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      Tt is stated in Washin&fcpa preparations are being made 1 , by the Government to put down the Free-soilers . Dr Kane is' reported to'have declined Lady Franklin ' s re newed offer to take the command of an expedition to be sent otrt by her , with the assistance of the English G overnment , to endeavour to find the remains of Sir John Franklin and the relics of his ship . Seven hundred , Mormon emigrants have left Albany for the Salt Lake ; 427 were Welsh , and the balance English and Scotch . It is reported from Texas that a terrific hurricane had passed over a portion of Dallas county . Its course was from north to south , a distance of sixteen miles , extending from east to west . The tract over which it swept was completely devastated . Nine persons were killed , and a great number wounded . The loss of stock of all kinds was very serious . ^^

      " Considerable excitement , " says the Times , " has been created by a protest just issued by Sefior Camacho , ivlio was sent out last last year to enforce the claims of the English bondholders . Seiior Camacho having addressed a memorial to the President Monagas , exposing the flagitious course of the Finance Minister in neglecting the foreign debt of the Republic , although the revenue is ample for every requirement , was at once expelled the country . He retired to the island of St . Thomas , and thence put forth a protest , with a copy

      of his memorial , which obtained extensive circulation in Venezuela , notwithstanding the efforts of the Government for its seizure and suppression . A short time back , a change seemed imminent , owing to the Dutch Government having resolved to chastise President Monagas for an outrage on Dutch citizens ; but , to the surprise of all , the representative of Great Britain was stated to have interfered to avert the danger , and it appears that , by the exercise of his ' good offices , ' he has contributed to enable the President to continue his

      career . " The New York commercial advices report that in the money and stock markets no important change has taken place .

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      IRELAND . Pkogeess of Protestantism . —Another pastoral , and Of gigantic proportions , from the prolific pen of Archbishop ; Cullen , was read last Sunday from all the altars in Roman Catholic chapels of Dublin . The staple of the document was the usual denouncement of proselytizing societies , which r it is now admitted , have of late been making sad inroads upon the faith and morals of the flock over which Dr . Cullen heretofore exercised

      unbounded sway . In fact , to such an extent has this system of oppression reached , that the Roman Church in Ireland , or , at least , at head-quarters here in Dublin , has taken the alarm , and hence the necessity of these frequent pastoral warnings against the dangers which threaten from without . Upon the authority , it is believed , of Dr . Cullen himself , it is asserted that there are at present hundreds , if not thousands , of the children of Roman Catholic parents who are constant attendants at the Protestant free schools which are opened on all sides

      of the Irish metropolis . —Thnas . ' The Tii'pkkauy Bank . —A cause petition has been filed in the Court of Chancery , on behalf of all the creditors , against George M'Dowell , Esq ., as official manager of thid bank , to restrain the oilicial manager from disposing of the property of the company , and a receiver to collect the assets , so as to secure to all the creditors an equnl rateabla distribution of the funds , the proceeding under the Winding-up Acts have been declared by the Court of Exchequer to be wholly inapplicable to this case .

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      THE OllIENT . INDIA . A Mu , Jamks Holms , writing to the Times from Calcutta , Rives an account , of " the bloody rites of the Churmcli Poojab , or swinging festivals which tako place annually in honour of the god Shiva , " and which have been recently celebrated . " The spot where the tragic aceno was to be enacted , " says Mr . Holms , " was a largo square , surrounded with houses , on the top . s of which weroaeatetl crowds of Indians of every age , and all more or less excited with an intoxicating compound called ' bhang . ' In tho centre of this square wiis erected a long pole siscty feet high , nt the top of thin was another about forty feet- long , placed at right , angles to the former , working in a socket in tho centre , and capublo of being

      whirled round ; and to each end wiu attached n rope . Having 1 waited for ton minutes or bo , the infatuated native who waa to bo swung cnino in , amid tho boating of Indian drums and tho shouts of tho people The man hud a wild expression of countenance , with his eyes glaring , being under the influence of bhang , of which ho had consumed great quantities during tho tlireo previous days to djeadoa the -pniu . Tins unfortunate native hud two large iron hooks ( not unliko thoso used by butchers at home for hanging up moat ) thrust through his buck , three inohoa a-iinrt , aud making a wound four inches in length , from , which tho blood streamed down . This being douo tho men tittd the ropo which was fixed to one of the ends of tho horizontal polo to tho two hooka in hi * buck , and Hkowine ( Muwed- it * through a cloth , which wiw tied

      slackly prevent falling ground should the flesh give way , which it sometimes does . They then pulled down the other end of the pole , which of course raised the one with the man along with it , and then ran round at a great speed for the space of a quarter of an hour . All this time , the poor man was suspended in the air " by the hooks in his back , and whirling round fifty feet from the ground '; and , from the manner in which he kicked about his legs , he appeared to be suffering great agony . When he was let down , and the hooks taken out of his back , he was more dead than alive , and the laceration caused by them was frightful . Men who undergo the swinging seldom survive it . " The writer advises that Government should * * ^ ^ *

      interpose to put a stop to this detestable practice . The middle and higher classes of natives , he is informed , do not now approve of the ceremony , which is only popular among the lowest orders . There have been some disturbances iii Lower Bengal , owing to an apprehension on the part of the people living at the foot of the Bhore Ghaut that tho native railway workmen were in quest of young children to make sacrifices of them . The riots have been checked . Some persons escorting a large amount of gold and silver in bars near the frontiers of the Guicowar ' s dominions , have been set upon and robbed , one being killed and others wounded after a gallant resistance . It is conjectured that the ruffians must have been under the protection of the chief of the town of Meeagong .

      Matters go on tranquilly in Oune ; a slight tendency to mutiny in one of the native regiments , on account of arrears of pay , having been checked . Sir James Outram has been compelled to take a sea voyage for the benefit of his health , and left Calcutta by the Beutiuck on the 4 th of May .

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      ASCOT RACES . " Aristocratic Ascot" opened the ball on Tuesday , on which day the weather was fine and sunny , the racing spirited , and the betting venturesome . We append a list of the winning horses : — The Trial Stakks , of five sovs . each , with fifty added , won by Mr . Howard ' s Spindle ; the Second Yjsae of the Seventh Ascot Triexsiax . Stakes , of ten sovs . each , with one hundred added , by Mr . Bowes ' s Flyby-Night ; the Ascot Stakes , of tweuty-five sovs . each , won by Mr . Gulliver ' s Redemption ; the Ascot Derby Stakes , of fifty sovs . each , won by Mr . Bowes ' s Fly-by-Night ; the Third Year of the Sixth Ascot Triennial Stakes , of ten sovs . each , with one hundred added , won by Lord Wilton ' s Shoreham ; the Gold Vase , given by her Majesty , added to a sweepstakes of twenty sovs . each , won by Mr . T . Parr ' s Fisherman ; Sweepstakes of fifty sovs . each , won by Baron Rothschild ' s Sydney . SovArjil linrsns lirnkfi down .

      The races on Wednesday comprised—a Swkki'sta jces of fifteen sovs . each , won by Mr . Howard ' s Spindle ; the Feknhill Stakes , of fifteen sovs . each , won by Mr . Hope ' s Colt by Sir Hercules ; Handicap Plate of 50 ^ ., won by Mr . j " . Jackson ' s Remedy ; Royal Hunt Cur , won by Mr . Murland ' s Forbidden Fruit ; the Coronation Stakes of one hundred sovs . each , won by Bowea ' a Victoria ; Her Majicsty ' s Stakes , of one hundred guineas , won by Captain Lane ' s Middleton ; and the Albany Stakes of fiftv sovs . each , walked over by Mr .

      Harlaiul a Mirage . Thursday was the Cup Day , and , although the weather was not fine , a large and brilliant company assembled , owing to the presence there of the Queen , Prince Albeit , the Prince of Prussia , and the Regent of Baden . The Cup , which represents the story of Persuua and Andromeda , and is valued at 300 / ., was won by Mr . S . Walker's Winklield , much to the surprise of " the knowing ones , " who made . sure that that honour was reserved for Manganese . r ihe result , however , was that Manganese was third . The other races were — lioth

      A Swi' : epstake . s of fifty sovs ., won by Baron - schild ' s Comedy ; the Visitor ' s Plate , of one hundred sovs ., and twenty-live sova . to the aucond horse , won by Lord Anglesey ' s Astrologus ; Handica p Sweup . stakes of live sova . " each , with fifty added , won by Mr . J . M . Stanley's Oltenit / . a ; tho Nkw Stakish of ton sovs . each , with one hundred added , won by Mr . Denuot a illy by Red Hart ; the St . Jamhs's Palack Stakes of one hundred sova . each , won by Mr . Combo's Pitapat ; and the Windsor Forkst . Stakkh , of fifty bova . each , walked over by Mr . Ilui-lund ' a Mirage .

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      LORD CLARENDON ON THE SARDINIAN QUESTION . The annexed hitter from l ^ onl Clarendon to Sir . Tamofl Hudaon , our representative at Turin , bus been published . It will be . seen that it in of great interest and importance : — , r , r ,. " Foreign-office , May ' 26 , lHr ><> . » , Sir , —I herewith enclose tho copy of a note which was addressed to mo when at Paris by tho Plenipotentiaries of Sardinia . *

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      THE FLOODS IN FRANCE . The deluge ( for it can scarcely be called by a milder term ) which has recently desolated parts of France is now retiring ; but the detailed accounts which have this week been published by the English journals of the progress of tho waters , and of the lamentable catastrophes which have resulted both to life and property , possess an interest of an enduring kind . We therefore subjoin some of the more remarkable of the events , derived from the various local papers . The t ' oun-ier dc la Drome states that the hamlet of

      Bezundun has completely disappeared . In the evening , the inhabitants of the place , which stands on the side of a highly cultivated hill , heard the houses cracking in an alarming manner , and hastily fied . In a few minutes afterwards , nil the houses were in ruins . The water from the late rains had saturated the ground so much that a landslip to the extent of more than seventy acres took place . Two houses which were standing close together at a short distance from the hamlet are at present separated by a complete field . Some other houses which were before standing on an elevated spot are now in a complete hollow . The effect produced has been of the mo . st extraordinary kind . Gnu inhabitant of a boose who a few days ago had a small vineyard in front of him has now a meadow . The Bine , which flows at the foot of the hill , and which is generally nothing more than a rivulet , is now a rapid torrent , aiul carries oft" the earth as it continues to slip down .

      "A steambbat , " says the Semaphore tie Marseille , " which had been employed by the authorities to save some persons who were exposed to preat danger in the Cumargue , has arrived here . The sub-prefect of Arlea and an engineer embarked in this boat , which passed over the Carmargue as though . she had been in the open sea . These two functionaries kept on the deck of the vessel , and with telescopes looked out for tho unfortunate persona who were in need of nsHiHtnnee , and by this means sixty people were waved , having been taken off from the roofs of houses or from rnt ' ts on which they were floating . Several of them hud been without food for thirly-six hours . ** The AlouiUur tin Loire . t of Orleans * says : — " The water . - * have now completely retired from tho quays and the low streets near the Loire . On the Cjiuii ( hi

      Chutelet , tho paved roadway in front of the Iioiihoh i 8 up to the depth of a foot . The inhabitants-arc occupied in removing the mud which the inundations have deposited , and at every door they have exposed trunks , buneta , bedsteads , and other articles of liiriiitiiTO to dry . Near tiie baths arc deposited tho objects collected from tho waters . Several of tho cant-iron columns * which supported tho largo gas lamps on the quays have boon cast down . The Loire is rap idly declining , and now marks only four metres . Tho municipality is doing all it cart for the . sufferers , and has charged commissions to collect relief either in money or kind . "

      From Blois wo learn that , whou tho inundation became imminent in the neighbouring districts ;* the inhabitants poured into tho town , driving their cows ami sheep before them , and carrying thoir children- or their most precious efleets in their arms . lWortn were-made to strengthen the dykes ; and not only all the noldiett-or the garrison , but oven thirty lunation , wore called on to assist tho inhabitants , and worked vith groat goal ana intelligence . But the waters toso abuvo th « parapet * o «

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      * This is tho document which wo published in the Leader of May 17 th .

      " The verbal communications which I frequently hao the pleasure of holding with Count Cavour , both befor * and subsequently to the receipt of this note , can hav < left no doubt upon the mind of his Excellency that hei Majesty ' s Government take a deep and sincere interest in the affairs of Italy , and are desirous of doing everything which can properly be done by them with a view td ameliorate the condition of the Italian people . " No fresh assurances could add weight to " thosi already given to Count Cavour , and I did not , there / / ^ Jll _ __ ^_ ^ . _ ^ . __ * . a b __

      fore , think it necessary to send an answer in writing t ( the note of the Sardinian Plenipotentiaries ; bufej as-it has come to the knowledge of her Majesty's Government that it would be agreeable to the Sardinian Government to receive one , they cannot hesitate to declare their opinion that the occupation of the Papal territory by foreign troops constitutes an irregular state . of things , which disturbs the equilibrium and may endanger the peace of Europe , and that , by indirectly affording sanction to misgovernment , it promotes discontent and a tendency to revolution among the people .

      " Her Majesty ' s Government sx& aware that , as this state of things has now , unfortunately , for some years been established , it may be possible that it could not suddenly be brought to a close without some danger to public order , and the risk of producing events that all would deplore ; but her Majesty ' s Government are convinced that the evacuation of the Papal territory may be rendered safe at an early period by a policy of wisdom and justice , and they entertain a liope that the measures agreed upon by the Governments of France and Austria will lead to a gradual withdrawal of their respective forces , and to bettering the condition of the subjects of the Pope .

      " You will read and give a copy of this despatch to Count Cavour . " I am , &c , " Clarendon . "

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      that round his breast to him to the Juygj-4 , 1856 . ] THE LEAPEE , 559 _ _ m m v * vv 4 v «» v . _ . a ^ . . 4 ¦

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 14, 1856, page 559, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2145/page/7/