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and request the Testqiajtion of Poland ; and some gen $# I ! 8 ® in of . a ^ rifltsfe turn have been requesting Sir George ^ R'E't" - * tb make another attempt at closing louses oi ^ ptfbtic entertainment on Sundays . But njosjafe of these movements move . They get on abputws ^ vell as Lord pASLmERSTON ' sj ^ Wremmentj wliich , though it succeeds in the Paris Conference , has lost two votes in $ he House of Commons by the last elections for ; Sligo > and New Ross . We contrast this non-success with the success of the distinguished persons to whom we have alluded . There is no question as to the efficacy of the strychnine given to Mrs . Dove : and Dove
change of persons may have upon the communications between the two countries ; it may be beneficial . Those who are in the wrong sometimes take the opportunity of a change of persons to make a change of conduct on their ovm side , and to lay it to the account of thealtered circum stances ; and it will be £ ortva ^ pMmaf 0 ^ teteta ^^ dii ^> the opportunity now afibrdaft to them . Cdftain , however , are we that the beifc ^ which Mr . Dajllas can do will be , to equal his gxpsdecessor in . fidelity to the interests ofiiis dwmeotmtry , in discretion , and in an unafifeetedly kind and conciliatory
demeanour . Mr . Buchanan ' s return home has for some time een anticipated by a proposal to put him forward for the Presidency . He does not appear to have made any movement in that direction on ibis own part : and we can well imagine that no man who cares for his own peace and quiet would care to occupy the thankless seat of the American Presilent . There are few , however , who have so complete an understanding 3 > f the Apolitical ? sffairs of the . world as Mr- Buchanan , lie has shown an extreme aptitude for acquiring a knowledge of
different countries , ' — of their inhabitants , their institutions , their trade > and even of their leaSmg . meB . He lias acquired by habit a keen insight into personal character . In this knowledge he does not ¦ . omit , as so many statesmen do , his own , -country ; and it ivouid be difficult for ^ Americans to choose a man more fit to conduct fiheir affairs at . the ,. present day than their sometime ambassador in Russia and in Englaad . He would sustain their principles and interests , we are convinced ; but ' he would know how to do so without arousing the antagonism of other countries . ; although he would not fear the antagonism if aroused .
" Talkers rush in where statesmen fear to tread : " the General who "does for" the states of Central America , has made a Bonaparte < blowat settling the question of that region ; he has declared that San Juan de Nicaragua belongs to Nicaragua State , and he warns Colonel Kinn-ey and any other persons who may be trespassing on the same that he yv ' iVi balance their account as soon as h . e has leisure . This would put tooth Great Britain and the United States out of the field-r-if Walker can succeed .
Our American friends smile rather sarcastically because , while we deprecate annexation in America , we are carrying on annexation in Asia . Oude is no sooner taken within the direct rule of the East India Company , than we . hear ^ reports that another great province ,, the Nizam ' s territory , is to be treated in like manner ; and we may add our own hope that before many years not a Testige will remain in East India of those separate States . But the distinction between the Indian process and the American is that between " annexation" and
consolidation . This consolidation does not in the slightest degree disturb tlie outward boundaries of India . It is no extension of territory . AH these States ; have been ia fact founded by British power upon-terms for the natives which * he natives have , broken * It . is true that annexation in America extends the . power pf a higher race , benefits the territory annexed , and enlarged tihe frontiers of civilisation : still we are not so anti-ministerial as
to be blind to the distinction between consolidation . and annexation . iyiiy $ , % .-lbqiXQQ the balance of activity continues t » o He ¦ With Itlt ^ e tliatinguiabed poraona in criminal society . l ! . ^ % ite ^ M » g . political men scarcely got on Anywhere . | i ^| v > i \ Cp » p ; B \ N ijtaa accompanied a peace deputation , l&j ^ &f ^^^^^ ni ^ oN- to prefer arbitration B . ^^ % ^^ # . ? Af ! . M ? Bi | i ) 3 TaN ' a experiences do TO ; fl ^ 9 . ^^^ The Literary . JW ^^ qty ^^^ ^ ppqwh pw Vxvmiet
accordingly lias been found by the Coroner ' s jury to have been successful in his measures for getting rid of his wife . Palmer ' s agent , Mr . JoHEf Smith , is even making some way in getting up a scientific defence , l ) y converting the testimony for the . prosecution into evidence for the defendant ; and the grand jury have ignored the bill in the case of Walter Palmer . * This week we have another branch of criminal business opened to the public view—the export ' . qf young girls from London to Hamburg . We see that the high
politicians of Hamburg are vaunting that the attempts of the English "Government agents to enlist soldiers for the Foreign Legion , although continued with great activity , are defeated by tie greater activity of "the local authorities , who arrest these lawless agents . The police of Hamburg do not ai rest the agents who enlist young girls ia London , or abduct them by force and guile . On the contrary , to the enlistment of that fated legion , the police of Hamburg give passive assistance . That is tbe . ; granel wayin -which Hamburg retaliates the English attempts to undermine its moral neutrality .
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y&ss 3 s probably the last week that we shall 4 iiEve to repeat the heading of " The War ' » Peace Sssnoiwjassured , and the world will again ioe on wJebont its breakfast-table excitements of blood « Bd'wounds . t ^ J ^ ^^ istice has already anticipated peace Lord Panmure announces that he has received intelligence &m SiV William Codrington , under ate 15 that the
a Mar-on , armistice had been signed by the allied Generals ,-and that the exchange of documents woifld take place on the lfitb . Omar Pacha has reached Constantinople , and the Italian Legion has arrived at Malta . The Russian prisoners made by the French are to be sent to Odessa , to be exchanged for Turkish prisoners . A . few scraps of Crimean intelligence are furnished From Constantinople , where the telegraph reports
that" There is still a . good deal off sickness in the Crimea . A number o'f French officers intend to pro - ceed to Jerusalem on a pilgrimage during the armis . tice . The merchants of Kamieseh have appjitdr leave to establish fairs on the neutral territory lying between the allied and Russian armies . The Oonstantinqple Journal announces that the Tartars of the Crimea , -who compromised themselves by joining the Allies , have called for protection , and asked to be allowed to follow our troops when they evacuate the Russian 'territory . Genecal Mitchell lias succeeded General Yivian , who is ilL Hussian reinforcements continue to arrive in Bessarabia . Letters from Smyrna of the 6 th . state i ; hat a battalion of the Anglo-Gterman Legion has lauded in that port . "
The appearance qf the -German and Italian Legions on or near = the scene of action a day too late for service , may be regarded as the last act of the great European struggle . MB . CQMMlBSABy-aEHfcBKAi iEEGDER ' S BEPLT . Availing himself of tte promise given by Government , that any reply -which , ihe might make to the Heport of the Crimean Commissioners should be laid on the table of the House , Mr . Commissary-General Mlder has issued a long document , in which , he answers . the charges brought against him by Sir John iTNeill and Colonel Tullocn . In some general observations with which lie prefaces bis more specific etatementshe asserts
, that the duty of the Commissariat is to provide for the wants of the army in accordance with , established rules ; but that . i + ViOD no power of-altering those-rules in the moat 'minute particular . The Oommissary-General , therefore , ha 8 no means of providing for particular contingencies ; and on this statement Mr . 'Filder may "be said to base the whole of his defence . He asserts also that he had from the first an insufficient staff o f assistants , afterwards still further weakened by tie ravages of death , and sickness , and originally gathered in haste from our colonies in various parts of the globe . In the meantime he " had to carry on the duties with the temporary assistance of gentlemen furnished from other public departments , aud wholly without experience in
Commiesarcab service . He doubts whether the French were so entirely successful in their an-angements as generally supposed ; bttt their superiority he believes to be chiefly owing to their maintenance of all commissariat arrangements during times of peace in a state of efficiency , though , of reduction , while ours are wholly neglected xtntil the necessity arises for their immediate use . Another difficulty under which Mr . Filder aaya he laboured was " the uncertainty of tbe intended or probable position of the army " during tbe winter of 1854-5 . It was not until the 12 th of October , 1854 , that Lord Raglan gave any orders with respeot to wintering the troops ; and tbe Commissary-General contends that , until lie received these orders , he bad no power to make arrangements .
Mr . Bolder then proceeds to reply to the specific charges of the Commissioners , which he distributes under various heads . Of the supply of rice and fresh vegetables , we-read : — "In the month of Fobrunry , all the troopB , without exception , received regular rations o £ rice ; more vegetables , also , were issued to them in that month—that is , before the arrival of tUo Commissioners in tb . e Grhaest , —than in the month preceding their departure , when , acooi'ding to then Reporfcj the diet of the soldiers was better than any army had , in any former campaign , boon supp lied with . " The order to send a vessel for tho purohaso of
vegotables was given by Lord Raglan on tho 24 th of October , With rosjpeob to speoino articles of diet required by tho -men in times of sickness , tho Commissariat is guided by the advice of tho medical men , and it is not expected , . to originate any departure from the ordinary rules . An omission in tho supply of rice to tho Highland Brigade at Baluldavn , during fifteen days , Mr . FiWer is at a Iosb to exp lain , iu the absence of the Commissariat officer attached to tho brigade . No order to supply the troops at Balaklava with porter was ovor tfeoeivoa by the ComnnBsary-* General .
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WHERE TO FIND NURSES . A very good suggestion is put forward by the Epidemiologieal Society . It is to provide , throughout the country , nurses for the labouring population in case of epidemic disorders , and tbe frequent sickness which attacks the poor , or during the period of child-birth . In a public address it is justly remarked that the want of such assistants materially aggravates the suffering in sickness among the poorer classes , by withholding assistanee from the invalid , by deranging the economy
of the home , and perhaps , abridging tie industry even of the part of the family that retains health . This opinion will be generally accepted , but it is here supported by the authority of Dr . B . G . Ba , bington , President of the Society 5 Dr , Sibson , Chairman ; Dr . Hall Da . viesj Mr . Grainger j Dr . Waller Lewis ; Dr . M WiLiiiAM , and others , who are in fact among the very highest authorities on such subjects . There is a class from which the nurses could
easily be drawn . In the 553 unions of England it is computed that there are nearl y 20 , 000 ablebodied women . " The committee propose that by an order of the poor law board , it be made imperative upon the master and matron of . each workhouse to put the able-bodied females through a . systematic training in tho kitchen and infirmary ; that when found sufficiently qualified to act as nurses , they shall receive a certificate of fitness , signed by the medical officer and master 3 and that a register of all such qualified nurses , whether residing in or out
of the workhouse , bo kept at the workhouse , and bo open , to the public as a means of obtaining 1 nurses . " Tho Committee of the Epidemiological Society invite assistance in the form of eubacriptions . The charitable institutions hitherto attempted do not afford any Buch general supply of nurses as is hero contemplated . It ia an essential trait in the proposal , that the women should belong to the same class with the patients upon which , they may be called to attend , as their habits in life will vendor them more cheerful inmates of tho -narrow 3 xomos of the humbler classes .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 22, 1856, page 266, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2133/page/2/
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