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804 THE LEADER. [Saturday ,
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London Streets Are Being Greatly Improve...
An Irish elopement is narrated in the IAverpool Standard : — "Elizabeth . Gibbon , a young lady of considerable personal attractions , 22 years of age , highly educated , and the daughter of a deceased major in the army , the other day eloped from . Dublin with a man named Anthony Jflannigan , a loader of turf flats , near to her f ather ' s residence , where he ( Flannigan ) became acquainted with his inamorata . He wooed , and wooed , successfully , and the lady yielded ; and , . as already stated , eloped with him .
Her friends sent a relative in pursuit . He arrived here the other day , and the runaway lovers were found consorting together on board the Esmeralda , having taken a passage in that vessel to New York ; The relative induced them , in compliance with the earnest request of her friends , to go on shore , and get united in wedlock before their departure . All necessary preliminaries were arranged , the marriage license procured , and they were indissolubly united at St Paul ' s Church on Saturday . The lady , it is said , would have been entitled to some 6001 . , or 7001 . per year , but this she has signed over in ' consideration of a large sum to be given to her as her marriage portion .
804 The Leader. [Saturday ,
804 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
Of Mexican News We Have A Few Items Of L...
Of Mexican news we have a few items of late date . The Mexican papers were bitterly opposing the project o f a Spanish protectorate , and any return , whether partial or complete , to the Spanish yoke . The union of the Papal See and State was progressing ; crosses and decorations given by the Pope were publicly worn , and preparations were being made for the return of the Jesuits . The penalty of death had been decreed against public defaulters . Sir James Brooke has had an attack of small-pox at Sarawak , but the crisis of the disorder was past . The yellow f ever is raging violently at New Orleans , the average of deaths being 100 per day . Guerazzi has been authorized to establish his residence in France . > . ¦ ¦ '
An Assyrian Excavation Society has been founded . It proposes to raise 10 , 0002 . to carry on Mr . Layard ' s diggings The member for Aylesbury is to superintend the operations . The Times makes up for its misrepresentations of the Americans by telling truths about them from time to time . In the number for August 18 th we find the following recorded : — "The practical monopoly of the traffic by steam of the north of Europe and the continent with the United States is now in the hands of the Americans , no British steam-company ever having attempted to enter the lists as a competitor . The traffic on this line is now so large that the steamers engaged in it ( which are all under the American flag ) are invariably so full as to have to refuse numerous applications both for freight room and passage at all the foreign agencies . " A plan for railways in India has been sent home by lord Dalhousie . The line now commenced at Calcutta sh all
strike the Ganges at Kajmahal , a distance of 180 miles , thus avoiding some of the worst navigation on the river , and opening up an enormous and wealthy district to communication with the capital . The line will then be carried along the right bank of the river , passing through the town of Patna , and close to the cities of Benares and Allahabad , where the navigation of the Ganges ends . Prom Allahabad the line will proceed across the Doafo to Agra , and thence to Delhi , making in all a distance of 1100 miles . The line is understood to be extremely favourable as far as gradients are concerned , the principal difficulties consisting in tho alluvial nature of tho soil , in the danger of inundation from the vicinity of the great river , and in the crossing two mighty tributaries , the Soane and the Jumna . Tho bridges
over these rivers are works of a very formidable and expensive character , so much so that they will probably bo deferred for the present , and a stcaui ferry substituted . From Allahabad to Delhi everything is favourable to the construction of a railway ; tho ground is firm , tho country level , and thoroughly surveyed , owing to tho worlcs which have been carried on in connoxion with the Ganges Canal . It is in contemplation to carry this lino from Delhi to . "Lahore , and from Lahore to Peshawur , thus piercing through the very heart of Hindostan , and connecting tlio waters of tho Hooghly and Burhnmpootor witli tho distant spurs of tho Western Himalayas .
Tho American rapping spirits have got " a Daniel como to judgment . " Judge Edmonds , a man of eminence and respectability Iiiim published a lengthy defence of Spiritualism . Tho Ncio i ' orfc Herald , remarking upon it , says : — " With all duo respect and commiseration for Judge Edmonds , wo say this—and wo say also , that while wo give full credit to his sincerity and his philanthropic intentions , wo regret that this imposture should have gained a victim po ( liHtinguinlied , from tho evil results to bo anticipated . Weak-minded nnd superstitious people , from hereditary causes , or physical disease , or bodil y wufiering , or mental excitement , will bo apt to loose thoir ( slight hold upon reason , and fall into chaos , before sueli high authority a . s this . "
Irish and other emigrants readily obtain work in Canada . Farm labourers and domestic aorvants aro still Tory pcarco in that country . Tho provisions of tho Passengers' Act operate greatly to tho advantage of tho emigrants to Canada , two-thirds of whom proceed to tho United States upon their arrival at St . . John ' s , although in many cases advantageoun places and high wages uro oflered to induco them to remain in tho latter «; ifcy . Kino-tonths of tho emigration of 1852 were Irish , tho rc . siduo were English , Scotch , and Homo Gorman families on their way to tho United States .
A little- cutter has made a safe voyageto Autttralia ! Tho Melbourne papers announco tho Halo arrival , on tho Oth of Juno , of tho former Jtoyal Yacht Club cutter dormir , 83 Ioiim register , which , having been purchased by a innrmntilo Iiouho in tho city , nailed from Southampton on the tilut , of February , with a cargo of lnorchamlims destined for tho diggings . Captain Kroeft may be considered lo have inado im excellent passage , taking into account the rig of tho little oral ' t , and tho iKicesnity of putting into ( Jape Verde , & c , for water . Mueli curiosity was naturally excited by tho ii ])]) namm * o in the Yarra Yarva of tho smart little cutter , apparently no ill-adapted to encounter the dungoro of a voyage of 18 , 000 miles .
NOTICE TO COREESPONDENTS . Several letters to " Open Council" in typo are necessarily omitted this week . ______
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T . SATURDAY , AUGUST 26 ,-1853 .
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There Is Nothing So Revolutionary, "Beca...
There is nothing so revolutionary , "because there is nothing so "unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to Jceep things fixed when all the world is by the very law of its creation in eternal progress . —Db . ABirora .
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of the storm-battered tent , and the athletic games that relieved the sterner exercises of the iuorn > ing , and beguiled the tedium of the evening hours . Tents are struck , and along that road pursued so zealously by the insatiable wonder of pacific cockneys , the last plumes are nodding , and the last bayonets are flashing , as grenadier and dragoon , sapper and Guardsman , are marching gaily and triumphantly away . Even Colonel Vicars ' s faithful few , the ever-conquered and ever reviving " enemy , " are making their last and not inglorious retreat .
THE CAMP AND THE FLEET . The trampled and resounding heath of Chobham is once more silent and deserted . ] STo more the shrill fife and the stirring drum , the sharp , eager rattle and the distant sullen roll of musketry ; the booming thunders of the heavy guns swiftly glancing from hollow to hill ; no more the serried columns of that invincible brigade and the squares compact of those unnamed heroes who carry England with the soles of their feet , from the sunrise to the sunset of the world ; no more the brilliant onset and the flashing suddenness of the squadrons ; no more the cheerful hardship
The cheers of the regiments as they returned to quarters for the last time were not idle joy at the prospect of release from the severe labours and tedious discomforts of the camp . This feeling would , indeed , be no dishonour to the men , for their fatigues and privations have been far more severe than might have been expected .
Inclemency of weather has been aggravated by the excessive niggardliness of space allotted to the canvas habitations . All , however , has , we know , been cheerfully borne ; and we may be permitted to interpret these parting cheers not only as the glad sense of duty well performed , and of the applauding favour of their countrymen , but as the expression of eager readiness for sterner service . We believe that this
summer mimicry of war has been of real service to all engaged , and to all who merely looked on . It has brought tho army closer to the nation with increase ) of mutual l-espect . The profession has been too usually considered a royal and aristocratic instrument , and that constitutional and English jealousy of a standing military force at homo has only diminished porhaps of late in answer to tho call for a truly national army . But at Chobham , when in tho presence of royalty under its most graceful aspect , and of crowds of their fellow - countrymen , our troops have shared tho honour and tho work of tho
day with commanders among tho highest in tho land , the union of tho elements of our national organization was happy and complete . In numbers the Chobham display shows but poorly as compared Avith the three camps in JJranee , but in discipline , morale , and endurance our miniature army need fear no comparisons . Tho practical results , loo , in a Btrictly professional sense , that will bo attributable to tho experiences of Choblmm cannot fail to affect tho comfort nnd position of tho soldier ; to do away finally with much un re formed rubbish in arms
and accoutrements , and generally to economise f ' orco by science- after tho most approved technical improvement of the day , which tend to mako war lean and less a struggle of brute-force , and moro and more a contest of skill . Our soldiers have too often boon sacrificed in India and elsewhere to the intrepid ignorance of thoir oominandcrs ; it ia timo that courage should not disdain to ho allied with skill . It cannot bo but that many improvements will have been suggested by ' the manoeuvres at Chobham ,
and many errors discussed in those tents It may be hoped that on their return to barracks field officers will have discovered the necessity of something more than " dash ; " and that the soldiers will find / increased attention to such bodily and mental comforts as are not inconsistent with , the strictest discipline and the highest efficiency . The reproach must not be incurred , that this camp at Chobham has been a mere supplement to the giddy entertainments of a London season .
The Spithead fleet , too , or the " Baltic fleet , " as it was christened some weeks ago by the eager apropos of the crews , is dispersing . "When the ships were assembling daily , and almost hourly , at the anchorage , Russia was not said to be receding , for she had not triumphed ; and the Ministry were not pompously professing their regard for the honour of the nation , for they had not yet yielded it up . But let us forget for
the moment the political aspect of this formidable armament , whose guns have thundered in suc - cession down a range of three miles , from east to west . On the whole , we cannot find it in our hearts to pronounce this magnificent display of national resources a costly mockery—a gigantic royal toy . In spite of all diplomatic disgraces and political humiliations , we , believe that the great day of the eleventh of August will not have
been m vain . It was a day never to be forgotten by the thousands who studded the shores and skimmed the waters of Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight . It was a day full of pictures to the landsman's as to the sailor ' s eye . The rush of the population at earliest dawn to the margin of that holiday sea , where the great black hulls lay motionless under the azure sky , and tranquil in their secret strength , as the dawn itsel f ; while in the extreme offing , to the eastward , four noble
line-of-battle ships , the " enemy" of the day , were already away under a cloud of canvass : the gathering crowds on rampart and platform ashore ; the multitudinous flight across the changing foreground of vessels of every trim ; steamers incessant , and swanlikc yachts ; the heightening glow and animation of the picture hour by hour , as new flags appeared ; the hum of preparation on board the ships as signal succeeded signal , and boats shot past freighted with official dignities ; the buzz of expectation when the stately approach of the royal yacht was announced ; then the booming of the ships saluting in succession ;
the majestic order of the march as those enormous floating batteries , propelled by unseen powers , with no sails spread to court the light winds , moved away , led by the Queen , escorted by the two estates of the realm , and accompanied by all classes and orders of the nation ; the welcome of the enemy pressing down under all sail to accept tho combat ; tho concentrated calmness and precision of the manoeuvres as tho fleets met : tho sudden fury of tho cannonade , which shook boats six miles off like an earthquake ; the glaring of the huge ships through the clouds of smoke which lifted from tho horizon
lilco snowy mountains ; the return through tho declining light of tho August evening ; tho gunboat attack amidst acclaiming thousands ; and tho last salutes as tho royal heroine of tho day steamed slowly down tho fleet ; while in tho eastern distance the retiring enemy now loomed , like a tradition of heroes . All those distinct recollections of the great clay at Spithead will long remain like pictures on tho memory of those who witnessed them .
On tho cvo of that memorable day , when every corner of Portsmouth was crammed with visitors , " Itussia" was in every mouth whon th ° fleet was mentionod : Mr . Cobdon's name was , it must be confessed , bandied about with small rcverenco ; and it was cvidont that tho sailors oi tho fleet , at least , looked on their ships as tio mcro holiday show . Whatever bo | tho humiliations imposed upon us by diplomacy , wo may rest ' aftsurcd that our " hearts of oak" i » ro stwi ot
sound and national to the core . They aro i » trained to subtilize ) or to mystify : they ] invol )« j one watchword , and , that is England : and l » ' one tradition , and that is duty . JS o cloud ot jealousy has over interposed between tlio nlivy and the people . No doubt tho army li » 9 » c 01 ( often unjustly suspected of other thnn nation * sympathies ; but this is to bo numbed to iJ » j j system of commission by purchase which confines the higher grades of tho service to tn mouicd . if not to tho aristocratic and royal claso .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 20, 1853, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20081853/page/12/
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