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Lord-Lieutenant . Some election riots occurred during the heat of the Parliamentary struggle , and the Protestants were roughly used by the Roman Catholics . The Association complained to Lord Carlisle , which was a very proper and legitimate proceeding ; but , not content with this , they launched forth into a general assertion that , of late years , " faithfulness to Protestant Drincinles has been looked upon as unworthy the countenance of the executive authorities , especially in Ireland and that the profession of principles avowedly hostile to the British constitution has been a sure passport to executive favour . " They observe that they have noticed this " with intense pain and indignation , and they add that " crime , outrage , and lawlessness have become normal in this country ; the executive authorities seem to have become a dead letter , while the
lives of Protestants are placed in jeopardy , liberty of conscience outraged , the laws violated , and truth dishonoured . " In answer to this , Lord Carlisle's Secretary , Colonel Larcom , states that his Excellency " will not fail to keep under his fixed consideration the transactions which are the immediate- subject of complaint ;" but adds that his Excellency has , " for the first time within his recollection , been exposed to remarks of a highly disrespectful and disparaging character from an association of persons in no way authorized to address him in any collective capacity . " The Lord-Lieutenant therefore declines to receive any further addresses or communications from the body . The pugnacious Protestants , however , have sent a humble rejoinder to his Lordship , disavowing any intention to be disrespectful to the Powers that be "—a notion which shocks them
" as Christian men" —but notr withdrawing the obnoxious observations . The Last of the Elections . —At the close of the election for Leitrim county , last Saturday , the numbers stood—Montgomery , 1549 ; Brady , 985 ; Tenison , 588 . The two first-named gentlemen are therefore elected . Assault on a Bishop . —The whole of Catholic Ireland has been horrified by an assault made by a mob in the village of Nevrtownforbes on Dr . KildufT , the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardagh . They dragged him from
the seat of his car , and taunted him with alleged dishonest conduct in the late Longford election . One fellow attempted to strike him , but he was prevented , and the mischief was confined to such , exclamations and questions as—" The dirt has come through you !" " Who sold Longford ? " " Where ' s White ' s money ?" " So , the Bishop took the bribe ! '' &c . At length , he was suffered to depart . The priests have been at great pains to hush up the affair , as a scandal to their Church .
The Crops . —The cold , rain } ' weather that prevailed through the greater portion of April has greatly retarded vegetation in all parts of Ireland .
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CONTINENTAL NO T E S . FRANCE . A French Government agent is about to proceed to Parma , for the purpose of watching the intrigues said to be going on there . The secretary of the Ottoman Embassy left Paris on Friday week for Constantinople , on a mission . As originally believed , Prince Napoleon has not gone to Toulon to receive the Grand Duke Constantine . " The provincial journals , " says the Daily News Paris correspondent , " have been ordered not to allude in any wny to the forthcoming elections until the electoral colleges shall be convoked . This is precisely the same kind of arbitrary interference which excites the indignation of the Monitcur when practised in the Danubian Principalities . "
The installation of Cardinal Morlot , ns the fourteenth Archbishop of Paris , took placo last Saturday at Notrc-Dume . On Sunday afternoon , as he was going to the church of Notre Dame do Bonno Nouvellc , his carriage upset , and ho and his attendant priests were dragged out , rather shaken and Alarmed , but not much hurt . Marshal Serrano , the Spanish Ambassador nt Paris , left that capital on the morning of Friday week , fur Madrid , to take his seat in the Semite . General Khere-< line , the envoy of the Boy of Tunis' , recently left Paris for London , where he arrived last Saturday .
The religious marriage of young M . Pcreirc , son of M . Isaac Pcroiro , with Mdllo . Foultt , daughter of the notary , took place on the 22 nd ult ,., at the Jews' synagogue , in the Ruo Notre-Damo do Nazareth . " The Grand Duke Constantino , " Bays a letter from Toulon , " paid a second visit to the Aracnnl on tho 22 nd uU ., accompanied by his suite , all of whom belong to tho navy , and who arc charged to tuko no ton of what they sec . On visiting tho armoury on the previous day ho did not nt first notice tho guns brnught from
Selmatopol , as the precaution had been taken of turning them flomowhat out of sight , but on his examining them more uloscly ho found that they had belonged to Russia . ' Thoso « ro trophies of victory V ho naked ono of the functionaries who accompanied him . * Yes , Prince , ' replied tho hittor , ' but I can show you something by way of n sot-oft ' , ' pointing to a number of French gunn which had been rendered unfit for further service by tha Russian allot . 'Ah , ' said the Grand Duke , ' that is what you cull a 801-00 ' , is it ? Perhaps it is aunlciont for you ,
by way of courtesy , but I— . However , I accept it , such as it is , ' added he , smiling . During the same visit he pointed out a dozen fire-arms , which he expressed a wish to examine more closely , and they were sent to the maritime prefecture in the evening . The Prince has declined having any attendance of troops , or illuminations , or visits from the different bodies . 'I have come , 'he said , ' to perfect myself in naval affairs ; I have much to learn , and it is better for me to occupy the short time which remains at my disposal in a serious examination of what may be useful than in vain ceremonies . ' The Prince makes all his excursions as a private individual , and without disarranging any one . He passed nearly the whole of to-day in visiting the Arsenal ,, the extent of which is greater than the town of Toulon , although
the latter contains seventy-five thousand inhabitants . His Imperial Highness expressed his admiration at the order and regularity which prevailed in ever } ' part of the gigantic establishment . The immense fountain , whence all the shipping in the harbour supply themselves with water , particularly struck his attention . The Prince paid a second visit to the armoury to-day ; but before his visit orders had been given to hide from view the great bell which had been brought from Sebastopol . Seeing some large object , however , covered over with a tarpauling , the Prince asked what it was , and on observing some little hesitation on the part of the person to whom he addressed the question , he himself raised the covering , and , seeing what it was , gave a melancholy smile , and said , ' I will not look at that at present , but will return another day . ' "
" During his inspection of the French fleet at Toulon , " nays the Timet correspondent , " the Grand Duke Constantine was informed that among the officers was a midshipman who had been taken prisoner by the Russians at Kinburn . He requested that the young man should be presented to him , which was done , and the Duke decorated him with a military cross . He further requested Admiral Tre * houart , the admiral commanding the fleet , to permit the young man to act as his aide-decamp during his stay in France . " Prince Danilo , before he left Paris for Vienna , from which city he will return to Montenegro , obtained an interview " with Mehemed Bey , and was afterwards himself called on by the Turkish Ambassador . The result was an arrangement which , though it does not rernpve all the difficulties between the mountain chief and the Porte , effects one important result—the recognition by Danilo of the suzerainete of the Sultan .
The great Soyer left Paris last Sunday for London . This will be Tiis first visit to England since his departure for the Crimea . The Empress Dowager of Russia sailed from Nice on tho afternoon of the 21 st ult ., on board the Russian steam-frigate Olaff for Civita Vecchia . Two newspapers in the Wallachian language have just been started in Paris for the advocacy of the union of the Principalities . The banking-house of Valle" and Co ., established at Havre for many years under the title of the Caisse Commerciale , has stopped payment , the catastrophe being attributable , says rumour , to losses occasioned by the recent great fluctuations at the Bourse . The managing director has absconded .
Dr . Hale , for many years chaplain to the English Embassy at Paris , died suddenly last Sunday in an epileptic fit . A bitter attack on England was made last Saturday in the Academy of Moral ami Political Sciences by Baron Charles Dupin . In presenting a report on the projected canal across the Isthmus of Suez , he accused the English Ambassador at Constantinople of opposing the scheme ; and he then launched out into n general denunciation of England for being , as he alleged , a hypocrite in matters of trade , professing great freedom , but not really according it . M . Michel Chevalier , with equal warmth , defended and eulogized this country . Tho conversation then dropped . Baron Dupin was at one time himself a Free-trader .
The Minister for Foreign Affairs received despatches by the last Indian mail from M . do Montigny , the French Minister who was sent to Cochin China . It is said that he has succeeded in arranging a commercial treaty with tho Government of that country . General Liprandi , of the Russian army , has arrived in Paris . General Ludoro , who intends , it is said , spending somo years in France , has llxcd his residence at Versailles . Tho review , which will take place in Paris on tha ( Jth inst ., in pie&enco of tho Grand Duke , will bo commanded by Mardhal Mngnnii .
AUNTHIA . Tho Emperor and Empress aro to lenvc Vienna for Pesth in tho Imperial steam-yacht Adlcr , on tho 4 th inst . They nro to make a solemn entry into the cit }\ Tho Austrian Government intends to givo protection to tho telegraphic messages which arc obtained by tho ilrat-class journals at a considerable expenditure , and aro thon pirated by tho cheaper papers . A petition has boon presented to tho Frankfort Diet , praying for this upcok'H of copyright all over 'Germany ; but that body duos not Hocm inclined to concede the point .
Tho curious phenomenon of iniraga ( Hays a contemporary ) was witnessed on tho morning of tho 8 th at Simaud , near Arad , in Hungary , when , St . Martin , a
village three miles distant , became distinctly visible to the astonished inhabitants of the former place ; so distinctly , indeed , that not only the houses , but also the people walking in the streets , could be distinguished , all of colossal size . The inscriptions on the tombstones of the Jewish cemetery were perfectly legible . The apparition lasted about thirty-five minutes , and then faded away . The ignorant multitude interpreted it as a sign of the end of the world , which they confidently expect to take place on the 13 th of June . A royal decree has commuted the punishment of four persons in Sicily , condemned to death for political causes , into eighteen years' imprisonment in irons . Other acts of ( so called ) " grace" have also been accorded .
TURKEY . The Phanariote Bishops of Bulgaria and Roumelia , according to the writer of a letter from Phillippopol , are inspired with a great hatred of the Sclavonic race . One of them recently denounced the inhabitants of the city just mentioned , in a letter to the Divan . He stigmatised them as revolutionists , and said they meditated an insurrection . Ismail Pacha , governor of Adrianople , was despatched to inquire into the matter , when the Bishop denied that he had sent any letter ; but the Pacha , producing the communication , dumbfounded him . The holy man then endeavoured to bribe Ismail to silence ; but the latter sent back the presents that were offered him , arrd laid the whole proceedings before the Divan , taking with him two delegates from the district .
A scandalous outrage on a young Albanian bey at Scutari , in Albania , has been committed by Captain von Queatiak , the interpreter to the Austrian Consul . The captain was riding on horseback , and , as the young nobleman did not get out of his way with sufficient quickness , he kicked him . By the custom of the country , the bey was entitled to vendetta , that is to say , to take the life of the scoundrel on the spot : but , out of respect to the law of the Sultan , he laid his complaint
before the Governor of tbe town , Mustapha Pacha . While the evidence was being gone into , the captain , after haughtily asserting that his word , as an Austrian interpreter , was not to be doubted , struck the bey over the face with his walking-stick . Mustapha Pacha instantly sprang forward , and prevented the outraged young Albanian from taking his revenge on the spot ; but at the same time he promised him double satisfaction and ample redress . We are not as yet informed what punishment will be awarded to the Austrian
ruffian . ITALY . The King of Bavaria has arrived at Naples , incognito . ; but he has been visited by the Neapolitan monarch and the diplomatic corps . The telegraph from Naples to Reggio will be opened in a few days , and the submarine connexion between that and Messina will probably be effected during the summer . Some difficulties attach to the guarantees which the Government demands . Morse ' s Patent Telegraph is about to be introduced in Naples . The Archduke Maximilian , the new
Governor-General of Lombardy , arrived at Milan on the afternoon of the 19 th ult ., and intends remaining there four or five weeks . The accounts of his reception dijfer . Tho truth probably is that ho was very well received by the officials , police agents , and troops , and very coldly by the general public . A pamphlet has been printed and published at Naples , entitled , " Encore quolques Mots sur la Question Napolitaine . " The chief object of this official effusion is to show that the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies is in a most brilliant and flourishing financial ntute—a modern Golden Ago , attributable to the parental care of the " more than father , " King Bomba . Signor Carafa states that three hundred of the Neapolitan prisoners have accepted the proposals for going out as labourers to the Argentine Republic .
A qunrrel of infinitcsimally small proportions , but . somewhat similar in its nature to that which so nearly caused a war between Prussia and Switzerland , is now inviting the attention of diplomacy in another direction . Tho little communes of Menton and Koquebruno , which before ; 1818 belonged to tho Prince of Monaco , were then to thciir own great satisfaction annexed to Sardinia . Tho Prince of Monaco lately addressed a memorial to tho Courts of Europe on the subject , to which tho Sardinian Cabinet has just replied in a note , insisting that the Grimaldis of Monaco wore never , of right , sovereigns of Menton and Roquebruno , which were nlwnys fiela dependent upon tho crown of Sardinia . The annexation of 1848 was therefore nothing more than a resumption by Sardinia of its ancient rights , and tho utmost that . tho Prince of Monaco can claim as a vassal is a
pecuniary indemnity , which tho Sardinian Government ia disposed to grant if ho will moderate his pretensions . Tho only serious part of this business ia that Austria , not to lose an opportunity of being disagreeable to Piedmont , Hupports tho claims of the high and mighty huus *; of Grimnldi . — Daily Neics Paris Correujxmdciit . Somu assertions with respect to our Government an < J tho existing rclationn botween Piedmont and Austria , aro contained in a letter from a ( special Turin correspondent of tho Duitt / News . This gentleman , an Italian , Btatos that " Lord Clarendon , impelled by tho urgent
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May 2 , 1857 . 1 T H E I , E A P E R . 413
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Leader (1850-1860), May 2, 1857, page 413, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2191/page/5/
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