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      MAJOR-GENERAX SIB "WILIilAMEENWICK \ ¦¦ ¦ ¦;; W ytUREtJUCAMS , J 3 ART ; , K-C . IL As our columns this day announce the return of General Williams from St . Petersburg , we shall doubtless , be pardoned-by otfr readers for giving them a brief sketch of the life and services of the gaMant defender of Rani ; -whom her Majesty has rewarded with a ^ baronetcy , and the more solid and : pabs * antial provision of 1000 * . a year by way of pension ; - t < _ :-: ^ - - ¦' '¦ ¦ - - ¦ - ¦• ' l < - " - . - ' ' :

      .. Sir WilKain Williamsj who was born , we believe , ia / 1810 , is a siativei « ot of England , but of Nora Sootia ; -and Iris ; recent * honours' will- be felt by our brethren in North America as-reflecting some little gfory ^ on tfeemsfelVe ^ . ' ^ t ftn earlf age he camie to tMs > country , andw ' as ^ Stenfr-to-the Boyal Academy 06 Artillery atWoblwicH by his Royal'Highness the late Duka 6 t Kent .- having passed his final examinations there * he obtained his commission as Seecusd-Ijiedtenaat in the Royal Artillery in 1825 ; at ^ uM ^ tl * B ( 'iank 6 £ O ^ t-iieutehanl in'l 827 , and

      that of < 5 aptain -iii { l 84 ( KThe nrsfr scene of his ae * ive employment ' ' wW Ceyltiii i where he" wa 3 sent onion atipec&l service ^ and remained for nine years diSehargwig tlie duties of' aii Engineer ; in such a manneriais' to attract' tne notice of 'Ms buperibrs . ! Prbm-thaidate HfeJEU' 1 & 43 te was exitployed in Tn ^ keyi ' aifiS Feceited tlte brevet-Tadkfbf Major for Ms ^' nuM ^ s ^ rwve&iri ^^^^^ y ^ ar ilre - w& 4 pp ^ &W d ^ i ^ kt the head of W 6 ^ 6 ± a i ' ( MB ( reV ^ Ttfaje ' s £ y ' s < Con £ missioner for examining and settling the boundary

      between the Turkish and Persian ; fi $ ntoe ^ . A ' This was ^ j ^ ork : ^ . xe ^ Tfegrea , ^ difficulty , a ^ d delicacy : it occupied > hdm about nirie ^ yeatfs ,. four » of .-which w 8 ) ri feSfcifiQiy 4 t » as ^ ed' under canvas . During that tifopie ¦ ¦ ¦ ir ik rtre ^ waS'ifre ^ ue ^ fly'in dajjiger / froml bands ofw ^ ttterBV % ~ ! ' fto ^^^ ^^ m ^^ M ;^^^ .: ^ ^ *? y ^ l £ vmM § s } & # > i tod yiy , &n ; . W © : , b < 0 iQW »< ( better ka ^ wniaafSipiHsiasiy Vi « iaii ) ,. fc ] aen . Maater ^ Qeneral of '' the'Ordnance / who' « eleoied feint for the special

      work' 6 f ' - ittstructfiig the TttrW in artillery practice tfie . '' iteftiitfoi ; Bis ' teachmf *^^ lias'b ' een recently shown fa ^ Very pra ^ ti ? ffll , manner by hjs Turkish' disciples , andulWQSies , ] thftfc for once at least the Government chose " the tight man for the right place . " He t 38 t ^ * roinin en 15 tart in ^ he Conference ^ - preceding ^^ e ^ v ^^ rieroumV In kay ^ iMS ' auk h ay * ng

      Jaffijjfl ^ yf ^ rewarded with the Companionship of the Bath , wliioh was confiprfed upoujwoi in 18 ^ 2 , . _ : , ; Vj ^ Vco mi tibp ' p ( e ^ 5 uliar ^^ eppncq , wh i 9 H ^ Q , ta 4 , gainf | d i ^ '/ fitfjfafc . ^ i lffc-Jaiov ^ ag , e of , the various mta ^ J !^^^^ PepPjfiO , polonel W ^«^ rSWafl ^^ jWi ^ W . CTO ^ ^ i ' ^ . ^ dbtnmencement of hostilities with . . Russia , in loo * , *? : JW . Mvieftis ' * Cpmimsaioner . mth the , Tjfrkish

      toi ^ he r ^ K . o ^ f ^^ . Colpnel ^ ^ nd soon , afterwards of Itaga ^ er-iC ^ xieral * ' 4 ^ t % " words , of Iiprcl Qran-Wi * # «'' JS *^* ^ i » TO j % & 9 ' •^ fe * -J » fi !! PSS ? ft ' SSfhftgJ ( fl ^ Wft m W-v j flf ^ rCflWRO * W ^ P . SHS ^ iRfl ^^ ( JSWWflWfe -M- ^ ft I ! J ' il | 'W 1 Wmm %% M TB * fm Wfe ^ i ^ ^ 1-PWSf v ®? ® J ^^ mffi ^'^ Taff ^ d ^ ^^ eliw GrrivttvuK called too pftuofcu events whidn Xook outr too faithfully recorded in the speeches

      delivered in Parliament , admitted to be indefensible by the Government itself , and truthfully set forth in tinyaniisliiBd ^ colours by the correspondents of the press . ' . ; The official letters , of General Williams , and the rebent publication of Dr . Sandwith , show what was the work which he did at Kars , and also the manner of his doing it . They also show , we may add , vrhat Lord Stratford de BedclnTe left undone : and Iiord Granville should remember that if there is danger in overrating living merit , there is also danger in underrating the heavy blame which attaches to haughty and self-willed ambassadors .

      It was said by a noble lord , in summing up the character of General Williams , that there was only one point in vrhieh he did not exhibit the highest qualities of a general—and this was the fact , that he had no opportulnity of showing his power to manoeuvre a large force upon the field . A great historian , in laying down the conditions of generalship , requires that a man shall be not only first-rate as an engineei and a geographer , well acquainted with human , nature and the springs of human action , and gjfted with the art of managing his fellow-man , sb as almost to lose the general in the statesman , bat that he shall also know how to

      descend to lesser matters and become his commissary and bis own clerk . Now , it cannot be doubted that these requirements were amply fulfilled in General ^ Williams . His services as a geographer , both , in Ceylon and on the Persian frontier , were confessedly great and eminent . It is impossible to read his despatches without perceiving that headmirably was fitted to manage whole bodies of , men—always , of course , excepting the unmanageable Ambassador at the Portel The vigorous measures adopted by him to save Kars , and which would , doubtless , have succeeded to the full , had

      he been properly supported at Constantinople , show that he was a statesman of no ordinary kind ; and finally , as the only European aid that he had at hand during a protracted struggle was that of Mr . ChurchillTtt is " clear that the duties of commissary and clerk miist have devolved upon him also . Another secret-of General Williams ^ s greatness lies in . the fact . that where he found a trustworthy person , he trusted him without , grudging or interference , without suspicion or , jealousy . He was slow and cautious in his resolves , but , once resolved upon a course , he was' as inflexible ' "'' iron . He was generous , p hilanthropic , and tolerant ; and accordiiurfv'ile found Himself able to fuse together

      in one harmonious body the Christian and Mussulman subjects of the Sultan ^ a circumstance the mpW ' graufiijig ^ ° ^ i ng to the recent hatti-aberiff graniejl t ^ e ^ Knstjatis byjhe ^ Su ^ me P ( orte _ The glorious victory won under General Wil-Uaihs ' s ausjiicies on the heights above TCars on the 25 th of September last , first made his name familiar io' the' " ears Vif the British' ^ mblio , as a first-rate officer ' and'atiian of cool judgment as well as high ability ' . ' Oh ' that occasion he repulsed the Russian trodps with great slaughter , and that while labouring under severe difficulties . It was for his gallant conduct on this occasion that General Williams was nominated a , K . C . B ., and rewarded b y the Sultan with the rank of Miishir , or full general in the

      Turkish service . , The defence of Kars is too well-known to need re peJEiting here . It is enough to say that by the aid of Ct > lott « i Lake "Sis gallant commander contrived ' to make it nearly impregnable , but that owing to the culpable indifference of the authorities afc Constantinople , hungbr and famine did for the Russians what their arms could never have effected , and tliat after underffoincf untold sufferings , the and tliat after undergoing untold sufferings , the

      garrison , with Williams at its head , was forced to capitulate to ' General' Mouravieff , and the gallant general was sent to Mospow as a prisoner of war . It is but just to add that , in theii captivity , General Williams aiid liis companions were treated with all honour and respcot on their way through Moscow and , St . Petersburg , as was due to an honourable and vanquisne _ d erieniy . _ is

      Whilb raenti < 6 iairig that Goneral Williams now honouredjvftli i ' bar . onetcy , and is now Sir William ITe'h w ick Willkrii ^ ofK ^ ars , it may not bo amiss to rciUatii * that' although the empty honours of the 'tikih ^ aVfi ^ PQMi 0 rred on about forty individuals who liaye held command in the Crimea and other parts of tho Baat no substantial rewards in the shape of jpeipr ^ fes br baronetcies h ^ ve as yet been conferred , in ' ^ otlsiBdia ^ encc ^ of the lrtte war ^ o » thiose whb-have c 6 adu , ot ' cd its qperatiotts -by'land ; or sea , with tlie yin ^ le ^ xceiptton of thei ; batbhetcy conferred 4 ii WWftftT ^ W&'m Sir Jdlin Burgbyn < atid'the present title aa well bestowed on General Williams .

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      THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF UNTIED TRADES . ( To the- Editor of the Leader . ' ) 32 , Nelson-street , Trailston , Glasgow , June 18 . Sib , —In a well-written article in the Leader of Saturday last you have- —unintentionally I have no doubt—made some mis-statements which I deem it my duty to correct .. Sir , there is no Society of United Trades in Olasgow , or in Scotland , that I am aware of , but we hope there will soon be one . Tyrenty-six of the United Trades of Glasgow sent delegates to form a committee in aid of the miners ; which committee , in terms of a resolution adopted unanimously at a public meeting in the City Hall , memorialised Lord Palmerston to use his influence with her Majesty to pass an order in council

      establishing a court of arbitration in the miners' case . The miners lost rio opportunity of publicly declaring their willingness to abide by fair arbitration , but the coal , and iTon-hearted masters paid no attention to their offer . We certainly had the . impression that the crown had the power ( for the reasons stated in oar memorial ) to create such a tribunal . It seems ¦ we were wrong ; but , being in error , we are not ashamed to avow it . We never adopted the title of the National Association of United Trades , or any other title resembling it , and my opinion is that the National Association of United Trades , acting through their corresponding secretary , have been ill-advised in making such an accusation against us . You say that by the National Association of United Trades the delegates were brought , to London to give evidence before Mr . Mackinnon ' s committee . Sir , this

      is not true . A few of the United Trades , actuated by a desire for the good of all , sent two delegates to London , and themselves paid their expenses , independent of the National Association . This explanation is due to the trades who sent those delegates . W " e do not wonder' that the National Association do not wish to hold themselves responsible for the enors or conduct of a junior society , but there is no junior society as yet ; and , did they know their duty , they would foster us in our attempt to create such a society , which might either merge into the senior society , or " at"Teasf be auxiliary to it . Trusting you will accept this explanation in the same spirit in wMch it is given , I . remain , , dear Sky ' .,.,.,,. - , With much respect , ' ¦'" ' Yipurs . &c , Wm . B . Campbell ,.

      t We are happy to give publicity to this contradiction . The statement in question was forwarded to us , in writing , from the offices of the National Society of United Trades , 269 , Strand . We now await an explanation from the gentleman by whom it was forwarded . ] . ,

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      w pK THIS DEPARTMENT , AS ASA' OPHnOKS , HOWEVER BXTBZMC itt JLIX 0 WKD AN XXPBBSSIOIT , THE EDITOB HECE 88 ABILY notDs ' i ™ SILT BESPONSLBLK FOE KONE . l . """

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      AMERICA and England . —An address from the industrial classes of Manchester to the American people , deprecating a resort to war , was issued last week , and has been succeeded this week by a similar address from the Liverpool Financial Association . The document , which is signed by Mr . Robertson Gladstone , President of the Council , points out the want in England of legislative check over the diplomatic acts of our Ministers , and the presence and free use of that check in America , and then proceeds to ask— " Whence is it , if you really disapprove of the acts of your ministers , as wo ato led to manifesta

      believe you do , that there has been no public - tion of your disapproval ? " The Council disapprove of the enlistment of soldiers for tho English Army in America , but think that it was almost encouraged by the American Government declaring that there was nothing to prevent any American citizen or resident leaving the States and enlisting elsewhere . At any rate , tho injury has been atoned for . With respect to tho Treaty question , the Council think that the offer of arbitration JS porfectly fair and ehould be accopted . " We wore tola by our Prince Consort during the late war , " _ flays tne document , " that that war had put representative institutions on their t « al , and that it might bo found necessary to diminish our present freedom both of speech ana publication . Thia w » a tho captious objection of an individual whose residence among us seems no * y . ^ have eradicated * he dospotiq leanings contracted by »>» continental birth and breeding ; but , if war between u »

      oiily two great countries in the world which have repro-BPHtotivo institutions , founded on the sovereignty oj uib people , is to result fromBUch causes as those winch wo kve ei » mtA mbsf truly jnay ft bo said , not that aucn insiUuSonaare upoii iliblr trial , but that they have boon tried and are condemned . "

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      There is no learned man but -will confess he hath much profited by reading controversies , Ms senses a-wakened , and bis judgment sharpened . If then it be profitable for him to read , why should it not' least , be tolerablfe for his adversary to write ?— Miviont

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 21, 1856, page 592, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2146/page/16/