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*?¦' ' ^ - wttfELl & S , BART ., K . C . B . As our columns this day announce the return of General Williams . ftwn St . Petersburg , we shall doubtless be pardionei by , our readers for giving thein ^ a ' brief sketpii of the life ' and services of the gallant , defender of : Kars , whom her Majesty has rewarded with . ' a baronetcy * , # nd the more solid , ^ a ^ substantial provision of 1000 / . a year by way of pension . ... . ¦ ¦¦ . ..
y $ ir Wpliam . Williams , who was born , ye believe , in 1810 , ^ is a native , not of England , but of Nova ^ potia ; and his recent honours will be felt by our brethren in North America as reflecting some little ^ p ^^ njthemseXve ? . , At an early age he pame to tjiis cojmtry ^ . an ) 4 . was sent to , the Royal Academy o £ Xrjp ^ ry ; ajb Wooden , by Jhis Royal Highness the late ^ uke' ^ j Kenti Haying passed his final examinations ther ^ he obtained his . commission as ^ e ^ ond-Jjipiiienant . in the Royal Artillery in 1825 , attained the rank . of ^ JFirst-I ^ eutenant , in , 1827 , and
ifjpi of . CaptainJn [ 1 , 84 : 0-., The first . scene of his active employjment . was Ceylon , where he was ; sent QujjDna special service ,. and remained for nine years discharging . the . duties of an Engineer ,, in such , a laapiier as , to ^ attract the notice of his , superiors . Eijom . :, tiiat date till 184 : 3 : he was employed in Turkey * an < l received , the breyet-rankr . oi L Major ^ for hist military . serviyes , in , $ h , afrcountry , ; „ In . the . latter year hef mmi appointed ,-, -by Xxvttk Ahesdeejoi tihea-ivi the head of the Eoreign OflB . ce , her Majesty ' s Commissioner for examining and settling the boundary
between the Turkish and Persitni ^ oitier ^ . - ' This was ' a-w 6 rk dfTery' ^ feat difficulty aiid ^ delicacy : .. .. JlViiVil JciySiTO' .. ut-u-. i-i "» » . }^<< " -, ' y » J i-XS Vv ij | 0 go ^ np ^ i ^ Ji | m Y 1 iabput nine years , lour or wnicn ¥ &*> M * wifr , fi # j ? ft & under . canyas .,, during thai ; time- ^ biai lifeuwaS :, frequently ; in dangen ? . from , bands of ' marauders ^ ltO ' say notbiog of fevers and other ^ Ufi « asfe 8 pebtiliar ! to the climate and the country , it Jwai « ie late' Iibrd -Vivian , ' we believe ( better j ^ ojm ^ jS ^ . ^ tusaey yjyiaja ) , then I ^ ter-General of- ^ pfd ^ oe ^ iRho / jelepfced , Mm / or , the s , ppcjaj ^ osk'Qf inat ^ uctiug the ; Turks , inariillery practice ; the'wisulfr of * his ^ teaching" has been recently shown
ttaYeiiV ^ r & etieitt ^ nariiier by hfe Turkish disciples ; ^^^ oy e ^ i ^ i f ^' o ^ ise ai iea ? t the ( government cno 3 e /' the right man for V $ he right place . " He took a prominent ? part inr the Conference * preceding ttie Treaty' of % tferotm * i in ' May ; i' 84-7 ; and having ^ fchaiged his * difficult mission in d yttiy which gave tiifttafa { cttolvMi < y # &< wtid ^ Wttto concerned in : it , was ^ d . Vdiiae d' -to > a ^ gLtefcterant-doloiiel ; ' and ultimately ^ ewaTrded- with the '' Companionship ' of' the Bath , Wfrich was conferred 'upon ' himi * i 1852 . i J ~ ' Ififom'the peculiar" fexperiendd which lie had gained $ i JJt ne ; E ast ; v ' anti his knowledge of the various 1
"WitibriB by wlxojfl thosetiartif are > peopled' Colottel ' William * ^ m ^ Utitei > ^ Jj 6 td ' lQ ^ ekd < m ^ oft the commencement of hostilities withl'R ' uakJa ; in 1 £ 54 , ~* 9 * ttltir < Irfajeiit ^ 'S CotnMssioner' ' with too Turkish tefliy M the -Ettfifc , tteinj £ at theKsame time { promoted tb 3 * fte ^ raM ^ y > fi * tfl'Goi onel i and aoon afterwards of Bngftdier-GfeneWl : ' !^ the "words of Lord Gran-Mtbb , '> " 4 he evehf htf 8 p * dted thftt ' a b & tor selection ^ feow hot" ll ^ e been'Kekde . ^ - His conduct in thia "JWfi ^ si ^ * # » ' k' ^ de ^ , ^ afr'it'Was ' , ' 'the' more ^ B ^ TOWtKtfyperiWnil WuMtVi'briHiil btt'eVeii ^/ -th d " «^» S 6 wlCcto ! tteW . 'bf'iJord Stttttford ' de Rfldoliffe , s fiAs wdfi 4 ^ Qid't ^ % r (& e ^^ , >^ nd > biUrinAd 6 his % artrie ^ let ^^^ r ^ fehoub'ttie llen ^ li tend breAdth 4 J"P' 15 drobel ^ e » fei 6 httd Br « er 0 uitt'itt September ^ JM 84 ; ancF <> wWftAdtffttd" « ii * lirtmedlfttelj . \ >
For-^ WMCely wtt" ^^ 4 i 6 t ik ^^ rMb ^ ttt whai ^ Lord Granvifle called the " painful events" which took ^ k «» W * liK »^ ji 4 lw 5 j « 6 urt « fc « i 3 m \ it 4 b * iOM oho . heldi : possession and command at Kara . They have been out too faithfully recorded in the speeches
delivered in Parliament ^ admitted to be indefensible by the Government itself , and truthfully set forth in unvarnished colour & by the correspondents of the press . The official letters of General Williams , and the recent publication of Dr . Sandwith , show what was the work which he did at Kars , and also the " , manner ' his doing it . They also show , ¦ vire may add , what Lord Stratford dp RedcUffe left undone : and Lord Granville should remember that if there is danger in overrating living merit , there is also danger in , underrating the heavy blame which attaches to haughty and self-willed
ambassadors . It was said by a noble lord , in summing up the character of General Williams , that there was only one point in which he did not exhibit the highest qualities of a general—and this was the fact , that he had no opportunity of showing his power to manoeuvre a large force upon the field . A great historian , in laying down the conditions of generalship , requires that a man shall be not only first-rate as an engineer and a geographer , well acquainted with human nature and the springs of human action , and gifted with the art of managing his fellow-man , so as almost to lose the general in the statesman , but that he shall also know how to
descend to lesser matters and become his commissary and his own clerk . Now , it cannot be doubted that -these requirements were amply fulfilled in General Williams . His services as a geographer , both in Ceylon and on the Persian frontier , were confessedly great and eminent . It is impossible to read his despatches without perceiving that he admirably was fitted to manage whole bodies of men—^ always , of course , excepting the unmanageable Ambassador at the Porte . The vigorous measures adopted by him to save ; Kars ,. and which would , doubtless , have succeeded to the full , had
he been properly supported at Constantinople , show that he was a statesman of no ordinary kind ; and finally , as the only European aid that he had at hand-during a protracted struggle was that of Mr . Churchill , it is clear that the duties of commissary and clerk must have devolved upon him also . Another secret of General Williams s greatness lies in . the fact tiiat wKeife he found a trustworthy person , he trusted Mm Vfthoufc . grudging " or interference , without suspicion or jealousy . He was slow and cautious in hip resolves , but , once resolved upon a course , lie was , as indexible as iron . He was generous , philjuathropic , and tolerant ; and aeoordinSv ^ he ^ found himself able to fuse together
in one harmonious body the Christian , and Mussulman' i sub | eets of •* tha j iSultan—a circumstance the more ^ gratif y ing-.- owing- ¦> to the i * ebPnt hedti' ^ she ' riff ' granted to me Cbristiaus by the Su-blitnePortei ; ijThfe' glorious > victory won 'under-General / Williams ' a-auspices on > the \ heights , above % . ax § on , the : 29 th-of September . last , firs ^ made his name familiar to' > the ears of thd . GBritish public , as a first-rate officer and a . man of cool judgment as well as high ability ^ - 'On -that oocaaion he repulsed the Russian troops with'great slaughter ; and that while labouring-under severe difficulties . It was for his gallant conduct on this occasion that General Williams was nominated a K . C . B ., and rewarded , by the £$ ultftn with the rank . MusAir , or full general in the Turkish service ^
1 Tho defence of Kars is too well-known to need repeating here . It ia enough' to say that by the aid of 'Colonel Lake its galfant commander contrived to make it nearly impregnable , but that owing to the culpable indifference , of the authorities at Constantinople , hunger an , d famine did for tho Russians what their arms could never have effected , arid that after undergoing untold sufferings , the garrison , with Williams at its head ; was forced to capitulate to General Mouravieff ^ and the gallant general was sent to Moscow ! as a prisoner of war . It is but just to add that , in their captivity , General Williams and his companions w . ere , treated with all honour and respect on , their way through Moscow and St . Petersburg , as was due to an honourable
and vanqu , ishod enemy . While-mentioning ) that General Williams is now honoured with : » bauonetcy , and is now Sir William 'Fenwick WilHamsofiKprs , it may not be amiss to remark that although the empty honours- of the Bath have been conferred on' about forty individuals who have held command in the Crimea and other parts of the -East , > no substantial rewards in the shape of pcerogea . orbwou ^ Die 8 ) 7 i » yq ., as' " ye ' t b ^ pn JcoijtepredjihioonBeduonCo of , thpJ [ aio , . w ^ ir , " pnJtl ^ pse who liayo'cohductcoiitsiopgral f ions , by land or aea , , witk tluJreinglCdOKafiption oiMm barpnetoy , conlferrod in February last on Sir John Burgoyno , and the present title so well beBtowed on General Williams .
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The National Society Of United Trades. (...
THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF UNITED TRADES . ( To the Editor of the Leader . " ) 32 , Nelson-street , Trailston , Glasgow , June 18 . Sib , —la a well-written article in the Leader of Saturday last you have—unintentionally I have no doubt—made some mis-statements which I deem it my duty to correct . Sir , there is no Society of United Trades in Glasgow , or in Scotland , that I am aware of , but we hope there will soon be ODe . Twenty-six of the United Trades of Glasgow sent delegates to form a committee in aid of the miners ; which committee , in terms of a resolution adopted ' unanimously at a public meeting in the City Hall
memorialised Lord Palmerston to use his influence with her Majesty to pass an order in council establishing a court of arbitration in the miners' case . The miners lost no opportunity of publicly declaring their willingness to abide by fair arbitration , but the coal and iton ~ 7 iearted masters paid no attention to their offer . We certainly had the impneasion that the crown had . the power ( for the reasons stated in our memorial ) to create such a tribunal . It seems we were wrong ; but , being in error , we are not ashamed to avow it . We never adPpted the title of the . National Association of United Trades , or any other title resembling it , and my opinion is that the National Association of United Trades , acting through
their corresponding secretary , have been ill-ad vised in mating such an accusation against us . You say that by the National Association of United Trades the delegates were brought to London to give evidence before Mr . Mackinnon ' s committee . Sir , thi 8 is not true . A few of the United Trades , actuated by a desire for the good of all , sent two delegates to London , and themselves paid their expenses , independent of the National Association . This explanation is due to the trades-who sent those delegate . We do not wonder that the National Association do
not wish to hold themselves responsible for the errors 6 r conduct of a junior society , but there is bo junior society asyet ; and , did they know their dutyj they would foster us in our attenipt to create such a society , .-which , might , either merge into the senior society ,, or at . least , be auxiliary to it . Trusting you will accept'this ' expianatibri in the same spirit hi wTlich It is giVen ~ I remain , dear Sir , . i ... ;•¦ ¦ / / . uJ With much respect , ., ' - ¦ ,. - Yours , & c , Wm . B . Campbell . . [ We o , re happy to give publicity to this contradiction The statement in question was forwarded to us , in writing , from the " offices of the National Society of United Trades , 269 , Strand . We now await an explanation from the gentleman by whom it was forwarded . 'J -. i " ¦ '
Ambuica And England.—An Address From Tho...
Ambuica and England . —An address from tho industr ial classes of Manchester to the American people , deprecating a resort to war , was issued last week , and has beeii succeeded thia week by a similar address from tho Liverpool Financial Association . The document , which is signed by Mr . Robertson Gladstone , President of the Council , points out the want in England of legislative check over the diplomatic aots of our Ministers , and tho presence and free use of that chock in America , and then proceeds to ask— " Whence is it , if you really disapprove of tho acts of your ministers , as wo are led to believe you do , that there has been no public manifestation of your disapproval ? " The Council disapprove of tho enlistment pf soldiera for the English Army in America , but think that it was almost encouraged by the American Government declaring that there was nothing to prevent any American citizen or resident leaving the States and enlisting elsewhoro . At any rate , the injury has been atoned for . With respect to tho Treaty question , tho Council think , that tho offer of arbitration is perfectly fair and should bo accepted . " We were tola by our Prince Consort during tho late war , " say « tlw document , " that that war had put representative institutions'on their trial , and that it might be found ncceaaary to diminish our present freedom both of spooch and publication . This was the captious objection of an individual whose residence among us seems not yet to have eradicated tho despotic leanings contracted by 'J * continental birth and brooding ; but , if war between tue only two ffraat countries in the world which have representative Institutions , * founded on tho sovereignty of t « 9 people ^ ia to result from such oauaos as those which we have'examined , moat truly may it bo said , not that suon Institutions arc upon their trial , but that thoy hayo W » tried and aro condemned , "
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Leader (1850-1860), June 21, 1856, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21061856/page/16/
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