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through , its red tapeism is like swimming through seaweed . Take one example out of a thousand . A young Magyar officer * here in the Turkish service had twenty months' pay due . He applied for it to the Muehir , the Muchir referred him to the president of the Medjlis , or council ; the president of the council passed him onto the commandant , of artillery ; the commaadant of artillery to the sub-commandant ; the sub-eominandant to the chief of the staff ; the chief of tlie staff a'jjain to the president , ' who at last recommended him to lay a memorial before the Medjlis , which being done , he , the chief Iruaum , or high priest , and I know not how many other wiseacres ., put their heads together over the intricate claim , and at last
The War Council . —The Duke of Cambridge , General Delia Marmora , General Airey , Sir Harry Jonea , Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons , and Admiral Dundas , arrived at Dover , on their return , from the Council of War at Paris , iu the Admiralty steam-yacht Vivid , Captain Smithett , at five oil Tuesday morning , and proceeded direct to London , by the express niail train .
came to the conclusion that , without committing themselves , they might allow the memorialist six out of his twenty , or rather twenty-two months' pay , for two months more had elapsed iu inquiring how to get his money . The balance remains an outstanding debt , which he may amuse himself iu memorialisiug for at his leisure during the next two year 3 , but , let him manage as he may , there will bean arrear , and , if both parbie 3 live long enough , it will drag its slow length along till the millennium , when the Turks will most probably take advantage of the joyful occasion to cancel it altogether . —Times Erzerdum Correspondent . Mid Winter in the Crimea . —We have had a heavy snowstorm- last night and this morning (
January 4 th ) . The fall has ceased , but the snow lies several inches deep on the plateau . On the -white surface , the irregular collections of huts have something the appearance of groups of farm buildings , while the more distant tents , dingy in comparison with the dazzling whiteness of the ground , might be taken for heaps of hay or manure . On all sides , at the distance . of about- ' three-quarters of a mile , our horizon is limited by a haze a few shades greyer than the snow , ami seini-transparent , so that figures are dimly seen walking within it . The wind howls drearily round the huts , but the snow lends light to the
foreground , and the temperature is milder than it has been for the last few days- —far milder than it was on the 2 nd , a piercing day bffvost , wind , and sleet . Fatigue parties , in their short fur-lined coats , their heads protected by those black sealskin caps the shape of \ vhioh reminds one of pictures of Russian travelling , brm-up firewood on their shoulders to the different commissariat stores , and a considerable amount of snowballing goes ou among them in the intervals of . their toil . Here and there carls move slowly through the deep snow , in which , hard by rny window , some Tartar dogs are i £ o \ v disporting themselves , apparently quite in their element . The winter ¦
piece complete , and not unpicturesque . >• But it suggests a wish that the whole , instead of part only , of our army had more substantial shelter than tents against the sharp wind , the drifting snow , the bitter cold that will attend a return of frost , and the chilly floods which a thaw must inevitably bring , Well provided in . most essential respects the soldiers certainly are—well clothed and well fed ; but it seema strange that by this time they should not all liave been hutted . Huts are getting -up , however , with great rapidity . —Times Correspondent . Ismail Pa . oiia . ( General Kmety ) arrived at Constantinople on the 3 rd , and was still there on the 7 th instant .
American Neutrality . — " Mr . John Ellwood , graduate of the Military Institute of Kentucky , " says the Commonwealth , of Frankfort , Kentucky , " has obtained a brevet of first lieutenant in the Russian army , through the medium of the Minister of Russia at Washington . He embarked on Monday last at New York , and la to proceed \ , o Berlin , where he will await orders from St . Petersburg . " —The French paper , Courier des EtatsUnh , calls attrition to this fact as " a flagrant broach of neutrality . " An awkwjuid Ajrii-Ain at Bai . akt . ava . —Tho second officer of the Star of tho South , a large steam transport of l , 80 L ) tons , iu Balaklava Harbour , has l > een border of
flogged y the Provofrt-Marshal , on a charge of drunkenness . Tho man denies that ho was drunk , and , previous to the punishment , ho requested a hearing—a request in which ho was ba ' ckod by his own captain , who was ready to apeak to his general good conduct ; but this was rofusod . Ho has flin . ee thrown up his situation . It is said that ho stammers , and this inivy havo lod to tho mistake , if mistake it wore . A transport captain prosont at tho flogging expressed his opinion that ib was brutal treatment ; on wlnou lio was threatened with tho liko if ho did not go on board hia ship . A oorvoaponcloueo boa been entered anto between tho naval and military authorities .
This Baltic—Two English war corvettes , which had entered tho Baltic , have again loft it and returned * nto tho North Son . CoLONjcr . Simmons , R . E . —Wo are plonHod to bo able to record that Colonel SimmouH , tho gallant un < l ablo 2 ? T Omar Pftohn , fiwn tho first oampaign of mat General iu Bulgaria to hw rocont brilliant oporatiouM m Mingroli . i , hiw amvod safely in England , ana has already UwHong interviews with Lord Pamuuro ftna Lord Clarendon .
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THE PEACE . No great progress has been made since last week towards the definitive conclusion of peace ; but , as might be expected , a perfect flood of gossip has poured in from Paris , from Vienna , from Berlin , from the whole length and breadth of the continent . Some of these rumours and anecdotes may be repeated , togther with the few substantial facts which have reached us . Prussia is putting iu her claim to praise , and is loudly asserting that the submission of Russia is her doing . It seems that when the King saw his Imperial friend and relation apparently pushed hardby Austria , he also joined the stronger side , and , by means of his
envoy at St . Petersburg and by an autograph letter to the Czar , threatened to close the land frontier and shut up Russia . Frederick William was afraid of having his ports blockaded iu the ensuing campaign : According to one account , he Tiinted that , should Alexander remain obstinate , Prussia would be obliged to re 3 ort to measures -which she would regret . The truth appears to -be that Russia was alarmed at the preparations for next spring , and at the possible adhesion of Austria . It is now whispered in high political circles that Russia is exhausted . The
next campaign , moreover , 'might have been revolutionary . It is said on the continent that a project had been matured , with the concurrence of Austria , for erecting Poland into a separate kingdom with an Austrian archduke at the head ; Austria to liave been compensated by the Danubian Principalities , Kncl perhaps with the nominal suz 6 rainctd of Turkey ; the Austrian Italian Duchies ( with the exception , of . Xombardy ) to be given to Piedmont ; and Finland to be restored to Sweden , at the price of the latter aiding us in the struggle . ¦
Russia , has ordered a suspension of hostilities , in the Crimea ; and France for the present will not ship any more materiel of war to the scene of hostilities ; France , indeed , is evidently in favour of an immediate peace , and there are painful rumours of disagreements between our ally « nd dursel ves , ow-irig to ourwish to exact very stringent tcvrna . With the exception of the Presse and the Siecle , the French journals exhibit a strong anti- \ yar feeling , and speak of England , with a certain lack of courtesy , as being " bound in honour" to accept the Austrian terms . M . de Moray is
mentioned as the French plenipotentiary in the coming negotiations , the locality of which is not yet decided . That politician , liowever , is vehemently opposed to a continuance of hostilities , and not very friendly in his feelings towards England . It is to be hoped , therefore , that he will not be appointed . Among the romantic little tales common on occasions of excitement , in one to the effect that the Emperor Napoleon almost fainted on hearing of Russia ' s acceptance . Some " difficulty" with respect to the negotiations is hinted at ; but whether it be at Paris , or Vieuna , or London , is not known .
The Emperor of Austria first communicated the news from Russia to the company at a State ball ; and tho dancing was for a tinio arrested , in order that wonder might find a tongue . The Austrian journals have been ordered to expr « ss their confidence that the negotiations will lead to a treaty ; and ;! Donau , for expressing doubts of their successful termination , has beoii soizod and confiscated . It is plain , therefore , that Austria is opposed to a continuation of tho war . Rhsrih professes to have accepted the tnvmo without reserve . The Journal dc St . Pctersbourq says that , out of consideration for tho general wish of Europe , Russia has not sought to impedo the work of reconciliation by ncoessory negotiations , but that she hopes duo account will botakon of her moderation .
M . de Budbcrg ( tho Russian representative at Borlin ) has received a circular from ¦ Count Nossolrodo , in which tho Chancellor nmkoa known to tho representatives of Russia in foreign countries tho mptive for accepting tho propositions of Austria , and gives an expose of tho intentions of the Russian Government in roforouco to tho future negotiations . Th . o ciroular declares that Russia has made concession ' s with a view to tho ror establishment of poaco , out of deforonco to tho representations of friendly Powers , but not at all because her interest culls for tho conclusion of that peace . The Czar in stated to have romarlcod to an eminent diplomatist who was recently at St . Petersburg : — " J ' rti los Alluuifuuin on viitio , los Anglais on hniuo , ot Francaia on admiration . '
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MMai ^ l ^ MMKMa ^^ BMi ^ mmHMHiMHHMVBMaMHMMBM ^ MIMHHailMaHIIBiHiaS ^^ j ^^ l of songs and the class of books best fitted for the working man . Anything more sensible than \ its principle , more humane and honest than its intention , or more fresh and characteristic than the genial bullying of its expression , we never read . Mr . M'Leod observed : — " If we are to have singing , let us have good hearty Scotch songs . I was lately in a child ' s school , and took up a book of songs , and saw ' Scots wha hae' as the title of one of the songs . I was delighted at the expectation of hearing ttis noble Scotch song , and , to my astonishment , I found that the song was some inimitable twaddle , some horrid stuff about marching to
infant school . ( Grreat laughter . ) I turned to another , entitled ' Ye banks and braes o' bonny Doon / and was again disappointed on finding that fine song banished , and another substituted , in which there was no poetry , not even prose , but wretched miserable twaddle . { Laughter . ) If we are to have singings lot us have good hearty Scotch songs , such as those I may myself have sung , and may even yet sing . ( Great laughter . ) Give us ' the Arethusa / ' Old Benbow '—( cheers )—something that will stir a man ' s soul , andnot a horrid twaddle such as these songs . ( Cheers . } Then , as to our libraries , there are two reasons why they don't succeed . "We give to working men
desperate dry books that we would not read ourselves . ( Applause . ) It is almost hypocrisy that a man should , at his own fireside , read one of Diekens ' s books , or one of Scott ' s novels , but the moment they come to the woi-king inan , they must not encourage him . to read those books . Who does not rejoice , at his own fireside , if he can find time from the higher labours of life , to turn , up his noble Shakspeare and Milton , to read those noble men of old ? Why not come forward , then , and say to our working men , ' Read these books ! ' ( Applause . ) , If we begin to put these aside , and pick out the drouthiest , driest books , you won ' t have them to read . "We are true to
ourselves , let us be true to our fellow-men . And when you are honest in giving them a good wholesome library , such as you have read yourselves , you can . come with more boldness and say , with regard to other books , ' These are not wholesome reading ! they are miserable , wretched novels , full of paltry sentiment . Don ' t read these ; ' and the man will believe you . Be a little more liberal , a little more wide hi the books you give them . ( Applause . ) As regards your children , I wish I could feel now , in reading the best book that 6 ver was written , "the same intense enjoyment and pleasure as I did when I read ' Bluebeard' and ' Beauty and the Beast '—
( laughter and applause ) — ' Jack and the Bean-Stalk ;' and ' Jack the -Giant-Killer . ' ( Jtieneived laughter cmd applause . ) The other day I began to read them again—( Iaug 7 cter )—and I was delighted with them . I will tell you why I read them again . I wanted to give them dramatically to my children . I wanted them to enjoy what I enjoyed when I was young . ( Applause ) What are you frightened for in giving these books to your children ? I don't believe there is a man or woman here who remember any book they read and who do not recollect the
m youth , pleasure with which these books were read . Very well ; do you find . they have done you harm ? Do you look back with a grave face upon and injury they have done you ? I know they come- into my soul like sunbeams . I have the deepest thankfulness that I have these books . Then give them to your ragged boys as well . ( Applause . ) Give them your good books ; but , if you will havo them interested , you must have a broader and more naahly view about tho books they ought to read . " ( Applause . )
A SENSIBLE SPEECH ON EDUCATION . Tub annual meeting of the Dundee Industrial Schools recently took pluec , and was addressed by the It < jv . Norman M'Leod , of Glasgow , who mn < lc an admirable speech ou the subject of the kind
The speaker concluded by recommending those who are good readers to read aloud for the benefit of those who are not . Many a man , he observed , would rejoice to hear a book read , who would get little good if the book were left to him to read for himself . There is something not a little amusing 1 , and significant too , in the mingled " laughter and applause " with which Mr . M'JLeod ' s remarks were received .
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January 26 , 1856 , ] THE , LEADfR . : 75
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MRS . PALMER AND THE FORGED ACCEPTANCE . This case , which , from tho fact of William Palmer , the supposed llugoley murder-er , boing mixed up with it , oxoitod the utrucat interest ^ camo on in the Bail Court ( Court of Qmouu ' h Boaioh ) on Monday . The action was brought by Mr . Henry Pndwick' against Sarah Palmer , u » tlio acooptor of a bill of exohnngo drawn by William Palmer upon , and acoopted by ,
Sarah Palmer for . £ 2 , 000 , dated Rugoloy , tho 3 rd of July , 18 M , payable throe months after date , and endorrtocl by Williuux Palmor to Mr . Padwiok . Mru . Palmer pleaded that sho did not accept the bill . William Pulmor , in tho course of the year 1854 , wuk in ombiuTiianod circumstances , owing to his bets on nicohorflOM . Mr . Vadwiok advuncod him £ 2 , 000 or tho bill , and Willuun Palmer paid a sum of . £ 1 , 001 in reduotion of it , and gavo two cheques iu paymoni of tho roKi&ue . Those wore diwhonourod . Mr . Pad
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 26, 1856, page 75, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2125/page/3/
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