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November 25, 1854.] THE LEADER. 1109
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THE PRINCIPALITIES. A Bucharest coirespo...
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Late telegraphic news is as follows: " G...
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INCIDENTS. Have there been Mtjrmuhs?—An ...
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portion of the shell tore off the leather overalls of Captain Somerset ' s trousers , it then struck down Captain Gordon ' s horse and lilled him at once , and then blew away General Strangway ' s leg , so that it hung by a shred of flesh and a bit of cloth from the skin . The poor old General never moved a muscle of his face . He said merely , in a gentle voice , " Will any one be kind enough to lift me off my horse ? He was taken down and laid on the ground , while his life blood ebbed fast , and at last he was carried to the rear . But the gallant old man had not sufficient strength to undergo an operation , and in two hours he had sunk to rest , leaving behind him a memory which will ever be held dear by every officer and man in the army .
November 25, 1854.] The Leader. 1109
November 25 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . 1109
The Principalities. A Bucharest Coirespo...
THE PRINCIPALITIES . A Bucharest coirespondent of a Vienna journal , writing under date of the 8 th inst ., says that Omar . Pasha had received orders from Constantinople to concentrate all his disposable forces on the Sereth . Certainly Dervish . Pasha has arrived ( on the 8 th ) at Jassy : " In spite of the bad weather , all the inhabitants of the town went out to meet him , and gave him a warm greeting . The Jews , festively attired , carried the tabernacles and candlesticks of their synagogues in the procession . On the approach of the Ottoman commissioner they rushed forward to unharness the horses and draw the carriage themselves . At the palace prepared for him Dervish Pasha found the metropolitan , the clergy , and the boyards awaiting his arrival . He received their congratulations , and replied to them in a brief and felicitous address . "
Late Telegraphic News Is As Follows: " G...
Late telegraphic news is as follows : " Galignani of this evening states that it has heen decided this day in the imperial council to send two divisions of the French army to the Danube . " The Moniteur of this morning publishes the following : " Jassy , Nov . 10 . "We are expecting the early outbreak of hostilities on the Pruth . Dervish Pasha has announced to the local government the approaching entrance of the Turkish troops into Moldavia , and has required it to make the necessary arrangements for their reception . "Omar Pasha is preparing to cross the Pruth . " Special orders have been sent to the prefects of the departments of Galatz , Roman , and Tekucu . "
Incidents. Have There Been Mtjrmuhs?—An ...
INCIDENTS . Have there been Mtjrmuhs ?—An officer in the Crimea , writing to the Daily News , complains of the following passage in Lord Raglan ' s Alma despatch ;—"I cannot omit to make known to your grace the cheerfulness with -which the regimental officers of the army have submitted to most unusual privations . My anxiety to bring into the country every cavalry and infantry soldier who was available , prevented me from embarking their baggage animals , and these officers have with them at this moment nothing but what they can carry , and they , equally with the men , are without tents and covering of any kind . I have not heard a single murmur . All seem impressed with the necessity of the arrangement ; and they feel , I trust , satisfied that I shall bring up their bat-horses at the earliest moment . "
The writer says , that far from this being the case , there is much miirniuring in many regiments—not at necessary and expected hardships , but at the utter absence of comforts and necessaries which the French , and even the Turks , had in abundance . No ofScer would like to make a formal complaint to his Comraander-in-Chief of the want of a cleau shirt , or of the presence of vermin in the one worn . Whv 8 pabe Odwssa ?—The following is from a
correspondent of the Times . — " Sir , —Spare Odessa ! Does mercy , does justice , does convenience demand it 7 Mercy , like charity ( which jb the aamo ) , must begin at home . To protect the Kussian population is to relievo the Kussian woldier from that duty , and deliberately to murder our own aoldiora . Justice can ask for Odessa at the utmost not more than for a neutral town , and haa Odessa beon neutral in this Crimean war ? Tine convenience of the existence of Odessa has all boon on the Russian side .
* ' Wo have , in short , in the interest of humanity , to civilise the Russian empire ; and it is a mistaken and narrow idea of inoroy which would prompt to spare now , since wo may foul nurtured that our forbearance will only lead to futuro imrhnritiOH , and bo understood as our own recognition of tho fiurnoao of tuich proceedings . '' Your obedient servant , " Nov . 18 . « ' \ y . g , ' » Shut-Praisd no Rkoommkndatxon . — Tho Journal dc £ f . Pdtcrsfwtrg , of . November 10 , contains , by implication , tho ndniiasion of tho sympathies which tho Alice mot with amongst ; thu populations of tho Crimea : —
Ah aoon aa the cnomy had occupied Eupatoria , thoir first caro was to juiao tho Tnrtara ngninat tho Government , the author of their wolfnro . Tho foolish young men of tho neighbouring villages ullowcd themselves to
be led away , under the pretext of s-upplying with provisions the allied troops , and by the tope of pillaging the habitations of such inhabitants as had remained faithful to their duty . The arrival of the Cossacks , and shortly after of the reserve division of Lancers , in the neighbourhood of Eupatoria , put an end to these disorders . At the same time the sentiments which the well-thinking Tartars are animated with towards the Government are clearly shown from the accompanying documents . " As the documents spoken of are from the delegates and the administrators nominated by the Emperor , it may be said that the Kussian Government has had certificates of popularity sent to it by its own
functionaries-Lord Raglan . —A Ministerial journal says : — " The country and the army -will learn , with the most cordial satisfaction , that her Majesty has teen graciously pleased to acknowledge the distinguished services of the British Comrnander . in-Chief in the Crimea by raising him to the rank of Field-MaTshal . " The young Grand Dukes . —It is disputed whether these two young officers 'were present at the deaths of their friends and foes at Balaklava , or only engaged in seeing life in Sebastopol . A correspondent of the Morning Chronicle assumes that they were present , and say 8 : —
"There is something consummately absurd , worthy only of courtiers at Pekin , to suppose that the presence or absence of members of the Imperial family at this or that battle can influence the results . The world cried out with astonishment that the Emperor should have kept in idleness at St . Petersburg all the members of his family , as if he doubted their capacity or courage . They were at length sent off ; and now that they have behaved like men , and exposed themselves as other men ,
it is attempted to show that they failed to set a personal example of that forwardness which , the Emperor justly demands of every soldier 5 n his army . The young Grand Dukes were spared the pain of seeing how the allied troops storm and conquer powerful positions . They have now learned that the same valiant troops know how to defend positions when attacked by unequal numbers . If they are sick of the lesson , let them keep aloof , as stupid courtiers now say they did keep aloof on the 5 th of November . "
Patriotic Ftrao . —It has been proposed in the Xegislative Assembly of Canada that 20 , 000 ? . be voted to the families of the wounded and dead soldiers who fought at Alma , 10 , 000 ? . for England and 10 , 000 ? . for France . There is no doubt of its being carried . The sum realised by the military fetes given at the Crystal Palace on the 28 tli of October and the 4 th of November , amounting to J 5598 J . 8 s . 4 d . ( after deducting all expenses ) , has been paid over to the three principal funds in the following proportions : — The Eo 3 " -al Patriotic Fund , 250 < tf . ; the Central Association in aid of the Wives and Families , Widows and Orphans of Soldiers ordered to the East , 748 / . 8 s . 4 d . ; the Association for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of Seamen and Marines in cases arising out of the present war , 350 £
The White Paletot . —The following is from a journal of the siege of Sebastopol , published by the Constitutionnel " Our sharpshooters supply in some measure the action of artillery . Hidden in holes iu . the ground , or behind defences established by means of earth-bags on the top of the parapets of tho trenches , they fire at everything that shows itself , and slacken considerably the fire of the place . However , they have still to pick off , as they say , k monsieur au paletot hlanc . The following is the explanation of that phrase : —Tho person in question is an nnintcur , an old soldier , perhaps , who every day , at
some undetermined hour , advances in front of tho fortifications with a piece of cannon , drawn by men . Ho has it placed in battery by his attendants , giving himself the pleasure of firing it off himself . Ho ordinarily plants his tent not far from the gun , and after each shot he withdraws to it for nbout ten minutes , probably to wnoko a cigar and drink a glass of brandy ; anu then , when tho piece is again charged , ho coineB out and fires another shot . This course of proceeding takes place every day , and lasts an hour or two . It appear *) that ho has a number of domestics , for tho sharpshooters havo already killed about fifty of hia attendants , and new ones always present themselves . "
Gakt . antiiy in t « h Ranks . — Private FranciB Whoatlcy has acted with gallantry . A live shell , with the fusts burning , pitched upon the top of an embankment ; "Whoatlcy promptly clubbed his musket and pushed tho shell away , breaking tho l ' use ao that it did not explode . Ho probably saved many lives . Sir George- Cutlieart acknowledged the service in an order . Wo aro not always favoured with tho names ot gallant privates . Lord Roglan mentions in hit * despatch that n single English artillery man , tho only one iu . tho redoubt abandoned by the Turkish detachment , nailed tho guns . Let : it bo hoped that this cool-headed and bravo artilleryman ' s nanio may bo made public . Tub t f . ittD . —One almost marvellous fact results from ILord Itaglan ' a despatch , and this is . that one
British battalion , the heroic 93 rd , under Colonel Aiuslie , stood the brunt of the day ' s work , in so far as the infantry is concerned . And the Russians think they can subdue such men ! Under all circumstances , the Emperor of Russia did -well to countermand Te Deums for his victory when he heard that Liprandi had gained nothing but a detached redoubt , which the limited force at Lord Raglan ' s disposal rendered it advisable to abandon , and , above all , when he heard that the heroic and oft-tried Pennefather , with his daring 30 th and 95 th , chased the assailants before him on the 26 th like a flock of sheep , and could with difficulty be held back from further pursuit . And these are your Russian victories ! Meantime , if Prince Menschikoff ' s reports of the 8 th be correct , the terrible lesson of the 5 th , added to the
dressing he received from Sir De Lacy Evans on the 26 th , had somewhat cooled his ardour for small or great offensive operations . Lord Geoegk Pagex- on the Field of Battle . —A Staffordshire man , in a letter referring to the disastrous charge of the Light Cavalry on the 26 th , says : — " There was Lord George ' s regiment , the 1 lth Hussars , 13 th , 17 th , and 8 th Hussars , all cut to pieces . Lord George's regiment is cut up terribly , but he has escaped as yet . He has proved himself worthy of being called the Marquis of Anglesey's son . He fought at the head of his regiment . I was told by- an old soldier that got wounded by his side , that Lord George waved his sword , saying , ' Now , my lads , for old England ! 3 ? ight—conqueT or die ; ' and led his men on gallantly . "— -Staffordshire Advertiser .
Prince NAFotKON . —The Paris Correspondent of the Times says :- — " The effect produced by the mere rumour of his intention to quit the ^ camp at the moment when the storming of / Sebastopol was at hand has done more injury to him than any previous incident of his life ; and already , if I am informed rightly , satirical couplets circulate on the subject . It is the opinion of the friends , as well as of the enemies , of the Bonaparte family , that , his chances of the imperial throne , such as they were , have been seriotisly damaged by it . I suppose there are more persons than Prince Napoleon who love to flaunt about in rich uniforms , provided they are not called upon to endure the fatigues of field duty and the perils of
warpersons' who enter the military service without the remotest intention , of ever sharing its hardships , and ¦ who avail themselves of the first plausible pretext to avoid their duty , no matter at what risk of reputation . "Unfortunately , in . the present instance there is little excuse allowed by the public . The fate of Marshal St . Arnaud is too fresh in people ' s minds to make them indulgent even in favour of an Imperial Prince . Marshal St . Arnaud was in a dying state on the very field of battle , and it is known that the day on which the action of Alma was fought and won he suffered more excruciating torture than on any previous day , or until his spirit had quitted his emaciated frame . It is
remembered , too , that the high military grade which the Prince enjoys was not won by brilliant services in the iield nor after tho slow lapse of years . [ Neither distinguished military talent nor the right of seniority had anything to do with it , and when lie was authorised to assume tlie general ' s sash and epaulettes it was not solely for the purpose of useless ornament . The prizes he has drawn in tho Revolution of the 2 nd of December are rich ones , and something must be paid for them . Letters from more than one sub-oflicer belonging to tho division of the Prince murmur at its comparative inaction . One letter in particular says , ' On menage cetto division commo si on avait pour do la chiffonner . ' "
It seems that tho Prince has arrived , in nn exceedingly debilitated condition , at Constantinople . Loujd Dunkelxin . —Lord Clanricurdohas received a letter from Prince Dolgoronky , the Minister of War at St . Petersburg , informing him that the Emperor , recollecting with pleasure tho time when Lord Clanricaxdo represented tho Queen ns hor Majesty ' s' ambassador at the imperial court , felt real satisfaction in restoring to him his eon who , by tlie chances of war , had fallen into the hands of the Russians . Prince Dolgorouky adds , that it had been agreeable to his imperial master to have , in this matter , forestalled the proposal for an exchange of Lord Dunkelljn , which Lord lvaglnn had addressed to Prince MenBchikolf" and he bega that Captain Kousowle ff tho officer oflored by Lord Kiiglan , may , if ho should bo in England , be sent to Russia .
Telkorai'iiio Mkhsaoics . —Tho Electric and International Telegraph Companies are making' arrangements for tho conveyance of tolcgruphic despatches from ofllcers in the East , and it is intended to transmit such messages free of charge over their Hnoa from the Hague to any of tho companies' stations in Great liritain . XJflu of tiiw Minii 5 Rii . % H . —Wo lenrn from St . Petersburg Unit , to replace the artillerymen picked ofl ' ut fcwbustopol by tho franca-tiixiurtt and rifleman of the Allk-H , the Jtusaliin Minister of Marino has taken artillery soldiers from the Baltic fleet , and sent them to the aouth . Kkmkii' for Ouk SoLmuns . —A correspondent of the Daily News suggests that Government might
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 25, 1854, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_25111854/page/5/
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