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Imperial Parliament. "" —? Monday, April...
Th « Mercantile Law Ambksubnt Bill , and the Mercantile Law ( Scotland ) Amendment Bill , went through committee . The object of the measures is to assimilate the laws of Scotland to those of England , and vice v / trtd , wherever the one is found to be inferior to the other . , FAIRS AND MARKETS IN IRELAND . In answer to the Earl of Clancarty , Earl Granbill which had
villb said it would be recollected that a been brought into the other House two years ago , founded on the report of the commissioners appointed in 1853 to inquire into the state of fairs and markets m Ireland , had been abandoned . He had no doubt that the state of the law on this matter is very unsatisfactory , and he believed some better arrangement might be arrived at . At the same time , he was quite unable to give any pledge that a bill would be introduced by the Government this session for that purpose .
DORCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY . The Earl of Malmesbury called the attention of Government to the non-fulfilment on the part of the Dorchester and Southampton Railway of a convention by which thev undertook to lay down a doub l e l i n e of ra il s when their receipts should exceed 65 , 000 ? . It was the general belief that , within the last three years , the r eceipts had e x ceeded t h at amo u nt ; but the double line had not been laid down . —Lord Stanley of Alderley said he had that day addressed a letter to the South-W estern C ompa n y , desiring them to send in returns of their gross receipts for the years 1853 , 1854 , 1855 ; and ¦ nnt . il he received their answer he should abstain from expressing any op in i o n as t o w h et h er it mi ght be necessary to adopt ulterior measures .
The House then adjourned to Friday ; Thursday being Ascension Day . SUPPRESSION OF " LEAVING SHOPS . " In the House of Commons , Mr . Brady asked the Secretary of the Treasury if the Government intended giving instructions for the prosecution of a person named Perkins ' d ot h ers , owners of " leaving shops , " who appeared before Sir William Garden at Guildhall , a few days ago , for receiving goods and lending money thereon without having a pawnbroker ' s l ice n se ; and if ( in t h e event o f t h e l aw b eing
found imperfect , so as not to reach such cases as alluded to in his former question ) he intended introducing any measure this session having f or i ts obje c t th e suppression of places so incentive to crime ? —Mr . Wilson , i n rep ly t o t h e fi rst quest i on , said t h at t h e so l ic i to r to t h e B oar d of Inland Revenue had , u p to t h e p r esent t i me , recei v e d no information of the circumstances to which he alluded ; and , in answer to the second question , h e was of opinion , after consulting the officers of the Inland Revenue , that t h e l a w is i n a d e f ective state , and in a fe w da y s h e proposed to introduce a bill to amend it .
THE BANDS IN THE PARKS . Replyi n g to q u estions f rom the M arqui s o f Blandford and Colonel North , S ir Benjamin Hall made several statements with respect to the arrangements to be carried out in Kensington Gardens on Sundays in connexion with the performances of the band . A new and larger platform would be erected b y the f o ll owing Sunday ( to-morrow ); a temporary bui l di n g , or tent , would , if necessary , be put up for refres h ments ; a n d , to prevent overc r owdi n g in Kensington Gardens , there would be a similar entertainment in the Regent's Park and Victoria Park . The performers he proposed to pay . EVICTIONS IN OALWAY .
Mr . M'Mahon called attention to the subject-matter of a petition from certain inhabitants of the parishes of Kilbegnet and Ball ynakill , in the county of Gal way , presented last year , and moved for the appointment of a select committee to investigate its allegations . The case related to the " clearance" by an Irish landlord of the tenantry on an estate which he had purchased in the E ncumbered E states C ourt . Th e l a w of sett l ement in England obtained in the reign of Charles II ., had effectua lly prevented such things in this country ; and he thought Government should consider what means could be taken for preventing the gradual depopulation of rural districts in Ireland . —The motion was seconded by Mr- Bbllew . —Lord Palmerston admitted that the
labouring population of Ireland , taken altogether , is not greater than the wants of the country require ; but it is injudiciously distributed . The landlords , t h erefore , have a right of clearing their estates when there is a superfluity of labour ; still , he thought that they often act inconsistently with the public interest , and , as he conceived , even with their own . But he trusted that Mr . M'Mahon would see the necessity of not further interrupting a debate on a great public question , with which ? wry little progress was made on the previous night . Mr . Whiteside ' a motion involved a vote of censure on the Government ; and , c onside r ing its importance , lie moved aa an amendment that tho Houso do pass to tho orders of the day . —Mr . Disraeli concurred in this course , and the amendment was agreed to .
THE ADJOURNED DEBATE ON TUB FALL OF KARS . The debate was resumed by Mr . John Phillimoiih , who had given notice of an amendment , which , howover , he did not move . . He argued , that Sebastopol was tho main object to which the operations of tho Allies wore ,
and should have been , directed . Mr . Whiteside had condemned Lord Clarendon for disapproving the route chosen b y Omar Pacha for relieving Kars ; but General Williams had himself entertained the same op i n ion , and so even had the Russian General , Mouravieff . The misconduct of Lord Stratford continued up to so late as May 1 st , 1855 , a n d w as utter ly indefensible . The immediate cause of the fall of Kars he conceived to be the pusillanimity of Selim Pacha ; and he considered that Lord Stratford and General Mansfield were censurable
for endeavouring to screen him . Our ambassador at Constantinopl e h ad neg lected his most obvious duties ; but Lord" Cl arendon h ad d one tho u t m ost he cou l d fo r General Williams and the fortress . —Mr . Ker Seymer moved , as an amendment to the motion , to insert , after the word " Kars" in the resolution , an expression of the op inion of th e H ouse " that it is not expedient to offer any judgment as to the causes and the consequences of t h e cap itulation of the fortress till the House has had an opportunity of considering the terms of the Treaty of Peace and the Protocols of the Conference recently
held at Paris . " The Chancellor of the Exchequer admitted that the English Government attached more importance to the operations in Asia Minor than the French Govern ment did ; but the heart and centre of the Russian power , even in that reg ion , was acknowledged by both to be in Sebastopol . It would , therefore , have been highly impolitic to withdraw troops from Sebastopol for a merely seco n dar y o b ject . I t mi gh t be said , however , that the fall of Kars had rendered our position at the Conferences less favourable . But the protocols would show that a plan of pacification agreed upon by F rance ,
Engl and , and Austria , before t h e capt u r e of K ars , is absolutely less favourable to ourselves than what has now been obtained . It was not true that we had made any concession for the restoration of Kars . As to the charge of Lord John Manners , that the Turkish Government had been kept far too long a time out of a portion o f the L oan , he ( the Chancellor of the Exchequer ) had to state that the delay which took place was entirely owing to the Turkish officials themselves . With regard to Mr . Seymer ' s amendment , the Government could not accept it . There was no reason why the House should not be asked to pronounce its jud g m ent now .
Sir John Pakxnoton was of opinion that the able and powerful speech of Mr . Whiteside remained as yet unanswered . —Mr . Layard said that , though the Conservatives had always refused to assist him in calling attention to the state of Asia Minor , they w ere now loud in denouncing the consequences of neglect . The origin of all the evil which had occurred lay with Lord Aberdeen ; and , although he thought the present Government blameable in several matters , he could not vote for so wide a censure as that conveyed in the motion . —Mr . Maguire and Mr . Warner attributed the blame to Lord Stratford de RedcliiFe . —Sir William Heathcote advised the House to adopt the amendment , thoug h , should Ministers force him to a division , he must reluctantly vote for the motion . —Mr . Serjeant Shee defended the Government .
T he adjourn m ent of the debate w as then moved b y Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton , and opposed by Lord Palmerston . It was urged , howe v er , by Mr . Disraeli , that the proposed amendment introduced a new element into the discussion ; and , on a division , the adjournment was carrie d b y 243 to 173 . —Thursday was then named by Lord Palmerston for the resumption of the debate . Wednesday , April 30 th . Th e House of Commons met at n oon a n d proceeded to go into committee on the DWELLINGS FOR THE LABOURINO CLASSES ( IRELAND )
BILL . On the motion for going into committee , Colonel Greville and Mr . De Vkre objected to the principle and the details of the measure ; and Mr . Brady commented on the hasty manner in which tho bill was pressed forward , without time being allowed for its fair discussion . He moved that further progress should bo stayed for six months . —Sir William Somkrville , who had charge of the bill , defended it , and said that its design was to malco somo improvement in the horrible huts in which Irian labourers at present reside , and which are such a disgrace to civilisation that foreign travellers in Ireland h ave cont r asted them unfavourab ly with tho wigwams of the Red Indians . —Aftor somo further discussion , tho House went into committee .
Some hours were thon spent in discussing two clauses of t h e measure , on which Beveral amendments wore prop osed ; but they were rejected or withdrawn . A motion that the chairman should report progress was afterwards made , and carried to a division ; and , though negatived by a majority of 159 to 24 , tho debate was suspended , it being near l y si x o ' clock . The House soon after rose . Thursday , May 1 st . Tho House ov Lords did not moot . —In tho Hoir . su OF Commons , Mr . Liddell made an inquiry with respect to tho
CLAIMS OK THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT . Ho wished to know , whether tho attention of Government had boon called to tho refusal of tho Spanish Government to refund to tho firm of Messrs . Clomontsou
( Newcastle-on-Tyne ) the amount of the excess of duties l evied at T arra g o n a , in October last , upon a cargo of iron shipped b y them to that port . —Lord Palmerstox said that the question had occupied the attention of Ministers for some time past ; that the Spanish Government h a d ac k now l ed ged the justice of the claim , and h ad promised payment , but that the promise had not yet been fulfilled . His Lordship added that he was sorry to say that Spanish Governments are not the most ready to settle pecuniary obligations . The present Government of S pain , from certain well-known facts , ought to be most read y to discharge the just demands of English claimants ; but it had not exhibited that promptitude which it ought to have shown .
GOVERNMENT STATEMENTS . L ord Palmerston , in answer to questions from various membars , said that he saw no necessity for publishing a map of the new Russian frontier . It was so clearly described in the treaty that , with the aid of a map , the line could be easily traced . —The islands formiug the Delta of the Danube clearly come within the Turkish territories . —The rejoicings for the peace would take place on the Queen ' s birthday .
THE PROTOCOLS . Lord John Manners called attention to a discussion in the Conferences witU respect to the forts on the eastern coast of the Black Sea , which Russia had herse l f b l own up , and as to whether these should be rebuilt or not . It is stated in the Protocols that the considerat i on of t h e point was adjourned ; but his Lordship could not find a ny further reference to this important subject . — Lord Palmerston said there was a discussion upon that point , but it led to no definite result . There is nothing in the Treaty that specially applies to those forts # —Lord John Manners : " It is not clear , from t h e rep ly of the noble lord , whether the discussion wa 3 resumed or not . "—Lord Palmerston : " Every discussion that took place in the Conferences of any formal character is recorded in the Protocols . "
CONCLUSION OF THE KARS DEBATE . After a brief discussion , arising upon the motion of Lord Palmerston to postpone the other orders of the day till after the adjourned debate upon the fall of Kars , the debate was resumed by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton , -who contended that the Government had committed a grave fault in not placing a moderate sum at the disposal of General Williams , by which means a fortress which had been acknowledged to be the key of Asia Minor might have been saved . But the Government had left the General to the consequences of the corrupt system of which they were aware , and when an army was to be sent to his aid , objected to the proposed route , and perplexed the operations with conflicting
orders . There might be other causes for the surrender of Kars ; but the main fault lay with the Minister of War . He admitted that Lord Clarendon ' s despatches were worthy of the highest praise as literary productions ; but they were powerless to save Kars . —Mr . Vernon Smith , while complimenting Sir Edward Lytton on the moderation of his speech , which thus happily contrasted with the violence and vituperation of Mr . Whiteside , contended that Government was not censurable for the disaster which had happened , and which was in fact on ; . ' of the accidents of war . —Mr . Vansittart was
understood to say that , had Ministers confined their defence to the fall of Kara , he would have voted with them ; but , having claimed credit for the whole conduct of the war , he must vote for the amendment . —Mr . Liimiai . would also vote for tho amendment . — Cnptuin Lankan , from a military point of view , defended the course taken by Government—Omar Pacha ' s plan of taking troops through an enomy'a country being , in his opinion , faulty ; but he thought they should have sent money to General Williams . —Colonel Dunnk , on tho other hand , believed that , tho obstructions offered to Omar Pacha ' s views by
English authorities wore the cause of tho lull of'Kara .- - Mr . Cowan defended the Government . Sir James Graham , recollecting , from his own experience when a servant of the Crown at tho commencement of tho wnr , how difficult it was to conduct a great war by a combined force under a divided authority , would " do us ho would be dono by , " and vote aguinsi the motion , Replying to Mr . Layard ' s attack on ll ' Aberdeen Ministry , ho read extracts from various despatches , in order to show that great foresight hail bivn exhibited with respect to Asia Minor . Tho conduct <•( Lord Stratford do Rcdcliffb with respect to General Williams he admitted to bo censurable ; but then vns
should consider hid previous services . If n force was li . t aon ' t to Asia Minor in tho summer of ISO . " * , it was owin ; , ' to tho absolute necessity of retaining every available n . an before Subastopol , till that stronghold luid fallen . Pecuniary assistance ought , howovur , to lmvu boon sent l <> Goneral Williams ; and , an regarded Asia JMiunr , too much had boon conceded to tho prejudice of our Knuni allies . It would have been wull , alao , if Oinnr P .-icha li . nl been . allowed to take his veterans from Unlnkliiva , their place being supplied by tho Turkish Contingent , lint jh " Government had conducted tho wnr to a peaou whh'h had secured all tho original object *) , and which wiut honourable to tho country ; and it would bo ungenerou . i t <> Htriko a blow at tho administration which hud done tli 1 - He should therefore vote for thu amendment . Mr . Disraeli roninrkod that Sir Jamcu ( hahain h \ il
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Leader (1850-1860), May 3, 1856, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03051856/page/4/
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