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the rights of man into silence . Those are unhappy circumstances in the state of the Union ; but it is undoubtedly the fact that foreign agitators have taken advantage of these difficulties to set one part of the Union « £ «** « othe * 3 t jte not only the wild indiscretioft tof recklSfe i * m that has begun civil war in K «» as ; it is alsbjH predetermined cunning of iflfcbpean statesnJ ! |! ¦ which has fostered flitoee pHaliftfc , and hafc tttt $ &d
to fan civil war in the Union for the purpose of neutralizing the Great Republic during the conflict in Europe . Although , therefore , we admit the candour -with which the New York Journal of Commerce brings forward figures to show the existence of pr&tftities in the port of New York , where slavers are equipped notwithstanding the ¦ vi gilance of the authorities , ive cannot but feel
that that exercise of candour , natural as it is coinmendable in many respects , happens at an unfortunate time , when the Union , which should " be united , is divided for its own detriment and the injury of the liberal cause throughout the ¦ w orld . Again , when Massachusetts " riles" Alabama by sending to the Slave state Anti-slavery resolutions , we see in the act conduct as culpable as that of Alabama in returnins the resolutions
with an uhbrotherly tone of insult and defiance . Already the politicians of England and Europe iare reckoning that the people will elect an Antislavery Governor , who will send round the brand of civil discord , as the burning branch used to be sent to rouse the clans of Scotland ; and the latest news from the United States induces us to suppose that these external intrigues -which tolve found their accomplices within the Union tkife not entirely without prospect of success .
The British Association has been a gigantic visitor at Cheltenham , arriving , however , in the © flfcseason . The business began with a very comprehensive address from the new President , Dr . Dacbent , reviewing everything that has been done of recent years in science , and the mastery which the philosophical investigator is . acquiring
over the materials of nature—a mastery felt in all the -affairs of daily life . The very shops are better furnished , because the natural philosopher can bow manufacture in competition with nature . The splendid crops which are springing up in all parts of the globe will be rendered more copious and more certain by the gradual influence which is extended from these annual gatherings .
The welcome to Windham ftt Norwich , like the welcome extended to other Crimean officers , has called forth many proofs that experience in the field and in the military politics of the Continent is breeding amongst us a new set of men—And weare placing them in Parliament—who will grfcdualVjr remedy the too wide separation between the sword and statesmanship . It is not only the compliment to the hero which characterizes these meetings , but it is this gradual familiarizing of the
public mind , with military politics . Even yet , however , some of the best spirits still give expression to . sentiments which are more than questionable . Lord Ai . ttEMA . Bia 3 , for example , one of the most sensible and frank of any of our public men , expressed a hope that General . Windham ¦ would not again havo to draw his working sword . It is expressions such as this which make foreign countries believe the English people to be afraid of fighting , and so embolden them to return to bullying and evasion , even as Russia is doing
now . A . very interesting judgment has been given at Gloucester Assizes . Theodore Evans , the manager of the Ttawkesbury Branch of the Gloucestershire Bank , was found on leaving his employment to be 32502 . deficient . Ho explained that ho had secretly lent 1750 / . to three customers ; for the remainder ho gave no explanation , but he had told the cashier and book-keeper so " to cook " the accounts as to conceal the deficiency . Ho i «
brought be ^ re ^ M crtfaiinal court for defalcation , but as he tdftned dut to have given security , and to be also a ^ pStomer of the bank , with authority to overdra # lfts account , theyudge directed ^ the juty to jW $ ! ft ht&fc . This ^ igftien * will && all interesting hint to sharljjgblders and ( fepositdbs in baoAfef Thfe reo&& of vidfoftt dMh is cloggift -this week * Mf& * &iany pliifilfilt cfliil . At Fdti ^ ltone a soldier in the Foreign Legion has killed two girls , sisters , in a paroxysm of jealousy , and has contributed two remarkable love-letters to the Newgate
Calendar ^ Walton-on-the-Naze , a young lady has ended her troubles by using a sea-bath as the means of suicide . Strange stories have been told respecting her crosses in love—just enough to make the public know that it has only heard half the circumstances , and is incapable of forming any judgment whatsoever on the case . The jury , however , have pronounced the young lady to be " felo de se ; " taking upon themselves to pronounce the exact state of her mind at the moment , and to dispense , therefore , with the religious ceremonies given to the worst of criminals . The murderer who is hanged , as
Mubdock has been hanged , may be said to expire in the very midst of religious ceremony . Muhdock , our readers remember , was the lad who killed his gaoler , in a struggle , perhaps with a wild hope to get out of prison , but without any intention of killing the man . The Home Office , however , regards it as a fashion not to attend to recommendations of mercy ; and so it is resolved , in conformity with this fashion , that the imbecile Dove shall pay the penalty of not having been able to control himself in life .
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Misfortunes caused by Rings . —Many have suffered i mprisonment , and even death , on account of rings . The great antiquarian , ' Winckelman , was murdered by a scoundrel servant for a very precious ring that he wore . Conrad , a Neapolitan prince , flying from Charles , King of Naples , was discovered to a sailor by his ring , informed against , examined , and , there being found no sufficient reason why he should live , was put to death accordingly . Richard Cceur de Lion , having made a three months' truce with Saladin , hoped to get safe home , but was betrayed to an enemy by the jewel on his finger . He had reached Vienna , when , fearing to fall into the hands of Leopold , the Austrian archduke , whom he had affronted , he took a cook ' s place in a gentleman ' s family ; but not taking the precaution to roast with his
rings off , he was recognized , arrested , and thrown into prison . The last instance we shall cite of a ring proving inimical to the happiness of its possessor is taken from a remarkable relation of Phlegon of Tralles , Hadrian ' s freed-man , who dealt in marvellous recitals , and who gives the following amongst other of his mirabilia : —A young man of the name of Achates , travelling in Greece , became the guest of Demostrates . One evening , after retiring to rest , he was surprised by a visit from the fair Thilinniono ( the deceased daughter of his host ) , who presented herself in the most bewitching guise before him , and persuaded him to exchange pledge-rings with her . This noctural visit was repeated for three nighta successively , ' the yoiing man having no idea the while that his fait inamorata was a visitant from another
world . On the third night , a maid , discovering a strange lady in the guest-chamber , recognized her deceased mistress , and apprized the parents of the lato rhilinnione of what she had eeen . Incredulous at first at the young woman ' s story , they at length agreed to enter the chamber at the same hour the night following , when , to their bewildortnent and joy , they saw their own daughter before them ; but this joy was soon turned into horror , for the maiden had no sooner recognized her father and mother , than , escaping from the ombraco of both , she reproached them bitterly for thus coming abruptly ( o
destroy the happiness which for three more nights she had « lse enjoyed with their guest , her leave of absence from tho shades extending to a whole week ; saying this , slio fell a lifeless corpse on tho ground at their feet . On l'ccovoring from tho shock , tho first impulse of tho parents hurried them to tho tomb , whonco tho body had indeed departed , and all that romainod thcro was Achatoa ' rt pledge-ring : on Hoeing which tho unhappy youth , terror-stricken at having affianced himself to a apectro , foil upon hia sword and died immediately . — /' Vrt « er '« Martazine .
Taifl NiaiiTmaAiJi Fund . —Tho committee * of tho Nightingale tfund havo received tho sum of 1000 medjidio ( 01 ft / . 12 s . G < 1 . ) from lua Imperial Majesty tho Sultan , being tho contribution of his Imporial Majesty to tho fund .
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GifclftAli WINDHAM « AT HOME . " $ ta » it ^ i < 3 lt btts -welcomed General Windham back to his nativfe ptf&e . The town on Friday week presented quite a herKcWSjf appfc&rance , business being almost entirely suspetideo j Aftd the streets of the town thronged with pe 6 pI 6 . 'Between six and seven hundred tenant farmers well riioXHited , and in their best array , formed a kind of tescorfc j atld at the Guildhall , -where the address was J 0 HlKtS ^ , A large company had collected , consisting of Utt !' neighbouring gentry , the officers of the municipality and several Crimean officers . Having been conducted to the old Codncil Chamber , the Mayor presented to General Windham the address of the corporation . The General , in returning thanks , alluded to the difficultie s -which had to be encountered by the English in their attack on the Redan at the final assault on Sebastopol and declared his opinion that , if we had lost prestige by
our repulse on that occasion , we should have lost much more by not undertaking the attack at all , and leaving all to the French . " Although I don ' t pretend to be the hero you would make me , " he observed , " I would rather have been buried in the ditch of the Redan , with the Second Division and the Light Division above me , than that the British army should not have borne its fair share in the assault on that occasion . " { Loudcheers . ) General Simpson , he thought , was unable to push our approaches nearer to the outworks . But there were great disadvantages to be encountered . " Look at what the troops had to go through . In the middle of the winter —and I see many officers here who can confirm what I say—we had not more than 12 , 000 bayonets to do duty which would pi"operly have required 36 , 000 . Why , gentlemen , you might as well try in Norfolk to farm one thousand acres with capital for three hundred . " ( " Hear , " and laughter . ' )
The company , after having partaken of refreshments , broke fip for a time ; but in the evening General ¦ Windham was entertained at a banquet in St . Andrew ' s Hall . The chair was taken by the Earl of Albemarle , who observed , in the course of the speech with which he prefaced the toast of General Windham ' s health , that the celebration of English gallantry at the Redan belongs exclusively to Norfolk , since their guest , a Norfolk man , was the only officer who received promotion for the deeds of the 8 * b of September , 1855 . Good-humouredly alluding to the fact of his gallant friend— " a young officer , two hundred below him on the list "—having
been made a Major-general over his head , the Earl complimented General Windham on the efficient way in which he had performed the onerous couitnisaariat duties attached to his post of chief of the staff—an efficiency Which was shown by the splendid condition in which the Crimean troops had returned to this country . His Lordship then exhibited two swords—one , a dress sword in an embossed crimson velvet sheath ; tho other , a service sword , in the ordinary steel scabbard . " The duty now devolves upon me , " continued Lord Albemarle , " presenting to our gallant guest the testimonial which has been subscribed for in the two articles I hold before me .
My gallant friend is not a coxcomb in anything-, except it be in his weapons ; and I recollect that , on his being consulted previous to the purchase of the sword , the only condition he made was that the hilt should be well fitted to the hand , so that he could strike a good stroke with it . { Loud cheers . ) Here ( said the noble lord , exhibiting the weapon for service ) is my gallant friend s fighting sword , and hero ( holding up the dress sword ) is his holiday sword . { Loud cheering . ) With all my admiration of my gallant friend , and my wish for Jus advancement i n the service , I do hope , for tho progress of civilization , for the prosperity of this country , and lor tho cauBO of humanity , that this sword ( the fighting ono ) may never bo unsheathed . { Hear , hear . ) Hut , n Providence Should ordor otherwise , and if the Queen should require the services of her soldiers again , sure I vain
am that this sword will never be drawn m . General Windham , in replying , and expressing ( he warmth of his gratitude for the reception he hud met ¦ with in his native county , feelingly alluded to the oh friends of his childhood -whom ho saw about him , « n < l to those whom death had removed from the scene . U « then related , with much humour , an anecdote <> t I" *' disastrous 18 th of Juno , 1855 : — " I well remember 1 « first attack on tho Redan . I was not employed »> U' » i attack . I was merely in reserve , and 1 incurred no more danger than any of my friend * whom 1 « e « « r « ui ' me . I happened to bo » cnt by Sir II . Bcntim-k to i > d out what waa going on , when I Haw a man two or »«' roiuh roimu
yards ahead of ino walking along ( ho ( -. A shot Hew over tho parapet , and almost hid him " tlllHl j I thought ho was killed ; but when tho dust hiiIh ih-h saw an individual whooo countenance presented a curious admixture of fright and joy . fcternleh . ng ' head , ho said to mo , ' Why , diuili my UuUciiih , ' ""• " was most ama / . in' K li . ' ( Laughter . ) Tl »» » u ' m < 1 '' . oponcd his mouth , 1 knew from whnt county ho < n ' - { a laugh ) , and I said , ' Ay , ay , my boy , wo « l "' hotter bo digging trunohOH « t Ihl . a rod » n NoriolU Uian fighting here . ' { Renewed laughter . ) H <> w " f " niahed that I had hit upon his nativo county , » " < ' , ' , only reply was , ' What , aro y « w tew from Norlui y { Laughter and cheers . ) Hut , gentlemen , lot w do . )»>»» ^ to our own county . Turn your eyes them ( pomMijt tho portraits by which tho hull is surrounded ) , «»>«
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— . 746 THE IiE A P E It . [ No . 333 , Saturday ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 9, 1856, page 746, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2153/page/2/
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