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      Indian News. There Is No News Of Importa...

      M § $ ¦ '{ £ ?¦ Bp £ * t $ V , V ^ SafcAs ibriielp to resist it ; but there can' he little ^ V <<^ VaoS ? 8 ltKS « e is uumericaUy weak , and that it ^>^^ S £ S the « o-operation of the Persian at Merve for Its ulterior objects . _ ¦ . '• . ' " ^ f fchig of ^ epaul 3 s about to undertake an expe-^ Tfce 10 th Hussars are to start immediately for the seat of war ; they muster about 650 sabres . " From Calcutta we hear that the Burmese Embassy has at length Arrived . The envoy was detained at Banglwn for several weets , and refused a public * audience because the letters sent to the British authorities were defective in the mode of address . The mission springs from the King ' s own spontaneous will and is doubtless intended to cement a friendship and alliance with the British Government They say he has no favour to ask but amity and goodwill .

      ... . The question wall now c 6 me on whetzher we shall make the Iwawaddy free from its source to the sea , « nd establish & cementing bond of commerce between the pro ^ vince 3 of Ava and those of British Burmah , and obtain access 1 » the -western provinces of China , and a vast outlet for our manufactures , or plant a range of non-intercourse sentry-boxes along our frontier , and fill them with a dozen custom-house officers ; in other words , whether it is better to open the Irrawaddy to the enterprises of commerce , or carry 15 , 000 Z . . a-year to the credit of flie province of Pegu . .... . lace almost

      Important changes are expected to take p immediately in our Indian armies : the senior officers on becoming « ntitled to off-reckonings are to be promoted and shelved—they are to be disabled from holding auditor ^ generalships and other appointments hitherto entrusted to them . lieutenant-colonels of three years ' standing are to be promoted to the rank of colonels , and 220 majors-general , including those now existing , are to be added to the army , each regiment having an officer of this rank at its head : at present a colonel never sees the corps to which he belongs . So short is the supply of civilians in Bombay , suited for high appointments , that young men not six years in the service , and not seven and twenty years of age , are holding appointments worth close on 2000 £ a year , others offrom ten to fourteen years' service , holding those from 2000 ? . to 3000 / ., for which no special or Haileybury

      qualification is required . The Russian Fbigates Aurora akt > Dwina . —Accounts from- "Calcutta of the 5 th of December , state that the Russian frigates ^ the Aurora and Dwina , had been captured by a combined English and French squadron . These accounts , -which are gaining currency in London , are most probably incorrect .

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      Sib Robert Peel At Tamwotxth. On The Occ...

      SIB ROBERT PEEL AT TAMWOTXTH . On the occasion of a soiree at Tarn worth , in connexion with the Library and Reading-room for the Working Classes , Sir . Robert Peel made a useful and pleasing speech full of good advice . It was principally remarkable , in these times , for the attention given . to ~ the _ matterm in . _ han 4 » -au ^_ for _ npjbjbein ^ a criticism on the conduct of the Government with regard to the war . The war , however , was mentioned in its relation to the present necessities of readers , and Sir Robert gave some admirable advice , which we subjoin . He also remarked that newspapers would now be liberally distributed in the Steading-rooms — they having been hitherto withheld as calculated to imbue the minds of workmen with party strife . That cause having greatly decreased , there was no longer a reason for withholding newspapers .

      Dr . PJayfair had remarked to him , he said , that a desultory course of reading resulted in little advantage . What he would recommend was that they should read works bearing on the trades , occupations , or professions , or any particular kind of study in which they happened to be engaged , and afterwards direct their reading to the passing events of the times . Each age had a distinguished feature , and -was characterised by events which always for a time absorbed the public mind , and they should read about thorn , in order to understand and bo able to express an opinion upon them . In the time of the Crusades , every one talked about the Crusades ; and in the time of the Reformation , the subject of discussion -was whether Luther , Melancthon , Calvin , or tho Church of Home was right , and the -whole of Europe had its attention directed to the all-engrossing

      Bubject . oo there were periods when discoveries of science and philosophy attracted general attention , as was the case in the last century , during tho time of Voltaire , Rousseau , and others . At the present time public attention was directed to tho subject of the war—the calamities and sufferings it entailed , tmd ite probable advantages or disadvantages ; and was It not well that they should Toad the records of past struggles , in order that they might bring experience to bear , and form a judgment on the ' events which were now pawing ? Any one , anxious to enter on a course of reading Connected with the subject of the war , ho would ^ awnmend to read a geography of the East , and learn soinethtefgof Mahomed , who , a thousand years ago , ruled over 160 millions of people , and who had morepower than any other mortal who had ever lived . Thoy

      shpuTd also read of the fall of Constantinople ^ in 1453 ; and "by the way , he might be permitted to express a hope that at this time , about the 400 th anniversary of thefall of Constantinople , they might see the commencement of liberty and of greater civilisation in that country . They should also read the history of the Empress Catherine of Russia , the originator of a policy which , from 1772 up to the present time , had had a striking influence on the affairs of Europe ; and it was necessary to read that history in order fully to appreciate the events now happening . In 1772 the Empress Catherine oommitted thegreatest atrocity which had ever marked the history of a nation—the partition of Poland . Russiahad again provoked a war , which , he trusted , might result in restoring Poland to her position as a nation , and give liberty to a people which have been so long enslaved . "

      Church Furniture. In The Consistory Cour...

      CHURCH FURNITURE . In the Consistory Court on Wednesday , Dr . Bayford made an application on the f » rt of Mr . Westerton , one of tiie churchwardens of the district chapehy of St . Panl ' s , Knightsbridge , for a decree against the Hon . and Rev . IE . LiddelL and others , to show oause why a license should not be granted to Mr . Westerton to remove the altar or high altar and cloths now used for covering the same , together with the wooden cross elevated thereon and fixed thereto , as well as the candlesticks thereon , together with the credentia , preparatory altar , or credence table , now set up and used in the chapel or church of St . Paul , and which were offensive to the religions feelings of a large portion of the parishioners and inhabitants of the district . It appeared that those persons had made application to Mr . Westerton to apply for this decree . They were prevented by conscientious motives from attending divine service while those things remained . There was an affidavit from Mr . Westerton , stating that instead of a decent communion-table ^ covered in time of divine service with silk ox other decent stuff , which ought to be provided and placed in the church , there was set ap therein an altar or high altar of wood , which was constantly covered with a succession of cloths embroidered and decorated in a fanciful and unseemly manner , and which cloths were varied at different periods of the year , and that there was also elevated upon , and fixed and attached to the centre of the altar or . high altar , a

      wooden cross two feet high and of proportionate breadth . There were also two gilded candlesticks placed on the altar or high altar , with candles therein of at least eight inches in circumference , and , when new , of one yard in height , and that the same were wholly unnecessary and superfluous for giving light , and that there was also set up in the chancel of the church a credentia , preparatory altar or credence table , and that the altar , altar-cloths , cross , candlesticks , and credentia , prepararatory altar , or credence-table , were offensive to the religious feelings of a large portion of the parishioners and inhabitants of the district chapehy ; that they , were thereby , as they had frequently informed him , and as he in his conscience believed , precluded by conscientious

      motivea . froin ^ attending ., diyine _ 6 erYice ,. _ at the church ; and that they had required him , in his official capacity of churchwarden , to take such legal measures as should be requisite and necessary , and he should be duly advised to adopt , for effecting the removal of the altar , altar cloths , cross , candlesticks , and credence-table , from the district chapel , and substituting a decent communiontable with a proper covering instead thereof . With regard to the matters complained of , Dr . Bayford said , that it was perfectly well known and of common reputation that the parish had been in a state of conflict on account of those things for a Jong time . Application had been made personally to the bishop , but he , of course , declined to interfere without this Court . The Court took time to consider .

      Shipping 1ntelligence.—The Crimea. Arriv...

      SHIPPING 1 NTELLIGENCE . —THE CRIMEA . Arrival ov the Avon . —A disgraceful incident occurred at Portsmouth last Friday . The crew of the Avon transport refused to prolong their engagements for the purpose of having the wounded men taken to Chatham instead of being landed at Portsmouth . ' . This kept the poor fellows two days longer on board , but they were made very comfortable , nnd the people of the town sent them presents of porter , & c . It was evident that the conduct of the merchant crew made considerable impression on tho soldiers . Whilst gazing on the mutinous spectacle going on around them , many a poor fellow told of the care and kindness , and truly feminine gentleness , with which he hnd been carried from the spot where he fell to a place ... of Jjelp by the sailors of tho royal navy , and of almost equal kindness being exhibited to the wounded . Russians themselves .

      Arrival of the Cambria . —Tho Cambria arrived in Liverpool on Monday , and brought with her 213 soldiers , wounded in the Crimea or sick , 8 servants , and 29 women , and also the remains of Mnjor-Goneral Adams . It should be further stated , that bo fully suitable were the arrangements on board , that , notwithstanding tho very precarious condition of the large numbers on board , only one death

      occurred oh the voyage . Among those on board were Quartermaster XiBey , of the Grenadier Guards , 4 » charge of the invalids ; Captain ViaJls , of the 95 th Regiinent ; Paymaster Wheatley , of flie 42 nd f Colonel Warren , of the 55 fh ; Hon . Captain Carnegie , R . N ., Captain Frere , TJ . N-, lieutenant Astor , R . N ., and Lord Butler . Arrival of the SAMPSoar . —Tihe Sampson ; 6 , paddlewheel steam-frigate , steamed into Portsmouth harbour on Saturday morning from Spiibead , to have a thorough overhauling * , nd -refit . She was much injured in the great storm . She brought home a fine Circassian bear , about seven months old , which has been named Nicholas , after the Emperor ; , she also brought home a very fine oil painting , a . portrait of the Czar , captured at Yalta .

      Depastures xvit Pbepabastons . —The Volante , with another detriment of the " navvies , '' has sailed for the Crimea . The Coriolanus , sailing transport , chartered by the Erench Government , has sailed , l aden with huts for the use of the French soldiers in the Crimea . She has stowed away 382 , besides a quantity of stoves . The fine clipper sailing ship Swiftsure , also chartered by the French Government , is being speeduy filled with huts . The General Screw Company's steamship JLady Jocelyn , 1800 tons , also chartered by the French Government , is receiving on board lier cargo . She will convey , besides huts , 1500 barrels of pork and about 8000 bales of clothing . The remaining portion of the English huts have been despatched by the screw transport Amity , 177 , and

      the chartered steamship Rajah , belonging to the Peninsula and Oriental Company . The JLoire screw steamship , chartered by Messrs . Crockford and Co ^ wine merchants , of St . James-street , has . sailed with a cargo of wines , spirits , & c , for sale among the army and navy in the Crimea and Black Sea . Messrs . Crockford have engaged to convey , free of charge , about 500 packages and parcels which are being forwarded by friends to various officers and men engaged in the Crimea . The General Screw Company ' s steamship Croesus , 2500 tons , which has been chartered by the English Government for the purpose of conveying detachments from Portsmouth to the Crimea , will be removed from the large ^ raving dock shortl y ^ _ Her hands are ordered to ship , arid there is now no doubt that she will very shortly be ready

      for sea . The Himalaya . —Bespecting the alleged severity of the Custom House authorities on the landing of the sick and wounded from the Himalaya , Mr . Maclean , the Secretary to the Custom House ^ thus ~ wrltesto the Times • " I am desired by the Board of Customs to state that , having caused the strictest inquiry to be made into the & cts of this case , they find feem to be ¦ entirely at variance with those furnished by your correspondent at Portsmouth , upon which your subFiquent observations wore , no donbt , based ; and it has been ascertained most

      distinctly that not a single knapsack or bag of the sick or wounded men ( the only baggage they had ) was exajniDed , nor Traa one . of . ^ . tfepse _ nienj 3 etau » ed . _« n board , or after landing , by any act of the officers of ISiis departs ment . And although it is true that the baggage of the other persons who came home in the Himalaya , consisting of officers , passengers , shipwrecked sailors , and a large number of women and children who belonged to troops for some time stationed at Malta ( not the Crimea ) , was considered liable to be inspected , even more than two-thirds of- that baggage was passed without being opened at all , whilst the inspection of the remainder was of the most superficial character . "

      The Marlborouoh . —It is well known that the name of "La France" is to be given to one of the first-class men-of-war now building , to commemorate the cordial and warm intimacy that now exists between this country and our allies the French . We believe that the great screw three-decker , the Marlborough , of 181 guns , now building in Portsmouth dockyard , will be the vessel selected to receive this name . She will be ready for launching in March , and there is a probability that the Empress of the French will , with the Emperor , be present at tho launch , and perform the ceremony of naming this splendid ship . On tho arrival of the sick and wounded troops nt Liverpool , on Monday , the Mayor ( Mr . J . A . Tobin > supplied them with new shirts and sheeting at his own expense .

      On Thursday the screw-steamer Pioneer completed loading at the Irongate Wharf , Tower ; she has on board n miscellaneous cargo of comforts and necessaries , tho voluntary contributions of the public for the army in tho Crimea , altogether about 700 tons . The vessel is to sail to-day for Balaklava . When the crew of the Nile , 91 , was paid off on Monday , it was with great difficulty that sotno of them could be persuaded that Bank of England paper was a legal tender , and there was a decided objection to accept a 5 / . note as tho value of five sovereign ? . Many of them first took the bank-note to be a ticket of leave , by which' they are granted fourteen days . Stranger still , these men were from the " far north . "

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 20, 1855, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20011855/page/10/