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      T>Eace For Europe Is To Be Presented To ...

      change of persons may have upon the communicat ions between the two countries j it may be beneficial . Those who are in the wrong sometimes take the opportunity of a change of persons to make a change of conduct on their own side , and to lay it to the account of thealtereAeircumstances ; and it will be fortunater 4 fAo 5 t a ^ M & ipters shflftud-taHe the opportunity now afforded to them . Certain * however , are we that the best which Mr . Da . li ; as can do will be , to equal his predecessor in fidelity to the interests of his > own ^ country , in discretion , and in an unaffectedly kind and conciliatory

      demeanour . Mr . Bdcha nan ' s return home has for some time een anticipated by a proposal to put him forward for the Presidency . He does not appear to have made any movement in that direction ort ' his own part : and we can well imagine that no man who cares for his own peace and quiet would care to occupy the thankless seat of the American Presient . There are few , however , who have so complete an understanding of the political affairs of the world as Mr . Buchanan . He has : shown an . extreme aptitude for acquiring a knowledge of

      different countries ,- —of their inhabitants , their-insti * tutions , their trade , and even of their leading men . He has-acquired by habit a keen insight into personal ch aracter . In this knowledge he does not omit , as so many statesmen do , his own country ; and it would be difficult for the Americans to choose a man more fit to conduct : their affairs at the present day than their sometime ^ ambassador in Russia and ia England . He would sustain their principles and interests , we are convinced ; bnfe he would know how to do so without arousing , the-r antagonism of other countries ; although he would not fear the antagonism if aroused .

      " Walkers : rush in where statesmen fear to tread : " the General who "does for" the states of Central America , has made a Bonaparte blow at settling ther question of that . region 5 he has declared that San Juan de Nicaragua belongs : to Nicaragua State , and he warns Colonel Kinney and any other persons who-may be trespassing- on the same that he will balance their account as soon as he lias leisure . This would put both Great Britain and the United States out of the field—if Walker can . succeed .

      Our American friends smile rather sarcastically because , while we deprecate annexation in America , we are carrying on annexation in Asia . Qude is no sooner taken within . the direct rule ofi the East Jndia Company , than we hear reports that : another great province , the Nizam ' s- territory , is to be treated in like manner j and we may add our own hope that before many years not a vestige will remain in East India of those separate States . But the distinction between the Indian process and the American is that between " annexation"

      con-$ ohdation . This consolidation does not in the slightest degree disturb the outward boundaries of India . It is no extension of territory . All these States have been in fnet founded by British power upon terms for the natives which the native ? , have broken . It is true that annexation in America extends the po-wer of a higher race , benefits the territory annexed , and enlarged the- frontiers of civilisation : still we ore not so anti-ministerial as tOjfce blind to the distinction between consolidation and annexation .

      ; At hdme the balance of activity continues to lie wtfjtatlie distinguished persons in criminal society . TJKq ^^ leoidjng ^ oHtic nrimen scarcely get'on anywhere . t ^^^ 1 ?^ 1 *^ 881 accompanied a peace deputation , 'i ^^^ jf ^} ' ^ Mm ^ m !< m-^ prefer arbitration \ M ^ i ^^^ ^ A ^ M ^ RaTON ' B-eacperiences da jS ^ Tholiiterary J ^^ aaiipftB ^ natlO ^ wiij er appTijaah our Premier , . . . ' ''¦ ' « ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' . ' ..

      and request the restowtion . of Poland ; and some gentleirientoi a S £ j £ iiu & ft & trn have been requesting Sir GeorcHEE GlrE 6 r * tb" * Tnake another attempt at closing houses of public entertainment on Sundays . But nono & ff these movements move . They , get om aboutjas 3 * eltas Lord PAiiMinasTaN ' s Government ; whicKi , though ' , it succeeds in the Paris Conference , has lost two votes in the House of Commons by the last elections for Sligo and New Bora . "We

      contrast this non-success with the success of the distinguished persons to whom we have alluded . There is no question as to the efficacy of the strychnine given to Mrs . Dove ; and Dove accordingly has been found by the Coroner ' s jury to have been successful in his measures for getting , rid of his wife .. Palmer ' s agent 9 Mr . John Smith * is even making some way in getting up a scientific defence , by converting the testimony for the prosecution into evidence for the defendant ; and the grand jury . ha . ve ignored the bill in the case of Walter Palmer . This week we have : another branch of criminal business opened

      to the public view—the export of young girls from . London to . Hamburg . We see that the high politicians of Hamburg are vaunting that the attempts of the English Government agents to enlist soldiers for the Foreign Legion , alth ough continued with' great activity , are defeated- by- the greater activity of , the local , authorities , who arrest these lawless agentSi The police of Hamburg' do not arrest the agents who enlist young girlsin London , or-ahduefc them by : force and-guilev Oir the contrary , to the enlistment ; of that fated legion the police of Hamburg give passive assistance . That is- the grandway in : which Hamburg retaliates the English attempts-to undermine its moral neutrality .

      266 The 1eadeb, [No. 313, Saturday,

      266 THE 1 EADEB , [ No . 313 , Saturday ,

      Where To Find Nurses, A Very Good Sugges...

      WHERE TO FIND NURSES , A very good suggestion is put forward by the Epideiniological Society . It is to provide , throughout the country , nurses fcfr the labouringpopulatioa in case of epidemic disorders , and the frequent sickness which attacks the poor , or during the period of child-birth- In a public address it is justly remarked that the want of such assistants materially aggravates the suffering in sickness among the poorer classes ,. by withholding

      assistance from the invalid , by deranging the economy of the home , and perhaps , abridging the industry even of the part of the family that retains health . This opinion will be generally accepted , but it is here supported by the authority of Dr . B . G . Babington , President of the Society j Dr . Sibson ,. Chairman ; Dr . Hall , Da . vies j Mr . Gra-INGer ; Dr . Walter Lewis ; Dr . M'WiuiaAM , and others , who are in fact among the very highest authorities on such subjects There is a class from which the nurses could

      easily be drawn . In the 553 unions of England it is computed that there arc nearly 20 , 000 able - bodied women . " The committee propose that by an order of the poor law board , it be made imperative upon the master and matron of each workhouse to put the able-bodied females through a systematic training in the kitchen . and infirmary ; that when found . sufficiently qualified to act as nurses , they shall receive n , certificate of fitness , signed by the medical officer and master ; and that a register of all such qualified nurses , whether residing in or out

      of the workhouse , be kept ( it the workhouse , and be open to the public as a means of obtaining nurses , " The Committee of the Epidemiological Society invite assistance ia the form of subscriptions . The charitable institutions hitherto nttempted do not afford any such general supply of nurses as ia here contemplated * It is an essential trait in . the proposal * that the women should belong to the same class with the patients upou winch they may bo called to attend , as their habits in Hfq will render them more cheerful inmates of the- narrow homes of' the humbler classes .

      The J^Ar. Tjhttfc Is Probably The Last W...

      THE J ^ AR . TJHttfc is probably the last week that we shall have to repeat the heading of "The War . " Peace is now assured , and the world will again ioe on without its breakfast-table excitements of blood ajia ? waiinds . T T ?^ armi & tice has already anticipated peace . Lord Panmure announces that he has received intelligence from Sir William Codrington , under

      date March 15 , that the armistice had been signed by the allied Generals , and that fehe exchange of documents wculdltaie place on . the lfith . Omar Pacha has reached Constantinople , and the Italian Legion has arrived at Malta . The Russian prisoners made by the French ar e to be sent to Odessa , to be exchanged for Turkish prisoners . A few scraps of Crimean intelligence are furnislied from Constantinople , where the telegraph reports

      that" There is still a good deal of sickness in the Crimea . A number of French officers intend to proceed to Jerusalem on a pilgrimage during the armistice . The merchants of Kamieseh have aypiitdr leave to establish fairs on zh . s > nsutral territory lying between the allied and Russian armies . The Constantinople Journal announces that the Tartars of the Crimea , who compromised -themselves by joining the Allies , have called for protection , and asked to be allowed- to follow our troops when they evacuate the Russian territory . GeneraJL Mitchell has succeeded General Vivian , who is-ill . Russian reinforcements continue to arrive in Bessarabia . Letters from Smyrna of the 6 th state that a battalion of the Anglo-German . Legion lias landed in that . pork "

      The appearance of the German and Italian legions oa or near the scene of action a day too late for service , may be : regarded as the last act of the great European struggle .

      MB . C ^ MMISSART ^ GEITEBAZi KCLI > ER ' 3 BEPLY . Availing himself of the promise given by Government , that any reply whicH he might make to the Report of the Crimean Commissio nersshould be lai d on the table of the House ,- Miv Commissary-OJeneral Filder has issued a long document , in which he answers the charges brought against him by Sir John M ^ Neijl and Colornel Tulloch . In some general ob « servations -with which he prefaces his more specific statementsj he asserts that / the duty of the Commit sariat is to provide for the -wants of the army in accordance with , established rules : but that it has no- power of nlteriug those rules in the most minute particular

      The . CommissaryrGeneral , therefore , lias no means of providing for particular contingencies ; and on this statement Mr . Filder may be said to base the whole of his defence . He asserts also that he had from the first an insufficient staff of assistants , afterwards still further weakened by the ravages of death and sickness , and originally gathered in haste from our colonies in various parts of the globe . In the meantime lie " had to carry oa the duties , with the temporary assistance of gentlemen furnished from other public departments , and wholly without experience in Commissariat service . " He doubts whether the French were so entirely successful in their arrangements as

      generally supposed ; but their superiority he believes to be chiefly owing to their maintenance of all commissariat arrangements during times of peace in a , state of efficiency , though of reduction , while ours are wholly neglected until the necessity arises for their immediate use . Another difficulty under which Mr . Filder says he laboured was " the uncertainty of the intended or probable position of the army " during the winter of 1854-5 . It was not uutil the 12 th of October , 1854 , that Lord Raglan gave any orders with respect to wintering the troops ; and tlxo Commissary-General contends thai , until he received these ordors , he had no power to make arrangements .

      Mr . Fildor then proceeds to reply to the specific charges of the Commissioners , which ho distributes under various heads . Of the supply of vice nnd fresh vegetables , wo road : — "In the month of February , all the troops , without exception , received regular rations of rice ; more -vegetables , also , were issuod to thorn in \ that month—fchatie , before the arrival of the Commissioners' iu the Crimoa—than in tho month preceding their departure , when , according to their Report , the diet of tbio soldiers was bettor than any

      army bad , in any forager oampoign , been , supplied with . " Tho order to send a vessel for tho purchase of vegetables was given by liord Raglan on tlio 21 th of Ootobov . With respect tp specific articles of diet required by the men an timoa of sickness , tho Commissariat ia guided by tho advice of the medical mou , and ib ia not expected to originate any departure from tho ordinary rvXea . An . onuBsion , in tho supply of rico to tho Highland Brigade at Bolaklava , during fifteen days , Mr . Fildor ia nfc a loss to explain , in t ho absonoo of tho Commissariat officer attached , to t )» o

      hragade . No order , to supply the troops at Balaldavft with porter -was over received by tho OommiflBory-Genoral .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 22, 1856, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22031856/page/2/