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Imperial Parliament. Civil Service Of Jc...
atwould enable them to command whatever ^ might ^ requiredelflewhere on reasonableterms . Gnwh ££ ?¦ wanted all thearm * that could «* ** »*« " £ } already been obliged to send . to Liege and the United ^ $ S ££ S &~ iL ** reduction of the vote by lS ^ OG ^^^ on the committee dividing , tlieamendmeTwasK . by a , majority of 136 ,, and the vote ^ hifremainihg votes were then passed after some diseufsiom On ^ he laat ^ -a . grant of 2 , 792 , | 48 t for ordnance stores—Mr ; Momrz proposed to reduce the vote by 40 , 000 / ., that being the charge for the small arm factory at Enfield ; and , on the committee dividing , there appeared—for the-amendment * 24 ; against , 110 ; majority , 86 , The original vote was then carried : THE CASE OF LORD LUCAS . Lord Lucan on Tuesday night brought forward his case in the House of Lords . He read'the letter , which Lord Raglan had sent to theVDake of Newcastle , and in which was contained a repetition ot the charge of " misconception of orders ; ' * also a latter from the Adjutant-General , stating thatrLord Hardinge was not disposed to grant his- ( Lord Lucan ' s ) request for a court-martial ; and one from himself in reply . He moved that these letters should be printed .. The motion was agreed to . CONTRABAND . OT WAR . Lord ^ BEKNBBS moved for r eturns of lead and other articles contraband of . war , exported from different ports of England and Ireland since the declaration of war ; and also for the returns , of "Russian produce imported into the United Kingdom in . neutral vessels during the same period . The motion , he said , arose out of a current report that munitions of ¦ war had been sent to Russia under the sanction of the Custom House . —Lord Granville , felt no difficulty in acceding to the first part of the noble lord ' s motion , but referred him to the Board of Trade for an answer to the second . He said that Lord John Russell had-received assurances from the . Prussian Government thatj as far . as Prussia was concerned , the law of neutrality would be carried out jnore effectually than heretofore . The motion was agreed Jo .
ROMAN CATHOLIC PROCESSIONS .. The Bishop of Exeter , moved for copies of cases / put to the . law officers of the Crown in 1852 ; with : respect to the legality , under a certain statute , of Boman Catholic ecclesiastics walking in procession . The law officers held that the prohibition applied : only to the regular clergy .. The bishop believed all : such processions to be illegal ; but he desired to have the opinion of Lord Lyndhurst , who was chancellorat the time the act was framed . —Lord Ltndhurststated that differences existed among the law officers as to the interpretation of the act ; but that his own conclusions were the same as those of the bishop— - tliattheprohibition applied . toalL < iprjcler 3 " , of . c } ergy , ^ secular as well as regular—to " orders of deacon * " well as " orders of friars *"—Lord St . Leonards expressed a similar opinion ,. aBdthe Loan Chancellor a different . opinion ; but after little further discus * , sion , the motion was agreed to , with some modification . THE RECORDER OF BRIGHTON . In the House of ; Commons , on the same day , Mr , Craufurd . moved for , a . select committee to take into consideration the case of the appointment of Mr .-Edwin James , Q . C .,, to the office of Recorder of Brighton ; Mr . James having been refused admittance , to the bench of the Inner Temple on account of his conduct in respect of certain transactions connected with the election for the borough of Horsham in 1847 . Mr . James , it was asserted , had pledged himself that ; if certain charges of bribery were withdrawn , he would pay 1500 / ., but had not done so . — The Attorney-General , in answer , said that Mr . James had made the compromise spoken of in his capacity of counsel for Mr . Jer . vis , the candidate in . the election referred to ; but that the latter gentloinan i conceiving that Mr .- James had exceeded his powers , refused to bo bound by the engagement . An action was raised against Mr . James personally for the amount ; but the proceedings were at once stopped . The benchers had not refused to admit Mr . James ; and lie hoped tho House would ' not entertain the motion now submitted . —Mr . Isaac Bdtt , Mr . Atheiiton , and Lord Palmbrston ^ spokein favour of Mr . James ' s clmraoter . Tho motion was negatived , Mr . Craufurd being tho only voter in ita favour ; and a motion that it be not entered on tho proceedings of tho House was carried without division . MASTERS AND OPERATIVES . Mr . Maokinnon called attention to tho inconvenience felt in this country from tho want of equitable tribunals , by means of which differences between masters and operatives might be satisfactorily adjusted , and ho moved for-a ^ elect committee to obtain information ae to the = Consoila dea- PrtuThommes in
France . Sir George Gbbt did not think it neeessary for the House 4 o appoint a- committee-for this purpose . He was willing to lav on the table all the information on the subject which the Government possessed , but he had great doubt whether any such tribunal was suited to the mercantile habits < of thia country . —Mr . MjLckinnox ultimately withdrew his motion . PUBLIC LIBRARIES AUD . MUSEUMS BILL . The House of Commons , on Wednesday went into committee on the Public Libraries and Museums Bill , the object of which is to repeal ,, for the purpose of extending , the act of 1850 . — Clauses 1 , 2 ,., and . 3 were agreed to ; but on clause 4 ,, Mr . Buck . moved that , instead of reducing , the limit of the population who were to be subjected to the rate from 10 , 000 to 5000 , as proposed by the bill , the limit should remain at lO , Ooaflsatpresent ; r-Mr- Ewart replied that / this was only a permissive bill . —Mr . Henl ey , Mr . Michell , Mr . Brotherton , Lord Stanley , Mr . Cardwell , Sir S . Bignold , Mr . Baines , Mr . Lowe , , Mr . Erskine Perry , and Mr . Ferc y , spoke in ; favour of the clause ; and Mr . Spooner , Mt . Henley ,, and Mr . Watson , opposed it on the grouod that ; sufficient distinction is not made between the inhabitants of large towns and those of agricultural districts , who would have to journey a long way to get at the libraries . -Ultimately , Mr . Buck , with ^ drew his amendment , and the words " five thousand , were agreed to . —After some desultory discussion , Mr . Ewart consented to omit , Ireland , and suhser quently Scotland , from the provisions of . the bill ; and several clauses were passed . —On clause 22 , Mr , Ewart moved to insert the word " newspapers " after " books ; " ' to which Mr . Spooner objected , on the ground that newspapers might have the effect of ' turning the libraries into " sedition-shops . "—On the other hand , Sir J . Shelley was surprised at the boldness of the assertion that places which took in papers were sedition-shops * After some discussion , the insertion of the word " newspapers" was agreed to by a . majority of 42 . —Several other clauses were then agreed-to ; and the bill passed through corqmit-r tee , and waa ordered , to be . taken into . con & ideration on-Monday next .
public schools . = In the House ; of ; Commons ,,, on Thursday . ' Mr * Heyiwood :: moved for aiselect- committee to inquire into the bestrrieans of affording to the nation a full andT equal participation in all-the advantages , not necessarily of an > ecclesiastical or spiritual charaeter in the public schools and universities of England and Ireland , and of improving the educational systerctin those seats . ; of : learning , with a view ; to enlarge their course of instruction ,, in conformity with , the requirements of the public service * After some preliminary , observations , he proceeded to indicate , the course which he thought might be profitably , taken by such a committee and . the matters which should come under their consideration ,. suggesting the abo-r lition of , certain existing restrictions , and the adoption into the curriculum of study in our universities and public schools of modern languages ^ and various , branches ^ ofsciejioe-now neglec ted or excluded . T ~ Th e . motion was seconded by Mr ; Ewart . —Lord Palmerston said Mr . Hey wood ' s proposal did not hold out : any practical result . Measures ; had . already been taken , to a certain extent , to introduce improvements into our seats of learning . A . bill had already been passed with respect to Oxford , and one was contemplated for Cambridge . The appointment of a , committee , therefore , would be waste of time . The best course was to wait and see what further improve ? ments would be needed . There was no doubt that the system prevailing , at .. public ; sohools . was . capable ofi great improvements ; but . it ; was not , true that they wereJbackward in -making improvements . —Mr . Paokb having spoken ; in opposition to the motion , and Mr . Miauu in its favour , Mr . He » w-ood ; withdrew it . STOPPAGES ! FROM i WAG ES * Sir H . Hajufobd moved for leave to , bring in a bill to restrain stoppages from wages in : the hosiery manufacture for the liiro of , machines , Tho bill , he said , wa » the same , verbally and literally ,, as the bill of last year , its simple object being , to bring these stoppages , 'within . the provisions of the TrnckiActi —Sir G . Gr ey said , the object was impracticable , and that , the proposal foe regulating by Act of Parliament tho rent paid fort frames -would be altogether illusory . Inquiry ought to preoedo , the introduction of theibill . —The . motion was supported by Mr . Paokjq , . Sir , J . Waxmbuev , Mr . Bookjsu , Mr . W . J . Fox , and Mr » Newdeoate ; and . opposed by Mr . Wilksinsoh , Mr . Gardner ,, and Mr ,- BAiuiow . Uponi a division , it was negatived by . 96 . to . C 8 > SIR CHARLES NAPIBn AND THE BALTIC FLEET . Mr . Malins called attention to naval operations in tho Baltic under Vice-Admiral Sir C . Napier , and moved , for copies of any correspondence botween tho Board of Admiralty or any member of her Majesty ' s Government and Sir-C . Napier since the 20 th day of Hecembor last . After-alluding to th ' Q glowing oiilogipe passed iipon Sir Charles Napier at tho celebrated Reform Club dinner , by several mombore of
the then Government , but- more especially bgs Sir James Graham , he asked whether ? any on © could ( have expected that on his return- Sir Charles would' meet with contempt and contumely * , and : be dismissed from his command ; He showed , byi extracts-which he read from letters addressed by S « James Graham to Sir Charles ; Napier , that down . to the end of August the latter : received the full conn fidenee of the Government . In one of tbeee . le & tete $ the Admiral was advised to pause long aiuLcoasidfcr well before attempting to meet the Russians-in their strongholds , * and . the right han . baronet expressed his fears .. that , the- Russians would be much : too .. cautioiK to come out . Had the fleet besa weaker ^ tbey might have done so ; but ,, as iti was , they would probablj ; wait and watch an opportunity , in the . liope . that the Admiral would seriously , cripple his force by knock . - ? ing , his head against . their forta , -when-they might take him at a serious disadvantage and inflict a fatal blow . After the end of August , a correspondence ensued respecting certain plans for attacking Sweabbrg ;; but on the 19 th of September the French fleet retired from the Baltic , and a council of British admirals unanimously agreed that the season was too far advanced , to justify such an operation .. Sit Charles ,, on the 25 th of September , reported to the Admiralty to that effect , namely , that the season wa * past , and that the weather could not be depended upon for two . hours . This , Malins observed , was the point of diflfeTence . between . them , and to the discretion of the Admiral in ., this matter , he said ,, the country owed a . deep debt of gratitude . On the 2 nd of October the Government received intelligence that Sebastopol had , fallen ,. and . nothing would do but that some fortress inrthe . Baltic . should fall too . In a letter dated the 4 th \ of October they directed that operations should be commenced air the- end of Oc-r tober ; but Sir Charles t on the IOth , wrote to decline undertaking an operation which he believed must fail , offering , if he had lost the confidence of the Government , to return . The correspondence ended on . the IOth of November , but on the 31 st of October the Admiralty expressed their disapprobation of the conduct of Sir Charles before the 25 th of August , up to which date they had been " more than , satisfied with all his proceedings . " With respect to the letter of the 4 th of October , directing that operations should be commenced , Mr . Malins-observed that the Government had lost an army by their mismanagement ; and that there was good-reason-to apprehend - that , if their advice had been followed , they would have lost our navy too . In that' case , there was- nothing to prevent" the Russian fleet from descending upon-our- shores . However ,- . the Govern * inent ; believing that Sebastopol had fallen ^ nothing would do but that Cronstadt-must fall too . No doubt they felt that if Sebastopol andCronstadt had both fallen , they could have come before Parliament with a story of success so unparalleled , that the country would be perfectly satisfied that such a Ministry never existed before . ( " Hear , hear " andlaughter . ) What could be said of such men being entrus ted with the affairs of the nation ? What would the House say if it were found that the Secretary for War had written to Lord- Raglawto- desire that- he would take ^ Sebastopol - - on the lBt of April ? (" Hear" and laughter . ) Mr . Malins then continued his narrative of '• facts subsequent to the arrival of Sir Charles in England on the 17 th of December , stating that his reception by Sir James Graham had been all but insulting , and that on the 22 nd he had been ordered , in very affronting terms , to stike his flag and come on shore . He insisted that this waa a summary dismissal , and that it was unworthy treatment of a great public officer , who had ' brought back a large-fleet in safety , aud in a state of improved discipline . Sir-Charles had therefore , he contended , been dismissed and censured ; and he ( Mrc Malins ) thought the manner in which this distinguished public servant-had been treated by the Government was unworthy of a great nation , and ought to be brought before tho notice of Parliament . The motion was seconded by Mr . T . Herbert . Sir James Graham said he had not come down to the House to read extracts from public despatches , or garbled citations from private and confidential letters . ( "Hear , hear . " ) Still less would he enter into the details of private conversations . Ho denied that , either in the . Baltic , or tho Black Son , or tho Crimea , tho honour of this country had boon lost , aa Mr . Malins had asserted , since we had never met tho enemy , in- any one instance in which our arms haa not been victorious . He proceeded : — - " Tho hon . nnd learned gentleman has commented upon an expression that was used by my noblo fnoad , now at tho head of tho Government , on an occasion to which he doliffhts in reforrhiff-namcl y , that , the greatest proof of sagacity is exhibit ed in aoeinff Hcvcrol moves ' before . ' Well , I must certainly T le « f ^ to a great want of this sanity , becauao the ovoa that have boon taken by tho hon . and learned gentlenmn . . thla occasion wore not foresee ,, bj mo . I did not anticipat e that ho would lmvQ thought it consent with his . duty to . "ad : extracts from despatches which he nays ho Lw •¦ conncd over —that they have been ' imbimtted . to . Uin \ Wtlmt ho , is 'in possession' of them—public despatches , bo it od-
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^^ 10 . 1855 . 1 CCT LEADBR ; 219
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Leader (1850-1860), March 10, 1855, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10031855/page/3/
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