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Monday , August * . 10 th . PROGRESS OP BUSINESS .-The Royal Assent was given by ; Commission in th « House of Lords to several Mils . The following bills were read a third time and passed : County Court Judges ( Falconer and Yates j Salaries , Charitable Trusts Acts Coktmuancb , SUPERANNUATION Ad AMENDMENT , FRAUDULENT Trustees , &c , and Trustees Relief Bills . The reports of amendments to the following bills were brought up and received : —Militia Bill , Court of Session ( Scotland ) Bill .
LETTER STAMPING . Lord Campbell called attention to the inconvenience arising from the postage marks on letters being frequently mere blotches , totally invisible ; and he asked the Postmaster-General whether there is any hope that the inconvenience will be remedied . —The Duke of Argyll said the difficulty was caused by its being necessary at present to have all the stamping done by manual labour ; but he was happy to say that in all likelihood a machine would be made to accomplish the desired object . SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS BEFORE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
BILL . This bill passed through committee . —Lord Campbell expressed his approval of the measure , and observed that , when it has receiyed the royal assent , any party who feels himself aggr ieved by the decision of a magistrate on a point of law will have an opportunity of appealing against that decision to one of the Superior Courts in " Westminster Hall . The House adjourned at twenty minutes to seven o ' clock . Among the private bills in the House of Commons , Baring ' s Divorce Bill was read a third time , and passed . THE OATHS COMMITTEE .
Lord John Russell , brought up the report of the select committee appointed to inquire whether the Act 5 and 6 Win . IV ., c . 52 , is applicable to the oaths takeu by members of Parliament . The report stated that the committee had considered the matters referred to them , and that a resolution had been proposed by a member to the effect that , in the opinion of the committee , the House of Commons was included in the meaning of the Act ; and , in fact , that all bodies now by law entitled to adminster or to receive oaths came within its scope . This resolution had been fully considered , and had been
negatived . The noble lord stated that it was not his intention at that late period of the session to proceed with the Oaths Validity Bill , and moved therefore that the order for the second reading be discharged . At the same time lie wished to say that the subject was in that state that he thought it necessary Parliament should take it into consideration at the very earliest period next session , and he begged to give notice that he would renew the question next session at the earliest opportunity . { Hear , hear . ')—The motion was agreed to , and the bill was withdrawn .
SUNDAY MUSIC AND PREACHING IN THE PARKS ? In reply to Mr . Hanbury , Sir George G-rky said he had received a memorial signed by three gentlemen , stating that bands in the porks are permitted on the Sundayj while the preaching of the Gospel was forbidden . From , inquiries he had made , he had learat that no direct sanction was given by the Government to the bands , and all that had been done was not to interfere -with them . The preaching in the parks had been pro-, hibited in consequence of several persons availing themselves of the opportunity to diffuse Atheistical opinions . •—SirBENTAMiN Haix corroborated the atatemont of the Home Secretary ; and , in reply to an allegation contained in the memorial , declared that the people who now assembled in the parks were extremely orderly , and that since the bands had boon allowed to play the police charges had diminished .
COMMODORE KEIT-EL . Sir Chari . es Nawkr inquired whether it was true that Commodore Koppel , who had lately been tried by court-martial , had been recalled from , China . —Sir Charles Wood declined to reply to the question .
PROMOTION OF LIEUTENANT-COLONELS . On the order for going into Committee of Supply , General Peel asked whether the attention of tho military authorities had boon directed to tho case of certain lieutenant-colonels of tho army who Iiave boon passed over and superseded under a Royal warrant of tho Cfch of October , 1854 , their commissions as lieutenant-colonel boing dated before that warrant was issuod ; and whether it was intended to roatoro those officers to tho relative
position of which they have boon deprived by its retrospective notion ?—General Coprinoton obsorved that tho effect of tho warrant had boen very unfair . —Mr . Roebuck , before the question was answered , referred to * distinct denial published in tho Times of a ( statement made by Sir John Ramsdon respecting tho supply of cotton covers to tho helmets and foraging-0 " ? " of tho troops sont to tHo East , and asked whether it was true that tho men had those covers ; and , if not , upon whose authority Sir John had made that statement .
, Sir John Rawsdbn , in reply to General Peel , said the attention of the military authorities had been earnestly directed to the grievance complained of , . with a view to a remedy . In answer to Mr . Roebuck ' s question , he stated tliat the troops sent to China bad received either capcovers or materials to make them ; that the cavahy and artillery sent , or ta be sent , to India had cap ^ covera made up ; that the infantry had not cap-edvers , but there would be no difficulty in procuring-theni in India , and orders had been forwarded overland that there should be no delay in furnishing these articles . —At a subsequent period of the evening , the subjects being again brought forward , Mr . Stafford expressed a fear that there would be a repetition in India of the disasters in the Crimea .
THE NEW PUBLIC OFFICES . Mr . Beresford Hope called attention , to the recently exhibited designs for the new Government offices , and contended that there ought to be a permanent committee of advice . The plans chosen Were discordant , the taste was of a very questionable kind , and the expenses involved would be very great . 170 , 000 ? . were to be asked for to purchase the houses in Downing-street and Charles-street for a site . This he conceived to be unnecessary , as the War Office and Foreign Office which
might be built on the Parade in St . James ' s Park , is Crown Property , and the public might be compensated for the loss of the " Parade by the park being opened down to the river . The old Foreign Office might thus be thrown into the Colonial Office , and additional accommodation be thus afforded in the latter . He therefore moved that "An humble address be presented to her Majesty , praying her to appoint a Royal Commission to consider the site and plans of the proposed new public offices , and particularly the Foreign and " War Offices , and to report on the same . " if
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that , the matter were placed in the hands of a commission , it would probably result in a much larger expenditure than the Government would incur . He therefore felt himself unable to accede to the motion . The hon . gentleman need not be afraid that money would be unnecessarily lavished on these offices . All that he was going to ask for was a grant to build a Foreign Office and two Council Offices ; and he thought it was better to leave the mat ^ ter in the hands of the Executive , who would be responsible for the expenditure of the money . ^ Lord John Russell said , he could not concur in the motion , but he thought Mr . Hope had been misled by the course taken
by the Government , in inviting plans which , it now appeared , were of no use whatever . These magnificent plans seemed intended for palaces rather than public offices , and he hoped they would be laid aside . —Sir Benjamin Hall ,, in reply to some remarks by Sir'DENHAM Nokreys , said there were no public offices in Europe so inconvenient as our own , and besides they were in a very bad condition . ( Hear , luear . ~ ) The Foreign Office , for instance , was in a most dilapidated state , and if it were not rebuilt a large sum would be required to put it in repair . The [ Colonial and War Offices were in similar condition . —After some further desultory discussion , the amendment was negatived by 138 to 8 .
SUPPLY . The House then went into Committee of Supply upon the remaining Civil Service Estimates . The vote of 20002 . towards the formation of the gallery of portraits of the most eminent persons in British history was opposed by Mr . Conwghiam , but waa carried upon a division by 85 to 31 . The vote of 10 , 000 / . to the London Diocesan Building Society , as a contribution on the paTt of the Crown towards building additional churches and parsonagehouses , was opposed by Mr . Williams chiefly on economical grounds , by Mr . Gjclpin because it interfered with the principle of religious liberty , and by Mr . Ayjrtobt as unnecessary , since Church property in the metropolis , if properly applied , would more than suffice for this purpose . Tho vote was defended on the ground that the Crown , had large property in London , and waa
bound to contribute to the relief of spiritual destitution with reference to its property as individuals had done . — Upon a division , the vote was carried by 97 to 5 , ( 5 . Mr . Wish proposed to negative the vote of 10 , 5004 . for the purchase of a chapel in Paris for the use of the English residents and visitors , and called attention to tho fact that the chapel had been purchased , and 20001 . advanced from the , Civil Contingenoies on account of the purchase . —Mr . Wilson 1 defended the voto and explained tho history of the chapel ; and Lord Palmerston observed that it had long been a reproach to us that wo have no fit place of public worship in Paris ; and that the voto was no departure from prinoiple , Parliament having boon in tho habit of providing funds for such a purpose , —This voto encountered' many opponents , and , upon a division , was negatived by 135 to 47 , the Government being thus loft in a minority of 88 ,
Tho voto of 10 , 000 ? . for tho Industrial Museum , Edinburgh , was withdrawn . Upon tho vote of 24 , O 0 O £ for tho complotlon of Chelsea Suspension-bridge , tho question of tolls waa agitated , and Sir Benjamin Hall distinctly stated that tho bridge should be opened as a toll-paying bridge . Othor'votoB wore agrood to aftor disousaion , and tho Chairman rtn . fi ordered 'to report progress . Tino Eooi-KstAsnoAx . Commission , &c , Bill , and tho Dulwich Colldcib Bill , wore road a third Unto , and
passed , notwithstanding the opposition offered to the first on the motion of Mir . Locks Kzno , and to the second on that of $ 1 ^ Knight . —The Public Offices Extension Bill was withdrawn . The House adjourned at ten minutes past two o'clock . Tuesday , August Itth . . THE JUDICIAL CIRCUITS . In the House of Lords ,. the Lord Chancellor , inreply to Lord Campbell , stated that the Government proposed next session to introduce a measure based upon some of the recommendations of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the expediency of adjusting the circuits and making other judicial arrangements .
THIRD READINGS . The following bills were read a third time , and passed : Militia Bill , Goubt of Session ( Scotland ]) , Gerejbaci Board of Health Continuance , Attorneys ahd Solicitors ( Colonial Courses ) , Illicit Dbtillatioh ( Ireland ) , Loan Societies , Burial GnoxnsDa ( Scotland ) Act , 1855 , Amendment , Summary Pboceesvings beforb Justices of thb Peace , and Jujkesdxction in Siam Bells . Some other bills having been forwarded a stage , the House adjourned at six o ' clock .
PROBATES AND LETTERS OF AJ > MINISTRATTOir BILL . At the morning sitting of the House or Commons , this bill , as amended in committee , was coH « idere « i . In the course of the discussion , Mr . Ayrton moved the addition of a clause to the effect that any person receiving compensation under the act shall , when called upon , be liable to fill any public office under the crown , for which his previous services may render him eligible , and , in case of refusal , shall forfeit the right to compensation under sec . 19 , 4 & 5 Wiffiam IV ., cap . 24 .- ^—The Attorney-General said that the compensation in this case was given for what might be called valuable consideration , and , therefore , he did not think that the case could be brought within the operation of the statute referred to . — Sir James Graham supported
the clause . —Mr . Wiorabi thought that difficulty would be experienced in carrying it out . —Mr . Roebuck prophesied that the difficulty would arise from the clause being allowed to grow ' rusty , ' as had occurred with respect to a measure referred to a few evenings before by the Attorney-General . Next year , he would move for a return of what the compensations under the act would cost the public , and then they would see what they would have to pay for the benefits conferred upon them by the Attorney-General . If matters were left as the Attorney-General found them , the public would be just as well served , and at as cheap a rate . —The clause was
ultimately agreed to , and added to the bill . —Mr . Hadfibld moved an amendment to clause 45 , with' view of throwing open the Admiralty Court and Court of Arches to all practising solicitors and attorneys . —The Attorney-General could not accede to the amendment as far as it related to the Court of Arches , because the effeet'would be to throw upon the new J > ivorce Court , but he had no objection to so throwing open the Court of Admiralty . —The ' Court of Arches' was omitted , and the amendment , so modified , was agreed to . —Other amendments were proposed , but they were either withdrawn or negatived . —Clauses 101 , 102 , 121 , 122 , and 123 , were struck out .
THE DANUBIAN QUESTION . In the evening , Mr . Disraeli inquired whether there was any prospect of an amicable settlement of the existing differences between England and France on the subjeot of the Danubian Principalities , and whether there was any apprehension of an estrangement of feeling between tho two Governments ? Lord Palmerston replied that tho differences at Constantinople had arisen , not out of the question of tho union or . disunion of the Principalities , but of the alleged irregularity of the elections in Moldavia . Those elections had taken place without reference to certain instructions transmitted by the Turkish Government , and opinions prevailed that the result was not in accordance with
law , and that , if tho arrangements had been carried out , tho elections would have been different . Those opinions were represented to the ministers at Constantinople ; and four of thorn—the French , tho Russian , the Prussian , and the Sardinian—separately , and without acting with tho English and the Austrian ambassadors , called oiutho Turkish Government to annul tho elections , and to have tho electoral list revised , in order that tho elections might tako place over again . Tho Porte felt that this demand , which applied to matters that had been treated in common with tho six groat powers , ought not to come from four alone , and declined complying with tho demand of tho four , stating that , if the request camo from
all six , it would place tho matter In a different position , Tho recent visit of tlio Emperor of tho French to Osborno , accompanied as he was by his Minister for Foreign Affairs , gave tho English Government an opportunity of coming to an understanding with tlio French Government ; and they thought there was sur-Hciont prtmQfacia evidence of irregularity to juatify tno olootiona being hold over again on properly rovisca lists , and in uniformity with tho flrmans and the Interpretation given on them . Tho English Government had reaflort to . bellow that tho Auatrian Govornmont was disposed to concur in thta course ; and . Chat being so , it wo ? hopod th " Sultan would yield . Thcro w «« , tliero foro , no reason to boliovo that any uirtbronco of opinion
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no . r' *^^^ THE LEAPEE ,. 771
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 15, 1857, page 771, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2205/page/3/
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