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      vernmeuts - and the end of the . matter milprobably \ be a better understanding and arrangement than we have hitherto had . It is impossible to go on as yre have been doing for so many years with the danger < of a rupture hanging upon the acts of a few seacaptains , egged on to distinguish ^ emselvesjmthe « service of slave-trade repression , ^ - service wUich . ^ e have no riglit to take under our whole and sole protection , coercing all ; the world to adopt a moral standard set up % ourselves . A . positiyc ^ good may , in fact , result from tlte present difficulty . "We have had Lord Brougham ' s , admission that , from the nature of the Cuban coast , its blockade can never te effectual , while it brings us into constant danger of collision with other powers . That the general subject of our relations to the slave trade will receive the immediate attention it deserves we have a sign or two in the questions put by Viscount Godebich and Mr . C . Fortesctje to the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , on Thursday evening . The point immediately referred to was the Frencli " free emigratioii" scheme , and the information given by Mr ; Pitzgeraxd was that the scheme was still in operation , while Lord Maxmes-3 TIBY has proposed to the Trench Government to j send out an agent in company with another agent appointed by the French Government to make inquiries on the spot as to the working of the

      Among numerous questions asked during the t week , one of the most notable was that of the I Marquis of BEEABALBAKEi about the reports which ^ have been , for some time current as to differences r between the Governor-General of India and Six j Comn Caupbell . Lord Derby ' s answer was that ( a thorougHy good understanding exists between the , Governor-General and the Commander-in-Chief ; at the same time he said : " The Governor-General in . India is , and must be , absolutely supreme . His command must extend over all classes , military as well as civil , although , undoubtedly , it would be the natural policy of any G overnor-Generaltoleave purely military operations entirely to the management of the military authorities , and not to interfere in details such as the movement of troops . " This explanation is timely , and will be accepted as satisfactory—so far as it goes . Obviously , however , it is not all . , , „ . ., to 01 jxp l . I ^ i t 3 I s p I v ) f * _ C" c" is ••¦ #

      T ? rom India we nave news up xue eua ru . The most important fact is that' the Proclamation is being acted upon with the best results . Mr . Montgomery , says the telegram , " has restored the Talookdars and established the Zemindaree system , to the content of the people . " Waiting for a more precise account of what has here been done towards the pacification of Oude , we may fairly assume that the Chief Commissioner has made some considerable progress in bringing back the landholders to their possessions and to their duties of allegiance under the British authority . Of the military operations , the most important item of the news confirms the ' previous report that Sir Hugh Hose defeated the rebels at Koonah with a loss of 400 . The Nana , with all the cavalry in Barcilly , was endeavouring to get across the Ganges , to join his brother at Calpee , and so escape into Central India . Nothing is said of the movements of the Commander-in-Chief 5 but the tone of the intelligence is decidedly cheerfdl . The present month ' s accounts of the Bank of France show , or are made to show—for , unfortunately , in French financial matters an artificial complexion is too often put upon the accounts presented to th # publio scan—a slight improvement over those of the preceding month . Outwardly , however , tlicro is little appearance of a" ohpuige for tho better in the state of trade , and that it is very bt * d , at least in some important branches , wo may concludo tho fact of the figured ribbon manufacturers JBtienne petitioning the . Empress to use her to induce tho wearing of figured instead of ribbons . And it is beyond doubt that during is 1- 1 a" * ° : e- he / > le eir I r as he cd | , uc m- his I- im" nco ftu- om- j . _ . i lose lore th 0 ¦

      past twelve months all lauds of public securities have undergone enormous depression , showing that the remedies ; attemp ted for the recovery of public confidence . Jjave all failed . Lord Malhesbury has extorted from Naples compensation for the two ^ British engineers . . Three thousand pounds sterling are to be paid ; over to the British Government for Messrs . Watt and Pabkes . And , more : the Cngliari is handed over to . the Queen of England , and the Queen of Engiaud hands over ship , eaptamfand crew to the King of Sardinia . So that , while the question of maritime law remains , the dispute has been practically settled , ' - How it ts we abe Burnt to Dkath . —A Parlia- mentary Paper has just been published , in which is in- corporated the official report of Mr . Nelson , the architect , to the coroner for Middlesex , on the late calamity in Gilbert-street . From this it appears that the first engines which arrived on the night of the accident were the Brigade engines , but even these did not reach the spot until half an hour after the fire was discovered Now , it appears that within a very short distance— " one minute's run , " writes Mr . Nelson—there were two parish engines " in fair working order and . of sufficient power . " Had these been brought up in time the worst part of the calamity might , in all probability , have been averted . When inquiry was made as to the cause of such fatal negligence , the answer given was as follows : — " The person in ' charge of these engines lives two streets off , but his name and address are not on the engine house door ; the name on the door is that of the engine keeper some years ago ; and of course at the address given the keys are not to be found , nor do the people the house know anything about them . " Mr . Nelson tells ns that the parish of St . George , Bloomsburj-, is not at all singular with regard to its method of pro- viding for the securitv of the parishioners in case of fire . The other day , a fire broke out in Union-street , Oxford- street , " nearly opposite" a parish engine-house in Mary- lebonelane . The man in charge refused to let the engine go out , but sauntered over to see the fire , which , as he said , he could easily have put out . The reason of his inaction is stated thus : — " This engine ' belongs to the parish of MaTylebone , the house on fire was in the parish of St . George , Hanover-square . The Marylebone Vestry do not interfere with their engineman ; he may take his engine where he pleases ; but the St . George's Vestry order their engine-keeper on no occasion to go out of the parish : and he states that when called to a fire in a street partly in St . George ' s and partly in another parish , he always inquires at which end of the street the fire is , and if it proves to be at the end of the street out of his parish , he pays no attention to the call , but goes to bed again . " In this case , the Vestry do not appear to interfere -with the conduct of their engineman . He is left to his own discretion , and such is the way in -which he sees fit to exercise it . The engineman was avenging a feud in which he had been the sufferer . The jealousy between the two parishes arises , we are told by Mr . Nelson from the Marylebone e ' ngine- keeper having a horse to his engine , which enabled him to carry off the rewards . _ The St . George ' s fireman having no horse , could not arrive so quickly , although he occasionally " tied his engine to the back of a cab ; " so , to be revenged , the St . George ' Vestry mulcted the Marylebone man of his fees , and he in return refused to take his engine into St . George ' s parish . What matters it to this stern functionary that property is destroyed or lives lost ? In justice to these three parishes of St . George , Bloomsbury , Marylebone , and St . George , Hanover-square , we should add that they do not appear much worse than their neighbours . Other parishes go even a st « p further than Marylebone and St . George ' s . St . James ' s , for instance , has obliterated all indications of an engine-house from tho shed where the engine is kept ; it does not even go out for the benefit of the parishioners , and is only used occasionally to wash down the church windows ! This is also the case in many other parishes . —Times . Tub Re-Elections . —Lord Stanley has been reelected for King ' s Lynn , without opposition . Ilia Lordship was not present . —Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has been again returned for Hertfordshire , also without opposition . The Scotsman states that tho reason why there was no contest for Herts is that , although " tho son of a wealthy man raised from a titular to a Parliamentary peerage by Lord Palmerston" was ready to como forward , and although the Liberal committees of Hertfordshire offered to defray a largo proportion of tho expense , " tho enormously wealthy and highly-favoured family of tho candidate restricted their subscription " to a very small flum > go t ] 10 Liberal party gave up in disgust . In his speech to the electors , Sir Bulwer Lytton denied a rumour that had been put abroad , to tho effect that ho had compromised tho opposition .

      from of St , influence plait tlu Nisw Uishopkics for JNicw zeai-awd . — xno ^ overnfrom ment has given a formal assent to the subdivision of tho of St . diocese of New Zealand and tho creation of a new iiMip * bishopric , tho Heat of which shall bo nt Wellington . 7 Tho Vcn . Arcluleacon Abraham , 1 U > ., formerly fellow plain of King ' ,, College , Cambridge , and Qssistant . masler at ig the-HEton College , -will bo tho first Bishop of Wellington .

      In t . Z ™ of h wh < 87 tl aga tn * offii wh con titi art fur ; pL . tio na an tn ( on tu fc 0 tn m - ar - - ri , of G ^ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . j Ifonday , June 7 tk , I COLONEl , JOHNSTONE . I In the Hotjsb of . Lords , in answer to Lord Panmuke I Lord Hi \ Bl > iNGE said that the court-martial , which had ^ inquired into the charges of remissness in the execution of his duty , during a niutinyof the Sepoys afc the station where he-commanded , against Colonel Johnstone , of the 87 th Regiwent , had honourably acquitted that officer . ' -. ' THE ASSISTANT BAKRISTEE FOR KERRY . " ~ Lord Dosoughmore laid on the table certain charges against William M'Dermott , Esq ., Assistant Barrister of the county of Kerry , to the effect that he had sold an office four times over ; that he had "been arrested for debt while discharging his official duties ; and that he-was constantly borrowing money from the officers and practitioners of his court . The Earl now moved that the articles of charge be priuted , and that a copy of them be furnished to Mr . M'Dermott : which was agreed to . THE BELFAST RIOTS . > In answer to Viscount Duxgannon , the Earl of ! Derby said that the Grovernment had received informa-• tion of the riots at Belfast ; that the Lord Lieutenant " had taken proper steps for putting down the disturbance ; 1 and that quiet had now been restored . As for the future , fc the Government had determined to place the city police fc on a more efficient footing- —The Earl of Carublt ; 1 thought the blame of the collision was shared equally by ^ both parties . The incident proved the good policy of ~ the late Government in refusing to appoint any persoa a s magistrate who was a member of the Orange Society ; ~ and he hoped the present Government would do all in , : its power to soften the religious animosities in which th& I ; s riots originated . —From these remarks , Viscount Dus-> f gannon and the Earl of Cla ^ 'CArtv dissented .

      . g ( ^ & j it g ( a d j j - ^ - ^ } j ( ( , ( s SIR JAMES BROOKE . Lord Kingston wished again to postpone the numerous questions he has for some time kept on the minut « s . Several of these questions involve charges against the I conduct of Rajah Brooke . —Earl Stanhope protested against the repeated postponement of these questions , and an animated discussion then , ensued , during which , it -was stated that Lord Kiugston had been present several times when he -was called on to put the questions according to the notice , but that he had always avoided doing so . A general wish was now expressed by the House that the questions should be withdrawn ; but to this his Lordship would not consent . He stated that Jus questions were founded , upon statements contained ia a blue-book , according to-which a number of men , women , and children had been destroyed as pirates under the order of Rajah Broolce . He thought the subject vas one ^ which deserved inquiry . Some doubt arising as to wbetlxer the House could strike the questions off the paper , though it might refuse to order them to be printed , ' Lord Lyndhurst moved that , in the opinion of the 1 House , the questions had been sufficiently answered , and L ought not to be renewed . This was affirmed without a I division ; and the questions were accordingly struck off the paper . ' The Non-Parochial , Registers Bill was read a 3 third time , and passed . Two bills were laid on the 3 table for amending the Oaths Bill , and empowering each 0 House of Parliament to modify the form of its oath by 0 resolution ; and , having been read a first time , the second 8 reading was fixed for Friday the 18 th . e Their Lordships then adjourned .

      THE MILITIA . In the House of Commons , after considerable discussion of private bills , General Pkkl ( in reply to Colonel Smyth ) stated that her Majesty had appointed a commission relative to the Militia ; that the establishment and organization of tho permanent staff of regiments of Militia would form a prominent portion of the investigation ; and that it was the intention of Government to call out some of the regiments of Militia , and to endeavour to avoid as much as possible the inconvenience which had hitherto attached to the system of billeting . ATROCITIES IM CHINA . In answer to Mr . Robertson , who inquired whether tlie Government had taken any steps -with respect to the aitocitiea alleged to have been committed on Englishmen by the Chinese , Mr . Seymour Fitzgerald said tlie Government felt that , whilst it was useless to attempt generally to humnnizo the Chinese administration of justice , it was their duty , when they had tho means at command , as at Cunton , where tho Chinese autliority , had been restored under protection of the English a "" French flags , to prevent suclx atrocities ; and I ; "" Elgin had , In consequence , ordered that such atrocities should bo discontinued .

      TIIK 78 TU HIGHLANDERS . . Replying to Mr . CAairniCL . L , General Piskl saul tuai tho prerogative of granting honours belongs to tho Crown , and there is no part of his duty so satisfactory ns laying Leforo her Majesty recommendations for promotion , jn despatch had been received recommending particuin honours to tho 78 th Regiment ; and there was 110 recoru of nny pledge to tliat oiloct given by Generals Havcioci and Outram . Should such recommendation arriv , , lie should have much pleasure in laying it before » ^ Majesty .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 12, 1858, page 554, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2246/page/2/