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OLYMPIC THEATRE , ^ ahleUWe piece , in one act , called J * fi ^ t ^ S ^ fiS ? h ^ ? aSB « fklmngin povertyand ¦ Pgjff ^ n him fLondon , ; tbe master « fgfim female slave , Liter . He is attended by a i IndifS and who gum he has brought ^ toyafc-n mmg ( un > o ** n ^ him framahsp i ute ^ t ^ and pj ^ ng on him ) the dW *"' ^ and puohc places . e guitar at nigh * mf ^' tamal ramble , bad seen j * young Kng , ? ? 4 Ration , and has become i-iij , » n ™<* d in thJS ° «* j- traced her to of
* moured of her <*¦ ^ &< . character a milijr ? sidence , b e ^ ° 7 ' the celebrated gitana who ^ officer , totffSLgoa in tbe city . Theh-ut ^ c reated such * f ^ Jives ^^ ana Griselda ^/ ll intently recognised by the disguised f &? to & abta identity with the gitana , saying g , > H' 2 »^ ^ ve girl , and thatthere-Ksli Els p « noens who enters—is her master . I & wS * ° Vwjledi departs 5 but orders the house Kp } 5 ag \ vHB TeKBt any one from leaving it . K *?™^' tender scene takes place between pSBKh ue , a ^^^ jn v } as } i the ] r long sup-Kjiijens ^ ^ g ^^ ar gseach other become apparent . •^• T ^' rashes in terrified , announcing that the
iS £ beset by soldiers , and urging -uamoens to &* bv a door leading to the river . When tbe eff • enters , he finds only Griselda , to whom & \ k passionate love , and at length declares ¦ ^ Uta be the king . Griselda makes an eloquent r \\ l ^ his princip les and feelings / discloses the fr ftl , P noet ' s concealment , and is so successful ¦ ^ - ° - „ rthe voung sovereign ' s better nature , that P * F ^ sbrought hack , in the custody of b solaiere , ¦ »*¦« .. b . onour due to the great KtffiSHif *¦* hestows Dpon ¦ f th e hand of Gnselda . l
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BOTAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION ; - TKtwtars . overanxiou s to cater forthe public SrSamuse ment , have engaged Sir H . ? SL to' deliver a course of lectures on the Srmusie of England ; the first commenced on Sv last . The lecturer , after proving the £ * 8 to be derived by music being a part and * jaf general education in all classes , as it « . vennv very many hours in a pleasing if not "SSES and thereby rescu thousands 2 £ * ai-spenttime and idleness The lectoer fi progress of English music from thetimes ? SSl iocfe Arne , & c , to the present day . KBltad JiiA and Storaee were illus-IL ^ bv selections from then- works : — "JrThere KTw -Tucks : " " In infancy our hopes and fears ;
S * ifli village maids I . tray ; " the ballad of fa idFR obin Gray " < fcc . The second lecture delivered !* this gentleman -was on the composers of GennanV commencing with Gliick , who he considered t he father of the German school , being the irst to combine the German and Italian together , rMca produced that beautiful and highly dramatic spressifm into the opera which previously they had sen deficient Mozart , Sir Henry said , had cerjinlj founded bis style on Gluck , in which , in after aai-s he so eminently succeeded , many of them arpasang all hitherto produced in ancient or modern limes .
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STANDARD THEATRE . A new domestic drama , entitled , Thx Seasons , ¦ nittenby T . P . Taylor , Esq ., has been the princial feature in tbe performances at this theatre , and 35 been received every nig ht since its production nib . well merited applause , hy overflowing aud ; - aces . The aim of the author seems to have been a illustrate the comparison .. between the seasons of is year * nd the seasons of life . But to give en tstline of the chief incidents of the piece . Two fcmevs , brothers , Robert Bloomfield ( Mr . C . Roby , ) ed Charles Bloomfield ( Mr . Basil Potter , ) g ive a enym aking to their friends , and all are happy and ixand . Tee last mentioned of these has formed an kachment to bis cousin , Maria ( Mrs . R . Atkinson . )
MeFetsr Jones , tbe cow-boy , ( Mr . H . Lewis , ) is ser head and ears in lave with Lilly "White , the grant gui , ( Miss Eliza Terry , ) who by . the way kssnot reciprocate Peter ' s addresses in a manner i all p leasing to him . The assemblage is graced nth the presence of Sir John Portleigb ( Mr . John fetes , ) a county M . P . of the old school , who . hss gas to the country for recreation , accompanied by 5 nephew , H . P . Tcrdent , Esq . ( Mr . R . Honner , ) a p tleaian of veyf ccentric habit *? , while the presiding bubs of the scene is Simon Grey ( Mr . Lyon , ) * the ii & t inhabitant , ' who makes his remarks on what Esres and hears in the genuine ' Old Proverb * srle . To complete the festive scene , Brambles , a
dpsy { Mr . J . W . Doughty , ) and Fog , his companicn ( Br . Dolphin , ) who goes nnder the appellation of 'Brambles and Co ., ' with May , the merry gips > £ A ( airs . R . Honner , ) and Daniel Moore ( Mr . E . B . Sjston ) against whom old Simon Grey seems to Ine imblbsd an intense hatred , are introduced . Mow , who appears to be a hanger on about the pjEycamp , and styles himself 'A man of mind / his out that the two farmers have a well-furnished stiMns , bat not willing to risk himself in the en . Bprlse oi obtaining possession of it , prevails on Brambles and Co . ' to do so for him . They make ie attempt , but are frustrated in it by Hay , the [ Spsy girl , who watches their movements , and gives
: be alarm . Among those who come to the rescue s Moore , who shows himself to be a man of mind i ? blocking down his protege , Brambles , in order a screen himself from suspicion . For this Act of itei Brambles swears against him eternal hatred . jfe then come to summer , with its blooming corn slds , and harvest with its merry reapers . A letter 5 handed by Moore to Charles Bloomfield , purport-22 lobs an intimation that an uncle bad died in India , leaving him ten thousand pounds , and deoinsKia to instantly proceed to London respecting i . Hsrtsolves to leave his home and go , and iloorexesokes on meeting him there , and settling m old grudge be bad against him and bis brother ,
STrmajsg him fay means of gambling . Tbe unsuspeeled fanner leaves his home , not , however , withpat bang trained of the designs against him both Wold Simon Grey , and May the gipsy girl . The wo Jatier finding their warnings unheeded , follow pun . Simon to wreak his vengeance on Moore , and & e gi psy to protect Charles . Brambles also fellows item on the same errand , as did Simon , and Peter Jones having fallen out with bis faithless Lilly , like-« 5 s ieoh * e 5 on trying his fortune in London , and Mppas to be engaged in the identical club-bouse rtere fte tragedy was to be enacted . Not to de-^ 'he incidents—and t hev were langbable ones Keh tael Peter—the result of the matter was ,
'ia : Brambles having got secreted in Moore ' s bedroom , stabbed him , and tbe young farmer having jta- ' been rescued from the trap laid for him , all re-«"»« o the country , leaving Moore as they thought *" 'Last scene of all , ' the cottage of old Simon ^ r was wrapped in snow , and the wintry winds y * m piteousl y around it . It is approached by a *» r feriora wretch , who , starved with cold , and wwifh hunger , touches the latch , and imrwEs tbe old man for succour . Simon , whose ear * - ' tver open to the cry of distress , opens the door , ^• ai whom does be see ia the wretch before him i ooJect of hh long-cherished revenge , Moorp oim out th
j es at Simon many years before took jonre into his hocse a poor friendless orphan , -educated and brought him up ; when , as a re-- "Poae for his kindness , Moore eloped with his a ' m 1 t 0 ok with ber * " only cniId » and the itn v UCT ? r since seen or heard of either , ais wife , Moore now tells him that she was 3 ? Sices dead , bat he could tell nought of the W , and . bwhig expressed great contrition , f « e wrong he bad dene him , the forgiving rfd O gives him the shelter of his cottage . Soon « another cry of distress is heard at Simon's f * It is that of May , the gipsy , whom Bram-? K ufa ^ irifr attay with him , and upon
rescn-¦ 1 -sho rn the old man finds out , from hints given r « Jler tormentor , to be his long-lost daughter . J ~ lt ,-e 3 then accuses her of having murdered 7 ° *^ in the club-house in London , but as Simon ^ th ennarjered man to appear in vindi ca tion ' ituiocence , her accrs r is secured and disai .-i » . ! l ^ test » aUi ° y and happiness , so much , Z Jp ? * e fatter ingredient that Lilly White Id m ? e wesEd wanld rink ™ ib itm' Tbe 5 ™™ gets bis daughter restored , Charles is ¦ JjoZ ^ Maria , and Peter Jones and Lilly White ¦ WofM Safl ' the same bMt * The Simon i W tT Ijon ' the -SW S id of Mrs " B - itej £ . ^ admirable pieces of acting , and elillr T ^„ . 'l 8 nt Md enthnsiastic applause , while ft W T " ^ EUza Teri y > tieir iwpeeiwe itaeZ e an , hence in a roar . The rest of the ¦ * 4 w ? ' ^ BUStauJe d' The piece has been Ufl ^ SeS er fte direction of Mr - B- Honner ,
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MOJTDAY , ^ Fkbbtjart 25 . . " "' ' ' " ¦ . " - ¦ ¦ HOUSE OF LORDS . EcciMusrw ^ CoMiiia . Bios Bnx . —The Eccleaiastical Commission Bill was considered in committee . . Their' lordshins divided on two amendments , ; both of whichwere earned by majorities of five and two respectivelv The one , moved by Earl Powis , referred to clause 12 , which , as it originall y stood , would , the noble earl contended , have prevented the creation nf
tuture bishoprics ; the other , moved by the Bishop of SAusBBBT ^ respected the income of certain of the deaneries . The government also assented to clauses proposed by the Bishop of Oxford , relating to tithes in certain large districts diverted to lay appointments , and to benefices held in commendam by some of the bishops . The third reading was appointed for Thursday , and their lordships then adjourned , HOUSE OP COMMONS . —Mr . M . Gibson presented a petition from Manchester , in favour of a repeal of taxes on knowledge .
The Rational Lasd Scheme . —Sir B . Hall gave notice that on Friday he should present a petition from certain allottees of the National Land Scheme complaining of the conduct of its chief promoter , and praying that their case mig ht be taken into consideration . Thb " Tsptdel" Cois . —Major Beresfoed inquired whether the issue of the new florin coins had been countermanded ; and if so , why ? Mr . Shsix replied that tbe whole number of coins struck had been duly issued . Since the die was fabricated , however , the discovery was made by some microscopical observers , that certain letters
were omitted from the inscription . As to the fact there could be no question but that a sovereign endowed with so many virtues as . her present Majesty , was the gracious gift of heaven , and it was equally certain-that the monarch "was tha head , of the Protestant church in this country . But the omission of the words Dei Gratia and Fidei Defensor was intended merely to prevent overcrowding tbe face of the coins . For his own part he was responsible only fer the manufacture of the money , be had no control over its issue , or the design for the dies .
Government Business—Thb Financial Statement . —Lord J . Russell said that it was the intention of the government to proceed with the navy estimates on Monday next , and on the followin g Monday to take some of the principal votes on the army estimates ; and on an early day—he trusted on the 15 th proximo—the Chancellor of the Exchequer would make tbe finaneal statement of the year . ( Hear , hear . ) Pabliamestabt Votebs , & c . ( Ibeland ) Bill . — On the motion for going into committee on this bill , Mr . Disraeli complained that the bill had been pressed on too rapidly , considering that it was a measure of such importance , tending to create an artificial suffrage ; and also that the Irish assizes were beginning to-morrow At no time was the
presence of Irish members more needed than at the present . He trusted the government would not proceed with this bill to-night ,, and he did so on broad and valid grounds—on the same grounds of validity which had been fully acknowledged by the right hon . gentleman ,, the Secretary for Ireland , in reference to another Irish measure , introduced a few years ago , and which applied on the present occasion with tenfold force . ( Hear , hear . ) It appeared to him very preposterous that the government should purpose going into committee en a bill of such great interest and importance , when it was notorious that nearly every gentleman connected with Ireland was absent . He hoped , therefore , the government would postpone the measure until the termination of the Irish assizes .
Mr . Hume said , a large portion of the members attended the house at great inconvenience to themselves , and he did not think it would be a good practice to establish to postpone a measure of such importance simply to suit the convenience of a few Irish members . Lord Casilereagh observed that the consideration of bills was often postponed in order to suit the convenience of English members when they had to attend their county sessions , and he could not see why the recommendation of the hon . gentleman could not be acceded to . ' . Colonel Eawdos said the bill was precisely tbe same as the one of last year ; and , considering the rapidity with which the Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill , which suspended the entire constitution of Ireland , was passed , he thought the house ought not to delay this bill , which Ireland had been wanting for the last nine years .
Lord Claude Hamilton * said if the bill was exactly the same as that of last year , _ of course there would be no objection to going on with it at once ; but he very much doubted whether government would g ive an assurance of that sort . The bill , in fact , was almost new from beginning to end , and he could not consent to the proposal of government until he had had an opportunity of consulting his constituents on tbe subject . Mr . Reynolds was glad to hear the hon . member for Buckinghamshire say that he was disposed
to look upon any proposition affecting the Irish franchise with liberality ; but the hon . member had used a phrase which he ( Mr . Reynolds ) should like to have translated . He should be glad to be informed what the hon . member meant by " artificial suffrage . " The noble viscount the member for Down ( Lord Castlereagh ) _ had asked the house to postpone this question until after the Irish assizes . lie wondered the Speaker himself was not asked to adjourn the house for a similar reason . ( Laughter . ) The noble viscount appeared to forget that on the recent division on tbe motion of the hon . member
for Buckinghamshire seventy Irish , members recorded their votes in his favour . Ifow , he ( Mr . Reynolds ) should like to know at what period of their parliamentary existence , unless some great job was to be perpetrated , there had been a greater muster of Irish members . ( Laughter . ) This bill , or at least something like it , had now been three years before . the house ; and he trusted that his right hon . friend ( Sir W . Somerville ) would resist the present application for postponement . Sir W . Somebvilbe responded to this bill by moving that the Speaker leave the chair in order to go into committee . A further debate ensued for upwards of an hour , in tbe course of which Mr . Hume , Mr . Napier , Lord J . Manners , ( who moved an amendment ) , Colonel DcxxB , and Mr . Gkattax , objected to the immediate discussion of the measure ; and Sir George Grey , Mr . Saolteb , Mr . Fox , and Mr . Scully , supported the motion .
The house then divided , when there appeared—For Lord John Manners ' s amendment 115 Against it ... ... ... ... '' 185 Majority for going into committee 70 Mr . Disraeli thought the division which bad just taken place fully- justified the course which he and his honourable friends had adopted , and he hoped the noble lord at the head of tbe government would still consider the propriety of acceding to their suggestion . ( Hear , hear . ) For himself , he could say he had not entered into the merits of the bill , but he had not heard a . single observation to meet the objections made at his side of the bouse . It could not be denied that they were bringing forward a measure of importance , not only to Ireland
but to the United Kingdom , at a moment when a great number of the representatives of Ireland must necessarily he absent . ( Cries of "No , no . " ) It might be that so many members from Ireland were not so anxious to do their duty as he gave them credit for , and he took it for granted that some of them would be absent , but still it must be admitted that not forty-eight hours ago was there any idea of taking this course . ( Hear . ) There was another matter for which , on that evening , the government had almost ostentatiously solicited the attention of the house —( hear , hear)—the question of colonial government , which not only solicited , but agitated public opinion . ( Hear , hear . ) As they all knew very well , Friday night was so languid—there was so little attention excited—that about ten o ' clock ,
when the noble lord came down to make an elaborate statement on an important branch of the administration , which was suspected of great misgovernment , he merely made a few declaratory observations and sent them about their business . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . Diraeli ) admitted that he remained in the house not quite so long as the noble lord , but be went away under the impression that this bill would not be committed until after the Irish assizes . Lord ' Jobs Russell : It was stated at the end of tbe nightthat it would be taken this evening . ( Hear , hear . ) _ Mr . disbaexi : it was stated at the end of the night , when thirty members were present , and when twenty five out of the thirty were asleep . ( Laughter . ) A very considerable minoritv
nail justified the course which he ( Mr . Disraeli ) and his hon . friends had taken . It was not a course he admitted , that it was agreeable to sanction , but it was sometimes their duty not onl y to sanction but to persist in it . ( Loud cries of " Hear hear" ! The noble lord could not deny that , at the co ' mnoencemect of the Irish assizes , he had proposed a bill Of fare that entirely , with one exception , consisted of Irish measures . ( Hear , bear . ) He trusted tbe noble lord would well consider then- suggestion . ( Hear , hear . ) It was not quite agreeable to them to oppose any government under those circumstances , but they should feel it their duty , if the noble lord would not assent to tbe suggestion they had thrown out , to resist the motion for the Speaker leaving the chair . ( Hear , hear . )
Lord tToBff RV 5 SEI & . —I could hardly believe that tbe honourable gentlemen who proposed that we should not go into committee were serious , the main ground put forward , and a most insufficient ground for postponing any considerable parliamentary measure being that the assizes are going on in Ireland . ( Hear . ) The noble lord has moved that the biU be postponed for three weeks , but that would be just tee time for thewnuaeawmentof
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? w ^? assies ; ' ' thatbeing the case ,: I'thought that the excuse of the assizes was merely meant to postpone this bill fora very considerable time -and lilt were postponed for a considerable ¦ time , and if wo should go then into committee , it would be interfered with by other measures , and-it would be very difficult todisp ' osoofit . ( Hear . ) The till has been" before the house two . sessions , , and tlie' Irish people had a full opportunity of considering the principal provisions ot that bill . The hon , and learned gentleman stated that we were supposed not to be in earnest with this bill , because it was not pressed forward last year ; and , therefore , that no great consideration was given to the provisions of it in Ireland ; but if we now postponed the bill until after Easter , and it it were then interfered with by other measures , the honourable and learned
gentleman could say so . still more truly , and tell us for ever that there was not ' sufficieht attention paid to the provisions of the bill in Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) It appears to me that a bill of this nature , of which the main provisions have been for a long time before the house , and have been considered in Ireland , may be considered now in committee . . ( Hear , hear . ) I don't know the use of bringing forward > a bill in one session and postponing it to another . runless it be that you obtain this ad vantage , - that is an entirely new measure , or give further time for its consideration before going into committee . ( Hear , heai-. ) I am sorry the honourable gentleman means to prevent us from going into committee . He has been told elsewhere that it is his duty to obstruct . ( Hear , hear . ) This is the word , I well
remember as used , as descriptive of part of the duty of members of Parliament not in office —( Hear , hear)—and I suppose the honourable gentleman being taught that lesson will do his utmost to obstruct this bill , which is intended to extend thc franchises and give further ri ghts to the . people of Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) Whatever that obstruction may be , I shall think it . my duty to . insist upon goinginto committee . ( Hear , hear . ) After observations from Mr . Reynolds , Lord Castlereagh , and Mr . Goulbocbn , the house divided . ' . . ' ... . '¦ ' . ' ; " ¦ For the motion for going into com- . mittee ... ... ... ... 193 Against it . ; . ... ... , ... 93 Majority for going into committee —100
, ' : The house then went into committee . Before the first clause was proposed , ' Mr . Disraeli said . —The noble lord seems to blame very much the course we have taken , and accuses me of obstructing public business . The noble lord has referred to a passage still recollected in this house when that word was used , the phrase said that" he thought it his duty to be ready to obstruct all measures injurious to the constitution and to the country . " ( Hear , hear . ) Now , in my opinion , that was a very legitimate description of the duties , of a
member of Parliament . ( Hear , hear . ) What is the obstruction we have oh this occasion presumed to suggest ? The noble , lord and the government tells us that this bill is the bill brought in last year , and therefore we ought to be fully acquainted with it ; and it appears that one reason why a 'Whi g administration introduces measures without any intention of carrying thero , is to . give honourable gentlemen atn opportunity in the next year of being masters of the subject . ( Hear , hear . ) That shows a confidence in the duration of the Cabinet
which a Whig ministry can alone entertain .. ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) The noble lord has been also pleased to say J received instructions elsewherenot a very constitutional or a very ' courteous mode of expression . ( Hearj hear . ) I understand , indeed , that the noble lord , ' in the course of his career , has received his . instructions how to conduct himself in Parliament from many persons , and from many places , but the noble lord cannot say of myself , or my friends , ; that we have received inspiration how . to conduct affairs in this house by consulting seditious clubs . ( Cheers . ) The noble lord to-night , in a manner quite unworthy him has not only charged us with obstructing the business of the bouse , but has charged us with obstructing the business in an
unwarrantable manner , and insinuated that we were guilty of factious proceedings . The . noble lord is the last person by whom I would expect such a charge could be made—tbe noble lord who brought forward a proposition in this bouse on which he made the fate of an administration depend—the appropriation clause—and when he upset the Government by means of that factious amendment , and took office , he had neither the conscience nor the courage to carry his policy into effect . ( Loud cheers . ) For my part , sir , although I would have listened with every respect to any suggestion from any individual in the position of the noble lord , I shall not be deterred from the course I consider it my duty by tbe speech he has recently made . ( Cheers . ) This is a measure of immense
importance- ( hear , hear)—and if it be a measure of irn portance , ought it tb be shuffled through the house ? ( Hear , hear . ) The government oughcnot to answer our appeal by saying that we can get information from another measure that they brought forward lastyear , not niih the intention of carrying it —a measure similar , but not exactly similar , to the measure now brought before us . ( Hear , hear . ) In my opinion there never was an appeal more constitutional , or more fair in spirit , than the appeal we made to-night : but it has been met in a spirit of haughty insolence . ( Cheers . ) I shall avail myself of every form the house permits ; and therefore I move , sir , that you report progress , and ask leaye to sit again , ( Cheers , and cries of "divide . " ) The committee
divided—For the motion forreporting progress ... SI Against it ... ... ... ... V ... 191 Majority ... ¦ __ no Mr . Forbes again moved that Mr . Bernal do now leave the chair . This led to another " talk ; " on a division the numbers
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70 Mr . Gbogan immediately moved again that the Chairman should report progress . Mr . Napier suggested a compromise , by taking a few clauses that night and postponing the next . ' Lord J . Russell was willing to adopt any conciliatory course , but believed that the first and most important clause , determining the county fraichise ^ ought to be proceeded with at once .. ' . '" . ' . . "' Mr . B . Osborne said that the noble member for Tyrone ( Lord C . Hamilton ) had told the house that he and other honourable friends had come down to the house with prepared speeches on the Australian colonies ; he would therefore suggest to those honourable members who had taken an early hour
for dinner— ( a laugbl—for the purpose of opposing this bill , that it would be as well to introduce some new matter in the present debate , and to make those speeches which they intended for the Australian colonies in this debate —( laughter)—for he was sure , that as the only object of the opposition was to delay and obstruct the measure —( hear , bear ) —a few speeches on the Australian colonies would he quite as apposite as the remarks which had already proceeded-from that ( the Protectionist ) . side of the house . ' ( Hear . ) The noble lord the member for Tyrone said that he bad had no communication with his constituents on the subject of this bill . Now he ( Mr . B . Osborne ) , although he had had no communication with the constituents of the noble lord , still knew that bis constituents amounted to just
1 , 360 out of the enormous population which he represented , and that this bill , if carried into effect , would place upon the register of the county , for Tyrone at least 14 , 600 voters . ( Hear , hear ) He was one of those who rejoiced at the delay which honourable members opposite had given to the progress of this bill , as it would show to the people of Ireland tbe real character of the opposition . ( Dear , hear ;) V There had been great apathy prevailing in Ireland from various causes , and he was much . mistaken if these proceedings did not open the eyes of the people of Ireland as to who were their real friends . ( Cries of " Oh , oh , " from the Protectionists ) . It was the cloven foot of protection that , was sceu peeping through this factious opposition .
( Cheers , and cries of " Oh , oh ' *) . If was not by throwing out bribes or lures of high prices to the farmers that they would be able to gain any support for that . party which began the session with better prospects than they now had . ( Hear , hear . ) The noble lord who was the leader of this opposition was at the head of an organised hypocrisyscries of" OhJ oh" )—he was at this moment at the head—and he ( Mr . Osborne ) slated it before the country and to his face- of an organised hypocrisy —( cheers , and cries of "Oh , oh ")—when he pretended that he was anxious to delay the bill in order to obtain the opinion of his constituents on the subject . Every person knew that honourable members opposite were perfectly satisfied with the constituencies of Ireland as they then stood . He knew of
no worse jury for considering the extension of the rights of the people of Ireland than the University of Dublin , which had always shown itself opposed to the extension of the suffrage in Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) He hoped the noble lord at the head of the government would go on as well as he had commenced ; he ( Mr . Osborne ) would be perfectly ready to give him his support , and would sit there to any hour in the morning to support him against the plans of the party opposite . By persevering in bis course , the neble lord would show the people of Ireland who was their true friend , and that he was not prepared to band over the government of that country to tho tender mercies of a haughty , and , he would say , insolent faction . ( Cheers . ) Another division was then taken , and resulted in : For reporting progress 88
Against ... ,.. ... ... 155 „ Majority 92 Mr . Addebley complained of the tyrannical course p ursued by the government , and move d that the chairman should leave the chair . Col . Sibtbokp said the government wished to override the country . Mr . Retholds wished there to be no delay in giving Ireland a fair constituency . The honourable
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member ( Mr .=- Aduertey ) wasianxious to give distant colonira .-a' privilege which he withheld front Irishmen ; : ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ f . ¦ ¦' . ' - ' : ; ¦ :.: :: ;• : ¦ ..., ; a ^ - ;^ , } ... il ; Lord Claude : Hamilton repeated his- ' arguments in favour of delay . ;* r ; - . .: . -,. ¦ , . " ; ,,, -. ¦ . '' llr . DiSRAELisaidthei government were : disingenuous , unbusinesslike , aiid altogether blameable' in forcing on so important *¦ measure against all the entreaties and arguments for delay which'had been urged against them . He thought no one could complain of their acting factiously in persisting to stop tbe progress of the bill . . Mr . Addeblet again spoke , principally relative to Australia , in . reply to Mr . JReyholds ' s observation upon his conduct in reference to that colony .
Lord J . Kussell , lor the third time , replied and explained . It was a fair inference , he suggested , from the obstinate opposition to proceed with the consideration of the bill , that tlie opposition members felt some irresistable antipathy to ah extension of tbe franchise in Ireland . The story would toll much better in that country if the debate and divisions turned upon tho principles of the -bill ,-instead of stopping the way with mere motions to g ain time . . . _ " Mr . W . Miles again demanded a postponement , " adducing precedents set in the debates upon the Reform Bill . Tlie present measure was , in fact ; a Reform Bill for Ireland . ;'; . A sixth division took place at ten o ' clock , five hours having been expended in revolving round the question without effecting one step in advance . The numbers now .
stood—Forreporting progress ... . „ 70 Against ..-- ' . . ... ... ... 184 Majority ... ... ... : _ H 4 ; Capfc . Tatlob moved that the chairman report no progress and ask leave to sit again . On a seventh division there appeared—Ayes ... ... ... ... ... 70 Noes ... •¦ ... ¦•¦' ¦ ... 185 ¦ - " .., ' ,. ' ¦ Against ... ... ... —115 ' Sir John Walsh characterised this as a struggle to protect the rights of the minority in that house . He "disclaimed the " antipathy " with which his party bad been charged by Lord John Russell ; butrefused to take the country by surprise by hurrying the bill forward without due discussion . As this was not the 24 th of February ; but the 25 th , and therefore not the anniversary of a revolution , he hoped to defeat the coup d ' etat meditated by Lord John Russell . ( Murmurs . ) He . moved that the chairman leave tlie chair .
Several other speakers having addressed tho house amidst much impatience , Mr . Stanford spoko energetically in favour of the delay , but the house , after six hours of wasted debating , had become unruly , and the lion , member was nearly inaudible . ,. Sir Joshua Walmsley congratulated the Opposition upon the new tone of liberality which had been adopted by it ; It was something , novel to hear popular . rights and the . duty of consulting the people advocated so energetically on that side of the house . The house then divided , the numbers being—For the motion ... ... ... 75 Against ... ... " ... ' 194
Majority against ... ... —110 , It being half-past eleven , Lord John Russell observing that it was' too late to make any progress with the bill that night , moved that tho chairman do report progress , which was agreed to , and the house resumed . The committee on the bill was ordered tb stand first on tbe erder list for Friday . After some formal business , the Commons Inclosurc Bill went through committee . ' The house adjourned at twelve' o'clock . TUESDAY , February 26 ... HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Earl of Malmsburv called the attention of the government to a riotous assemblage that bad occurred in a ' Wiltshire parish , where a body of agricultural labourers had met to resist a contemplated reduction of their wages . - . The Marquis of Lansdowne stated that he had received no information on ' .-the subject .
.. ' •• OU the motion of Lord Monteaole , a resolution was agreed to , that a deposit of the balance sheets and other finance accounts of evei-y railway company seeking an extension branch , or amalgamation bill , should bo . made with the clerk of tho par- ; liament ten days at least prior to the second reading of such bill . ¦¦ ' " " The Earl of MouxicAsnEL moved for some returns relative to the appointment of surgeons to emigrant ships . His lordshi p added some statements of the neglect and inefficiency of some of tho medical officers in vessels bearing the poorer classes of emigrants . Earl Grey , in consenting to produce the returns , observed that out of . a vast mass of emigration instances of misconduct or incompetence were extremely rare , and every effort was made to prevent or . punish them . .. Their lordships adjourned at a quarter-past seven o ' clock .
HOUSE QF COMMONS . —Mb . Feargus O'Cosnor . —Mr . : TnonsELY . brought . ' up . and- presented a report from the printing committee , ' which , was read by the clerk at the table . In this report the committee stated that Mr . " Henley , one of the lion , members for Oxfordshire , had mentioned to the chairman that he had presented a petition to th " e house on the 1 . 4 th ult ., which , although ordered to lie upon the table , had not been reported upon . The committee " , bad , 'in , consequence , directed inquiries to be made into , the matter , and found that the said potilion had been taken from the . table of the house by Mr . F . O'Connor , one of the hon . members for Nottingham . The petition in question would be brought up at the sitting Of the house , and reported upon to-morrow . Ho ( Mr . Thornely ) understood thnt , at a late hour . 'last ni ght , it was restored to the table of the house by the hon . member for Nottingham ( Mr . O'Connor ) , after being absent eleven" days .
Mr . F . O'Connor said he could plead m extenuation his thorough ignorance of the forms and practice of the house , with regard to petitions . ( " Oh , " and hear . ) A petition had . certainly , been presented by the hon . member for Oxfordshire , which he did not know until after its presentation contained very extensive abuse of himself . He thought that , under the circumstances , the best thing he could do was to give it the widest circulation throughout the country , and heaccordingly . took . it , and sent it to his own office , ' where , he had it printed and published in his newspaper . In a few ' days' after its publication the hon . gentleman ( Mr . Henley ) reminded him of it , » nd he then told his secretary to . go to the office and get it . The secretary , went and brought
it down on Thursday evening last , but left tbe house with it at half-past seven o ' clock , supposing that he ( Mr . O'Connor ) would not come that night . On Friday evening , at an early , hour , and . not , as the hon ' . member for Wolverhampton had stated , at a late hour last night , he came . down to tho house , brought the petition with him , and gave it to the clerk ; and if , in taking it away , ho had violated any of the rules or orders of . the house ,. he begged , through the right honourable , gentleman , . the Speaker , to apologise . ( Hear , hoar . ) He was hot aware that he was doing anything contrary to the rules or orders . He believed there were very few hon . members present who would circulate , as he had done , tho gross abuse of himself which this petition contained : and he begged to add that if he
were going to present a petition which reflected on the character of the lion , member for Oxfordshire , he would give that hon . gentleman , notice of his intention , and of its contents , before he presented it . ( Hear , hear : ) Now , the hon . member for Marylebone had very properly given hini . notioo that he was going to present a petition or two on Friday night which reflected on his character ; and this was the course of proceeding which honourable members ought always to adopt in-cases of the kind . He ( Mr , O'Connor ) should be ashamed to pursue any other course . Hq . cbuld only ssiy , as he had said before , that ho regretted ho had so far violated the rules of the house as to take the petition away , but he had brought it back in the same state as when it wasi taken . ( Hear . ) Mr . Henley said the petition in question had emanated from a number of parties in the county of Oxford , and that it appeared to express tho opinions of the petitioners against the Land scheme of , the
hon . member for Nottingham , and not personally against the hon . member himself . In . fact , all the inquiries which had been instituted had pointed to the scheme , and not to tlie , hon . gentleman personally . Had that petition been of a , different character , be would have given the hon . gentleman notice ; -. but , as it was , he had privately explained to him the nature of the petition on tho very day he presented it . ( Hear , hear . ) This was all he had to say . The report was ordered to lie on the table . ,.:-Affairs op Greece . —In answer to Mr . Anstey , Lord Pamerston stated , that the operation- } of Admiral Parker ' s squadron in Greece did not amount to a blockade . No interference with the g eneral commerce of that country was designed , but some Greek vessels ' had been stopped and retained in the character of pledges , far tlie duo observance of the rights of British subjects by ' the government of King Otho .
AiioRiVKrs Liceksks . —A multitude of petitions were presented from all parts of tbe country , praying for the repeal of the solicitors' certificate duty , » bill to effect' which was afterwards moved by Lord Robert Grosvenor . The amount of this impost his lordship stated at £ 83 , 000 a year in England , and £ 33 , 000 in Ireland and Scotland , and he enforced its repeal on tho ground that it weighed unjustly upon a class , and although unfelt by the wealthy practitioner , Was a severe tax upon the young and struggling members of tho legal profession . The motion having been seconded , Mr . Hatter ( Secretary to the Treasury ) opposed the measure on the ground that it : involved the whole question of the licensing system , under which a revenue of one million and a-half was annually raised . He proposed adjourning the consideration of the bill until after the discussion on the budget .
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. Blr . T . Tjibsiobb , . while believing that the measure was fourtdedin justice , concurred in ' recommending the postponement , which was agreed to b y Lord RobertGros ' vbnor , and . the ; billwaa . adjourh ' ed to the ^ hd of March , after a few ' ; remarks . fr 6 m . Mr . Gbogan ; 'C 01 ;' , Chattbri 6 n , and Sir D * j ; LAcr Evans NATioJfAL . TElDycATiON . —Mr . ; TV . J . Fox moved for leave to bring in a bill to ¦ ¦ promote the secular administration of the people . After remarking that it was no longer . necessary to contend for the advantage of education , and that it was considered the duty , of government'to see that the people educated themselves , he said that . the difficulty now was not caused by indifference , but ; by zeal . Tho Church had exerted a magnificent degree of energy , the Dissenters had shown themselves . tho truo friends of education , and the Privy Council had sought , with great honesty , to combine existing efforts , and yet all parties were in collision , ; and : coinparativcIy little was done . There was . rib wan educational
movement in various parts of tho country , as it was felt that the nation , as compared with other countries , was not supporting its high character . One in thirteen ( all funds of schools being included in the calculation ) was the English average of education ; . while that , education , as now administered ; had little influence upon the progress of crime . Religious instruction was the most important that could be received , yet , to make that available , a certain amount of secular instruction must be combined with it , or it became " mere words : " and he showed , from gaol statistics , that the majority of criminals had received their nominal education of which the repetition of tho "Lord ' s Prayer" was the test . After giving various statistical and « ther
authorities to prove the nece ssity of the measure , the hon . member said , t ' . iero was a class whose cooperation it was of tho . utmost importance ; they should engage in this matter—he meant the working people whose children were to be trained . ( Hear , hear . ) Unless thoy coincided with those plans , and looked upon them as privileges for their children , they would not have the effect that it was devoutly wished they mi ght have . The intelligence of that class , was , he foared , very much underrated by those who had not the opportunities of personally knowing them . Among these classes there was a sturdy intelligence ,-a moral ; sense , which , would recoil from charity , which * generated suspicion , sometimes not unwarranted , and sometimes very
unwarrantable , of their superiors , that indisposed them to read books written by their betters in society , for the sake of a particular action upon their minds . They rebelled against this—and however unreasonable they might think such a feeling , still that sturdiness of intellect , which was the consequence of self-culture without the possession , of great external advantages , was entitled to respect . ( Hear , " hear . ) Those people were indisposedto send their children to schools which they thought were founded as charities , or which were meant to proselytize their children to this or that religious denomination . The following was the view taken of this point by an association of working . men formed in London for promoting education : — " We cannot
consent that , pur children should bo apportioned among 'the . religious sects — that their ' . plastic minds and nascent judgments should be subjected to : an external pressure which would give them a permanent bias towards peculiar notions . This appears to us to Jie the very way to foment and cherish those theological distinctions which already so unhappily divide mankind . Religion is intended to prepare men for Heaven , where the society of the blessed will be united in peace and love . Why should it be made on earth'the pretext for .-cutting up the community into : sections , and separating them from one another by unpronouncable shibboleths ? Wo have now for several years been spectators . of the dispute going on
between the denominations on the subject of . popular education . We have noticed that they all agree as to its urgent arid imperative necessity ; each party has vied with the others in eloquent descriptions of the frightful condition of the working classes . Wo have been called ' . a multitude of untutored savages , ' and the places where we dwell have been designated as . 'great and terrible wildernesses . ' We have sat . still-expecting that-the religious denominations in holy charity and pity for our sufferings , would for onco lay by their peculiarities , > which they themselves confess are hot essential to salvation , and agree upon some . plan by which the resources of ' the state might bo employed to rescue us from our awful condition . But "
have waited in vain ; the controversy has . waved hotter and more furious ; our little ones have been forgotten in the fray , and their golden moments have been allowed to run irrecoverably to waste . " He believed these to he the genuine opinions of working men , and it was of importance that they should be attended to if this scheme was intended to prove successful . ( Hear . ) It would be expected that he should say something of the cost of the experiment he proposed . It would be the . height of affectation , to produce figures on such a subject ; but the first impression on their minds was likely to lead to a highly overrated estimate of the outlay that would be needful . The association for education in the county of Lancaster had made thecal
culntion , that to supply schools for the entire edudation of the country at a rate of 4 Jd . in the pound would suffice , and that those schools which they proposed—a series of schools from infant upward to adult schools—could be carried on for a rate of Gd . in tho pound . ( Hear , hear . ) But he would ask whether , when the expense of pauperism and criminality was considered , the scheme he proposed was not likely very much to diminish in those respects the public expenditure . ( Hear , hear . ) He merely referred to these , as circumstances likely to diminish tlie expense to which tho country would on the whole be put ; but it would : beabsurd to attempt to calculate the cost of the schemowith any degree of accuracy . He relied much on the
teachers for the success of the plan , and he was warranted in doing so hy some very sound observations that fell from the noble ; lord at the head of the government , in that house three years ago , when he said that they would never effectually raise education in this country till they raised the profession and the prospects ; of the schoolmasters . ( Hear . ) After referring to the case of the Isle of Man as affording a good illustration of the views he entertained , upon this point , the hon . gentleman proceeded to say that the professsion of the schoolmaster in this country had sunk into discredit , because there had not been given that encouragement which would lead people to devote themselves ,
heart and soul , to the occupation . ( Hear , hear . ) As of the poet ,, so it might be said of the . schoolmaster ,, " nascilur , non fit . " ( Hear . ) There were tendencies in some minds that led them to sympathise with children—to ; fecl the difficulties of children , to conciliate their pervcrseness , and to train them up , for the want of which no amount of learning could ever compensate . ( Hear , hear . ) . ; He would throw the competition for masters perfectl y open , and would make their qualifications , and especially their aptitude for teaching , the great test of each , and would reward them accordingly . ( Hear , hoar . ) Their functions . were in reality such as mightwell bo deemed sacred , and they deserved the best honours , that the state could bestow .
( Hear , hear . ) His great object was to obtain leave from the house to lay his bill on the table , and have it printed , and most glad would he be to find other parties brought into competition with , him with plans better adapted lor the accomplishment of the great object he had in view . Ho thought of the condition of thousands upon thousands of children in this country , and that alone led him to intrude upon the attention of the house . He thought of the crimes . which had thriven . upon soils from from- ; which they had hoped they were entirely banished , and that soil occupied by better things , lie would pray tho house to ; think of those localities that were continually sending forth , hordes of untutored savages on society , who seemed to derive from civilisation only greater facilities-ifor becoming themselves more , unwholesome . nuisances to tho state . ( Hear . ) He would have them think on
their crowded gaols and hulks , and on their reluctant colonics ; he would have them , think on the peace , and ! good order , and security that might be spread abroad amongst homes , that ivere well disposed by the genera ! training and mora' : conduct of the people ;; he would have them look to yet higher motives—to consider that the . naturaliand moral lustre of our country had ever beeiija glory superior to that even of its supremacy ; in arts and arms ; he would have them look , to those yet higher objects whichj when tho purposes of civil society should he accomplished , would remain to be realised in the individual , who , ' by tbe moans which thoy could afford him , would become qualified to fulfil the great purposes for which he was formed by ) ij § beneficent Creator . ( Cheers . ) The hon . gentleman then moved for leave to bring , in a bill to promote the secular education of tho people in England and Wales . .. ¦ :- ¦ ..
Mr . Slanhv believed that the hon . gentleman had rather understated than overstated his case . After a full examination of tho subject by a committee of that house , the conclusion arrived * at was , that it was absolutely necessary that adequate education should be provided for one in eight of tho population ; but the average , instead of being one in eight , was one in twenty-six or twenty-seven of the population . Great exertion had no doubt since been made to promote education ; but the population had increased in So rapid a ratio , that ho believed the education of the working classes was scarcely better provided for now than it was then . ( Hear . ) The subject was a difficult one , and the hon . member was deserving of the thanks of the house for tho tom ^ pcrate and eloquent manner in which ho had brought it forward .
Sir It . Inolis and Lord J . Russell rose together ; but the noble lord directly gave way , and tho hon . baronet was proceeding to say , that when the hon . member for Oldham had concluded his speech , the temper arid ; ability of which he willingl y acknowledged , he waited in respectful silence in the expectation that soine . member of her Majesty ' s
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government , would speak and inform the honse ,-rupon / which '" ;;*; . ;; iy . i ; i !) = -: ;¦ : Wi , ^ . ;; = '* ¦ :, ¦ ' r Lord J . Eussbll again rose , amidst . cheers ana laughter , and the hon . baronet ,, who appeared to . be somewhat disconcerted , resumed- his seat * leaving the rioblelord in possession .-: The noble lord said , ho hoped that leave would be given to Jbring intbe bill ; He admitted that there was much to be done in the . way of , education ,, und the attention which Mr . Fox . had given to the subject was quite enough to justify , the . bill being received , though its ; propositions would be matter of consideration upon which lie thought it would bo better not to enter now . He declined to give any opinion upon the details of the bill ; but , was inclined to think that the efforts of
tho various religious bodies to educate had been more successful than Mr . Fox had stated .: He thanked Mr . Fox for the spirit in which ho had brought in his bill . -...-, . Sir It . , H . Inolis , after complimenting Mr . Fox upon the temper and ability of his speech , could not admit the principle he advocated . His ( Sir Robert ' s ) idea of education was a training which had reference to man's eternal destinies . He did not think Mr . Fox' figures would bear a critical scrutiny . In all the National Society ' s schools there was coincident secular teaching . But he wished to obtain from government , in all cases when lay members brought forward plans , an announcement as to the course it would take . For himself , he should not oppose thebill in its present stage .
Mr . MoncktonMilnes supported the bill , and h' -ped thatthe house would consider the matter in a humane , philanthropic , and Christian spirit . Mr . Hume answered Sir It . H . Inglis , and expressed his satisfaction with Lord John Russell ' s concurrence in the principle that more education was needed . ; ¦ . - ;¦¦ Mr . Plumpire opposed the bill ; He protested against taxing . the people to support schools in which there was to be no religious education . Mr . B . Osrornk agreed with tho noble lord at the head of her Majesty ' s government that they would best do theirduty by thebill on the present occasion by not entering generally into its details . In fact , the bill was so misrepresented and so
misunderstood , which , he doubted not , was tbe cause of the misrepresentation , that they were not in a position to discuss it . ; However ,, be could not sit still without paying his tribute of gratitude—humble as that tribute might bo—to the hon . member for Oldbam , for the manner , the able and statesman-like manner in which headdressed himself to the question that evening .- ( Hear , : hear . ) It had seldom been bis ( Mr . Osborne ' s ) pleasure to have ; listened to a speech that gave him such unmitigated satisfaction—a speech which he doubted not would liave a most telling effect hot alone upon that house , but on the country in general . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr , Osborne ) would be sorry to add a word of bitterness to mar the effect of that speech , otherwise he might
advert to the course adopted towards him by the hon . member for the University of Oxford , when he ( Mr . Osborne ) cried- " oh " at an assertion that certainly should not have been made by a scholar , and oite so conversant with historical literature as that hop . member undoubtedly was . ( Hear , hear . ) That hon . member drew a parallel between England and Prussia . However , he took care not to tell the house what was the state of Prussia . Thestate of Prussia was this . There was a highly educated people without a representative government ; and the progress of that education was to upset that state of things ,, which might be called taxation without representation . ( Hear , hear . ) The hon . baronet went further , for he reproduced the joke of
the 10 th of April , ior which day he believed there was to be found in the pages of history—rather in the pages of story books—but one parallel , namely , Grizzle ' s rebellion in Tom Thumb . ( Great Laughter . ) In his opinion the hon . member ( Mr . Fox ) had fully proved the necessity for a universal system of education ; because , referring again to the ever-memorable 10 th of Aprils it was found that the people of Middlesex , who were admittedly the most generally educated , were amongst the firmest supporters of law and order on that very day . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . Osborne ) did not-attach much importance to University careers . . If-there was a period of his life which he could wish to have
blotted from his recollection , it was tbe period spent by him at Cambridge , where , he should say , he learnt more vice than in his . previous or subse quent life ; ( Laughter . ) He supported tbe present measure , . because it approximated much to tho national system of education which , prevailed in Ireland . ¦ .. ( Hear , hear . ) And he should say , in conclusion , that he much suspected tlie philanthropy of gentlemen who denied education to the masses , unless that system of education afforded them the means of instilling their own views and princples into the minds of those masses , however widely and conscientiously they differed from them in opvriios .. ( Hear , bear . ) ¦
After some remarks from Mr . Napier . Mr . Cockburn protested against the proposed measure being considered , as the right hon . baronet the member forthe University of Oxford had misrepresented it , as simply a plan ' of education which had regard only to this . world and to this life , and having no reference to a future state of existence . Thehon . memberfor Oldham appeared to beas much impressed as any one in or out of the house with the importance of a religious education . He folly concurred in'the-desirability of uniting , as far as possible secular with religious education . But looking at the vast number and infinite varieties into which reli g ious opinion in the country was divided , it was perfectly impossible to combine secular
and religious education , as a state measure , into one . system of education . It could not be done . What would the fight hon . baronet tho member for the University of Oxford adopt as a system of religious state education ? Of course bis plan would he that of having the religion of the state inculcated as a part of education ; But that system would exclude allthat numerous body of persons who did not adopt the religion of the state ag their reli gion . That would at once prevent arid preclude the possibility of having a measure of national education which should adopt the state religion as a portion of education . ! And if the reli gious vievs of the Dissenters were to be inculcated in tbe schools , those persons who belonged -to the' Established Church .
would not allow their children to be sent to schools of that kind ; a great portion of the influential classes and above all the clergy of the country , would set their faces against such a system , and it could not be expected that the state would establish ariy such system as that . What then remained io be done ? : They could not by possibility have a system of state education into which religion could enter , and if they wished to have a system of state education at all , they must adopt secular education as the basis of it , and confine it simply to that . It was said that religious education was far more important than secular ' . He fully conceded that point , but if theycould not bo taught religion by thestate that was no reason why they should riot be taught reading , ^ writing ; and arithmetic , which would enable them to promote their interests in this world
at least . ( Hear . ) By establishing a system of state secular education , they would not interfere in the least with any'of the establishments supported by private contributions , or prevent the continuance of those efforts which were at present made for the religious instruction of tbe risinggeneration . ( Hear , hear . ) Somo further discussion followed , after which Mr . Fox . replied—He said that tbe statistics of his measure would be easily . collected . Tho oiuy way to solve the educational problem-seemed ^ hai which he had . suggested , and he believed , in reference to tbe theological objections raised , that real religion was promoted by the spread of other truth of all kinds . We had a splendid -monarchy , and superb ' fleets , and armies , and should it fee said that we were to bogarly to teach our children ? , Leave was then given to bring the bill .
Countt Courts . —Mr . Fitzroy moved for leave to bring in a bill lor extending the jurisdiction of county courts from £ 20 to £ 50 . The experiment of cheap justice had been made , and found most successful , and a million of actions had been tried in the county courts during the last three year's , which ,. as compared to the trials in Westminister Hall , was a proportion of four to one . Ho expected opposition from the lawyers , whoso gains would be decreased by tho change he proposed , but did not think their interests ought to be placed in successful opposition to those of the . mass of ereuitors in England . He went into statements to show the hardships of the present system , and described at as a denial of justice . The great merit of the county court , in addition to cheapness and expedition , was . its . giving . the Judge power to allow-a defendant ' to pay a debt , by . small instalmen ts , * power not possessed by the superior courts .
The Atiorket-Gknkralsaid he should offer-no opposition to tho introduction of the bill , although he entertained many objections to extending the powers of the county courts ; serious o bjections attended the working of those courts , and it was » dangerous experiment to g ive them jurisdiction over large sums . , Sir J . Pkciieix believed the me asure was mueb c [ tiled for * Mr . IIenmjy considered that by extending lie principle to £ 50 they would endanger the success ^ the experiment now in progress in regard to debts " cs : _ rt rim ,, nnrpnri with th » Attornpv-fiftiipnil
that it was doubtful whether tbe principle of the county courts could be extended to £ 50 ; but th ^ - would be much better able to discuss tha ' * question at the second reading . Very much would depend upou the nature of the appeal to be provided—if jfc were on appeal to tho superior courts , the wbolo value of the measure as regarded economy « icl speedy adjudication wbuhlbe sacrificed . Lord DoDMtY Swart supported tho measures but believed that evert in the county courts justice was not made sufficiently cheap and successful . ., Mr . H . Bkrklkt opposed the bill ; whtch Mr MuLunds , as a retired legal practitioner , sBPpcT ;« d explaining the enormous items © fohwge-which * $
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 2, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02031850/page/7/
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