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of Oxford , the rapidity with which some of the causes in the new Divorce Court are disposed of is subject for alarm . Nine causes , it appears , were got through in one day , one of which only occupied the Court eleven minutes ; upon which . JjOid Hedesdale concludes th # it t ^ epe is dw ? @er / . « £ incaution in tbe treatment , of oaaopposed < 5 auae % and consequent loss of public rgpect for the &&& sions of the Court . JLord CisipBEkii protes ^ ejfj
stoutly against sucli ^^ onela ^ igfaa aud Lord ^ pgA ^ - ¦ woktu well said that 'the advantages of this speedy way of disposing of the business of the Court were very clear , so long as there did not appear to be auy undue Chaste . And that is surely the only question . Lord Uampbei , l declares that i ' uLl justice was done in every one pf the cases referred to , and the country will be content to trust in his word . Tiie dread of those who think with Lord Hjbdesdalb
and the Bishop of Oxfoud is , that the Court will be subject to tlie impositions of collusion if it adjudicates- too rapidly ; but it was never pretended that ttys slower procedure of the House of Lords entirely seeured dt against collusion ; there as , therefore , no new cause of alarm originated by the practice of the new Court of Divorce . We are pasttlie davs of Eldoit , when it was thought that Justice must be slow ia learninor her own mind :
Tlie ease of the Bloodhound , paddle-wheel steamvessel , which has lately returned from the'WestCoast of Africa to be paid off , illustrates the extreme difficulty of the duty which has to be performed by our slave-protecting squadron . It appears that , on the 14 th of September last , the Bloodhound was riding dt anchor off Quilta , when a naked negro was seeu swimming towards her , and by the aid of a boat -was taken on hoard . Tlie man ' s account of himsell
was , that he was a native of the British settlcmeait at Ca-pe Coast Castle ; that he had been engaged to serve as steward on hoard an American ship called the Thomas Watson , but that hehad been smuggled on board the ship without the permit of the ¦¦ British . Governor being obtained ; and that while he was on board he had heard from the coqk that the captain had sold liim as a slave to one of the passengers , a Spaniard , one . of the crew of a slaver which had been captured and condemned ; and that , after being flogged and bound for attempting to escape , he had succeeded in reaching the Bloodhound . The commander of the Bloodhound went on board the
American vessel and . claimed the wages due to the negro . The American captain , alter temporizing for a day or two , refused to pay the money claimed , * btjt . demanded to have the negro returned as a deserter . The commander of the Bloodhound , finding that there was no chance of bringing the American to terms , ordered his ship to be taken to Sierra Leone , for the opinion of the Judge-Advocate . Tlio decision of the judge was , that as the Thomas Watson was an American ship , lie ha . d no authority to interfere in the matter . The Thomas Watson
was , therefore , allowed to proceed to the port of her destination ,. and on a representation made by tlio American Consul to the Commandcr-iivChief of Iho station , ± be Bloodhound was ordered home . The Government , therefore , doea not sanction the English , commander ^ right to meddle between ari American captain an . * his crow , or to act as a sort of floating county court . -. ¦ ¦ A further Illustration of the difficulty that besets every one of our deah jjgs with ^ ho sjave question ia fyrnished by the case of' Iho Regina Qoeli , even
the : facts ofc wlnoh arc so complicated with doubts and' contradictions , } hat it is next to Impossible ' to come at the absolute tru , fli . T ^ ic explanation gWcn by the French ^ ov ' crnmcnt ; fa JJord Maxmebbuiiy seems , to inako it appear ^ liat ' tfye interference qf the IfH ^ fe ycssei' > jf « 3 ' iUegal , and ih ' at tho hijacks on ^ TO ^^ B ^ PA fc r from boill a : kidnapppd i *? %$ W £ A !> m £ l te emigrants , shipped wHk the ^ $ $° & & $ !^ tyty rion auUior ^ ioa . ¦ u ^^ X& ' tk ?**> # ¦ » ii > boho d , not pnW of : the firosemxtions in connexion with the
attempt or ike life of the -Emperor Napoleon , but of all such |) vaseoutions as those directed by the State againsfc ' &tessrs . Trxtelove aud TscnoitzEWSKi . These booiaiellers had only to declare that they had no inteuiiwti to promulgate ihe doctrine of .. assassins tion ,.. 8 sfl ' the AxTORNE ¥ ~ CteN *; iiAi < coasentteiito a verdjetof " pot guilty . " " . So . endsthe tragi-coi ) Qedy . The stateV < of the iH ^ unes-. is at the ^ wesent mompft t / ut- / topic . . JSo . t jraily is Parinjtaent tln-eateaed-jtfith over ^ tepw , bat with it ttafe-liighest Law Courts in the country . There is no withstanding the persistant attacks of the omnipotentmiasma . When a Prime Minister is laid up , and a Chaiacellor of the Exchequer almost prostrated
by the foul stench that permeates every chamber , We , and corner of the two Hpuses , tkeve is-- —at last—some hope that a remedy for the long tolerated intolerable evil will be earnestly sought and Ibiind . The proper drainag-e of London , with the purification of the Thames , cannot much longer remain a question of rival plans , or of more or Less expense . The cost of a new plague of Lpudon would be considered much greater than "the three , four , or five millions of pounds which the necessary preventives are estimated to cost . And there must be no delay , if the next Lord Mayor is to have the lionoar of inviting Ministers to a banquet in the City ; for there will be no Ministers left- * o invite if the foetid breathings of the Thames are permitted quietly to poison , them off .
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Floods in Derbyshire .- —The extensive district called tha Peak of Derbyshire was visited , on the Thursday and Friday of last week , by a succession of the most -violent storms ever vritnessud in that ¦ p art of the country . . The rain fell in torrents , appearing in some cases like sheets of water , and all the valleys and low grounds were wore or less flooded "by the sudden descent of immense volumes of water from the hills . At Kinder and Huyfield , in the High Peak , large trees-were torn up by the roots , and carried several miles away , and some bridges were thrown down by the flood current . The crops , also , suffered severely . At Kinder Prin tworks , the property of Mr . « F . A . Turner , 31 . P ., the reservoir overflowed and formed a curxent bv tlie
side of the-works , and washed away the old cart-road and footpath . At Hayiield Print-works , belonging to Messrs . J .. Monteith arid Co ., the flood rose several feet above the ground floor , but without doing much damage to the worlts or their contents . A small bridge was -washed three-quarters of a mile away from the place , and a little stream which supplied the mill hud its course completely reversed by tiie level of its bed being altered l > y the force of tiie flood . The laboratory and kitclien gardens were greatly damaged . The works at the Birch-vale Print-mill were stopped by the flood , and many articles in the establishment were washed into ttie river near
it . At the village of Hayfielcl , the foundations and back walls of five of the houses were washed away , us were also the pigsties and other outbuildings , and all the soil and produce of the gardens . The cottagrera raised screams for help , and the greater part of their furn iture was lost or destroyed . The whole of the w « ir , mill-wheel , and framing of "Ned ' s Mill" were carried away , and not a vestige of them was afterwards to be seen . All the crops on the banks of the river Etherow have been washed away ; huge stones , many feet long and of immense weight , have also been dislodged and carried off , and the rocky bed of the stream hus been lowered about four feet by the force of tlie flood .
PonxENDic and Albreda . —Some correspondence relative to a convention recently entered into between her Majesty and the JSrnperor of the Frencli , relative to Portcndjc and Albreda , has just Veen published . by order of ilia IJouse of Lords . ' It refers to a petition froin the French merchants and traders applying foe admission to the coasting trade , from point to point in the Gambia river ,, the prayer of which has been granted . The bjljl for ' modifying tlio'Customs'Act of loth nnid 17 th Victoria j cup ; 107 , ' so as to maintain the convention intact , was explained by the S « cretary of State for the Colonies on IVlonday nighf , when the U [ ouso of Conamons gavo it a second reading .
ftc&siAN'fclEncANTiUK Steam Flkkt . —TIio " Russian Stcani Trading and Navigation Company" are rapidly M ^ iW . tye tfceir Ulapk § lea and Meaiterwnpim flooc , winch now nuinbere thirty or forty fuH powered screw sMiamera 6 f lhr ^ o capacity . ' The last addition to ' tliis fl eet has jUst been flhtsKedon -the Mersey , and was ' constr « cted by 3 yir . John i . «» ra at his new works at Birkenhbatl . 9 ho is named tlio Emperor Alexander , i ( nd j 8 the second sertjw steiimshin of JLlOO tons and 350-horse pd-wor built for th ' ut company by Mr . taint . On Satur qay , the Einperor Alexander mode a trial trip In the Llianni ! V l >« ; V ^ r » g on Ijoar 4 a fi ^ ll load , cp » . aii » ting of GOO tons of deua weight , with watortiuiks full ar » a stores . Sh , o attamed art nv « ra 6 speed df iftWooaWnd a quarter ; WWii 05 <\ boH | t fifteon niwles an , hour , which , boind ftiUv lomlpd , w c <>» flitlercd highly sutiafaotorv .
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ISTonday , June 2 \ st CtatUS ^ UNOKOLM , ASDHAWICK RAILWAY BIXj , In the Howsisot Lords , Lord Portman reported from the committee that the facts developed respectini ; the agreements- with'the contractors were so objectionable that they ought tiot to be counten anced by Parlia ment and that it . was not expedient to proceed further with the lull . ; : ' . '¦' ¦ ' . •' THE OOVEO * MEST OF INDU TheEarl of . M 4 WIesbu « Y , in reply to a question put by the Marquis of Lansdowne on the previous Fridav evening , stated -that the Government did not intend to lay on the table the resolutions relating to the T 0 Vern tnent of India affirmed by the House of Commons " They had been made the foundation of a bill and the whole CLuestion could be better discussed when that measure came regularly before their Lordships He hoped the bill would come up from the other House in time to take the second reading by the second week in July . —The Marquis of Lassdowne said he had asked the question only from a wish that the discussion slvould be delayed as little as possible . — Karl ( juanvilrk and Earl Grey concurred in tlie opinion that tlie course taieu by the Government was very inconvenient and might prevent the bill passing through the House of Lords this sesssion ; but they would not offer anv opposition to the mode of proceeding decided on by the Government . STANDINC ORDERS . Lord Redesdale moved the adoption of a standing order to the effect that , in the case of any claim to a peerage in abej'ance , all the expertses attendiug the taking and printing of the evidence shall be borne by the claimant , and shall be paid by him from time to time whenever the clerk of tlie Parliament shall deliver to him or to his agents an account of such charges , or any portion of the same .- —The motion -was agreed to . EMIGRATION FROM HXJXG- ^ OXG AND CHINA TO TilE ¦ BRITISH \ VEST JNDIKS . The Bishop of Oxford ihoved for papers bearing op tlie exportation of coulies from Hong-Kong and the Chinese Empire to the British Westlndies , and to foreigd countries and their possessions . JHJs Lordsliip said he feared that the slave-trade was growing up on the border settlements of the colony of Natal , and that in Honglvong the traffic had assumed the form of a practical evil . He referred to reports that had reached this country in support of this statement , and trusted that the papers for which lie asked would be granted . They should now be doubly careful that such a sin should not be brought upon them . They should not lie rendered pliable to argue ¦ with France , on the subject of the slave-trade , by the fact of France being able to turn round upon them and ask : — What have you . been doing yourself in your dependency at Hong-jCong ?" Tlie Earl of Carnakvo . n said he bad no objection to produce the papers . The emigration from Hong-Kong consisted of two branches;—namely , the emigration to the British colonies , and tiie emigration to foreign possessions . When the coolies were transported to a British colony , every security was afforded tliem , and every preparation made for their safety and comfort ; lnrt , when they were sent to foreign possessions , they cuuld not afford them the same protection , and instances had occurred where they had fceen treated with great cruelty . —Lord Brougham considered that the only course to take was the absolute and instant prohibition of the traffic . — . The Earl of Clarksdom suggested that , if the papers dating from 1853 were obtained , they would Le exceedingly interesting . —The Earl of Ma ^ mesbuuy said tjiat there could bo no objection to produce the papers ; and the motion was agreed to . The'House adjourned at ten minuses past seven :
THE CANPACJE . In iho Howe ov Commons , in answer to Air . . C ' r . ivfi , Mr . Henluy said it was true that this . unfortunate vessel was run clown by a Dutch ship bound for Batavia , and that as many as s ^ ven ppraons , including the captain , wero drowned . JJp was informed tfosit ^ M ? matter would f ^ rm the subject of legal investigation , and it was , therefore , not intended to ' institute inquiry , by the Uoard of Tr&Av , ¦ whicL must bo leas complete than inquiry by a court ; of law .
T 1 IK AJUVtY . Iii answer to qupstioi ^ frq m q ^ q ^ l JfPHTJl and General Wyndjiaw , General Pkel said it was his intention that every class of oQicers who considered Iheniselvoa aggrjpved by the warrant pf Oc ^ ber , J ^ a 4 , sltauld havo »» 9 PPOVtunHy of having their ca ^ c . q cfli ^ idurc ^ \\ y 1 ^ 9 commission , and ho understood from the commissioners that Jin immense mass of dociumentar ' y evidence had been luid be . foro tUcin . They did not ijntend to tako any verbal evidcijce ; but l ^ c thought , if tlio h ^ n . Ai ^ ct gallant Colonel looked to , the riamca of the cqinnii ^ sioncrs , l \ fl would Qncl they were fully ' competent to ' inveatignto tlie subject . The report woyild bo presented almost inim « - diatoly , U wfta n < nt ^ teflded to ^ uapend t , hp operation of the warrant .
BOBO ^ CUI OS ! BBKLI ? A 6 ? r . Heplying to Mr . Maoartsky , Lord Naab stated that tlio Government proposed , as soon na possible , to isauc ft
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602 ^____ ___ THE LEADER . [ No . 431 , June 26 , 1858 .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 26, 1858, page 602, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2248/page/2/
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