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me if you don't see , represented upon canvas , some of the finest men this or any other county has produced . ( Cheers ) I Should be ashamed of myself if I thought any little bit of service I have performed could even approach the heroism of the gallant Nelson . " ( General Windham here turned round , and , amidst loud cheermg , pointed to the portrait of Lord Nelson , -which hung immediately behind his chair . ) " I have regarded him as one of the least selfish and most pure of our "heroes ; and if -any future services of mine shonld only entitle me to have the smallest miniature hung at his feet , 1 should feel the utmost pride . " Alluding to Lord Albemarle ' s eulogiums on the manner in which he had discharged his duties as chief of the staff , General Windham said
that those duties were not so difficult as the chairman had supposed . " I had at head-qnarters , as -well as in the divisions of the army , a remarkably able set of young officers to carry out any orders that were issued ; and , although I know it is the habit of some individuals—I do not s « y of the press , but of some persons who are fond ofwwriting in the newspapers—to represent that every British staff ofHcer is almost next door to a fool , I beg leave to tell you that , in my humble opinion , after a few months' practice , which , at the commencement of the war , they undoubtedly required , our staff officers ¦ were quite as efficient as those in the French service . ( Hew , hear . ) In support of that opinion , I would appeal to the appearance of the two armies at the
conclusion of the war . " A generous tribute was then paid to the other heroes of the Redan . " There were many others -who did their duty just as well as I did . When I look at Welsford , and Hancock , and Gough , and Unett , who commanded parties of the Light Division ; when I look at Tyler , and Cuddy , and others in my own division ; when I look again at Lysons of the 23 rd , and Maude ef the 3 rd , who fought with the enemy hand to hand at the Redan , I must say I should be a dirty and a scurvy fellow if I appropriated all your praise to myself . ( Loud cheers . * ) Believe me , that my title of * Hero of the Redan' is more due to my seniority than to my superiority . I detest false humility as much as I do vain boasting . I don ' t pretend that I did not do Jny duty
like a soldier ; but I say also that there were scores of others , © "f all ranks , who did their duty quite as well as I did . " An interesting anecdote of Marshal Pelissier was told by General "VVindham in the course of his address . When it was first decided to attack the Mamelon , the French . General took the advice of his own officers , and then asked our General of Engineers , Sir Harry Jones , for his opinion . Sir Harry Jones's reply was simply this— ' Lord Raglan orders me to say that when you -are ready to attack the Mameion he is ready to attack the Quarries . ' The answer of General
Pelissiar to that was— ' There , gentlemen , that English officer talks wliat I call talking . ' I cannot give it you in any other way than in the original French— < Voila ce < pie J ' qppelleparler . " I think , therefore , that we may fairly assume that he was not inclined to prop up his officers against ours . At the last of all , he certainly decided to attack the town at all places . I believe that I tell you the truth when I say that one week before the last attack upon the Redan there was no intention on the part of either French or English to make that attack . " After some other toasts had been duly honoured , the company separated .
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AMERICA . The chief intelligence from America this week has reference to tho coining Presidential elections . Great efforts are being made to secure the return of Colonel Fremont ; and there has been an attempt in Pennsylvania to effect a coalition between the supporters of that candidate and the friends of Mr . Fillniorc —with what result docs not nppcar . Mr . Fillinoro lms been nominated to the Presidency by the State Convention of the Executive Committee of United Americans . The two Legislative Houses have agreed to adjourn on the 18 th of tho present month . In the Senate , the Fortification Bill has been passed , tho amount voted being reduced to 1 , 800 , 000 dollars .
The bellicose Brooks has again appeared on the scene in a fighting attitude , having challenged Mr . Uurlinghame , of Massachusetts , for language in his speech on the Sumner assault . Mr . Burlinghamo accepted to figlit with rifles in Canada at fifty paces , but Mr . Brooka refuses to go there . Mr . Brooks haa been arrested . Mr . Burlinglnimo is out of the district . Tho Government denies that (! , 000 , 000 dollars have been offered to President Comonfort for a ceswion of land in Mexico ; but it is supposed that secret instructionH have gono out , nevertheless , for a purchase of territory with reference to a railroad to California . Walker has no Minlwtor at Washington at present ; Rivna is recognized there an tlio President da facto of Nicaragua .
J he writer of a letter from Mexico speaks of tho disturbed condition of that unhappy republic , and records Iuh belief that tho country muHt , at no very distant period , bo incorporated with tho United States . Ho adds : — " Tho Pnro pnrty which ia at present ruling , and is chiefly composed of lnilf-casto Indians , appearsanxioim to pave the way for American dominion , and it in oven assorted that thoy have a secret understanding with tho United States . Some of tho measures adopted by that
party are so truly "barbarous that "they naturally inspire doubt whether Mexico really lias , or ever liad , any right to be considered as a civilized nation . By way of example , I may mention a recent movement made in tba province of Guerrero , under the immediate direction of the high functionaries of the State , headed by a notorious ruffian , the declared object of which is to banish from the country all the Spaniards ( a very numerous , laborious , and respectable part of the community ) , to seize all the lands belonging to the haciendas , and distribute them among the Indians , &c . " This , by the way , would only be reversing what the Spaniards did to the Indians .
The steam-ship Northern Indiana has been burnt , and about twenty lives were lost , owing to the forward boat upsetting as the frightened passengers crowded into it . The greater number of persons aboard , however , " were saved ; but the loss of property was immense . A Mormon " Elder '—Brother Grant—has supplied a pithy little discourse on polygamy . Thus ( addressing the faithful in a Sunday morning sermon ) does he stand up for the sacred ordinance : —" You cannot alter it ; vnn Mnnnt altar ft von cannot revoke this eternal law . cannot alter rtyou cannot revoke ims eieruai iaw .
you ; If a man has fifty wives , and the -fiftieth is the best , and does the most good , she will get the greatest reward , in spite of all the grunting on the part of the first ones . " Another illustration of Mormonism , and of the system of polygamy , is presented by the fact that a blacksmith , named Strong , a native of Kendal , in the North of England , has been shot dead at Utah , for refusing to give up his wife and daughter to the embraces of the High Priest . Strong was a leader and priest of the Mormon connexion in Kendal for some years previous to his departure from England .
General Smith has assumed the command of the United States' troops in Kansas . In Teply to a request from the Free-state men for protection against the armed Missourians , he replied that he had no authority to do so ; that those bands ¦ were the regularly enrolled militia of the territory ; that everything they do is done under colour of law , and that the Free-state men have no redress except by resort to the civil powers . The Senate have passed a resolution asking the President for the instructions to the United States troops in Kansas .
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AMERICAN REVELATIONS OF THE SLAVE TRADE . A Portuguese merchant , named Basilio de Cunha Reis , has been apprehended in New York , charged with being engaged in the slave traffic . The affidavit on which thte arrest was effected was made by Andrew Wilson , one of the crew of the Altivie , a vessel belonging to Reis . WDson embarked on board another ship owned by JSeia ( the Mary Smith ) under a false representation that she was bound for South America ; but he soon discovered that the captain was on a slaving expedition to the coast of Africa . The same imposition had been practised on nearly all the crew . The captain , however , soon overcame the scruples of most of the men by promising them enormous pay—six hundred dollars , their passage home proivdad for them , and the privilege of taking two negroes apiece to Cuba to sell . " Great care , " proceeded Wilson in his statement , " was taken to keep out of the way of vessels . There were several kinds of flags on board , of different countries , to hoist as was deemed most judicious . Guns and munitions for defence were on board to use in case of attack or other emergency . The Mary Smith landed at Cape Padron , on the coast of Africa , and immediately set about getting a cargo of slaves . Before the entire cargo was taken on board , tho
second mate and myself deserted -from the ship and wont to a slave factor }' , or barracoon as it is generally called , eight miles south of Cape Padron ; we here represented Unit the cause of our desertion was cruel treatment from tho nnptjiin of the vessel we hadicft . Tho Mary Smith SOOn sailed , and It was lucky tliat , in tKo -otioo of ( be mate and mj-self , principle overcame avarice , for ihe schooner , as I have since learnt , was subsequently captured by a Brazilian man-of-war off Brazil , -where the captain and crew are at present imprisoned . "
Wilson next proceeda to describe tho principal features of the slave station : — " This barracoon , like all other barracoona on tho coast of Africa , was situated in a spot as little liable to observation from tho sea us possible ; this -was to provent the detection of tho locality by cruizing vessels along the coast . Tho barracoon w « b -a roughly constructed affair , and comprised two apartments , ono for tho negro males , and the other for tho women and children ; each apartment wan over four hundred feet long , by thirty feet wide , with a space intervening of about sovonty-fivo feot . Each structuro was raised somewhat from tho ground to provent damage
from tho innundations to which tho land near tho aoashoro ia liable . The sides and roofa were thatched . In tho two buildings , I was told , there wore sometimes J 0 O 0 negroes . Tho number deponda upon the luck of getting in a utock , and the frequency of sluvorfl lauding on ll »<> coast . Tho way tho negroes are obtained is by a » ogulur ayntom of traflic . Portions arc trained to it , who do nothing else but forago tho country and stoiil iicgrooa Thoy bring them to tho barrucoons and rocoivo in oxchango beadu , calico , brass brueolotn , old muukutu , or rum . Tho price allowed for a atout , ublo-bodicd nogro ia about eight dollurn , and for women and children from three to four dollara , payable in goods . JNo children < irc
bought less than six years of age . Such is the infatuation for strong ornaments and rum that parents sell their own children to the slave-factors , and husbands their own wives . The negroes , during their stay at the barracoon , are kept chained in gangs of from eight to twelve . An iron clasp is placed around the neck of . each negro , anil chains attached to these clasps ; the parties are linked together . They make the negroes wqfk , but keep them chained together while at work . The work they have to do , however , is trifling . At . this place , the nearest water was three miles off , and i * was vo small labour to bring the water necessary for drink . " The poor creatures are branded with a hot iron , generally on the right breast , but sometimes on the . arms , back , or thighs . The agent would not allow Wilson to go to St . Paul de Loando to see the American consul . He- was " a very dark , sly Spaniard , " heavily armed , and -one day he shot a negro dead for .
disobedience-At the end of two months , the Altivie , -another slaver from New York , came to the spot , and in this vessel Wilson returned . Four hundred negroes were stowed on board the Altivie , which was a schooner of a hundred and fifty tons . " The major part were compactly huddled in the hold . Accommodations on deck were afforded for the women and children . There was here fresh air , bufc the condition of those in the hold was awful . They had to lie in spoon fashion , and were not permitted to stir out . A tolerable supply of food was afforded , but water was sparingly dealt out . The vessel directed its course to Cuba ; it landed at Santa Nearia , a desert island . During the passage , one hundred of the negroes died . ' " The result of this testimony was that the slaver was found guiltv , and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment .
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ACCIDENTS AND SUIXDEN DEATHS . Whether it be that a spirit of fatality has gone forth over the land within the last few days , or that the morning papers , finding a dearth of other matter , have given greater prominence to the ordinary casualties of life , certain-it is that there has been a perfect harvest , during the week , of sudden deaths and lamentable disasters . Among these , perhaps the most conspicuous is a Railway Accidents . —Howler Bottom , a place between Stubbins and Ewoodbridge stations on the East Lancashire Railway , was the scene on Monday evening of a fatal accident . A double line of Tails w&b being laid down , and a temporary path across the lines was made for the convenience of the ballast waggons . At this spot , the Bacup train , consisting of -five carriages ,
ran off the line , and was for a time enveloped from eight by a cloud of dust and steam . On this clearing away , it was found that tbe fore -wheels of the engine had stuck fast , that the bind portion had mounted into the air , making a complete somersault , -and that the entire engine , weighing upwards of twenty tons , was thrown down the embankment with the wheels uppermost . The carriages became uncoupled from the- -engine , and also ran off the line . The engineer , on being got out from under the second carriage , died almost immediately from the scalds and other injuries he had received ; the stoker was -also discovered in a deplorable condition , and it is expected that he will die ; the guard was injured , on the thigh , but not dangerously ; one of the passengers
received contusions which render hia recovery precarious ; three more sustained fractures and bruises of a very serious description ; and others were more or less hurt . —A train ran o £ F the rails on the North-Western . line on Wednesday , and , after continuing its course for some few minutes , came to * stand-still . One of the passengers was slightly contused , but this "was all tho injury that resulted . —An engine at Hudderafield , as it was issuing out of the station , came in contact -with a baggage train which was being shunted in the same direction . The two engines and some of the waggons were . considerably damaged , and a fireman , a driver ,
« nd a pointsman were severely hurt . —A third-class train from Liverpool ran into a goods train at tho Albion station on the Stoar Vulley branch of the London and North-Western Railway , near Birmingham . Tliia was i « broad dayliglit . The shock ¦ was very violent . Ono lady had her leg broken , and many suffered , considerable personal injury . The engines and carriages of both trains were a good deal shattered . —Another fatal accident has occurred on the East Lancashire line , a man who was coupling some wuggunn at the Kadcliii'e citation having boon knocked down and run over by the engine .
DflJATH OF A DlJAOOON GuAKO ON TIIK MAKCD . Robert JLoekhart , a private in tho Scots Grays , has died suddenly while marching from Furningkam to Wiikinghain . His horse having a « oro buck , lie was not ^ allowed to rido it , but was compelled to lead tlio anumtlitibe wholo way , a distance of about seventeen miles . On paaaing Alderahott cam ]) , the man had « glass of ale , and Bhortly afterwards lio drank largely of wrater . lie complained of fatigue , and admitted to ( G my , the duirrwxmajor who had command of the troop , that Jie Itod been up all tho previous night drinking tu company with n comrade and two wonwn . He tow iBOon . observed to staggor a good doal , to talk wildly , and to run forward suddenly and then utop in a . etngiular manner , it wat ) at iiiHt thought he was intoxicated ; but , when tliey were within two miles and a half of Wokinghitn , Lookhart foil down and was uoable * o mom Hx > -wad carried
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Attgtjs * 9 , 1856 . ] THE LEA 3 ) 8 S . W
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 9, 1856, page 747, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2153/page/3/
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