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    674 T H E ~L E A. D E R. [No, 434, Jtjly...

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    O • ¦ ¦ ; ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ On Wednesday Afternoon...

    one morning the community was startled , and , for the most part , horrified to discover the bodies of four of Us leading men hanged to as many trees : bhey were all of the "American" party . Verily , young as brother Jonathan-is , hfe ^ as live & 'Toftg enough in the world to have shai & en off somewlfat more of his primal savagery , to have learnt thentse Df better political arguments than revolvers attd bowie-knives in the Senate , afod halters ev £ n in rts most distant country-places .

    A spmt-stirrmg letter m the Times of Thursday sets forth the perils of the late telegraphic expedition during the thirty -three days it was out at sea . Contrary to all the calculations ' which'had "been made witli regard to the weather , the expedition was overtaken , almost immediately after it left land , by a series of storms of unexampled violence . The Agamemnon , whose adventures are specially recorded in the letter , was throughout these storms in the greatest danger from her overloaded state , and her escape really appears little short of a miracle . The utter failure of the attempt to lay the

    cable in the face of these adversities is nothing surprising ; but it demonstrates the necessity for calling into play much greater , as well as more manageable powers , than have 'hitherto been employed . For the sake of the company , as well as for the sake of the two countries whose interest in the success of the undertaking is so great , every chance of future failure should be removed , as far as chances can be calculated . And while the reasons for losing no moment that can possibly be saved are obvious , we can think of no better or more promising plan than that suggested by the Times , namely , to employ the Great Eastern .

    The Archbishop of Canterbury has ratified tlie sentence passed upon the Rev . Mr . Poole by the Bishop of Lou-dox , and so the case ends , as between Mr . Poole and his clerical superiors ; but it still remains open , as between the public and the dismissed clergyman . The public has been grossly scandalized by the attack made upon the curate of St . Barnabas , and though it is prepared'to raise its voice loudly enough against the systematic practice

    of confession in the Protestant Church , its love of fair play will not suffer it to join in blasting the character of a clergyman because his notions of his religious duties are not in accordance with its views on the subject . . There is , in fact , a strong reaction in favour of Mr . Poole personally , and subscriptions are pouring in from persons of all shades of opinion to enable Mr , Pooue to punish the authors of the wrong that has been done him .

    The Civil Sennet :. —Mr . James William Cusack , President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland , has been appointed Surgeon in Ordinary to her Majesty in Ireland , in the room of Sir Philip Crampton , deceased . A > Tew Peer . —We believe vre may announce that Sir John Yarde Buller has consented to accept a peerage , and will take the title of Earl of Churston Ferrers . The second title will probably bo Viscount Lupton . —Plymouth Mail J

    The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce an » the Mkxican Forced Loan . —A Bpeciul mooting of the Council of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce was held on Friday week ,. Mr . Christopher Bushel in the chair , to consider a letterJiaddrossod to the counoil by tho Mexican houses hero and various documents , on tho subject of the recent decree of tho Mexican Government imposing a forced loan upon the capitals of merchants engaged in trade or industry . The matter was fully considered , ana was referred to a special committee , who ¦ wo understand , have sent up a memorial to the Earl of Malmesbury , expressing the opinion of tho chamber on the question , and soliciting his Lordship ' s aid in tho proteotion of British intorcsts in that country . Mn . Albkrt Smith left for China , vi & tho overland route , on the 8 th inst .

    Mb . Gkorchs Thompson , after an ab 3 enco from India of two yoara and a hulf , arrived in London ou Sunday . Hia health was very bud during tho voyage ; but ho is now recovering , though ho is still debilitated . The Suakspkarb Autogkai-h ia enshrined in tho British Muaoum . It lies on velvot , in a sloping mahogany caso , -with a plato glasa bolbro it , an I curc / uus of blue Bilk to protect it from too strong a light . " Wliat a change , " saya tho Illustrated London New , " from lying in a dirty chest , in a tUreo-paU-baok uttic off Cbancery-lano !"

    674 T H E ~L E A. D E R. [No, 434, Jtjly...

    674 T H E ~ L E A . D E R . [ No , 434 , Jtjly 17 , 1858 ,

    Tffe Emhassy House At Pauis. Qn Tlte'mbt...

    TffE EMHASSY HOUSE AT PAUIS . Qn tlte ' mbtlon for going into Committee of Sum > lv Mr . Wise called attention to a charge in the esti - mates of l' 9 ' , 0 OOJ . for repairing the Embassy House in Paris , and asked for tlie production , of the reports of thp surveyor' * ttd architect . Including the purchase-money this buiUimghad cost the country altogether 135 000 / —Mr . Hamilton was not at all surprised that the additional tote , after the enormous expenditure -which had lreadtaken l should

    BfcEllML PARLIAMENT . Monday , July 12 th . OATHS ^ itLr ,. In the'House of Lonus , oh tlie order 6 f * ttie day for considering the report of tKe reasons to be offered to the House of Commons fox persisting in their Lordships ' arneno ? rrfents to' the OatRs Bill , Earl Guanville expressed great doubt as to the policy of persisting in the amendments after the passing of Lord Lucan'sbill . Tlie House of Commons might say that no reply to the reasons was necessary , since their Lordships had ahopted the very course denounced by the reasons . Three of those reasons were far from conclusive , and the others were offensive to the House of Commons , or insulting to those who are now to be admitted to Parliament . —The Earl of Derby said that the reasons were quite consistent with the course , taken . They had not changed their opinion on the propriety of admitting Jews to Parliament , but , for the sake of conciliation , they had given a permissive authority to the other House to . admit them . However , he would propose to substitute another reason for the fourth in the report , and to omit the sixth altogether . —The Marquis of Lassdowne thought the course proposed most singular and inconsistent—viz ., that the records of the House for the same day should contain a declaration that Jews are morally unfit to legislate for the country , and a bill admitting them to seats in the Legislature . —Lord Malmesbuuy said that , if there had been a concession , it had been made to a political necessity ; not to a moral conviction . The reply to the Commons had been drawn up by a majority of their Lordships' House ; and he thought it unusual for the minority to object to reasons so approved . —The Earl of Carlisle condemned the course taken by the Government . The reasons for disagreeing Avith the Commons were inconsistent and discreditable . —The Earl of Hakdwicke supported the reasons , -which were opposed by Lord Stanley of Alderley . who said that they made the concessions appear , grudging and xuigracious .- ^ The Duke of Newcastle suggested the propriety of dropping the Oaths Bill altogether , considering that Lord Lncan ' s measure would effect the object in view . ¦ . " . ¦ ¦• ¦¦ . ¦'¦ -.- ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' The question was put on the three first reasons , and , though opposed , they were carried . —On the fourth reason being put , the Earl of Dkrby proposed to omit the part in which it was alleged that their prayers would be a mockery if the Jews were admitted , and to substitute a statement that the denial of the Saviour ' s naine by the Jews renders them morally unfit to take part in the legislation of a Christian community . —The House unanimously agreed to omit the words proposei to be struck out ; but the Opposition resisted the insertion of the words proposed to be introduced in place of the words omitted . —Their Lordships divided 011 the question that the words proposed to be introduced should be inserted . Contents ... ... 50 Non-contents ... ... 42 Majority —8 The fourth reason , amended as proposed by Lord Derby , was then adopted , and also the fifth reason . The sixth reason was struck out . THE JEWS RILL . Tho Earl of Lucan moved the third reading of this bill ; and the Earl of Galloway moved that it he read a third time that day six months . Tho amendment having been seconded by Viscount Dunoannon , the House divided , and the third reading was affirmed by 33 to 12 . On the motion that tho bill do pass , Lord Redtcsdale proposed to add two clauses , first , that duo notice should be given of moving a resolution for the admission of tho Jews into either House , and secondly , that such motion should only bo made once in each session . —The Earl of Derby hoped tho noble Lord would not press the clauses . —Lord Uedesdalk withdrew tho clauses . —The Earl of IlAnniNOTON moved that no member of tho House of Commons , who should make a loan to a foreign stnto after his election , should bo allowed to sit in Parliament until ho should bo re-elected , as tho interests of such loan contractor might be opposed to his duties uh legislator . He also moved that no member of Parliament of the Jewish faith , should he allowed to vote on any question connected -with tho interests of tho Established Church , or of any Christian sect . —Tho Earl of Derby opposed the amendment , and urged tho noble Earl not to press it . —It was understood that tho amendment was withdrawn , no question having been put on it . —Tho bill then passed . Tho Joint Stock Companies Act A-mhndmknt Birr ., and tho Cmmcmcs & o . ( Ireland ) Bill , wore road a third time , and passed . Tho House adjourned at a quarter past eight . NEW WRIT , In tho Housk of Commons , n . t tho morning sitting , Sir Wiluam Jomffk moved that a writ should issue for tho election of « member for tho borough of Stamford in the room of John Inglis , Esq ., who , since liin election , has accepted tho oilieo of her Majesty ' s Lord Justice Clork in Scotland . —This was agreed to . Mr . Pitzboy brought up tho report of Supply , which ' ¦ was received .

    a y pace , create some observa tion . He should be happy to lay on the table the report and correspondence which formed the foundation of the present vote . —Mr . Wilson explained that Mr 3 Iunt had been sent to Paris by the late Chief Commissioner of Works to examine the building , and lie reported that it would . be necessary to expend -something more than 18 , 000 / . in repairs . A French architect had estimated the expense at somewhat more , and . in that state the matter stood when the late Government left office .

    The House having gone into Committee of Supi > ly , several votes were agreed to , though some met with opposition . TOWEK SALES AXD WEEBON . ESTABLISHMENT . I 11 the evening , in-answer to Captain Yiviajt , General Peel , said that he had seen a statement with respect to sales of boots at the Tower , but that he believed that 70 , 000 , and not 170 , 000 , pairs had been sold since the conclusion of the late war , and that no portion had been received back at Weedon , or reissued to the troops . A part , however , had been bought by officers of militia , and he believed they had given every satisfaction . Ten clerks had been added to the " Weedon . establishment previously to Captain Marvin being sent down .

    TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA . The Chancellor of the Exchequer , replying to Mr . Brady , said that it was not the intention of Government to adopt TVIr . Serjeant Glover ' s scheme for establishing a submarine telegraphic communication from Plymouth . to Cape Roccoj near Lisbon ; thence to Gibraltar and Malta , whence it would join the established line from Malta to Corfu , en route to India . Arrangements were nearly made , and he ( Mr . Disraeli ) thought that the plan which had been decided on was preferable to that of Mr . Glover .

    .. , THE MASSACRE AT JEDDAH . Mr . Liddell , referring to the report which had appeared of a massacre at Jeddah , inquired whether the attention of the Government had been directed to the occurrence . and , if so , whether they had taken any steps in consequence . — "Mr . Seymour , Fitzgerald , " stated . that the only information the Government had of the tragic occurrence was from the telegram in the hands of ni embers : but he had no reason to doubt that the story -was

    unfortunately too true . Immediately oil the receipt of the communication , his noble friend at the head of the Foreign-office sent a telegraphic message to Malta to intercept the Indian mail . This telegram contained instructions to the commander of the Cyclops tog-n immediately to Jeddah and to bring the perpetrators of this terrible outrage to justice . At the same time , instructions weregiven to Captain Watson of the Indi .-in squadron to send two vessels to Jeddah to co-operate in every way with the Cyclops .

    THE SLAVE TRADE . On tho motion for again going into Committee of Supply , Mr . IIutt called attention to the report of flic committees on the slave trade in 1848 and 1819 ; and moved " That it is expedient to discontinue the practice of authorizing her Majesty ' s ships to visit and starch vessels under foreign flags , with a view of suppressing the traffic in slaves . " It had aways l > ecn said tli . it , as long as there was a demand for slaves , there would be a supply , and that the great law pf commercial intercourse would frustrate any attempt violently to suppress the traffic . That conclusion hud been confirmed by experience : our system had failed , and wo liad emitted - 'i vast amount of suffering to the negroes sin tingled iV <» m Africa

    to America . " When , the point of embarkation is blocked up by tho British cruisers , the negroes arc put in warehouses , where they remain sometimes for months , and there have been cases where they have been massacred by their owners . Add to tlie number dying in tliis way , n » d by disease , thoso who perish in the long marches , from fatigue , hunger , and thirst , and tho result is fearful to contemplate . Then como tho horrors of tho middle passage , tho stories of which have passed into 11 by-word . Tho blucka aro so packed on board tho ship * , that during tho wholo passage across tho Atlantic thoy are unable to

    change position or to stir their limbs , and the 1 nitrifying dead cannot bo romoved from immediate contact with tho living . " Lot the IIouso think of tho . suH ' erings of thosj who survive , of tho permanent injurios tlii-y must receive , nnd of tho agonies of those who din under circuinstances so horrible . It had been cnleulntiMl that the number of thoso who perish during tho niiddlo pasK / ige is about twenty-uvo per cent . ; and for those iluuths , thoso who might put an end to tho cause and < l <> » ot - arc partly responsible . " Another disastrous consciiueneo of tho system ia that it had dragged this country to the verge of hostilities with two maritime- states with which it is

    our interest to remain on torma of amity . Mr . Caudwicll opposed tho motion . It hnd been said that it was hopeless to attempt to put down the ulavo trado with Brazil : yet tho truillc with that country

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  • Leader (1850-1860), July 17, 1858, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17071858/page/2/