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      The Concession In The Principalities. It...

      that Sir Heitbt Birai ' WEB , wolald / possess the necessary influence ;" . not ; can the authoritative presence of Xiord de JJedcIiIite he permanently spared as yet from Eastern Europfe . The Principalities themselves are generally in favour of the union , and opposed to Russian aggression . But every hour of opposition oil the part of England is a gift of influence to Russia . A public opinion exists in Moldavia and Wallachia ; if in defiance of

      it we determine to force a diplomatic separation upon the people , we shall drive them into the Bussian camp . Prance has no local interests on the Danube ; her objects are European ; while we play a high part we are independent , but no sooner do . we entangle ourselves in obsolete diplomatic combinations , than Louis Napoleon , by a dexterous shuffle may take the lead , and force us into an attitude of concession .

      We have blundered by allowing ourselves to be identified with the machinations of the YogobldEs family , a lineage of intriguers—a father and a son engaged in the lowest species of political barter , the elder instructing the younger to dissimulate and bribe , until he had juggled a favourable result out of the elections . In ApriLlast he writes : " The English Ambassador begins to have a good opinion of you . " " The most dangerous of the Commissioners is M . Ba . sxli , but I suppose you will find means of managing him effectively

      and cautiously . " " You are no doubt burdened with extraordinary expenses to defray the system of the TJnionists . " Etiejote Yogobhhjs gives his son Nicolas very clever directions as to the mode of * worming money' out of the Porte . The Austrian O-overnmenfc was aware of this correspondence , and officially denied it . We should he glad to have the letters of that stealthy diplomatist , M . MFSSirays . The whole correspondence would be edifying as a commentary on diplomatic morality . M . Mttssttbtjs talks of * traitors unworthy the name of Moldavians ' What of Greeks ?

      There is a third Vggobides , Secretary to the Turkish Embassy in London . It was this gentleman ' s business to keep his kinsmen informed of Lord Pa ; lme : rsto : n * s private and confidential communications with M . MussTJRua . We npw know by what profligate artifices the TJnion has been opposed ; that alone is an argument in its favour ; but tbie strongest is that Lord pAiiMEBSXON seems unable to resist the one represented by Loiris Napoi ^ on .

      784 3? He Leader. [No. 386, Attest 15, 1...

      784 3 ? HE LEADER . [ No . 386 , Attest 15 , 1857 .

      Ladies To The Bear! Dbab Girls, When You...

      LADIES TO THE BEAR ! Dbab girls , when you pass down the aiale of a church , walk behind the gentlemen of your party . If you walk in front of them , you infringe a principle of the Latin grammar . We cannot say how 5 but so it is , and Mr . Q-BESI . EY is our authority . Mr . Obesibt ' has seen with pain ladies marching into church , or to the communion table , before their huBbands . ' Err no longer , beauties of England ¦— Leicestershire especially — but , with meek brows , pensive eyes , penitential

      steps , allow precedence to the broadcloth , and do not march , for—again quoting Gbkswey— - * the masculine gender is more worthy than , feminine . ' JPlace awxdameais a pagan motto . Of course , as men , we hold Mr . GFhesxet to be right , and think ourselves much more worthy than any women whatever ( in fact , than any other men , if we might say so ); but there is one fashion we would not willingly let die . It is an exquisite delight to see your own Euphbobtnb ( or any one else ' s ) a few steps in front—light-footed , moving like a swan , carrying her nead like Noxjbmahai ., disclosing between the bonnet and the scarf a little

      milky way of neck , and * albeit clouded by crinoline , still a form of grace and majesty . There are good moral reasons why she should walk before you . If she walked behind , you , or Mr . Gtbesley , like another Obphetjs , might look back to the sweet Euuydice , and then good manners might be infringed , although the Latin Grammar would be obeyed . Whereas , with Eubtdice in front , Obphetts may look seriously forward , and have no temptation to turn a restless head upon a willing neck , to carry a wandering eye in search of her , 'just to see

      if she be coming ; ' besides , should the © BESiiET rule be admitted , the elegance of life would all be gone . Women , with their flowerdecked heads , and figures lost amid tinted tissue , cast a rosy cloud between the eye and the unpicturesque abominations of manly costume ; not to mention the patent factj that very few men have legs or bodies fit to be seen . Is it not so , Mr . Gbeslet ? But Mr . G-besiiET has a decided opinion that ladies are too forward in their manners , and that they should be disciplined ( perhaps by

      Oriental methods ) into an Oriental habit of yielding precedence to their lords . In 1320 , when the abbot of Groxden baptized the child of Johanna de Fubnival , did any nurse , or aunt , or even Johanna herself , presume to lift the infant out of the font ? No . That was the modern practice , and he ( Mr . G \ RESIiBY ) ' thought the modern practice quite wrong . ' The honoured task was left to the abbot of Bocester , and the matrons and

      maidens stood at a demure distance , while the nobility of creation occupied its right and proper ' conspicuosity . * Mr . GbesiiEy ' s oration against the impertinence of womenreported in last week ' s Athenceunt—will do goad—if women will adopt the Rajpoot idea , and walk with the little-footed humility of damsels in China . But if they will not , why the world will wag on as before , and Amazons will continue to ' march . '

      Joy on those warlike women , which so long Can from all men their dignities withhold ! And shame on you , O men , which boast your strong And valiant heart 9 , in thoughts less hard and hold ! We perfectly agree with Mr . Gbeslet , the Latin Grammar , and the Chinese writer , Pan-hotti-pan , that a ' breathing rose' ought to be wrapped in a coarse cloth , set to p lay with a tile , compelled to walk like a Eingo behind her husband , and taught that her only duty in life is to abstain from vexing her friends . , A man ought to live on pearls ( if he likes them ) , receive the salutes of womanly humility , and be careful to ' march' in front of his wife up to the communion table .

      Popular Services. The Church Of England ...

      POPULAR SERVICES . The Church of England has just discovered that its services are unpopular . As a novelty popular services' are to be introduced . What is to be the innovation ? ^ We hope there will be no rush of low or light comedians into the pulpit ; yet that seems the danger . Tragedy , of a very dull sort , seems to have wearied the congregations , so that any whirling dervish on the Surrey side may entice them away . Something must be done . We are losiug our customers . Fashions

      change , and a throng of Duchesses , Countesses , and Baronesses are transporting all their pride of feathers , flounces , rich-edged petticoats , and red and green gems from the tropics far from the influence of rubrics , chasubles , eassoles , and stolen homilies , into plebeian music-halle , where even the pro * phecies of perdition derive an unwonted charm from the tropical fervour of the popular elocutionist . This movement , dangerous to the church of the minority , awakens a desire to imitate tho wiles that attract the majority ; but what can Dr . Milman and

      his noble army do to popularize the pulpit of the metropolitan church ? They cannot dramatize the Gospel after the fashion of the Surrey Gardens . And yet they might render preaching popular . They have only to follow the teachings of Him . by whom' Christianity was founded—the Church has never yet preached in that spirit—and Christians will gather round the Christian pulpit .

      Destrvcttve Storm. — A Fearful Storm Too...

      Destrvcttve Storm . — A fearful storm took place at Scarborough on Thursday and Friday -week , which did a great deal of damage in various parts of the town and its neighbourhood . Heavy rain fell almost without ceasing on the Thursday , with a north-east wind and considerable surf on the sea ; but from about ten o'clock at night the clouds continued to discharge a deluge of rain for full three hours . The weather was very unsettled and wet on the following day . Cellars were flooded , drains were burst , property was swept away , and some human beings narrowly escaped with their lives . la Cross-street and Dumple ^ street , fearful havoc was made not only among household furniture , but among tha buildings , the water in some cases being six feet deep ; in Merchant ' s-row , a breach was made through the Britannia Inn by the waters , which , taking their course down by the Leeds Hotel , tore up the pavement and foundations of the houses ; in Aberdeen-terrace , the gardens and walks resembled a river ; the kitchens of the houses were filled to the depth of seven feet , and great damage was also occasioned to garden property , and to the walls surrounding the gardens belonging to Lord Londesboroug ' h and others . Large masses of earth of several tons' weight were forced from the Castle Cliff and other places . Mr . Gambles , butcher , had a mare drowned in its stable , but a foal with it was preserved by getting on its mother's back . A great number of pigs were drowned in various localities . Several houses and two bridges were entirely swept away , and there were several narrow escapes from death . The houses in Merchant ' s-row are so undermined by the force of the water that it is feared they must be taken down . The Right . Hon . John Wilson Ceokeb died on Monday night at Sir William Wightman ' s villa at St . Alban ' s Bank , Hampton . The Daily News , in briefly sketching his life , says he ¦ " was son of Mr . John Croker , Surveyor-General of Ireland , and was born in December , 1780 , in the county of Galw . ay , Ireland . He was educated at Trinity College , Dublin , where he greatly distinguished himself , and in 1802 was called to the Irish bar . Mr . Croker entered the House of Commons in 1807 for Downpatrick . He sat in eight successive parliaments , having represented the University of Dublin , Yarmouth , Athlone , and Bodmin . Mr . Croker retired after the election of 1832 , when he sat with the Marquis of Douro ( now Duke of Wellington ) for the disenfranchised borough of Aldborough , Suffolk . It will be remembered that Mr . Croker was , from his introduction into public life , a great frieud of the Duke of York . In 1809 , he was appointed Secretary to the Admiralty , which appointment he held until 1830 , having in June , 1828 , been made a Privy Councillor . He was a Fellow of the Royal Society ( 1810 ) , D . C . L ., LL . D ., a Fellow of the Asiatic Society , and of other learned institutions . By his death , a pension of 150 OZ . on the consolidated fund ceases , which the right hon . gentleman had enjoyed ever since his retirement from the Admiralty in 1830 . " Mr . Croker was an able , though a very unscrupulous author . He was for a long time connected with the Quarterly Review , where he wrote many of those savage attacks on the Liberal writers of the day wluoa were the disgrace of the period . Indian Loyalty . —We feel bound to draw attention to the spirited and loyal behaviour of Salar Jung , tie Prime Minister of H . H . the Nizam . Hyderabad » n the Dakhan is well known to be a hotbed of fanaticism , and the gravest apprehension has been entertained m some quarters that there would be a rising of the populace . At the time when there was considerable excitement , several thousand Mahomedans wore listening toa Maulavi preaching the Friday sermons . A voice worn the crowd interrupted his discourse with the cry , W nu use of preaching to us about other things ? The extermination of the Firingis ia the only thing we want to hear about . They are tho Masnriks ( tho heretics ) of tuo Kuron , and the Kurrfn tells us they ought to bei put » death , " The Maulavi , with great presence ot mma , replied , " The Firingis are not tho Mashrika ot uw Kunfo . They have a book and a prophet ; they aro not Mashrika . " However , anotheiyman stood up ana wins out into a violent , inflammatory address , during ww tho Maulavi despatched a messenger to Salar Jung , w in the midst of tho harangue , made his appearanco , »«* inarched off tho orator to prison . We tryst these go a proofs of fidelity on tho part of Salar Jung will be awy remembered by our Government . —8 mlth > i ><« c > «¦ Co ' a . Homeward Mail . . Mn ~\ ev , This Jjcw Question in Liverpool , —M £ "gJB banker , of Liverpool , » nd o Jew , was on Tuesday elect * without oppoaitlon to ' a neat in tho t ° Yf-couno WJ member for what has hitherto boon cpnoldered a , m Tory ward , that of Rodnoy-Btreet , tho othor r ° P " ° ? eo tire for which is Mr . Jamos Aspinal Tobin , who tnree yenta ago occupied tho clvlo ohair .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 15, 1857, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15081857/page/16/