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SforacR censured the Government for not acceding to ithB motion for the same purpose brought forward by the second of those gentlemen on the 24 th of last July . — JClie Solicitor-General ( Mr . Stuart Wortley ) and Sir Gjeorge Gkey vindicated the course which had been l-tnken ., xm the ground that the accused had not had snffiicaent time last July to meet the charges against hinSi—The motion was agreed to netn . con . SUPPLY . l © n the question of going into a Committee of Supply , -a'discussion arose upon a question of form , in the course of which Mr . Disraeli read a notice of a-resolution he intended to propose , the object of which was to affirm the expediency of so adjusting income and expenditure as -would best secure the country against the risk of -a-deficiency in the years 1858-9 and 1859-60 . —Mr . ¦¦ GiatDSTONE protested against any vote upon the Navy Estimates that night , or until the House had an opportunity of discussing the financial statement as a whole . — liOrd Palmerston said no vote upon the estimates would fce ' talcen that night . — -The House then went into a Committee of Supply , when the Chancellor of the Ex-• Cheq > uer , in moving a vote of 2 , 000 , 000 ? . to _ pay off 35 xcbequer-bonds ,. gave certain explanations of his financial statement which had been called for on the previous 1 ? riaay night , and read a statement of the details of the - estimated revenue and expenditure for the years 1858-4 ) * nu 1859-60 , with the view of showing that TSIr . Disraeli ' s apprehensions of a deficiency were groundless . — The resolution was agreed to . 'The House having resumed , additions were made to the Bank Acts Committee , the number of which , after -some discussion , was fixed at twenty-four , in accordance ¦ with , an amendment moved by the Chancellor of tiee -Exchequer . —At about a quarter after seven , the House adioTumed . ^
Tuesday , February VI th . STATUTE LAW COMMISSION . In the House of Lords , the Lord Chancellor intimated his intention to bring in shortly seven bills foi consolidating the criminal statutes . —Lord Broughasi observed that the task of digesting the common lavs should be confided to experienced legal hands , and . thai Parliament should then accept , without any attempt a alteration , - the work of their hands . He highly comp li meafced the ill-requited labours of Mr . Bellenden Ker—¦ a eulogy in which the Lord Chancellor warmly concurred .
COUNTY RATES FOR RAILWAY . _ ; The Marquis of Clanricarde presented a petition from ratepayers of the county of Gal way , complaining , ¦ of being rated for the construction of railwaj'S . It was , Certainly , he observed , a principle most unsatisfactory that such a state of things should exist . — The Earl of Lucan also objected to the system , in which , however , Lord BIontea-Gle discerned some advantages . — -Lord Stanley of Alderley said he thought that , while in most instances it might be injudicious to give any guarantee , it would be equally wrong to lay it down , as a strict and inflexible rule , that in no case a guarantee should be given . —The petition -was laid on-the table .
TENANT RIGHT ( hIKUSd ) . In the House of Commons , Mr . Geokge Moore gave notice that on the 3 rd of March ho would move fox leave to fcring in a bill to grant compensation to tenant farmers , in . Ireland ' for improvements .
THE MEQ 43 RA . Replying to Sir John Pakington , Sir Charles Wood explained that the ISIcgan-a troop-ship owed its detention at Portsmouth to the commander mis calculating the tinae at which she would be ready to sail . It was not true that , . after sailing , she sprang a dangerous leak . The fact was , that two screws worked through her bottom , but the leakage was so small that the application of a single hand-pump was sufficient to keep tlie water out . The- holes had been stopped up , and thero was no doubt she would be able to porfomi the duties for which she was . destined , viz ., to carry tvoopa to tho Mauritius .
OFFICIAL STATEMENTS . The Lord Advocate , in answer to Mr . Baxter , stated that he intended to bring iu a bill to extend to the Scotch conntios the provisions of tho liegi .-Uration of Voters Bill , pnsscd last year for the burghs ; also a police bill for' Scotland . Lord 'Paltueuston-, in . answer to TMr . OocmtANE , stated thnt the correspondence recently published on the subject of'Naplos contains all the despatches which bear on the main question . Sir Charles " Wood , in answer to Mr . llownucK , , ; stated that it in not true that the ship Resolute , lately ; . fitted up and presented to England by the , United States , i' has been pulled to pieces . j : Lord 1 'almkrston , in answer to Lord Cionrcuicir , ' { promised additional papers on the suhjecL of China .
iitian insui- ' -RTics . Mr . M'Maiion obtained leave to bvin /; - in 1 » i 11 h to assimilate , the law as to the sea-coast , fisheries of Ireland to that of Ktij ^ huid . One of the objectionable portions oi tho existing Irish Acl , of IH-12 is ' n seel ion making il compulsory that a neine net set af'tor sunset , for futchinjj fish RhouhL be hauled up before , sunrise , under a ponail ) « f 10 £ , and the forfeiture of the net , and its contents .
STAVAX ADMINISTRATIOir . Captain Scobell renewed his motion for a select committee to inquire into the naval administration , -. relating to the lists of-officers , ' the patronage ,-the promotions , . and the retirements , and the efficiency of the service in all its grades . He based-the necessity for thisdnquiry on the . assertion that advancement in the navy is impossible without family or parliamentary influence . —This was denied by Sir Charxes Wood , nho aaid that the retired and half-pay lists referred to by the captain showed-the contrary , and that the continued efficiency of the navy was exhibitedin the late war . — Mr . Lindsay supported the motion , and Admiral Walcott stated that naval men have a strong opinion -that their claims are not fairly dealt with , and that too much power and patronage is vested in the ; First Lord of the Admiralty . —The motion was negatived by 97 to 76 .
BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION" . On the motion of Lord Palmerstojt , a select committee was appointed to inquire into the operation of the Act 17 and 18 Vic , c . 102 , intituled " An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to bribery , treating , and undue influence at elections of members of Parliament . " The report on Supply was brought up and agreed to . The Royal Marine Forces Bill was read a third time , and passed . The House then
adjourned-Wednesday , February lSt 7 i . JUDGMENTS EXECUTION BILL . In the House of Commons , on the OTder for going into committee upon this Bill , Mr . HuonES moved to defer the committee for six months , on . the ground that the bill would injuriously affect the administration of justice and the principles of procedure m the courts of common law in Ireland . —Mr . Hadfield supported the bill , -which -was opposed by Mr . WiirTEStPE , who contended that it would create greater evils than it . remedied , and recommended that the whole subject of the exexrution of judgments should be left to the future department of justice . —The bill was also opposed by Mr . Bland , Colonel Dunne , Mr . M'Cann , Mr . Natier , Mr . Roebuck , Mr . Spooner , and Mr . M ' jSLviion , and supported by Sir J . Fitzgerald , the Lord Advocate , Mr . GEoitaE Butt , and Mr . Warken , who thought there was no ground for apprehendiaig that it would work injuriously for Ireland , and believed that its effects would be salutary for all parts of the kingdom . — Upon a division , the amendment was negatived by 127 to 80 , and the House went into committee upon the bill . The chairman , however , was ordered to report progress , the committee to sit again that . day week . The House again went into committee upon the Chief Constables Bill , the clauses of which were astreed to .
EDUCATION . Sir John PakinOton moved for leave to bring in a bill for the promotion of elemental education in cities and corporate towns . He- had no desire to disturb the conclusion arrived at when Lord John Russell ' s resolutions on the subject were under discussion . The distinction between bis proposal and that embodied in those resolutions was that , instead of . the system of education being compulsory , it should be permissive . The operation ; of his scheme was to be restricted to cities and corporate towns , where , by assent of a majority , of ratepavers , rates could be levied for tho establishment of schools , upon the conditions of perfect freedom and toleration in rnattei-8 of religion , and of local control and management over the expenditure « f the funds . The aate would also be granted to any existing school coming up to the required standard , and thero would fco no compulsion to learn doctrines to which the parents object . The rate would be in aid of the existing system ; tho pence now drawn from the children ' s pockets would continue to bo so contributed , and the contribution of the Committee of Council would not bo interfered with . In addition to these provisions , power would be assigned to the local committees , when proof of poverty was given , to establish free schools or to admit a stated proportion of free scholars into existing schools . The bill was a result of the recent cohesion between the " religious" the secular" party . —Mr . Cowimcu , while , couaentiug to tho introduction of the measure , apprehended that some of its details were imperfectly framed , and that the author had underrated the opposition ho was likely to encounter , lie also objected to the omission of a more decided religions element . —In support of this view , various objections were tirged against different cIhukoh of the bill by Mr . Ball , Lord UoisluitCkcil , J \ Ir . Hisnj . ky , and Mr . llADi . 'iKi . D . —Mr . Coudkn and Lord . John Muhskll expressed their approval of thonicaBure , though the latter still desired education to fie compulsory . — Ultimately , leave was given to briny in tho bill . Thursday , February Vdtlt .
Till * . LAW OF LI 1 I 1 CI ,. In the TFOUST-: ok Loitns , Lord Cajht'Iiktx # t vo , notice Hint next . Thursday , the 2 ( ith iust ,, hu would move for . i M-lrol . cnminittec ' to consider whether tho privileges now onjoyi ' rf by the report * of proce . 'dii ) tfs in the courts of jiislice may be Hufely and properly «' xlend
THE I / ATE HOSTTLrnES IN CHINA . After a conversation between Earl GrBEY-and Earl Jranvilxe , with respect to the register of 'the ' -lorcha krrow , in connexion with the recent hostilities , -which jord Grey thought were not justifiable'under the tSir-: umstances , Lord Derby read the motion which Tie rroposes to bring forward next Tuesday , and which runs bus : — » That this House has heard -with deep - regret he interruption of amicable arrangements between her If ajesty ' s subjects and the Chinese authorities -at Canton , irising out of the measures adopted by her Majesty ' s : bief-superintendent of trade , ' to obtain reparation for-an tlleged infraction of the supplementary treaty of Bthof October , 1843 ; that in 'the opinion of -this Honse the iccurrence df differences on this subject rendered the ime peculiarly unfavourable for pressing upon the' Chilese authorities a claim for the admittance of British ubjectsinto Canton-which had been left in abeyance ince 1849 , and for supporting the same'by force of irms ; that in the opinion of this House the operations > f victual hostility ought not to 'he undertaken -without ixpress instructions previously received from h « r Maesty ' s Government , and that neither of * he subjects idverted to in the foregoing resolutions afforded stiffisient justification for such operations . ' " THE INDIAN GOVEUNMEKT . The Marquis of Clanricaiude moved a resolution , ieclaring that tho system under which her Majesty's Indian territories now administered , is no longer . suitable to the condition and prospects of that vast empiie , or for the development of its resources and the improvement and welfare of its inhabitants . Much evil , . he thought , resulted from a double system of Governmentthat of the Queen and that of the East India House ; and it was time that the eountry should be sttatched from the selfish and incompetent grasp of the Company . India was rapidly deteriorating : the upper class -was passing away , and the middle class sinking to the level of the lowest ; justice was imperfectly administered ; the magistracy were a disgrace to -the land ; 'lawlessness universally prevailed ; ; the Government was extravagant and yet inefficient ; the public debt continued increasing ; and the accounts bad 'become -wholly inexplicable from the lax manner of keeping them . —The Duke of Argyll , while admitting that improvements might yet be made , called attention to the . fact that there had already been a great advance . How could they govern India without an intermediate body , like the Court of Directors , when , under their present parliamentary system , the President of the Board of Control might be changed from day to day by accidental votes of the other House of Parliament ? Was the noble Marquis prepared to vest this great power in the Secretary of the Board of Control alone , without any intermediate body ? There must be a council , composed of independent and irresponsible men acquainted ¦ with the government of India , to assist the President of the Board of Control in his deliberations . Discussions on Indian affairs ought to l ) e taken on substantive . propositions , and not on abstract resolutions ; and , if it was desired to do any good , specific charges should be brought forward , and specific remedies proposed . —The motion , was then negatived without a division .
SIR . EOBER'C PEEL AND 6 IK CHARLES MAPIBE . In the House ov Commons , Sir Charles Napjeu gave notice that on going into committee on the Navy . Estimates , he should call attention to the speeches of the member for Taniworth at Stafford and other , plates .
CORPORATION OV LONDON BILL . In reply to Mr . Hankey , & ir Georoe Giuby « aid there -were two reasons why the bill for the roform of the Corporation of the City of London had not 'Ijeen earlier presented . One was , that he received Teeentlya communication from the Lord Mayor , stating that resolutions on the subject were under the consideration of the Court of Common Council ,. and requesting his attention to the resolutions before introducing the bQl . He did not receive those resolutions till the previous i \ ay and the l > ill could not therefore have been introduced at mi earlier period . Independently , however , of this reason , the course of public business would preclude the possibility of its baiii ^ brought forward for some weeks ; but he would move it at the earliest opportunity . SintUKY LUN 1 VTICJ ASYLUM . —IUCMOVAL OF MK . aNABE . In answer to Mr . 0-rwuS . x , Sir Gj & oroe GttKY-said that Mr . Suapo had not , l ) eon -removed , but only euspended from his medical charge of the Surrey County Lunatic Asylum , pending the criminal prosecution against him . Now that , the inquiry had terminated , he had been allowed to resume his office .
KtmiA ANirncitsiA . In answer to Mr . Layakd , Lord I ? AT ; METtSTON aaid her Majesty ' s Government hr . d no knowledge of 1 ho treaty reported to have been concluded between Russia and 1 1 ' er . sia on the 5 th of . January . Mr . Veiinox -Smith , in answer loMr . ( iuns-rams , fitnted that tho date at which inst . niet . ionH w « r < i hcuL to India to send ofl" the expedition to the Persian ( lull" was the . 2 ( illi September , 1 Hf )(! . In answer to Mr . Hkniiy Baiij-ii :, lie added , that , instructions to prepare un expedition in csisc it should bo needed were sent , out in July . run roiiSTV t-ranciiimi :. Mr . Loci ™ Ri . no moved for leave to bring in a bill to
Jtanuubt 21,1867.1. Tee Leader. Wl
JtanuuBT 21 , 1867 . 1 . TEE LEADER . Wl
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 21, 1857, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21021857/page/3/
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