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    736 THE LEADER. {No. 436, July 31, 1858.

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    THE ORIENT. EGYPT. The Christians have b...

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    IRELAND. The Harvest.—Very favourable ac...

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    AMERICA. The recent troubles with respec...

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    n CONTINENTAL NOTES

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    The Massacre At Jeddah. The Monucur Publ...

    ten of an English officer on board the Cyclops , has also been published . We here read , with respect to the immediate cause of the outrage , as follows : — * ' Mr . Vice-Cbnsul Page having called « n the Cyclops to interfere in the matter of a British merchant skip which tad illegally assumed a Turkish character , the 15 th of Jane was appointed for hearing the case . The captain proceeded to the Consulate , where he found two merchants , the complainant , and the Consul . The ship had two owners , both British subjects . The wrongdoer would not appear until brought by the Janissary ; and , the complaint having been read to lira , he refused any answer , or to entertain the subject , stating that he ¦ would only do so atCalcutta , where the ship was registered .

    After waiting some time without eliciting any replies , he -was ordered under arrest by Mr . Page , and , giving every circumstance consideration , the Court came to the decision that the ship -was British , her owners British subjects , and that her assumption of a foreign character irithoat referring to the Consul was contrary to law ; this change of character had been , arranged with the authorities of the place . The ship was accordingly seized , and a sufficient force placed on board to retain her . A letter was sent off immediately to the Pacha , then at Ifecca , stating what had been done , also to the Lieutenant-Governor in the town . A reply was received , protesting against the seizure . However , the pretended owner , who was the cause of the disturbance , came , begged most hurnhly that the decision should be altered , and confessed that he was wrong in his proceedings ; but , as he had before given much trouble to his Consul ,

    and . the letter had been despatched to the Pacha , and as it was also the opinion of the merchants ( Indian ) that an example should be made , no attention -was paid to him , but he was released from arrest . He then departed , saying he should get his ship again at Calcutta . About half-past five o ' clock , the captain of the Cyclops , with several of the officers , left to go on board , and reached the ship safely . That night some Greeks came x > ff , in a state almost of nudity , stating that tfce people of the town had risen , pulled down the flags tafFs of the English and French Consulates , and were hunting up the Christians . As all this -was by imperfect interpretation , and the Greeks are not famed for telling truth , the Cyclops kept quiet : the Greeks considered that the flags would protect the Consuls , besides -which the local Government would , it was said , afford protection to all who ¦ ought it " The letter then proceeds to relate those events with which the public are already familiaT .

    736 The Leader. {No. 436, July 31, 1858.

    736 THE LEADER . { No . 436 , July 31 , 1858 .

    The Orient. Egypt. The Christians Have B...

    THE ORIENT . EGYPT . The Christians have been threatened and insulted in . . Alexandria , bnt the offenders were immediately arrested . A garrison of eight thousand men , and the energetic measures which have been adopted , prevent all apprehension of danger . M . de Lesseps has left for Constantinople . COCHIN CHJNA . According to accounts from Manilla in the Madrid Jfovedades , the JPrencb . Admiral in the Chinese waters ,

    II . Kigault de Genonilly , had sent a message to the Governor to the effect that , at the beginning of Jnne , lie would go with his fleet to the Philippine Islands to take on board the Spanish troops destined to assist in chastising the Cochin Chinese . The accounts add that it was believed that the intention of the French and Spaniards was to take the town of Tucoso , and then dictate their conditions to the sovereign of Cochin China . They add , that in the event of his refusing redress they intend to march on his capital , Huelo ( or Hue" ) , though it is strongly fortified .

    Ireland. The Harvest.—Very Favourable Ac...

    IRELAND . The Harvest . —Very favourable accounts of the harvest are received from all parts of the country . The weather has been extremely fine , and the reports of the potato disease have completely died out . 3 Papal Intolerance . —The Marquis of Sligo , a Protest ant , has been married , according to the rites ol the English Church , to Miss Nugent , a Roman Catholic . The bride and bridegroom are distant relations , and within the * grounds of affinity proscribed by Home . The Pope , however , whenever he likes , grants special permission to persons so circumstanced , to marry ; and such' permission was sought in the present instance , in order that the lady might have the satisfaction of a second marriage according to the ceremonies of her own faith . This was refused , though the Pope granted permission in the case of the sister of Lady Sligo , notwithstanding that the degree of relationship to her betrothed was nearer . But in that caao the bridegroom was a Papist as well as the biido ; while in the other instance he is a Protestant .

    The Lord Lieutenant . —A grand banquet has been given to tho Lord Lieutenant nt Galway . All the speakers congratulated the country on the progress it has made during the last few years . Thk TirPBKAHv Bank . —A notification from tho official manager of this unfortunate bank informs the victims of Mr . Sadleir's swindling that a further dividend

    of Is . 6 d . in the pound -would be paid on and after the 30 th . Galway and America . —A second start has been , made from Galway to New York , -with every prospect of the new line of vessels at length succeeding . Lord Roden was on Monday sworn in a member of the Irish Privy Council at Dublin . His name will fce recollected as that of a vehement Protestant , who some years , ago got into disgrace with the then Government in connexion with the Orange Lodges .

    America. The Recent Troubles With Respec...

    AMERICA . The recent troubles with respect to the right of search have led to some friendly negotiations between tie English and American Governments having reference to suspected vessels . In reply to the invitation of the former , that the latter should suggest some plan for & n arrangement to determine the character of suspected vessels at sea , the Washington Administration has answered that it cannot see any plan not subject to grave objections , and calculated to produce greater evils than those sought to be prevented ; but that it will consider any proposal that may be made by her Majesty ' s Government . The Post-office is said to have been much embarrassed in the ocean mail arrangements by the inability to hear from Mr . Collins what he proposes relative to the fulfilment of his contract .

    The conditions agreed upon at the conference between Governor Cumming , the Peace Commissioners , and the beads of the Mormon Church , are said to be that the troops shall ester the city without opposition ; that the civil officers shall be permitted to perform their duties without interruption ; and that , unconditional obedience shall be paid to the laws of the land ; while , on the other hand , past offences are to be forgiven , as was stated in the President's proclamation . All the houses in the city have been closed against both civil officers and strangers , except one , which was occupied by the Governor and his famil y- Everybody else -was obliged to sleep in the waggons or on the ground .

    Toronto , Canada , has been the scene of some political excitement . A boisterous meeting has been held , at the call of the Mayor ^ for the purpose , it was alleged , of securing the overthrow of the Government and putting the Opposition in power . The police interfered , and great confusion prevailed . TheToronto Leader says that threats were made to burn down the Parliament buildings , and that , as a matter of precaution , the military were in readiness . —The Montreal Parliament

    continues in session , and most of the estimates have been voted . The Inspector-General has introduced a proposition for a revision of the tariff , proposing an increase . Articles of luxury , such as silks , are taxed twenty per cent . ; while a correspondingly light tax is put on articles of prime necessity . The tariff is also made incidentally protective . The proposed change has excited little criticism out of doors , but is expected to meet -with opposition in Parliament . The weather has been favourable for the growing crops ; but business was dull .

    From Fraser River it is stated that one American vessel has entered the river in spite of the blockade . The Hudson ' s Bay Company ' s officials have appointed Customs officers , and chosen magistrates from among the immigrants . A good feeling exists between the company ' s people and the miners . After July , the license fee is to be strictly exacted . Miners are allowed to carry full supplies for themselves , but none for trade ; and . all passengers by steamers must be provided with a passport . An American ' s property has been confiscated because be traded without a license . A fatal collision has occurred at Fort Hope , in which an Indian and a -white man vfere killedj The Hudson's Bay officials prevented further consequences .

    The business part of Mariposa , in California , has been destroyed by fire . At San Andreas , a destructive conflagration has occurred . The brig C Perkins , of New York , has been sunk in the harbour of Havannah . It was known that she had landed a cargo of Africans , and her papers-were detained at the United States Consulate . An unsuccessful attempt was made to bribe the Acting Consul-General to give them up . Despatches bad been sent to Mr . Forsyth in Mexico , approving his suspension of diplomatic relations with that country , and directing the withdrawal of tho Legation , and its return to the United States . The Constitutional forces have been defeated in the vicinity of Guadalajara by Zuluaga ' s troops . General Ossollo is dead .

    Six persons have been killed , and a large number of persons seriously injured , by an accident on the New York and Erie Railroad .

    N Continental Notes

    andna ( says a letter from the former city } on tlie 9 < TZ inst . She was accompanied by M . Emerat Chal ^? of the Consul . When the arrival of X steamT £ ** Jourdain was telegraphed , the Prefect went -to !? Joliette to receive Madlle . Eveillard , and took her t « Ik Prefecture . She bears 011 her face the mark of a < w ! wound , extending from the ear to the mouth M Emerat , who is of small stature , is covered with wo ' unH ' He received a cut across the bead from a -vata < rhan «« i two sabre cuts on his arms . His left hand is seveX wounded , and still enveloped in a bandage- his rilZ hand is slightly wOunded , and he received a ' ball in M , leg . The Prefect shook hands with him , and annO ™« S that the Emperor had conferred the Cross of the Leirin of Honour on him . M . Einerat is twenty-five Year , of age . J " The Count de Chambord , wlio has been visiti ™ Belgium , has been received by tie King- with marked attention . He has even called on him—an honour onlv paid to crowned heads . *

    CONTINENTAL NOTES . FRANCE . Count Cavqwr has arrived at Plombiores , and been received by the Emperor . On tho same evening , he dined with his Majesty , and accompanied him after dinner to view the now park which ia boing laid out . On their return , they conferred together tljl a late hour . Madllo . Eveillard , daughter of the French Consul murdered at Jeddali , arrived at Marseilles from

    Alex-A curious case < says a contemporary ) has been an * mitted to the Civil Tribunal of Chaumont ( Haute Marne ) . A respectable young man prayed that his marriage with a young -woman might be annulled on the ground that a few weeks after its celebration he had discovered that the woman was enceinte ; he also claimed damages for the wrong she had done him . It was proved that the woman was in the situation mentioned , and that she had never said a word about it to the man- also that when he discovered it she threw herself on her knees and implored his pardon . It was argued that for a woman to keep silence on such a matter -was not a sufficient legal reason for annulling a marriage ; but the tribunal , in a judgment of great length , declared the union to be void , and ordered the woman to pay the man 50 Ofr . damages .

    The town and neighbourhood of Montbrison ( Drome ) has been visited by a thunderstorm of unusual violence . Two or three persons were killed by the lightning , and several buildings were struck and injured . At "Verjus ( Saone-et-Loire ) , a house : was set on fire by the lightning , and , before the names could be extinguished , -twenty dwelling-houses and barns , with all which they contained , were destroyed . In one district , the wind was so violent as to do a great deal of damage . " The Government , of Algeria , " writes the Paris correspondent of the Times , " will be divided into two great departments— -civil and military . Of the former , the

    present Prefect of Constantihe , M . Lepfer , will be the head ; the person who is to superintend the other is not definitively fixed on , but it is still said that the Military Governor-Generalship will be suppressed , and the military element be gradually deprived of its predominance . Notwithstanding all that has been said about the flourishing condition of the dependency , the emigration is little or nothing , and to promote it other measures are to be tried than those which have hitherto prevailed . A new division will also be created in the Ministerial Department of Algeria and the Colonies for railways , and it is stated that Prince Napoleon is resolved to pay great attention to the construction of public works . "

    Fuad Pacha , the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs at Paris , has paid a visit of ceremony to Mademoiselle Eveillard . .. The Court of Appeal has reversed the sentence of imprisonment pronounced by ilio Tribunal of Correctional Police on M . Monceaux , the well-known moneyclianger of the Palais Royal , for having ( as alleged ) understated to a client the price at which he liad soM some railway shares . M-. Monceaux appears to be entirely innocent , and the prosecutor has been ordered to pay the expenses of both trials . The ' Emperor left Plombiercs for Paris on Tuesday morning , and arrived at the capital in the evening . There have been vague rumours of a conspiracy nt St . Etienne ; but it is difficult to ascertain whether or not they have any basis in truth .

    The Minister of Marino has received a despatch announcing that M . Chassiron , son-in-law of Princo Blurut , who has been cliargcd -with a mission to Cliinn , has arrived at Hong-Kong . Queen Victoria , it ia said , "will not alight at Cherbourg , but will be entertained "b y tho Emperor on board the flagship La Brctagne . A lively account of tho ncwly-complcted harbour of Cherbourg has been communicated to tho JJaibj Telegraph by its special correspondent , who writes *— "At tho foot of the mountain , a little to the left , as you look towards the centre of the breakwater , clusters tho town with its large stono houses of antiquated aspect , and '

    running m a straight line from the railway station , are ' tho port and inner basin for tho use of merchant vcssols . The latter , which is four hundred and eix metres long and one hundred and twenty-seven metres broad , was not completely finished until 1835 , but tho former vhb finished in 1776 . They are capable of containing a largo number of vessels , and there is now a complete fleet of gunboats crowded into tho depths of tho inner busin , having been found inconveniontfor tho time in tho military port . Tho arsenal and docks , from the platform of tlifi barracks , seem nothing but a mass of buildings without form ; but tho finest possible view can bo obtained of tho Hoada enclosed by the brook water- Thoy occupy " bay threo thousund metres deep , and eoven thousand

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  • Leader (1850-1860), July 31, 1858, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31071858/page/8/