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VOIi . VI . No . 288 . ] SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 29 , 1855 . P ^ o » ( SSS ^^ ScfSS
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T ) UMOURS from the Crimea distract attention ; xL but the storm of the 8 th , and the entrance of the 9 th , are still the grand events . The complete accounts now g ive us , for the first time , the xeal history of the attack ; and present to . us the pioture of the gigantic scale to which modern warfare has developed itselfr * Seven or eight hundred cannon on each side were arrayed in the
final bombardment . N " ot only is it clear that the balance of bombarding power , of weight and destructive efficiency , lay with the Allies ; but they were not encumbered , rather than sheltered , by the buildings of a town . The barren plateau could not be set on fire , nor could it be torn to pieces as the walls of the city were . The general disposition of the attack was known weeks ago ; but we now can follow the movements of the men .
It is a cold blowing day , clouds of dust overhang the sky and blind the assailants . Precisely at noon , the French are seen swarming up to the foot of the MalakhofT battery , streaming in , disappearing , then appearing above ; and the tricolor floats over all . A fierce combat , foot to foot , ends in driving back the Russians . Bosquet continues to send reinforcement after reinforcement ; and as the French pour in , the Russians give way ; sending off" their numbers to points more defensible—the Little Redan and the Great Redan .
On the actual capture of the Malakhoff , Pjgussieb gave the signal for the English attack on the Great Redan . The story is painful . The men mustered in the nearest trenches , from which , however , they had a longer strip of ground to traverse . When they approached the angle that projected outwards , they found the sides of it swept with artillery from the curtain wall . The ladders proved to be few . When some men scrambled Over , they found themsolves enoljiped in the insida
of on open triangle , crossed by a breastwork at Its base , behind which a groat body of Russians stand in a compact mass , bristling with bayonets , and pouring forth a deadly fire of musketry . "The breastwork might have been taken with a rush ; but notwithstanding the exertions of Whs-wham , Whose daring rivals the stories of knight-errantry , the ^ oldiera cannot f orm or make that rush whioh njigntT tayo placed the battery at their command . They maintain their stand for an hour , paying heavil y in l 0 B 8 . Wjcndham , his messengers killed ,
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goes to fetch supports , but before he can return , while still he is talking with Codjbington , the men leap out , and the ditch is strewed with the bodies of the Englishmen and of their pursuers . Our troops are driven back from the Great Redan ! The attack by the French and Sardinians on the Central Bastion was the same story in little , save that while Simpsox confesses that the confusion
prevented" him- from , organising a second attack , a fresh attempt by the French with the Sardinian supports was stopped by Pjemssirb—the capture of the Malakhoff having given him all that the Allies required . For by this time the French had , as it were , turned the Malakhoff against itself , and held the means of entering the town . Night closes ; next day the city was deserted ; and the Allies entering , found what had been the condition of their enemy . The supposition that , as the attack undermined or threatened the
outworks , the Russians formed ^ flBHJgp ^ Jrorkinsfrie ready for a defence as formitMRe as the first , was confirmed . Amongst the buildings that had attracted attention , was a long range which proved to have been used as a hospital , it was" filled with the dying , the mutilated , and the dead , abandoned by their countrymen ; a horrid evidence of the sufferings which the Russians had endured , and of that worst suffering which they sustained through the hardness with which the Russian officer
regards a non-effective soldier as lumber . The handsome town is smoking in every part ; its ornamental verdure is reduced to ashes ; and it is now peopled only by the invader . If Russia is losing in the Crimea , the Russian interest appears for the moment to bo gaining ground on the Continent ; but we are inclined to doubt whether the gain is so groat as it looks . If we were to trust the reports from the money capitals , we might say that the groat " Boar " party ia in possession ; but wo believe that the
Bear is always destined to bo defeated in the end , and that in the present case his growls indicate the agony of coming defeat more than the exultation of victory . Wo have discussed the subject of Corn and Cash in a separate paper ; hero wo narrate only events as they present themselves . There is a difficulty , but there is evidently also a set and organised endeavour to magnify tho difficulty , for obvious reasons . There aro classes who find their profit in any rapid fluctuations , Tako corn alone . Not long since there was a report of a fino harvest in this country : then camo tho re-
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port of an excessive deficiency ; then a full harvest ; now a slight deficiency . Simultaneously there was a report of a great surplus in the United States , of a disappointment , then again of a surplus . In France they apprehended a deficiency , next they reported that the harvest would after all yield an average ; then the Government confessed a deficiency , with almost a corn panic following the announcement ; then it is found that there are supplies to be had from Spain , and the price of corn suddenly fell more than three francs in price . As with corn , so with Consols ; only that in reality the good information which has been established , both in London and Paris , tends to check the endeavours that used at one time to cause such rapid transfer of great sums of money . Nevertheless , there is a decided want of cash on the Continent . Every government , Russian included , tries to raise the wind . When cash is deficient , banks , like those of France and England , begin to be drained ; money is in demand , Btocks fall , and thus we find the Bank discount of London and Paris raised to five per cent ., Consols d < mn to 88 £ , the French Rentes down to 65 , and a talk for the hour , of something like a panic to follow . The apprehension is increased by the restriction which the French Government has put upon some enterprises . The refusal to allow the issue of 240 , OOOZ . worth of obligations by tho Soctete' de CrCdit Mobilier , is now an old story ; the stoppage put to some enterprises in public works is more recent . At homo we have a parallel stoppage on a small scale , in tho bankruptcy of Messrs . J . C . Mark and Co ., who have had Government contracts on hand . The firm found itself pliort of cash 5 it could not meet its liabilities punctually . A creditor for 9000 / . or 10 , 000 ? . would not wait ; put in an execution , and threatened to soil . Tho works would have been stopped , and the whole of the contracts that the house had on hand might have been suspended , with immense confusion to those with whom tho contracts were made—to the work-poop lo —and to all persons with whom tho very extensive firm is in business connexion . An nppeal to the Court of Bankruptcy has prevontcd tho catastrophe ; and tho accountants roporfcil *^' " ;^ »«> ^ the firm is in reality not bankrupt , tM ^ pafp& ^ rrr ^^ J * solvent , and only hamporod for a inom ^( fe ^ % -N , v V ' F l - extronic tightness of money , which '^^^^ k . ^^/ - ' ¦ >? everybody . Wo view these repeated pftffiralitl ^^ K . ^ cies , however , with distrust , and want ^ H ^ wr&Jl . f * T ¦! -,. * W ( J ^ P , '>* p ; 5 / . % v $ ^
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9 NEWS OF THE WEEK— * ao * The "War 923 XiOrd Stanley on the Irish Character 929 Railroads in Turkey .... 930 The Italian Nightmares .... 930 Continental Notes 930 Our Civilisation 931 Naval and Military News 932
Miscellaneous 932 England and France in Italy 939 Postscript 934 The Sardinian States 939 PUBLIC AFFAIRS— LITERATUREThe Redan 934 Summary 941 Drifting 935 An American Tour 941 Cash and Corn 936 Historical Commentary on the The Priests'Crusade 937 Old Testament 9 * 2 The National Thanksgiving 938 Duels an d Duelling 943
The Crimean Enterprise 944 Blenham 944 THE ARTS— - The Polytechnic :. { . 945 Births , Marriages , and Deaths ... 945 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSCity Intelligence , Markets , Advertisements , &c 946-948
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•• The one Idea which History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—the noble ' endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and by setting aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treatthe whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humboldt ' s Cosmos .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 29, 1855, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2108/page/1/
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