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    in , ft T H % LEADER. [No. 293, Saturday...

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    Falling in op a Railway Tdnnel.—A consid...

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    THE AVAR. Full accounts of the capture o...

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    O N The Whole, There Is A Slightly Impro...

    to supply relateable events ; our own Parliament is not sitting ; we have therefore nothing substantial to tell , no explanation to drag forth , and invention has it all its own way . Perhaps the greafestj event oF the' Weefr < vith respect to Russia , is the appointment of Sir Hamilton Seymour to bo the British Ambassador , at the Court of Vienna . Sir Hamilton therefore stands once more between " the Sick Man'' and

    the Cza . k ; and he carries his-carpet bag and his shrewdness to the court whose trimming has most perplexed the Western Powers . It is the greatest sign of vigour that we have to report . Lord Pakmobe also has been made a G . C . T 3 a step which may have its moral effect on Russia . Item : There is a rumour that Lord Haedisge Is to retire , and to be succeeded , assumes the public , by a Crimean hero—the Duke o * Cambridge .

    Item : Lord Stanley , the eldest son of Derby , is reported to stand on the threshold of the Cabinet . ScovELii and Napier continue their preliminary contest for ' . Southwark . Napier uses such language that at least he draws forth Scovbh ; so tbat ¦ tfhfcaever member the constituency returns , life will stand pledged to taking a very independent . aad popular position .

    Among the public meetings of the week > none lias been more amusing and pleasant than that at Ripon . It was held to celebrate the twenty-third anniversary of the Mechanics' Institution iu a town now eminent for the most heterogeneous associations—it i-J sacred to the memory of the respectable Miss Lawrence , who once returned two Members to Parliament ; it once gave a seat to Sir James Gbaham , and a title . to the respectable Lord GourmcH , whose son now assists the 'lower" class "to life itself , " as the Dean of

    Eipon expressed it , " to nature . " At that meeting of a , Mechanics' Institution , the Dean took the most conspicuous part , delivering a lecture on positive science and teaching the lower orders low to rise , while Mr . LasceiiLes announced that the land for a reformatory in the neighbourhood had been given by Lox'U Cahdigan . The Mil lenniutn must be established down there at Ripon . ^ tue tlietne was beautifully continued by Lord Grey , at the meeting of United Mechanics ' institutions in Newcastle , on Tuesday last- Ha

    enoWsiS how union had resulted in placing at the disposal of each institution libraries of a scope aud diameter that no one of them could have commanded separately . Now the same principle might be applied to procuring illustrations for lectures , an aid that tlie department of Practical Art lifts begun to lvnder , liufc which might be much duore efficaciously procured by establishing special museums in different parts of the country . "Lord GftKY only touched upon this ; but ho enlarged upon the benefits which men derive

    through union ; aud showed that commerce fteelf brings its greatest blessings when it is pursued , in order to benefit others as well as ourselves . Fdr it happens that in that kind of tfcctthwnge , the largest return for each is obtained . Commerce itself is thus reconciled to the laws of ^ jhlvftlry , to the laws of poetry , the laws of nature , and of the religion which loada the mind back to the Author of nature . It id something to have

    an Earl preaching these doctrines before the repreueututivea of oil classes , in a trading and manufacturing town ! Aajfcno Minister of Public Works loaves so iriawyof our public works to manage themselves , ^ ne of our most energetic reformers has been foroed to take a very strange course . Mr . T . O ; Wkt & 'hak ; ub It were , instituted a criminal proaei »& to of Wie ' enfef engineer under ( hb

    Metropolitan CofiBmis ^ oii-of ^ 'S ^ wers , whom he accuses of malversation of estimates , impropriatioa of data , forgery of argument , and coining of scientific factst Mr . Ward demanded a committee to inquire into his statements—that is , to investigate the conduct of Mr . Bazaxgette . Now , the real purpose of the motion is , to force upon the Commission aa inquiry into the comparative methods of frrbulaf drainage * and the man-hole system of draining . In vain has Mr . Ward urged the merits

    of the " arterial system . " The Commissioner ' s mind is dull and inert , and could not be induced to enter into the theory of " the grand circle " the mathematical proprieties of tubular main drains . But Mr . Wabjd is not easily foiled . His genius hits upon a right expedient . He tells Bazalgette , before the assembled Commissioner ? , that he is a villain ; the Commissioners open their ears , and , in the form of investigating the crimes of BAZAtGETTE , they will be seduced into examining the comparative merits of tubular drainage .

    If Bazejlgette is made a villain for purposes of scientific inquiry , he needs not take it greatly to heart : others , looking quite as innocent and respectable , have been proved villains , with no scientific results , save some further light thrown on the laws of human nature . Strahan , Paul , and Bates , the oldest , quietest , and most respectable bankers in London , have been convicted and sentenced to seven years

    transportation . " Alice Grey , " a sweet creature , who found a protector in every town , proves to be a very Alchta . in wickedness and ugliness , under the guise of lovely artlessnes ? . And the Priisce of Armenia , memorable in the annals of high life and its fast ways at the West-end , proves to be a German Jew ! A Prince of Armenia has lately joined Russia—" After

    receiving bounty from delnded countrymen ! exclaimed all of us , when the news arrived—" aft . r receiving every attention that Belgravia aud Tyburnia could show . " It turns out , however , that there are two Princes of Armenia— -oue in Asia , speculating in Russian bonds ; and the other in the House of Correction , at Berlin , for speculating a little too deeply in English aud German credulity .

    Thirty-four Jersey refugees , for uttering opinions -which the Times uttered years ago , have been expelled the island ; the govenor , as he sleeps that night , must have dreamed that his coat was purple with bees on it !

    In , Ft T H % Leader. [No. 293, Saturday...

    in T H % LEADER . [ No . 293 , Saturday ,

    Falling In Op A Railway Tdnnel.—A Consid...

    Falling in op a Railway Tdnnel . —A considerable portion of the Stoke Tunnel , a few miles south of Grantham , on the Great Northern Railway , fell in during last week , and the passenger traffic , until Sunday ni ^ , i . ad to be diverted on to tho loop-line , or Lincolnshire branch . The up-line through the tunnel remaining clear , the goods traffic was sent by it , nn \ tho routo is now completely restored . On Sunday evening , while tlie tunnel waa yet obstructed , a coal ( rain broke down on the loop lino , which thus became also blocked up , and owing to tho telegraphic wires having been injured by an accident , no communication could be sent on to the neafest stations . Tho trailic was dela 3 ed for some hours ; but the lino was at length made clear again .

    Slave-hunting * in Ini > ianajpous . —Some details of a slave-hunt , given in the Indianapolis J ~ ournal ,-oxhibit the atrocious nature of the institution which lends to such results . It seema that two fugitive aluvos had been hunted by dogs , but had , in a desperate lig ht , Killed the animals with knives . They were out wandering from Sunday night ^ IU Friday without provisions . Worn out , ragged , and footsore , having had nothing to cat but what the orchards and forest trees provided , they despaired of escape , and hailed their pursuers . They were taken In

    charge and carried to Vernon , to the United Sttttes Commissioner , who remanded them to slavery on their own admission of being fugitives from labour . Next , they were brought to Indianapolis on tlie return of tho train , And betbrosunset woro again In slavery in Kentucky Thb Co ^ mphdial Travellers' School . — The newly-erected building at Pinner , designed as a school for the' children of commercial travellers , waa opened on Saturday by prlhc « Albert , in thd presence of the J-ord Mayor , the fiueriflfo , and others , A subscription was afterwards begun , » nd tkja proceedings terminated with a cold collatiodl

    The Avar. Full Accounts Of The Capture O...

    THE AVAR . Full accounts of the capture of Kinburn arrived at the close of the present week , and have added an element of interest to the meagre telegraphic messages which have been published since our last issue . The substance of these reports will be found below ; and we may therefoYe here confine ourselves to the other items of information such as thf > y amount to , as communicated from '

    sources . The game at chess "which , commenced immediately after the fall of South Sebastopol , still continues ; and in answer to rhe inquiry made by Prince GortschakofFof the Emperor , as to whether he should defend or abandon the Crimea , the latter has given him permission to do either , as he thinks fit , exonerating him from all responsibility . Nevertheless , his operation ? , if need be , will be supported by the army of the south , under General Luders . which will remain for this tmrrjosp . Luderswhich will remain for this purpose at

    , Nicholaieff . General Luders has published an Order of the Day , announcing that , in virtue of instructions from the Emperor , all the battalionsof the first levy of the Militia of the Empire have been unifed to the Ai-my of the South , under his ( the General ' s ) command . A despatch from Constantinople , dated Oct . 28 th , says : — " Three Sardinian drvisions . under the Command cf General de la Marmora , left their cantonments on tJie-15 th , and marched towards the interior of the Crimea . The Engli-h division , under Sir Colin Campbell , followed them . All the Allied Army ha 3 been ordered to prepare provisions for three days . The Russians are falling back ^ destroying the roads behind thezn , but the Allies soon repair thorn . " Prince Gortschakoff , on the 17 th of October ,, writes : — " Thi « 3 divisions of French occupy the pass commanding . the gorge of the Valley of Baidar , artd another isposted behind them in the valley itself . According to reliable accounts , the enemy has ei - ected barracks ; md built earthern huts in thevaliey , and is now constructing a new raad from the old Ch : iusee to MordwinofTs estate , on the Tchernuya . On . the mountains of FedjucliiJ earthen huts are also being constructed , and from thence they are making a road direct to Kanliesch Bay . "

    The allied troops -which left Eupatoria . on tho 22 nd ult . returned thither on the 24 th ; but it would appear that they again advanced , for , oa October 29 ih , GortschakofF writes that , after stro : )* . ' demonstrations from Eupatoria in the direction of Siinphi ropol , the aides , " seeing that their movements -were constantly disturbed , and that their left fl ink was threatened , " l'etumed on that day ( the 29 th ) to Eupatoria . Up to the 1 st of Oclobei ' , if we may credit " letter from the col my ot German IMemnonitO !» , near the Sea of Azof , published in the Berlin Kreiz JZ-itungi provisions kept pouring into the Crimea through ' some unknown military road a communicating with the peuiusula ; but this is . nore than * month ago , and the Russian situation has grown far more serious since th ; su

    Appr < hension is felt at Nicholaieff , around which , accordingly , troops are being gathered in case of an attack . The spa ? ni of panic which agonilcd Odessa when last the fleets appeared before it , has subsided with the departure of those giant troublers } but over tho whole Russian Empire extends a cloud of anxiety and g ! ooin . The Emperor is continually prayiiiy for victory to that loctl God who is supposed to take particular care of the Muscovites 5 the Empress-mothe . " prays that her son may be induced to return from the dangerous frontiers into the heart of the land ~ r and a shadow rests upon the self-styled " holy people . " The Russian telegraph speaks of nothing but discomfort . The annexed is the latest Muscovite account of aflitiis at Kinburn : — " JSicholuieff " , Oct . 22 , at a quarter I © one .

    " No change has taken place in tho enemy ' s position , Tho main body of tho fleet remains at anchor near tho Kinburn Spit , mid it » detachment of light vessels mi ilia roadstead of OtchakofF , and at the mouth of the Hiig the total of those forces amounts to ninety-throe vcwk-K ' •' To-day , in tho forenoon , a few detachments rc " ascended thu Bug and tlie Dnieper , but only a short wiy , and soon returned to their moorings . Tho vessels tlint re-ascend , d , the Bug did not oven conic so high ii ^ 'P tho spot whorb they exchanged , yesti ritay , some cuiuioii-Bhota wrlth Our Hrtilk'ry . " TUo enemy's land troops are stationed between the suburb and fortress of Kinburn . " Other despatches from iSTicholuieff stuto tli « t

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 3, 1855, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03111855/page/2/