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the Town Counoil , held en Thursday , it was agreed , by 22 votes to 10 , to authorize the town clerk to take the opinion of counsel , and defend the action brought by the University against the Mayor for refusing to take the usual oath . A motion was made that the cost of the action should be borne by the Mayor and Council , Ibut was withdrawn on account of its illegality . Wreck ojr the Cornish Coast . *—The ship Defence , of Liverpool , has been wrecked off the Cornish coast , nearBude ; but the crew were sowed , after great trouble and risk , by the men of the Eoyal National Life Boat Institution , at Bude . They had to go a distance of fourteen lailes with their apparatus before they could
reach the spot where tlie wreck had gone on sliore . The ship was -wedged under a perpendicular cliff , three hundred'feet high , and the men on shore had to make their way round a difficult point . " The crow , " says a William Tredgidgo , one of the rescuing party , " clung to a rock , with the sea breaking heavily over them , without one ray of hope , and . an overhanging cliff of immense height above them . In this position the coastguard had to slide down a most awful cliff , and , with the aid of a small line and with holding on to each , other , succeeded in liauling the whole of the crew , more dead than alive , over the cliffs . Had the small rope broken at tire time , the whole of the men engaged in the dangerous undertaking would have been hurled over the cliffs into
the sea and perished . One of the coast-guardsmen was obliged to be suspended with : one leg over the cliffs , to clear and lift the crew over the precipice . I must , in justice to the inhabitants , say that they one and all did their best for the rescue of the crew , and stood by to the last , rendering what aid . they could . The ship proved to be the Defence , of and for Liverpool , Thomas Hasting , master , 1000 tons burden , from the coast of Africa , laden with bar-wood ; but having met with a series of accidents- —first , in losing both anchors and cables on the Western Islands , then in attempting to reach . Milfordstruck on the Crow Rock , and lost her rudder , and was left , through stress of weather , by a steamer that had been towing her , to her sad fate , when she drove Ob shore and was dashed to atoms . "
Omar Pacha and the Arabs . — -The military movements of Omar Pacha against the wandering Arab tribes ( says a letter from Damascus of April 12 th ) , have proved completely successful . His troops have returned with a rich booty , part of which consists of 1500 camels . The cherif , Eba Alidal , and ¦ other chiefs , have arrived at Bagdad to make their submission . Omar Pacha has received them with great distinction . The hope that he would accord an indemnity to tlie merchants who were pillaged last year does not seem likely to be realized .
Goveun sient Emigration , — -The Government emigrant ship Stebonheath , 114 tons , Captain Connell . which sailed from Plymouth on the 30 th of September , in charge of Surgeon-Superintendent William Johnson Rowland , with 26 married couples , 84 single men , 149 single -women , 35 boys between the nges of 1 and 12 , 27 girls between the same ages , and eight infants , making a total of 355 soxils , equal to 31 G statute adults , of whom 201 were English , 8 Scotch , and 14 G Irish , arrived at Sydney , New South Wales , on the 27 th of February . Fivo deaths , viz ., 1 adult and four infants , and four births occurred during the voyage .
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TILE CONTUJTENT . A . statue to General Pep 5 , distinguish ed by his efforts for the liberation of Italy from . Austrian predominance , has been inaugurated with fitting pomp at Turin . The intelligence from Constantinople is to the Stli . More troopa arc being sent to Montenegro . The peasants of Albania , exasperated at the exactions of the tax-collectors , have refused to pay more , telling them to take their ploughs if they pleased . The consuls o ^ France and Austria have pacified the tribes of the Li _ banus . M . de Thouvenel has , it is stated , revived the question of the Holy Places , by advancing a claim nt Constantinople on behalf of the Latins to the cupola of the church of St . Sepulchre at Jerusalem . The Prince Royal of Wurteinbcrg arrived on Wednesday night at eleven o ' clock in Paris , and alighted with his suite at the Hotel du Louvre . He will , it is said , remain some time in Paris , and will accompany the Emperor and Empress to Fontaienbleau .
The Canstitutiomid announces that tho Princess Marie of Baden , the sister of . the reigning Grand Duko , is affianced to the Prince Ernest do Leiningen , the h «} fbrothcr of Queen "Victoria . The Austrian ;) sire said to have arrested the Montenegrin Greek Archbishop , who was supposed to have gono on a mission to St . Petersburg , at Zaru . No renson for this arrest is stilted .
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Canada . —Two tiros broke out at Toronto on the night of the . 27 th ult ., destroying much property . Great alarm was felt in consequence of tho extraordinary nunibov of fires which hud occurred . It was supposed thai , they were the work of a bund of incendiaries . The citizens were organizing a patrol , and offering l « rgc rewards for the npprchensionand conviction of tho miscreants . Mm Amy Skdciwick . —Wo are glad to see it statad that Mi . s . s Amy Hodgwick , who has for Homo time been suffering from nwtiro indisposition , is now rapidly recovering nt Hustings , rrnl that , it is expected she will Hhortly make her appenranco ngnin on tho « tago .
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OUR INDIAN EMPIRE AND FACTIONS ¦ A . T HOME . A dismal state of political immorality is betrayed by the alacrity of factions at home to profit by any disputed point of Indian -policy . The discussions of the present ; week liave been not only embittered by every excess of gratuitous '"' , personality , '; but " . there has been scarcely an attempt to conceal -the fact that the great question at home is that between Piccadilly and St . James's-equare . The
movement concerted at Cambridge House was originally an intrigue , and as such it was immediately denounced by the -Oovernment party ; but , unhappily for the Cabinet , Mr . Cakdwell and those wliom he represents had found a strong case , and with malevolent " patriotism , " stood , forward to assert a policy af discretion against the totally indefensible rashness of au impetuous Minister . JJord ExitENBOROTTGB : had clearly committed himself past apology , and the
Ministry had been compromised with him . Whatever- may be thought of the Proclamation to the people of Oude , the form , of censure adopted in Cannon-row and sanctioned in Downiug-atreet , and its precipitate and blundering publication , threw upon the Cabinet a responsibility whidta it ought never to bave incurred , and for which it will have to answer to Parliament—perhaps to the constituencies . The Opposition 7 we think , was bound to challenge the conduct , of Lord
Eli ^ enboroitgh : ; and when Mr . Disraeli , in reply to an interrogation , evidently preconcerted , from Mr . Bright , identified himself and his colleagues with the course that had been pursued , there was , perhaps ? , no alternative except to raise a debate involving the existence of the Ministry or that of Xiord Palmehston's House of Commons . No one complains that the Whigs desire "to
defend their nominee at Calcutta , together with Lord DaIjIicvu sie and Lord John BussEiit himself , or that they have undertaken . to censure ¦ the public declamations of Lord Eli / enbohoug-h in favour of the enemy in Oucle ; but can we \ glance at their manoeuvres and say that they are not taking advantage of a plausible opportunity to coalesce for a faction fight ? It is not tho Caudwultj or the Siiaftisshuky resolutions
wo condemn ; it is the spirit which lias infused so much hypocritical activity into tho body of tl \ o Opposition . Whatever the Parliamentary issue , tho honeat opinion of the country will judge in a public sonso , and docide between one set of principles and another . To do this calmly and intelligently it is necessary to consider tlio intent of Lord "Can-niwo ' s Proclamation . " . Reduced to its essence , it set forth that tho conspicuously loyal xomindam , ialookdnrs , ; nnd cboluidara
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Leat > er Office , Saturday , May 15 th . LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LOEDS . The Hourc appointed Tuesday next for a conference with the Commons on the Onths Bill . THE MINISTRY AND THE DESPATCH TO r , ORD CANNING . The Earl of Siiafticsbuky moved cortain resolutions ¦ whicli will be found in full in another column . —The ( Earl of lLxir , i 5 NBoiiouGH replied , urging that Oude ought to ho tieatcd like a country -with whioh -we had been at war , and not as a . rebellious province . —The Duko of Augtix followed , supporting tho rotioliitions , and was replied to by the Earl of Carnarvon . —The Duko of Somkuskt supported the motion , which -wan opposed in a long speech by the Loro Chanckixor , who moved tho previous question , " and to wham Lord Cuanavorth replied . — 'Hie Earl of Donoucsiimouic having spoken on bohiilf of the Government , ICnrl Gwnr proceeded to deal with the question fro m the opposite -view . censuring tho hasty proceeding of tho Government , and -expressing his expectation of tho ill effect it would . produce in India . Tho Earl of Deruy then rose , and made nn elaborate and earnest defence of tho course pursued by Ministers . He spolco in high tenna of Lord Canning ' s nrtniiiuntration in every respect except , in tho matter oi tuo ill-judged Proclamation , whiclv wns calculated to cauB « great danger to Oude . As regarded the despatch vll ^ Tli ™^ (> 1 O " E > , nothing thai , had passed involved tho Cabmot generally in tho responsibility of Th « n " ~* arl GllA « viMiB BupporteU tha motion . — ¦ mo House divided : — .
For the imotion ... ... ... 158 Against it ... .... ... . ... 167 "Majority forGovernment ... 9 The House-then atfjotHnefl . HOUSE ' Of COMMONS . There was bo preliminary business transacted ,, and the usual questions on Friday nights oa th . e motion for the adjournment to "Monday , were postponed for tlie purpose of clearing tlie < way for -the VOTE OF CENSURE ON THE GOVERNMENT . Mr . Cakdwelxi move !] , in a very elaborate speech , in which his main argument'was that the publication of the despatch of LordiSllenborough . to Lord Canning was an act for which the "whole-Cabinet was responsible , the following resolution " : — " That this House , whilst , in its present state of information , it abstaiusfrom expressing an opinion on the policy of any proclamation which may have been issued by rthe Governor-General of India in relation to Oude , has seen with , regret and serious apprehension that her Majesty ' s Government have addressed to the Governor-General , through the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors , and Trave published a despatch condemning in strong terms the conduct of the Governor-General ; and is of opinion that Buch a course on the part of the Government must tend , in the present circumstances of India , to produce the most prejudicial effect , ; by weakening the authority of the Governor-General , and encouraging the further resistance of those who are dn arms against lis . "—Mr . Deasy seconded the motion . —The Solioitor-Gexeral followed , defending tbe course of the Gover nment on the ground that the Proclamation of Lord Canning -was unjust and impolitic , and urging that the publication of the despatch was fully atoned for by the generous resignation of Lord Ellenborough . —Mr . Lowe followed , arguing in favour of the motion .- —Mr . Lindsay , on tbe part of the independent Liberal members , expressed their preference of the present Government to 6 eeing Lord Palmerston again in office . Lord A . Vane Tempisbt moved an amendment , deprecating further proceedings till more information was received from India . —Colonel Sykes supported the motion . —Mr . H . B . ailt . ie stated that the Governor-General had refused to listen to the advice of Sir James butram to issue aa amnesty for Oude . —Mr . Vernon Sautii and Lord Stanley having spoken , Lord Johm Russell declared that the House must either vote censure on the Ministry , or declare Lord Canning unfit for his office . He strenuously supported the motion . —On the motion of Mr . Roebuck , the debate was adjourned to Monday , and the House ro 3 e at a quarter-past twelve .
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<* . Inhere is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when , all the world iaiay the very law of its cieaLionm eternal progress . —Db .. Art > oi / d - ^ — . —__ ' -
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>— \^ j •——^ - — SATUBDAT , MAY 15 , 1858 .
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NOTICES TO 0 OPJ&ESFON ( EENTS . "Sanitary Condition of the Army , " 2 fo . II .,,. iwxt week . wonotice can . "be taken of anonymous correspondence Whateveris i intended forinsertion must b&authentieated by the name and address of the writer ; not necessa-r-ily / or . publicatioo . but as ajyuarantee of his goodfaitb . ttisimpossibletoacknowledge ^ theamasfio -f letters * e i * eceive . Their Insertion is often delayed , owing to a press or matter ; and when omitted , it is frequently from reasons quvteindEipendeait of themesritsof trbedoormuaication .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 15, 1858, page 467, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2242/page/11/
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