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PARLIAMENT OF Tills WEEK. The House of C...
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The Contest About Alderman Salomons In T...
M . Thiers is coming to London , possibly already come . Count Buol Schauenstein is also in London . Count Buol Schauenstein has been mixed up in almost all the Continental diplomatic arrangements of reaction for the last three years . Couple this with other facts . M . Thiers goet from London to Vienna . The German sovereigns contemplate a meeting in Vienna next month . The Russian Minister at Vienna is an active personage , and under his auspices have been made the arrangements aforesaid . Mischief is in the wind .
The treatment of Freiligrath , whose powers of establishing his citizenship have practically been worn out by a powerful and unjust Government ; the exile of the hunted Bakoonin , pursued by many crowned conspirators ; the coercion of Turkey to detain Kossuth ; the treatment of Naples , described by Mr . Gladstone , to its thousands of political prisoners—made prisoners for thinking , or even for suspicion of thinking : these are problems for the peace-men to consider . Are we to wait for the conversion of these emperors and kings , with their councillors and diplomates , their spies and armies , their Croats and Cossacks ? Their question will be settled long before they are brought over by preaching or logic .
To come nearer home . The peace-men would have some difficulty in pacifying the brick-makers of Rusholm . e , who are defending their wages against a continual abatement—which means , defending their existence , by combination and rioting , against masters and nobsticks ; and there would be as much difficulty in pacifying the masters , who are defending their property , their Free-trude in labour , their profits—which means , their very existence in the struggle of competition , and who are waging their defence with fire-arms and the terror of the law .
It would be a blessing if peace principles could be introduced into some English homes . See how the law has been summoned to tear the veil of privacy from domestic life-to expose the doubts , the passions , the discords—and yet in how few cases showing us the real truth . In Webster ' s divorce case , you marvel at the incautiousness displayed by those who would be supposed to have most at stake , and you only learn enough to know that more remains which would be necessary to a thorough understanding ; in the Faulkner case of criminal conversation , the evidence bears hardest upon the accuser , but is ugly enough all round ; in the Boughey breach of promise case , you have a doubt whether the gentleman could not give a t
beter explanation than that which his counsel thought suited to a court of law ; in the police case of Berrington , it is evident that some strange tragedy of confusion is untold . In the case of Winteringham , at Cambridge , his counsel defends him by arguing , that girls in the " situation " of Elizabeth Parr , that is , comparativel y humble , must expect to be besieged b y undergraduates . How otherwise should the young nobility and gentry be able to sow their wild oats , and complete their curriculum in our ancient seats of learning ? 1 hough why , if that necessity is recognized , proctors should go about at night , arresting any ladies who are not wallung fast , lest the undergraduates should be tempted to lose their virtue we cannot understand . Prcnricrgast and proctors seem to be maintaining positions perfectly incompatible . However , we must maintain the institutions of the country .
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Parliament Of Tills Week. The House Of C...
PARLIAMENT OF Tills WEEK . The House of Commons ni <; t at twelve o ' clock on Saturday to receive the report of" the Committee of Supply . There was not much interest in the . sitting . Sir Benjamin Ham . ealled attention again to the fact , that the Dean and Chapter of Windsor had received n large f < e , stated to be £ 1000 , for the interment of the Queen Dowager . The Ciian ( ji : i . i , ou of the . Kxchkqukii said the fee was only £ 220 ; and . Sir Benjamin Hall then read over a list of the iuiiuch of the Dean and Chapter , and the sums of money received b y them . " He had no j '< ar , " he said , "for t > lir Church , with ref ' crenee to her faith ; blither discipline , her peculations , and gross mismanagements , called for reform . " The Chan < m : i , i . oh of the JixciiKQVEii defended the Dean and Chapter mi the ground that these fees were usual , and in the case of thin particular fee comparatively small . Mr . ( Ji . admtonk defended the Dean and Chapter , and then made tt speech about the Bad state of the Colonial Chinch , complaining of the uncertainty of eeclettiantieal law , the want of a defined position of the 8 y . st . em of * ' perfect religiouH equality" which prevailed , and of tho poweileshiiesH of the Bishops in all our Australian colonies . Sir l ) u Lacy J ^ vanh thought it was
quite time the " nonsense " of disseminating bishops throughout the world , and calling them "Lords , " should be put an end to . The discussion had no practical issue . On the first resolution relating to the Admiralty being proposed , a personal altercation ensued between Sir De Lacy Evans and . Admiral Dundas , a propos of the important question , Had Sir George "Westphal applied , or not , to the Admiralty for active employment ... ? Admiral Dundas said Sir George had not , and Sir De Lacy Evans said he had . The Admiral sharply intimated that such point blank contradiction would not be allowed " out of doors . " "Eh ?
What ? " exclaimed the late commander of the Spanish legion , " well I ' m quite prepared ! " Here the Speaker interposed . Sir De Lacy Evans was not at all inclined to retract . Twice the bland gentleman in the chair positively asserted that he was " sure his gallant friend" would retract the offensive speech , and at the third iteration Sir De Lacy was ' ? quite ready to obey the order" of the Speaker ; whereupon the offensive word being withdrawn , in a Pickwickian sense , the Admiral declared that " of course" he was in a state of perfect satisfaction . The House cheered , and—the " subject dropped . "
At the proper time , Mr . Williams moved that the vote for " civil contingencies" should be reduced by £ 220 , the " fee" paid to the Dean and Chapter of Windsor . The motion was lost by 37 to 29 . The report was finally received . The only other matter of interest was the Mercantile Marine Amendment Act which was advanced a stage , and the House adjourned at five o ' clock . The scene in the House of Commons on Monday was a continuation of that on Friday . [ Related
in our Postscript of Saturday last . ] Before the order of the day was read , the Speaker said that Mr . Salomons had complained , by letter , that all notice of his demand to subscribe the oath of abjuration and declare to his property qualification had been omitted from , the minutes of the House , and had requested that they should be amended . The Speaker explained that the omission was intentional , as the proceedings alluded to were not before the House , the honourable member having previously declined to take the oath in the form prescribed .
Sir Benjamin Hall renewed the question , -whether Ministers would prosecute Mr . Salomons for what he had done ? Lord John Russell was not at present disposed to think that they ought to prosecute the honourable member for Greenwich . In consequence of this reply , Sir Benjamin Hall thought , that Mr . Salomons should come within the House and take his seat ; which he did amidst vehement cries of " Order , " and "Chair : " he took his seat upon the front , bench , below the Ministerial gangway , between Sir Benjamin Hall and Mr . Anstey . The Speaker then requested him to withdraw . Loud and fierce rose the shouts of " Withdraw " from the Opposition . Lord John Russell rose to speak , but Mr . Oaborne
rushed up and placed a motion in the hands of the Speaker , who suid the question before the House was on a point of order ( namel y , the withdiawal of Mr . Salomons ) , and that it must have precedence . Lord John Russell again rose to speak ; but as Mr . Saloxnans did not withdraw the Speaker interposed , claiming the support of the House , in order to compel the departure of the unwelcome visitor . Lord JohnIIusskll , obeying the ; call of the Speaker , moved , "That Mr . Alderman Salomons be ordered to withdraw ; " whereupon , Mr . Osjiokne moved as an amendment the motion he bad alread y placed in the bands of the Speaker . Mr . Anstky seconded the amendment—
lhe bi'i-AiCisn : The motion is , 'That Mr . Alderman Salomons do now withdraw , ' on which an amendment has been moved ' to leave out all the words after that ' for the purpose of adding these words David Salomons hsq ., having been returned to serve in the present Parliament for the borough «> f Greenwich , and having takei the oathH prescribed by law in the iniinncr which in binding , )„ his conscience , is entitled to take his seat in this Ilm . se . ' The question I have to put is , that lhe words proposed to he left out , stand part of the qui « btion "
lhe cry of " Divide" became general , when Mr . Anstky rose , and being very much interrupted hy " cries , " told the interruptorujhey hhould not gain their point , for he would move the adjournment 1 his motion was rejected by 257 to 05 . Mr . Alderman Salomons had retained hiH place , and given his vote on tliiH division . The Mouse then took the resolution of Lord John KukscII into consul * ration . Mr . Ankthy made a long speech , concluding that . Mr . Salomon * , had a right to sit uiiil vole . lhe Attoknky-Uknkhai , and the Soi . icmm-UKNKRAr . decided against himLord John
. RiJKSKi . i ,, reservii . the real question , thoughtthat first of all itwiiHneceMs . ryto eau * e the honourable member to withdraw , inoiiedience to therequentof theS peaker Mr . Hktiiku , roundl y asserted , that , " both > > v the principles * of the common law , and b y the lm guago of the statute law , the oath had been well and legally taken . " Thus view wits directl y contradicted by Sir I ' jikukkick Tiikhkjuk and Mr . Cuovviu ' r Just before tho House divided on Mr . Osbome ' H amendment Mr . J . A . Smith intimated that Mr Salomons * would not vote on the present division "
because it was a personal question ; but that he did not abandon one tittle of those rights he had come there to claim . The House then divided—For Mr . Osborne ' e amendment , 81 ; against it , 229 . Majority against , 148 . The House now desired to divide upon the original motion , but Mr . Anstey rose , and while he waa speaking Mr . Salomons entered the House amid shouts of " Withdraw . " Mr . Anstey continued and moved the adjournment of the debate . Lord John Russell could not consent to adjourn the debate until the member for Greenwich obeyed the Speaker . An appeal was made to Mr . Alderman Salomons to state the course he should take .
Mr . Alderman Salomons , who was sitting in the House , upon the front bench on the Ministerial side , below the gangway , immediately rose ; he was at first received with cries of "Withdraw ! " from the Opposition benches , but the cries were drowned in the loud cheers with which he was supported . He spoke , firmly and deliberately , as follows : — " I should not have presumed to address you , Sir , and this House , in the peculiar position in which I am placed , had it not been that I have been so forcibly appealed to by the honourable gentleman who has just sat down . ( Hear , hear . ) I hope some allowance will be made for the novelty of my position , and for
the responsibility that I feel in the unusual course which I have judged it right to adopt—( Hear , hear )—but I beg to assure you , Sir , and this House , that it is far from my desire to do anything that may appear contumacious or presumptuous . ( Hear , hear . ) Returned , as I have been , by a large constituency , and under no disability , and believing that I have fulfilled all the requirements of the law , I thought I should not be doing justice to my own position as an Englishman or a gentleman , did I not adopt that course which I believed to be right and proper , and appear on this floor—( Hear , hear )—not meaning any disrespect to you , Sir , or to this House—( Hear , hear )—but in defence of my own rights and privileges , and of the rights and privileges of the constituents who have sent me here . ( Hear . ) Having said this , I beg to state to
you , Sir , that whatever be the decision of this House , I shall abide by it , provided there be just sufficient force used to make me feel that I am acting under coercion . I shall not now further intrude myself upon the House , except to say that I trust and hope that , iu the doubtful state of the law , such as it has been described to be by the eminent lawyers who addressed you , no severe measures will be adopted towards me and my constituents , without giving me the fairest opportunity of addressing the House , and stating before the House and before the country what I believe to be my rights and the rights of my constituents . ( Hear , hear . ) 1 believe the House never will refuse what no Court ever refuses to the meanest subject in the realm , but will hear me before its final decision is pronounced . ( Much cheering . )'
The motion for adjournment was still pressed , and on a division negatived by 237 to 75 . The House divided on the main question , that Mr . Salomons be ordered to withdraw . The numbers
were— For the motion , 231 ; against it , 81 . Majority , 150 . The Speaker informed Mr . Salomons of the decision of the House , and stated that Mr . Salomons , under the circumstances , would see the necessity for his withdrawing . Mr . Salomons not having withdrawn , the Sr-KAKHit directed the Sergeant-at-arms to remove him . The Sergeant advanced to Mr . Salomons and tapped him on the shoulder , when Mr . Salomons stood up , and having said that he y ielded , was interrupted by loud cries of " Order . " He retired beyond the bar with the Sergeant .
lhe House having accomplished a temporary eviction of Mr . Alderman Salomons , Lord John Ri'hhkll moved a resolution similar to that moved last year , in the case of Baron de Rothschild , with a view of finally excluding Mr . Salomons from the House , until he should take the oath of abjuration in the form appointed by law . He contented himself with making a very short speech , the gist of which was , that they could not admit Mr . Salomons , without an infraction of the law , unless he took the oath " on the true faith of a Christian . " There was no general law , as in ilu ; case of the Quakers , which permitted tho oath
to be taken omitting those words . The precedent of the admission of Mr . l'ease , did not apply in the present cane . Mr . Anstkv contended that the words , " on the true faith of a ChriHtian , " were not an essential part of the oath ; ami he moved , with a view of settling the question , an amendment to the effect that the AttoriK-y-Uenernlnhould be ordered to institute proceeding at law against Mr . Salomons , to recover the penalties which it was alleged he had incurred . Thin amendment wan seconded , and afterwards withdrawn , to make way for the following amendment , proposed by Mr . JJhtiikll :
" That Uaron do Rothschild and Mr . Alderman Salomon * having taken the oiithn of allegiance and tmpremuoy , anil ftlH ( , the onth of abjuration , in the . nanner in which thin House is bound b y law to adminiNter the said oaihu ( hear , hear ) , are entitled to take their weut . s an members of thin Houhc . " The House now mistimed almost the characteristic * f a court ol justice-lawyer after lawyer tone and
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Leader (1850-1860), July 26, 1851, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26071851/page/2/
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