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were grievously needed . Several suggestions bad 3 een made ; among which , the best was -that judges Should be admitted to sit with and aid their Lordships when met in a judicial capacity . As it is , they may be summoned as councillors on difficult occasions . ; but it would , be better if they were regularly admitted , with , power to speak and rots as well as advise . On tlip hearing of Scotch appeals , it would be well to allovr certain of the Lords of Session to take a part in the proceedings . But all such considerations would be left in the hands of the Belect committee .
Earl GiuNViiiE consented on the part of the Government , to the appointment o £ the committee . He thought , however , that certain words should be added to the motion , instructing the committee to inquire further what effect any such provisions as might be proposed for the better ezexcise of 1 he appellate jurisdiction would lave upon the general character of "the House . By this addition he siniply wished to enlarge the scope of the inquiry so as to include some of the questions arising out of the Wensleydale jeesage .
in extravagant ltites of discount , low wages , &c . He therefore asked for a fair and well-constituted committee , to consider these matters . Mr . Peaoocke supported the motion , because he wanted an inquiry into the working of the Bank Charter Act ; but he dissented from Mr . Muntz ' s fundamental principles . —Mr . Drummoud pointed out the difficulty of discussing such a question , which was one of pxure science , in that House . If it was not borne in mind that , in speaking of value , the precious metals must be held to be a fi xed and unalterable quantity , all would be confusion . To talk of the rise and fall of the precious metals is downright nonsense .
They must be the sole measure of value . He believed the soundest advice that could be given to the House on this subject was that which Arthur Young had given to the French Convention , in Paris , when summoned before it , to say what laws they should pass respecting the price of corn : " Order youi- clerk to thrust his inkstand down the throat of the first "man who talks about corn ! " He ( Mr . Drurnmond ) believed that , if the same thing were done now , and an inkstand were thrust down the throat of every man who talks about the currency , it would be the very beBt arrangement they could come to . ( Laug 7 tte )\)—The motion was also opposed by Mr . Poliahd
Urquhakt , Mr . Wilkinson , Mr . Baiixie , Mi . Gltn ( who , however , thought that there are many important questions for the consideration of Parliament arising out of the Bank Act of 1844 , and who remarked that the directors of the Bank of England have a most difficult task to perform , and have performed it admirably during thejast few months )^ Sir "William Clay , Mr . HEYWOR' ^^ rair Charges Wood , and the GHAJiGELtOB OP THE EXCHEQUER . The latter ai&ued that the present is a most
inopportune time'for the inquiry . The circumstances of the coxintry are exceptional and extraordinary , and the investigation would be almost confined to the state of things during last autumn , and not to the general operations of the act of 1844 . There is nothing perilous in the condition of the Bank of England . The returns show that the circulation amounts to £ 19 , 254 , 00 , 0 ; that o bullion'to £ 10 , 575 , 000 ; the notes to £ 24 , 890 , 000 , and the reserve to £ 5 , 848 , 000 . Nevertheless , there are sotne parts of the aet of 1844 wliich require investigation .
The motion was supported by Mr . Maxins , Mr . BaiHjTE , Mr . Newdegatje , and Mr . Spooler , which Mr . Catley , though agreeing with some of Mr . Muhtz ' s principles , advised him to be satisfied with the discussion without a division . After a reply from Mr . Muntz , the motion was negatived by 115 to 68 .
THE CASE OF TAI . BOT V . TAT 3 OT . Mr . John Phiiximoue moved for " copies of the judgment pronounced by the Hon . M * . Justice Torrens , one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland , in the case of Talbot v . Talbot , before the High Coui-t of Delegates in Dublin , in the month of May , 1855 ; and of the -written proceedings and depositions taken in the same cause "before the Consistory Court of Dublin , from which the appeal was made to the said Court of Delegates , and which were laid before the said High Court of Delegates . " The assertions with respect to this case weie that the
lady had been the victim of a foul conspiracy , in consequence of which she bad become insane , and that the judge who tried the cause was incapable . —The motion "was seconded by Mr . Ewart , but opposed by Mr . Wbtcteside , who contended that the judge had given a correct decision ; asked why Mr . Justice Torrens was to bo singled out , as there were four judges on the bench besides himself ; and maintained that such motions are fatal to the independence of the bench . —He -was followed on the same side by Mr . Paokb , Mr . Wam ? oi , e , Lord Pai-merston-, and the Solicitor-Genehai . yon Irelakdj and Mr . Pnii / umore consented to withdraw the motion .
The Drawaob Advances Acts Amendment Bxix was read a third time and passed .
Lord CAMEBELt i Lord St . Leonaeds , and Lord BnonKJHAM supported the motion for a committee , which , as amended , was agreed to , after some observations fey the Lobj > CHAKOEiiOB , who denied that the appellate jurisdiction off the House is a mere pr etence * as asserted by Lord Derby . —The committee is'to be ¦ tliu . a formed : —The Lord Chancellor , the I ^ vd President , the © uke of Somerset , the Marquis of La ^ sdown * , theEjutI of Derb y ^ the Earl of Stanhope the Ea , Tl of Caernaryonj Earl Grey , the Earl of Aberdeen , the Duke Of Ai-gyllj Lord Eedesdale , Lord Lyndhurst , Lord Brougham ; Lord Abinger , Lord tilgin . Lord St . Leonards , and Lord Glenelg . ' . / ; . THE REORmTiiTG SYSTEM .
In the House op CoirMours Su ? Db Lacy Evans gave notice that , on the Hous-9 going into committee on the war estimate ^ he would propose a resolution disapproving the conduct of the Government , in repeatedly refusing offers from nxost respectable parties in Canada , to raise troops for service in the Crimea from among-our colonial ^ feilow-subjectsywhilst at the same time sibortive attempts were being made to enlist reci-usts for the same service in the adjoining terjfifeoly ' of a . neutral state , contrary to international " " 3 aw . •" : . ¦ ¦ - ¦ . ' . : ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦'¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'
MB- FIIJ > EB . Sir John Pakington asked whether a reply which Jlr . rFilder lad addressed to Lord Palmerston , with reference-to- the charges brought against him in the import of the commissioners , would be laid on the taljle of th * House-i ^ Sl ri FiiSpaRiCK Peei . said he had only just heard of the reply ; but ; there would be no objection to lay it on the -table .
; THE BBtTISH MUSStTM . ' In answer to Mr ; Heywood , the ChatsceUiOr of the ; Exchequer said the Government could not abblish-the office of principal librarian and secretary to > the British Museum , without an Act of Parliament , and it was not their intention to introduce any measure . THE CRIMEAN INQUIRY . Lord Palmkkston , in answer to Mr . Stanley , Aaentioned that ( although somewhat contrary to practice ) the inquiry to b ? . instituted by the board of general ofiicers iuto the Crimean report would be open to the public , with certain exceptions at the option of the boftrd - With regard to examination upon oath , the board 3 he apprehended , had not the power to administer an oath . UUIU 1 UJ . HIUJ- iXU UUbll ..
THE MONETARY SYSTEM . Mr , Muntz moved for a select committee "to inquire how far the present monetary system ia in accordance with the requirements of the country ,-and to consider if it cannot be improved and amended . " Six 3 'o ;\ ra had elapsed since he opened his mouth in that House on the subject . He had waited to pee what ^ effect would bo produced by the large discoveries of , gold in California and Australia ; but , althou gh those discoveries had done a groat deal towards remedying tho evila of the present sys tern , they had not clone all that was lequirod . It was due to himself , however , to < lony what had been assortedjof him in the newspapers -T--tbat he was an advocate of ^ inconvertible currency . Tho late Sir Robert Peel and himself differed only as to tho raAi of convertibility . Amidst the laughter of
the HoubO j Mr . Muntz said he would go buck to the time of "VYiJJinm the Conqueror , and tuke a retrospective gltu * cio at the history , of-our ourxoncy . In those days , a pound was a pound ' s weight of silver ; but it had passed through many ohauges flinoe then . When , in tueyoar 1810 , tho Bullion Committee was appointed by ' Pfti'liUment ., tjho Govornor and Deputy-Governor of the B | W ] c of Englnnd showed in their ovidenco tho moel ; rounarkatyo ignorance of the veiy first principles of mon ^ ry , aotenco ; and , if , in accordance with the KUgg ^ tvona , of , that committee . tUo Bank had tokon , within til > o tyrao ' speoiftou , to cnati payments , this oounitfy- ^ wl ^ ^ y ^ bpon , o , province of Prance . Tho abflurdAby ^ conav ^ icijft ^ orhxg to < v fixod prioe for gold , whon / maogialAtiuro , cftndeftnotho val wo of that precious motal .,., 1 hejl-es \» lt ^ of x ^ nkiMg tho . attompt aro to be > wen \ i \ povvoaiga ^ t ^ gnfttlQTQs lix ' the supply of mono /
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_ WAR MISCELLANEA . ] 5 Tichoxaiefp is not merely a port of construction , aa is generally believed in Europe , but a port for arming vessels of war . In difficult circuntstauces t the Russian squadron of reserve used to be stationed there , and , if that has not taken place during the present war > the reason is that Prince Menschikoff desired to have , from the beginning of the war , under his orders in the port of Sebastopol , all the armed vessels which were in the Black Sea . la order , too , that vessels of war should be able to navigate between NicholaiefF and the sea , the Russian Board of Admiralty has had a channel made the whole way down , from , which every rock or impediment has been carefully removed , and . in" which , duriug eight months of the year , there are twenty-three feet of water . That depth "becomes considerably greater when the river rises . The Russien fleet in the
Black Sea at" the commencement of the war consisted of sixteen ships-of-tlie-line , among which only three were of the first-clasB ; the others , all of the third a » d fourth cla ' sfl , only drew twenty-two feet of water when fully armed . The arming of these vessels had been effected altogether at Nicholaieff , and they arrived at Sebastopol without the slightest difficulty by following the channel already mentioned , ea « h having her guns on board , as well as her full complement of men , and tin entire supply of provisions and stores . It results from what has just been said , that ships of tho liuo
can be built and armed at Nieholaieff , and can then , during the greater part of the year , proceed to sea quite ready to fight . As to vessels of 120 guns and upwards , they can take all their guns on board with the exception of those of the lower deck , and complete their armament at Sebaatopol . It may thus be seen what advantages can bo derived from Niclxolaieff . Both that place and Sebastopol are classed in Russia among the ports of tho Black Sea , just iva Rochefort and L'Orion , t , which are some way inland , are in the list of the ports of France . —Moniteur de la JPlotte .
The Russian Fleet in tijb Baltic . —You nro pvo bably aware ( says a letter from Stockholm ) thnt by nest spring the Russian steam floe * will consist of eig hteen line-of-battle ships and frigates , fourteen corvettes , nod seventy gun-bonts , which formidable force may rido secure behind an impassable borrior , « nd defy the united navies o > f tho world , thauka to tho fortifications planned by Admiral Sohanz , at whioh 30 , 000 men aro now working under his direction . This formidable work oonsiats in a triple row of piles lig ht across tho Gulf of Finland , about uix inilen fi ; o »> Oronatadt , and , should tho ico bo strong thi » » i'X'i « f j moy bo finished this year .
The Blookadb op thk Bammo . —Tho udvft «« od squadron of tho Baltic Hoot , under tho oonuumm or Captain Wataou , C . B ., baa loft tho JOowiih , imil , >" accordance with a tolegnvphio moflflftgo from t' 10 Admiralty , has Btvilod for Koll .
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196 THE LE ADER . [ No . 310 , Saturday , JMg ^ WT ^^ jllClMnMtMM ^ njaiLIIlJMUMMl ^ nMMM ^^ . JIC JlJ ^ I— -J- ^ MTTl : M !^ Ma ^^ C ^^^ MJin ^ c ^^ Bl !» X ^ r ^ ¦
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Fort Alexander was blown up , in three explosions at one o'clock on the 11 th ult . The northern forts continue to fire on Sebastopol 5 and an order of the day , issued by General Codbrington , at Balaklava , recommends the English officers to provide themselves with the articles of equipment necessary for a forward movement . Two general officers have been sent by the Czar , one to the Crimea , and the other to Asia . The Russian
Emperor heard with astonishment that , notwithst anding his adhesion to the propositions of Austria , the Generals-in-chief of the two expeditionary corps continue the contest with fresh ardour . It is said that the mission of these Generals is to moderate this warlike vigour ; but the Armistice just concluded at Paris will ensure peace on the land for the current month . The English army ardently desires the continuation , of the war .
There has been some talk of a battle between the Russians and the Turks near Sugdidi , resulting in a loss to the Turks of ten guns and some baggage ; but the news seems to be doubtful . The districts which recently submitted to Russia are now tranquil , but an insurrection of a rather serious character broke out recently at Ghoel , situated to the north of Kara . It seems that Asian Pacha
and his brother , Iser-Bek , assisted by a party of four hundred men , incited the inhabitants to rise , and occupied the villages of Seinot , Khorovanha , and Tchpul-Penek . They were , however , unexpectedly attacked by three sotnias of Cossacks -with four rocket batteries , and defeated . Ismail Pacha has been sent to Asia to replace Omar Pacha , who will be superseded in the command of the army . The Russians threaten to blockade Erzeroum in
the spring . General La Marmora has set out on his return to the Crimea .
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Thje Way the Sabbatarians Petition . —Mr George Jones , of Bristol , has petitioned tho House of Commons against tho abuse of petitions against opening tho Museum on Sundays , by the signatures of infants And persons of tender years being attached to euoh petitions . We can corroborate tho complaint of Ml * . Jones by testimony , furnished to u * by an eyewitness , who behold a street boy , of face and form familiar to tho readers of PtmoJt , confer his signature upon an open-air petition in favour of the bitter Sabbath , and , after performing tho nolonan not , retire behind the nearest corner to grin at another of tho anno fraternity who suooeodoa him at tho table for tho same purpose . > ADanNiaTiiATivni Reform . —At a mooting of tho Administrative lloform Association on Tuesday evening , at tho Morylobone Literary and Soientifio Institution , a motion was carried Betting forth " That tho meeting Bfcrongly deprecated the appointment of a now commission , to ait with oloscd doors upon the Gptnmisaion sent to tho Crimea , whoso report criminated aevornl general officers au to their oonauet in the Crimea . "
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'—* THE WAR .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 1, 1856, page 196, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2130/page/4/
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