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      Tolii Interference Is Excluded; And That...

      tribute to the extent of oxir means , so as to supply arms by . which the Italians might defend their own cause . At a public dinner at Cork , the Earl of Carlisle and Lord Fermoy , M . P . made slight reference to the affairs of the day . The former said : —?' Since we last met here some regions of the globe , and those among the fairest and brightest which gem its varied surface , have been visited by the afflictions of violence and war . In some of them the clouds of civil commotion and change have gathered , or the fiery thunderbolts of war have burst , while we have to thank a gracious Providence that we have been enabled to till our own fields in ease and security —to reap the rich abundance . of peaceful harvest . Within our own borders poverty has been diminished ;

      crime , except in a few dark spots , lias greatly decreased , agriculture has ' been , improved , trade has been enlarged , and peace has been preserved . We hear elsewhere'of a vast manufactory of Minie rifles and of Armstrong- guns , and very glad , too , am I to hear of them ; and I think , very possibly , that more of them might be well bestowed on Spike Island , or the forts at the entrance of Cork harbour . Still , I feel it is news of better omen , to the world at large to hear , as we did to-night ,, from the lips of our worthy chairman , that the exports from Cork have enormously increased in so very un-warlike and yielding an article as butter . AVe read .-in sundry places of the appearance of pestilence and cholera ,

      ment in writing from Mr . Miller , which , as far as am concerned , was perfectly satisfactory to me , must beg to decline any further interference with matter with which I have no concern , and in which there appears to be some misunderstanding between that gentleman and his constituents . " The case now simplified . A certain statement affecting Lord Derby was ascribed to Mr . Miller , and it is of course " perfectly satisfactory" to Lord Derby to have Mr Miller ' s assurance that he .. did not make that state ment . What remains is for Mr . Miller to state what he did say , or intended to say , and to explain how it happens that he should have been " wholly misre presented" by the pencils of all the reporters , and tlm distinct memories of all his audience .

      The first anniversary of the Ipswich Farmers Club was celebrated at Ipswich on Wednesday . Sir FiTzteoY Kelia" occupied the chair , and in proposing " Prosperity to the Club , " took . a comprehensive view of the present state of the farming interest . Other gentlemen addressed the meeting , which passed off with much spirit . ' r ¦ f

      but I reflect with satisfaction that 1113 ' friend Dr . Barter is ready to supply an unlimited quantity of Turkish baths . But , whatever maybe the issue and event of any special enterprise or undertaking , I feel confident that it is in enterprises which have for their aiiii to augment the resources , to promote the intercourse , to prolong the friendship of the great family of man , that nations , will find their highest honour and their richest reward . We do not envy the trophies of Magenta or Solferino . We deplore while we honour the "bruve blood ¦ that lias been shed on the banks oftheGanges and the Peiho , but we exult with joy without alloy , and without repentance , when we feel that we have borne a share in undertakings which

      will augment the stockof national wealth , civilisation and beneficence , when we feel that we have-extended the basis for the civilizing influence of peace and commerce , and that we have added new links to the chain of human brotherhood . lord Fermov spoke of the need for agriculture to fulvnnco at the same time that commerce wnn making such strides , and dwelt upon the . necessity of improving the condition of the labourer . Keferring to a portion of his Excellency ' s speech , he would observe that thep were living , so far as the foreign relations went , in a state of great uncertainty , lie

      trusted that . peace would be preserved ; but no man could shut out from himself that the peace of Europe depended greatly . upon the opinions and acts of one distinguished person in Europe . They had heard an intimation given that night that their harbour wouM bj defended . Speaking on the part of the agricultural interests ,-lie would say that not only dul ho believe tbuir harbour should be better defoiule . l , but that the same course ou ^ ht to ha pursued in Ireland , as in l- ' uglaud , for arming the population . There were ritlc dub * in England , and he thought they should bo also nllowc I to arm in Ireland tor its di'funoe .

      The adjourned debute 111 Oxford in t . | , io l-iuvu .-sity Debating ' Society on the eluirch-mlu !'« i . uosiiou has . closed , mid Mr . J . If . Koldnsou ' s ( of i / euibroku College ) motion— -That the abolition of church niU'S without ( in equivalent would be-unjust and injurious to the interest * of thu Church bt JCn ^ land "—wus carried by n majority «> f 74 , the numbers being , for the motion ! H > ; against it 1 ( 5 . Tho subject for debate on Thursday next is—" . That universal BuffVngo is desirable ; and that while it may by questioned whothor we are ripo , fp . r it at present , this house will never regard reform as complete until it is curried . " Moved by Mr . ' L . A . Tolleuiaohi , ' , of Balliol College .

      • Tim arrangements connected with tha approaching Lilicrul banquet at Rochester aro oomplocud . It is exported that 1 , 01 . 10 persons will bu present . In addition to Mr . 1 \ W . Martin , aiul Mr . Serjeant Kiuglukc , the two mom burs for thocity , it is understood that Mr . A . J . Otway , tho Se-erotury of the Admiralty , Mr . Bermu Os borne , and other inUuuiitinl goiuloinoit conn . ectod with thu Ulvr . il party , will be present . TJ 10 HcoLinmn remarks : — " In rclVroiice to thu

      rocent remarkable statement by Mr , sillier , M . I ., as to Lord Derby having , tit tliu i-oiniiU'iiuumeiH of last session , signed an oiuyuyamont to bring in a reform bill containing curtain provisions , ami Lord Derby ' s denial of tliu statomuiu , uecoinnaniuil by an Intimation that Mr . Miller had informod him that ho hud boon "wholly misrepresented , " a letter was . addressed to Lord Derby by aomo Ia-HIi doctors , including several of Mr . INIillur ' s supporters , asking for an explanation . Tlxo following ia Lord Derby ' s roply ;—" Having I'ecoivod some time ago n stato-

      Nq.504. Nov. 19, 1859.] The Leader. - 12...

      Nq . 504 . Nov . 19 , 1859 . ] THE LEADER . - 1265

      Sir John Franklin's Companions. At The O...

      SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S COMPANIONS . At the opening meeting for the season , of the -Royal Geographical Society , on Monday , a numerous ami distinguished- company assisted , presided over by Sir IlODKiucK Mcuciiisox . There were several officers of the Koyal Navy and the mercantile marine present who were well acquainted with Arctic navigation . Captain M'Cjintock , R . N . ( who was very heartily greeted ) , read a paper upon the discoveries made try the late expedition in search of Sir John Franklin . This paper described the voyage of the Fox , and the various iut-idents of the search . The paper was illustrated and explained by diagrams and drawings prepared by Capt . R . Colliuson , R ^ N ., and Mr . Parker Snow , showing the route taken

      by the-expedition ,, the more interesting points which were pointed out by Captain Collinson , R . N ., as they were referred to by Captain M'Clintock . A model of the Fox was exhibited on the table , as was also the original record of the unfortunate Franklin expedition found in the cairn at King William ' s Land , and numerous plans and maps . The Chairman pbserved-that , occupying as he did on the present occasion the position which lie filled when Sir J . Franklin went out on his last expedition , it was with no small emotion that he rose to sav a few words upon the subject which Captain

      ¦ Ai'CIiutoe * . a paper ii . ; iu u .-oi ^ ui co \ .. \ nir n > . vu : e . Sir J . Franklin was at the time of which he spoke Vice President of the Geographical Society , and ho had looked forward for many years with hope to see him return and fill the place which was now so unworthily held by himself . For many years not only Great Britain , but , to their- honour , the p eople and Government of the United States had sought in vain for some traces of our unfortunate and lost fellow-countrymen , who it was now proved had perished in the Arc-tic regions . The most distinguished of oar Arctic explorers , many of whom he was happy to see around him—Captain Collinson , Captain ()» b > rn , Sir E . Belcher , and he believe . i and oth emi

      Admiral Austin—all these , many er - nent men , had sought , :. s ; d sought in vain , for that record which tha " l : i"t expedition under Captain M ' CHntook li : id discovered , and which revealed to us for tlvj first tim-j the i . i ' G <> i ' . Fraukliu an I hisi associates . This was a iriuiui > h— -a triumph for the British nation ; and let him add that it ha 1 been accomplished b ' . ' the energy and devotion of . an 1 Enylishwonun . " To Lily Fr . uiklin must bu aceordoil the great praise ot'haying , despite diffievikies and diseour . igomoius of no urdi nary character , / persevered in tho c . iuse sho hud so much at heart until she sent out a fourth expedition , which was successful after three previous ones had failed . To

      I I a is . - I Captain Collinson said that the most important I and interesting information , next to the fate of Sir x John Franklin , which Captain M'Clintock brought 1 back , was the extraordinary discrepancies as to the 1 crews . There were nine persons missing , and had s he been in the same position as Captain Crozier on 1 his second voyage , he would have sent a boat back 2 by the M'Kenzie to the Hudson's Buy Company , . stating that he required further assistance . In the - piece of wood which he ( Captain Collinson ) picked

      - b up at Finlason ' s Island , thej- had good reason to : think that some part of the Erebus and Terror had - passed by the west of that island , and was perhaps I deposited there . Unless they searched these places in Jilv and August , it was useless . He referred in terms " of warm eulogy to the energy and devotion of T ^ ady Franklin , and remarked that it was due to Franklin to acknowledge , that what Columbus began Franklin completed—viz ., the discovery of the American continent .

      - Captain Snrn . vRD Osbohn expressed a conviction that the search after the Franklin expedition was now closed , anl that it was perfectly useless to pursue it further . Captain Hohsox gave some account of the manner in which the records of the Franklin expedition , as detailed in his despatches had been discovered . His opinion was , that the bodies , of the men discovered ¦ had . perished in the endeavour to find their way back to the ship . ¦ Captain Sxow , of the mercantile , marine , differed in somei " respects from the gallant officers who had preceded him . On behaif of the 105 men yet uh-- accounted . for , 'lie urued that the search should be

      renewed until sonic . more positive information of their fate was obtained , ( llear , hear . ) There was certainly no sufficient evidence that they had perishe ! . ( Hear . ) He believed yet that , records would be found at Cape Walker , beiioving that the expedition hud cone on in pursuance of the instructions of Sir J . Franklin to procce . l to the southwest . He was prepared to go through the whole of the . evidence to show that it was next to impossible that these 105 gallant spirits liad perished in . the way that had been suggested . lie recommended

      another expedition overland to search the whole of the lqcalty in the direction in which he supposed the survivors of the Franklin expedition to have gone . He reminded the meeting that one great object of the expedition was to make magnetic observations , and until some record of the results were discovered Lc -. vuuii . i i . ot u ) , ' . uulw ; i all hope . if his health was spared , he would go out next spring , whether alone or in company with others , and would explore the whole locality-, promising not to return until this riddle was solved .

      Captain . Kennedy concurred with Mr . Snow . He had heard a rumour last summer that some Europeans had been seen in the direction of the M'Keiizie Kiver . He imagined thesewere sonic of the 105 , and that there was every chance that some of then } were yet alive . Captain M'Ci . ixtock observed that tho whole of the information proved that all the food tho expedition could have carried with them was lorty days' short

      provisions . The wonder was , how they got so far ; and there was no chance—the provisions being exhausted—that they could have nmde their way from the Great Fish River to Montreal Island , or any part of the Hudson ' s Day territory . Ho had no -wish to throw cold water upon the hopes of imy enthusiastic persons \ vhpmii ? ht wish to go our on a further search . lie would remind the nu't'iiiiff that nil tho way from tho Groat Fish River to thu Hudson ' s Uay territory ImcU'ueu searched .

      Dr . King . —" Over the ice and snow , Captain M ' Clintock , remember . '' * The lneothi ^ then separated .

      her , therefore , must be ascribed the greatest honour that had over fallen to the lot of any Englishwoman—that of proving her devotion in such a cause , and of realising such , a result . Captain M-Clfntock had not given half credit enough to the real merits of an expedition , the rosults of which wore glorious in a geographical point of view , for they had proved the , navigability of the Bellot Straits , and , fur tho first tiino , had pointed out tlio north-wc » t ppint of tho American continent . With regard to the difficulties—had they not hoard that tho littlo vessel , of only 170 tons , in which Captain M'Clintock went out—the Fox

      after having in tho lirst year almost made tho passage across Uuinn ' a Buy , was set fust in the winter ice anil dieted buck again 1 , 200 iniioa intolho Atlantic ? Would not that have discouraged any other man from proceeding ? But see what ho had eU ' oetod—how Uo had nv . ulo those important discoveries , and revealed tor tho first Muio tho fate ot Franklin and his ussoolalos , Ho iblt that , as Englishmen ) , wo owed a iWp dobt of gniUtudofirst , to Lady liViinkllii , for siting on foot this lust expedition , tviul next to Captain At'GUntoolc for the manner in which ho lnul curried It out .

      Xaval And Military. ' The Launch Uf Ilw ...

      XAVAL AND MILITARY . ' The launch uf ilw Victoria , 121 kuiis , aaro fr linool ' -battlcsliip , which has been lookoil forward to wltli unusual interest , was eOl-etpd at Portsmouth on Saturday , with perfect success . Her Majesty , the l ' rinco Consort , tho l ' rinco and Princes * Irodorlck William , and oilier members of tha r . » yul family wore on board , the otrVmony of christening bc-ing porfomKHj by tliu l ' rincoH Frederick William . Tho Victoria is hir -or than any lino-of-batUo ship utloat . She will bo llttoil with engines of 1 , 000 nominal horso-power , constructed ly Messrs . Muudsluy , Soim , and Held , . m . l whoa aomulL-tud will bo tho finest three-docker keol lanl in

      in hoi' Majesty ^ service . Hor waa * obruury lsso / undrdio has beon about throe years and a-Imif 011 thu slip , being tho first of tliu threo-dookors originally < lunWud to be flttod with tho s # rcw . Although carry lug ton guns loss thantheMurluorougli , Koyal Sovorolgn , or Duke of Wellington , sbo is upwards of fifty I ' eot longer than olthor of thorn , tho Duko oi" Wellington and Koyal Sovereign bolng S 40 feot 0 inchofl , and the Marlboiough bolng 245

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 19, 1859, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19111859/page/5/