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K ^ ferifoona the . Ordnance Department . mortars and manufacture shot and - ¦ shell , ^ - Greenock Advertiser . > r : . AjJlasiFBBKAfc MA . ctfKnB . ^~ We read as follows s in . a letter from Sebastopol in the Journal desDebats ;*— "A inejbaeholyvaccident . has just occurred , which is a little calculated to damp-the : ardour of tourists . An English soldier happened to walk on an infernal machine , which immediately exploded , killing or wounding some sixty men .,..-This accident has suggested the propriety of making fi ^ 8 h ! e 3 ^ minj || ion 8 ,- and on all aidea are to be seen men . busily employed digging , with a view to discover those destructive engines of the Russians . "
Lik Vcitfms&Tt. Banquet At Glasgow. A Ob...
lIK VCItfMS & tt . BANQUET AT GLASGOW . A oband : banquet in celebration of the-Crimean victories took place on Friday week in the City Hall , Glasgow , and was numerously attended . Tie national colours of England , France , Turkey , and Sardinia , ' waved from the walls . ; draperies of red and vrh ^ te hung round , the chamber ; the words " Alma , " 'ijEtalaklaya , " ? 'Inkerman , " " Sebastopol , " were conepicuously , blazoned ; and round / the , galleries evergreerisVw . ererWreathedr about the names of the chief Crimean heroes — Raglan ; St . Arnaud , Pelissier , Simpson , Sir Colin Campbell , Bosquet , Marmora , Omar Pacha , Lyons , Bruat , Cathcart ,. Evansj Cambridge and M'Mahon . The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon occupied the chair ; and the meeting was addressed by him , by Admiral Montgomerie ( in acknowledgment of the toast of the navy )* Captain "Wilkinson ( as the representative of the army ) , Mr * . Hasjie ,, M . P . ( for the House of Commons ) , - Mr . iM Gregor ,. M . P ., Cwho was met with so many symptoms of impatience that , he was obliged to sit down ) , S ^ , James-JTerguson ( who replied . for the toast of " the Crimean army , and welcome to the victorious heroes who have returned" ) , the Duke de Coigny and M . Maubousein ( in acknowledgment of the toast ? ' the Emperor of ^ -fche- , IPrejieh vand our brave allies" ) , Sir Archibald Aljsoo , Mr . BaillieCochrane , a private soldier , named M'I > avid , and a few others . It is < # or " thy n 6 f not ! cei "ad being greatly to the' credit of of
tb ^ managera the banquet , that the non-commissioned officers and privates at present in Glasgow , -wlio tdok part in the Crimean campaign , and who numbered , about fifty , were entertained at the banket . - ¦ - ' ¦• ¦ ' ¦¦ ' ¦ ; ' ; : . ( - ¦¦ .-. There'was , of course , plenty of Scotch enthusiasm ! aV the meeting , plenty ' of national self-exaltation , plenty of quotations from Scotch poets and prose writers , and ' . the usnai omission-of reference to the claims' of a » S ^' members of the British army besides the natives * of the land beyond the Tweed . But thla is nothing m 6 re than we expect to find at a Scotch meeting , a « d we muirft not quartel with that whichis so entirely according' to rule . The Chairman made several ' rather grandiloquent speeches , in
proposing the various toasts . He asked : — ' " _''• ' WKo is not proud of being a Briton who thinks of the'field of Alma ? ( Cheers , ) Who is not proud , % may 'add , to many here , of being a Scotchman who thinks of ^ hat occasion ? , ' ( Renewed cheers . ) Then came the glorious fight of . Inkerman , which long will live in history ; . and Balaklava , perhaps , unequalled for chivalrous valour ' . Qulntus Curtiue , jumping Into the gulf , was . not a . fiber hero than every man , private or officer , who charged at Balaklava . ( Cheers . ' ) I have heard such a BWrtimentfroni several of' them , and among others from one who won at the sword-point every distinction he wears , and who cried like a babe when he talked of BalUklavib ; ^ ' ' '¦ '¦ • ¦ ¦ ' " ' '
TK ^ a « ie Mio alluded- to the gallantry of i-he IVerich aria Sararalanfc y and paid a well-felt compliment to the courage , self-devotion , and perseverance exhibited by tU Kua ^ laiw . in tb efr defen ce of Sebastopbli ' Of the Empe ^ bf of France the Duke spoke highly , and . observed , " He has throughout been faithful to all His engagements with his allies . He has not faltered when others have been timid and inactive : he haii jrivetf strength to their counsels . "The Duke ae Coigny remarked , in acknowledging these complimonta— '• " '
"I beg the noble duke and this , company to accept my cordial expression of gratitude , and , on behalf of my country , I must thank The noble duke most heartily for what he said about our happy alliance—that alliance , which , I am proud to say , has been the constant dream of my life . ( Cheera . ) Yes , gentlemen , I may boast thkt it has been a dream always present to me , even | # iwiV ; I was ¦ fighting against yon . ' ( Renewed cheers . lA ^ er ; ' every battle I could not help deploring that two SWat nations Ilka yours and mine could not come to a
gwrttiiMtoaUudl ^ God ? that would tnot-lpng ? -be - ths ^ case * Now that we are : in possession of that * formidable alliance , let us hope that -we shall remain , friends for ever . - Iff after the preflsa * bloody-war-is finished , we are again called to the fieMfdetnis hope that it will be , as the ^ oble viscount at the head of . your Government said , in his beautiful speech rat Romsey , not face to face , but side by side . " ( Continued cheering . ' ) The chief speech Of the evening was that of Sir Archibald Alison , who otft-Heroded Herod in his eulogies'on Scotch Valour . But first he took a general survey of the war and of the alliance : ~
" Thb is not the first time when the armies of England and' France nave been united in war : - They fought side be side under Richard Cceur'de Lion and Philip Augustus '; they wefe united against the inroads of the Saracens as they have been against the aggressions of the Muscovite . By a strange and most striking coincidence , the events of the twawars are nearly paralleled ; Ascaloh was the prototype of the Alma , and Acre of Sebastopol . After a siege of two years , by the united arms of Eng land and France , the fortress was at last taken by the impetuous assault of the French soldiery on Id ' Tour Mattdite—tlie Malakhoff of Acre—¦ which had long repelled then- arms . Brit , though" this was the casehistory , more just than bur
contempora-, ries , has assigned at least an equal place in the glorious crusade to the English under Richard as to tfae ^ FMich under Philip Augustus . ( Cheers . ) It is natural that after so many triumphs , the' people of this country should regret that in the last assault their arms were not equally successful with the French . Our brave defenders have themselves to blame for this feeling , for they have so accustomed their countrymen to victory that thejr cannot tolerate even passing repulse . But never was a feeling more unjust ; never was one more sure to pass ; away . ¦ I will make no apologies for the failure at the Redan ; I abcept it as one of the most glorious passages in our military history , and so you may rest assured will your
children and children ' s , children feel on this subject . ( Cheers . ) It was impossible to hold it even when carried , for being' entirely open in the rear it wa 3 commanded by other entrenchments equally strong as the one in front . Nothing but a force as large as the garrison of Sebastopol could hold it against the reserves flttrfl : to be brought up . " - Having thus shown that the Redan could not be taken , except by a force equal to the garrison of Sebastopol , Sir Archibald proceeded to assert that the Highland regiments would have carried it the next 4 $ y , if the fall of the whole town had not supervened . . .
" In these glorious triumphs , our own countrymen have borne their full share . ( Cheers . ) It was the Highland regiments which with the Guards firat planted the British standard on the heights of Alma ; they shared in the terrible service of the , trenches during the three last and inost arduous , months of its endurance ; and , after the repulse at the Redan , and when the honour of England , was " pledged to carry it , it was the Highland regiments which were brought up for the assault on $ he following morning . ( Ijopd cheers . ) Our generals knew that , ' England ' s danger is not Scotland ' s opportunity . ' There is no , mani in the camp who doubts that , had the Russians not abandoned the place during thenight , the Redan would next morning have been carried by the Highland bayonets . If in the interval they were not actively engaged , it was because , like the Tenth Legion of Csesar and the Old Guard of Napoleon , they paid , the
peaalty-of their fame—they were placed in defence of the vital line of the armies' communications ,, where defeat would have been ruin , ; and well did they deserve the trust . When ordered up from Kamara to take part in the assault on the 8 th of September , they marched ten miles to the front , were twenty-eight hours in the trenches under a constant fire of shot and shell , and inarched back ten miles moxo without halting , and only one man fell out in the whole brigade . ( Cheers . ) And these are the men whom the , Times tells us are composed of the scouringa of Manchester and Liverpool . We would recommend them to go and dp ^ ihe same . " Having denounced free trade as the cause of that excessive emigration which we have seen within the last nine years , in itself the cause of the depopulation of the Highlands , and of the consequent difficulty in recruiting the Scotch regiments , Sir Archibald proceeded : —
" During the last nine years , till within these few months , the depdts of all the Highland regiments have been kept out of Scotland . Why have they been so removed ? Because , being Btoady , well-conditioned troops , they could bo trusted to put down civil brawls in the manufacturing districts of England and the south and west of Ireland . " QulntUB Curtius leaping into the gulf was in high requisition ; for , although the Duke of Hamilton had already paraded him for public inspection , mid for purposes of comparison , Sir Archibald Alison could not let him rest , but must needs bring him forward again in connexion with the Redan . Mr . Balllie Cochrano made a long speech , in which there were ntill further allusions to the unpnraleted i heroism , of Scotchmen in general , and of
- L « u » ilgalriiB laarein ^^^ Mr ; Coohrane quoted passages from Sie letters ! of MATBhai St . Arnaucl , to show the noble 8 | drlt ~ e £ selfdevotion and absence of all jealousy which he said distinguished , that general . ¦ He also- > eulogised the loyalty ; disinterestedness , and grandeur . of soul of Lord Raglan , General Canrobert , and others connected with the war ; and , having proposed the toast of " The city of Glasgow and county of Lanark , wliich have contributed so largely to- the armyiand the Patriotic Fund , " sat down amidst loud and Jreiterated applause . . > ,
-The private soldier , M'David , gave a rough ana humorous account of his adventures . He had been in the armyt two-and-twenty years , and had been attached to the Ambulance Corps in the Crimea . But * being desirous of seeing hotter service , he absented himself , and joined a division of the army at Balaklava . On the morning of Inkerroan , he was at a distance from the field of battle , but coming up some time after the action had commenced , he went up to one of the general officers , and ventured to Bay — "You are rather short of artillerymen , sir ; have you any objection to my serving the ammunition ?" Tke reply was , "No , old fellow ; I wish we had manylike you . " He afterwards served with the 95 th until he was hit . Several routine speeches having been delivered , the company separated . .
Public Meetings. Mb. 8. G. Osborne On Bt...
PUBLIC MEETINGS . MB . 8 . G . OSBORNE ON BTJSSIAM PIBTY . : The triennial commemoration of the 'Wiltshire Parochial Library and Reading-room was celebrated in the course of last week by a tea-party , the Right Hon . Sidney Herbert , M . P ., presiding . After a speech from that gentleman , having reference to the affairs of the society , the Hon . and Eev . S . G . Osborne addressed the assembly on the subject of the war . He paid a high compliment to the noble exertions of Miss Nightingale , Mrs . Bracebridge , _ and the other lady nurses now or recently in the Crimea ; and then produced some relics of the conflict . He observed : —
" He had brought with him two or three things , trophies of war , which might possibly be of some interest . For instance , there was a sabre taken from a Russian on tie morning of the battle of Inkerman . It might be aaid there was nothing remarkable about that piece of i * on and brass , but he thought everything was of interest which had been concerned in the destruction of human life in a cause which its owner no doubt-as much believed to be right as we ourselves believe it to be wrong . We might have ¦ our opinion on the war—we might deem it oar . duty to shed blood to drive the Russians to those terms which only , for the safety of Europe , could realise a lasting peace ; but the enemy also had their opinions . However bad we might deem the Russian cause , we must admit that , at all events , they fought like men who felt
themselves in the right .. We could not dispute their bravery , ' though we deprecated its direction ; and , however proud we might be of having conquered them , * . we must own that they are an enemy worthy of our arms . Ho doubt the hand which held the sword he now exhibited waa actuated by the same emotion as the English soldier . It was very true that we -were free and the Russians were slaves , but they were still men like ourselves , and there was no reason why they should fear death more than we . Then while we -were glad to proclaim ourselves the conquerors , let ; us still honour the fcravery which so long disputed our victory . England and France had found no common enemy , and the more honour was there in the victory they had won . ( Cheers . ) . Adverting to what he called the fanaticism of the Russians , Mr . Oaborne proceeded to say they were
fighting for their Czar , whom they worshipped with a feeling of awe and reverence for his power scarcely less than they felt towards God himself . .... We , as a Christian nation , had felt it our bound « n duty to make the cause of liberty our cause , to protect the weak Against the oppressor , that nothing -wrong should be clone . He trusted that we felt so on . sure and certain grounds . We must not forget , however , that the Russians also went to battle for what they felt to bo the causo of religion and justice . . They had all heard of the great mass which was celebrated by the Biwaian army before they attacked nu at Inkerman . There waa real if mistaken religion in that observance , - and aa such we -were , bound to honour it . The Russians had a strong feeling that they were right , and in that feeling thoy went to war . Upon the bodies of tlio slain Russians wore found oharmH . Some of thorn were fastened round
the head , and others , composed of small pieces of brass , were round tho breast . It was tho custom in war U pillage the dead , and our men got hold of those charm * in a somewhat summary manner , taking them from tlu necks of tho slnin and wounded . " Mr . Osborne exhibited one of these charms , which connistod of a small picture of tho Virgin and Child . and was taken from the body of a Russian officer . Tho belief was that if a blow or thrust onmo upjn tho picture It would bo without effect . Among the other trophies were a tpbucco bng which had belonged to liutlor , tho defender of Sillstria ; aiul . a pak of hoots belonging to- Prince MenaohikofL which , had boeu
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 20, 1855, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20101855/page/4/
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