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      Calpee . From Oude we learn that l » ord Cannings Proclamation is being carried out successfully by Kr . Montgomery , the Chief Commissioner , a . number of the chief Talookdars'liaring made their submission , either personally or bj their representatives . On the principle that all is fish thai comes to the Ministerial net , Afr . 'WjniESiDE lias the effrontery to declare tliat Mr . Montgomery is dealing so successfully with tlto landholders of Oude because he ha $ . pitched : t ) w Goyer & Qp ^ eneraFs policy . overboard , and adopted that of Lord EiiiiENiiOROUGH ! But the manipulation

      of this little trick is too clumsy to take anybody in ; the Chief Commissioner has simply obeyed the < c instructions" seni him hy Lord Canning , and ? deait wifclv each case separately , according to the landholders the " large indulgence " promised iii . tlie Proclamation . Against the notion of Lord Cabling ' s policy being- one of . ¦ ¦ ru thless massacre and confiscation , General Sir Auriidaxe Wixson bore strong testimony , on Wednesday night ,, at . the banquet given him by the .. members of the Oriental Club in celebration of his return to England . His -word sets at rest another point , too .

      Speaking ^ of the bravery and disci p line of the troops engaged in subduing Delhi , lie said , "\ Nofca single woman or child was ill-used or ill-treated either oy a European or a Native soldier "belonging to our fetfee . ; " and he said he took great pains to inquire into that matter . The Montenegrin affair has been illustrated , if not explained , by the publication of a long letter from Prince ' D ^ vneel to the .. [ French consul at Scutari . The characteristics-. of the Prince ' s statement are a . defiant tone with regard to Turkey , whose rights of suzerainty he quite ignores , and of dependence on the moral support of France , or rather of the ^ French lEmperor . The comment of

      tlie Porte to Prince Daniel's manifesto is t 3 ie order for 20 , 000 men to advance into Montenegro . Difficulties are growing apace , in the East and in the West . Those with "which we are more immediately concerned are the latter . We are rapidly getting into a mess with America on account of the proceedings of our officers on the coast of Africa and in the Cuban waters , in carrying out their Slave-trade suppression duties . In spite of the difficulties which arose only a few years back on the very same question , and -which had nearly brought the two countries into war , our officers

      have , according to the American account of their doings , been insisting upon the right of searching vessels for slaves to an extent that has produced the strongest feelings of anger and indignation in America , -whose Minister at our court has been instructed to demand compensation for the injury and annoyance sustained by the owners of a number of ships boarded and detained , aud otherwise offensively dealt with b y English cruisers . But while this difficulty is waiting for settlement , solution , of a kind not expected , is offered for the

      adjustment of one part , at least / of the Old Central American trouble . The Governments of "Nicaragua and Costa Rica have made up their differences , and , for mutual protection from the attacks of the Filibusters , have thrown themselves upon the "justice and humanity" of Europe . They have bound themselves to Europe—to France , at least ¦ —by strong tics of interest ; for they have conceded to a French Company the right to make an inter-oceanic canal . Tor the protection of this work they invite the presence of two ships of war in the lake of Nicaragua .

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      Ireland. The Late Mr. John O'Connku,. —T...

      IRELAND . The Late Mr . John O'Connku ,. —The remains of tins gentleman wore buviod , on the morning of Friday week beside those of his brother , Maurice , in the family vault nt the Glasnovin cemetery . A distinguished company followed tlie body to the grave ; and , after tho ceremonial , a meeting , presided over by the Lord Mayor , waa held , in tho cemetery ground , to express condolence with tho family of tho deceased gentleman , and to concert measures for alleviating tho distress into which : they have fallen . k The Ci . icuK . sHir oai- IIanamck , vacant by the death of Mr . John O'Conncll , hns been conforrcd on Mr . Ralph S . Cusack , barrister and chairmen of tho North Union Board oC Poor Law Guardians .

      Tbinitv Collkgis Visitation , —Judgmont was given on Tuesday in tho matter of tlio appeals of Dr . Shaw nnd Mr . Carrwichacl by tho Vicc-ChanceTlor Blackburno . Ilia Lordship said that tho Visitors wereof opinion that the censure on Dr . jShftw nhould stund , but that in tho enso of Mr . Cftrmidiael it should bo rovorsed .

      Biots at Belfast . — -A . serious disturbance broke out on . Sunday a & Belfast between the mourners at a Catholic funeral and the Protestant dwellers in that locality . A . ba » t four o'clock in the afternoon , a funeral procession , wtmbering- nearly a thousand persons , amongsl wham were several young -women , passed though the town to Friar ' s itash burial-ground . Two hours afterwards , the same party returned itt the order in whidBt they went , tlie momea carrying green houghs ia their hands , and as thtey wera passing along Great VictoiwMtreet one of tlie gjife throat her bough iajtothe face of a pa ^ awr-by , bidding hiia " smell the . green . ' * This caa 6 * dp tumult ; -and a body of police aad five magistrates , who came out to endeavour to quell the riot , were pelted with ston « s . At last , the resident

      magistrate read the Riot Act , and ordered the constabulary to fire- on the mob ; but , just , as the latter were about to obey those orders , a young man begged the magistrate to allow him five minutes and lie w , ould endeavour to induce the rioters to disperse . His entreaties to the people had the desired effect , for in a very short time they broke up , and quiet was restored in the town without a single shot being fired . The disturbance , however , was renewed on Monday evening , on the occasion of another funeral procession passing through the streets 5 and on Wednesday evening the riots -were so violent that all the disposable police and military Were ordered to parade the town . This in . some measure restored order ; but the mob had previously attacked several private houses and places of worship .

      Accidents And Sudden Deaths. The Pointsm...

      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . The pointsman at tile Newton Wood junction onthe Hyde branch of the Manchester , Sheffield , and Lincolnshire Railway neglected , on the night of Friday week , to turn the points so as to prevent an approaching train from Manchester from going on to the branch line . Accordingly , it passed on to that line , which was not clear ; and the pointsman , immediately discovering his mistake , shouted to the persons on the train to beware of their danger . The guard and fireman put on the breaks ; but , finding they could not stop the train , they jumped off , and were not hurt . Some-way further on , there is ' a small station , close at the back of the Commercial . Imi , Hyde ; and into the sheds congregated about this station the train ran with great violence , smashing the wooden buildings into atoms . Had it not been stopped there , it would probably have demolished the inn and killed the people inside . Thegoods in the train were not damaged ; but the engine was destroyed and the engineer was scalded to death . A shocking accident occurred a few days ago , to Peter Sutcliffe , the guard on a train proceeding from Manchester to Bury . He was doing something on the roof of a carriage , when his head came in contact with a bridge , and he was knocked over ; but his foot caught the iron railing on the roof of the carriage , so that he was enabled to sustain himself , though only with his head downwards . Some passengers , who saw his position , did their best to stop the train ; but their voices could not be heard . At length , a gentleman walked on the footboards along ; the side of the carriage towards the engine , and attracted the attention of tlie driver . The train was then stopped , and Sutcliffe was rescued . He was grea , tly stunned by the blow he had received ; but the stiff peak of his cap had saved his slcull from being fractured . He is likely to recover .

      Henry Galloway , inspector of carriage-wheels at the Crewe station of the London and North-Western Railway , was employed last Saturday as extra guard on a passenger train to Stockport . As the train was on its route , it would seem that Galloway missed his footing in passing from his van to some carriages ; for his body was afterwards found on'tbe line , with the head severed from it , and several fractures on the limbs . The greater part of his own train , and the whole of one which followed a few minutes later , passed over him . He was only thirty-two years of age , and has left a widow .

      Mr . Joseph Longbottom , proprietor of the Pepperlane Colliery , near Leeds , has como to his death by falling or precipitating himself down his own pit . Ho was nearly seventy years of age , and the father of eight children . Tho act appears to have had some of tho characteristics of suicido ; but , as ho was in good circumstances , there were no pecuniary reasons why ho should kill himself . Two pitmen belonging to Soaton Colliery , near Newcastle , had a Bwimming match a few days ago , while intoxicated . One of them was seized -with cramp when about half a mile fiom the laud , and wa 3 drowned . The other , becoming alarmed , swam back , but was nearly drowned himself . Indeed , had not a pilot coble put out to his assistance , ho would have shared the fate of his companion .

      Mr . Francis Pellutt , Principal Military Storekeeper of AVoolwich Arsenal , diod ou Wednesday , after much suffering , from the effects of severe injuries sustained on Monday evening by tho upsetting of his carriage near tho Arsena > l gates , on ] iis return from iJlacTdieath . A dreadful coalpit explosion has occurred in the Uryndu Colliery , Wule . s , resulting in tho dentil of twotyo rncn , who have left largo families destitute , Tho causo of the catastrophe Is not yet known with any certain ^ -.

      Imperial Parliament. » ¦ ¦ - ¦ . ¦ 3fo?I...

      IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . » ¦ ¦ - ¦ . ¦ 3 fo ? iday , May 3 ls £ THE OATHS BILI ,. In the House of Xords , the reasons given by the Ifou of Commons for disagreeing from their L ordship amendments to the Oaths Bill were considered and iff 5 th clause of the original bill having been read at tV table , the Earl of Lucan proposed the amendment of which he had given notice , and which empowers bo ( 7 i mouses of Pariiaonent to modify the form of oath it present required by a special resolution . The House ' f Commons could thus order the portion of the oath ? which the Jews object to be omitted . 1 {| S Lordsliin argued that the position of the House of Lords with

      respect to the Oaths Bill was untenable and impoliticand be believed the dispute with the House of Commons could only be settled by soroe such compromise as he had proposed . —Earl Stanhope intimated that his opinion on the Jew question had undergone a change , ami he now doubted whether that House was acting constitutionally in continuing to resist the Commons , who would probably , if the opposition were still maintained , settle the controversy by their own act . He therefore advised concession , but he could not support the amendment—The Earl of CiAXCarty exhorted their Lordshi ps to persevere in their opposition to the Jew Bill , as they had persevered in resisting the Irish Tithe Bill , which the Commons at length withdrew . That House should recollect that the Lower House is admitted to be in want of reform , and that it does not represent the people .

      The Earl of Debby said that the amendment contained a novel and important principle , which required longer notice to be properly discussed . Entering into the often-discussed question , whether Jews ought or ought not to sit in the House of Commons , his Lordsliip replied to the reasons given by the House of Commons for opposing the amendments of the Lords , and observed that no doubt the repeated and increasing majorities of the House of Commons rendered the question difficult . Still , he did not believe that those increased majorhies indicated any increased feeling in the country . The admission of Jews to Parliament had never been made ' a

      public question ; it was not put forward at the last election by any constituency ; he believed -the great mass of the nation was quite apathetic upon it , and even the Jews themselves had mot evinced any deep interest in it . He hoped the House of Commons would never engage in any unconstitutional course of proceeding , or attempt hy a mere resolution to break through the law of the land . Though Lord lAican ' s amendment was open to serious objection he would not advise their Lordships to reject it without consideration . At the same time , he was not prepared hastily and without consideration to agree to such a proposition . He thought , however , it was a very plausible solution of the question , and would not reject it altogether from his consideration . In ' voting , therefore , against the amendment , he reserved to himself the right of judging hereafter whether some such princjj > lo a . s that contained hi it might not be adopted , to remove the feeling existing-between fhe two Houses .

      Larl Ghey proposed that the further consideration of the reasons given by tho Commons for disagreeing with tho amendments of their Lordships should be deferral for a fortnight ; and in the meantime they could eoubMor whether a separate bill should not " be . introduced . founded upon tile principle contained in Lord Lucan's amendment . The Earl of Derby thought the proper course to pursue was to insist upon their amendments , nnd semi the bill back to the Commons , who would then have power to suspend the further progress of the bill until they saw what course their Lordships would take willi regard to a bill introduced in that House , founded up . m the principle contained in the amendment . If the

      amendments on the bill were not insisted upon , tlie proposition of his noble friend would be useless . — Eavl Giusy thought that they ought to set aside the hill altogether , and then send another bill to the Conn-nous . whioh they would be able to pass .- —The Earl of Em-ksmerk suggested tho introduction of a measure by which a compromise on tho . point at issuo might bo cflerted . That measure would simply contain a clnuso onablinp ; Jows to take n seat in the Ilouso of Commons , and another which should provide that no one but a person professing Christianity should be entitled to sit in tlmir Lordships' House . —The Duke of Nr . wcA . sxu : suppm'teil the proposition for postponement . —Lord Cmiviiki . t , approved of tho suggestion of Karl Ciroj' , beenw .-v hi ! foresaw

      a collision between the two Nausea oriVliumuiii , and between the Coiv . inons ami the courts of law . He had a personal interest in tho matter . lie Imped lie should do his- duty , and not nhrink from it ; but he looked upon the matter with apprehension , for tho public l > ivu- consequences that would result . —Lord Lyndih : i : st expressed hi * readiness to concur in tho propiinl ii > n " > Karl Grey . —Lord I ) ro (; ohaiu insisted on tho mxuwsity of coming to a settlement of tho quoHtion . — Th « l > uk <> of IIutka . nj ) believed that harmony could mil rosult from the proposition tlint had been immlo . — -Tins lOurl of MAtiWKBHttnr thought that Lord Lwnn ' . s mitftfoHtirm contained tlve elements of a conipromi . se ; but lie could not vote for the amendment that evening kc / inso tin

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 5, 1858, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05061858/page/2/