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NAPIER TO HIS SOLDIERS. Sergeant John Ca...
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THE IRISH TENANT-RIGHT PARTY. A meeting"...
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THE LAWSON OBSERVATORY. The Midland Obse...
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AMERICAN TRADE IN INDIA. With their usua...
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TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON AN IRISH RAILWAY. A...
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Continental Notes. Thb Moniteur Has Publ...
" favourite' to accept the Embassy to Vienna , with the additional gratuity of 3 , 000 , 000 of reals ( 30 , 0001 . ) to the " favourite " himself to accompany his worthy parent . A near relative of an influential member of the present Cabinet is spoken of as likely to be the hew " favourite . " A telegraphic despatch from Madrid brings intelligence that the Cortes are convoked for the 19 th November . . By a recent decree all iron and implements'to be used in the making of railways are admitted free of . duty in Spain .
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NAPIER TO HIS SOLDIERS . Sergeant John Casey , once serving under Sir Charles James Napier , with the gallant twenty-second , but now living retired near Belfast , heard of his old general's death , and wrote to Napier ' s son-in-law to know what were the last words of his former commander . The following is the reply : — " Blend" wortu House , Homdean , Hants . . Sept . 19 , 1 * 53 . " Sergeant , —Your letter gave me heartfelt pleasure . It was in possessing the affection and confidence of noble soldiers like yourself that our beloved commander reaped Jus proudest reward . You are worthy to receive his dy ing words , which he charged me to deliver to the soldiers whom he loved so well , and thus I impart them to you . G uard them Jrom dishonour and misrepresentation as you guarded in battle the glorious old colours thut received his latest breaih : —
" I took up my sword at eleven years of age , and 1 now aheath it at seventy-two -with honour . I have never stained it by a mean or dishonourable action , or by a desire to use it for my own aggrandisement . I hare served my country zealously and honestly , but my chiofarm was to protect the poor soldier ; I may have to reproach myself for somo things , but not for my regard for the soldier ' s welfare . Tell them that , Montagu , who have followed me . Yet even in this I had to check ¦ myself , lest my bitter , bitter enemies might say I courted popularity . I never courted popularity -with the Boldiers ; 1 only strove for their rights . ' " I know , Sergeant , the reverence and affection with which you will read these words , because you and the soldiers know them to be true ; and 1 see , by the foaling expressions in your beautiful letter to me , that you have a heart to opiirtciste them . Accept , Sergeant , my thanks-and good wishes .
" Yours faiihiullr , . "Montagu M'Murdo , Major . " To Colour-Sergeant John A . Casey , late oi the 22 i > d Kegiinent , Brtllynafeigh , Belf . ist . " Perhaps tin ' s is the noblest commentary on the life of Charles James Napier which has appeared since his death . The soldiers know , although some do notthat "he only strove for their rights . "
The Irish Tenant-Right Party. A Meeting"...
THE IRISH TENANT-RIGHT PARTY . A meeting" of the Tenant League was held in Dublin on Tuesday . There were present thirteen Members of Parliament , namely—Mr . Tristram Kennedy ( who acted as chairman ) , Mr . Serjeant Shee , Mr . G . H . Moore , Mr . Lucas , Mr . Potter , Mr . Duffy , Colonel Crevillo , Mr . Goorge Howyer , Mr . Swift , Mr . Fox , Mr . M'Mahon , Mr . Mngaii , Mr . P . O'Brien . The proceedings were rather discordant and stormy . One of the original resolutions of the Tenant League pledges the Imh party to oppose any ministry that Will not make Sharmau Crawford ' s Bill a Cabinet measure . Mr . Bowyer proposed an amendment , altering the word " Cabinet" to Government . Several members strongly objected to this alteration—31 ' r . Potter , Mr . Lucas , and Serjeant Shee leading the opposition . Mr . Bowyer , after some discussion , withdrew the resolution , but Mr . Lucas insisted that the sense of the meeting should be taken on the point . The amendment was then formally put , and almost unanimously rejected . Another resolution was then proposed , pledging the party to graft on the Tenant Improvement Compensation Bill all the essential principles of Sharman Crawford ' s measure . This led to a controversy of great animation and sicerbity , Dr . M ' Knight , editor of the Banner of ITlxttir , hinted at Rome " Member " who had urged the Government to withdraw all Tenant Right legislation la ^ t session . Mr . Duffy attacked Dr . M'Knight for articles in tho Banner of Ulster imputing corruption to particular members of tho Irish Party in Parliament . This led
to a scene . Dr . M'Knight . — " Pass a resolution calling upon mo to nay who it was who wont to a leading incmlxirol' tho Government to ask him not to have any tenant right a ^ itution . Pan * u r < taoliitiou , and I will name ) him . " ( C « roat confusion . ) 'I'ho Ruv . Mr . Rogers then attempted , uiuid grout tipronr , to wpfiuk , but it was decided that lie was not in order . The mooting culhxl on Dr . M'Knight to nimio the person to -whom ho alluded , but ho declined doing ho , iiiiIomm in coinpliimco with a resolution . Tho two airioiidmoiits Inuring bwn put IWigi ( ho chair and lost , and iho original resolution having boon carried with only tour dissnntinnts , On tho motion of Mr . Lucas , seconded bj Mr . Swill , Dr . JM'Kniglit was required to give iho name .
Dr . M'Knight . — " Very well . Tho cirtaunutiinco ti > which I refer was this , —that wiieiitho tenant-right measuro cuiue on to ho ii subject of serious logislalivo consideration , u iiicinln'r of tlui iixlejX'iulciit purty wont , to the Chief . Secretary for Ireland , a part of iho ( jovornmout , having char ^ o of the Hill in ( h <; liouHM of Commons , —ut least h « wa » tho party representing tho (» ovennnont , and acting on tho instructions of the Cnb ' met , —and this gentleman used it niunb « ir of arguments and considerations , Mio tendency and effect of which woro to induce Sir John Young to poslnone all alteinjits at legislation lor tho luHt session , mid lot iho thing drop in thu mean time , Thut neruon wuu Mr . jUicus . " ( Laughter «»< l upronr . )
Mr Lucas . — " experience I statement —( ' Oh ! oh ! ' from Dr . M'Knight . ) Listen to me , if you dare . Alter the experience 1 have had of the first statement from that quarter , I need say little more than that when that statement conies from such a quarter as you , the meeting will know how to treat it . " Dr . M'Knight . — " It is for Mr . Lucas to deny it , and let the denial go . It is a fact . " Mr . Lucas . — " Listen to me , if you dare . I called for Dr . M'Knight ' s authority for the original statement , because it was one which , froin its . nature , could not come from himself , and he might have been mistaken . He pretended to speak of a conversation with the Chief Secretary for Ireland , and I
After the have had of the first Mr Lucas . — "I may now ask Dr . M'Knight who . . told him that but , before the answer is given , I pronounce , from beg inning to end , the whole matter an unmitigated , lie . ( C Dr M'Ktrght . — " And , on the other hand , I pronounce that iii the lobby of the House of Commons Mr . Lucas did admit tome that lie had had such an interview with Sir John Young , and the facts which I havestated , and did also excuse himself by a variety of-reasons which induced hini to . think that that was the most expedient course even for tenant-right . ( Tumult . ) \ > ¦ T ,,,. ,,, „ .
presume he was not present . ( Dr . M'Knight . — ' I was not . ' ) His veracity was iii no respect pledged to the original statement , he might , ha ^ ve been told so . I was anxious to know his authority —( Dr . M'Knight . — ' You can get it '); but for the second statement he lias the authority of himself . If that statement is a falsehood , he is false . ( Dr . M'Knight . —' Just su . ' ) If he is not to be believed in the last statement , neither is hes to be credited that anybody told him of the former falsehood . I therefore have two lies with one neck , and I behead them with one blow . ( Cheers . ) The statement which . Dr . M ' Knight has now made is the most unmitigated falsehood I ever heard . It is not true ; it is nothing like the truth—it has no foundation in fact—it has not an element of truth in it—i f is all the invention of that wicked mind . " ( Cheers . )
Other " scenes" of this kind succeeded , and finally the Conference adjourned , after adopting the second resolution . On . the next day , Dr . M'Knight , the Reverend Mr , Rogers , and the Reverend Mr . M'Cullogh , sent in a protest against the policy of rejecting all instalments . On the reading of the protest a Roman Catholic priest recommended the expulsion of the three Protestants , but after a warm discussion the matter dropped . Two or three resolutions were subsequently
adopted , and the " Conference" separated in perfectly good order . In the evening a soiree took place in the Rotunda . About 400 persons sat down to tea , coffee , and cakes , the principal portion of the company being Roman Catholic clergymen . The orators of the night were 3 Ir . Bowyer , M . P ., Mr . M'Mahon , M . P ., Mr . Gavau Duffy , M . P ., Mr . Moore , M . P ., and Mr . Lucas , M . P . The last toast of the evening was Purity of Election , " which was proposed in a neat speech by one of the parish priests of Sligo .
The Lawson Observatory. The Midland Obse...
THE LAWSON OBSERVATORY . The Midland Observatory is safe . The Corporation of Nottingham have granted a site for the building on Mapperley Plain , valued at oOGY . With this grant the amount required has now been made up to within a little more than 10001 . of the sum required ; and , as the Committee appointed to carry out the undertaking are prepared to guarantee that the deficiency shall be supplied , Messrs . Lowe , Bradley , and Chapman , have been deputed to wait upon Mr . Lawson , at Batli
—the munificent donor of the instruments Jind 1000 guineas towards the erection of a suitable buildingand upon . tho Lords of the Treasury , for the purpose of making final arrangements . In a Treasury Minute Mr . Trevelyan explains the condition on which the Lords of the Treasury grant 20001 . towards the scheme . Altogether the Institute will cost some 20 , 000 / . The elevation of Mapperley Plain is ho groat , and tho air generally so cli-ar , that Bolvoir Castle , and even Lincoln Minster , may bo seen thence with the naked eye .
American Trade In India. With Their Usua...
AMERICAN TRADE IN INDIA . With their usual energy , the Americana have opened a commerce with Central Aaia , and drive a trade with the natives in tho Mekran coast by a kind of rough and ready barter quite characteristic . Ships under tho American flag periodically visit CJuader and Muscat ; there won * fifteen at Muscat in lUf > 0-01 . The Americans ttike dates and tortoise-shell in oxchiuigo for unbleached cotton cloth of a very coarse and cheap description , common clocks , spermaceti candles , and noap . T ho . ro is also a largo export of dates and . salt to India , chiefly in exchango for rice .
At ( jimder ( Mokmu count ) tho wool in generally purchased for dolliu-H . Tho unbleached cotton is a very coame fabric , Hitch an wo should term in thin country towelling , but to the population of India it is sold under the name of sheeting . It i « strong , however , and evenly woven , and is a kind of cloth which , an Mr . Melville , Hecretury to tho Court of Directors , olmerveH , " appears to bo well united to tho wants of tho Aniati « communities . " This American traders have a great advantage ) over tho English in tho traflic . They ship a load of these shoutings to tho coast of
IlKlifL Witll a KllIWMVMlrir / . rm It , > . <» ., I .., l . / i + nlrs > a ftlmi'ivn liulia witu a supercargo on board , who takes charge of tho wile , receiving in return such raw products as tho natives eim give , and as will meofc a ready inarkot fit homo ; wvl u tnulo or barter of this kiud is < j < m-
of Bombay , with his expensive establishment , his brokers ' , landing , shipping , and storing charges a Government charge of 5 per cent , to meet , and a position many ^ hundred of miles distant from the marliet , -where he waits till purchasers find him out . In 1844 American piece goods were imported to Kurrachee to Muscat , and found a sale , notwithstanding the weight of duties to which they were subjected . "' . ' ¦ ¦
ducted at comparatively little cost to that which our merchants incur with large establishments at Bombay and having to pay heavy charges for ¦ commissions and for landing , shipping , storingj and duties . An American shipmaster will land a cargo on the Mekran coast at less expense than a cargo of British goods can be landed in Bombay . The American has manufactured goods on the spot , and deals directl y with the native holders of raw produce ; not so the merchan t
The English trade with the Mekran coast is also on the increase . The value of the imports into Bombay from Mekran , which comprises the ports of Sonmeeanee and Guader , was in 1845-1846 , 24 , 528 rupees ; in 1850-51 , 219 , 951 rupees—showing an increase in the space of five years of 95 , 423 rupees , the trade consisting chiefly of wool , fishmaws , shark fins , cup . pas , and ghee . Were Government to abolish all export duties except on opium , salt , spirits , tobacco cashmere shawls , and indigo , it would be a vigorous step towards the encouragement of trade . At present
the trade of Central Asia would seem to be greatly impeded hy the enormous transit exactions of native States through which it passes . Each camel load pays between Candahar and Eurrachee , as "black mail , " 23 rupees , independent of an export ad valorem duty at Candahar of 5 per cent . The return trade is still more heavily taxed . But if the British Government would enable their own traders .- ' to meet the Americans fairly , they must make the most of the great advantages afforded by the Indus as the highwjiy to Central Asia . This can be done On the
part of the Government , by improving the port of Kurraehee , and niakiug it sjifer , more accessible , and more commodious than it now is ; and this can , be done at ari expense which is , compared with the object , very trifling ; . —by not only fostering , in the liberal manlier already sanctioned by the sceam communication along the river , but by improving the means of communication between Kurraehee and that point on the river ( Jurruck ) whence it becomes desirable to have better and quicker means of communication with Kurraehee than are afforded , by
either the water carriage out at the mouth of the Indus , and so by sea to Kurraehee , or that tlirough the tidal channels to Gizree ;—by improving the roads to Seinde , both those which run at right angles to the river , and serve as feeders to it , and those which run parallel to it , and would help , to convey goods up country by means less expensive than steain , and less tedious than tracking a boat against stream along the river . Sueli roads would thus assist bulky goods imported by sea to go up country as much as the steam aids similar goods intended for export to come downwards to the sea . Merchants al « o should send goods direct to Kurraehee , so as to avoid the expenses of many changes of hands .
Terrible Accident On An Irish Railway. A...
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON AN IRISH RAILWAY . A pai . skxoKn-THAiJf from Killurnoy to Dublin ( Gi'ent Southern and Western line ) was stopped between tho Sullin » nml Ktrudiin uttitions owing to somu defeet in' the engine . '• A man was inmiudiutcly sent on with n danger signal to stop Iho tallowing luggage train . Hut through somo unexplained 1 »>» 1 conduct on tin ; part of tho driver , the cattlo-tniin r » shfl < l ' oii , going qaito through th « hist carriage * and smashing nil'tho re- > i into a heap of ruins . Tho following account is givon l > y Cuptaii ' i Collis , ono of the pnssongor . s : — " Alter pas . sinK < h « SiilliiH . station the engino went slowly , nihl Btopjiwl ftbout half a mile short oi' tho Stratum station ; * it remained st ationary about ltf minutes . Fivo ]» a . ss «; ngors got out with nie , Mr .
Jolly , of Maryborough ; Mr . Connor , of Newbridge ; Mr . Kelly , of tho » amo plnco ; a Scotch gentleman , Mr . Loitch , from Armagh ; and an I <] ngli » li gentleman , whoso niinw I « li <» not ascertain . He wn « in too much troublo for mo to aslc him ufter all was ov < sr , for ho lost his pretty young wife ¦•»» J " Hinter . Mr . Crolier Darrington , tho solicitor to the company , who was ri « ling in n first class enrriago next tho engino , go out and Html oiio of the railway sorvaiits ( iho stoker X thuiKi Was ) down tlui lino with u rod Inmp to stop the luggago ami cattlo truiu Unit we know was about half an hour buhiiK n » - Wo w « r « , however , 11 minuto . s beliind our timo at hallnis . Ho had Imimi gouo about 10 , or from that to 1 5 _ mmin > s , when wo saw the lights of the cuttle-train upproachmg- ™ ° all thought , of cour . Ht ; , it was coming along quito slo «' . R i . Jelly Htcppuil into his carriage , Stopped in tho doorway , rioolcd outTho lish trontloinan ' s V'il ' o ««« Kl ! % 1 *
an . . , Eng , w . iie behind Mr . Jolly , mid they wanted to get out , but Jiimm them not . stir , as he was himself going to get in . ., ' , V , f , was going to Ntep into his carriage also , when I ««• ' . i A . u little . Tliore is no hurry . Tho train won ' t go wmii " some warniiiM , and , at all ovtiiits , you and I « U'fl «» <> tIV 1 ' '" ° 7 to jump on if it should , lint just wait till iMh train coiiiun 1 ' Oh , Kiiidht ) , ' it is merelv wullcing up tons ; l > nt . n «^ ' lew , ho wnitwl . I stepped close ^ o tho lino mid cast my- J along , when I saw hy tho relleWm of tho I *** ul »< " b Bhining rails that it was coming ut fall wpeed , ana 1 1 . »•» ^ the beat of thu ongiuo that the !* l «« m wa « not canei 1 . 011 . onco Bhoutod outr- ' tfood- Wod 1 ( . he -to ' coming at lui » pe « , look out , look out ; - and I ^ unpoa'dvw tbo wtrt lonoo w o
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 8, 1853, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08101853/page/6/
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