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      THE LEADER .

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      m ? 7 J 1 HE return of Captain M'Clintock with authentic J- proofs of the death of Sir John Franklin and of the fate of his comrades forms the conclusion of a melancholy history which has excited the deepest interest and sympathy , not only in England , but throu g hout the civilised world . It is true that the tidings brought by the Fox only confirm the almost universal opinion of those best qualified to judge among the friends of the lost heroes as to their probable ultimate fate ; but all must feel ffrateful , from those nearest and dearest to

      our lamented countrymen , down to those who . have no other ties but those of kindred humanity , ' that the gloomy suspense is at length ended , and that the worst is told . Sir John Franklin himself , we find , has been at rest for twelve long years , and apparently was spared ; the miseries which were undergone by his less happy companions . He died in June , 1847 , sometime before anxiety had begun to be excited in this countryas to his fate and as to the result of his expedition , but in the execution ofhis duty—as an Englishman and a sailor should . Of the hundred and five survivors who endeavoured to reach the Great Fish River , we have but

      slender intelligence , derived from the mute ^ witnesses which have remained , in the shape of their encampments and other relics , and the sparse information derived from the barbarous but friendly Esquimaux . Enough , however , has been discovered to show that they perished of hunger and cold ; that one by one , worn out and emaciated , and unable to proceed further to the wished for goal , each valiant sailor dropped and died . Truly , the sacrifice to science of precious lives and noble devotion is now complete , and fitly crowned by the successful , because skilful and unwearied , exertions of Captain M'Clintock and his officers ^ and seamen . The sympathy and noble emulation to aid us in our search after our lost countrymen , which has been shown throughout the last ten years— -not only by our kindred , the Americans , but the sons of

      other and stranger nations—may well be considered as the jewels which this tribulation has produced for us . The names ofBellot and Kane will long be familiar to British ears and welcome to English hearts as remembrances of the generous feeling whiqh burst forth in Franco and America ; while ; Russians have not been wanting to do their part by rendering what aid lay in their power . War since that tim ' e has thrown an iron barrier between ourselves and some of these ; while with others bickerings and quarrels more or less serious have from time to time occurred ; but the impression left by those noble and gallant acts of humanity , will , it is hoped , be still cherished , when the remembrance of blood-bestrown fields and diplomatic squabbles have passed away for

      ever . And trusting , as we do , to the prevalence of common bojuso and prudence over passionate nrguers and political schemes , we hope soon to hoar that the impending territorial dispute between this country and the United States has resolved itself into an unsubstantial grievance whioh will bo as easily remedied as it was foolishl y entertained . By ] the first Recounts wo received , it appeared that General Harnpy had occupied the island of San Juan with

      an American force , and that to these the English Governor Douglas , immediately opposed a more powerful body of troops—that men-ofwar belonging to both countries were at _ the scene of action , to which American ^ " rowdies " were hastening to volunteer ; and in fact that everything seemed ripe for mischief . The more recent and probable version is , that General Harney was merely present to protect the settlers from the attacks of savages ; that there is no dispute at all upon the spot between England and America- —because , in fact , the right of the latter power is acknowledged to the island . Meantime , a wise and moderate tone is observed ini . j the articles of the American papers upon the subject , and no doubt appears to be felt of a pacific arrangement between the two Governments .

      The Emperor of the French appears to have quickly taken the alarm at the independent tone which the French journals had begun to assume upon the strength of the late pseudo-liberal measures ; and the IUbniteur , and other official prints , have been directed to undeceive the too confiding journalists , and to inform them that nothing is , in fact , to be altered in the regulations which govern the press , to which , in the Emperor ' s opinion , is even now allowed as much liberty as is consistent

      Broadlands ; but he confined his oration to some happy observations upon the benefits railways had conferred upon the nation in increasing its prosperity and actual wealth ; and remarked upon the power of the great English trading interest , which completes by its own energy those magnificent works which in other icountries are only effected by the strenuous care and lavish expenditure of ' the State . An almost poetic description of the wonders and advantages of the electric telegraph formed an unwonted feature in the facetious Premier ' s address . Political utterances , however , with regard to our own affairs have not been wanting ° this week . At Stamford the Conservatives have met to do honour to their Parliamentary

      Garibaldi , and English sympathy and assistance , do not carry them . triumpTiantly through thendifficulties . ¦ . The present week has witnessed no expression ^ of opinion or policy on the part of any member of the Government with regard to this peculiarly interesting and important crisis in the affairs of Europe . There lias , in fact , been no opportunity for speechmaking . Lord Palmerston , it is true , in his usual urbane and graceful mariner , presided at the inaugural ceremony connected with the commencement of a railway near his estate of

      with good Government—and of ^ course with the interests of Imperialism . Still , unless the newspapers are suppressed altogether , or reduced to the category of mere almanacs , it seems hardly possible to doubt that they must exercise some little influence ( and for good ) , even over the will of the Imperial autocrat himself ; since we cannot think that the wit and courage which have distinguished Frenchmen in all ages can be entirely stamped out by the heel ot a despotic press

      representatives ; and Lord Robert Cecil uttered sentiments of a novel and highly sensible character , amounting to a simple acknowledgment that the Conservatives are beaten , and that they do not wish for a change of Government ^ till they can command an overwhelming majority . Lord Robert denied that the happiness or slavery of the Italian nation were any affairs ot ours ; and , also , among other topics , handled some of Mr . Bright ' s exaggerations in an able style . Sir Stafford Northcote , at the same festival , gave utterance to similar opinions to tbose expressed by Earl Stanhope last week , to wit , thafc overturn

      censure . . Victor Emmanuel is this day to receive the deputation from the Roman States , which bears to him the offer of their allegiance as his subjects ; and conjecture is rife in Ital y as to what response will be vouchsafed by the Piedmonteee sovereign . If we are to believe the well-wishers to Italian independence who are on the spot , the time has now arrived for the descendant of the gallant princes of Savoy to throw ofl * the yoke of France , and , calling to his councils Cavour and Massimo d'Azeglio , to place himself at the head of the twelve millions of Italian freemen who claim

      it is no duty of the Opposition to gooci measures , even if sucn wore introduced into the legislature by their political opponents ; on the contrary , ho expressed the determination of Jus party to support Government in all wise and necessary measures , particularly such as JiacI reference to national defence , and sound foreign polioy . The now-made Lord Fermoy , upon hia native turf , has eloquently expounded to ins brother Irishmen why they are always . poorer than English and Scotch ; his advice was sound and well-timed , and if only ' followed will doubtless be highly beneficial . . , , ,, The Inquiry into the calamity on board the Great Eastern has terminated , and in the most unsatisfactory manner to everyone , except the caused ueawi

      him for their chief ; relying upon the sympathy , the moral , and perhaps the substantial assistance of those l / owers which enjoy the blessings of constitutional government . The Emperor Napoleon , it is said , is still taking measures which can only tend to the establishment of the kingdom o Etruria for his cousin Ploh ^ Plon j while on the other hand we are told that King Leopold , xh at Biarritz making a bargain for the establishment of his second son as constitutional sovereign of Tuscany , and for the amalgamation of Modena and Parma

      "iiilty persons whose carelessness me of the victims ; those guilty onos being , as it would appear , undiscovcrablo . The evidence shows a complete want of responsibility , and a terrible laxity of discipline ( or rather no discipline at all ) to have existed on boiird of thu unlucky monster . Since then , indeed , wo hear of Captain Harrison having to appeal to tho law in a oubo ot mutiny among hid niotloycrew , a number of whom are in oonsequunoe committed to gayl . Iho ship is not , wo arc now informed to go to Amcrioa for a year—if then— -but is to bo moved about as u travelling . exhibition from port ; to port of tho United Kingdom , for tho gratification of tho curious , at half-a-6 rown a head .

      under tho rule of Arch-duke Maximilian , who is to astonish the world as a liberal soion of tho House of Hapsburg . It appears but too evident that tho fate of Italy depends upon tho firmness of tho Italians themselves—for it oan hardly bo credited that tho astute ruler of Franco will go so far as again to draw the sword La a c ause which will array all tho rest of Europe against him ; And if a bold front be shown by tho inhabitants of Central Italy , it will go hard if Viotor Emmanuel ,

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      REVIEW OF THE WEEK- INDIA AND INDIAN PROGRESS- The French Tress ........... 1083 Death of Mr . F . Crace .. ... 1038 HOME INTELLIGENCE . PAGE Late ^ ndian Intelligence ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . 1070 ORJGINAL CORRESPONDENCE- COM MERC 1 ALSir John Franklin ' s Expedition 1072 _ inci Ireland— TheRevivals ... 1072 MUSIC AND THE DRAMA— £ ran , < f'V " 10 S 4 The Trade of China 10 S 0 Notable Men Recently Deceased 1073 Haymarket 1080 Germany • a"o * Money Market and Stock Kx-The Strikes .... 1073 J —_ . , „„ ...,,,. ' -.. '¦¦ change . 1090 Political Foreshadowings 1074 Postscript ... 1080 LITERATUKfc— General Trade Report . .. . 10 S ( 0 Naval and Military 1074 ^ Notes of the Week 10 S 5 Price List of Stocks and Shares .. 1020 The Volunteers 1075 PUBLIC AFFAIRS Through Norway-with a Knap- Consumption of Cotton in Europe 1000 Law , Police , and Casualties 1075 sir john Franklin and his Com- sack • 1085 Railway Intelligence 1000 General Home News 1070 panions < 10 S 1 A Gallop to the Antipodes ....... 10 SG Joint Stock Companies lo'JO foreign intelligence . The W-eymouth Inquest ........ 1081 A Trip to the Rhine _ and Pans 10 S 0 General [ Summary .............. 107 , 7 Ourselves and Neighbours . 1081 British Soldiers m India 1087 Japan and its Future .. 1978 Custom-house Extravagance .... 1082 General Literature 10 S 8 Facts and Scraps 1091 Foreign Incidents ...... 1078 Blondin or no Blondin ? 1083 Lecture by Mr . French luas . ¦ ¦¦

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 24, 1859, page 1071, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2313/page/3/