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      Kossuth At Hanley. ' M. ;Ko8stjt« Ftddre...

      suing his brilliant victory at Oltemtza , and forcing lum to retrace his steps across the Danube , when , if allowed to go on , he would have easily chased the Russians home a year ago , being twice as strong on the Danube as they were , before Austrian-England and Austrian-Frauce afforded time to the Czar for sending down two armies to reinforce them . Bat if I were an Englishman or a Frenchman , nothing in the world could give mo greater mortification than the recollection of what has passed at Silistrin . To stand almost within the hearing of the battering cannons , ¦ a nd not only not fly to the aid of those glorious brave , but to

      arrest even Omer Pacha ' s main army for weeks from rescuing them , though a , few hours' march would have sufficed—• why , gentlemen , that is so terrible that I am sure every true English patriot would give much to blot out that dark 3 > age from history . Yet , if I understand the fact , to hand over to perfidious Austria the Principalities *—liberated ex-• elusively by Turkish blood , by Turkish gallantry—wo . uld have been so shocking to political morality , that the affectation of yonder claim was wanted , in order to cover the turpitude of this most-terrible monstrosity of our day . I mean the pre-arranged occupation of Jloldo Wallachia by Austria . "

      Here are some statements popular ¦ with a certain swty" Those who read the blue books know-that a fortnight before the . Russian legation departed from Constantinople , and a whole iDphth before one Russian crossed . th & Pruth , -the English ambassador gave the authoritative advice to the Turkish Government ,: that not onl y np resistance should be offered to the Bussians on their occupying the Principalities , but that they should not be resisted even on their ; crossing the Danube ^ and that forbearance should cease only on that Jine which could n 6 t . be passed by , an ; f ijeniy without danger to the capital .. : Ifow . that means evidently tlie >' Balkan iliije . The English Government so much ; approved of this . tliajt -Lorcl ^ Clarendon insisted ^^ very strongly that pd & itive orders should he given to Omer Pacha to keep himself in

      ^ the limits of ' . tins byerntinijd . andruinous policy . TMs gives jrou the key to the disgraceful fact tiat- neithipr jour armies Jior Gmer Paclia did . anything . " to reliev ^ Silisti-ia . Thus you see that ; the allied nrjaies went to the East with the ppsitive orders not to act , aod . not to allow the Turfc 6 to -act , on the Danube and beyond . You see that the Qzar : wus ^ apprised of this fact , therefore he . could Svi ' th p . erfect security cross the Danube and besiege Silistriaj and you see ' that the Turkish Government , on tlie contrary :, had neither freedom ¦ of action nor \ hope of assistance for driving the Russians -out of the Principalities ; arid that England arid France could ,., with such 3 , pressure , not fail to induce the systematic calLy-intimidated Divan to sign the fatal convention , with . Austria , which thepoor fellows * despairin g of Turkish brnverv ,

      -and fettered arid forsaken by their allies , took to be their Jast hope for getting the Principalities - evacuatod . The . 'Russians , on the contrary , knew that their power had ' been broken by the gloiious heroism of one single fortress gurri--son . They actually began , tlieir retreat on the 22 nd of June , and have been aware of the fatal necessity of tins retreat jsince the 29 th of May , so disastrous io theni . They wanted to liave their rear secured , and the Turks kept oiit from the Principalities ; they therefore informed Austria that they " were : about to retreat , and required her : to conclude the contention Wiith Turkey ,, thus to get the required security by it . . That is the . history of tltfs dirty trjck ; not upon the risk , of having to meet tlje Russians , but with the knowledge that . they will effect . their retreat as soon as ' that '' convention is . signed , and their retreat protected by it , '

      The great Magyar has a small opinion of Eng-land apparently : " Lord Clavendon informed the peers of the realm tliat ' Austria really did announce her intention to occupy Wal-HJachiit , but not as belligerent , she behie not at \ v ;» r wjth Russia . ' Well , is not that an official confirmation of what Lord Oluni'icarde said ; and of which I warned England ¦ months ago ? And England ' s people do still permit nuittcrs ¦ to be carried on as they uio , Why , what is this pimple of England ? lent anything or is it nothing ? Is it fish , or la it north ? What is it ?" The strategist . gives his opinion against the expedition to tho Crimea :

      " My opinion is that it is at Warsaw , by driving the wedge of a PoHhii insurrection into the very backbone of liyssia , that you can be Buro to tiiko Sebaatopol . For the jprusunt Jt desire to warn you ngjiinat a dangoious imposition . Tho expoundors of your Government ' s policy sny , ? Xho object of tho war is to obtain security for the future agaiuat Iho ambition of Iiu 8 & in , und to reduce her power pornumentjy so as to nmko her incapable to encroach upon the liOertios of Europe . Vox this true object of the war n movement across tho Danube would . have done very little ( oh . wli ' ut a < lisgraco ) . The brond policy of tho war consists in striking at the veryhoitrb of Jtusaiii '« power , and that heart is Sobiisitopol . ' Now , gontlemcn , 1 proclaim this assertion to bo tho most contemptible noiwunse , or tjho grossest mystiiiuation , which diplomatic malice could invent . SeWtopol is an advanced guard , but not tho heart of JUuHsiu'a power . Tho heart of Russia ' s power is l'olnud .

      wvatn roliuia in tho dominion of Russia , tho Ozur in dungorons nt tho Baltic as at Sobustopol , tit thu Oirucasua us at tho Dmiuba ; every whoro , with l'oluinl wrustod from his firasp , with Poland frea , the O » ur in iicitlior daugurous on tlio . Black Son juor anywhere d * o . Suppose you tiiko Sobustopol . destroy it , and burn it , and « ink tlio ( fleet now sheltered there- , what thw ? Will Unit deprive tho Csaur of tho power ito bido his time , until by ihj d ! naun > tiona of iho othcupowora , until by weakness of aomo of thoso powers , ho nhould Una n biitttir opportuuity tl r ncotMnpllahliiL' his OuHmi V Thin UoBcnptiou of tho dun Koi' nguinut whlcli Europe i . i to bo fiooured by tins war ia not mine , it in Lord John ltubsull ' d . ilo « t is wlio duolurod that tho lSii fi liah would bu Llm moat Billy olinorLuls , it they Woro to nlgn an iiiHaouro poaoo . which would l «« vo it to Rimuv tl . ua to bido tho Unit bettor opportunity ut aooomplitiluag fax iunbitl » uH do » ifin . ' Wull . mm n man in kla nmuoH asaart that tho aostroving of hid ( lout una ol bubiwtopul will doprivo tho O » w of tho power of proving

      you to have been the most silly of mortals in tliis w ; ir , if you are content with such an issue ? Poland is tlie heart of the Czar ' s power . There you must Strike , if you desire to strike him at heart . If you don ' t strike there , then I proclaim aloud , to God and to man , those assurances about reducing the power of Russia to innoxious proportions all a humbug !" After a bitter criticism of the conditions of peace put forward by ^ France and England as essential , but not all required , M . Kossuth proceeded to wind-up : —

      " That your Government never did mean to reduce the power of Russia , that was clear from the very moment that they began to court the alliance of Austria . Russia is the corner-stone of despotism , and Austria is despotism . Imbecility itself must knttw that despotism never -will lend its hand to overthrow . its own corner-stone . Your Government had never been a serious enemy to Russia . He who pretends to be at war with liussi ? , and neglects to take'Poland by the hand ,- cannot be serious in Ins professions of hostility against Russia . , Oh , how different would be tlie results if Mehemet Ali Pacha , the creator of the brave Turkish army , and the impersonation of its patriotic heroism , had not been ousted from power by England ; and if the Turkish Government , rising to a level witli the spirit « f its heroic soldiers , had thrown the pretensious friendship of England and France overboard , and taken her natural allies ,. Hungary and Poland , by the hanil ; or if England would have remained English , and France French , instead of turning both Austrians Well , it is as it is . " ' ;

      The upshot was that M . Kossuth recomni ended a sort of League for bringing to bear onParliament the opinions on foreign affairs ^ prpfessed by liis peculiar followers . : _

      August 26, 1854.] The Leader. 799

      August 26 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . 799

      Criminal Record. Jixyjeoftu; Offenders F...

      CRIMINAL RECORD . JiXYJEOftu ; offenders figure in the police wports this week . There is a sad > but not ; uncominon ease . Daniel Shea and John : . ; Beames wore charged it the Mansipn-house with picking pockets , and both committed for trial . Beanies , a mere ^ oyi told this / story . Last Wednesday Shea . r . caine ^ out of pi'ison , where he had been for three months , and he called upon me at my master ' s house ; I ' was Agoing upon an errand , and I accompanied him and iiever wurit-hoine sinca . He tqok me to Bl . ick ;| iprse-C 3 uiTt ,. ' . ¦'¦ the City , and on bur way he took a handfcerchiei' outof a gentleman ? spocket and sold it for Is . 6 d ., half pf which he gave to me ; This mprniflo he came to me in my room at the house in wivich he ; lo < lKes , and asked me to . go with him to steal handkerchiefs on London-bridge , Afiei'tryiivg a good many pockets , he touched the pocket of the prosecutor , and told , me tliere was a handkerchief 5 a it , andI . must go and take it . I did take it . I assure your lordsliip tliat he made a thief Of me , for I had no idea of thieving . until he came and took me out . Shea said : I don't know anything at all about tlie gentleman . The prisoners were cominitted for trial . On the same morning , Thomas' Mount joy , between ei ght and nine years of ago , wus committed to prison for 21 days upon tho" charge of having crept behind the counter of" a shop and robbed -the till . The wretched : little creature said he had ti mother wlio lived with a . roan who was . not her husband , and . that iujbody c .-ired for him ; As for pie robbery , he said ho had been put up to it by a big boy , who showed him how to get at the money , but it was not his intention to take much . Mr . Aldei-maii Garter gave some particular directions about J . he unfortunate child , who is to be visited by tho humane chapluin to Holloway prison . ¦ __ Tho sitting magistrate at Lambeth Police-court , Mr . Elliott , was engaged for upwards , of three houra on Monday in hearing charges of felony ngiiinst a shoal of practised pickpockets , brought together from all parts of the metropolis by that annual nuisance , Ctnnborwell Fair . Among them were several children xmder twelve years of age !

      Wife beating flourishes in full vigour . Charles Thorns " had a ditfurenco" with his wife in the street , " about somo moiiQy _ he was spending ; " to settle tho aft ' nir Thorns struck his "wife on tlie fttoe , and gave her black eyes . She ran aw » y crying murder , when a policeman came up and arrested Mr . Thomas . Sentence three months' imprisonment . This took place at Worship-street . At tho ( Jloikcnwell office , on the same morning , Monday , William Gordon , 28 , wua chnrfied with h . iK ' -killing his wife . He was a joulous man , On Sundijy he came to his dinner , which sliu intd comfortably provided for him , when sho perceived something stratigo in Jus look and manner . They sat down together , and

      shortly afterwards ho took up tho pokor , und , saying lio would Imvo her life , ho fulled hor to the iloor with a tremyndoua blow , which iullietod ttdimgorous wound on hor head . An ho was about to > repeat tho Mow , tlio w . oini > n ' a scroamB brought in people and | iolicomon . Gordon was sentenced to ai . \ monthb iinpritioninunt . A singulur murder took pluoc « t Troy-towr » Koohostcr , eoino time wince , Mr , Smith , poatnuister ut Jersey , wus sent to Himwoll Asylum , and wan rtjcontly lot out , quite cured . Ho took hia wifo to KochcRtor , jirriving there on Saturday ; on Tuesday ho shot her aa sho slept and then walked down btuirs « nd told tho landlady of what ho hud done , Ho is in custody .

      Mr . Elliott has again remanded tho Nowtons—tho young mon who bout M'Kcr ut Bculnh Spa—us their victim ia not yet cut of danger .

      The Beer Act. Two Nltompts Imvo Boon Nmd...

      THE BEER ACT . Two nltompts Imvo boon nmdo to prevent tho tipplers of England and Scotland from procuring drink on a Sunday , In England thoro ia tho now Beer Act , which provokes such a storm of opposition from all kinds of pooplo , except that comfortable set which owns a well-stored cellar . 3 t ia found to press most mululy , not upon tlio druukurd so muoli , for he will drink upon tho vook-duy , us upon the aobor man ,

      who needs a little refreshment on liis one holiday . ¦ " What is a traveller ? " is likely to become an important question . On Sunday week five guests arrived at " Jack Straw ' s Castle , " Hainpstead , between one and two , and ordered dinner . Two arrived ia a brougham , two in a gig , and one on foot . They paid for their dinners and drinks before halfpast two ; but the police , who had watched tliem in , not seeing tlxem cojne *> ut , entered the house , and found these five gentlemen finishing their dinner and sitting over their wine . Mr . Robert Ware , the tavern-keeper , was summoned before Mr . Long , at the Marlbo rough office , and that magistrate had to decide whether the five persons were " travellers " wi-thin- < . the meaning of the act . He decided that they

      were , apparently on account of the distance they had travelled ; for he said that any one going from Cheapside to Piccadilly to dine would not be a traveller , while proceeding to Hampstead was sufficient . The summonses were dismissed . But virtually the magistrates are left to ni ' ake the act of JPariiaraent-On Tuesday , Mr . Simpson , of Gremorne , aad -some other keepers of well-known suburban places of refreshment , waited on ^ ir Richard Mayne , to discover ^ if possible , what he intended to dp , and what he understood fcy a " trayelleri" But Sir Richard'properly thinks -that he is an executive officer , bound not to interpret but to enforce the law , and l ^ e discreetly refrained from attempting a definition of the word traveller . He x ) ro-iHised , liQwever , ia testing the law , not to carry it out with harshness and

      oppression . •• : ¦ : ¦ . ¦/ . •• : ?/;¦ . - ¦ .: ¦¦ . ¦• - ¦ ;¦ . . In Scotland : there is an act regulating the -spirifehouses , and the opening on Suiiday , called Sorbes Mackenxie ' s Acti , How does it work ? : ~ JL Scptcli paper says : — " \ V ^ e fear the return of comruLtuj * iils for drunkenness in July and August will ie very unfavourable . " The Caledonian Mercury says :-4- 'f The commitnienis for drunkenness at the various poIiceT offices in Grlasg ^ on Saturday night and 'Sunday niorning exhibit an alariniriff increase . A . t the Central-office , from two , p . m . on Saturday till five A . av £ . on Sunday tnorning , tlie huunbers ¦ vvere—Men , drank and _ incapable , 40 ; women , in the same state , 20 * Besides these there were charged Nvitlt disorderly

      eoiiduct , assaults , and other otfences , but all more or less the vvorse : for liquor , 19 men and 15 women . It has become noticeable that a very large proportion of persons committed carry a ' pocketpistol . '" The Ayr Advertiser says : — - 'Prom the liutuber of tipsy persons seen staggering about the streets on Sabbath , it is evident that a supply of whisky can . be procured somewhere , far it is not likely that the tipplers are all so provident as to have a stock laid in the previous , nigh * Xhe fact is , spirits may be had in any ( Juan-tity on

      Sithbath , botli from licensed and unlicensed , houses . Xhe buyers , of course , tire as much interested as the sellers in keeping up the trafKc , and are therefore Unlikely to > become iufonners . " In Edinburgh it is just the sa , ine . The drunkards seem to iucrease ; illicit stores are opened ; stocks are laid in on Saturday ; there are whisky-clubs for private-swilling on Sunday ; and parties into the country well armed with bottles of the enchanting liquor . How arc these mad people who stupidly tlritik in excess to be dealth with ? Surely not by coercion .

      Canada, The Canadian Mail Screw Steam-Sh...

      CANADA , The Canadian Mail screw steam-ship the Cleopatra , Captain Salt , arrived at Liverpool on Tuosday from Quebec , with dates to the 9 th instant . A proclamation had been issued in an extra edition of tho Canada Gazette , of the 9 th , convoking Parliament for the despatch of business on the 5 th proximo . The Quebec Chronicle , of tlio 9 th , says " the areturns for " 123 constituencies have been received , leaving only the counties of Cbicoutane and Gaspa to be hqard from , We have adopted the most intelligible ^ classification , and havo marked ench member as a , ministerialist or anti-ministerialist , according to liis declared opinion . " The following may be considered an accurate statement of tho result of the general election , aa it is possible under the circumstances to-procure t—Ministerialists , 47 ; anti-Ministerialists , 81 ; majority againat Ministers , 34 . Another statement makes the majority tho other way .

      Amk1h0an Notes. This American Congress C...

      AMK 1 H 0 AN NOTES . This American Congress closod on the 7 lli , nfter a session of eight months . Tho President , Uonond Pieroo , lnul been pelted by a drunken num . Ho camo up and shook hands with Mr . l- 'iorce , und us tho latter turned away ho felt something slrlko his lint , wlucli he supposed had fallen from a window above . Ihmking nothing more ab <« it if , he waa surprised to llnd that tho young man -who hud ahakon hands vlth lmn hud buon urreatod t '<> v vuh ' mg tlio rrosidont with a hard boiled ugtf . The youlli , 1 ' - nppours , was tipay at tho liini . ' . Both IIuuhus of Coiiffrosa l ) . « d witnoasud tho violent soeiius which unfortunately scorn to Imvo become customary with tho closing O , t \ ya of the sosaiou . Mr ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 26, 1854, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26081854/page/7/