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off and hurt himself . " Never did men work better than our blue-jackets ; especially valuable were they with , horses and artillery , and their delight at having a horse to hold and to pat all to themselves was excessive . Wlien the gan-carriage 9 stuck fast in the shingle , half a dozen herculean seamen rushed at the wheels , and , with a Give way , my lads—all together , " soon spoked it Oirt with a ran , and landed it on the hard sand . No praise can do justice to the willing labour of these fine fellows . They never relaxed their efforts as long as man or horse of the expedition remained to be landed , and many of them , officers as well as men , were twentyfont hours ia their boats .
THE BALTIC . There are reports which purport to be on authority that the Baltic fleets will not return home without a serious attempt on Cronstadt itself . It is said that General Kiel , the French commanding engineer , has reported personally to the Emperor that he believed the attack was practicable this year , and that this had been communicated to the English Admiralty , and received their approval . The French fleet , which was on its way home , has been ordered back to the Gulf of Finland , and it is stated that the Emperor ' s decided disapproval of his design to return home so soon has been conveyed to Admiral Parseval Deschenes .
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About a dozen of the officers of the Tiger are still prisoners of war near Moscow . The czar refuses to exchange them for Russian prisoners taken in the Baltic . They will only be exchanged for Russian prisoners taken in the Black Sea ,. The court martial on the officers of the Tiger cannot take place until all the officers reach England , Those now in this country will not be employed on active service until the court martial has taken place : they are all on full pay .
We have received a letter from a correspondent in the Baltic , stationed off Revel . We have at present only space for one extract : — ¦ " His Imperial Majesty was down here the other day —yes , the czar himself . The great man was distinctly seen in a carriage and four to drive up a hill close to Bevel , where the greater part of the troops were encamped . We could aimo 3 t have plumped a shot into the carriage , hut forbore , our captain probably having strict orders from Lord Aberdeen not to injure private property . I should say anout 4000 cavalry and half that -number of infantry were reviewed . "
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . ' The Emperor of the French , accompanied by the Empress , returned to Paris immediately after receiving the intelligence of the victory at Alma .
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The cannon at the Invalides did not file the usual salute attendant on a victory for the supposed capture of Sevastopol , although the gunners were constantly at the guns waiting for orders . No official announcement o-f the capture of that fortress was' hazarded in Paris .
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King Bomba has aroused himself to give an ass ' s kick to the wounded Hon . He refuses to allow the Russian loan to be negotiated in the Bourse at Naples . The difference to the Czar -will not be great , a 3 the offers for the loan amounted to about 21 . , 15 s .
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INDIA AND CHINA . The most recent accounts state differences which are threatened between Dost Mohammed and Persia , on the subject of the territory of Candaliar ; the chiefs of that country having placed themselves under the protection of Persia . The Indian Government has decided not to interfere in the affairs of Afghanistan or Persia , beyond preventing the Persians from joining the Russians . The negotiations between the English and Dost Mohammed do not progress , and Major Edwardes has not yet succeeded m securing his alliance with England . The Dost complains that the delay is caused by the indecision of England , and that she would never discover the value of an alliance with Mm juntiE she found the Russians at Bokhara . " ~ ¦
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The insurruction in China has been extending itself—the insurgents having gained a number of successes . Fai-shaw is in complete possession of the insurrectionary party , and the Imperial forces have withdrawn from the protection of Canton . Sir John Bowring is said decidedly to espouse the ause of the Imperialists against the rebels .
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MR . HUME AT ABERDEEN . Having sufficiently recovered to receive the freedom of the City of Aberdeen , Mr . Hume went through that ceremony , which is thus described by the Aberdeen Herald : — " Mr . Hume , who seemed perfectly convalescent , though considerably paler in the countenance tlian we have seen him , kept up the attention of the numerous and intelligent audience , for nearly an hour , by a rapid but highly instructive glance at the political labours lie has been engaged in for the last forty years , ami the triumphant success that lias ultimately crowned thorn . Ho toils us—and be it recollected that he speaks as a shrewd , experienced , and perfectly independent politician —that the present Ministry is the very best the country could possibly have at the present crisis , and that ita existence depends on Lord Aberdeen . "
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THE "PUBLIC MEETING" IN MADRID . The Madrid correspondent of the Telegraph ( Dublin ) " On Sunday , tho 17 th mat ., there took place a largo meeting of tho Union Liberal party , in tho Toatao Real , to examine and approve tho political programme already mentioned , and to have tho sanction of the metropolitan electors for ita being published and sent to tho provinces . Ton minutes sufficed to prove that a union cannot bo effected botweou tho ultra-Liberala and the Modorado party . On ono occasion thoro wna auch n dreadful uproar , such yolla of popular indignation , that more than a third of the assembly retired through ffoar . Tho Marquis do Duoro ( Concha ) was president of tho committeebut
, his voice and the voices of tho whole commit too woro drowned for half an hour in tho swell of execrations hurlod at tho head of an unlinppy poet who had dared to say that tho ' Modoradoa nlono had known how to govern . ' Peace was nt length roBtored , floods of oloqucuco again burst forth ; a young student , n « ardent Democrat , wna tho horo of tho dfly—an old sinner , a hardened turn-ooat , who had fought under ovory banner , and butmyod every cause , " proved tluit ho too could nhow th « t black ia white , nnd white black— -life dfoeaujrac win pronounced brilliant , ' and himself nn rnigol of purity . Tho former ia called Mnrtoa , tho l « tt « r GonzuloK Bravo . Ho who apoko la » t alwayij won ; till nt length tho mooting having dwindled down to half U » number , and leave
being given for those who chose to sign the manifesto , or not take that trouble according to then- good will and pleasure , affairs took a different turn , and the people wearied , hungry , and yawning , voted everything that was read , as they would have voted away liberty itself if the question had been put . No doubt the papers will make a great fuss about this meeting . Though no elector , I was present , and can say I never saw a greater , or more ridiculous piece of humbug , or loss of time ! Two-thirds of the time at least -were taken up in discussing matters after the manner of the Pickwick Club-One old gentleman ( La Serna ) , spoke in a voice choked ¦ with emotion , while tears trickled down his cheeks , declaring in substance that he would clear himself before the Cortes of the charges laid at his door by a staunch Roundhead , for being one of the grape-shot Ministry which , under the presidency of the Duke of Bivas , had been the ' hangmen' of the people in July last . The whole was a complete failure . "
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MR . COBDEN AND " THE CRUMPLING UP " OF RUSSIA . The Manchester Examiner had taken Mr . Cobden ' s phrase about " crumpling up Russia , " as a text for some observations on the power of Russia . Mr . Cobden disclaims having meant a prophecy . He saysj in a letter to the editor of the Manchester Examiner : — " In your leader of last Saturday you -were so good as to adduce the successful operations of the allied armies
in the Crimea as the fulfilment of an old hypothetical threat of mine to ' crumple up' Russia . Pardon me , if even under the present hopeful prospects of that expedition , I renounce the chance of finding myself , within tte next fortnight , elevated to the rank of a prophet by the fulfilment of a prediction never uttered by me . The phrase which has afforded a text for so many harmless pleasantries , fell from my lips in the course of a speech delivered at a ' public meeting in 1849 , wlen , in cornbating the views of those who were terrified at the
aggressive power of Russia , I used the following words , accompanying them , I must confess , with the too dramatic action of crumpling a sheet of foolscap between my fingers : — ' Should Russia make an attack upon this country , or on another great maritime power—like the United States—we should fall upon her like a thunderbolt , and crumple that empire up in its owm dreary fastnesses , in six months , "b y the aid of our shipping . ' "
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THE PUBLIC HEALTH . Cholera is now rapidly declining in London , and the deaths by it have fallen from 2050 in the first week to 754 = in the last week of September . The present epidemic eruption began later than the eruption of 1849 , and it has latterly been more fatal ; but the aggregate mortality will yet probably be less than it was in 1849 ; for the deaths by cliolera in that year down to September 29 tli were 13 , 098 , while the deaths in the present epidemic down to Soptember 30 th have been 9707 . Yet the loss of nearly ten thousand , or , including the deaths by diarrhoea , of twelve thousand lives , within a few weeks , in the chief city of th « empire , 5 s an appalling fact , demanding the strict investigation into all its details which tho Board of Health has directed to be instituted .
Is London to continue every fivo years to be attacked by pestilence , and to lose so many thousands of its inhabitants ? Cannot the conditions in winch disease is fatal be determined , and cannot they bo removed ? The 2216 deaths from all onuses , registered in the week , include the deaths of many persons on whom inquests had been held in previous weeks .
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In connection with the sanitary question some statistics of tho Metropolitan 13 « tha and "Washhouaes have been published . The committee for conducting these establishments complnin that tliey have not been sufficiently used . On the outbreak of tho cholera the general committee- caused copies of an explanatory statement to bo sont to tho hospitals , dispensaries , and other public places in London , with a viow to animate tho public to a sense of tho value of such institutions , and , moreover , hoping to encourage habitual cleanliness amongst tho working nnd poorer clasaoa ) but little or no good resulted therefrom , aa will bo seen from the following statement : •—1858 , wook ending September 24 , at eight
ostablirtlimonta in London , tlioro wero 18 , 157 bathers and 5 il \) 0 washers , nnd tho receipts iiinoiuitod to 823 / . Is . Cd . i 1854 , wcok ending Suptombor 23 , nt nine establishments in London , there woro 21 , 280 bathorn and 4827 washers , and tho total receipts amounted to 845 / . Us . 6 d . ; whilst during tho -week ending July 29 , 1854 , nt cloven QHtabliahniontH in London , thoro were 05 ) , f > 08 buthorn and 7670 wusihorH , th < 5 rcceipta being , in ono week , 10 i ) f >/ . An . Od . Again , nt the St . Jainea'tf establishment , which i » ttituntc in the midst of tho district , recently ho Hoveroly visited by . tho epidemic , tho inwinoHH lain fallen « fl" in a very marked manner , which in probably aUribiitiibh to tho circiiinHtunco that peop le have been afraid to outer thnt ditttrict .
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In Liverpool cholera ia on ttio declino-Tho diacnao haa made Uh npponrancn in tho Istlo of Skyo . It Btill prevaila in Oxford , but not to any gTCflt oxtaut .
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The Droit has a long article on tho decree organising a new police in Paris in imitation of that of London , Tho Droit , while highly approving of the measure , expresses grave doubts whether the groat element of its success—respect for the agents of the law—will not bo wanting . It dares not hope that the sergonta-de-villo ¦ will ever obtain tho esteem and consideration enjoyed by tho policemen in England .
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Tho Emperor of Austria had directed his Minister at Paris to convoy to tho Emperor of tho French " hia sincere congratulations on tho brilliant success of his arms in tho Crimea , nnd to add that ho moat heartily joina in all tho hopes connected with it . "
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Tho King of tho Belgians is expected « t Vienna . His journey excites groat attention at Berlin .
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Tho St . Petersburg official " Journal" haa published a decree forbidding tho export of corn to Austria , which waa to take effect tlio moment it reached the customhouses .
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A report of the death of Don Carloa from cholera hat ) boon in circulation » t Madrid .
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Groat preparations wore being made in Cuba for tho reception ofGonoml Concha . Ilia prcdccosHor , PojsucIh , waa amaKed , and Loaded tho lint of subscriptions with n nmall bu » u .
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Womo difforoncoa arc auid to hnvo arwow between QaH
Pacha of Egypt , and the sons of Ibraham Pacha , who have applied to Constantinople fox assistance in establishing a sort of independence of the pacha . Said Pacha is very active in his government , looking personally day by day into all its affairs .
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Tho celebrated Barbes , who has for three years been imprisoned at Belle-Isle , has been relcaaed by order of the Emperor , without conditions , in consequence of a lottor which ho wrote , expressing hopes that Franco would too auccosaful against Iiusaia .
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Tho news of tho victory in tho Crimea is said to have been roceivod in Prussia with every nppearanco of rejoicing by tho " people . "
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Death op Toussaint Lotjverture ' s Son . —Isaac Toussaint Louverture , the only surviving son of the celebrated black general of that name , of the island of St . Domingo , has just died at Bordeaux , at an advanced age . He was not generally known , as he did not go by bis own name ; but he was universally respected , as he gave nearly all he had in charity . He was in receipt of a large pension from the French Government .
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The Persian force at Mercia was feeing strongly re-inforced , and ! from that position threatened Western . Afghanistan as well as Khiva .
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At Bombay money is abundant , and the success of the originators of a proposed cotton spinning company , the shares of which have risen from 100 / - to 250 / ., has given an impetus to similar speculations ; among these is Dr . Buist's proposed irrigation company .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 7, 1854, page 940, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2059/page/4/
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