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Miscellaneous. The Court. — The Queen, L...
rendered to the State by the Maharajah of Putteeala , the Government have conferred on him a valuable jagbeer in the Jhujjur territory . The jagheer is said to be worth 60 , 000 rupees per annum . Our informant also states that a jagheer worth 40 , 000 rupees per annum has been bestowed on the Jheend Rajah . This also is in the Jhujjur territory . — Lahore Chronicle . Insects Nevek Grow . —Many people fancy that a little fly is only little because it is young , and that it
will grow up in process of time to be as big as a bluebottle . Now , ¦ this idea is entirely wrong ; for when an insect has once attained to its winged state , it grows no more . All the growing , and most part of the eating , is done in its previous states of life ; and , indeed , there are many insects , such as the silkworm moth , which do not eat at all from the time when they assume the chrysalis state to the time when they die . — " Common Objects of the Country , " by the Eev . J . G . Wood .
Sir John Inglis , K . C . B ., is on his -way home , the state of bis health , not permitting him to remain during another hot season at Cawnpore , where he has been in command . He -will probably arrive at his father-inlaw s ( the Lord Chancellor ' s ) on the 27 th . inst . Yernacular Education of India . —A meeting was held on Thursday , at St . Jame 3 ' s-hall , Piccadilly , for the purpose of instituting a society for establishing in 1 he great towns of India Christian vernacular training institutions , and for supplying , in each of the native languages-of'India , school-books and other educational works prepared on Christian principles . Resolutions in accordance with these objects were adopted .
; "MlRACLBS" CoNTRAllY to FltENCH LAW . A . girl , named Savy , of Lourdes , in the Hantes Pyrenees , has created some excitement owing . to pretended interviews with the Yirg ' nx The Prefect of the department , however , coming at length to the opinion that she was an imposter , has ordered that all persons who pretend to see visions shall for the future be sent to the hospital at Tarbes and be subjected to medical treatment , and that those who spread " the absurd tales" of heavenly visita tions shall be prosecuted for propagating false news .
Tenacity or Life in the Newt . —The tenacity with which these creatures cling to life is qxiite surprising . Experiments have been tried purposely to see to what degree a body could be mutilated , and yet retain life . They have even been frozen up in a solid block , of ice , and , after the thawing of their cold prison , revived , and seemed none the worse for it . I may as well mention that none of these experiments were tried by myself , for"I am not scientiftc ' enoughnotto care anything for the infliction of pain ; but on one occasion I did try an experiment , and , as it turned out , a very cruel one , although it was not intended for an experiment . I was studying the anatomy of the frogs and newts : and having eight or ten fine specimens of the
latter creature , determined to take advantage of the opportunity . The first thing was , of course , to kill the creature without injuring its structure , and I thought that the best mode of so doing would be to put it into my poison-bottle . This was a large glass jar filled with spirits of wine , in which was held corrosive sublimate in solution . This mixture generally killed the larger insects immediately , and seemed just the thing for the newts . So they were put into the jar—but then , there was a scene I will not describe , which I trust never to sec again , and of which I do not even like to think . Suffice it to say , that nearly a quarter of an hour elapsed before these miserable creatures died , though in sheer mercy I kept them pressed below the surface . — Common Objects-of the Country , by the lier . J . G . Wood .
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LiCAimu Office , Saturday , May 22 nd . LAST NIGHTS PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . Till ! © ATIIB BILI « The Earl of Lucan gave notice that , on tho consideration of the Commons' reasons for disagreeing with tho Lords' amendments to the Oaths Bill , he should move that the House do not concur in those reasons .
TUB CAGUARI . In reply to tho Earl of Minto , the Earl of MauviksnuuY stated that an answer had been received from Naples in respect of the demand made for compensation to the engineers of the Cagliari . Tho demand -was not complied ^ vith , nor yot absolutely refused . It was " argumentative reply , " and had only been received within the last two hours . Tho House adjourned at half-past , six o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS . imuAcii op rmv j ucoK .
.. - V ? V 1 S In ° vcd tliat the printer and publisher of t » o Carlisle Examiner be brought to the bar of the House next Friday , for a breach of privilege in accusing lutn or improper conduct as chairman of a railway comnuttee . — -. A greed to . ADJOUUHRIKNT i- 'Olt VHK HOLIDAY . H . —MK . OAIlDWELl / . H n MOTION WITlIDltAWN . vn tho motion that tho llouso at its rising do adjourn . , *™ dny , Lord Palmkkston asked if any covering Uca pntdi had been received from Lord Canning with
the papers which had been laid before the House that morning . He also asked if the debate on Mr . Cardwell ' s motion could be concluded that night . —Mr . Disraelt said he proposed that the debate should conclude that night . No covering despatch had been received with the papers from Lord Canning . He also stated , in answer to Mr . Labouchere , that no authentic copy of the Proclamation had been received by the Government ; and in answer to Mr . Gladstone , that the first intimation the Government received of Lord Canning ' s intending to send a letter explanatory of the Proclamation was from Lord Lansdowne publicly in the House of Lords . —Mr . Clay then rose and made an earnest appeal to Mr .
Cardwell to withdraw his motion , urging that it was inexpedient , after the resignation of Lord Ellenborougb , and still more so since the receipt of the papers by the last mail . —Mr . Bowvek also urged the withdrawal . —Mr . Card well , declined to withdraw it . —Su-De Lacy Evans said that the real question relating to Indian policy bad never been considered , and he gave notice that after the recess he should move " that , in the opinion of the House , the Proclamation of the Governor-General confiscating the proprietary right in the soil of the landowners of Oude was not equitable in policy nor calculated to promote the pacification of India , and therefore ought not to be carried into effect . " —Mr . Dkummond asked Mr . Card well if the rumour that he had intended to -withdraw his motion was true .
—Mr . Cardwell said it -was entirely unfounded . — After a long and desultory discussion , in which Mr . Duxcobibe and a number of Liberal members took part , urging on Mr . Cardwell to withdraw his motion , Lord Palmekston rose , and said that the papers received that morning , while they established the fact that Lord Canning was still pursuing a policy of clemency , had altered the state of things , inasmuch as they would counteract in Jndia the ill effect of Lord Ellenborough ' s despatch ; and , as it appeared to be the general wish of the House that the motion should be withdrawn , he should advise that it be done .. —Mr . Cardwell then consented to withdraw his motion .
Mr . Gladstone strongly defended Lord Canning * but intimated that he could not have supported the motion . He urged , however , on the Government to make some declaration of their confidence in the Governor-General . —Mr . Disraeli ? said that , as a mere matter of the convenience or safety of the Government , he should not have been inclined to assent to the withdrawal of the motion , which he was prepared to meet , but considering the grave interests involved , and believing that the cessation of the existing party discussion would be for the benefit both of England and India , he would agree to its withdrawal . After some retrospect of the course pursued by the Opposition , he stated that the Government had already signified to Lord Canning that he should have their support .
Lord Joii 3 T Russell expressed bis satisfaction at the declaration of tho Government that they would support Lord Canning , and he also agreed , to the withdrawal of the motion . —Mr . Bright expressed a hope that the events which had now occurred would operate as a warning to the Government , and also acton the Liberal party in such a manner as to unite and strengthen them . —The motion for adjourning to next Friday was then agreed to . The other orders of the day wcv . a disposed of , and the House adjourned at eight o ' clock .
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INDIAN CORRESPONDENCE . The despatches from India to which reference was made in both Houses of Parliament on Thursday evening were published yesterday . Tho first is a letter from George Souper , Esq ., Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Oude , to G . F . Edinonstone , Esq ., Secretary to the Government of India . It states that the Chief Commissioner "is of opinion that the landlords [ of Oude ] were most unjustly tieated under our settlement operations ; " that , consequently , tliey should be considered , not as rebels , but ns" honourable enemies ; " that , if their lands are restored , they will nt once aid us in restoring order ; but that , "if their life and freedom from imprisonment only be oil ' ercd , they will resist , " and a
guerilla war will be begun -which will involve tho loss of thousands of Europeans . Mr . Edmonstone , in conveying the reply of the Governor-General , says : — " The Governor-General entirely agrees v ' lth you in viewing the taloolulnrs and landholders of Oude in a very different light from that in which rebels in our old provinces are to bo regarded . The people of Oude had been subjects of the British Government for little more than one year when the mutinies broke out ; they hud become so by no act of their own . l \ y the introduction of our ruin , mnnv of the chiefs had suffered a loss of property , and all had
experienced n diminution of the importance and arbitrary power which they had hitherto enjoyed ; and it is no marvel that those amongst them who had thus been losers should , when thtsy . saw our authority dissolved , have hastened to shnko off their new allegiance . The Governor General views these circumstances an a palliation of acts of rebellion , even - \ vhero hostility ban been most active and HYBlumntic . Accordingly , punishment by death or imprisonment is nt once put aside by the proclamation in tho case of all who ahull submit themselves to * tho Government , and who are not murderers : nnd , whifst
confiscation of proprietary rights in the land is declared to be the general penalty , the means of obtaining more or leas of exemption from it , and of establishing a claim to restitution of rights have been pointed out , and are within the reach of all without injury to their honour . Nothing more is required for this than that they should promptly-tender their adhesion , and help to maintain peace and order . . . That unjust decisions were come to by some of our local oflBcers in investigating and judging the titles of the landholders is , the Governor-General fears , too true ; but the proper way of rectifying such injustice is by a re-hearing where complaint is made . This , you are aware , is the course which the
Governor-General is prepared to adopt , and to carry out in a liberal and conciliatory spirit . It is a very different one from proclaiming that indiscriminate restitution of all their ancient possessions is at once to be yielded to the landholders . That the hostility of the talookdars of Oude -who have been most active against the British Government has been provoked , or is excused , by the injustice with which they have been treated , would seem to be your opinion . But I am to observe that there are some facts which deserve to be weighed before pronouncing that this is the case . " Several of these facts are then mentioned , and the letter concludes with the remark that the Governor-General cannot with justice be equally lenient to all .
The Continent. The French Senate Closed ...
THE CONTINENT . The French Senate closed its session on Wednesday . The Mediterranean squadron has left Toulon harbour for some unknown destination , supposed to be the Adriatic . The ships of the line Ulm , Donauwerth , Arcole , Prince Jerome , and La Bretagne ; the screw frigate Isly , and the war frigates Imperieuse , Griffon , and Salamander , form part of the squadron . A telegram received in Paris states that the Bedouins of Damascus have stopped and robbed a caravan of pilgrim 3 going to Mecca , and have obtained an immense booty . Rumour states that there is a ministerial crisis in Turkey-, and that the Grand Vizier is on the point of resigning . The Prince Regent opened the session of the Norwegian Storthing- at Christiania on the 14 th inst .
The independente of Turin , of May 16 th , states that Count Cavour is preparing an ultimatum , in reply to Commander Caraffa's last communication . " It will , perhaps , " says this journal , " be after the refusal of this ultimatum that recourse will be had to the arbitration of the European Powers . "
Limerick Election. —Mr. Ball, The Palmer...
Limerick Election . —Mr . Ball , the Palmeratonian candidate for Limerick , has withdrawn , and Mr . Spaight , the Ministerialist , will have a walk over . Tub Queex . —The Court Journal is " able to mention , on an authority -which admits of no doubt , that her Majesty is once more in that condition which ' gives us fair hopes that before the end of the year there will be an increase to the Royal family . "
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There is no learned man but will confess ne hath much profited by reading controversies , his senses awakened , and . hja juclgmeutaharpened . If , then , i 3 be profitable for hun to read , why should jtnot , at least , be tolerable for hisadveraarv-to write ;—3 d . ii . ios
The Stamp Dutyon Drafts. (To The Editor ...
THE STAMP DUTYON DRAFTS . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ^ Sir , —In reference to the " Stamp Duty on . Drafts Bill , " just passed by the House of Lords , some anxiety has boon expressed by the managers of certain savings banks in correspondence with this institute , as to whether drafts drew n on their treasurers for the benefit of depositors would be liable to the duty .
I wns therefore directed to submit to the Chancellor of the Exchequer that , us it is a custom in numerous savings bunks ( for tlic prevention of fraud ) to pay every withdrawing depositor by a cheque upon the treasurer of tho bank , such cheques ou ^ ht to bo exempted from the operation of the proposed stamp , and 1 have now the satisfaction to subjoin . for the information of such of your rentiers us muy be interested in the matter , the following reply fron Mr . Ryan : —
" The Chancellor of the Kxclieqner desires me t < acquaint yuu that the drafts drawn by the manager ; of savings l ) anks ou their treasurers will not be liabl < to stamp duty , as they como within the provision of the 44 th section of tho Act « J tieo . IV ., cap . 9 _\" 1 am , sir , your obedient servant , Eiavaiu ) . Wm . Biuimooic , Corresponding Sucretary . Friendly Societies' Institute , 4 , Trafalgar-square .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 22, 1858, page 13, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22051858/page/13/
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