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776 THE LEADER. [SAitjitBA*,
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Russia was still active in the Baltic at...
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Nearer home we find the Federal Council ...
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P.S. A telegraphic despatch reached Pari...
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CHRISTIANITY IN BROKEN CHINA. "<j The ch...
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ALLEGED SALE OF INDIAN PATRONAGE. Some w...
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THE WONDROUS TALE OF "SMITH." A man name...
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to serve as a place of retreat to the army in case of need ; and as a place for its reorganization , in the event of a defeat . The fortress of Sitistria has also been fully placed on a war footing . " Last night a courier sent by the Minister of War to the commander-in-chief brought us the news that four regiments of the Imperial . guard ,, forming a force of 14 , 000 men , with seven "battened of artillery , were on their way to Schumla to receive the orders of Omer Pacha . Lieutenant-Colonel Magnan , of the French army , who is instructor in the Ottoman army , arrived at Schumla on the 7 th of this month , after having spent seventeen days on the banks of the Danube . He laid a plan of defence before the commander-in-chief . ; He returns to the Danube this day , accompanied by several officers of the Ottoman staff , in order to construct the fortifications on those points that have been considered most important by Omer Pacha . "
776 The Leader. [Saitjitba*,
776 THE LEADER . [ SAitjitBA * ,
Russia Was Still Active In The Baltic At...
Russia was still active in the Baltic at the latest dates > but the divisions of the Cronstadt fleet had returned to port after a brief cruise . It is stated that the Circassians nave given the troops of the Czar another check ; and that Prince Menschikoff has been ordered to strengthen the blockade of the coast , while in the interior new expeditions are preparing . Beyond the Caucasus , we are told , that British influence at the Court of Persia has decided the Shah to back Turkey , keep up his army , and resist the [ Russian demands . Whether this be true or not , the Russian minister , Prince Dolgarouki , has returned to Sfc . Petersburg .
Nearer Home We Find The Federal Council ...
Nearer home we find the Federal Council of Switzerland finally refusing to make concessions to Austria . We have the Burgomaster of Brussels publishing , from the steps of the Hotel de Ville , the banns of marriage between the Duke of Brabant and the Austrian Archduchess . In Italy , arrests and punishments for political and religious offences go on as of old .
Here Is A Capital Story Illustrative Of ...
Here is a capital story illustrative of Italian political feeling : —When a short time since the Queen of Sardinia went to Massa , in the duchy of Modena , to pay a visit to her relative , the Empress Dowager of Austria ( who is herself a member of the House of Savoy , being a daughter of Charles Albert ' s uncle , Victor Emmanuel I . ) , it appears that the Modenese authorities did not intend to hoist the Sardinian flag on the castle of Massa . , But the Empress declared that slie would not remain another hour in Massa if due honours were not paid to her royal relative . The Sardinian flag was therefore hoisted , and the Queen greeted with a royal salute . The knowledge of this fact , the refreshing sight of the Italian colours , and the pre sence of the lovely wife of a loyal king , produced immense enthusiasm amongst the Modenese . As the carriage containing the queen passed , the crowd uncovered to a man , not daring , for fear of the police , to salute her with acclamations ; whereas on the passage of the Duke of Modena not a hat was raised . But beyond these brief statements we have no continental news to communicate—the Turkish question , like the rod of Aaron , swallowing up all minor facts .
P.S. A Telegraphic Despatch Reached Pari...
P . S . A telegraphic despatch reached Paris yesterday morning , and London tho same evening , to the effect that the Porte accepts , without any modifications , the Note drawn up by the Conference at Vienna ; and that the Extraordinary Ambassador appointed to carry to tho Czar the adhesion of the Sultan will leave for St . Petersburg as soon as tho Russian troops receive orders to evacuate tho invaded territory . This telegraphic announcement , the substanco of which was apparently familiar to Lord Clarendon last night , leaves tho point mentioned by our Paris correspondent , as still suggestive of doubt and difficulty , absolutely untouched .
Christianity In Broken China. "<J The Ch...
CHRISTIANITY IN BROKEN CHINA . "< j The character of the insurgents is iniulu clear by additional information obtained from ono of tho persons who accompanied Sir George Ronham on bis visit , to the insurgent camp svt Nankin . Their religions views , evidently derived from Christianity , have some odd addenda and peculiar distortions . They call themselves " worshippers of Josu , " and destroy all idols , but they represent ( 3 oil as coming down to visit their cam ]) , and talking plainly with their chosen men . " They adopt ; the Ten Commandments , to which they have appended annotations ; thus , they state under the seventh commandment . that smoking opium is always associated with the win mentioned there , and must be discontinued . " They " take the Bible for their rule of life ; " and have massacred 20 , 000 Mantehoos , even to tho infant : at the breast . They do not give their king the title of supreme lord , as that adjective ; belongs only to God--but they say that , Tae-Ting-Wang was taken up to Heaven to be invested with sovereignty ; a story interpreted to . mean no wore than Queen Victoria ' s . Dei Gratia ( at length restored to that most religious coin , the florin ) . Hut , though they show great respect for
their chiefs , they have , like the old Covenanters of Scotland , still greater respect for " tho elect ,. " They tell the English agents thut they are of the religion of " King Victoria ; " but , sad to way , Tae-Ping-Wang has thirty-six wives , and the princes " have twelve , eight , six , four , according to their rank . The English writers from Canton record with joy that the rebels art ? "PwtcMtiintN , " and report that they " have lulled
several Roman Catholics , probably converts to ^ the Jesuits who permitted in their convents the worship of ancestors , and also a sort of baptised Buddhism . " In their character as men they are reported aa superior in feclipg , independence , and good manners to the other Chinese we have known ., They are pure in their ideas and communicative in conversation . One of the peasants describing them , said : " They are men of their word ; if they say they will give you twenty licks of a bamboo , make your mind easy , they will not
stop short at nineteen . " Now it is most unusual for a Chinaman to do what he says or , mean what he says . Their leaders are described as quiet and self-confident . At Amoy is a section of the insurgents , not absolutely connected with Tae-Ping-Wang . " Their conduct had been marked with the greatest moderation , having repressed all crime with a strong hand , decapitating summarily for grave offences . They gave English merchants guards to protect their lives and property . " In conclusion , the insurgents are strangely represented to have " large feet . "
Their military proceedings have shown bravery and self-reliance . They have proceeded from victory to victory , and appear to conquer with ease the imbecile and badly-officered Imperial army . Their abandonment of towns they have taken , results from their anxiety to ' strike a blow at the capital . They wait at Nankin for a mandate from Heaven to advance to Pekin : and the receipt of the order is all but certain .
They are storing Nankin with provisions , and have gained the sympathy of the people in the surrounding districts . Of Tae-Ping-Wang , their chief , there are some early anecdotes . The Rev . Mr . Roberts , of Canton , states that Tae-Ping-Wang was a student of his , and applied for baptism some years since ; while an Imperialist story-teller says that the rebel king was a candidate in a literary examination , and being tinjustly rejected stirred up this rebellion .
Alleged Sale Of Indian Patronage. Some W...
ALLEGED SALE OF INDIAN PATRONAGE . Some weeks ago Mr . Bright stated ^ 'in the House of Commons that the corrupt sale of * & dian patronage was notorious . He quoted an anecdote which he had heard . A person having Indian authority negotiated by innuendo and by a third party to obtain a sum of money for the gift of an Indian situation . In reply to the applicant ' s statement of his son ' s fitness and ability the third party always responded , " My friend is not a rich man , " and on being pressed for an explanation of this phrase , invariably answered , " You are a man of
business . The person seeking the situation having scruples about taking the usual oath declaring that he had not bought or corruptly obtained the post , the negotiation was broken off . The publication of this anecdote in the House caused sensation , and Mr . Bright ' s authority was demanded . With reluctance he gave tho name of Mr . Wilkinson , member for Lambeth , and stated that Mr . Norman Wilkinson , his brother , was one of the parties to the negotiation . But both Mr . Bright and Mr . Wilkinson persistently refused to state the name of the other party .
Offended at this imputation the East India Company took steps to bring the whole matter to light . They applied on Wednesday at tho Mansion House for a summons against Mr . Norman Wilkinson for a misdemeanour , " in having bargained for the purchase of an office in the gift of the Company , " such proceeding being illegal under an act passed in tho reign of George the Third . In the police court Mr . Wilkinson , the member for Lambeth , was called on to give evidence . He again declined to state the name of the person with whom his brother negotiated . Ho added : —
" My brother had a son , whom ho wished to send out to India , and I believe- ho wished to procure some appointment for him . I think ho told mo a year and a half or t . wo years ago that ho had had an offer of such appointment—1 so understood him—in tho service of tho East India Company . " Mr . Clark son : " Did you learn from your brother from whom he had had that odor ?"—Mr . Wilkinson : " Yen , 1 did . "
Mr . Clarkflon : " Will you havo the goodness to tell us his namo P "—Mr . Wilkinson : " I havo first of all to say , that I am exceedingly unwilling to do anything in tho world in nny way to obstruct , tho course of' justice , but . 1 consider this to have been a confidential communication froni my brother to me . J . know that ho feejs himself , conscientiously bound not to disclose tho naiuo of thai , party ; and as I also feel hound in thosaino way not to do ho , 1 . musl , decline tho answer to that question . '' On being ] Mlrd pressed , Mr . Wilkinson mid , that " the other party" was not a Director of the East Indin Company . Mr . Clarkson then
said' Undoubtedly tho principal delinquent is tho party against , whom tho directors' object i , s to bo levelled , and If it he within tho power of tho law to bring that parly and any ol her parly concerned to justice , they feel tliouiHolvos called upon (!» uh publicly to ' declare their determination to do no . I ask your lordship for a huiiuiiohh , charging Mr . JVormau Wilkinson with unlawfully bargaining with u ctuium porson , whoao nmu > id unknown , j ( or tJUu
purchase of a certain office , the nature of which is perfectly immaterial , because that will be the result of further h * quiry , if your lordship thinks I have made out a case for granting the summons ; and also to endeavour , by suc h means as are in our power , to connect the remaining party with the transaction who made these . offers •• to Mr . Wil . kinson for whicK he has been negotiating . " . The summons was granted .
The Wondrous Tale Of "Smith." A Man Name...
THE WONDROUS TALE OF " SMITH . " A man named Smith , and with that indefinite name having the itinerant occupation of a lecturer , suddenl y appeared to several attorneys , and told an old story . Sir Hugh Smyth , owner of vast estates in Gloucestershire and Somersetshire , went to Ireland in 1796 , and there married a Miss Jane Vanderbergb , in the pre . sence of Caroline Bernard , Consena Lovett , and John S . Vanderbergh ; the Reverend Verney Lovett , vicar of Lismore , performing the ceremony . The Irish , rebellion broke out : Sir Hugh and his wife came to England ; and , on the 2 nd of February , 17 9 7 , the wife
was delivered of a son , who was baptized the next year at Bath by the Reverend John Symes , in the presence of Lady Isabella Thynne and Caroline Bernard . The wife died in childbirth . The son was placed in charge of a nurse , and was educated at Warminster as a gentleman . In 1822 , Sir Hugh Smyth made a will , leaving all his property to tins son , then concealed through the treachery of a servant ; and Sir Hugh died in 1824 . As the son grew up he was visited and received by Colonel Langton , the Marchioness of Bath , Lady Isabella Thynne , and others . The Marchioness of Bath gave him 1400 L to travel on the Continent ; but refused to
tell him the name of his father . He returned from the Continent in 1836 ; and , in 1839 , came to see old Proyis , a carpenter , in whose house he had been brought up . After some hesitation , Provis gave him a Bible , jewellery , and old papers—all family relics ; also a portrait . The Bible contained tbe ' record of the marriage of his father and mother : the portrait was " the counterfeit presentment" of his mother- ; and x > ne of the rings had a seal , with the initials of his grandfather and grandmother . Through an attorney he afterwards discovered his father ' s will . On these discoveries , he
called on Sir John Smyth , the brother of old Sir Hugh , and then in possession of the family estates . After showing much agitation , Sir John acknowledged him , gave him money , and died the same night , probably from excitement eaused by the discovery . Such was the story of Smith , or , as he called himself , " Smyth , " told to many attorneys in succession . For , one after another the attorneys declined the case . At length a Mr . Catlin took up the cause , and brought an action of ejectment against Sir Henry Greville Smyth ( a minor ) , grandson of Florence sister of Sir Hugh Smyth , and the present possessor of the estates .
The action was tried at Gloucester on Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday . The certificate of the Irish marriage was produced . A Bandon gentleman testified that the signature of the clergyman , " Verney Lovett , " was in the handwriting of the Reverend "Verney Lovett ; but " Consena Lovett" and " Caroline Bernard , " witnesses to the certificate , were not identified . Tho certificate of baptism was proved to bo in the handwriting of the Reverend John Symes , by the evidence of his son and granddaughter ; and the signaturo of Lady Isabella Thynno to the same as witness was identified by tho Honourable Carolina Courtcnay
Boyle , and by a clerk at Drummonds ' . A letter of Sir Hugh Smyth ' s to his wife at Warminster , was proved to ^ bo in his handwriting by the Reverend G . T . Seymour ; and tin : signatures of Sir Hugh Smyth , and of the witnesses to the will , wore sworn to by old servants of the family and other persons , mostly of humble life . Tho plaintiff himself : —" Smith , " the lecturer , or , on his own statement , " Sir Richard Hugh Smyth , " appeared before tho court to givo evidence . He is a man of a middling nizo , and willow
complexion , with very little whisker , and iron-grey huur , carefully combed and arranged . He was dressed in black , and gave his evidence with great deliberation , very much in tho style of a practised lecturer . But his contradictions and prevarications were innumerable . Letters admitted to bo his were produced ; and ho confessed that their contents were untrue . His manner wad absurd , and betrayed an odd imbecility . Va < appeared illiterate- and ignorant—spelling " whom " wllomn : ¦ " set nsirl <> " ual . i : uuuwlo - mul " Hf . riitillV . " whomc ; ¦ " net aside" settassidoand " scrutiny "
, ; ; , Bcrowten ' y . ¦" On Wednesday morning he was re-examined . While at tho table a singular correspondence wa « going on . At half-pust , nine on Wednesday morning , a person in Oxford-street , who had read the report in the Times , communicated to Sir Frederick Tliesiger ( counsel for tl-. e defendant ) , that he could give some important information . Some inquiries were then made of him by telegraph , which resulted in u message being returned by telegraph to ask Smith , whether ho had wot gone , in January lust , to a person
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 13, 1853, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13081853/page/8/
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