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      Imperial Parliament. Monday, March Lofh....

      tions which lie has this night scattered with so much „ recklessness about him . " Admibal Berkeley , in opposing the motion , un--nuted to Sir Charles Napier mismanagement at Acre , the credit of the victory at which place he said was due to Sir Robert Stopford . Sir Charles was a man of ungovernable temper , and therefore unfit to govern others ; and his plea that he wanted proper charts , and other information with respect to the Baltic , was preposterous , as his successor had used the same charts , and the Baltic had been much more traversed and was less dangerous than the Black Sea , though the commander there did not mate complaints of peril , which showed the difference between the strength of his nerves and those of Sir Charles . It had transp ired , from the correspondence that had taken place , that the hon . and gallant Admiral had » every disinclination to enter the Gulf of Finland , and that , when in , lie had every disposition to get out agam as fast as possible . In fact , he was heard to say , with movA fnrp . ft and truth than dignity or self-possession .

      " What ad old fool I was to come into this infernal hole ? If ever I get out you shall never catch me here again . " ( Great laughter . ) ' Captain Scobell , Mr . Muntz , and Mr . Malins , Bpoke in favour of Sir Charles Napier ; Mr . Bebnal Osbobhe defended the Admiralty ; and Sir Charles Napikb , feeling satisfied that the country would see that he had been unfairly used , withdrew his motion . I He defended Ms conducb at Acre , aaid , in replying to James Graham , observed : — " The light hon . baronet had said that if he ( Sir Charles ) had reconnoitered Sweaborgin May , all the appliances could have been sent out to him in time to attack Sweaborg that sum-, v ^ "hnf . 1 i < tw could he lia . ve . done this when he was

      not at Hango till the 2 nd of June ? Sir James Gxa- I ham charged him with being unwilling to enter the Gulf of Finland , hut how could this be so when , although with twelve sail of-the line under his command , he only went in with seven ships in ordetvto tempt the Russians out to fight him ? On the 30 th of May , when it was said that he had shown unwillingness to attack Sweaborg , le had never even it trona

      seen the plaee , and all be knew or was a plan which he had obtained from a Swedish office ^ of engineers . " ¦ j

      March 15, 1856q

      March 15 , 1856 Q

      THE LEADER . 245

      ' Steamers Samson, Pylades, Falcon, And ...

      ' steamers Samson , Pylades , Falcon , and Harrier , left Elsinore last Saturday ,, and proceeded to the soutn-^ Heamh of the Arjiy . — The extraordinarily good health of the army is mentioned by Dr . Hall in his report dated February 26 th , in which he records that " no death from disease has occurred during the week . I believe one or two deaths from accidents took place out of hospital ; but for an army of this strength on service in the field , to have lost no man by disease for a -whole week , is a remarkable circumstance : and when it is taken into consideration that only fourteen men have died in three weeks , little need be said about the character of the diseases that have been prevalent in camp : and , as the ratio of sick to well is only four-and-a-quarter per cent ., the sanitary condition of the army may fairly , I think , be pronounced satisfactory . In the Third Division in camp , no man has died for twenty-eight days , out of a streng th of 6 , 450 ; and in the Light Division no death has occurred for a fortnight , out of a strength of lavouraoie state & uuiam

      6 460 This or uuugu nue , * sorry " to say , apply to the Land Transport , in which there is still a considerable amount of sickness amongst the young lad * who have been sent out of late . " . English Tbadees with Russia . — We read in the I Prussian correspondence of the Times : — ' < A letter 1 have lately received from Hamburg informs me that , some few weeks back , our representative there , Colonel Hodges , was led to make various representations to the Senate of the quantities of ammunition that left that neutral port for Russia . In the course of the examination that these reclamations gave rise to I am informed it turned out that these supplies tnitner irom

      had in most instances been shipped England for that . purpose . For instance , two houses in England had shipped to Hamburg two cargoes ot lead three of saltpetre , and eleven of sulphur . The parties implicated in the affair are described to . me as standing very high in England , and among them a Member of Parliament . "

      The_Wab. As The First Result Of The Armi...

      THE _ WAB . As the first result of the armistice , a line of neutral ground , limited by the Tchernaya , has beentraced between the Allies and the Russian army , -typhus has burst forth among the latter , and Count Pahlen has heen carried off ; but the English troops are singularly healthy . An order to suspend hostilities has been torwarded to Omar Pacha and Selim Pacha . Omar Pacha has arrived at Trebizond , on his way to — ¦ a - w . _ _ » _ L . ^ -M- Kw *¦» ^^ # ^ M ^ 4 W S" 1 W ° t account in io Ul

      Constantinople , o give an * . >; uuu .. The Allies are constructing wooden huts on both banks of the Bosphorus for their troops , and Eng- I lish engineers are laying out a camp on the Asiatic coast . Th e Presse 5 ' Orient publishes a letter from Tiflis of the 17 th ult ., announcing that seventeen Turkish Generals had been sent to Moscow . The English Government has resolved to reinforce by several ships of the line the blockading squadron at Kiel , limited at first to two frigates and four corvettes . These letters state that several liners , which are to be placed under Commodore Watson / s orders , are daily expected at Kiel .

      ; The Peace. \ ' ^ ' E ' The Reported Ad...

      ; THE PEACE . \ ' ^ ' e ' The reported admission of Prussia to the Confereneea-4 report which Lord Palmerston « in his place , " will neither admit nor deny—is almost ^ the onlv fact connected with the Peace Parliament that has reached us this week . It is supposed to betoken the near approach of peace ; for Prussia , it is thought , Lould surely not be allowed to discuss , but only to Prince Gortschakoff is going to St . Petersburg to take part in the deliberations relative to the diplomatic attitude to "be taken by Russia after the conclusion of peace . M . de Titoff Rubs an Ambassador at Stuttgart , is summoned to St . Petersburg for the same purpose .

      Dinner At The Mansion House To The I R A...

      DINNER AT THE MANSION HOUSE TO THE i r AMERICAN AMBASSADOR . . The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress , being desu-ousto pay a mark of respect to Mr . Buchanan P ^ ious to his departure for his native country , entertained him at the Mansion House on Tuesday . Several members of Parliament and persons of high standing were I present . After a complimentary speech from the Lord Mayor , Mr . Buchanan said : — "My Lord Mayor , faoies and gentlemen ,- ^ receive f ^ r ^ f *<* grateful feelings this testimonial from the present company cf the regard in which they hold my country , for I do not attribute it to myself . I can say , however , [ nail truth and sincerity , that I shall ever preserve a oitne Kincmesa ^ " 3

      grateful memory " wm * + h « , variably received in England . I have yet to meet *? English gentleman who has not treated me as if I had been a Countryman of his own . ( Cheers . ) I say nothing of the ladies , because I ought not to speak of them , although they are the fairest part of the creation ! I shall carry home with me every sorb of grateful feeling towards the people of this country , among whom I have never felt myself a ftrangei .

      either , it ought to be considered a blessing to mankind that they should have the opportunity of exteading their freedom and liberal institutions over all the unsettled parts of the earth . ( Cheers . ) I am sorry to say that , with all these feelings and sentiments from the first separation of the two countries , there has unfortunaty always been a group of unsettled questions . There is a cloud now impending over their relations ; but I trust in God , and I believe , that that cloud will be speedily dissipated , and that the sunshine of peace and friendship will become more and more bright between the two countries until all the dissensions which ever existed between them shall have passed away , and shall only live in history as a record of the folly of two peoples who could for a moment suppose it possible to engage in a fratricidal war . ( Loud cheers . ) I thank you again for the cordial manner in which you have responded to the proposal my health , and I beg to assure you that I shall ever regard my residence in England as one of the bright periods of my life . " ( Olteers . )

      I books , having hud intercourse with a kindred free people , I have always spoken my sentiments _ freely and respectfully in every society in which I have boon ; I Uave invariably found that an English gentleman treated me kindly , and if we differed in opxmon we have had a fair argument , and wo have ^ always parted in peace and friendship . With roga f to the two countries , what a dreadful misfortune it would be to the whole human race if they » hould over aga n be involved in war I (// car , hear . ) How * would throw Oaoic *

      iniure and va . e cause w my »«» Ti iiio-ht human liberty 1 { Hear , hear . ) How it would del ght the despots of the earth to find these two nation * destroying theaiselvea , and in that ^ y drying I every boped-for progress to mankind I ( Vfwcitt . ) x fxold that there can loo no political slavery whore the English language ia the language of the count . y-( Itenewed clieers ) It is impossible ; and eo far Uom there being any jealousy , so far from its being proper that thoro should bo any jealouay in ei { her ' M ™** I to the honest and fair extension of the frontiers ot

      - War Miscellanea. Geherai. Codrincwqn R...

      - WAR MISCELLANEA . Geherai . CodrincWqn reviewed forty-six battalions on the 24 tlv ult , on Telegraph Hill overlooking the valley of the Tchernaya- Marshal PelisBier was present , and expressed himself in terms of great compliment on the appearance of tho English troops , who looked in magnificent order . The day wag extremely cold . General Williams is said to bo convalescent .

      A Shot at the Press . —A Oeneral Order , dated February 25 th , says : ~ "The notice of the Commander of the Forces has been thought to the publication in » newspaper , by a . correspondent % \ Kertoh , of minute i details of Hues and works , strength of garrisons , and various military arrangements—all , however old and incorrect they may be , published for our enemies , under the supposition that such things are necessary for the Merest or amuBomont of the people of England . The people u « England have more oommon eonBe . Tlmv do not want to ueo tho interests of the army

      betrayed by tho thoughtless nativity of a correspondent , I ov by the wish of any ono else to « o « himself in print . I The Commander of ' the Forces has referred General I Vivian to tho details published from the district lw I commfttjcls . H « authorises him , to arrest the individual and send him away at once , unless he has reason to believe that such folly will not be repeated . " The Bai / hc—Tho news that Russian ships of war had iBBucd forth from Sweaborg ia formally contradicted by an interchange of electric despatches between Berlin and St . Petersburg . Tho English

      The Literary Fund. The Annual General Me...

      THE LITERARY FUND . The annual general meeting of the Corporation of the Literary Fund was held on Wednesday , at the house of the Society , Great Eussell-street , Bloomsbury , Mr . Benjamin Bond Cabbell , M . P ., in the chair . A large number of literary men attended . Mr . C . W . Dilke moved—" That , whereas during the eleven years , from 1844 to 1854 , both inclusive , the-cost of assistin ° - 477 applicants to the Literary Fund amounted to £ 5 60113 s . 7 d . ( exclusive of collector ' s poundage , advertisements , and expenses attending -the anniversary dinner ) ; and whereas the cost of assisting 624 appli-^ nt * -to the Artists * General Benevolent Fund , within lOdalso

      the same eleven years , amounted to £ 994 4 s . . ( exclusive of collector ' s poundage , advertisements , and expenses attending the anniversary dinner ) ; this meeting is of opinion that the expenses of managing the Literary Fund are unreasonable , and that a great change must be made in the administration of its affairs . " Mr . Dilke enlarged on these facts , ana q uoted some others of a similar tendency , c ° W | g noje

      his statements with the expression or a ^«« - members of the general committee , whose ^ ^ onducfe was called in question , would exercise a httle _ delicacy and refrain from voting on this occasipn . Absurd as the charter was in many respectB by which the Society was incorporated , it never could have been meant that the managing committee should meet for the purpose of approving their own . conduct—The motion ^ secondedby Mr . Bryan Waller Proctor ^ the well-known " Barry Cornwall" ) , and was opposed by S ? £ bS Bell , wno said that' Mr . Dilke ' proposal to exclude the members of the Committee was more novel than just . He contended that there was an essential difference between thelrtists' Fundandihe Literary Fund , inasmuch as artists are better knovm thm ^ terary men , and consequently their claims do to inveswgat w *»« "" ~ 7 l \

      not require De , ^< - «» - ^ , , nra cision which is necessary ra the case of »« J * o ^ Moreover , the assisting 477 applicanta . to the Lrterary Fund , from 1844 to 1854 inclusive did not represent , the Amount of business which had been t ^ cted i by tlie executive committee in that mterval , for they Sd 1 in point of fact , in those eleven years mvestigated ^ nd decided < 588 applications . The . amount of busiaess devolving on the Literary Fund , Mr . Bell conSnded , was ten times larger than that transacted by the Artists' Fund . n , Vfl tiA Mr Dickens said he gathered from Mr Bella address that the committee found themselves m tfce pISf ul condition of not expending «^ £ ]&? %± ministration of thia fund , and would speedily apply

      I themselves to the task of expeudmg more , v-r , no A In regard to the house , it was a matter beyond 2 ' doubt th ! t the fund subscribed with Reference to a house was to be applied to a use to which the house ^^ Xsssr T jSS ^ - " -rS 5 Saa ocoupied in reforonc « to this fund by reason

      S ' SSSSS ^' * I t HUB

      { S ° HBeemed to Z regai-dedby «» «« a W ^! J Sher a model sort of thing than otherwise that they SouTd ' ernoJl £ 10 of other poopWa money ui gmng awav £ 100 . In case there should bei ony » lj- ^ Sd spiritB present who might bo dwpo « ed ^ wk I vXt the principle was that c ^ uld ne « eW itato that

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 15, 1856, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15031856/page/5/