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      A Spanish Brigantine Was Observed Coming...

      bad an inveterate passion for selling his shoes . One . evening , roy pay -sergeant came to me and said , ' Conolly has sold another pair of shoes . ' My answer was , 'Parade the company to-morrow morning , at six o ' clock , without arms , and iu fatigue-jackets , but let Conolly parade in heavy marching order , but no shoes . ' I marched the company out on the road four , miles and back , poor Conolly all . the way under the laughter of the men , while his only remark was , ' Faith and truth , the captain has the right way of it . ' He never sold another shoe , and lie escaped with sore feet but a sound back . " This was part of a system , and the writer says : — " If I could do this successfully with 120 rank and file as a company , with 99 O as a regiment , I think 100 , 000 might be govorned in the same way . Let officers , young men , remember that if a soldier gets twenty five Lashes with a cat-o ' -nine tails , he is a marked man for Jife , and dare not take off his shirt , for fear of showing his sname . '

      French and English officers have been fraternising at Walmer—the old castle where " the Duke" once lived , and where he died . On Thtrrsday of lnst week the officers in the castle wero gratified by the unexpected visit of several officers of the French squadron , in return lor the visit of the former to their ships . An excellent luncheon was partaken of ; th < fraternisation of both sides was complete , and it led to the happiest expi'essions of harmony and cherished regard . The admiral could not allow his officers to dine with the 19 th , although pressed by the military , as his orders were

      peremptory to repair to Cherbourg to be inspected by Prince Jerome . A crowd of operatives , on strike , assembled at an inn room , at Preston , to receive the weekly allowance of money from the body . The floor felt beneath the unusual pressure , and three hundred men and women fell a height of twelve feet . The floor had parted in the centre , like a pair of folding doors . Those who occupied the centre fisll abruptly , and were much hurt , while those at the sides glided down the sloping boards upon them . The young women suffered very severely ; 0110 was killed .

      A Scotch paper tells a good story of a hoy who fell over a cliff near Noss Head . He was caught on a ledgo of the precipice , about half way down . The poor little fellow then attempted to elimb the rock , but found it beyond his power , and , after waiting for some time , he threw off a portion of his clothes and jumped into the sea , a distance of many feet . Here he succeeded in reaching a safe point , just us darkness was coming On . and here he had to remain , wet , cold , hungry , partially naked , and parched with thirst , during a long , dark , and drearv night , with a stormy sea before him , a howling

      wind around him , and listening to these and the screeching of the wild fowl in the inaccessible crags above him . Thrice after dark did he attempt to scale the rock , and , when parched with thirst , he 'Collected the droppings of rain water falling from a fissure in the rock with his hands . In the morning he saw a schooner passing , and his cries attracted the notice of the crew , who hailed in return , but . not observing him , they passed on , after putting tho vessel about several times . In the morning ho whs found by his friend * who had been much alarmed at hit ) absence . He was found to have beon little hurt , and after a sound sleep felt rmito refreshed .

      October 8, 1853.] The Leadeb. 969

      October 8 , 1853 . ] THE LEADEB . 969

      A Railway Manslaughter Of A Most Crimina...

      A railway manslaughter of a most criminal character ooeurroil on the Midland Railway . on Tuesday . An engine had got oil" the down lino to Matlock , and help hud been sent for from Durl > y . An engine was speedily despatched , conveying . several men to render assistance . On their arrival , however , it was thought thoy hud not sufficient strength among them to replace tho engine , and a message was sent to Derby for further aid . Another engine , convoying fourteen or fifteen men , was immediately sent , and , on these arriving at Amburg . ite , tho engine was reversed , and it ran towards M'l tlnek , with tho tender first , Before- this lnst assi . sfnnco arrivod , tho men first sent had succeeded in gutting the dislodged online replaced on the lino ; and , thinking tho distance but . short to Ambori / ato , thoy started to proceed thithor

      011 the line they wero on , instead of running n short distance in the opposite direction , and getting on to tho up lino by u Hiding , which thoy could have done . Tho consequence of thin was , tho tvro engines ou arriving at a curve , cmno into fearful collision , although the drivers shut off tho steam and reversed both engines iinmoiliiitoly upon coming in sight of each other . One of the men on tho tender jumped off before tho onginos came in contact , but the others wore scattered about in nil directions . Many' of thorn wore noriou . sly brumed on various parts of their bodies , and othors rendered insensible . One of the stokoragot hisskull fractured and thigh lacerated : ho died tho nnxt morning . Others got fractitrod jaws , fractured collar bone ? , scalp wounds , and othur severe bruises . Hut tho most of them arc doing well .

      Iho Dr Iver Of Tho South Yorkshire Train...

      Iho dr iver of tho South Yorkshire train ( on tho South Yorkshire railway ) had boon engaged in ahuiiling some good * wagons , which wero about to bo attached to the Banmley pnsMimgor train , into tho M ox borough aiding , and he failed to < 'l < -ur the lino bo fore tho Midland train was duo . A collision took phico ; the butler plank . i of the online won ) smashed , '"•( 1 th , . . i () , ] s i )( > , it ) | ) V ( ho foreo of tho collision . Several porsoim wero norimiHly but iiiinii fatally hurt . This occurrence took place on Thursday evening of last week .

      A Mineral Train Was Engaged In Shunting ...

      A mineral train was engaged in shunting waggons on ( lie Caledonian Railway . Tl |« oxprusx train rursbed up ami cut it iu two . SeveroJ persons were wounded . ,. A piiupnr Irish woman lived sixteen years in St . Luke ' s pariah , Middlesex , but the guanliaim « ont her for relief to Limerick , her nativo phioe . A Hlir han boon made about tho jnnttrr , but tho guardiiui . s rofu . so to give any " information " lott it nlioiild bo used against them in any law proceedings .

      1 Ho N<Nv York Pooplo Havo Voted A Splen...

      1 ho N < nv York pooplo havo voted a splendid gold modal tf > Cuptuin Ingrahuiii , lor . lii . i conduct in tho Kossta affair . I > " > mooting for tho purpo . 10 wan hold in tho Metropolitan ¦* lall , on tho 22 nd ult ., and was quite a cosmopolitan do"lonstration . I ' roiiehnion , Ilaliunu , ( Jormatm , IIiuiKarianH , Je wish , and Cuhnnn wero present , and tho Hpnochos wore delivered in Frnnoh , Spaninfi , Gorman , and Solavoniau . t ' ommoiloio VundorbiltVt utaaiii-yaclit , tho North fiitttr , ur "votl . at Now York on tho Stfrd from her lOuropotui trip fc > l « i « t ) leaving Now York , tho North Star has summed ,

      upwards of 15 , 000 miles , and a full description of all the wonders Commodore Vanderbilt saw and did in Europe during his tour is published in the New York Herald , in the shape of a diary , which appears to have been kept on board by some of the members of his pleasure party . The Herald , in summing up the voyage , says : — " Since tho 26 th of August the Commodore and his friends touched at points of Asia , Africa , and Europe , and when they landed in America they accomplished tho feat of visiting a part of the four quarters of the globe in twenty-six days . During her . absence the North Star astonished John Bull , was admired by the Russian Court , gazed at by the Sultan , and frightened' the Pope , which completes a series of incidents unequalled in the history of even Yankee ships . " The yellow fever , now almost extinct at New Orleans , is ravaging the small villages along the coasts .

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      Sattthdat, October 8, 1853. The Meeting ...

      Sattthdat , October 8 , 1853 . The meeting at the London Tavern ^ last night , was an effective demonstration of the opinions of the people of the metropolis . Long before the hour appointed for commencing proceedings , the great room was crowded ; and when , at a quarter past seven , Lord Dudley Stuart took the chair , some hundreds had been turned from the doors ^ Sir Charles Napier was there to take a part ; Mr . Blackett , the spirited member for Newcastle , Professor Newman , Mr . Prout , Mr . Nicholay , Captain Mayne Reid , and several well-known representatives of the working classes , William Newman , Dnnford , Moore , Elt , and others , were also present . We have already published the resolutions which were proposed , and have now only to add that they were , unanimously adopted .

      The speech of the chairman does not afford mat ' ter for extract . It was a spirited speech ; it condemned the course pursued by the present Government ( excepting Lord Palmerston from censure , and attacking Lord Aberdeen ); it declared for war on the ground both of honour and interest ; and it comprised a full and vigorous narrative of the events which have occurred , from the first mission of Menzschikoff to Constantinople , to the present day . Hearty responses broke from the meeting when its feelings of manliness and honour were ajjpealed to . Professor Newman moved the first resolution . He

      said" I have lived , I believe , for more than forty years in this world under the delusion that it was the part of a private citizen to leave to tho Government the direction of foreign nil ' iiirs ; but , unfortunately , I havo been converted to an opposite opinion by discovering—what Lord John ltussell lias also discovered—that there is in Europe a conspiracy of despots ugafcist liberty . Another discovery I havu unfortunatoly made , which Lord John Russell has not madenamely , that that conspiracy of despots has put forth an in-Uutnco within tho Cabinet of the Queen . I look upon it us 11 fact that , unhappily , cannot be doubted , and it is tho duty of till I'lugKshiueu to step aside from their private position , and declare to the world , if thoy feel it , their . shuine , indignation , imd disgust , at tho way in which tho honour ol Ku ^ laud has been cast into tho dust in these recent affairs . VVhut , then , is needed ? It must bo admitted that tho time

      i" > r < p .: i suasion and concession is passed , and the time for ui tiim lias arrived . [ Cheers . ] 1 trust that all who nro acquainted with tho proceedings of tho mooting will bo left Uidcr no possible doubt as to what are its feelings , temper , and judgment , and will bo aware that you all fool what 1 feel ¦—namely , that tho confidence which we havo been accustomed to put in Ministers lias been abused . Wo liuvo looked to them , and our Parliament lias looked to them , to uphold the dignity of Kngland , to perform their duty , and to fulfil tho treaties into which thej' had entered , and to provide for our sitfoty . They stopped the mouth of l ' urliniiient ; thoy would not let Parliament know what they were doing , because they wore ashamed of it . They put it oil' until they could secure fur themselves six months of unrestricted executive despotism , and now if thoy should send their soldiers to light against , the Turkish people , the Knglish nation has 110 power to prevent it . " ( Cheers . ]

      Mr . Newman broke off rather abruptly and gave way to Mr . lilaekett , who . se speech was neat and pointed . One passage will illustrate- his sentiments . " Tho Kmperor of Russia counted that lOngluud would nIiow 11 certain degree of indignation , but lie counted that that resentment , would expend itself in protocols and des - patches , and notes , and all the devices of diplomacy ; but Mill'ho counted upon this ,. that , an Kngli ^ h Minister would Hbriiik iVoin thti hint extremity of war . ( Jotl forbid that he or any ether Christian man nlioiild depreciate the calamities of war . flut ihdiiuh ho felt all the mislortuucs wliic . lt war would

      inflict upon ( lie human race , . still , when lie considered thoovita of tho extension of Hussion despotism , the derangement that would lake place all over the continent , by thtt alteration iu the balance of power—when he remembered ( hat the proriosh of ltuHsiu was identical with high turifls and prohibitory duties , and the iin ' urios thai roan I tod to British ooimnorco from the preservation of the present . state of things , which wan called peace , but . which , in the language of Lord John Russell , was no peace at all , but , was a precarious truce , to bo denounced b y the aggressor whenever ho thought he eould necure ) un own advantage —| ohoers |—he believed that , taking the meanest mid most mercantile view of those mutton * , it was probable that tho cost of

      war would be but a moderate insurance against what was fast becoming the intolerable calamity of so-called peace . [ Cheers . ] But , even on higher considerations , he could not forget that the faith of tliis country was pledged to Turkey , or the assurances which the Ministers themselves had given of their determinati on to maintain the independence of Turkey ; he could not doubt thut there was a man in this room but would join in the earnest prayer that England would be true to her ancient honour , nnd that our Government would not belie the ¦ gallant spirit of their countrymen . " [ Loud cheers . ] Mr . Nicholay gave expi ession to similar sentiments ; particularly . expressing his trust that the good old time would return when an Englishman was respected , let him go where he would , and not as now cut down , insulted and imprisoned .

      Sir Charles Napier ' s appearance as a speaker drew forth protracted applause . He condemned the present Minister , and declared that our fleet would have entered the Dardanelles in May had we been prepared to meet the Russians in Yarmouth Roads . Instead of reviewing a grand fleet at Spithead , he would have treated the Russians to the old Nelson trick in the Baltic . [ Immense cheering . ] " I see there is to be a Peace Congress on the 13 th , and that Mr . Bright , Mr . Cobden , and all the peaceable men are to be there [ laughter ] . I am a peaceable man , and I will be

      there also ; I am just as much a man of peace as Mr . Cob > den ; I am as fond of comfort as he is , and should like to see this country happy , peaceable , and prosperous , and every man enjoying himself [ cheers ] . I am not fond of bloodshed , but my way of preserving pence is very different from their mode . Mr . Cobden told you some time ago that he would take Russia and crumple it like a piece of brown paper ; why does he not crumple it now [ cheers ] ? Will he crumple the army in its fortresses , and its fleets in -Sebastopol and in the Baltic , [ laughter ] ? If he can only do that , he will save an enormous sum of monev . "

      Mr . David Urquhart here stepped in with an amendment—One-half declaring the Ministry incompetent , the other calling on the meeting to restore the jjrerogative of the Crown . He supported it with his usual vehemence , but mingled with his arguments doctrines of prerogative which the meeting could not understand . Mr . Newton supported the first half , but repudiated the second . This speaker expressed the sentiments of the working men of London—lather a costly war than dishonour . Captain Mayne Kcid spoke effectively against scent diplomacy .

      " Secret diplomacy ! There was r . ot a phrase in the language that was more repugnant to the hearts airl the ears of lihtglishmen . Secret diplomacy ! There was dishonour in the sound—there was positive and palpable meanness in the thought . "What has secret diplomacy dene for England' / Was it by secret diplomacy that this mighty nation had been built up ; If they looked back upon their former history , thoy would ( hid that the tricksters el" foreign countries hail ahvaj's out-tricked the tricksters of England . He could understand some mean and petty nation having resort to secret

      diplomacy , but he could not understand why England should have recourse to it . Their first , duty was to know what was right , and having ascertained that to demand it in the most open ami struiglit-forwurd muuiier . [ Cheers . ] He was no lover of war—he would be glad to see the . sword turned into the ploughshare ; but he believed the time had come when war was not only just , but a strict and holy necessity . They were bound by treaty to protect the integrity of Turkey . Throw interest to the winds ; their honour called upon them . " [ 'Loud cheers . I *

      Ij > rd Pjilincrston's name waH always received with upplause ; but there appeared to be a wtrong dissentient party . Praised by Lord Dudley Stuart , he was attacked by Captain ' Reid , bemuBe he bad not lent ell ' cctive n . s-Histsmce to Hungary in 18 11 ) . Mr . Trelawny pointed out that in 18 'li ) Lord Palnierston ' H hands were not strengthened . In tho Hou . so of Commons there was n motion made to reduce tho . standing army . What was the use of barking if they could not bite P On tlu > whole , the two decided feelingrt of the meeting were , the one for war , the other in condemnation of MiiiiHtoi' . s .

      1 Ho Despatches Of Captain Jnglefield An...

      1 ho despatches of Captain Jnglefield and Captain M'Cluro arc this morning published . The latter has not passed through' the North-west passage ; but he states that he lias discovered it . Tho rumours are aguin repeated thut tho HuK . au hsin declared war ; nud that tho I ' 'ngliHli "will koiuI ten and the JAvnch thirty thousand men to aid tho Turku . It Is also said that a lar ^ o reinforcement of tlit ) army of occupation at Koine is contemplated . A despatch from . Berlin « tatos thai , tho King of Prussia , accompanied by tho JTCiuporor Nicholas , wore oxpeotod there on tho 7 th instant . It in said that tho Turks havo crossed tho Danube and sacked u village ; but tho authority for it is very bud .

      An Emi^Rau( .Ship, The Annie Jam, Wan Wr...

      An emi ^ rau ( . ship , the Annie Jam , wan wrecked ou tho 2 Hth September , oil' the ftarni Island . s , on tliu coast of Scot - land , and . ' ( 10 lives were lo .-st . The news from the cholera districts i . s not without , encouragement . The number of deathn at New rustle continue at ten ; that at , dlalaslioad liun sprung up to four ; but . the . su lluotimlion . s wero expected . A few death . * * are olironiclod iu tho ditttriclH ui'ound .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 8, 1853, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08101853/page/9/