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      War Miscellanea. Tub Niahtinoalm Fund.—T...

      through its red tapeism is like swimming through * . iweed Take one example oyt of a thousand . A voulg Magyar officer here in the Turkish service had iveSfcy months' pay due . He applied for it to the Muchir the Mucbir referred him to the president of the Mecljlis , or council ; the president of the council mssed him on to the commandant , of artillery ; the the commanaani ¦

      The War Council . —The Duke of Cambridge , General Delia Marmora , General Airey , Sir Harry Jones , Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons , and Admiral Dundas , arrived at Dover , on their return from the Council of War at Paris , iu the Admiralty steam-yacht Vivid , Captain Smithett , at five oil Tuesday morning , and proceeded direct to London , by the express mail

      commandant of artillery to sur > , , « ,. » Bixb-eommandant to the chief of the staff ; the clnet of tbe staff a ^ ain to the president , who at last recommended him to lay a memorial before the Medjiia , wliich being done , he , the chief Iraaum , or high priest , and I know not how many other wiseacres , put their heads together over the intricate claim , and at last came to the conclusion that , without committing themselves , they might allow the memorialist six out ol his twenty , or rather twenty-two months' pay , for two imiuuiu »»«

      montns more nao . eiapseu m 6 ,. -- o ~ - -----money . The balance remains an outstanding debt , which he may amuse himself in memorialising for at his leisure during the next two year 3 , but , let him manage as he may , there will bean arrear , and , if both parties live lung enough , it will drag its slow length along till the millennium , when the Turks will most probably take advantage of the joyful occasion to cancel it altogether . —Times Erzeroum Correspondent . Hid Winteb in the Crimea . —We have had a heavy snowstorm-last night and this morning ( Jan-,, Q , ^ r Atva TWa fal l has ceased , but the snow lies

      several inches deep on the plateau . On the white surface , the irregular collections of huts have something the appearance of groups of farm buildings , while the more distant tents , dingy in comparison with the dazzling whiteness of the ground , might be taken for heaps of hay or manure . On all sides , at the distance of about three-quarters of a mile , our horizon is limited by a haze a few shades greyer than ¦ the snow , ami serai-transparent , so that figures are dimly seen walking within it . The wind howls drearily round the huts , but the snow lends light to the foreground , and the temperature is milder than it has been for the last few days—far milder thaa it was on the 2 nd , a piercing daybffvost , wind , and sleet . iurline luieir

      Fatigue parties , m their short - a coacs , '„ head ' s protected by those black sealskin caps the shape of which reminds one of pictures of Russian travelling , bring ^ p firewood on tlieir shoulders to the different commissariat stores , and a considerable amount of snowballing goes on among them in the intervals of then * toil . Here iind there carts move slowly through the deep snow , in which , hard by my window , some Tartar dogs are i £ ow disporting themselves , apparently quite in their element . The winter piece ia complete , aud not unpicturesque . •>• But it suggests a wish that the whole , instead of part only , of our army had more substantial shelter than tents aeainst the sharp wind , the drifting snow , the bitter

      cold that will attend a return of frost , and the chilly floods which a thaw must inevitably bring , Well < provided in . most essential respects the soldiers certainly are—well clothed and . well'fed ; but it seems strange that by this time they should not all have been hutted . Huts are getting up , however , with great rapidity . —Times Correspondent . Ismail Paoh-v ( General Kmety ) arrived at Constantinople on the 3 rd , and was still there on the 7 th

      American Neutrality . — " Mr . John Ellwood , graduate of the Military Institute of Kentucky , " says the Commonwealth , of Frankfort , Kentucky , " has | obtained a brevet of first lieutenant in the Russian i army , through the medium of the Minister of Russia I at Washington . He embarked on Monday last at I New York , and is to proceed to Berlin , where he will \ await orders from St . Petersburg . " —The French \ paper , Courkr des EtatsUnis , calls attmnion to this kF JLW % \ J » -A V / A *» V i

      \ JLUtvb U » < X . IIU ^ IIVUU < v * V **»* vj - i ! An awkwjuid AFKAin at Balakxava . —Tho second ft officer of the Star of tho South , a large steam trans-§ port of l , 80 U tons , in IJalaklava Harbour , has l ) een I flogged by order of the Provost-Marshal , on a charge I of drunkenness . Tho man denies that ho was drunk , I and , provious to the punishment , ho requested a hearing—a request in which lie was backed hy his own captain , who was ready to- speak to his general good concUiot ; but tins was l-ofusod . Ho has « inco % thrown up his situation . It is said that ho stammers , § and this inav havo led to tho mistake , if mistake it

      'a wore . A transport captain prosont at tho flogging I oxprossod his opinion that it was brutal treatment ; I on whioh lie was threatened with tho liko if ho did not I go on board hiB ship . A oorrospondonco has been | entered into between tho naval and military author-;| itiOB . M i i | The Baltic . —Two Englinh war porvottes , which , ' ¦ j had entered tho Baltic , havo uyain loft it and returned I » into tho North Son . j . Colonel Simmons , R . E . —Wo are plouHodto bo able ' to record that Colonel Simmona , tho gallant un < l ablo i coadjutor of Omar Paoha , from tho fi rat oampaigu of that General iu Bulgaria to bin rocont brilliant oporatioiiM in Mingroliii , hivw arrived safely in England , and hoa already uuilloug intoryiowa with Lord Pamuuro ! and Lord Clarendon .

      (Lanvn Ui +* -Yjj I____I___ January 26, ...

      ( lAnvn ui + * -yjj I ____ i ___ JAnuary 26 , 1856 . ] ^^ _^ — " ' ¦ ' ¦ .. ^^——^ M-

      TH ^ l LEAHtJi 75

      The Peace. No Great Progress Lias Been M...

      THE PEACE . No great progress lias been made since last week towards the definitive conclusion of peace ; but , as might be expected , a perfect flood of gossip has poured in from Paris , from Vienna , from Berlin , from the whole length aud breadth of the continent . Some of these rumours and anecdotes may be repeated , togther with the few substantial facts which have reached us . . . to raise

      Prussia is putting in her claim p , auu w loudly asserting that the submission of Russia is her doin " . It seems that when the King saw his Imperial f i-iend and relation apparently pushed hai'dby Austria , he also joined the stronger side , and , by means ofliis envoy at St . Petersburg and by an autograp h letter to the Czar , threatened to close the land frontier and shut up Russia . Frederick William wls afraid of having his ports blockaded in the ensuing campaign : According to one account , he Tnnted that , should Alexander remain obstinate , Prussia would t- _ ui :,, « , 3 + ~ ,. , nPi- +. r > mftiisiiras which she woula

      _ re-ret . The truth appears to -be that Russia was alarmed at the preparations for next spring , and at the possible adhesion of Austria . It is now whispered in hi"h political circles that Russia is exhausted , lne next ° cauipaign , moreover , might have been revolutionary . It is said on the continent that a project had been matured , with the concurrence of Austria , for erecting Poland into a separate kingdom with an Austrian arcli-! duke at the head ; Austria to lave been compensated bv the Danubian Princi palities , vad perhaps with-the nominal suziraimtt . of Turkey ; the Austrian Italian Duchies ( with the exception of . Xombardy ) to be ffiven to Piedmont ; and Finland to be restored to Sweden , at the price of the latter aiding us in the

      Russia , has ordered a suspension of hostilities , in the Crimea ; and France for the present will not ship any more materiel of war to the scene of hostilities . France , indeed , is evidently in favour of an immediate peace , and there are painful rumours of disagreements between our all yfandourselves ^ owingto ourwish to exact very stringent terms . With the exception of the Presse and the Sii-cle , the French journals exhibit a strong anti-war feeling , and speak of England , with a certain lack of courtesy , as being " hound in honour" to accept the Austrian terms . M . de Morny is mentioned as the French p lenipotentiary in the n n c * ne . ar > t . iii . t . inns . the locolitv of which is not yet

      decided . That politician , however , is vehemently opposed to a continuance of "hostilities , and not very friendly in his feelings towards England . It is to be hoped / therefore , that he mil not be appointed . Ainonc the romantic little tales common on occasions of excitement , is one to the effect that the Emperor Napoleon almost fainted on hearing of Russia s acceptance . Some " difficulty" with respect to the negotiations is hinted at ; but whether it be at Paris ,

      The Emperor of Austria first communicated the news from Russia to the company at a State ball ; and tho dancing was for a tinio arrested , in order that wonder might find a tongue . The Austrian journals have been ordered to . express their confidence that the negotiations will lead to a treaty ; and tne Donau , for expressing doubts of their successful termination , hoa beoii seized and oonEaoatod . It is plain , therefore , that Austria is opposed to a continuation ot tno

      | without reserve . The Journal de tit . Pcterslourg says that , out of consideration for tho general wish ot Europe , Russia has not sought to impedo the work of reconciliation by ucoessory negotiations , but that she hopes duo account will botakon of her moderation . M de Budbcrg ( tho Russian voproseutative at Borlm ) has received a oirculur from -Count NoBSolrodo , in which I tho Chaucollor nmkos known to tho representatives ot Russia in foreign countries tho mptive for acoeptmg tho propositions of Austria , and gives an expose ol tho intontions of the Russian Government in roforouco to declares mat

      tho future negotiations . Tl j o ciroular Russia has made concession ' s with a view to tho rer © BtabliBliraout of peace , out of deforonco to tho roprc-BontattonB of friendly Powers , but not at all because hor intoroHt calls for tho oo « olueion of that peace . Tho Czar in tatatod to havo romiuvkod to an eminent I diplomatwt who was recently at St . Petersburg : — " J ' ai lea AUoiumuIb on |) itio , los Anglais on hiuuo , ot Francaia on ivduxiration . ' , I

      | Mrs. Palmer And The Forged Acceptance....

      | MRS . PALMER AND THE FORGED ACCEPTANCE . Tine case , which , from tho fact of William Palmer , the supposed Bugoley murderer , being mixed up with it excited the utmost interest , camo ^ on in the Bail Court ( Court of Qitoen ' * Bo « oh ) bn Monday . The action was brought by Mr . Henry Podwiok against Sarah Palmor , u » tlio acceptor of a bill of exoliungc drawn by William Palmer upon , and acoopted by , Sarah Pnlmor for £ 2 , 000 , dated Rugoloy , tho 3 rd of Fulv 18 M payable throe months after dato , and enclor » od by Willi « u « Palmor to Mr . Padwiok . Mr « . Palmer iiloudod that sho did not accept the bill . William Pahnor , in tho course of the year 1854 , was in ombairasaod oiroumstancQH , owing to his botH on raoe-horflOM . Mr . Vadwiak advancod him £ 2 , 000 on tho bill , and William Palmer paid a sum of « £ 1 , 000 in reduction of it , and gave two cheques iu payment I of tho roui & ue . Thoao wore ditthonourod . Mr . X Ml-

      A Sensible Speech On Education. Tine Ann...

      A SENSIBLE SPEECH ON EDUCATION . Tine annual meeting of the Dundee Industrial Schools recently took place , and was mWrcsscil by the Rev . Norman M'Leocl , of Glasgow , who made an admirable speech o » the subject of the kmrt i 1

      ^ — ¦ of songs and the class of books best fitted for the working man . Anything more sensible than \ its principle , more humane and honest than its intention , or more fresh aud characteristic than the genial bullying of its expression , we never read . Mr . M'Leod observed : — , " If we are to have singing , let us have good hearty r- < . i _ „ t . int . lof . oiv in a . iVhiid ' s school , and

      took up a book of songs , and saw ' Scots wha hae as the title of one of the songs . I was delighted at the expectation of hearing this noble Scotch song , and , to my astonishment , I found that the song was some inimitable twaddle , some horrid stuff about marching toinfant school . ( Great laughter . ) I turned to another entitled ' Ye banks and braes o' bonny Boon , and was again disappointed on finding that fine song banished , and another substituted , in which there moc r >« nnot . rv not even prose , but wretched

      miserable twaddle . { Laughter . ) If we are to have singing , let us have good hearty Scotch songs , such as those 1 mav myself have sung , and may even yet sing ( Gh-cat laughter . ) Give us ' the Arethusa / < Old Benbow — ( cheers )—something that will stir a man s soul , an * not a horrid tvvaddle such as these songs . ( Cheers . } Then as to our libraries , there are two reasons why-I they ' don't succeed . We give to working men desperate dry books that we would not read ourselves . ¦ [( Applause . ) It is almost hypocrisy that a man Bhcrald , at his own fireside , read one of Diekens's uixi muiu

      books or one ol sco c a noveia , < uuc = uu moji come ' to the working man , they must not encourage him to read those books . Who does not rejoice , at his own fireside , if he can find time from the higher labours of life , to turn up his noble Shakspeare and Milton to read those noble men of old ? Why not come forward , then , and say to bur working men , «¦ Read these books ! ' ( Applause . ) , If we begin toput these aside , and pick out the drouthiest , driest books , you won ' t have them to read . We are true to ourselves , let us be true to our fellow-men AAd when you are honest in giving them a good wholesome library , such as you have read yourselves , you can come with more b oldness and say , with regard to _ lt - u ^ iro * Thpafi are not wholesome reading !

      they are miserable , wretched novels , full of paltry sentiment . Don ' t read these ; ' and the man will believe you . Be a little more liberal , a little more wide hi the books you give them . ( Applause . ) As rewards your children , I wish I could feel now ^ m reading the best book that ever was written the same intense enjoyment and pleasure as I did wheu I read ' Bluebeard' and ' Beauty and the Beast — lla , u ( fhter and , applause)— ' Jack and the Bean-Stali ; and ' Jack the Giant-Killer . ' ( Jtenewed laughter cmd applause . ) The other day I began to read them afrain— ( laughter)—and I was delighted with them . I will tell you why I read them again . I wanted to ^ icu

      give them di-amaticaiiy w my unu- . A ^ .. ^ u ^^ . them to enjoy what I enjoyed when I was young . ( Avnlausc . ) What are yoxi fricchtened ior in giving these books to your children ? I don't believe there is a man or woman here who remember any book they read in youth , and who do not recollect the pleasure with which these bo-oks were read . Very well ; do you find they have done you harm ? Do you look back w ith a grave face up on and injury they have done von -1 I know they come- into may s , oul like sunbeams . ouoto

      I have the deepest tnaniciuin-ess mau a u » vo books . Then give them to your ragged boys as well . ( Applause . ) Give them y our good books ; but , if you will have them interested , you must have a broader and more manly view about tho books they ought to k-ead . " ( Applause . ) The speaker concluded by recommending those who are good readers to read aloud for the benefit of those who are not . Many a man , he observed , |

      little good if the book were left to him to read for himself . . . There is something not a little amusing , and significant too , in the mingled " laughter and * applause " with which Mr . M'JLeod ' s remarks were received .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 26, 1856, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26011856/page/3/