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¦ withdraw those expressions ; had done so , and had afterwards shaken hands with Mr . Monsell ; so that it might have been supposed that the affair had ended . Such , however , was not the case . He ¦ svas required to send in his resignation ; which he refused to do , and was tien superseded , and appointed to command the engineers at Malta , though the removal of the officer already- there was a great njustice . —Mr . Monselx , stated that there had been some unofficial correspondence between hinxself and
of this bill , disclaimed any desire to raise the general question of promissory political oaths . HLs measure was substantially the same as that introduced into the House of Lords by Lord Lyndhurst : the enacting clause simply set forth that the oath of abjuration and the assurance required by the act of the 6 th of George II . should not be enforced . The obligation to take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy would I'emiia All schoolmasters and ministers of separate congregations were required to take the oath of abjuration ; and , if the law were strictly enforced , no minister of the Jewish religion , nor teacher in a
Jewish school , could acfc in this country . It would operate as a practical outlawry on a large portion of her Majesty ' s loyal and affectionate subjects . It was true , a yearly act of indemnity exempted persons from the penalty ; but what an anomalous state of things was that ! If it was contended that the oath was retained in ordejrto exclude Jews , he begged to question the justice of that exclusion : ab any Kate , there should be a direct law to exclude them , and not a side wind . The oath of abjuration was obsolete and unnecessary , and , as a religious test , it had never been recognised by Parliament .
of the same dimensions as Trajan' . s column at Home " which is admitted to be a model fur works of the kind . —Several other nobj . e Lords then spoke ; and the prevailing opinion seemed to bo opposed to the removal , but in favour of concentrating nil public offices in . Downing-street and its neighbourhood . — The Marquis of Lansdowne , on the part of the Government , concurred in deprecating the removal of the column ; promised that the report shoul d be well considered before any steps are taken ; and agreed that the concentration of offices in Dbwuuvsfcreet would be convenient , economical in its result and an ornament to the metropolis . —The motion was then adopted .
Thursday , April 10 th . st . james ' s park . In the House of Lords , the Marquis of Ciaxri carde , in moving for a copy of the report of the Committee of the House of Commons on the pr " posed improvements in St . Jamoa ' s-park , cvuWned the contemplated removal of the Duke of YurYa column in order to level the roadway from Waterlooplace into the park . He hoped the report w ^ nM 1 e carefully considered by the Government before it was acted on . —Tho Earl of Aberdken also condemned the suggested destruction of tho column which he described as the monument of « aii illustrious public man " and a good work of art beuV
THE HOBSE 3 OF THE CRIMEAN ARMY . Lord Panjittre , in answer to remarks from the Earl of -Albemahle , mentioned that only a certain number of the cavalry and artillery horses in the Crimea would be sold , including such animals as might be judged not worth the heavy expense of transport by land . The sale would take place in Turkey . THE ANSTEXATION OF OXJDE . The Duke of Argyll , in reference to remarks from the Marquis of Cr < ANRicARDE , touchingths annexation of Oude , stated that the treaty of 1837 , between the Governor-General of India and the King of Ovule , had never been ratified by the Board of Control , oa account of an informality . On the return of the Earl of . Dalhousie , all necessary inforraatiou would bu supplied .
RESTRICTIONS ON ENGLISH TRADE IN RUSSIA . In the House of Commons , Lord Palmehston , in answer ¦ to ' Mr . ' Ewart ,, mentioned that the Government would avail itself of all favourable opportunities to bring about the removal of the vexatious restrictions' imposed upon English traders in Hussia .
EDUCATION . On the order of the day for going into committea on the resolutions siibrnitted by Lord John Russell on the subject of education , Lord John Russell rosa and said that he had been informed that Mr . Cobden was Unable to attend the House that evening owing to a domestic affliction . ( His Lordship alluded to the sudden death of Mr . Cobden ' s only son ) . If the hon . member had been present , he should have asked him not to press the motion of which he hud given notice on the question that the Speaker do lenvo the
chair ; for he hoj > ed that it was the general understanding that the House would that day resolve itself into committee to consider the resolution lie had to propose . —The House having gone into committee , Lord John Russell , without offering any remarks ( which he conceived he had exhausted when originallystating the nature of the proposed resolutions ) , moved the first resolution : —" That , in the opinion of this House , it is expedient to extend , revise , and consolidate , the "minutes of the Committee of Privy Comieil on Education . "
Mr . Henley moved , as an amendment , Hint the Chairman leave tho ohair . He objootcrl to the proposed plan of inspection ( which ho considered especially inappropriate in connexion with schools maintained frozn private sources ); to tho provisions with respect to tho formation of sohool diitrictfl , which would have the effoot of breaking up tho parochial system ; to the scheme for appropriating charity funds to tho maintenance of schools ; to tho propo . ml-i on tho subject of religious teaching , which wrro very vague ; to tho compulsory i * ate ; and to tho proposition for compelling employers to pay for tho education « f tho young persons in tlioir service . It was : m nbftmvl idea to oontomphito ( ns he believed was dunu ) tho teaching those young persons a foreign irwRiinge , mathematics , ' and drawing . Ho trustod tho . Privy 1
Council would endeavour to deal with that I'U'g ' class of dostifcuto ohildron who aro neither at h .: 1 h > o 1 nor at work : ho was oonfidont Parliament would readily confer tho ucooasary powers mid finnl . i . Tlio fiohomo before tho Houso would load to a nuculivr system of education , and thus undermine tho security and Btability of the country . In tho courno of hw spoeoli , Mr . Henley ridiouled a suggestion , by tJ > ° inspootor of tho eastern part of England , who , t . liiukii » R that rocroation should bo providod for tho noh"li » r"i remarked , " There should bo a room well li ^ it * ' . and furniuhed , not merely -with books , but with bncKgammon boards— ( la \ iyktcr ) —obesa or draug ht boards , or even billiarda and bagatelle bounlrf . " ( Mvetf laughter ) . Mr . Addjkhly opposed Mr . Henley '« anicii'lmeut ,
Su- Frederick Thesiger opposed the bill , by moving that it be read a second tune that day six months . Mr . Gibson had assumed without proof that the descendants of th * Pretender are extinct ; but , to say nothing of whether that is or is not the case , the oath contains a formal recognition of the Protestant succession to the Crown—a recognition not Contained in any other oaths . To tamper with sxich an oath would be most dangerous ; and both Lord John Russell and Lord Lyndhurst in 1853 proposed gto retain that portion of the oath which enforces the Protestant religion of the monarch . Had no circumstances recently occurred to show that it was absolutely necessary to exercise some caution , upon the
subject ? In the year 1841 , Archbishop Cnllen , the Pope ' s legate in Ireland , published a selection of the Papal bulls to the council of the Propaganda , and his object in so doing was explained in a dedicatory letter to Cardinal Franzoni . He said he did so , "in order that everything might be in readiness which might pertain to a right and expeditious management of affairs , " and at the close of the letter he spoke of ^ the publication as affording ail easy opportunity of consulting the bulls in the course of managing things by the secret council . These bulls included two letters from Pope Clement XIII . to the Pretender , dated 1759 and 1760 , addressing him as . King of England , and recognising his right to nominate Bishops . Repeal the Act of Settlement , and a Roman Catholic descendant of Charles I . would be dejitve sovereign of these realms . Mr . Gibson has said
that he did not mean to interfere with the Roman Catholic oath ; but this would be a precedent for an alteration of that oath . No doubt the oath of abjuration had not been , designed to exclude the Jews ; but he made no question that the great men who framed it desired to keep the legislature of the country Christian . When touching on this subject , Sir Frederick Thesiger remarked that formerly the leader of the Jewish emancipation movement was Lord John Russell ; but that whether tho noble lord had dropped , his mantle on the shoulders of Mr . Gibson , or Mr . Gibson had stolen it while the noble lord was asleep , he could not say . In conclusion , Sir Frederick affirmed that the abjuration oath is the only thing which secures ua our Protestant succession . On this being received with cries of " Oh , oh 1 " he added " Well , I mean it is the thing -which alone recognises the existence ) f the Protestant succession . "
The Lord Advocate paid that Sir Frederick Thesiger had warned the Houso of danger to the throne of England which might some day spring up from some unknown Pretender ; but there was no evidence that any such person oxists . —Mr . Napier opposed tho measure , and retorted upon its supporters that it was a dishonourable attempt to got rid of the Jewish disabilities by a sido wind . —Mr . Walpolh and Mr . Newdbcjate also resisted tho measure upon tho same grounds . —Lord John Russell supported the bill , though holding that , notwithstanding tho rocog nitdo ' n of tho Protestant succession by Act of Parliament , it would be but prudent to insert words in tho oath , of allogianoo , or that of supremaoy , or in a separate oath , binding mombers of Parliament , and
others , to respect that succession . Ho repeated the arguments he had formerly tisod in favour of tho right of Jews to sit in that House ; and asked if tho City had become do-Christianised since tho 9 th of last November . —Lord Palmwrston heartily concurred in the motion for tho second reading of a bill which would abolish mi oath which no man taken without wishing to bo exempted from it , and which does not bolong to tho time in whiali wo live . —Mr . Disuaeli would voto for tho second reading of the bill , and , whon in committoo , would tuko tho opportunity of proposing an oath in lieu of tho oath of abjuration , in which no should retain tho words " on fclio true faith of a Christian , " but should relieve the Jowh from the noooBsity of using those words . Upon a division , tho second roadintr waB carried by 2350 to 195 .
Colonel Horness , but that he could not produce it without the Colonel ' s consent . Sir John Burgoyne had said that there would not be the slightest difficulty in removing Colonel Horuess to Malta . Mr . Monsell spoke highly of the character and military attainments of Colonel Horne 3 s ; and denied that ( as Captain Vernoa had supposed ) there was any intention to make the military departments of the Ordnance entirel y subservient to the civil . After a brief discussion , the motion was withdrawn .
PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS IN SCOTLAND . The Lord Advocate moved for leave to bring in a bill to regulate and make further provision for parochial schools in Scotland , and a bill to make provision for education within burghs in Scotland . He proposed to abolish the exclusive test in parish schools , to subject those schools to the visits of the Government inspector , to provide for the examination of the masters , and to give to Town Councils the
right to assess for the borough schools up to a certain amount , subject to restrictions . A third bill , for placing his scheme for the improvement of education in Scotland in connexion with the Minister and Council of Educati o n , he should develope hereafter . The bills Were . supported by Mr . Baxter and Mr . 3 Jlack ( with some objections ) , by Mr . Mackie , Sir jtabBEw ¦ Agnew , Mr . Blackburn , and Mr . Stirling ; and leave was given . The second reading is to be iaken on Friday the 18 th inst .
LOCAL CHARGES UPON" SHIPPING . On the motion to nominate the Select Committee * n local charges upon shipping , Mr . "V . Scully Objected to the first name , that of Mr . Lowe , on the . ground thai ; no Irish member was- proposed to be 3 Nit upon the cpmmitteej and complained of the Jiabitual exclusion of members of Irish constituencies from committees and from public positions . —The Chancellor of the Exchequer disclaimed , on the part of the Government , any desire systematically to exclude Irish members from committees . Ireland , he observed , had but a small direct interest in this
-question . He proposed , however , to increase the number of the committee from fifteen to seventeen , . And to add the names of two Irish members—Mr . Vance and Mr . Kirk . — Considerable discussion followed , and at length Mr . Horsfall moved that ¦ the debate be adjourned until that day week -Mr . F . . Scully seconded the motion , and characterised the committee as a znOsfc unfair one ; but , after some . further conversation , the motion was negatived by 108 to 67 . —The names of the members of the Select Committee were then put from the chair , and agreed to .
AXTDIT Ol ? PUBLIC ACCOUNTS . Mr . BoWYEti called attention to the constitution of the Board of Audit . The last returns showed great arreat-3 of business in the Au < Jit department , and these arrears would be increased by the diminution in the number of clerks , owing to tlie transference of some of the auditing to different departments . Tlie Chancellor op the Exchequer said that an attempt had recently been ma de to consolidate and reduce 4 ; o a convenient form , the existing acts relating to the Audit Department , without , however , making any fundamental alteration in the existing system ; but no -doubt the Houso might fairly consider whether it
would be preferable to m ake an entire c hange in the -character of the audit now adopted . Formerly there was a separate audit for almost every branch of the expenditure ; bub by a long series of statutes this duty bad been gradually brought under one board . As to the transfer to the War Department of the clerks charged with the audit of the Commissariat . accounts , that stop " \ va 3 but the inevitable consequence of tho romovol of the Commissariat business from the Trensury to the War Department , and was , ho bolioved , quifco a satisfactory arrangement . The whole of tUo preliminary examination of naval and
imhtary accounts unconnected with the Commissariat had always boon oouduoted by the naval and military departments , and there was juo reason why the olevfcs who had previously audited the Commissariat ox-¦ pondituro should not continue to discharge that duty , avon although tho Commissariat had boen consolidated with tho War Department . —Lord PalmKrsxon gave Bomo furfchey nnd corroborative details AS to tho auditing of the army accounts ; and , several mombers Imving offered somo rather desultory remarks ( frprn which it appeared that tho general opinion of the Houbo wb in favour of a separate audit tor the army aoooxmts ) , the uubjeofc dropped . Wednesday , April 9 th . OATjtt Off ABJCUUTIOW DILL . Mr . Milner Gibson , in moving tho second reading
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Leader (1850-1860), April 12, 1856, page 340, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2136/page/4/
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