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      awakening of their human feelings . The local legend and the eternal fairy tale do tbis in the young . The novel , the play , and the newspaper accomplish the same end in tlie adult . The legends of the suints did good ia their day ; but , when , the Church and the State interfered , and prescribed a mental aliment , the people who obeyed became serfs or imbeciles , or both ; while those who refused to recognise the law frequently degenerated into rebels and sceptics . Louis Napoleon ,, who saw so much in journalism to excite his abhorrence , was not likely to review with tolerance the books , and sheets w Inch the French peasantry delighted in . The legend looked silly ; history was faultj , and republican tracts were treasonable . No wonder lie limited tJie rustic literature . Cardinal Wiseman would also substitute authority for taste ; but , as opinion in England is adverse to interference , lie would first issue a . commission of inquiry . Why Joes not his eminence road the world as well as his books ? In England , Ireland , Canada , and the United States , people read what they like ; and the people of England , Ireland , Canada , and the ' States , are . the most moral people on earth , —the wisest , discreetest , best . In . Italy , Austria , Sweden , and Russia , the people read only what authority , lay and ecclesiastical , permits . And what is the convenience ? The . Russians are slaves and thieves . Sweden is filled with illegitimacy , and Austria is stitl more grossly immoral . Italy is the land of brigandage and conspiracy \ , and the successor of St . Peter finds Iiome safe only because the ; to . wer of St . Angelois tenanted by a foreign army . ' Many of those who talk most abqnt the necessity of better education are- ignorant of factsj . 01 : lack sincerity . The ¦ working-classes know better than those who Would teac-li them the sciences appertaining to their respective occupations ; but what they want , political . knowledge , ' . is jtaxel befpreit , can reach therru A free press , —¦ neyvspjiper . s without . stnenpsy are accorded to the people of the United States ; ani it is not disputed that the Ariierioan working-men are tU © best informed workmen in the world . ' It is a libel on human nature to assert , that the popular taste seeks gratification in improper reading . Facts ^ pJuhi palpable facts , demonstrate the contrary ; and the progress of the age shows ttasitworks of iictioh are not improper jreailing , ; The best reading undoubtedly is reports of the occurrences of the day . % et the people have access to these , and they will be satisfied ;

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      MISCELLi , HEGUS . Robert OwbUv—Mr . Owen's forte appears to us to have been action . His principles have not always been happily stated , nor enforced with vivacity . He latel y remarked to us , what he has often said publicly , that ho does hot and never did care-for fame . We are sorry for it . It woufd have been better for his friends and his cause if he had . He who holds public truth in his hands , is bound to take care of its reputation by all the arts of genius . he can command , and by all tlie . forethought he can exercise . But in the matuhless influence of liis life Mr . Owen is unequalled . A kinder nature , a sweeter spirit , a bravor , or a gentler advocate lives not amoug men . At eighty-five he has the enthusiasm of a youth , the good sense of a man , the placidity of a philosopher , and . the devotion of a sniiit . He ehjoys the friendship of the great- and- the confidence of the people , and we trust lie lias many years of . honour and gratitude before him yet , — Tko lieasoner .

      Bremen ship Hindoo , while on his passage to New Yovk , picked up n , boat in which were lour human skeletons . Tlio boat . wjis full of water , but , being of a light construction , had contiuued to float . A few remnants of clothing wore found , but nothing to give any clue to the unfortunates . The MoDKk Protestant Mkjusrk . —One of the many idiotic veligjous sp . cjotieai of Liverpool— 'the Working Men ' . s Protostimt Association—has sent a lengthy compliment to Mr . Diameli , in reference to some speech of his in the Houso of Commons . This is the point : — " Such a duclimitiou from the connwmding wisdom , uprightness , stern integrity , rarely concentrated in ono man , and the uncompromising determination to defend the principles upon which rest the noblest monuments of human grcivtnesa , which , with tlio blessings of Almighty God , diffuse peace to our beloved country amid revolution and anarchy in continental nations—happiness to the subject , and , in proportion as they are ojctonaed ,

      wisdom and l > le « 8 ingfl to tlielinm < ui race—is cheering , and will induce the Protestant working men of Liverpool , united iu determination to aid In upholding these principles , to confide in your wisdom and determination , and to regard you as tlie cqntro qt injure operations in rcferenco to all meusuros that ¦ will hnvo to bo discussed in the Honso of Commons affecting the Protestantism of England , And may Almighty God give you strength and , prolong yqirr valuablo lifo , that the cause the Protestant working in . cn of Liverpool commit to youv clmrgu may prosper and triumph . " AnOTWKK VlBBfltOJNT OF TU 1 B BlSHOP OH O . VPORI ) AnKCpoTO . —^ JChore ia a rn&jo amusing version of this anecdote , if true . The , biahop wjis rebuking one of his clergy for following the hounds . " My lovti , " replied the cYttrgyinmi , *• every mftn must Iftive pome relaxation , and 1 a « Buru your lordship I nevorgo to , bulls . " " Alt , " siiid tho biahop ,, "I perceive you alludo to my having , boon at tho Duchoas of Sutherland ' s party ; but I give vow mv word I iiovorwaaln

      same room with tlio dancers . ' *• My lorn , " responded tho clergyman-,, " my maru and I nro getting old , and wo era naver in tho same field with the hounds : ' A Madman in a TKailway OAKniAaic—Tho officials on tho mHwnv' lino wopo . somowlmt tilurmed n few days ngo at tlio conduct of ivmiinine , who vms a piisHongor by the Hull down-train . "Whim tho tmin reached Peterborough , thei man ( of Hhorh build and roapoc tiiblo jipnoum-ncio ) got out « nu galoped about tho platform , exclniining , " 1 hiivoaooin-TOiawon from , tho Ahniehty to ohiuji tho dovil in a firat-clu » a carnngfl . " Ho was with difficulty quieted nnd secured in n eccond-olaoa cwrlage , tho doors being locked , and time forwarded to his destination . —Stam / itrd Mercury *

      A Practical People . —Two hundred people are dying daily in England of cholera ; and we appoint a Board of Health , and the staff of that remarkable institution numbers exactly twelve men ! Twelve men to organise sanitary reform ! How we laughed , nationally , when three members of the Peace Society travelled to St . Petersburg to request Nicholas not to go to "war ; it w .-ts so ridiculous ! But our practical arrangement for " health" is still more strangely illustrated in connexion with tlie army . One cause of the great mortality of the troops in tiie East has been traced to the clothing , as utterly unsuitable to the climate .

      Accordingly , there is to be a reform in re vestiaria . The evil Was found out three months ago ; and a commission having been appointed to look at all the armies of Europe , the new proposed articles , the pantaloons included , huv-e already been submitted to the inspection of her Majesty ; and it is very fairly calculated that by nest April new clothing may be assigned to the army of the East . How many soldiers will have died in the meantime ? Perhaps a great many . But then , the poor fellows * their hearts bursting against tlie druggets in which their carcases are enclosed , will be consoled with the reflection that they are falling in the defence of civilisation !; —Liverpool Journal .

      Ease is Elegancje . —A . Boston ( N . Y . ) pager says that a clergyrnan , not a hundred miles from that city , preached the day before in his shirt-sleeves , and apologised by saying that comfort was preferable to fashion , and as much to be sought on the Sabbath as on week days .

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      8 Jit O . NAHHK . Tho Morning Chronicle announces that Sir C . Napier is . coming honvol

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      Phere is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things Axed when all the world is by the very law of ita creation in eternal progress . —Bii . AnwoiD ,

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      SUGGESTIONS EOR THE RECESS . Aj / lmhouQ'II tho Austrian , declaration , of continued neutrality , conatitutea no roal change in , the situation , it ' is an incident which marks tho anomalous relation of Austria to tho h&lligwenfc states , and it certainly warrants us iu summing up tho account as it . now stands . Tho position is thia . Hiyving assorted the right of reigning over Christian subjocts within Turkey-r-a donmnd as preposterous a » if the Sultan professod to reigu over JVlussulxnau , subjeoia in India , —KnaBia was tol < l , by France aixd England mxitod , thbb they would support Turkey against her . Sho seizod the provinces of Turkey « 8- a Jioatogo for her right . She was told if oho did nob retire the Woatom I ' owojts would a «» k » her ; she delied thorn . Sho has l / o « u torced outj and now , probably , if sho woro allowed , she would gfoQly go homo aud hush up tuo quarrel . But slio must be beaten , ami inado to say thufc sho knows she is boatou , and pay the coat of beating her . Now , is it

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      MB . ROEBUCK AT SHEFFIELD . At the Sheffield Cutlers' feast , on Tuesday , Mr . Roebuck made the following observations * Lord Ifizwilliam had preceded him . " . I think you will allow f ine to congratulate you on the position which tins country now holds . Last yeai * , I remember my single voice was raised in this room to warn you against -what was about to occur . I was then deemed , I believe , a croaker . I jrophesiedthat a war would happen , and unfortunately my prophecy has come true . But while that war has . broken out , other things have occurred which have rendered that war only a . light calamity for this country ; for it has pleased Prpr vidence to bless us with such a harvest as was never seen ,

      and to enable us to meet all the exigencies which the war has created . ( Cheers . ') We have nat lightly undertaken this war . As the right lion , earl has said , we have not rushed Into the ^ var with any desire of conquest—we . hav ® rushed into it with no wish for aggrandisement—but we'have gone into it from a . spirit and feeling of duty . That duty 53 one which , we owe not only to the weak of all classes , bat also to ourselves , for ' the encroachments upon others- would inevitably , and very soon , have fallen on ourselves . This war , therefore , which we have undertaken , is not only a just war , but a war which it is to our interest to carry on . This being the case , I am quite sure that the people of this country will put their shoulders to the wJieel , and thrust forward the vesselof the state through all the difficulties which beset it ; Those difficulties are great , and I cordially agreed with-the noble lie told that lie tJas

      ean waen you thought war was a calamity which would not soon end . Being once begun it will not speedily be finished . But still we are Jiot to be downhearted . Our condition at home and our condition abroad is such as will enable us to meet all tlie exigencies whicli ,-the war wall create ; and- while we arevunited at home , and so favoured with our alliances abroad , we . need iiot fear to meet the pawer of Russia . But I dr > not agree with something that has fallen from a gallant ; officer , who said that the Russian power could be ridden over by the English forces . I remeni'ber that Russia presented a great resistance to the greatest conqueror the' world ever saw . I remember that war with France , and ; I remember the part that Russia then played .

      The battles- of Auslcrlitz ,: of Eyiau ; and of . ' Borodino ,, are matters that are not easily forgotten ; and therefore do not Jet us get into a false position by ^ undervaluing our opponent . He is strong ,. and- it will requite ovir united ,, our combined and united efforts , to pull him dp-. vri . He is almost invulnerable-by his position . \ Vc can . hardly . ' . reach' him . by . ' any means By the mere exercise of the " vis . inert ice ,, as I naay call it , lie will be enabled to resist the power of France and England . But all that notwithstanding , we will not be down-hearted . We can accomplish what " \ ve have in view . " ( Ckeei-3 . ' )

      TO GORRESECXNDENTS . We cannot undertake to return rejected coramunicationa . All letters for tho Editor should be addrosseel to V . Welu . nE ton-street , Strand , London .

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      Leadeii Ofjtice , Saturday Morning , 8 A , ai . THE CR . IMBA . EXPEDITION . ( From the Daily . Xfews . ' ) By the iPerioles steam paclcet ; which left Constantinople pit tlie SOtli ult ., we have intelligence that detachmeota af the expeditionary army have already embarked . The whole of the Pulie of Cambridge ' s division , comprisiag- the Guards ^ aud the 42 nd , 7 &th , and 93 rd Highland Uegiments , as well as the 28 th and 44 tU Kegiments , had embarked ; up to the 29111 .. The Idgrhfc X > ivision andiord Cardigan ' s brigade were also under orders to . enlhark . TJie 1 st battalion of the Kilies , and several other regiments , have ' gone up toFarna .

      The embarkation comnienced on the morning of the 23 rd ult ., Avith Captain Barclay ' s battery of the 1 lth battalion . Officers , men , and guns , were shipped in excellent style . The artillery are fast recoveringtheir strength and spirits . Ou the 22 nd , the- 93 rd Eeginient marched towards the gates of Varna , four miles , and pitched there for the night . The men looked sturdy and well . The 4 th were hourly expected : from Gallipoli , and several regiments were ready-at a mdnient ' s notice to come up from the , Bosphorus * The ilifles were lying on the Asiatic side , directly opposite Therapia . The marines of both fleets have demanded and obtained permission to join the laud ibvees iu the assault on Sebastopol .

      Hie spectacle at Varna is described as astonishing , for fascines and gabions- by thousands , sacks of provisions , heap upon heap , timber , bales of hay , and barrels of stores , fire accumulating upon a scale suah as the present generation lias not known . The superintendent of transports has guaranteed to embark 20 QO infantry in 18 minutes . The D uke of Cambridge aud Prince Napoleon ha ^ ve left for Varna . The l *< Urie says : — " The fleet and the transports which are about to sail for tho Crimea form oue of

      the most imposing armadas : 100 steam-vessels of different force , 300 transports , and 30 sail of tho line compose the licet , and 70 , 000 men and a considerable matdriel have been embarked . Mara 1 nil Idt , Arnaud and his staff are on board , tlie Ville do JParis , which will be towed by the Napoleou . The first part of tho expedition will inelude 30 , 000 French , 20 , 000 JSn . glish , and 10 , 000 'lurlts . Tho fleet , as soon as the landing shall have been ellfcoUid , will return to Varna , to . take ou board tho remainder of the , expeditionary army . "

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      CQN 83 PIUACY AT OOHSTANTXNOr ^ R . Tho Vienna Frcmdun Blatt states that a Gxiick , conspiracy tp assassinate Lord liuglun , tho JDulte of Cumbridjje , andPrineoNnpoloon , had been discovortd in Gulntii .

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      SA . TURDAY ,. SEPTEMBER 9 , 1854 .

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      I'UINCM AXMJ ^ tT AX JJOUJLOGNJ 3 . Boulogne , Friday , 11 . 50 r . M . Tho sham fight took place to-duy ivt Marquise , in the presence of tho Emperor anil Prince Albert , and wont oJF admirably . The tpwn to-ni ( jht is hrilliautly illuminated , and tho sU'oota arc ilUod with iieoplo . At eleven o ' clock to-night Prince Albert took hli * leave of tho Emporor , and won « on board tho Victoria and Albert yaoho , tlio crowds cheering Immensely . Blue Hghta were burnt on tho yftcht , and flreworka aisplwyed .

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      September 9 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . $ 47

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 9, 1854, page 847, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2055/page/7/