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    4j6a THB LEADER. [No. 321, Saturday,

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    THE NEW LOAN OF FIVE MILLIONS. A numerou...

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    THE CRIMEAN BOARD. 8IB RICHARD AIREY'S C...

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    CONDITION OF ITALY. We subjoin the impor...

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    The Makquis Of Dajlhousie. Tub Arrival O...

    « £ Dmlbousie when , he was about twenty years of age ; be had already received his early education at Harrow , and soon afterwards took his degree at Christ Church ia 1 S 32 as a fourth class in classical honours . When he waa scarcely three-and-twenty years of age , in January , 1835 , we find him , as Lord Raihsay , unsuccessfully contestuk Edinburgh in the Tory interest with the present EordsCampbell and Dunfermline ; and on this occasion he alluded , in terms of something more than complacency , to the fact that he came of a lordly line , the representative of which in his day , some century and a half ago , had been apostrophized by Allan Ramsay , from his cottage in Clydesdale , as " Dalhousie of an auld descent , My pride , my stoup , my ornament . "

    But we must proceed . At the general election of 1837 Lord Ramaay obtained a seat in Parliament for Haddiagtonshire , bu « ere many months were passed was c » Hed to the Upper House by his fathers death before be had time to take any part in the proceedings of St . Stephen ' s . Nor was it immediately that he attracted notice even in the House of Peers . Like a camiy Scot , he knew bis own worth , and patiently bided his time . Five long years had passed when , in 1843 , the vicepresidentship of the Board of Trade was vacated by Mr . Gladstone , and was offered by the late Sir Robert Peel to the untried hands of Lord Dalhousie . Here he succeeded admirably . He was no mere " red-tapist , " or

    man of official routine . The subject of railways was becoming one of increasing national interest ; Lord Dalhousie looked ahead , foresaw the growing mania , studied his subject perseveringly in theory and practice , and made himself perfectly master of the details of railway administration . Two years later , while the mania wa 3 at its height , he was promoted to the presidency of the Board of Trade , and despatched the vast increase of business with consummate address . So valuable , a personage had his lordship become as a man of business , that when Sir Robert Peel retired hi 1846 , Lord Dalbousie , though a " Peelite , " was requested to continue in office under his successor , Lord John Russell .

    In 1847 a crisis had arisen in Indian affairs , and it was felt that neither Lord Hardinge nor Lord Gough were quite the men to meet it . It was judged that Lord Dalhousie would carry the British arms safe through the danger by his energy and resolution . Hi ? " landed at Calcutta in January , 1848 , and though he found peace apparently restored , he had no faith in its permanence . Nor was he wrong in his estimate . Scarcely had he been four months in his new seat of government , when he learned that Moolraj had revolted . He marched into the north-western provinces , and at once disconcerted and defeated the Sikhs by a vigorous stroke , and " annexed" the Punjab , thus converting our fiercest foes into trusty auxiliaries . In the words of Milton , " The rest

    Were long to tell ; how many battles fought , ^ How many kings destroyed or kingdoms won . Enough to say that , for failure of heirs to the native dynasties , or for aggressions on the rights and liberties of their own oppressed subjects , or for rebellion against on protectorate , the satrapies of Berar , Pegu , and Nagpore were successively annexed by Lord Dalhousie to the British Empire in India . Still more recently , the vast and populous district known as the Kingdom of Onde has passed into our hands without striking a blow , under the same system of » annexation , " thereby swelling the extent of our responsibility and Indian expenditure , as well as our power . that Lord Dal

    But it is not in military aflfaira alone - fcouaie hae been distinguished . Of him it may be said , as it was of a far different character , idem pacts erat mediusque belli . The intersection of the country by railroads and canals ; the introduction of cheap postage , together with such civilizing influences as gas and sewerage : the connexion of the Beats of government , Calcutta , Madras , Bombay , and Lahore , by means of the electric telegraph —the suppression of religious intolerance and persecution , and of the crime of infanticide—those are measures with which the name of Lord Dalhousio will long survive connected in the minds of the inhabitants of British India , when the splendour of bis conquests and annexations shall havo become a natter for the historian .

    Lord Dalhousie has returned to England , still a young man , though worn out prematurely with the incessant application of thirteen years oi" public business . He has ¦ umbered less than forty-five summers ; and in his Sootttah homo wo trust that a year or two of rest and retirement will brace him up again to enter th « lists of political life , and , it may be , to rally round him a aattonal and patriotic party . It must be wm « on © like Lord Dalhousie , whose hands are clean , as one who baa not been mixed up in the party politics of the last few years * that we must look to , for remoulding our public

    men . It will be remembered that , in 1840 , Lord Dalhouaio was rewarded frith a Marquisate , and the Order of the Thistle , for bit successes In the Punjab ; and that , in 1852 , Lord Derby conferred upon him the Wardenship of the Cinque Porto , vacated by the death of the Duke of Wellington . Within the loot few days it ia announced

    that the East India Board have settled upon his Lord ship a life- pension of 5000 £ , which we only fear has been dearly bought at the price of health and strength la 1853 Lord Dalhousie became a widower , his Marchioness , a sister of the Duchess of Wellington , dying at sea , within sight of the Land ' s End , on her homeward passage from Calcutta- By her his Lordship has two daughters ; the elder of whom , it is rumoured , is shortly about to bestow her hand on the Marquis of Lothian . It may not be generally known that in event of Lord Dalhousie dying without male issue by a second marriagej the Marquisate expires , but that the Earldom and inferior titles will revert to his cousin , Lord Panmure , in right of his father , who was the next brother of the late Earl , and assumed the name of Maule on inheriting the estates of his maternal ancestor , the last Earl of Panmure .

    4j6a Thb Leader. [No. 321, Saturday,

    4 j 6 a THB LEADER . [ No . 321 , Saturday ,

    The New Loan Of Five Millions. A Numerou...

    THE NEW LOAN OF FIVE MILLIONS . A numerous body of capitalists and others attended on Tuesday afternoon at the Treasury , according to appointment , with a view to obtaining further information previously to the negotiation of the loan of five millions next Monday . The Chancellor of the Exchequer observed , that , in order to prevent any misapprehension , it would be as well to state that the loan which is now proposed is calculated to cover the whole of the estimated service of the year with the exception of 2 , 000 , 000 / ., and that , fcr raising this additional sura , it is proposed to take power to issue Exchequer-bonds or Exchequer-bills ,

    as the condition of the money market may at the precise period admit . It is not certain that the Government will require the whole of this amount ; but , as in the case of the war , it was not possible accurately to regulate the whole of the expenditure , so it is now difficult to estimate what may be the outlay required for the return of troops , & c Under no circumstances will the 2 , 000 , 000 / . be necessary before the last quarter of the present year , or the first three months of 1857 . A vote , however , may be taken for contingencies , since it is in the discretion of Government to provide for an excess of expenditure , although there is no substantial reason to suppose that there will be any .

    In answer to Mr . Capel , the Chancellor further stated that he does not at present contemplate a funding of Exchequer-bills , or any sales of savings-bank stock , unless necessary for savings-bank purposes Powers will be taken in the act similar to those arranged in February last , with clauses protecting members of Parliament who may take part in the contract . Mr . Capel : " If a funding be not intended , may I inquire if you propose to make any alteration in the rate of interest ?"—The Chancellor of the Exchequer : " All I can say with respect to that is , the notice will be given in the usual form , at the proper time . "—Baron Rothschild : " Then the contract will be taken on Monday at ten o ' clock , and the first payment will be made on Thursday , the 22 nd ? " —The Chancellor of the Exchequer : " Yes . " The parties then withdrew .

    The Crimean Board. 8ib Richard Airey's C...

    THE CRIMEAN BOARD . 8 IB RICHARD AIREY ' S CASE . The Board reassembled on Wednesday , when a letter from Sir John M'Neill , in reply to a request that ho would attend , was read by the Judge Advocate . In this communication , Sir John declined to attend ; firstly , on the ground that he was indisposed ; and secondly , be cause , " with all possible respect for the Board , " he could depart from the course he had hitherto taken "in tho absence of authoritative information , more definite than he had yet received , as to the precise objects and tho scope of the proceedings going on at Chelsea . " ( The Board being a military body , and Sir John M'Neill a civilian , there is no power to force him to attend . ) A certificate was then read , stating that Colonel Tulloch is convalescent , but still so weak as to be unfit for the transaction of business .

    The Judge-Advocate stated that , in compliance with Sir Richard Airey ' s suggestion , an application had been made to the War-office to know if any preliminary report of the Commissioners , dated June 9 , were in existence , and such a report had been submitted to tho Board , in oaao they should wish to exumino it ; but it had been at tho same time intimated by the War-oflico that the only report recognized there was that dated Constantinople , June the 10 th , the other being confidential nnd preliminary , —Sir Richard Airey asked to be furnished with n copy of this preliminary report , and meanwhile ho should bo

    glad if the Judge-Advocate would read the first sentence . The Judge-Advocate said that the first sentence was" We have the honour to inform your Lordship that wo have completed the enquiry intrusted to us . "—SirRichnrd Airey : " That is enough . The Board will sco that in thoir very first sontenco tho Commissioners state that th « y have completed the inquiry . "— Tho Judgo-Advocato called Sir Richard Airoy ' s attention to a concluding ncntemco in this report , in which the Commissioners stated that they had not received all the evidence upon the subjects of the inquiry , but that , when they had received that evidence , and tho replies to tho qnorioa they had

    forwarded , they should have the honour of reporti ng upon the matters to which those queries related . Alluding to what he had said on a previous day , the Judge-Advocate disavowed any intention of imputing to Sir Richard Airey a disrespectful mode of addressing Colonel Tulloch , as , indeed , his manner had been marked with -the utmost courtesy and consideration . The Board then proceeded to hear additional evidence in the case of Sir Richard Airey , and Colonel Wetherall Major Hackett , and Captain Derriman , R . N ., deposed to the difficulty of obtaining canvas and workmen towards the erection of shelter for the horses . After a short examination of Mr . Watson , who was in charge of the stores of the First Division , and subsequentl y removed to head-quarters , and who corroborated the views of Sir Richard Airey as to the uselessness of palliasses , Sir Richard proceeded to sum up his case , by going through the whole of the evidence , and contending that its effect was to acquit him of any blame . colonel , Gordon ' s case . Colonel Gordon then read a statement with respect to the ^ charges that had been brought against himself . Colonel Tulloch ( he remarked ) had said that the original notes of the evidence given by officers in the Crimea were sent to them for revision . The original notes of his ( Colonel Gordon ' s ) evidence were not sent to him ; but the paper which was sent differed very much from the original notes which had been produced before the Board , and which showed that one portion of his evidence had been entirely omitted from his reported evidence on the 24 th of May . He found , upon reference to the original notes' of his evidence , that the Commissioners had embodied in the evidence given by him on the 28 th of May answers to questions put to him on the 24 th . Colonel Tulloch had also stated that the omitted

    portion of Colonel Wetherall s evidence had been sent to him ( Colonel Gordon ) for revision . Colonel Wetherall had previously applied to the Commissioners to know whether they wished to detain him in the Crimea , as he was anxious to proceed to Constantinople to join the Contingent , and the Commissioners , after consultation , iuformed him they did not wish to detain him . They afterwards put questions to General Airey ; but , a % none of those questions referred to clothing-, he ( Colonel Gordon ) , when the evidence reached him on the 4 th of June , did not think it necessary to send it to Colonel Wetherall at Constantinople , that officer's evidence resting upon

    figures which could be tested by the books in the Crimea . The paragraph omitted from Colonel Wetherall ' s evidence was not in the minute which was sent , and he ( Colonel Gordon ) had never seen it until he saw it printed in this country . The colonel then quoted various passages from his own evidence as given in the report , and denied their accuracy . They had reference to the distribution of the great-coats ; and the assertions which Colonel Gordon now made to tho Board were to the effect that the men were always supplied with greatcoats , and that there never was any hesitation as to exceeding the limitation imposed by the regulations whenever it appeared advisable to do so .

    At the conclusion of Colonel Gordon's statement the Board adjourned to Friday . MK . FILDER ' S CASK . Mr . Commissary-General Filder oi > ened his case on Thursday , and read a long statement in defence of himself , the allegations of which , being the same as those which ho advanced in his written vindication , and having been then minutely analyzed in this journal , need not be here reproduced . His statement was not concluded at tho rising of the Board .

    Condition Of Italy. We Subjoin The Impor...

    CONDITION OF ITALY . We subjoin the important Note which the Sardinian Plenipotentiaries , under date of the 16 th of April , 1856 , addressed to Lord Clarendon and Count Walowski : — " Tho undersigned Plenipotentiaries of II . M . the King of Sardinia , full of confidence in the senao of juaticc which animates the rulers of France and Eng land , and in tho friendship they profess for Piedmont , have not caused to hope , since tho opening of tins Conferences , that tho Congress of Paris would not sepurato without taking into . serious consideration tho state of Italy , and arriving at some means for the re-establishment of tho political equilibrium now disturbed by thu occupation of many of tho provinces of tho peninsula by foreign troops . Assured of the aid of their allies , they can hardly believe that another power , after having displayed so lively and generous an interest in tho welfare of tho Eastern nations of Slavonic and Gnusk race ,

    would refuse to attend to tho interests of tho I-utui people , who arc still inoro unfortunate , inasmuch as thoic higher degree of civilization renders them inoro sonsitiva to tho evils of oppressive Governments . This hoyo , however , they have now lo . st . In spitis of tho good will of England and Franco , notwithstanding thoir kindly efforts , tho persistency of Austria in demanding that no subject should bo introduced into tins Conferences foroitfH to tho matters they wore especially called to discuss , lias permitted that assembly , upon which tho anxious «} ' «« of ull Europe woro turned , to dissolve not only wHuoui

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  • Leader (1850-1860), May 17, 1856, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17051856/page/6/