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Imperial Parliamentmonday, February Isth...
Chief at £ bme , aro ' sTilTforwarded to the Secretary of State to take the pleasure of tie Crown upon them , or whether the Secretary of State could disregard the recommendations of the Commander on the place of action 1 and whether the responsibility of the appointment of the Eavl of Cardigan and General Airey rests with Lord Hardinge or tlie Secretary of S $ ate ? Moreover , was ifc true that Lord Hardinge never received the report of the Crimean Commission till it reached his hands , as a member of that Hpxxse ?
Lord Panmkjre repeated the explanations he had already given with respect to the report which he received last June , being too meagre for the . Government to act on . The duties of the Secretary for War include the civil administration of the army—the Commander-in-Chief , subject to the approval of the Government , arranging all measures relating to discipline , patronage , and promotion . " With regard to the higher promotions of the ai'my , it is the practice
of the Commander-in-Chief to obtain assent of the War Secretary . For the appointments of the Earl of Cardigan and General Airey , he was as responsible as Lord Hardinge . —After a few observations from Lord Hakbinge , who expressed his approval of the Board of Inquiry , Lords Gre" ? and Derby . signified tneir satisfaction with the explanations that had been given , and the latter withdrew his motion ; after ( vhicli the House adjourned .
NATIONAL EDUCATION . Ip . the House o , f Commons , ^ Lord JoHijRussEUU gaive notice that , on that day fortnight , he would propose resolutions on the subject of national education in England and Wales .. THE CBIMEAN BEPORT . In answer to Colonel Nobth , Mr , Feederick Peeij said that certain returns prepared by . oAe of the Commissioners relating to ' the nature and severity of the diseases in the Crimea , with tlae view of their forming part of the report , together with , some retnax-ks thafe ^ he had made upon the m , were not included in the report , because the other Commissioner objected to their insertion , on the ground that they were not wifcbin the scope of the mattera whieli the Commissioners wei'eappomted to investigate .
THE CAVA | iKY SADDLES . Mr . Monseli ,, in answer to Sir James Fergttsson , explained the circumstances connected with the unstifeableness of ; the saddles and bits supplied to the 2 nd Regiment of German Cavalry . The articles in question were supplied according to a pattern approved of by the Commander-in-Chief . The failure of the saddles arose from the unavoidable use , by the contraetorj of unseasoned wood . To prevent the like ; in future ; the Government had resolved to keep in stock a sufficient supply of properly seasoned wood . The bits would be discontinued . Mr , Monsell went into other details relative to certain articles of clothing also found to be unsuitable .
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE . s Previous to the debate on Sir Joshua Wai , 3 ISLEy ' s motion , neax * ly an hour was occupied an the presentation of petitions for and against th « contemplated opening of the British Museum , & c , on Sundays . The latter infinitely outweighed the former , and may be « alcl to have pouredip impeifjct torrent . They appear to Irnve emanated chiefly from Sunday school teachers and scholars , and fx'bm x-eligious bodies . Some * petitions from working men in varioiis places in favour of the opening were presented . " These exponents of the national mind , " says' the' Morvwxg Post , " reached the House in cabs and tl-xibks , and , other available means , causing a good deal of excitement as they rolled along Pa . i-liament-stx * eet . "
¦ *• Mr . Koebttok eaid that , before Sir Joshua Walmsley proceeded to move his resolution , he wished td put a question to , the Home Secretary . Ifc appeared that iifa £ " magistrntes of Oldhanv—very learned gentlemen , he had no doubt— -had a man brought before them last Monday charged with shaviug on Sunday , and that these learned pundits inflicted ' a fine of 5 s . for the offenoe . Ho wished to know wliether the light hon . gentleman ' a attention liadboetn called to this extraordinary manifestation of ma | jis"terial wisdom ?—Sir Georqh Grey said his attention had not beep colled to the matter , and uutil that moment he had heard nothing of it , — -Mr . Roebuck said he had heard of it sin tie'ho entered the House .
Sir Joshua Wa ^ mblby tlxen moTod : —• " That , in the opinion of this House ,, it would promote the moral and intellectual improvemenii of the workingclasses of this metropolis if -the colleotions of natural history and of art in the British Museum o-nd the National Gallery wore opon to tho ( public inspection ¦ jyjJteF morning Borvice on Sundays . " A desultory , loiitiyvery temperate , debate ertsued , in which the argupmehtson both sides were exactly similar to thoeo . ' employed on former occasions . In favour of the mo-• t ^ ny Sir John Shelley ( who seconded it ) , Mr . '• mtl'BTio'DdH , Lord Stanley , Mr . Hkvwood , and Lord ^ BtttK ^ diiJ , urged that the physical , intollcotual , and ¦ m oral 'jtfelVbeing of the worfdng-olaBses would bo promoted : WhpfcrtiQittmg them , after morning service , to contotn > latw wttrktt ot nvt awl imagination : that their occupations preclude them from deriving
that advantage on other days ; that , though a day of rest is an institution of incalculable advantage to man ,, we are not bound to observe it with an excess of gloom and rigour ; that the want of innocent recreation on the Sunday has the efieot of drawing working men into the gin-shop ; that , however great a right Sabbatarians might have to spend their Sunday after their own fashion , they ought not to insist upon coercing others ; that , while the rich man haa his Sunday club and even Ms Sunday soirees , it is partial legislation to deny the poor man his Sabbath i-ecreation ; and that the immense number of the petitions against the motion was owing to their having been got up by corporate bodies . Mr . Heywood , in the course of his speech , took a bold and ( as far as Parliament is concerned ) novel position . He said : —" Twelve years ago , the subject of the creation of the world in six days , involving rest on the seventh , was seriously discussed , at the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at York . ( Cries of 'Question / ' ) The gentleman who introduced the subject was Dr . Cockburn , the Dean- of York , the father of the excellent Attorney-General . The gentleman who replied to him was Professor Sedgwick ; and he never heard anything more triumphaut than the answer of the Px'ofessor to the Dean of York , for he clearly pi-oved that the creation of the world had taken millions and millions of years , and that it was utterly impossible to-have created it in any number of ' sixes' that could be conceived . { Laughter , and cries of ' Oh , ohJ * and 'Qtiestioji . ' ) The United Seceders of Ayr , in a petition which , they had presented to the House , stated that the Sabbath had existed from the beginning of the world . They appeared to believe that the world was really made in six daySj and that the Sabbath was coeval with , the creation . Sir Roderick Murehison , or any other eminent ^ man who understood the subject , would tell them at once that there was no foundation fox * any such iheoxy ; that it was an old legend among the Jews , carried down to our day . ( 4 laugh . ) The Legislature was placed in a difficult position , inasmuch as a large number of tlie constituencies "wished their representatives to do something which was contradicted by the ordinary results of scientific research . ( Cries of ' Oh ! ' ) It was no secret that the date of the first books of tie Bible was now held to "be later than it was in old times ; in fact , it was doubted whether Moses wrote the Book of Genesis at ail . " { Kenezusd cries of"Oh ! oh / " and laughter . ) On the other side , Mr . Pellatt moved , as an amendment on the original motion , " That , in the opinion , of this House , more frequent opportunities should be afforded for week-day inspection of the National Gallery , Government museums , and works of art ; also , that the British . Museum should be open five days in the week , and especially on Mondays and Saturdays , those days , "being most convenient to tho working classes . " In opposition to Sir Joshua Walmsley and his supporters , it wa 3 contended by Mr . PELLATT , Mr . Baxter , Mr . CuossLEY , Mr . Napiub , Mr . Cairns , Mr . Roundeli , Palmer , Mx-. Edward Ball , Mr / Mrjtfxz , and Mr . Wigham , that the Sabbath is . of divine origin and must be kept sacred from work j that the txltimate effect of granting what was desired by the motion would be to authorise the opening of theatres , shops , manufactories , & c , aud to lead to the extinction of the day of rest ; thatth . ex * e is at present a great desire on the part of largo employers to tr ench on the Sunday of their labourers ; that the observ a n ce of the Sabbath has probably been at the bottom of a large part of our national prospex'ity and oven of our physical strength , not to speak of morality and religion ; and that the State is bound to uphold the general sense of the country in , this respect—Lard Paimerston said he did . not think the mere opening of two places of resort would of itself xnafcerially affect the observance of the Sabbath , or infringe its sanctity . But the objectors to tho motion conceived that it was only a stop to something else ; and , ns the majority of the country were against the opening of places of amusement on Sunday , and as it was most desirable to maintain tho repose and sanctity of that day , ho should vote against the motion , With regard to tho amendment , ho recommended its withdrawal , as ho knew that the trustees of tho British Museum aro most anxious to make any arrangements whioh aro consistent witb the due management of tho institution , for the purpose of giving tho people additional facilities to view it . Tho amendment having boon withdrawn , after a reply from Sir Joshua Wauusley , tho Houso divided upon tho ox'iginal motion , whioh waa negatived by 370 to 48 . The other business was disposed of , and tho llouao adjourned .
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London Corporation Riwotim.—¦ Some Convo...
London Corporation Riwotim . —¦ Some convocation took plaao , at a Court of Common Council recently held , on the subject of corporation reform , the result of whi < h appoarod to bo that tho Government hns given an inbimabion that it has not yot boon able to mature a bill with a view to that object .
^ Thejwab. A Few Dropping Shots Of War N...
^ THEjWAB . A few dropping shots of war news continue to interrupt the mild talk of peace . The Russians still fire from the northern forts ; and General Lutkrs reports , tinder date of the 26 th ult ., that the Allies continue to fortify the Bay of Kamiesch . He Mentions , also , that some affairs of outposts have taken place on the left flank of the Russian army . The Allies are about to complete the destruction of the Russian ships sunk in th « harbour of Sebastopol . The French ax-tilleiy , it is stated has received orders on this subject . Tlie ice has broken up in the Sea of Azof , and cruising has recommenced . Scurvy is making great lavagesia the Russian army .
A part of the pashalic of Knrs has "been evacuated by the Russians , who have withdrawn a portion of their advanced pests , v . Inch had been extended on . the side of lirzevoum , so that Hassau-Kaleh has since been occupied by the Turks . Great sufferings have been endured in consequence of snow and frost . The head-quai 1 - ters of Omar Pacha continue at Redout-Kaleli . The force under his command amounts to 32 , 000 men , who are well provisioned . Some alarm was created at Krzeroum by a report that thsee of t 3 $ e meml > ers of tlie council of the Government were in correspondence with the Russians , in consequen-ce of which they had been banished fi'oni tlie city .
The Donau states that , when the news of tlie Swedish alliance reached Russia , it was debated in council whether war should not be declared against King Oscar ; but the negative was finally determined on .
THE COWARDICE OF TURKISH OF . FIGEHS . Thebe has been a distribution of hrmomvs and rewards to the troops engaged on the In ^ o ' , a distribution whicix has offered an amusing illustration of the contrast between Western and Oxienial notions . The officers who commanded iu the action were ordered to send in lists of such of their subordinates as they deemed worthy .-of the Medjidie . Licuteuant-Coloiiel Ballard satisfied himself by a list of thirteen names . Osnxan Pacha , who had about the same numlaor of killed and wouuded , and whose force occupied a position scarcely of equal importance , sent iu hco hundred and thirty I The requisition of each officer
was strictly complied with . Under Colonel Ballard , the-men-of . real merit alone were decorated . Under ( Daman Pacha , evex-y officer who either was or ought to have been engaged—those who ran away , those who remaiued at their post- ^—all received the order of inex'it . Among the number wcx-e numerous' pipebearex-s to tho principal officers ; but , under tlio Tux'ldsh system , rewards to these inem are in ore ludicrous in seeming than in reality . An officer of any rank , when his tx * oops are going into actiou , has his cai'pet spread upon the ground they ate about to leave , dismounts from his horse , squats
dowu , calls for Ins pipe , wishes his men God speeel , and endeavours , morer or less successfully , to deaden torx-ox- by the soothing influence of tobacco . The Chil > ouque-jce , compelled by rospect to stand beliiud his master , is , of course , far more oxpo $ e < 3 to danger than he , and servants of this class who will do their duty within sound of fire-arms , find will constantly bo ready with tho solace so much needed "by theix- employers , are not only highly valued , but desoive decoration at least as much as their employers . T . > - getlier with the ox'dera , some jewelled swords avoiv sent to the officers of Osman Pacha : aud of tli <^ o swords one has fallen to the lot of a colonel \\ ln >
sought refuge in a hospital dux-ing the wliolu Jmtt ' o < <'" the Ingour , and whom tho surgeons vniialy uttenvit'' 1 to dislodgo . Accustomed to tho bravery of every cli ^ . s of our own troops , English readers will aoimvly comprehend or credit the cowai'dico of Turki . il 1 officers . Some of those under the orders of Colonel Ballard sheltered themsolveg in a 1 lou » o during the action , and , when directed to join tlioir men , objected , saying that there was no cover , and thnt they would bo exposed to fire on their advance . It in reported that Colonel Ballai'd promised tliono mou tho cover they required , and that ho actually ftflbrdort it , by taking them one by one behind him upon Iii * horao , and thus conveying them to tlioir posts of dizty . ^—Times Correspondent ( Mingrclin ) .
TUB BLOWING UF OF If OUT N 10 JIor , A 8 . General Oodrington ha « coinmuuiontod to Lord Pnumure tho annexed vivid account of tho uxplosioii of Forfc Nicholas : — Bobaetopol , 1 'Vb . -1 . My- Lord , —Maruhn . 1 Polisnier informed mo ll loW drvya ago that this day Fort Nicholas would bo < lo Btroyod ; and ho sent nguin to say that at 0110 o ' clock , p . m ., tho 111 in os for thin purpose would bo ft roil . 11 ^ viow ovor tho whole harbour in woll obtained fr <> : » the interior elope of tho Rodnn Hill , nud from othm points within tho Russian linoH .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 23, 1856, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23021856/page/4/
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