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      leaving at least 90 , 000 men upon the plateau to sustain our position there . We could not leave our ground and enoanous material there to go out and attack them ; they would not only have got our guns , but they would have obtained possession « f points of a position which we never coidd-have regainedr-fxom them . They would have established themselves upon the high ground in - > Ke way they previously established themselves upon the-low ground , and the consequence would have teen that we should have been besieged , instead of besieging them , in our own harbour . We have now got possession of the south side of the harbour , which is , in fact , all the town , and our troops will be able with a smaller force to maintain the . road to Mackenzie ' s Farm . They will the Tchernayaand we shall be able to

      cross , fight otuf enemy upon open ground ; whereas before we could only fight them through the town . ( CheersS ) I may say that till now we were tied by the leg . The Russian army , it must be remembered , has frequently been very superior in number to ours . Mind you , the Russians have not been acting in regard to their army as-we have been doing to ours , or as any otherfitate in Europe has . been doing ; for , while we have been improving our civil institutions mainly , egad , they have been paying no attention to anything but their army . "

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      week , when the two members for the town , Mr . Roebuck and Mr . Hadfield , were present . The former , in reply to the health of both having been drunk , made a speech , urging on ~ the assembly the necessity that exists for the middle classes taking into their own hands the government of the country , and for the constituencies sending to Parliament honest and conscientious men , and not hampering them by continual demands for place . In this last respect , he pointed to Sheffield as a model for mitation .

      MISCELLANEOUS . The-Cask of the Hon . ami * Rev . Mb . Ljddell . — It was stated at the Consistory Court on Friday week that the judgment in the cases of " Westerton against Liddell" and "Beale against Liddell , " before the court last term , argued by Dr . Robert Phillimore on the one side and . Dr . Bayford on the other , would not be delivered until November . Mb . Robbuck at Sheffield . —The annual Cutlers ' Feast was held at Sheffield towards the close of last

      Mb . Alderman Kelly died rather suddenly at Margate on Friday week , in the eighty-fourth year of his age . He had represented the ward of Farringdon Within as alderman for five-and-twenty years . The Harvest . —The accounts received from various parts of the country incline us to believe that , upon the whole , the crops will not be found deficient in a liberal yield , though undoubtedly the result will not be nearly equal to what was expected in the early part of the summer- The fine weather that has prevailed for the last fortnight has had a favourable effect , and the greater part of . the harvest is now gathered in ; but the rains

      about the end of July , and commencement of August , have left their influence on the crops in the shape of mildew , red rust , and empty ears . The crops of barley and oats , however , appear to be particularly good . A report from Doncaster says , speaking of wheat , " We see no reason to alter our last week ' s estimate—namely , a general yield of from twenty-seven to thirty bushels per acre , the district all round . "—^ -From Ireland , the reports are extremely cheering .. The farmers , however , are obliged , to pay enormously for labour , owing to the scarcity of hands . Half-a-crown a day , with board , is stated as the minimum standard .

      Influencing the Corn-Market . —A singular instance of the ingenuity of rascality was lately given in the Times City Article : —" The barometer in the Exchange-room at Liverpool has just received the addition of a protective brass bar and strong padlock ; and the event is one of some importance to the commercial community-. It appears that several of the Greek merchants and others in that town have recently had the credit of using every conceivable means to bring about certain fluctuations in the corn-market . The corndealers at this season keep a constant eye on the barometer , ' and have often of late been startled by apparent oscillations of the large one at the south end of the room , and the frequent downward tendency of the mercury . These movements were especially observable on market days . Suspicion was at length excited , and a watch set on the instrument . The result was the

      disco-Candia , where it would branch off on one side to Alex- ^ andria in ; Egypt , and on the other to the Dardanelles . The expense is estimated at 60 , 000 * ., or , if to Malta only , 10 , 0007 . The English Government has approved of the latter , proposal , but thinks that Malta should bear a part of the expense . . " Another and another yet" Ascends . —The day after our countrymen , Messrs . Anderson , Templer , and Williams , ascended Mont Blanc , another ascent was made by Mr . G . W . Heard , an American gentleman , and Mr . Chapman , an Englishman , the former being but eighteen and the latter seventeen years of age . The Rev . R . M . M'Brair , M . A ., a well-known member of the Wesleyan Missionary Society , who has spent several years in Western Africa , but who has recently been officiating as a minister at Cambridge , has seceded from the Methodist community , on account of certain grounds on which he disagreed . State of Trade . —The trade of the manufacturing towns , which was slightly checked by the increase in the Bank rate of discount and the sustained advance in the corn-market , has since then received an impetus from the favourable news from Sebastopol . The tone of business , upon the whole , has been favourable . Messrs . James Walker and Co ., of Leeds , have suspended for 20 , 0007 ., but are to be allowed to resume under inspection . Mr . Matthew Wood , a gentleman connected with the mail department of the General Post Office , has committed suicide , by swallowing cyonide of potassium , which he _ was in the habit of using for photographic purposes . He had applied to be elected to the head of his department ; but , on finding that he was not competent in all respects , he grew very desponding , and was often heard to say , " It must be either success or prussic acid . " At the expiration of the probationary term of six months , he discovered that he was not confirmed in his appointment ; and , going home broken-hearted , was ound the next morning dead in his bedroom . KOSSUTH AND THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT . —¦ The Daily Times ( American paper ) publishes a letter addressed by Kossuth to the President of the United States , in which , after alluding to the probability of an approaching insurrection in Hungary , he asks certain questions with respect to the terms on which American ships aTe to stand with regard to the new Hungarian Government . In answer to these , the Union , a paper supposed to speak the views of the President , remarks : — " M . Kossuth and his disciples cannot understand , or will not acknowledge the justice of , that policy of the United States which discriminates between existing Governments and merely insurrectionary movementsbetween acquired and expected independence—between official and unofficial persons—between a Secretary of State and a newspaper correspondent . " The Western Fisheries . —The catches during the preceding week have been some of the largest of this season . Mr . John Simon , officer of health of the city of London , has been appointed medical officer of the General Board of Health , in pursuance of the act of last session , continuing that Board , and authorising the appointment by it of a medical officer . Proposed Arcade near St . Paul ' s . —Mr . Horace Jones , architect , proposes to erect an arcade on the open ground at the intersection of New Cannon-street and St . Paul's Churchyard ; the ground in the rear to be covered with a handsome pile of warehouses , of red brick and stone , in the Palladian style employed by Sir Christopher Wren . Great Fire in Lambeth . — -A very destructive fire broke out on Tuesday morning on the premises of Messrs . Baker and Sons , builders , adjoining the pleasure-grounds of Lambeth Palace , and covering several acres . Eight contiguous houses also caught fire , and narrowly escaped destruction ; and the flames spread to some of the trees in the Archbishop's grounds . The steam floating engine at Southwark Bridge was brought up ; but even at noon the fire was not altogether extinguished , The whole of the iron planing mills are burned down , the saw mills are destroyed , the joiners' shops aro levollod with the ground , the masons' shops are consumed , and a valuable stock of marble is completely splintered . Several stacks of Spanish and Honduras mahogany , as well as Dantzio wainscoting , arq reduced to ashes . The cause of the lire is unknown . We are happy to add that the chief sufferers aro insured . Several thieves were taken into custody for pocket-picking among the mob , and examined next day at the . police-office . Collision with an Icbbbro . — The bark , Mary Morris , bound from Greenock to Now York , struck , on the lBt of July , against an iceberg one hundred foot above the top of the mainmast , and presenting a front of three-quarters of a mile . The ship was greatly ' damaged by the collision ; but she . was saved by the ' skill and courage of the captain and crow . .,. . Thus Contemplated I $ , oad tubovqh St . James ' s Park has inot with strong , opposition' from the Times ; and it is to bo hoped that public opinion will defeat the proposed change . ' r . .: ¦• ¦• • i ' ,-. ¦ : Hioalth on London . —Tho : returns of / tho London registrars show that 1015 ; . persons ,, of whom 651 were males and 404 females , died in the week that ended ' last . Saturday . The mortality has continued at nearly the

      very of one of the supposed speculators in the act of opening the . door , and pushing the . indicator upward , thus , giving the mercury the appearance of having fallen , so as to create apprehensions of bad weather and higher prices . It is not stated if any public steps are to be taken against this person 5 but meanwhile the managers of the Exchange have adopted tho only means to render a repetition of the practice , jmpo ? eiblo . " ... Submarine Telegram * to Malta and Constanti-N 0 TLB . 1— -Signor Bonelli , Director-General of the Electric Telegraph in Sardinia , has proposed to the Govern- ment at Malta to extend tho submarine telegraph from Caglfari , in . the Island of Sardinia , to Alexandria and the ^ ftrdanellos wVJ , Malta , or to Malta only . Signor Bonelji has projected a line which , starting from Cagliari , arid touching at Malta , might be carried on to

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      THE QUEEN'S MESSAGE TO GENERAL SIMPSON . Lord Panmure has addressed a telegraphic despatch to General Simpson , of Which the following are the most noticeable passages :- — , " The Queen has received with deep emotion the welcome intelligence of the fall of Sebastopol . " Penetrated with profound gratitiide to tho Almighty , who has vouchsafed this triumph to the Allied Army , her Majesty has commanded me ta express to yourself , and , through you , ; to the Army , the pride with which flUo regards tl ^ iis fresh instance of their heroism .

      " The Queen congratulates her troops on tho triumphant issue of this protracted ' siege , and thanks thetn for the cheerfulness and fortitude with which jthey have encountered its , tojls , a , nd the valour Which has led to its termination , " , ¦ ' The message coricliidca with congratulations addressed to General Peliaaior . '

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      * Tho TtJOfeyim took place on , TJhursday in Notro-Jtyirne . ' Abd-ot-Kader , who luuj come to P ^ aris , was present ; . The scene was very intposhig .

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      same rate duriiigTthe last -three we « k 3 ; rteu 3 inothigh for a season which in ^ be metropoijs is always more unhealthy than the early months of summer , The coldness of the weather has effected apparentl y ' ' ¦ & ' diminution of cases of diarrhoea , and of those which are returned as cholera , or choleraic diarrhoea . In the previous three weeks , diarrhoea was , fatal successively in 154 * 127 , 134 , cases ; last week , the number declined to . 1 . 07 ; ^ and cholera has decreased in the last two weeks from 18 casesi to 6 . Last week , the births of 803 boys and 774 girls in all 1577 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the ' years 1846-54 , the" Average number was 1422 . —From the Hegistrar-GeneraVs WeeMy Return . • ' .. .-.. ?¦ ¦

      Bkaintree Church-rate Case . —A testimonial , consisting of a beautiful group of -emblematical' figures , illustrative of civil and religious liberty , executed in . silver by Foley , the sculptor , and weighing nearly 500 * ounces , is to be presented at the Corn Exchange , Brain-, tree , on Tuesday , the 25 th inst ., to Mr , Samuel Courtauld , for the services rendered by him in the sixteen , years' contest which ended in its being declared that church-rates cannot be enforced against the vote of a majority of the vestry . A cold collation will be provided , and Sir William Clay , Bart . will preside . The subscription list is still open .

      The Case of Strahan , Paul , and Co —^ This case was concluded , as far as the examinations at the policeoffice are concerned , on Wednesday , when .. the three prisoners were committed for trial . Their bail Jwas extended . The only additional evidence of importance was that of Mr . Beattie , hitherto absent abroad , who negotiated the sale of Dr . GriflSth ' s securities , for which he obtained 12 , 281 / . 5 s . Mr . Duffy has refused a present of a library as a . testimonial . Earl Gifford , son of the Marquis of Tweedale , has issued an address to the electors of Totness , soliciting their suffrages on Liberal principles / ' "s "t ^ °% .

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      z ^ -.,...- \ " ) ¦' -.. Leader Office , Saturday , September 15 . RUMOURED EVACUATION OF THJB CRIMEA .

      Le JVord says : — " The evacuation , of , the Crimea by the Russian army is talked of at P&ris . , | We frankly admit that we have no official intelligence on this head : we shall wait for facts . No doubJ 5 we shall soon know in a positive manner whether the movement executed by Prince GortschakofF is the commencement of a retreat , or whether the Commander * - in Chief of the Russian forces has merely taken up a defensive position more impregnable than that which he has just left . "

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      THE FRENCH LOSSES . The Moniteur of Friday morning announces that Marshal Pelissier , in a telegraphic despatch dated the 11 th of September , informs the Minister of War that about 4500 wounded , of which , number 240 are officers , have gone to the ambulance , , " As regards the number of dead ( killed on the tield of battle ) it has not yet been possible to get an exact return , but it is the opinion of the Commander-in-Chief that it does not exceed the ordinary proportion , that is to

      say , about one-third of the number of the wounded . " The number of French Generals , now said to be killed during * the assault on Sebostopbl , amounts to . five , besides ten superior officers . It was also affirmed in Paris yesterday that ) Generals Mac-Mahon and Troohu have died of their wounds , and that General Bosquet was killed . The names of Generals Du Lac and St . Paul are also mentioned amongst the casualties . No less than 120 © guns , of large calibre , have been found by the Allies in Sebaa--topol .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 15, 1855, page 884, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2106/page/8/