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    1048 THE LEADER. [No. 397, October SI, 1...

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    THE BENGAL HINDOO. (To the Editor of the...

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    Thk Rki'Rkskntation of Oi-dham.— Mr. W. ...

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    are associated with the "West Indian traffic ^ and who are specially interested , in circumscribing the ravages of the Yellow Eever .

    1048 The Leader. [No. 397, October Si, 1...

    1048 THE LEADER . [ No . 397 , October SI , 1857 .

    ' Civis 3lomanus Sum.' In The Attempt At...

    ' CIVIS 3 LOMANUS SUM . ' In the attempt at insurrection which took place some months back in the dominions of the King of the Two Sicilies , the insurgents seized the Cagliari , a Sardinian steamer , from which they landed at Sapri . The expedition , it will he remembered , failed , and the

    Cagliari was captured by two Neapolitan frigates . The captain and the whole of his crew were found in the hold of the steamer , tied with ropes : they were nevertheless taken prisoners , and treated as if their complicity with the insurgents had been manifest . The Cagliari was captured early in July , and these unfortunate men have been held in durance

    ever since , their treatment being such as seems common to Neapolitan prisoners—that is , as bad as it can possibly be made , short of being directly fatal . Among the captives are two Englishmen , engineers on board the Cagliari , the story of whose sufferings is enough to arouse . the indignation of the whole country , and would do so , but that all

    men s minds are at present full of a more tremendous narrative , ever reaching us ' in parts . ' A letter from the brother of one of the two sets forth a case of atrocious tyranny on the part of the Neapolitan Government , and of scarcely less , atrocious neglect or lukewarmnesa on the part of our own Government . Lord CiiAbendqn , it appears , has been written to twice : to the first letter he returned for

    answer that the British Consul at Naples should be instructed to see that the English prisoners were properly treated ; to the second letter he made no reply . Meanwhile , our two countrymen are enduring such torments as have driven one of them to attempt self-destruction , aud the other ' quite out of his mind . ' There was a time when Englishmen did not wait for incentives to vindicate their countrymen . That was in Tory days , when we had

    Governments that despised * the rabble , ' and dragooned the million . Now we have a * Liberal Minister , ' who says that every Englishman must be protected by his country s power , wheresoever he may be ; yet suffers these things to be done on the family estate of diplomacy—Naples . Government has undertaken to protect our countrymen and control Naples ; but it is our countrymen who are coerced , and Naples that is licensed .

    An ' Honourable ' Acquittal. The Real In...

    AN ' HONOURABLE ' ACQUITTAL . The real interest of many a tale lies in some episode . The conviction of Evans and Thobhb may ' satisf y the ends of Justice 'that capricious , blind goddess who rides about on a wheel—but it still leaves untouched the interest iu the tale of Frederick " WiLiiiAM Caboqait . Evans wrote a letter to the limes , intended to ' expose' Mr . Cadogan , and Evans is sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour ; but some curious revelations remain as matters of history . The Hon . Frederick William : Cadogan

    is a barrister and speculator in shares aud funds . He was a promoter of the Company , which lias since become , what it is now , tho ( Submarine Telegraph Company , in which lie hold ' s the position of Deputy-Chairman . His place at tho Company's chief office was tho board-room , but he admitted that , at one time , be was * constantly' in tho instrument-room , examining l > oth tine incoming and outgoing messages . His object for doing so , ho said , was strictly connected witii tho discharge of hia duty to the Company . Ho admitted that

    he had gone into the instrument-room , carefully examined a file of messages , and then gone out without saying a word to any one . " Have you not been in the habit of going from the Company ' s office to your stockbroker's four or five times a day ? " asked Mr . Serjeant Parky ; Mr . Cabogan ' s answer is remarkable : " I have not been in the habit of doing so . I may have gone to my stockbroker's two ovthree times a-day , but not fourorftve times . " His answer to Serjeant Parry ' s question ,

    whether he considered he had done right in giving precedence to a message sent by Baron Rothschild , a friend of his , was also remarkable : "It was perfectly justifiable , and perfectly—not wrong . That is not very good English , I admit , " he added . The ' English 1 of Mr . Wolhaston's evidence is unquestionable . Mr . AVoliaston was formerly a director of the Submarine Telegraph ' Company , and is

    8 tilloneof its engineers . He said , " I have seen Mr . CADoaAjr go from that room ( the instrument-room ) to a stockbroker ' s . I have seen him do so more than once on the same day . I have seeu him leave the instrumentroom anil go into the stockbroker ' s door direct twice on the same day , and I have seen him go into the instrument-room , and within half an hour afterwards have seen Mm in the

    stockbroker ' s on the same day . " "This office" ( the stockbroker ' s ) , he said , in answer to Serjeant Balla 1 ttj > ne , " was No . 3 , Exchange-buildings , and was perfectly with in view of the door of the telegraph-office . " This is a tale of our betters . Our titled orders will not permit any class ot national activity to pass without their being represented in it . " We send an armv-to the

    Crimea , and the Earl of Cardigan goes to the Avars—in his yacht . Bill dealing is an English institution , and we see m connexion with it a name like that of Forth , illustrious in the chivalry of the Crimea , of Maidstone in the Legislature , and of another amiable but too adventurous patrician ira discounting , aud stock-dealing too . 1 'Vauds are discovered in the City of gigantic proportions , and we find noble names and baronets who

    duly represent their orders in the gaol , the hulks , aud the penal colony . The Stock Exchange has its romance , and our aristocracy will not suffer itself to be omitted . Conservatives inveigh against the ' levelling' tendencies of the age , but who are the grand levellers ? Our noble betters sneer at trade , but when do they lose a chance if they can

    be coal-dealers , corn-dealers , money-dealers , or stock-dealers . The only discernible difference is that their rank secures privileges denied to other classes . Perhaps a ' common man ' might have been summarily turned out of the instrument-room and rudely checked iu the constant' reading of other persons' correspondence .

    Professor Acland. The University Of Oxfo...

    PROFESSOR ACLAND . The University of Oxford has a right to be congratulated on its two most recent Professorial appointments : the ono proceeding from the Crown , the other from tho free elective voice of Convocation . Within tho month , Doctor Aclawd , bo highly respected and esteemed alike by tho University aud tho City for his pure and generous character , hia intellectual gifts , his professional skill , and hia scientific accomplishments , has been appointed Regius Professor of Medicine , and elected Clinical Professor . Such a concurrence of the G-ovorninont and of tho University in recognizing and rewarding tho services of this dintinguislicd man of scieiico to tho cause of sound progressive reform in tho ntudioB of tho University , deserves tho thanks of all who have at heart tho best interests of Oxford .

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    A FIREWORK WORD TO BOYS . T "We wish to take counsel seriously with the British Boy , Is he open to a suggestion ? We assume that he is , being sensible , and generally of gracious , albeit impatient , demeanour . Well , then , there is not a pinch , of ashes left of . Q-crr Fawkes . He will not burn brightly this forthcoming firework Fifth of November . A substitute might be provided . We want no more James the First Protestaut demonstrations in the streets . But the British Boy will insist upon his annual halfpence , and fathers and mothers will

    not be released from the immemorial glitter on the lawn of Roman-candles , Catherinewheels , rockets , and purple and pearl fire . As we have said , the very name of Guy Fawkes has been calcined . The ceremony has lost its meaning . But Sbedmoo Nubsog Dhundu Punt , commonly called the Nana . Sahib ! How picturesque the effigy ! He wears a French dress , as we believe , but that maybe stripped off . Make a Black-hole-of-Calcutta King of him , with turban , tinselled vest , and other Asiatic attributes , and burn what JSiikhidan would have called ' the

    sanguineous beggar . ' The tribute-money will be the more abundant . And there will he some significance in that which otherwise is merely a carnival of cracked throats and skeleton bigotry .

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    Fhere 13 no learned man . but will confess he hath much profited by reading controversies , his senses awakened , and his judgment sharpened . If , then , it be profitable for him to read , why should it not , at least . be tolerable for nis adversary 10 write ? —Milton

    The Bengal Hindoo. (To The Editor Of The...

    THE BENGAL HINDOO . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) 25 th October , 1857 . Sin , — The letter of the ' Hindoo of Bengal reached me through one of tlie most respectable publishers of London , in has also another communication from the same person , through the same medium , and no one who lias had experience of the writing of the educated classes of our native fellowsubjects in India could hesitate as to what class to ascribe the composition . For reasons made obvious by the composition itself , I haves withheld the writer ' s name . I trust to your candour to publish this note in the next issue of your paper . I am , sir , your obedient servant , Malcolm Lewin . 31 , Gloucester Gardens , Hyde Park .

    Thk Rki'rkskntation Of Oi-Dham.— Mr. W. ...

    Thk Rki'Rkskntation of Oi-dham . — Mr . W . J- Fox has issued an address to the electors of Oldham on his being reinstated by them as their representative in Parliament . After speaking in high praise of their late representative , now deceased , and briefly referring to his own general principles , he continues : — " Since I last addressed you , the groat topic of interest which has arisen is the Indian insurrection . Of course the power of the empire must be put forth for its suppression , and theGovornmont will bo generally and strongly supported lor that object . Hut , in the words of a celebrated statesman , ' I know not how to draw up an indictment against a whole nation . ' I cannot but believe that there has been gross misgovenmient . Wliile a righteous re tribution ought to fall on the heads of tho . su who have perpetrated unheard-of crimes , our justice . should he pure from vengeance , and a thorough knowledge of the « liua which have prompted this rebellion should lend to sucn modes of regulating tho affairs of India as will bust preclude any future extensive disnfFuction . Allow mo also to Hay that , tho time Booms fast approaching when me question of parliamentary reform , which essentially involves that of admin . iatrn . tivo reform , must undergo * national discussion and decision ; and that I carncs y hope that , whatever their local < Ufu ; ronces , the Reformers of Oldham will as ono man support their representative in demanding for tho people full , fair , and free ^ . l ' 1080 " " ration in tho House of Commons . This is »« *" ' g . Reformers to bo fighting under hostile nags . Tho qu " tion is not an open ono . ' Ho that is not With us against us . ' Yen havo character to support an" "V cato ; and 1 do earnestly hope that in the 0 OITU ' ° struggle you will ansert your pre-eminence « a Hadical borough of Oldham , "

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 31, 1857, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31101857/page/16/