Current:

Leader (1850-1860), 15th May 1858, Edition 2 of 2, Page 11

Page 11
Page 11
11 of 24

On this page

  • Departments (3)
    • . . . ¦XAnnfii Lllllt *ixi 4./.iv4r*|iu.
    • ' ' ' -- - •- . ^> ^WPS" 1 V^f\Pr\ T^flx Mj ^t C / ^o (¦ v ) . v— ' VV —?— ¦
    • mtlilb Iffairs . fUUt - U ^ UUUi "* . _
  • Text (11)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      M I S C Ell Aneous. The .Court.—The Quee...

      the Town Council , lield on Thursday , it vras . agreed i hjr 22 votes to 10 , to authorize the town , olerk to take the opinion of counsel , and defend the action brought I ) y tlie University against the Mayor for refusing totake the usual oath . A motion was made that the cost' of the action should be borne by the Mayor ancLGoiaicil , but was withdrawn on account of its illegality .. Wreck on the Cornish Coast . —The ship Defence , of Liverpool , has been wrecked off the Cornish coast , near . Bude ; but the crew were , saved ; after great trouble and risk , by the men of the Royal National Life Boat Institution at Bude . They had to go a distance of fourteen miles with their apparatus before they could

      reach the spot where the wreck bad gone on shore . The ship was wedged Under-a perpendicular cliff , three hundred feefe high , and the men on shore had to make theu : way round , a difficult point . " The- crew , " says a William Trettgidgo , one of the rescuing party , " clung to a rock , with the sea breaking heavily over them , without one ray of hope , and . an overhanging cliff of immense height above them . In this position the coastguard had to slide down a most awful cliff , and , -with the aid of a small line and with holding on to each , other , succeeded in hauling the whole ofth . e crew , more dead than alive , over the cliffs . Had the small rope-broken at the time , the whole of the men engaged in the dangerous undertaking would have been burled over the cliffs- into

      the sea and perished . One of the coast-guardsmen was obliged to be suspended with one . leg over the cliffs ^ , to clear ajid lift the cr & w over the precipice . I must , in justice to the inhabitants , say that they one and all did their hest for the rescue of the crew , and stood by to the last , rendering what aid they could . The ship proved to be the Defence , of and for Liverpool , Thomas Hastings master , 1000 tons burden , from the coast of Africa , laden with har-wood ; hut having met with a series of accidents—first , in losing both anchors and cables on the Western Islands , then in attempting to reach Milford- — struck on the Crow Rock , and 1 ost her rudder , and was left , through stress of weather , by a steamer that had been towing her , to her sad fate , when she drove on shore and ; was dashed to atoms . "

      Osiak Pacha and tbeAiubs . —The military movements of Omar Pacha against the wandering Arab tribes ( says a letter from Damascus of April 12 th ) , have proved completely successful .- His troops have returned ¦ with , a rich booty , part of . which consists of 1500 camels . The cherif , Eba Alula ] , and other chiefs , have arrived at Bagdad to make their submission . Omar Pacha has received them with great distinction . The hope that he would accord an indemnity to the merchants who were pillaged last year- does not seem likely to be realized .

      Government Emigration . — The Government emigrant ship StebonUeath , 114 tons , Captain . Council , which sailed from Plymouth on the 30 th of September , in charge of Surgeon-Superintendent William Johnson Rowland , with 20 married couples , 84 single men , 149 single women , 35 boys between the ages of 1 and 12 , 27 girls between the same ages , and eight infants , making a total of 355 soxils , equal to 316 statute adults , of whom 201 were English , 8 Scotch , and 146 Irish , arrived at Sydney , New South Wales , on the 27 th of February . Five deaths , viz ., 1 adult and four infants , and four Itirths occurred during the voyage .

      • Jyo. 425,Icay 15;.1868.] Ttgll! I^E.A3...

      • jyo . 425 , ICay 15 ; . 1868 . ] TTgll ! I ^ E . A 3 > EIL && i

      . . . ¦Xannfii Lllllt *Ixi 4./.Iv4r*|Iu.

      Ifasteaipt

      Leat>Ek Office, Saturday, May 15th. Last...

      Leat > ek Office , Saturday , May 15 th . LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . This House appointed Tuesday next for a conference with the Commons on the Oaths Bill . THE MUMSTRV AND THIS DKSl'ATCH TO IXmi > CANNING . The Earl of' SiiAFTEsninur moved certain resolutions which will bo found in full in another coUimn .- ^ -Tho Earl of Elltcnuohough replied , urging that Oude ought . to bo treated like a country with which avo had been at war , and not as . a rehellioua province . —The . Duke of Aroyo , followed , supporting the resolutions , and was replied to by the Earl of Caunakvon . —The Duke of Somkuset supported the motion , which was opposed in a . long speecli by the Loitp CiiANCicrxon , who moved the " previous question , " and to whom Lord Cran-^ VOutii rep lied . —The Earl of PoNouoimouij having spoken on bohjar of . the Government , Earl Ghet proceeded to deal with the question from the opposite view , censuring tlie hasty proceeding of the Government , and exprcBSing liia expectation of the ill efleot it would produce in India . The Earl of Dicuby then rose , and mado an elaborate and earnest dcrenco of the course pursued by Ministers . He fq . oko in lugli terms of Lord Canning ' s ? £ T-n "" ? , " ^ ° \ rcspcct cxccpl ' iu tllc mftttor ^ mo Ul-judgcd Proclamation , which was calculated to cause great danger to Oml c . As regarded tho despatch velvet K"eiJ 1 ? oro « K |' i nothing tlint ltiul pusst-d i , » - tilt J ! n ^ " fi « loril » y ^ tho responsibility of The UoLTSI ? . ^ "" 9 UP 1 ) ° rtCd th 0 " ° - ~

      For the s & otion ... ... ... 158 Against it ... ... ... ... 1 . Majority for Government ... 9 The House then adjourned ; HOUSE OF COMMONS . There was no preliminary business transacted , and the usual questions on Friday nights on . the motion for the adjournment to Monday , were postponed for the purpose of clearing the way forthe VOTE OF CENSUKE OK THE GOVERNMENT . Mr . Car » welx , moved ; in a very elaborate speech , in which his main , argument "was that the publication of the despatch of Lord Ellenborough to Lord . Canning , was an act for which the whole Cabinet was responsible , the following resolution : — " That this House , whilst , in its present state of information , it abstftius from expressing an opinion on the policy of any puoeJamatioa which may have beea issued . by the Governori-General of .- India in relation to . Oude , has seen with regret , and serious apprehension that her Majesty ' s Government have , addressed to the Governor-General , through the Secret Committee of the Court : of' Directors , and' have published a despatch condemning in strong terms ; the conduct of the . Governor-General ; . and is of opinion that , such a course on the part of the Government must tend , in the present circumstances of India , to produce the most prejudicial effect , by weakening the authority of the Governor-General , and encouraging . the further re--sistance p £ \ those who are in arms against . us ~"—Mr . Deasy seconded the motion .: —The Solicitor-Gbneral followed , defending the course of the Government on the ground that the Proclamation of Lord Canning was unjust ami impolitic , and urging that the publication of the despatch was- fully atoned for by the generous resignation of Lord EUenborough . —Mr . Lowe followed , arguing in favour of the motion . —Mr . Lindsay , on the part of the independent Liberal members , expressed their preference of the present Government 1 to seeing Lord Palmerston again in office . Lord A . Vane Tempest moved aai amendment , derprecating further proceedings till more information was received from India .- —Colonel Svkes supported the motion . —Mr . H . Baillie stated that the Governor-General had refused to listen to the advice of Sir James Outrain to issue an amnesty for Ou . de . —Mr . Y ^ enon Smith and Lord Stanley having spoken , Lord Joira Russell declared that the House roust either vote censure on the Ministry , or declare Lord Canning unfit for his office . He strenuously supported the motion . — On the motion of Mr . Roebuck , the debate was adjourned to Monday , and the House rose at a quarter-past twelve .

      The Continent. A Statue To General Pepfe...

      THE CONTINENT . A statue to General Pepfe , distinguish ed by his efforts for the liberation of Italy from Austrian predominance , has been inaugurated with fitting pomp at Turin . The intelligence from Constantinople is to the 5 th . More troops are being sent to Montenegro . The peasants of Albania , exasperated at the exactions of the lax-collectors , have refused to pay more , telling them to take their ploughs if they pleased . The consuls Of France and Austria have pacified the tribes of the Libanua .

      M . do Thouvenclhas , it is stated , revived tho question of the Holy Places , by advancing ^ a claim at Constantinople on behalf of the Latins to tho cupola of the church of St . Sepulchre at Jerusalem . The Prince ltoyal of AVurtemberg arrived on Wednesday night at eleven o ' clock in Puiis , and alighted with his suite at the Hotel du Louvre-. 'Ho will , it is said , remain some timoi in Paris , and will accorapaivy tho Emperor and Empress to Fontaienbleau . The Constiltttioimd announces that the Princess Marie of Baden , the sister of' the reigmng Grand Diikc , is affianced to the Prince Ernest de Leiningen , tho halfbrother of Queen Victoria . The Aiistrinns urc said to have arrested the Montenegrin CJrcek Archbishop , who -was supposed to havo gone on a mission to St . Petersburg , ut Zuru . No reason for this arrest is stated .

      Canada.— Two Fires Broke Out At Toronto ...

      Canada . — Two fires broke out at Toronto on the night of tlie 27 th ult ., destroying much property . Great alarm was felt in consequence of the extraordinary number of firea which had occurred . It was supposed that they wore tlie work of a baud of incendiaries . Tho ciuV . ens wore organizing a patrol , and offering large rewards for the apprehension and conviction of the miacrcuiit . s . Mihs Amy SiflKiwioic . ' —Wo are glad to aao it stated that MiiM Amy Sodgwick , who Uiih for soino time boon Buttering from Ruvcvu indisposition , in now rapidly recovering it Hustings , ind' that it is expected she will ah ' ortly malco her appearance ayjiiii on thta stage .

      Notigbsto Ogbbespondbnts*. '' Sanitary C...

      NOTIGBSTO OGBBESPONDBNTS * . '' Sanitary Conditiou of the Army , " No . II , ^ ne * t week ^ . No notice can be taken of anonymous correspondence Whateveris intended forins & rtion mustlye authenticated by . tixo name and . address of the writer ; not necessarily for publication , but as apcuarantee of hisgoodfaith . ltas . iiapos & ibletoacknowledse-theiaass-of letters we receive . Their insertion is oft en delayed , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted , it is frequently from reasons q-iuteinttepondeatt of tbemeritsof th & communication .

      ' ' ' -- - •- . ^≫ ^Wps" 1 V^F\Pr\ T^Flx Mj ^T C / ^O (¦ V ) . V— ' Vv —?— ¦

      < 3 Jp % tin

      Satubday, May . 15, 1858.

      SATUBDAY , MAY . , 1858 .

      Mtlilb Iffairs . Fuut - U ^ Uuui "* . _

      ^ ttiilb Sttara . —¦— '

      •W : There Is Nothing So Revolutionary, ...

      • w : There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , aa the-strain to keeptnings fixedwheaalltbe woild is * by the verylaw of its creationmeternal progress . —JDk . A : RHon >

      Was Originally An Intrigue, And As Such ...

      was originally an intrigue , and as such it was immediately denounced by the Grovernnxent party ; but , "unhappily for tlie Cabinet , Me . CAEDwaai / i ; and those w-hom lie represents had found a strong case , and with malevolent " patriotism , " stood forward to assert a policy of - discretion against the totally indefensible rashness of an impetuous Minister . Lord Ellenboeotjgh had clearly ; committed- himself past , apology , and the Ministry had been compromised with him .

      OUR INDIAN EMPtRE AND FACTIONS AT HOME . AoDiSMAiii state of political immorality is be > - trayed by the alacrity , of factions at home to profit by any disputed point of Indian policy . The discussions of the present week have been not only embittered by every excess of gratuitous personality , but , there has been . scarcely an attempt to conceal the fact that the great question at home is that between Piccadilly and . St . James's-square . The movement concerted at Cambridge House ,

      Whatever may be thought of the Proclamation to the people of 0 tide , ' the form of censure adopted in Cannon-row and sanctioned in Downing-street , and its precipitate and blundering publication , threw upon the Cabinet a responsibility which it ought never to have incurred , and for -which it will have to answer to Parliament—perhaps to the

      constituencies . The Opposition , we think , was bound to challenge the conduct of liord UixENBonouaH . ; and when Mr . Disraeli , in . reply to an interrogation i evidently preconcerted , from 3 MDr-. Biti & iitr , identified himself and his colleagues with the coarse that Imd been pursued , there was , perhaps , no alternative except to raise a debate involving the existence of tlie Ministry or that of Lord

      Palmetiston ' s House of Commons . No one complains that the Whigs desire to defend their nominee at Calcutta , together with Lord'DAiiiiousiE and Lord Join * KubselIi himself , or that they have undertaken to censuro the public ; declamations of Lord Ei . iiRNBOitouGii in favour of the enemy , in Oude ; but can wo \ glance at their mano 3 uvres and say that they ai * e not taking advantage of a plausible opportunity to coalesce for a > faction light ? It is not the Caedweli or tho SitAFTusuurnY

      resolutionswo condomn ; it is the spirit which lias infused so much hypocritical activity into tho body of tho Opposition . Whatevor the Parliamentary issue , tho honest opinion of tho country will judge in a public sense ,. and docide botween ouo set oi' principles and another . To do thia oaltnlyand intelligently it is necessary to consider the intent of Lard Canning ' s Proclamation . liodueed to its essence , it sot forth that tho conspicuously loyal Komindara , talookdurs , " imd chokadara

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), May 15, 1858, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15051858/page/11/