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      Calpee . From Oude we learn that Lord . Canning's Proclamation is being carried out successfully ; by Mr . Montgomery , the Chief Commissioner , a number of the chief Talookdars having made their submission , either personally or by tlieir representatives . On the principle that all is fish that comes to the Ministerial net , Mr ! Whiteside has tlie effrontery to declare that Mr . ¦ Montgomery is dealing so successfully witli tiie landholders of Oude because he has pitched the Govenuw * General ' s policy overboard , and adopted that of Lord EltjEnbobough I But the manipulation of this little trick is too clumsy to take anybody in ; the Chief Commissioner has simply obeyed the " instructions" sent him by Lord

      Canning , and dealt with each case separately , according to the landholders the " large indulgence " promised in the Proclamation . Against the notion of Lord Canning ' s policy being one of ruthless massacre and confiscation , Genei-al Sir Arciidale WiiiSON bore strong testimony , on " Wednesday night , at the banquet given hituuytlie 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 , he said , c < Not a single woman or child was ill-used or ill-treated either by a European or a Native soldier belonging to our force j" 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 Daniel 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 Prance , or rather of the JPrench Emperor . The comment of the Porte to Prince Daniel ' s manifesto is the 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

      innneliately concerned are the latter . We are rapidly getting into a riiess 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 ilifaculties which , arose only a few years back on ; he very same question , and which had nearly wrought the two countries into war , our officers jaye , according to the American account of their loings , 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 , and otherwise offensively dealt with by English cruisers . But while this difficulty is waiting for settlement , solution , of a kind not expected , is oll " ered 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 . Por the protection of this work they invite the presence of two ships of war in the lake of Nicaragua .

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      IliELAND . Tuts Late Mr . Joun O'Connklt ,. —Tho remains of this gentleman , lvoro buried , on tho morning of Friday week besido thoso of his brother , Maurice , in the family vault at tho Glasnovin cemetery . A distinguished company followed tho body to tho grave ; and , after the ceremonial a mooting , presided over b y tho Lord Mayor , was held in tho ccmotery ground , to express condolenco with tho family of tho deceased gentleman , and to concert measures for nlloviating tlie distress into which they have fallen . Tins CucnKKHir ov IIanapkk , vacant by tho death of Mr . John O'Connell , has been conferred on MY . Ralph S . Cusaek , barrister and chairman of tho North Union Board of Poor'Law Guardians . Trinity Colleqic Yihitatjon . —Judgment wns given on Tuesday in tho matter of tho apponls of Dr . Shaw and Mr . Oiirmichaol by tho Vico-Chnncellor Blaelcburne . XI )* Lordship aai < l that tlio Visitors wore of opinion that t | io consuro qn Dr . Shaw sljOiiUj stand , but that ; in tlio cftso of Mr . Carniicuuel it should be revorsed .

      Riots at Belfast . —A serious disturbance broke out on Sunday at Belfast between the mourners at a Catholic funeral and the Protestant dwellers in that locality . About four o ' clock in the afternoon , a funeral procession , numbering nearly a thousand persons , amongsl whom "were several young women , passed though the town to Friar ' s Bush burial-gro « ad . Two hours afterwards , the same party returne 4 » ui the order in which they went , the women carrying green boughs in their hands , and as they -were passing along IJreat Victoriarstreet ' one of the girls thrust her bough iobo the face of ft paaserrby , bidding hipi " smell the green . " This cauabi' . A tumult ; .. and a body of police And five magistrates , who came out to endeavour to quell the riot , were pelted with stones . At last , the resident magistrate read the Riot Act , and ordered the constabulary to fire on the mob ; hat , just as the latter -were about to obey those orders , a young man begged the magistrate to allow him five minutes and he would endeavour to induce the rioters to disperse . Hia entreaties to the people had the desired effect , for in a v-ery 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 tlie occasion of another funeral procession passing through the streets ; 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 .

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      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . The pointsman at the Newton Wood junction on the 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 Inn , Hyde ; and into the eheds congregated a " oout this station the train ran with great violence , smasliing the wooden buildings into atoms . Had it not been stopped there , it would probably have demolished the inn and . killed the people inside . The goods 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 Jlauchester 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 the driver . Tlie train was then stopped , and Sutcliffe was rescued . He was greatly stunned by the blow he had received ; but the stiff peak of his cap had saved his skull 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 the line , with the head severed from it , and several fractures an the limbs . The greater part of his own train , and the wholo of one which followed a few minutes later , passed over him . He was only thirty-two years of age , and has left a wklow .

      Bfr . Joseph Longbottom , proprietor of the Pepperlane Colliery , near . Leeds , has conio 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 . The act " appears to have had some of the characteristics of suicide ; but , as he was in good circumstances , there were no pecuniary reasons why he should kill himself . Two pitmen belonging to Soaton Colliery , near Newcastle ; , had a swimming match a few days ago , while intoxicated . Ono of them was seized with crump when about half a mile- from the hind , and -was drowned . The other , becoming alarmed , swam back , but Wtis nearly drowned himself . Indeed , had not n pilot coble put out to his assistance , ho would havo shared the fato of his companion .

      Mr . Franci 9 Pollutt , Principal Military Storekeeper of Woolwich Arsenal , died on Wednesday , after much suffering , from tho cilbots of Revere injuries sustained on Monday evening- by tho upsetting of liin uarringu near tho Arsenal gaf 03 , on his rpturn fvom lUsicUlienth . A dreadful coalpit explosion luw occurred in Iho IJryndu Colliery , WuleH , resulting in tho death of twelves men , who have left largo fninilies destitute . Tho cuutio of tho catnstropho iy not yet known with any certaintv .

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      Afonday , May 3 \ $ t . THE OATHS BILL , In the Housk of Lords , the reasons given by the Hour of Commons for disagreeing from their Lordship ' amendments to the Oaths Bill were considered ; and th 5 th clause of the original bill having been read at th table , the Earl of Lucan proposed the amendment of which he had given notice , and which empowe rs both Houses of Parliament to modify '¦ . the form of oath at present required by a special resolution- The House of Commons could thus order tlie portion of the oath to which the Jews object to be omitted . His Lordship argued that : the position of the House of Lords with respect to the Oaths Bill was untenable and imnolitip .

      and he "believed the dispute with the House of Commons could only be settled by some such compromise as he had proposed . —Earl Stanhope intimated that his opinion on the Jew question had undergone a change , and- 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 Claxcartv exhorted their Lovdstiips 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 Derby-, 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 Lordshi p 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 , lie did not believe that those increased majorities 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 ; lie believed the great mass of the nation was quite apathetic upon it , and even the Jews

      themselves had not evinced any deep interest in it . He hoped the House of Commons would never engage in any unconstitutional course of proceeding , oriittetnpt ' bv a mere resolution , to break through-tho ' law-of .: the land . Though / Lord Lucan ' . s amendment was open to serious objection he would not advise their Lordships . to reject it without consideration . At the same time , he wns not prepared hastily and without consideration to a « reo to such a proposition . He thought , however , itwas ° 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 tlie right of judging hereafter whether some such principle . is that contained in it might not be adopted , to remove the feeling existing between tlie two Houses .

      karl GitKY proposed that "the further consideration of the reasons given by the Commons for disagreeing with tho amendments of their Lordships should In : dd ' erred fora fortnight ; . and in the meantime they coiihl < on > i' !< r whether a separate bill should not " be introduce ! . founded upon the principle contained in Lurd Luc-m ' s amendment . The Earl of Derby thought the proper course to pursue was to insist upon their amendments , and ' sen . I the bill back to the Commons , who would then have power to suspend tho further progress of tlie bill until they saw what course their Lordships would take with regard to a bill introduced in that House , founded upon ' tho principle contained in the amendment . II" the amendments on tho bill were not insisted upon , the proposition of his noble friend would be useles .- ; . — Euvl Gmcv thought that they ought to set '«* id « . ' th < s bill altogether , and then send another bill to tho Commons , which they would bo able to pass . —The Earl of Ki / lks-MitRic suggested the introduction of a mensuiv by which a compromise on the point at issue might !» e i / liected . That measure would simply contain a clause enabling . Jews to take a seat in tho House of Common- *" , - '"l'l another which ahould provide that no one but a person professing Christianity should be entitled to , sit in tlu-u * Lordships' House . —The IDukc of Ki : \ ycasti . i : supported the proposition for postponement .- Lord CAMi'isri . i ' approved of the suggestion of Karl CJrey , hei'jin . se In ! foresaw a collision between tho two I loususol' rurli . mie . 'it , and between tlio Commons and tho courts <¦» ' law . H « had a personal interest in the matter . Ho hoped Iw should do his duty , and not shrink from it ; but . 1 m looked upon tho matter with apprehension , for the publi .-peace might be compromised , an I no mortal could tell tin - coiirtoquencea that would result . —Lord LYNi > m : i :. sT impressed his readiness to concur in the ] iru |«> .-iiii > ii ^ l " Knrl Grey . —Lord HnoiruiiAM insisted on tins nt'cussity of coming to n sottluinont of tho question .--- Tlio Duke of Uutland believed that , harmony could not resultfiom tho proposition that , had boon , made . —' I'Iuj I ' " ' MAj . MKsnunv" thought that Lord Lucan ' s . suuKi ^ tii'H contained tho elements of a comnromiao ; l » ul . i » o could nut vot'O for tlio uiuendmcnt that evening' because tlw

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      530 THE LEADER , [ No . 428 , June 5 , 1858 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 5, 1858, page 530, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2245/page/2/