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1000 THE LEADER. [Saturday,
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— Some men and officers of the 46 th Eeg...
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—r How amusing to the philosopher, how a...
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— What 3ms become of tho picture-gallery...
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Cape Race is an unusually a propos name ...
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— The Right Hon. William Beresford says ...
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— The Gazette professes to give an accur...
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— They report that tho Arrow gunboat pro...
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"A FAMILY BIBLE." (To the Editor of the ...
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A Mod3SI-.Ci-.khk.—Young man:—"I called ...
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Babel. (From A Various Correspondence.")...
year his casino was open , his spirit trade decreased at the rate of 600 ? ., and his lemonade and ginger-beer , and harmless beverage trade generally , increased in proportion . This is very remarkable evidence in Confirmation of w hat all continental experience has shown to he true for years and years past—that dancing diminishes the thirst for strong liquor , and creates the desire for harmless drinks . But the incumbent of the parish and the five moral magistrates , don ' t like dancing—so the population of Islington , wanting amusement and not allowed to dance quadrilles , has nothing else left for it but to restore the spirit-trade at Highbury Barn to its original figure , and absorb refined diversion again in the shape of—Gin .
1000 The Leader. [Saturday,
1000 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
— Some Men And Officers Of The 46 Th Eeg...
— Some men and officers of the 46 th Eegiment marched through London the other day on their "way to the wars . A moral British public [ at the fi Elephant and Castle "—elsewhere there was no such severity ] vindicated its morality by saluting the soldiers with all sorts of insulting references to the late courts-martial . "What more cowardly and disgraceful act could any mo"b have committed ? People who could twit the regiment with the reproof inflicted on it by the press and by public opinion , on the very day when officers and men were on their road to fight the battles of their
country , and to die , if need be , in the cause of their countrymen , are-, in plain ' words , a disgrace to the nation . One man . among the mob seems to have had sufficient sense of justice and of decency to tell the Test that the privates of the regiment , at'leasts could not beheld : responsible for any thing that had happened at the late coufts-martiaL But he seems to have remained in " a glorious minority of one . " The shameless mob bawled'on , and officers and men , greatly to their credit , only treated their assailants with the quiet contempt which they des . erved . Nothing was wanting to complete the moral apotheosis of Lieutenant Perry but such a scene as this .
—R How Amusing To The Philosopher, How A...
—r How amusing to the philosopher , how annoying to those who buy newspapers , are the contradictions about war matters which daily flood the public journals . " We- shall all soon become a nation of sceptics , for wlat can one believe ? You read the Chronicle , and you are sure Austria is all that could be wished— -sincere , frank , and well disposed—but soon the Daily News dispels the " fond delusive dream , " and yo-u are disgusted at her shuffling , doubledealing , and « gotism . Then , again , as to the resources of the Czar , in one place you read that he is nearly ruined , all trade is stopped , the " holy" empire is in a state of bankruptcy and incipient revolt , when the Press " malignantly" quotes the veracious Journal de Sc . Petersbourg to prove that more Russian produce than ever has been exported this year , with the addendum that England has paid twice the usual
price for it , while the latest issue of paper roubles are absolutely quoted at a premium . Anon , as the Elizabethan dramatists say , you are aroused to a fit of patriotic fury by reading that , on the battle-field , in the steamers sailing from the Crimea to Constantinople , and even in the hospitals at Scutari , our brave soldiers are dying of absolute neglect . You denounce the whole of the " Governmental departments" with more than your wonted natural energy , you determine to subscribe liberally , and turn th e house topsy-turvy for old rags , and have just worried yourself to death , when j'ou hear that all your trouble is useless , and that the " soldier" is absolutely better cared for , in a medical point of view , than rich civilians " living at homo at ease . " "The truth , tlie whole truth ,, and nothing but the truth" is becoming a moral Dodo .
— What 3ms Become Of Tho Picture-Gallery...
— What 3 ms become of tho picture-gallery of the Crystal Palace ? We were to have had by this time the north wing of tho great building full of pictures by every modern painter in Europe . Tho great defect in tho * 51 Exhibition—the want of pictorial art examples—was to have been supplied by tho superior taste and zeal , by the educational yearnings of tho Jfine Art directors at Sydenhum . We wore told , with eoino considerable pomposity , that tho gentleman who had so successfully collected tho pictures of tho Dublin Exhibition , hud been secured ; that a commissioner was engaged to hunt up all tho artists of the Continent ; and that a ship was chartered to bring hither all the gems of tho ateliers . Curious people
have been for wceka peeping through tho cracks , and catching g-limpsoB of a grand picture of tho ?« Death of Nelson , " in tho Gorman stylo , and others , all which served to keep expectation on tip-toe , when just as all the rod cloth was hung up and tho Fine Art director eager to cry , " Walk up , ladies < ind gentlemen , " that malapropos Art Journal apoilt it all . Tho Fine Art director ft tornlly bolted In dismay at tho promised terrors of " tho press , " , like a truo Busa , ordered everything to bo destroyed rather than they should fall into tho bunds of the critics . The Dublin man !> leuded for tho art of his " natifif ccety , " tho continental commissioner («* Bolglon ironmonger , " tho Journal luul tho audacity to call him ) suggoatod a
probable revolution at Munich ; but nothing availed against the panic-struck director , he would have every blessed picture down again and consigned to the dispersing care of Pickford and Co . ( and they ' re gone ) . The last hurried words he uttered were , " Send ' em all back again , and tell everybody to send in their bills . " What a fine moral for the press . Here ' s a great public company awed by the ghost of a critic .
Cape Race Is An Unusually A Propos Name ...
Cape Race is an unusually a propos name for the locality where the Arctic and the City of Philadelphia , two of the finest steamers which ¦ ever left tlie port of Liverpool , have been lost within a month . The fact is , racing is the cause of both of these catastrophes , for the captain of each of the great Yankee steamers will strive to the utmost to beat a rival by a few minutes , for now-a-days a run of thousands of miles is regulated to time with more nicety than the arrivals and departures of our railway trains . It is
to be hoped that next session the British . Parliament and the American Congress will investigate the loss of the great passenger-steamers , and inflict fines where a high rate of speed was attained in dangerous localities and foggy weather . We know a gentleman who last year , about this time , went within a mile of the coast of Newfoundland in a " buttermilk" fog , at the rate of ten knots an hour , in a sailing ship , on which the captain kept ev « ry sail set , in spite of the remonstrances of the terrified jassehgers .
— The Right Hon. William Beresford Says ...
— The Right Hon . William Beresford says that he has a friend upon whose judgment he relies in questions relating -to good manners . 'Tisapityhe does not consult him oftener ; or , if possible , engage him as private secretary . This hint throws open a field for young men of good birth and breeding . —" Wantejd , as private secretary , a young man of good education , who can set his employer right upon all questions relating to good manners . Apply to W . B ., Carlton Club . "
I Cant say that I should entertain any great respect for the advice of W . B . ' s friend . Out of a string of choice epithets and abusive accusations" sinister look , brazen , meretricious leer , bold assumption of front which conceals the dastard heart , hully , and coward" —he ( the friend ) only objects to the last as transgressing the fair bounds of courtesy . looking at the whole character of the squabble , some people will think that this is the very last word which ought to be retracted . Sir James should have insisted on a " comprehensive apology . "
— The Gazette Professes To Give An Accur...
— The Gazette professes to give an accurate list of killed and wounded , and was deferred to ensure accuracy . I doubt whether the object has been , attained . If any one will take the trouble to compare the list with private letters , he will find that many men entered in the list as wounded are by letter reported dead . Side by side with the copy of the Gazette , published in the Times , is a letter from Richard McNeil , 55 th Regiment , in -which is written " McCJarrity , that was formerly a diummer , had his left hip blown away , and he has di-cd of his wound . " Turn to the preceding column and you will find this very man entered among the wounded . So in a , number of instances . The Gazette , moreover , onlyroports eighteen men aa having died of their wounds since the battle . What , then , becomes of the multitudes who are said to have died from want of surgical assistance ? There is gross inaccuracy somewhere .
Wot long since tho Times was objecting that Government djd not do its duty in bringing reports home from the East for the newspapers : now tho Times is sending out a special commissioner to administer funds for wounded soldiers in tho East . What next ? Under Mr . Arthur Symonds ' s extremely literary improvements , the management of tho Civil Service would have been transformed into something very like editing ; hoT Majesty would have required four Principal Editors of State : tho Times points out the want of official reporters . It seems that for Executive duties wo are to go to Printing-house-square , —as well as for advico gratis on the subject of cholera !
— They Report That Tho Arrow Gunboat Pro...
— They report that tho Arrow gunboat proves very efficient , her aholls being sent three milos—and she has twenty-flvo of them . One baker * u dozen , and one ordinary dozen ! Somebody has said that every shell sent into Sebastonol costs 3-01 . —• no wonder if every two dozen requires a special voyage for the conveyance out . It almost equals the Chinese plan , of sending out a ship witli one bull , after discharging which it is expected to Teturn to refit . Where -waa our nautical contemporary ' First LoTd of tho Admitnlty when some reporter > vas allowed to atnto that 15 , 000 aailoxs have been landed to operate with the forces in tho Crimea . Another says 25 , 000 . Aro they to act sis Horse M urines ? Fancy . no % one , but fifteen thousand Jacks it la Cosaque / Or aro they to form a now division of Infantry ? Picture fifteen thousand oailora in tho act of attempting to " dreus up . "
"A Family Bible." (To The Editor Of The ...
"A FAMILY BIBLE . " ( To the Editor of the Leader . ") Sin ,- ^~ I read with interest the letter of your correspondent Zeta , in your paper of September 23 , pleading for a readable family Bible ; i . e ., such a translation of " The Book" as the father of a family could put into the hands of his children , without regret that it contained , here and there , a sentence which might possibly excite an impure emotion , or lead the truly chaste mind to question whether it really emanated from the purest source . I have no doubt that God has spoken to man ; that he did so to Adam , to Moses , to Isaiah , to Paul | and to others . But that the English translation , " appointed to be read in churches , " and intended to be read in families , and by individuals , is what it ought to be , I have never believed . Some parts are erroneously translated , and have led to grievous
disputations , and others are expressed in language lamentably indelicate . And notwithstanding all that has been said , and so often said in praise of the common version , many of the most learned , and ( at the same time ) firm believers in the inspiration of the original , have pleaded for a new translation almost from the period of the issue of the present one , in 1611 . But a Leader has been wanting to bring , and band such together , and to carry them on in the enterprise . Most Bible readers , and— -I fear- —most of our religious teachers , will object to a new translation , just as there are many farmers who object to adopt a different system of agriculture ^ or even to use a new implement—not that this is to be lamented in agriculturists only . Of this class , however , it is always found that there are some who will fall into the rear , and those who will not must remain where they are .
My father , who died about thirty years ago , was a warm advocate for an improved translation for at least the half of his threescore years sand ten . I have a portion of his library—among otheTs , " An Essay for a new Translation of the Bible , -wherein its necessity is shown from reas o n , and from the authority of the best critics , " by H . K ., a Minister of the Church of England ; London , 1702 . The work consists of two parts . Part i ., chap . 2 , says : " That the threatenings of Moses and John make nothing for a literal version . " . - . Chap . 5 : "That a translation should keep to the sense rather than to the letter . " . . . Part ii ., chap . 9 : " That translator ? ought "to use expressions , which are plain and decent in our language , " & c .
A century and a half : has elapsed since this important work was published . The object has not yet been accomplished , although many otherpens have been employed ; yet the seed sown has not been entirely fruitless . ? ' The Boo 3 t" is , and will continue to be , a family book . Individuals , families , and nations , have been incalculably benefited , even by an imperfect translation . It is important that every translation should be corrected and improved , if possible ; especially that of a people like ours , who so generally read it , and who are now taking or sending it to so many other countries . Several English translations have been made , with some improvements ; hut these are * expensive and little known . What can be done ? Should not an cflbrt
be made to bring the question before such a body as the Bible Society ? Tiieta .
A Mod3si-.Ci-.Khk.—Young Man:—"I Called ...
A Mod 3 SI-. Ci-. khk . —Young man : —" I called to see about the clerkship you advertised , as vacant . " Old gent : " Horn ! Have you a gold watch and chain , a fast horse , a diamond ring , six suits of clothes , a bull-dog , a thousand cigars , a ca ^ k of brandy , and an assortment of canes ? " Young man : " Yea , sir , got ' em all . " Old gent : " Then you'll suit . My other clerk furnished hiinnotf with all these out of tho till ; ao , as you ' re supplied , I'll save tho expense . "—iVew ; Orleans Picayune .
Washington ' s Skals . —A correspondent of tho Pc * tarsburg Express , at Chnrlosto-vvn , "United States , communicates to that paper tu , o following series of incidents , which , if truo , are certainly very singular : —" Washington was accustomed to wear on his watch two sonls , one gold and tho other silvor ; upon ono of thorn the letters ' < 3 . W . ' wore engraved , or rnthor cut . Tho soak ho wore as early as 1754 , and , they were about his person on tho terrible day of Bnuldock's dofent ; on that day he lost tho silver seal ; tho gold ono remained w tho general until tho day of his death , and w then given by him to his nophow , ft gentleman of Yirgi"i » i who carefully preserved it until nbout 17 yonrs ago ,
when , ruling over his farm , ho dropped it . Tho other day tho gold sonl , loat 17 yeimi « go , ytaa ' ploughed up , rocognla « d from tho letters l G . W . ' on it , and r estored to tho eon of tho gentleman to whom " WuHhington had proaontcd it . At uhnout the Burno tinio tho nilvor n « nl lont in 1754—jimt 100 years ngo—was ploiigliod " I tho Hlto in whloh linuUloelc wan dofonUul , n »* l '" *" manner recogniNotl from tl » o letters G . W . ' So thut , in a vory abort time the . companions will bo ngnSn unito'l-I have thia who-lo ( statement from tho most , ruli « l " source possible—namely , from tho gentleman hiin » o"i who lias thuB restored to him those precious mementos of hia groat uncisstor . "
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 21, 1854, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21101854/page/16/
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