoy tho acquaintance raid to profit by tho conversation of Sir Walter Scott , Jcflroy , JBrowster , Sir William Hamilton , Sir . Tolm Sinclair , tfamon Mill , and other distinguished Scotchmen .
I mn , thoroforo , attached to " Edinburgh by tho foolinga of grntltudo , affection , and admiration j mid tlio strength Of'those feelings hntt not boon dlmhitahed by / in absence of many yours . Slnoo I loft THilhiburgh 1 huvo vinitod m / my of tho most cojobrntcrt cities in Europe , but none of thorn 'ovor jnppenrod to mo to compare in bounty with tho metropolis of Scotland , which has uIho boon much adorned of Into years . 1 am , therefore , delighted at tha hononr you have dono mo in enrolling mo among your ¦ f reemen .
Ho was grateful for tho approbntion oppressed of his politicnl opinions , bclioviiig them to bo sound 9 and they did ( not intorfero with bis taking ofllco under Lord Aberdeen . Whon I joined tlmfc Government , though I had not iho honour ta bo oorjioiiully acquainted with Lord Abordtwny I Uu 4 & roat roapoot < f » nd admiration for l » ia public « U * wwtfw . I folk convxaowl that I . could hwomu . u
member of Ins Government without any compromise of principle , especially as my noble friend , Lord John Russell , the distinguished , acknowledged , and justly-recognised leader of the Xaberal paTty , "whom I have generally followed , and hope to continue to follow in public life , had consented to hold an influential position in Lord Aberdeen ' s Administration . ISfor have iny hopes and expectations been disappointed . My respect and admiration for -Lord Aberdeen has 4 > een confirmed and strengthened by personal acquaintance . I found him to be a sincere ,
earnest , straightforward , liberal , and enlightened gentleman—an honour to Scotland—a statesman of whom every Scotchman ought to be proud . —whose only object in taking office -was to promote the good Grovernment of his country , and whose chief wish in retaining office is firmly and energetically to main-tain the honour and dignity of Great Britain , in the arduous contest in which we are . now engaged—in the just and necessary war which the responsible IfcJinisters of the Crown have felt it their duty to advise her Majesty to declare against the Emperor of Uussia .
The remainder of the speech was a very general view , indeed , of Ministerial policy in reference to the warj which told nothing , as was of course intended .
Tory Ipolicy Next Session. Recently We S...
TORY IPOLICY NEXT SESSION . Recently we stated that the indications of what was to be the Tory policy had begun to resolve themselves into a certainty , and that " Protestantism " was to be the cry , and Mr . Disraeli the chief crier . At the same moment the Tress , appearing on the very same day , was labouring with a manifesto which stamps ouT-prophecy as true . The constitutionrof England is laid down by our brilliant but illogical contemporary to have been for "three centuries Protestant , and in' the vanguard of its defenders have ever been the " Irish Protestants , a race and a people whom successive governments have tacitly agreed to overlook or injure . " And as a . general principle , it is really time that the question of the Protestantism of the state should be decided . It is asserted , " This is a conviction fast gaining ground in Ireland as in other parts of the empire . We see it recorded this ¦ week that ' the Protestant Association of the county of Down , the ICent of Jreland , has come forward' to express its hope that the member for Bu « ks will bring in a measure to ' vindicate the Protestant Constitution of the country . ' There are few shires even in England that can compete with the county of Down in the mingled influences of numbers , wealth , and an educated population . Pre-eminently Protestant , it is the prosj ^ erous seat of thriving manufactures ; it has several first-class peers , a highly opulent gentry , and a sturdy yeomanry . Its proper designation would be the Yorkshire of Ireland , rather than its Kent . And it is this county which , at * a public meeting presided over by a gentleman of station and inliuenco , has responded to Mr . Disraeli ' s words on the vital necessity for vindicating the Protestant
Constitution . " Facts like this and others in our possession justify our belief that before long the public mind will be steadily fixed on this serious subject . But in vain will opinion bo excited if it does not , as we most sincerely trust it will , receive statesmanlike guidance . The Protestant sentiment ( if tho land must not bo allowed to evaporate , as under tlie claptrap policy of tho writer of tho Durham letter , or presumptuously sported with , as in tho case of Mr . Chambers and tho Conventual question . Without
tho discretion that chooses a vigorous and practical line of action , it would bo vuin to expect any permanently benoflcial , or largely influential results . Distinct ohjouts must bo aimed ut ; principles tliat will stand tho tost of long discussion adopted , and Micro offensive- clamour be avoided . Our position is essentially one of defence . In thia great cavuso wo are not tho aggressors , nor have wo originated the discussion . It lias been raised in tho most offensive manner by tho ambition of propagandist Itomo . "
Against this the Press exhorts Tories and Protestants to act on . the . defensive , and declares that tho conduct of Home can only bo met "By a policy in harmony with our Constitution , winch , while . preserving tho civil and roiigious privileges of all our ftjllow-BubjeotH , etliull fix itho limit beyond wluuh Komiah oggrcsaion must not bo permitted to mlvanco . " It in in tho power of tho Protestants of Ireland to promote this policy by making common oauao with the
1 rotOHtiuitH of tho omniro , and by tho firm and tominorato expression of tholr Honthncnts . We do justice to thoir muny noble qmilities , and wo rospoot tholr seal , aud . hope it will over bo tempered with tho dittor-oHou they have , l « t « ly manifested . ProtoHtftHtiem -is too high awX pure a principle to bo associated with badges and colours , or ovon with dynastic romonibranoon . Its gemiino triumph in not tho ascendancy of a party , but . tho equal lights of a i > uoplo . It concedes the utmost freedom « f thought and action thut i « ¦ conflintonf-with tho preservation of fcvodom . Dut it is 'impossible far any
truly Protestant State to permit the existence of a confederacy wkMi i .-s a perpetual menace to its peace , and ia inconsistent with that liberty of the subject wiick it is its first duty to protect . " Mr . Lucas seems to have made up liismind what to expect . In the Tablet of last week he traces tte gradual approach , of Mr . . Disraeli last session to entire cohesion with Mr . Spooner , who so often pathetically lamented the one point of difference between him and his right honourable friend . Mr . Luca 3 points cuit the significancy of articles in the Morning Herald and the Press , connecting Mr . Disraeli with some such movement , followed up as it is by the addresses to him from Protestant Associations , and says : —
" From all these indications I suppose we may draw the inference that next session there is to be in Pariiament a desperate anti-Catholic crusade from tlie fanatics on both sides of the House , and that of this crusade , if lie finds it convenient , Mr . Disraeli is to be tbe leader . " Judging from Mr . IMsraeli ' s recorded opinions , Mr . Lucas seems to think that " whatever phrasea he may use to advance the purposes of the moment , no human being believes in his zeal for Protestantism ; " aud if all this comes to pass , he can only say : —
" That Protestantism has taken many stsrange shapes , and -will take many stranger ; but I think it will be one of the strangest if the man who lias ostentatiously put forward these sentences as part of his ireligious creed should appear as the leader and chosen advocate of Protestantism in its struggles for the supremacy of -what they call religious truth . Their leader—for they hail him as their leader , and will gratefully accept bis guidance if . he-will stoop to lead them—boldly avo"W 3 his belief that there was no crime in the crucifixion of the Son of God ; that His murderers are free from blame ; and that we are to contemplate their act with gratitude / The ' immolators , ' as he calls rthe murderers of Our Lord , are to be reverenced along -with tkeir ' victim , ' as both equally belonging to ihe ' iholy race . ' Annas and Caiplias , Judas and Herod , the priests who instigated , and tlie rabble who shouted ' Crucify 3-Iinx
crucify Hirii , ' all are -placed by this defender of Protestantism ia the same category wath the - ^ Redeemer of Mankind ; for them he claims our reverence ; he absolves them froan blame ; and he awards to them our ' trembling gratitude . ' If there is to be a new persecution of the Catholics , it is some consolation to tis to reflect that in this new crusade the flag of Protestantism will be carried by a gentleman who entertains these peculiar opinions . Mr . Disraeli has a perfect right to his opinion , however wild , or however extravagant . I am not arguing against that . I content myself with pointing out the strange conjuncture of circumstances which places in the Tan of Exeter Hall one who , if we rightly understand his words , and if he means ivhat he professes , Teveres and worships the betrayers and crucifiers of Our Lord . If it is in that interest Catholic nuns are to be persecuted , and the Catholic Church legislated agauist , it is well so singular a fact should be made patent to the world . "
Ntjssiats And Finnish Prisoners. Theiie ...
ntJSSIATS AND FINNISH PRISONERS . Theiie has been , fighting between the Russian and iFinnish prisoners on board the Benbow and Devonshire : They arc crowded togothcr , nearly eleven hundred in two ships . They are well fed , with nothing to do ; none of thorn seeming inclined to pursue sudi n cournc of ingenious industry as that which bo remarkably tli . stinguishetl the French prisoners in England in tn « early part of this century . Thoy seem to resemble the English prisoners in Franco [ as tho latter wore descri Ijl > i 1 by tho l ' Yanch ] : they Hit stupidly idle after one meal , talking about how long it is to the next , or gambling for tobacco and spirits with cards , dice , or other instruments of hazard : or when warmed by strong drink , of which by somii moans thoy find xnoro than enough , thoy
discuss tho political merits of Russin , her past conquest * , present system of government , and her probable future . Tho Finlandoj-B datest everything Itiiseinn , and ore not ¦ s low to call the loyal subjeotH of tho Emperor- —their presont fellow prisoners- —cowards . Tho loyal Riiflrtmns throw back the charge . Tho Fins , chiefly a eorps of rifleman , roitomto that no ¦ defence was mado jit lk > innrsund except by them and tho Finnish artillery . The loyal Kufwianfl , indignant at tliia aflwortion , appeal to tho hw , l , which they allege to bo notoriously lrui > , that tho FhiH , being political as well n » natural nlioim to liussui , arc bad Hiibjccts and bad soldiers , added to which thoy are not orthodox ChriHlimiH , but a jjpojiIo who mingle ancient paganism , tho worship of Odin and Thw , with a upeciea of Christianity ¦ which has neither a , church nor a priesthood .
Thcso disputes wnxod so warm , that lost week there was a gcnoral buttlo ; thoy grappled in jxiir ^ nnd after a wrestle foil on tho dock , , kicking : biting , and "throttling . Tho distOTbanco yraa only put an ond to by n throat that thoy would bo 'fired on by the sentries . Thoy nro to bo sepnrated .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 7, 1854, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07101854/page/6/
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