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      /Christmas Has Not Interrupted The Cours...

      barbarous garotter , housebreaker , and footpad of the vulgarer orders , \ we omit even the humbler civilians of crime , and speak only of those who have something like a ' position . There is , for example , 3 Ir . IIogbes : annexed to the list of persons implicated in the Great Ifotthem fehtxA ; while the refusal of the company to registet sortie of the transfers , implies that tliere are oth « f persons involved who have not yet boenopenly « c-

      cused . There are Mei & rfe . Ma **** fthd PAU ^^ fflteets of the City of London fpor-lawtJiiio . n , defaulting—Paul , it is said , connected with the eminent banker of that name ; the well-connected Flood , accused of issuing forged notes ; and we have a Mr . Cark , arrested on a charge of stealing , released , and immediately afterwards accused again of stealing silk pocket-handkerchiefs , like an ordinary denizen of Petticoat-lane !

      2 To doubt there are other causes for this universal demoralization besides the Income-tax . There is , for example , the exclusive ostentation , the flunkeyism of the day , which teaches men that they will not be respected , perhaps will not succeed in . life , unless they can u assume a virtue though they have it not , ' and seem rich though they are poor . Unless , like Redpath , they live as if they had thousands , though they liave but hundreds honestlv . Another cause is the confusion of the

      law . Bankruptcy and Chancery have this week tried their own special cause before Lord Justice Knight Brtcuj each claiming the right to administer the affairs of the Royal British Bank , and the Lord Justice cannot absolutely decide . He in clines to Bankruptcy , but must still concede to Chancery some control . The confusion of the law , he says , gives impunity to crime and chicane . The creditor might by this time have ten shillings in the pound ; he is glad to have obtained a dividend , in three months , of five shillings in the pound .

      Some neo-philanthropists are howling for more severe laws to defend society against its ruffians . The men who are committed this week to be tried for the great bullion robbery— -scoundrels as they were , since they were untrue to their own confederate , Agar , and defrauded the mother of his child—are artists and diplomatists , rather than ruffians in brutality . They do not compete with

      the well-connected Mr . Henj > kich , who stabs a girl in mere wantonness . How little increased severity would serve morals , however , might be learned in the frightful scene at Winchester , where one of the three Italians hanged for murder howled and struggled with the executioner , and did more to disgust the public with our brutal mode of punishing the brutal than a thousand essays of humanitarians .

      1226 The Leader. _ Psr0. 353, Satitbdav

      1226 THE LEADER . _ psr 0 . 353 , Satitbdav

      Banquet To Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, ...

      BANQUET TO ADMIRAL SIR HOUSTON STEWART , K . C . B . The corporation and community of Greenock gave a banquet on the evening of Friday week to Admiral Sir Houston Stewart , K . C . B . The entertainment took place in the Totra Hall , which : has just been opened , and which on this occasion was ornamented with shrubs , Wteaths of lauTel , stacks of armour , and colours , artistically displayed . Provost Hunter took the chair 5 and , in answer to the toast of " Her Majesty ' s Ministers , " the Duke of Argyll made a long speccli , in which he thanked the country for the support which tho Government had had during peace and war , and spoke of the determination of Lord Clarendon to see that the treaty of peace shall be carried out in its entirety and integrity . He added that he had no doubt that the efforts now being made hy the Government witli that view will bo crowned -with success . Ho hoped that , " when the transactions connected with this war aro "wound up and dosed , wo shall do able to resume terms of amity and friendship with , that taavo and gallant people with Whom wo have lately b < : en at war . » Ho conceived there were many circumstances in favour of tho fulMmtttit of that hope . A young Emperor had succeeded to he throne ; there could bo no reason -why ho should

      desire to augment his already vast dominions ; and he ( the DuRe ) h- * d no doubt that Russia would now turn her attention lo measures of socialrcform . The chairman then proposed the toast of the evening — -Sir Hotwfdn Stewart . After a eulogistic speech , the Admiral tftefe to reply , and ( living first retur * #£ thanks for tbfe feeeption he had MWft w ' ftfy and attwcled t * the fact of his having been a & tent from his natWe cWftntry during * en ye * T 3 ) address ^ A himself to a defence of the navy « ftd army engaged fci the late war from v « tt 6 " us charges of fc * competenee > md w *» fc of energy " «* # ch had been brought against them . It is the privilege of

      Englishmen , he remarked , alway-s to growl and find fault . Had we begun sooner ; than we did to make gunboats , flat-bottomed "boats , and mortar-boats , it would have embarrassed diplomacy . We are a commercial nation , and therefore cannot enter into a war so quickly as nations which delight in warfare . " They might talk as long as they pleased about ships and stone walls , the one versus the other ; but he had lived long enough to know that , considering the combustibles and the immense increase of weight of metal with which ships would be met if they came in contact , they would have little chance . Unless they could place a ship of war within thirty yards of a stone battery , the wooden walls would not have

      the best of it . ( Cheek's . ') They might probably allude to Acre and Algiers , but they must recollect the sage remark of the Duke of Wellington after the bombardment of Acre , in which he ( Sir Houston ) bore a humble part . At Algiers , they allowed the ships to take up their position . The Queen . Charlotte , with . Lord Exmouth , was actually within yard ' s length of the quay , and Lord Exvnouth , before he would drop anchor , actually waved to the people to get out of the way . ! Nk > doubt they would in such a case make precious work with the battery . At Acre , we put buoys upon the shoals in the night time to show where they were . Tiie Egvptians thought these were the spots on which we

      meant to anchor our ships ; they lowered all their guns for these buoys , and blocked up the embrasures with sand-bags to prevent our shot touching them . What was the consequence ? They let us pass the shoals and then opened fire , but not till we were past them ; , , and three times their batteries were manned arid destroyed . That was taking up a position before they began . AVith respect to ships and stone walls , then , it is very easy to talk ' . of the Baltic fleet and say it ought to have sent Cronstadt to the devil , but they should , after all , consider that it is much more easily said than done . " He pursued a similar line of argument with respect to the fleet off Sebastopol , and then made several observations

      —which , he being a sailor , he said must be disinterested —^ in defence of the operations of our army during the siege of the great Crimean fortress , and asserted that in the final attack on the Redan we did all we could , that success was impossible ( though the attempt was of service in helping the French ) , and that the circumstances under which the French attacked the Malakhoft * were naturally much more favourable than those under which we assaulted the Redan . With some allusions to the unparalleled sufferings of the English army during the winter of 1854-5 , and an assertion that Mr . Cobden could not be more desirous of peace than he himself was , provided that peace be consistent with honour , Sir Houston Stewart resumed his seat amidst loud cheers .

      Some other speeches followed ; the chief being that of the Duke of Argyll , who proposed " The memory of the heroes who fell during the last war . " This , as usual , was drunk in solemn silence . In the course of his observations , the Duke said : — "As far as my own means of observation go , I can sincerely say that there was no nobler specimen of a British soldier ever born than the late Lord Raglan . I mention him now not as a general , because on his capacities in that respect I neither seek , nor do I care , to pronounce any opinion whatever . I mention him simply as a soldier who fell at his post of duty ; not , indeed , by the bullet of tho enemy , but by

      the pestilence that walked at noonday among the gallant ranks of tho British army . ( Cheers . ) And now , gentlemen , I can only say in conclusion , that I trust throughout every class there will in future , and for many years to come , be a juster appreciation of what I have called the nobler virtues of the military character , that you will remember that in their devotion to duty , not merely in tho very face of danger , but under circumstances of infinite difficulty and trial , they have been , and are , an example to civilians in their respective walks of life . ( Cheers . ) I give ' Tho momory of tho late Lord Raglan . '"

      The Auctic Ship Resolute. Captain Ilaimm...

      THE AUCTIC SHIP RESOLUTE . Captain IlAimmciN , Lieutenant C . II . Wells , Lieutenant E . 13 . Stono , Lieutenant . Hunter Davidson , Dr . Mnccoun , and Dr . Otis , comprising all tho ofliecrfl-of hor Majesty ' s ship Resolute , were entertained at the Admiral ty-houso last Saturday evening by Vice-Admiral Sir Gcorgo Seymour , K . C . K ., tho Commandcr-in-Chicf , Mr . Crosslcoy , Coimil-Gioiicrnl for the United States for this district , and Chevalier Vincent Pappalnrdo , Vice-Consul at Portsmouth , were also guestn , with 11 largo circle of naval oflicerH . Several gentlemen , Arctic voyngers and others , were

      entertained by Captain : . Hartsteinon board tho ResoW oft SuAday evening . Lieutenant Bedford Pirn S ft ftrev . ously known the American Captain , Tud who few years back , made in the Resolute that journev wll £ led to the preservation of the crew of theIn ™ st \ £ u was present . The reception of the Lieutenant K tain Jfertstcin , and the gratification on the nlrt „ ¦ * $ ' forrtier at again meeting his friend , were ^ v l-J * warm and cordial . extiemel y Mr . Cdoard , the owner of the celebrated line of Atlantic steamers , has made an offer to the UniJ * q * ? Government to convey the whole of the offi ™ , J erew of the Resolute , on their return vovS fl ^ t iargB \ 11 ° . OlFer ' ™ ™ Vhas been dedffid ^ ith the most hresr y expresses of appreciation and thanks on . the ground that other arrangements had been a ? ready made , which could not conveniently be set ™ ,, t £ " The deputation from the Shipowners' AssodhtW ^ Liverpool , comprising Mr . S . R . Graves , chairman Afr James Smith and Mr . P . A . Clint , arrived £ Tt £ J £ at Portsmouth , and inspected the Victory and Clarenc p yard , whence they , were embarked b y Mr . John DavieT

      rnaster-nttendant of that establishment , accompanied b v Mr . James Garratt , of the linn of Garratt , Gibbon and Sons , agents to Lloyd ' s for the Resolute . They were re ceived at the gangway by Captain Hartsteinaildofiicers * and conducted below . After an introduction and a little rest , the deputation were invited to the quartex deck , where the officers and crew were assembled to gether with Chevalier Pappalardo , the Vicc-Consiil ' and ¦ Mr . Davies . Mr . Graves then addressed Captain Hart stein in . a suitable speech , and then read ' the document with which he was charged by the Shipowners' Association , and which acknowledged , in . cordial language tie graceful and generous character of the gift brought ' over by the American officer , and spoke of it as another guarantee of the impossibility of England and the United States going to war .

      To ' this , Captain'Hartstein delivered the following reply : — "Gentlemen , —To say that I feel honotired bv this unmistakable mark of your consideration would " but feebly express my sense of the compliment . which you have thus paid through me to the Government wliose representative I now have the" honour , to be-. Meeting you as delegates from the shipowners of the great commercial city of the United Kingdom , T rejoice at the kindly feeling thus manifested for a nation -with whose interests you are so intimately connected . In my present mission to your Government you can read the spirit of Americans towards the people of , this country , and can easilybelieve that your happy allusion to the mutual bonds of origin and a community of feeling between us will meet

      with a cordial response . The advancement of science and the arts , to which both nations have , in a spirit of generous rivnlry , so greatly contributed , have changed our ancient geographical positions . Miles and seconds have become almost synonymous words , and now the iron messengers of onr commerce fly like steam shuttles , weaving between us a fabric of mutual interest . May that spirit of friendly emulation , enterprise , and enlightened purpose , which has given to our shipping interests the distinguished place they occupy throughout the universe , ever continue . For your expression of friendly interest and congratulations to myself and officers of the Resolute , be pleased , gentlemen , to accept our hearty thanks . "

      The deputation and officers ( wliohad stood uncovered during the whole of the interesting ceremony ) then went below and partook of a handsome breakfast in the gunroom , presided over by Captain Hartstein , Lieutenant "Wells filling the vice-chair . On the deputation leaving the ship > in the gig of Mr . Pavies , of the Clarencc-ynrd , the crew of the Resolute mounted the rigging and gave them three hearty cheers , which were as heartily returned by all in the gig . Tho civic banquet to the American officers took place on Wednesday ,-when the Mayor of Portsmouth presided . In answer to tho toast of his health , and the health of his officers , Captain Hartstein said : — "Mr . Mavor and

      gentlemen , —For your kind expression of good feeling towards rny country , myself , and tho other officers of the Resolute , I sincerely thank you . We have been went to your shores ' on a mission of friendship ( loud cheers ) , and we liavo met with a brother ' s welcome ( re jwtced c / icc ? 'i ) , for which our thanks are due to all . I most corrtinlly express those thanks to tho municipal authorities of this city , who aro among the first in tho generous competition to offer us the hand of greeting and hoaphulity ( cheers ); and let me express the earnest hope Unit the union of our flag 8 on tin ' s festive occasion mny ]»* ovo emblematical of the feelings of our respective countries for all coming time . ( Cheers . ) I again thank you for

      tho manner in which you have drunk our healths , and hope every success may attend this cit } ' in its commerce , and its citizens in all their undertaking * . " Prolonged cheering followed this address . Captain Hiirlstcin then proposed " The Health of the Mayor and . Corporation of I ' ortfluioutli , nnd success to their commerce . " 'J'lic Mayor returned UinnUn ; and Mr . Cross key , tho American consul-general for tho district , in ( lie course of a brief speech which ho delivered , Haul l » f wiw sure that , luwl tho e | rciim . stniiecs been reversed , - Kntfland -would have mmlo tho samo present to A morion as America had jiiHt made to England . The . world , ho obsorvod , in largo enough for both nations without their coming into collision . The H « s ( , seciiK'i

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 27, 1856, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27121856/page/2/