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      iqaq THE LEADER . . [ No . 293 , Saturday ,

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      -tell you an anecdote relating to Captain Hall , who has > 3 > een Covering about Hango for some time , in hopes of * Jravin » -revenge for the massacre of the Cossack ' s men . ; ¦ Afier ' harrassing in every -way in his power the Cossacks stationed in the neighbourhood , he one morning landed &AI his marines , who at once formed a cordon round the ¦ tillage of Hango , placed the gunboats closa inshore , and , - ¦ with a party of bluejackets carrying a flagstaff , with an * nsign half-mast on it , the band playing the " Dead March in Saul , " in front of them , marched up to the place - where two of the boat ' s crew and the Finnish captain ¦ 'who was to have been released were buried . On arriving « t the graves , the chaplain of the ship read the funeral service After that was over , a tablet , which had been aeatly carved on board the Blenheim , was placed by way ¦ o f a tombstone over the spot , "with the following inscrip-¦ tion : — " Sacred to the memory of the boat ' s crew of Her Britannic Majesty ' s ship Cossack and a Finnish master of --a merchant vessel , who were barbarously murdered by Russian troops , under the command of an officer , when --under the protection of a flag of truce ; and to that of the wife of the above-named Finnish master , who died of -grief at Helsingfors , when she heard of her husband's death and her country ' s dishonour . " ' Having done this , - -the whole party re-embarked . " * CiB . CA 8 siA . —Some tribes of the Circassians—those known by the name of Adhije , the only tribes recognized by the Russians , as Circassians at all—are said to be well affected towards their Muscovite rulers , and therefore , of course , inimical to the Allies . The cause of this is ' -attributed to the Czar ' s opening commercial relations with them , and thus improving their condition . They occupy - -that portion of the northern slopes of the Caucasus , which iB comprised between the Upper Terek and the Malka . Nbw Russian LjEVY . —Advices from St . Petersburg - state that the Emperor is about to publish a manifesto -ordering a levy of ten men in every thousand throughout ¦ the empire , with the exception of some few provinces . Captaix Maxse lias written to the Times to -vindicate , in answer to some observation of Lord Albemarle , -with reference to Major -General Windham , his own "claims to the honour of that celebrated feat of daring by which the fleet was brought round to Balaklava in the -nearly part of the war . The Baltic . —We read in the Independance Beige , ' - •• nnder date Hamburg , Oct . 23 : — " Letters fiom Elsinore of the 21 st announce the departure for England , in compliance with the orders of the Admiralty , of the divisions of gun-boats which had just returned from the Baltic . 'The last accounts from the Baltic represent the number of war vessels belonging to the Allies in that sea as amounting to twenty-ei g ht . They are exposed to the tempestuous weather , which usually prevails at this advanced season of the year , and it appears but too true than many vessels 'have of late suffered considerable injury . The three ^ French gun-boats which a few days since sailed from the < 5 ulf of Finland for France were overtaken by a frightful -storm , and driven into the harbour of Calmar . I have -not yet heard that any serious accident has occurred " The Highland Division . — Sir James Simpson . announces that the departure of the Highland division , which he had ordered to proceed to Eupatoria , under 'Sir Colin Campbell , was countermanded by him on the Teceipt of Lord Panmure ' a telegraphic message of the 13 th ult ., apprising him that the Russians b ^ ad resolved "to hazard a battle and attack the Allies . The Land Transport Corps . —Director-General . M'Murdo gives a very satisfactory account of the state I of this corps . lie observes : — " The most important . work of all will , in my opinion , be the floating factory . This . is a measure worthy of England , for her base is ,. on the waters , and she has now floated Woolwich to . her army in the Crimea . I have minutely inspected this , vessel and her fittings ( and , moreover , drawn largely ; from her stores ) , and have been struck with ad-. xniration at her capacities . I have hud the fashion of . the boxes of wheels tukea , and I hope to have them . cast in large numbers . Iron axles can be welded and turned , engines fitted , and timbers sawn ; in short , I l \ ave no longer to look 3 , 000 miles for the source of vitality , I hope now to be enabled to make provision for the spring , for the transport is so situated that the . material parts of all the carriages must become worn out by the incessnnt tramo to which it will necessarily Jbe exposed throughout the entire winter . " . The Health ov the Arm * . —Dr . Hall writes , on . / October 16 th »— " The health of the army continues . natiafactory . There has been u slight increase of , cholera in the 2 d and 3 d Divisions during the week , . chiefly amongst the newly-arrived men . Catarrhal . complaints have also been more numerous . Large fatigue parties are employed daily in making and repairing roads ; but the . night duty ia light , and the . men ' s rations and dress are both good . "

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      * 'TiRB ANi > Loss or Lifk . —On Saturday night , the ¦ vhouse of Mr ; Smith , tailor , Dockhoad , Ilermondaey , -oaught nro in conseqiunce o" the gas not having been properly turned off . Air . an I Mia . Smith escaped with . . gwat difficulty , bat one of tlieir children was burnt to { .. death . ' Conslderablo damngj wna tfono to aomo of the Adjoining he uses .

      THE QUARREL WITH THE UNITED STATES . The enlistment of recruits in the United States for the English Foreign Legion ha 3 created great excitement in America , and there is no doubt that , among a certain section of the population , there is a strong war spirit . Others again , while admitting that the English Government has acted with great indiscretion , observe in the conduct of the United States Administration a manifest desire to push matters to extremity , and , in connection with the recent trials , accuse Mr . Cushing ( the Attorney-General ) and the President of great discourtesy and even unfairness . Mr . Cushing , in sending instructions to the District Attorney at Philadelphia , with reference to the trial ef one of the offenders , tells him that he is not to permit the British Consul , as on a former occasion , to put in anv letter in the course of the trial , except as evi dence , and that "if he have anything to say , he shall be put on the stand by the defence , in order that he may be fully cross-examined by the prosecution . " The New York Courier and Enquirer strongly rebukes Mr . Cushing for this intemperance , which it describes as " a gratuitous insult to the British Consuls . " Similar statements , it alleges , have been put in on imilar occasions by American Consuls at Liverpool and London , and have always been received . The Enquirer contends that , even had the English Government refused all explanations on the subject , " such letters as those of the Attorney-General , reflecting upon Lord Clarendon and the British Government and its officials here , written by order of the Executive , to be read in a court of justice , would have been condemned by every honest and right-thinking man in the country as a gross breach of official etiquette—undignified , improper , and absolutely disgraceful to all concerned in the proceeding . "' But it happens that , on representations being made to the English Government as to the questionable legality of its acts , Lord Clarendon replied that he had given " the most stringent instructions to all concerned not to violate the municipal law- / ' , at the same time , our Foreign Minister expressed his regret at what had happened , and rescinded all his orders permitting the enlistment of soldiers for the Crimea in any of the North American provinces . The Enquirer attributes the ' diplomatic outrage" committed by Mr . Cushing to " a desire to influence the approaching elections and the Presidential contest of 1856 , '' by getting up a difference with EngJand . Mr . Cushing even declares that the instruction not to vio ' ate the municipal law was an attempt at evasion , and a flagrant violation of the sovereign rights of Ihe United States , doubling the magnitude of the national wrong inflicted on them . The trial of Joseph Wagner for enlisting men for the Crimea has terminated in a verdict of guilty , although the accused , who is a very poor man , was defended by the ablest counsel of New York—a fact which gave occasion to the United States District Attorney to hint that the English Government was paying for his defence , and that " a nation had thrown its shield over him . " The penalty is one thousand dollars fine and three years' imprisonment . Henry Hertz , who was recently convicted of the same offence , has made a confession , in which he charges Mr . Crainpton , the British Minister at Washington , with inciting him to enlist men on the territory of the United States that thay might be sent to Halifax . In the course of last January , he was induced to cull on Mr . Crampton , in consequence of some remarks made to him at the United States Hotel . Very vague preliminaries were entered into on that occasion ; but on' the 5 th of February Hertz received a letter from Mr . Crampton , and called on him tome few days afterwards . ' Hertz then states : — " I asked Mr . Crampton what was to be done 1 How was the matter to be conducted ! He said , ? As far as I know , there is a Jaw in the United States forbidding the enlisting of soldiers within the territory of the United States ; it is , however , not difficult to evade this law , becauso who can prevent you from sending labourers to Canada ? But we must take care to do this in such a way that it shall not appear to be in defiance of the Government . My idea is , further , that if 3 'ou have twenty-five or thirty men together , either yourself or some other confidential person should take them direct by railway to Montreal , where , I think , a depot may bo erected . '" FoarfuJ of consequences , Hertz asked— " How am I backed in case a cliarge is made against me ? I have a wife and children . " Mr . Crampton ropli-id , " first , that tho law was exceedingly lax ; and secondly , that , if anything should happen , ' the British Government would not allow any one to suffer who had been engaged in assisting them in furnishing tho men . ' I replied , ' The popular voice is against this matter ; ' but Mr . Compton fluid , ' Never mind about tliia popular voice ; if a house in Liverpool fails , tho whole United States tremble . ' After Mr . Crampton had given mo such assurances , and had used tho expression , ' I give you my word as a gentleman that nothing unpleasant shall happen to you , ' £ then mado up my mind to act for the British Government . Hertz than states at considerable length the subsequent course of affairs , from which it would soem that Mr . Matthew , the , British Consul at Philadelphia , Air . Howe , an agent of tho Governor of Nova Scotia , and tho Governor himself , Sir Caspard le Marchant , wore implicated in ( ho transactions , which ended in the taking of men to tho depot at Halifax , Heitz concludes his coa'ssaion thus ;—

      " Previously to my going to Halifax on the 2 8 th May , I wrote a letter to Mr . Crampton , in which I stated that I had received information that he ( Mr . Crampton ) and his secretaries altogether , had said that I was hi correspondence with the Russian Government , for the purpose of betraying their secrets , and if they did not apologise for making this charge , 1 would call upon him and ° Russian Minister to make a statement . All that I did in procuring and sending men to Halifax for the Foreign Legion was done by the advice and recommendation of Mr . Crampton , Mr . Howe , and Mr . Matthew . I -was employed by Mr . Howe , and acted as his agent , with the knowledge and approbation of Mr . Crampton and Mr . Matthew . Mr . Matthew knew of both the expeditions I sent . He approved and encouraged me in sending them away . He encouraged me by his advice and counsel , and in giving me money to send them away . The statement which I now have made I have made voluntarily , without any inducement other than the regret I feel in having violated the laws of this country , and the desire which now prompts me to make every reparation in my power , by confessing my own fault , and exposing those who have induced me to enter into this illegal business . I make this statement in the hope that it may have its proper influence upon the government of the United States ia relation , to any future action in the prosecution against me . I have made it , however , without any promise as to such future action , placing myself entirely upon the clemency of those who have the power to act on the premises . "

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      THE DEMOCRACY IN HYDE-PARK . Asothee gathering of working-men with reference to the cheap bread agitation , took place ia Hyde-Park , on Sunday last . It has now come to light that the movement baa been inaugurated and conducted by a body styling themselves t ; The " Working Man ' s Provision League . ' ' This body held a meeting , in the early part of last week , at Blake ' s Coffee-house , Clerkenwell-green , when a Mr . Beacon , of Upper George-street , Portman-square , presided , an <] it was agreed that a manifesto , -which was then assented to , should be read in the Park on Sunday , and " presented for the people ' s adoption . " A large crowd assembled as usual ; and a ring having been formed , Mr . Beacon , vrho is described as a very inoffensive and respectable-mannered elderly gentleman , of portly person , opened the proceedings by a temperate address , in which he urged the meeting to maintain order and decorum . Taking out of his pocket an Act of Parliament passed during the Chartist agitation in 1848 , which , he said , was carried through Parliament in the short space of twenty-four hours , and which he designated " the Whigs' Gagging Bill , " he read from it a clause making it felony , punishable with transportation for life , or for not less than seven years , for any one , by open and advised speaking , or by any open or covert act or otherwise , to seek to depose the Sovereign , or in other respects to overturn the constitution of the country . The meeting was then addressed by Mr . M'Heath , the working carpenter , who has distinguished himself on the previous occasions , and who is secretary to the "Provision League . " Thia individual took his text from a verse in the Proverbs , which says : —" He that withholdeth corn , the people shall curse him ; but blessings shall bo upon the head of him that selleth it . " The " manifesto , " as read by Mr . M'Heath , stated that tho Working-men ' s Provision League had in their possession the most startling fact . " , showing that immense quantities of corn had been sunk in the sea or kept in bond , with the view to emhanco the price of that article , which had the effect of causing a famine of the staff of life among large numbers of the people . It averred that , while wo refuse to import Turkish wheat into this country at 21 ts . a-quarter , we « ro doing a considerable trade with Russia at 73 . s . It' tho present very questionable war was to be curried forward to a speedy and successful conclusion , it must bo by a rea and not a sham blockade of tho ports of llussln , by which , at present , wo furnish money to tho enemy to wago war against us , and tho territory of our ully is mortgaged to obtain for the benefit of despots and kings those supplies of money which it could command by tho sale of the grain which it produced . The document also denounced tho system of primogeniture and entiiil , l > y which eight million acres of Lho common lauds of Jiuytaml are appropriated by tho aristocracy . Tho manifesto was adopted on a show of hnmls ; nnil tickets of membership , at twopence ouch , wore vended among the crowd , in the course of which , Mr . M'Heath stated , that no man ought to join the society unless ho was prepared to pledge his head if necessary . In ^ tlio meanwhile , Mr . Ernest Jones addressed a crowd at « littlo distance ; but shortly afterwards tho meeting broke up . A number of rough fellows ran towards I ' urk-lane , which they crossed , and entered South-street , possibly wlrli tbo intention of breaking windows ; but they were met l > y eight mounted policetnon , and withdrew , hooting cluium--ously . Ultimately , they diapered , without doin £ n » y mischief . In the Purk itself , dnring the who ' u procueJIinf ^ . there were very few policeman to lo soon .

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      Mias Hinds , after a painful and long-protruutod struggle , has expired ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 3, 1855, page 1048, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2113/page/4/