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508 * ¦ . THE ' LEADMB. " _ ¦ [No. 375, ...
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MR. BRIGHT AND PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. The...
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THE PRINCESS ROYAL. ¦ DIVISION LIST ON T...
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Imperial Parliament. —?—Monday, May 25t7...
terfered with by our cruisers goin ~ into , seising her ships , and taking them for adjudication to courts wholly British . What would be the consequence of our cruizers seizing an American ship with slaves on board ? ( Bear t hear . } We are abject and subservient to the strong ; we bully and oppress the weak . ( Hear , hear . ") Why did we not interfere with Cuba ? Brazil could supply us with coffee , sugar , and cotton , and render us independent of the insolence of America , to which we are now slaves . He moved to refer the subject to a select committee . after his tbat
Lord Pacmerstox , expressing surprise a person like Mr . Roebuck should have given countenance to the vulgar and unfounded assertion that it is the practice of England to bully the weak and succumb to the strong ; stated that the act of 1845 had been suspended by mutual consent for some years past , and is in fact a dead letter . The act had previously been put in operation because the Brazilian Government , after repeated warnings , had neglected , and even refused , to do anything to stop the infamous traffic in negroes . This had the desired effect , and the act , as he had already said , was now in effect suspended . Nevertheless , it would be most dangerous to repeal it , as there are parties in Rio who only desire an opportunity to reintroduce the trade . He therefore entreated Mr . Roebuck and the House not to take a step ¦ which might lead to the revival of so odious a state of things as that which bad been abolished .
Mr . Bramley Moore supported the motion , but remarked that the question is a difficult one , as the slave trade exists in our own colonies , as , for instance , at Sierra Leone . —Mr . Mosckton Milnes opposed the motion ; and Mr . Roebuck , in the course of a brief reply , contended that Lord Palmerston had shown no reason for opposing the motion , and repeated his charge against the Government of pursuing a different policy with weak and with strong states . Would the noble Lord , he asked , dare to send a cruiser up the Chesapeake , to search American vessels ?—Mr . Disraeli observed that the motion was a very strong one , inasmuch as it proposed to take the management of our diplomatic relathe hands of the
tions with a foreign Power out of Government , and thereby implied a want of confidence in the Government . He understood that Mr . Roebuck did not represent any particular complaint on the part of the Brazilian Government witli reference to the act in question , and he understood from Lord Palmerston tliat the act is at this moment in suspense by mutual agreement between the two countries . Under these circumstances , he could not support the motion . At the same time , the subject was one which ought to interest the House . Lord John Russell was also in favour of leaving the matter in the hands of the Government ; and the motion was negatived , to the great amusement of the House , by 312 to 17 .
THE BOARD OF ADMIRALTY . Sir Charles Napier moved for a select committee to inquire into the constitution of the Board of Admiralty , with the view of rendering it more efficient , and better adapted to the various duties it has to perform lie had never met with a naval officer or clerk in any of thu departments who did not complain of the manner in which naval affairs were managed . The navy costs an immense Bum without adequate value , and confusion prevails
amongst the various departments . Of that confusion lie had had ample experience in the contradictory orders he had himself received when in the command of fle ^ t * . A slight change in the constitution of the Board would suffice to bring about great and salutary improvements If France and Russia were to unite against England , lie did not think the Crown of England would be worth six months' purchase unless the navy wore better manned . Mr . Bentixoic seconded the motion , and spoke of the anomaly of having a civilian at the head of the
Admiralty . Mr . Bbrnal . Osbohne replied , and observed , ia answer to a complaint of Sir Charles , that the post of the Firat Lord of the Admiralty ia not a permanent one , but varies with the Government , that the head of no other department is permanent , and that such changes are inseparable from popular representation . In 1840 , Sir Charles applied for a seat at the Board of Admiralty ; but now , in 18 . 57 , he wiohoa to blow the board up- Whenever naval officers are at the head of tho Admiralty , the greatest amount of dissatisfaction is always given both to the service anil to the public . All groat improvements in the navy had been offnutetl by
civilian First Lorcta ; and indeed tho duty of tho First Lord is as much civil as professional . Sir Charleys hhsortion with respect to tho probable efleot of a oombinution between Franco and Russia was unworthy of un Engliah Admiral . —Tho motion was further opposed by Mr . Ker , Admiral Waloott ( who advocated tho appointment of a board of soleiitiuo men to consider improvements . in shipbuilding ) , and Lord Cuaiu , ks Paobt . It was supported by Sir Gnonoic Pkoiiicll , Mr . Waurm , and Mr . Lindsay ., — Sir Charlies Wood defended tho present constitution of the Board of Admiralty , and said ho thought it undesirable that tho First Iiord should always bo a naval officer .
Sir Charlies Napiok replied , and tho House divided , whom only 85 voted In favour of the motion to 152 against it . It was therefore lost by a majority of 117 . TUB LAND TAX . Mr . Maokinnon moved for a seloot committee "to
consider the expediency of a more equitable adjustment of the laud tax ; also of allowing a further redemption of the same ; and whether by any other means the land tax might be made more baneficial to the revenue of the country , and to the reduction of the national debt . "—Sir John Trollopk thought the difficulties in the way of a new assessment too great to be dealt with bv a select committee . —Mr . Neate supported the motion , which was opposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer , who advised Mr . Mackinnon to withdraw his motion . This was accordingly done . TENANT RIGHT . Mr . Moore obtained leave to bring in a bill to provide for the better securing of and regulating the custom of tenant right as practised in the province of Ulster , and to secure compensation to improving tenants who may not make claim under the said custom , and to limit the power of eviction in certain cases . SURGERY IN IRELAND . Mr . Fagan obtained leave to bring in a bill for securing the more effectual promotion of the medical and surgical sciences in the Queen ' s University , Ireland . AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS . Viscount Raynham moved for a select committee to inquire into the operation of the act for the punishment of persons convicted of aggravated assaults . —Sir George Grey thought the existing law sufficient to meet the evils complained of , and opposed the motion . — Mr . Bentinck supported the motion , and strongly advocated corporal punishment in such cases . —After some further conversation , the House divided , when the motion was negatived by 125 to 84 . Mr . Dodson obtained a select committee to inquire into the operation of the excise and customs duties upon hops . —The report of the Committee of Supply was brought up and agreed to ; and the House shortly afterwards adjourned , at twenty minutes past twelve o ' clock .
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508 * ¦ . THE LEADMB . " _ ¦ [ No . 375 , Saturbay ,
Mr. Bright And Parliamentary Reform. The...
MR . BRIGHT AND PARLIAMENTARY REFORM . The following letter has been received by Mr . Alexander Laing , Hawick , in acknowledgment of certain resolutions of sympathy with Messrs . Cobden , Bright , and Gibson , on the result of the Huddersfield and Manchester elections , passed at a meeting held in that town some weeks ago . A letter on the subject from Mr . Cobden has already been published : — " Geneva , May 17 , 1857 . " Dear Sir , —Your kind note , enclosing a copy of the resolution passed at a public meeting of the inhabitants of Hawick , reached me only last evening . I lose no time in writing to say that I am very glad to find that in your town the cause of reform , free trade , and retrenchment has so many warm friends , and that you have understood and approved the policy which Mi-. Cobden , Mr . Gibson , and myself have supported in the House of Commons . In the question of free trade little progress has been made for some years past ; as to retrenchment , the word has become almost obsolete , and the military expenditure of the country is now nearly double the amount which the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel thought necessary in 1835 , although wo have no more territory to defend , and although a large army is no longer neuossury to maintain tranquillity in Ireland : As to reform , while almost everybody professes to bo in favour of it in some shape , the preparation of the particular bill to be brought forward next year is left in the hands of a Minister whose hostility to every proposition for reform since the year 1832 U notorious and undeniable . Whether on these throe points , to which
your resolution refers , the country U in a satisfactory position , I must leave the friends of free trade , reform , and retrenchment to decide . " With regard to tho promised reform , lot me warn you to look not more to tho question of franchise than to the other arrangements of the measure . It would bo eusy to double the number of electors , und at tho mime time to increase tho nristocrntic ' influcnco in Parliament . To give votes without giving representatives , in some fair degree , in proportion to tho votes , is but to cheat tho people ; and to give a largo increase of votes without the security of tho ballot will subject increased n urn born influences winch
of our countrymen to tho degrading wealth and power now exorcise so unscrupulously upon tho existing electoral body . A moderate measure , and an honest one so far as it goes , is far more to be do . suod than ono of groat pretensions with some fraudulent scheme for defeating tho wishes of tho nation . A dishonest apportionment of members may onoctually destroy a representation ; and any trick to obstruct the free action of majorities , such as that proposod m Lord John Russell ' s last bill , should bo strenuously resisted as calculated to undermine tho very basin of representative institutions , and designed only to cheat the people of that increased powor which tho bill would profess to
confer upon them . «• Whether I shall over agnin in Parliament support tho policy you approve , is extremely uncertain ; but 1 shall always * retain a grateful sonso of tho kindness which I have received in past timos , and at tho prottont time , from tho intelligent community on whoso bonali you have written to mo . " Believe mo to bo , very sinoeroly yours , ' John Buighv . " 14 To Alex . Lalng , Esq ., HawloU . "
The Princess Royal. ¦ Division List On T...
THE PRINCESS ROYAL . ¦ DIVISION LIST ON THE QUKEN ' s MESSAGE . ( Monday , May 2 bth . ) Princess Royal , —Resolution on Queen's Messaeo risti May ] reported ; ° Lloc " " That tlic annual sum of eishfc thousand pounds hn printed to her Majesty , out of tho Consolidated Fund ni Groat Britain and Ireland , the said annuity to be settler ! on her Royal Hiprhness the Princess Royal " for her lifeit such manner as-. her Majesty shall think proper and' }„ commence fiom the date of the Marriage of her RovVi Highness with his Royal Highness Prince Frederic Wn liani of Prussia " il ~ Resolution read 2 ° ; Amendment proposed , to leave out tlio word " eij ? ht , " in order to insert tho " six "— ( , )/ ,. Con in (/ ham ) —instead thereof : —Question put , " That thi » wor : l 'eitflit' stand , part of the Resolution : "—Tho Hnuc « divided ; Ayes 32 S , Noes 11 , Ise AYES . Adderley . C . B . French , Colonel Noel . Hon . G . J Alcock , Thomas Gallwey . Sir W . P . Norreys , Sir IX J Althorp . Viscount Gard , Richard S . North , Frederi ck Antrobus , Edmund Glover , Edward A Q'Flaherty , A . Arbu . thnott , Hn . Gl . Glyn , George Can- Ogilvy , Sir John Bagshaw . John Glyn , George G . Osborne , Ralph Bagwell . John Goderich , Viscount PakhiKton , Rt . Hon . Bailor , Sir Joseph Grace . O . D . J . Sir John Baillie , Henry J . Graham , lit . Hn . SirPalinurslon , Vis . Raines , lit . Hn . M . T . James Patten , ColoneMV Ball . Edward Gregory , YV . H . Paul ' , Honry Barinjr , Rt . Hon SirGresson , Samuel Pcchell , Sir G . B F . T . Gronfell . C . YV . Pennant , Hn . Col . Barnard . Thomas ( 3 ray . Captain Perry , Sir T . K . Bernard , Hn . \ V . S . Grey , lit . Hn . Sir G . Povensey , Viscount Barrow , \ V . H . Grey , Ralph YV . Platt , James Bathurst . A . A . Grosveuor , Lord It . Potter , Sir John Baxter , YV . E . Gurdon , Brampton Powell , Francis S Beale . Samuel Hackblock , YVilliainPriee , YVm . P . Beamish , Francis B . Had field , Georpre Push , David Betholl , Sir Iticlid . Hall , lit . Hn . Sir B . Puller , C . W . Bitrgs , John Hamilton , Lord C . Rawsden , Sir J . \ f . Black , Adam Hamilton , G . A . Ramsay , Sir A . Bland , Lot'ttis II . Hamilton , J . Hans Ilayiiham , Viscount Bin nil ford , Marq . of llanlmry , Robert Rebowj John G . Bolder " , Colonel Handlcy , John Rcpton , G . \ V . J . Bouverie , Hn . P . P . Haukoy , Thomson Rieardo , John L . Bramlev- Moore , J . II am nor . Sir John Ttieardo , Osmau Brand , ' Hn . Henry Hardcastle , J- A . Itich , Henry Bridges , Sir B . YV . llasvard , Michael Ridley , George Briscoc . John Ivatt Ila ^ tie , Archibald Roupell , Willia m Uruce , If . Austin liny . Lord John Russell ; Lord Jolm Bruoii , Honrv Ileacllam , T . F . Russell , Frauds W . Buchanan , YV alter Hoard , John Isaac Russell , Sir Win . Buller , James \ V . Henley , Rt Hn . J . W . Sali .-bury , Enoch C . ' Bunbury , YV . Bunb . Herbert , Henry A . Schneider , H . V ,. M'Clintock Herbert , lit . Hn . S . Schololield , W . Butler , Charles S . Herbert-, Hn . P . 10 . ¦ Sclater , George Buxton . Sir E . N . Hill . IIn . 11 . <¦ - ' ¦¦ Scott , Hon . FrancUByiifr , Hon . George Hodgson , Win . X . Scott , Captain 11 ( s air < l , James Hoi ford , Robert S . Seymour , Henry D . Cairns , H . MC . Holland , Edward Shelley , Sir John V . Oalcutt . Francis M . Hope , A . J . B . Sheridan , H . B . Carnac , Sir . 1 . It . Hopwood . John T . Sibtliorp , Major Castlerosse , Vis . Hornby , William H . SIancy , Robert . A . Cavendish , Lord Horslall , Thomas U Smith , John B . _ Cavendish , Hon . G . Honsiiiiin . Rt . Jlon . Smith , Itt . Hn . K . » . Cecil . Lord . Robert Edward Smith , Augustus Cliatlcsworth . J . C . D . llotham , Lord S ' .-. iitli tbir L ' . Clvcihani John Ho-. vard . Hon . Ckas . SmoUoU ,. AJor . a ult-r Christv , Smmii'l YV . G . Soniei-s . John 1 . ClilVord . Clias . C . Ilndsoi , Georpi" •^ J . V : " . 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Leader (1850-1860), May 30, 1857, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30051857/page/4/
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