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Thursday , March 3 . PUBLIC OPtlCEBS AT HONG- SPQNa . In the House pi- Lords , Earl Grey asked Her Majesty ' s Government , for an explanation of a recent trial at Hong Kong . r—Lord Carnarvon stated that the trial was a fraction of a much larger case , and declined to express an opinion on a part until the whole was decided . Lord Brougham , entered into an explanation of a former , speech of his relating to warlike preparations in France , which he declared had been misrepre ^ sehted . . .
EDTJCATIOJf—INDIA . The Duke of Argylb postponed sine die the question of which he had given notice respecting education in India . —The Earl of EtLENBOROUGii deprecated all discussion upon the subject in the present position of Indian affairs . —Lord Derby stated that the Indian Government had been called upon to report on the question of education . He thought it would be better to postpone a discussion on so delicate a subject until they received that report , —Their Lordships adjourned at half-past five o ' clock .
THE STADE DUES . In the House of Commons , Mr . S . Fitzgerald stated that the notice for the termination of the Treaty of 1844 , in reference to the Stade Dues , between the United Kingdom and Hanover , was given to the Hanoverian Government on the 14 th of August last , and that the notice had not , in fact , been withdrawn . .
' THE JEWISH . OATH . Mr . T . Duncombe , prefacing his motion by a resolution setting forth that " Whereas the House had , upon two previous occasions ^ resolved , That any person professing the Jewish religion may henceforth , in taking the oath prescribed in ah Act to entitlehimto sit and vote in this House , omit the words and I make this declaration upon the true faith of a Christian / " moved for leave to bring in a bill to provide that the foregoingresolution might be made a standing order . The hpri . member commented upon the unsatisfactory state in which the question had been l eft by the compromise effected last year , sihd pointed but the inconveniences which might , under many possible contingencies ; arise * if the
admission , of a . Jew member to his seat were left ; dependent upon the passing of a resolution that required to be formally renewed every session . - ^ Mr . Neweegate moved , as an amendment , a resolution that it be a standing order , " That no resolution , under the provisions of the Act 21 st and 22 d Victoria , cap . 49 , shall be moved in this House , unless at least one day ' s notice of such resolution shall have been previously given in . the votes , " He observed that the two resolutions referred to had been hastily adopted , and that it was due to the character of the House not to act in tliis matter with precipitancy . — : Mr . Malins , concurring iii the object which Mr . Dunconibe had in view , pointed out the practical difficulties in the way of the course he proposed . to take , which was calculated to renew painful conflicts . —After a few words from Mr . Bentinok , who supported the amendment ; and from Mr . Bttng arid Mr . Cqotngham . in favour of the
b ill , the Chanceixok of the Exchequer admitted that the matter was left in a position which rendered legislation expedient . He regretted that the subject was again opened for controversy , and wished that pome means , of permanently settling the question could be devised less calculated to challenge opposition thnn the bill now brought forward . The amendment proposed by Mr . Newdegate seemed to him also highly objeqtwnable .- —Sir G . Grey denied that there had been any compact not to reopen the subject . His doubt was whether it was worth while to go to the House of Lords to ask its concurrence in the con version of the resolution into a standing order of this House . —Ultimatoly , the amendment was withdrawn , ' and the original motion , with Mr , Dcnoojhimj ' s consent , was negatived , —Mr . Wajlpolb suggested that , instead-of bringing in a bill at once , $ he subject should be referred to a select committee , with the view of framing a carefully considered and acceptable measure .
TUB TIMBER DUTIES . Mr . Mitcheiul moved a resolution , that the duties on foreign and colonial wood should bo repealed , urging as grounds for the repeal , that this tax upon a raw material was contrary to the policy initiated by Sir Robert Pool ; that it was most unequal , and that it pressed severely and unfairly upon the shipbuilding trade . — Mr . Ifasmvicrc seconded the motion . — Sir S . Nortucote submitted that the motion w «\ s premature . The Chancellor of the Exchequer had not yet brought forward his budget , t < he financial position of the country was unascertained , and it was , ho maintained , inexpedient ; to fetter the Government by expressing an abstract condemnation of any particular tax . He proceeded to advance reasons for concluding that , if the duties wore repealed , tho homo consumers would be Httlo , if at all , benefited , but the whole sum lost to the Exchequer , which
amounted to nearly 600 , 0007 . a year , would go into the pockets of the foreign producers . —Mr , Wilson on principle defined to vote for any repeal of taxation untilit was shown -that the money could be spared without leaving a deficiency in the public revenue .- —Mr . Hudson supported the motion . —Mr . IiABOueHERE believed that * if timber ¦ . -could be cheapened it would benefit greatly many interests ; but he could not vote for an abstract resolution for the repeal of a tax until he had heard the financial statement of the Government .- ^ Lord H . Yank .
suggested the addition of words to the resolution limiting its effects . —Mr . Mitchell proposed to add , at the end of the resolution , " as soon as the revenue admits of it . "—The Chancellor of the Exchequer said this addition made the resolution still more objectionable , as it pledged the House to repeal these duties , which he should be . happy to see repealed , but it was not in his power to holdout any expectation of his being able to abandon them . —The House divided upon the motion as amended , which was negatived by 133 to 77 . ... ¦¦ .
SALE OP SPIRITS IN SCOTLAND . Lord Melgund moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the laws regulating the sale and consumption of exciseable liquors in Scotland . The Act , called Forbes Mackenzie ' s , he observed , seemed to have very much the character of . those severe sumptuary laws which defeated their own object ; from some of i ts provisions , much of the evil of which he complained appeared to arise , and he thought their operation was a fair subject of Parliamentary investigation . He read statistics of drunkenness in different towns in Scotland , and statements as to the stimulus which the Act had given to the illicit trade in spirituous liquors , to the consumption of such
liquors , and to the demoralisation consequent upon excess . He was ready , he said , to leave the appointment of the committee tp the Committee of Selection , or any impartial bpdy . - ^ Sir A . Agnew ; moved , as an . amendment , an Address to Her Majesty , to appoint a Royal Commis-r sion to carry out the said inquiry . —This amendment was seednded by Mr . Einlay . —Sir G : Gret supported the Original motion , as did Mr . C . Bruce . —The Lord Advocate stated that , in the opiriipn of the Government , the inquiry would , be best conducted by a Royal commission . He hoped that the to that After
House would consent adopt course , — some remarks by Sir E . Colebrooke , Mr . Wilson contended that the inquiry by means of a commission would be attended with many inconveniences and enormcus expense . — Mr . Hardy shdwed cause for believing that , on the whole , a commission was the best medium for the proposed investigation .- —Mr . Baxter , Lord J . Stuart , Mr . E . Ellice , Lord Duncan , and Mr . Kinnaibd spoke in favor of a commission . —The amended motion for the appointment of a Royal . commission was agreed to .
WEST INDIES , Mr . Buxton moved for a select committee to inquircinto the condition of the West Indies , and the best means of promoting immigration into them . He denied that the distressed state of the islands could be attributed to the emancipation of the negroes . AH the misfortunes of the planters , could be traced to other sources . The supply of labour was , however , the question of chief importance , and on this point lie urged the advisability of- inquiry , with the view of discovering the quarter from whence and the means by which this suppl y could be best provided . The hon . member criticised the system of immigration as at present established ,
objecting to many of the arrangements now in force , and contending that the whole expense incurred in importing labourers should be defrayed by the planters . —Sir E . B . Lttton briefly related the history , and progress of the immigration system , which had largely promoted the , prosperity of the West Indies , and from which lie wns convinced no Government would consent to depart . The complaints of mortality among the immigrant ? , whether on board the passage - vessels or in the colonies , were , lie insisted , grounded on exaggerated or distorted statements , and wore entirely disproved by tho actuaj facts , into which a searching investigation had been instituted . Assenting to the proposed inquiry , he
suggested that tho question should bo allowed to stand over for a little while , until some papers now in preparation were laid before 1 ' arllnixieiit . —Mr . LAnouciiERE said he could express almost a complete coincidence of opinion with Sir B . Lytton , and ho hoped Mr . Buxton would not invite tho House to enter upon an unnecessary and , it might bo , a mischievous inquiry , which would bo exceedingly offonaivo to many persons in the British W « st Indies . Tlio quostipn whether froo labour can compote with slave labour had been successfully resolved in our colonies .- ' -After some remarks by Mr . Ohosswqx , Mr . 0 . For'ji'esqub , and Mr , Ewing , Mr . Buxxon wlthclrow his motion . Sir S . Nohtucoto obtained leave to introduce a
bill to repeal the 32 nd section of the County Courts ' Act , and make further provision in lieu thereof . MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT BILL , On the order of the day for the -third reading of this bill , Mr . B . Hope said he was bound to enter his protest against this bill , and to give it- ah undying and undeviating opposition ; All the women of England were opposed to this bill . He moved that the bill be read a third time that day six months The House divided : —For the third reading , 137 ' . against it , 89 ; majority , 48 . ' The House adjourned at a quarter to two .:
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GATHERINGS FROM LAW AND POLICE COURTS . In the Court of Divorce this week , Lord Chief Justice Cockburn gave judgment in the divorce suit " Robinson v . Lane . " His lordship , in the course of a very elaborate and eloquent judgment , went through the whole of the circumstances of this extraordinary case , analysing with great care the diary of Mrs . Robinson , and concluding by saying that the evidence grounded on that document was not sufficient to justify the Court in pronouncing a sentence of divorce , and that therefore the petition of Mr . Robinson must be dismissed .
In the Court of Bankruptcy , a meeting of -the creditors of Messrs . Oak and Snow , of the Blandford Bank ,, was held * with a view to annul the bankruptcy ; a dividend of 4 s . 4 d . has been paid already , and it was said that it would probably be annulled on a composition of 6 s . An action was " tried on Saturday in the Court of Exchequer which throws a little : additional light on the manufacture of that mysterious liquid called London milk .- The plaintiff was ' . a , cow-keeper , and the action was brought to recover the amount of a milk score owing by the defendant . The alleged
reason for non-payment was the doubtful quality of the milk supplied by the plaintiff . Mr . Ma . bbs , the . defendant , on tlie authority of the lactometer , went so far as to state there was a proportion of foursevenths water . Mir . Baron . Brarriwell , with niuch naivete , inquired of a witness- ^ - " Do they ever sell pure milk at the milk shops ? " a query which savours strongly Nof judicial simplicity ; The jury decided ultimately iii favor of the plaintiff ' s claina thereby negativing the allegation that the milk was watered , as described by the defendant , and disregarding the scientifictestimony of the lactometer .
The case of Black ! v . Elliott , at the Newcastle assizes , occupied the Court for nearly three days . The plaintiff , who was a farmer , had bought from the defendant , a chemist , a certain composition to be used for dipping sheep . After the sheep had been dipped , a great flood came on , and washed the stuff out of their fleeces , into the grass , and from eating this , the sheep , to the number of 700 , died . Mr . Justice Willes , hi summing up , said the verdict of the jury must be founded upon whether this was a reasonable and fit composition , to be used according to the directions upon the packages . If they thought the loss of the sheep could be reasonably attributed to no other cause , then their verdict must be for the piaintiff-, but if the plaintiff had not made out this , then their verdict must be for the defendant . Ine jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff— -damages ,
* 1 , 400 . ; .. . „ , At the Central Criminal Court , on Tuesday , Alfred Skeen and Archibald Freeman , who failed m June last , as timber brokers , were sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment , with hard labour , A point of law had been raised on their behalf , t-liftt they Jiaa voluntarily made disclosure under bankruptcy , ana that this could not be brought against them , it was shown , however , that they had not done so uflw the criminal proseoution had boon commenced , x no testimony of a number of witnesses to . cltt ™ "rt was urged in mitigation of punishment , imt tmu Cliief Baron remarked . on the frequent wortliicwness of such statements , one of the parties 1 n tiie present instance -having "to his eternal «¦»»»> . ^ aniil tlinf- nntwitWnmiillC the transaction , !>< - ' ' ' ? .
think as well of the prisoners as before . ., —^ ,, " ' , Roberts , who was charged with tho murder . 01 J «» Brady , at Hanwell Lunatic Asylum , was i > mw- « " the bar ; but there being no doubt of the iivian > 0 the prisoner , tho Coxirt ordered him to J > u 1 > 1 ^ J » sate custody . —Alfred Skoeno and Archil * « 1 11 to man , convicted at a previous season ol 11 " , »' ' , ' priating a warrant for a cargo of timl ) C T ' ' , ™( 1 ih tonced to be kept to hard labour for twelve n > oiJ « ' «• —Anne Coliyer , the servant who was uhnrtcf ^ l "; setting flro to tho dwelllng-liouso of hur «» iJJJ Charles Mollor , ho being therein at tho tlnu-i fP a tiriSKptcy Court on Thursday , tha J ;} Bitting was hold for proof uf < UfoUi n" . l 1 ; > J assignees in the ense p / jnmos Pwrsol , wlu mx J have lately attracted attontion . —In tj » o c-iwjo « i l ! Hastings Old Bank , u further dlvlt ond . ol f * - » J ' uthe pound , making 17 s . paid , ^ n \ l shovily Uo rtU nouneod .
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¦ ¦ m ' ' ¦ ' ' . ¦¦ .. "¦ ¦ : ' ' ¦ . ¦ i ¦'' ¦' . ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ M ± THE LEjPEB ; [ Nq , 467 , March 5 , 1859 .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 5, 1859, page 294, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2284/page/6/
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