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ing them of the evils of war , of its cost , of the incrLe to taxation , of the sincere desire , foi-peace in the Emperor of Russia , and so forth-he ^ as met by cries of dislike , dissent , and even derision ; but when he proceeded , to comp lain . that Government does not make warvwell , , * hat it w ^ not active nor strenuous e ****> , &m the P «* j ^ J »* heartil with him , and began pfc cheer . Itt snjwrt ,
y the Government really st »* ls between M ? - Cobden and the people , and ^ agrees more . Vp * the moderate sect * j » of th < MB # > iRet than ' 4 jp the people of Leeds . A public service was performed by Mr . James Garth Marshall and Mr . Barnes , who carried a resolution , distinctly apprpving of the war and ' ite objeefe , witk * dem ^ ds tb «* the military proceedings should be carried on with
greater vigour . We can scarcely get away from this subject of the war . Sir Robert Peel , presiding ; at the anniversary of the Tamwortja Reading-room , must get upon the spiJ of the Cr « ae « . Corporation Reform hardly excites sp much interest in London city , as the refqrm of Russian manners , through castigation , in the Crimea . Those who really appear to be most
independent of that distant warfare are what we may call our domestic-Russians . The Police reports continue ' to give us their peep-show into life with many a vicissitude . This week they have some curious stories , which make us think that , upon' the -whole , magistrates' decisions are decidedly tending to justice—one of the great modern improvements . A girl brings up a
brute of a fellow , with , a claim to support her child ^ and the seducer endeavours to rebut that claim by blasting the character of the girl whom he has injured . Now we can remember the time when the girl would almost have been out of court for her want of virtue ; under improved lights , it is the seducer who incurs the pressure of judicial severity : he is sentenced to support his own child at the rate of half a crown a week .
We must not yet expect perfect justice in courts of an ecclesiastical nature . Mr . Morgan , a clergyman , had-shown some interest in a young girl who / became a mother without proper certificates . His interest in her behalf was ascribed to an improper motive ; the Bishop assisted in pressingltnecharge . . against :. hjmj ^^ pu ^ orwj [ u i jd : jbis own secretary as prosecutor—then abandoned the charge as unsupported , by evidence—and afterwards withheld certain formal testifications
required by the clergyman , on the very strength of this unestabljshed charge ! Here is a man actuated , so far as . any evidence went , by none but benevolent motives , who is accused , acquitted , and punished . The Police-courts have a capital story this week which ought to tell quiet traders , that no securities will ever guarantee them against the sharper , until they destroy the necessity and inclination
for sharping . Here is one John Berry , who has been distributing 51 . notes broadcast , arid the notes turn out to be forged . Detected , he endeavours to * escape by rushing from a shop ; but a policeman with longer logs overtakes him and conveys him to the station . He is conducted to a coll , but arrived at the door of it , ho adroitly steps back i pushes his conductor in , locks the door , and runs . Even sharpers * however , can be outwitted . A female searcher dashes after him , and
holds him . John Berry has yet one rcsourco left , in his manly strength , and the wojhan . feels that her tenacity is giving way : but woman ' s wit exceeds the snarpor ' a—she knocks pfF his hfit . The English people arc particular in matters of costume , and a man running without his hat is t \ n object of popular susplcibn ; so John Borry cannot run far before ho is seized . Ho could outwit the bank authorities , the vigilant tradesman , the police gaoler ^ the female searcher ; but , he could not run along the streets without his hat .
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Once mor * the ' Frivolities occupy a prominent position M War intelligence . It is imagined that the ' Riirtiin object in crossing the Eanulwy was * o prewwt th <* &rther den « ftare . o £ Turkj * * ro * jBS for the <* imea * ¦¦¦> A few tej |« raphic messages expWn the occ |« arencea , * ut it is pj ^ b » ble , that undue imn » tance is g jM * ** # movem « # : — . V ^ ' .. » ¦' ¦ : - ¦ ¦ ¦ " 'Bucharest , Ja « wl * ry 1 . " Conquerable force * of Eassians have concentrated near Reni , a small port situated near the mouth of the Prutb . Strong- ^ atterjes protect the fort . Large bodies of Russians are marching downwards towards the Frutfc aa&tfce Danube . " -, K *^ - " Vienna , January 15 . « During the night of the 7 th instant a Russian detachment crossed the Danube , and advanced as far as
Babadagh . . ' " The Russians captured 83 Turks and one flag . After this exploit the whole Russian detachment returned to Ismail , in Bessarabia . " The Turks had a few men killed , and the Russians also suffered a small loss . " " Brailow , January 12 ; " The number , of Russians who have entered the Dobrudscha is 20 , 000 m en , " 15 , 000 own , with 50 guns , are advancing towards Baltschik . " .
SEBASTOPOIi . The construction and arming of the new English batteries and advanced works has been proceeding ; as rapidly as the state of the roads and means of trans , port have permitted . Many of the large mortars areiahready in position . Nearly all the long 32-pounders from the Britannia and Trafalgar have been brought up from Balaklava to the two artillery parks . I > arge quantities of Bhells have been daily brought up by the troops , the French assistiog us in the occupation . A telegraphic despatch says that the French opened fire on the 3 rd , but this wants confirmation .
A body of about ninety Russians made a sortie against the French advanced works on the night of thej 28 th ult . They were surrounded and caught without a shot being fired . The Russians have a plan of creeping on a sentry , bayoneting him , and then getting up a skirmish . In one of these they took several English prisoners . The look-put must be very feeble . Some French troops made a reconnoissance against the Russian army on the other side of the Tchernaya . They frightened some of the advanced forces , who fled , leaving some capital provisions in the hands of our allies .
A column of riflemen has taken possession of the important position of Camara , near Balaklava , after driving out the Russians who occupied it . The enemy in this affair experienced severe losses , they ¦ were completely " put' ^ t 6 ~ tli ^" rl 5 ut "'" a ^'" Belff ~ pr ^ ipl' tately , burning their forage and tents . The loss of the Russians at Sebastopol and the neighbourhood during the last days of December is estimated at more than 6000 men . On the march from Odessa to Perekop they suffered severely- * many were sent back in a dying state , and 183 were absolutely frozen .
On the 5 th instant Omar Pacha arrived at the camp before Sebastopol . Having made himself acquainted with the intended movements of the allied armies , he departed on the 6 th ' fox Varna ; and , after giving his orders at the latter place , he will proceed immediately to take direction of the operations . The Russians made another sortie on . the 8 th , but were vigorously repulsed . Prince Monachikoff ( says the correspondence of the AUgemeine Zeitung ) can with difficulty feed tlve troops around him , and' yet ho incessantly demands rein-, fbrceinen <; s , more especially eiqco he ha * ascertained with certjtude that a Turkish corps 30 , 000 or 40 , 000 men strong will bo landed at Koslov ( Bupatoria ) . The Turks will play there the rdle performed a short ! time ago by Liprandi , in his position to the rear of Balaklava .
The latest accounts seem to say that the Allies were mostly established in their winter quarters , and were in want of nothing .
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THB EfcSCTRXC TELEOKAPH . The latest feature of the aiego is the electric telegraph , A proper marine telegraph , well cased with gutta-percha , has been despatched by the British Government , to bo laid down from Varna to Balaklova , It will , of course * bo carried on to the camp , and communications will ba made , between the French and English hqad-quarterp . Tlio eca lino is 400 miles . A telegraph is also making between Varna and Bucharest , which is expected to bo finished by the end of Jfttaruwy . Wo shall then haro instanta * nequs communication , between London , Paris , and the Crimea . '
THE RUSSIANS IN THE EAST . AjflJler from Erzeroum , of the 19 th of Decem afinoTirrlW tfvtf < * Russian division which occu the vtKSlfeiadin , TJtch-Kilissia , and K K ^ tajEa * BAyazid , had entirely evacuated TwSffil crritorJ , and withdrawn to Erxvan . co ^ e | u& % 4 heir retreat , Abroad to Persia aenin ^ i ^ afcFflte c ommerce of Erzeroum bega resume M actkty . This retrograde movement « t 2 ttStS- *> toe'concentration of a Turkish f At KaBrai . Kale ' . Before their retreat , the Russ laid Tsws ^ b ^ . tfotintt ^ and bu rnt the villages t b ^ aectipTs ;* • ¦ ¦ .. _ - \ CT . TT-E . -DTTaoTA-N-R TN THE EAST .
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X &T % S O !*« H E ' SIEGE . C 0 RIST 3 IAS IN ^ H * CAMP . The great English observance of Christmashas been in bo way neglected by our friends the Crimea , As the pudding ® , which various la sent oat to them * could-not possibly haye arnvec time—perhaps because it is morally lmpossibK make a Christmas pudding before Christmi our best blood o f England set to work for it Sosae of the chefs -were more fortunate than othe ;
those , we may imagine , who did not forget the ne sary cloth—and it is easy to conceive that ti puddings were characteristically considered " as J aTcannon-balls . " On the other haod those wl flour and raisins developed into soup bore the with great good-humour , and were' doubtless n popular with our aliies- Tlie correspondent -of Morning Post , quoted below , describes Christmas the camp , and appears to have " assisted" at a u slteru's pudding : — . " Christmas-evi
" As far as weather is concerned , Christmas has day come upon us , after a night of wind and . rain such a manner as made one expect -every moment tc left in the open air , and it appeared almost too much canvas and a , pole to stand tip against such a storm , ¦ wind shifted this morning towards the north ; and char the ram into sleet . I was aroused this morning h most extraordinary sensation in the nostrils , and looking up , but for the agony of suffocation , should h perhaps thought I was dreaming , and in a London Not being obliged to turnout , and having slept but li during the night , I had scarpeiy noticed my servant ci in a n d light a flre in the hole made for that purpi
which had before been my pride , admiration , comfort ; but alas ! change of wind had destroyed bliss , and . it took some hours of science on my part , the unitea" labour of self aad servant , to remedy evil ; but I am thankful to say that I amnow sit before a good fire , and this , with tie excavation ^> f ground inside the tent , makes one feel pretty snug , wifld has now much moderated , and the sun-set , to-nij although the ground was nearly white with snow , g promise of a change for the better ; and as we certai shall not boast of all the good things' we have t accustomed to at Christmas , it is to be hoped that shall enjoy some of its comforts . The commissa : bwli
' have managed to procure a supply of cattle y the men will all have fresh meat to-morrow ; but bey this the fare will-, J-feary—with most be much as ueu but now even tough beef will be looked upon as a luxi I think most of the officers have , by means of repca excursions to Balaklava , succeeded in getting sbmeth to be called by courtesy a Christmas dinner—wl ) every true Englishman is so fond of . I was mi amused to-night at seeing a British subaltern bus engaged in mixing his pudding for to-morrow in a en kettle , and with as much confidence as Soyer wo concoct one of his recherche dishes ; and it is much bo regretted that there are not the means of provid
the men with materials for the same employment , most of them would doubtless enter into it with eq gratification . " " December 25 " Well , here we aTe under canvas in the Crimea Christmas-day , and I hear thq men saying to one anotl A merry Christmas to you . ' The weather alone wo prevent any one from grumbling , wore he ever Inclined . It is a hard frost ; but from too total abaci of wind , the day has been lovely , with a clear sky , i almost warm in the sun . It is now bright moonlig and from alt appearances seems sot in fine . A grcn contrast to . yesterday could not bt ) imagined . I no Baid ' Thank God for a gpod dinner' with more gratiti than to-night ; the only drawback to the pleasure t knowing some of our men had not tho same . In
morning the chaplains : had a service and aumumto tho Holy Sacrament at tho different division * , the » i / pf which was quito novfil , as tho weather has proven a church parade for bo long . It is to bo hoped tl boforo next Christmaa thoae of nn that oscapo will h tho sound of a church boll in Kntflaml again—not J big ono in » SobaHtopol , although wo do not even hear tl to-day , and which always sounds very , strangely . Wl a contrast must bo prosonted thoro to last Christni and in Balaklava too I Tho Iiuosiann inside tho wu must bav . o as grpat a contraHt in thoir condition bot . w < tho proHont and past as wo have ; but it is to . bo hoped ehdll not allow thorn to remain there much longer to oi template anything , as our works aro being vigorou proceeded with—ujdood too n \ ucU ao for the cooifort * i . 1 A 3 ** n . ) l
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 20, 1855, page 50, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2074/page/2/
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