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    No. 489. Aus. fi-185Q.1 THE LEAP EB. 905

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    Imperial, Parliament. Monday, August 1. ...

    sion was continued by Mr . Vassittakt , My . fes ^^^ "^ S ^ g sssks : ofict £ ssssss ment , was agreed to . The House then resumed . n . The report from the last Committee of Supply was brought tip and agreed to . The Vexatious Indict ^ ment Bill was read a third time and passed . The Charitable and Provident Societies Bill wasiread a second time . The Coinage Bill , the Stamp Duties and the Government of India Act Amendment Bill were also read a second time . The Universities Incorporation Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed . hampstead heath .

    Mr Whiteside moved the second reading of the Settled Estates Act ( 1856 ) Amendment Bill . By this measure a clause in the said act is repealed tinder which Sir T . M . Wilson is barred from apply , ing to Chancery for leave to build upon Hampsteadheath . — Mr . ' Bvxo opposed the bill ; and the Attorney-General said that Sir T . Wilson was precluded by the will of his predecessor from building on Hampstead-heath . He had applied to Parliament for powers , and that application had been refused . He could apply again to Parliament , but Parliament thought it unseemly that by application to the Court of Chancery Sir T . Wilson should be enabled to reverse a decision which had been arrived at after mature deliberation .

    NEW WRIT . Mr . Palk moved the issue of a new writ for Dartmouth , in the room of Mr . Schenley , whose election had been declared void . —Sir J . Shelley moved that the writ do not issue until the House had had an opportunity of seeing and considering the evidence taken by the committee widen had unseated Mr ' Schenley . —This amendment was seconded by Mr . Eoebuck , who said he would remind the House that some time ago the country was told that great corruption had been practised by gentlemen on the opposition side of the House . He was sorry to say that late discoveries had shown that the corruption was on the other side . ( Hear , hear . )

    Theresuit of that , however , was apparently that noble lords and right lion , gentlemen were now sitting upon the Government side of the House , for pretty nearly , the majority which placed them there had been disfranchised on iiceount of bribery . ' The statements made within the last ten days were enough to shock the country , and by a party calling itself Liberal ( hear , hear ) , a great number of whom he recollected in 1830 raising an outcry against the corruption of the ancient boroughs . ( Hear . ) Nothing was ever done in those ancient boroughs worse than had been

    done lately . It did'behove the House to take into its serious consideration how it could put a stop to these things , and he hoped hon . gentlemen who served upon committees would have the courage to be honest , and not add base hypocrisy to the horrible corruption that now prevailed . He said hypocrisy , because he thought no reasonable being could imagine that a man would spend 0 , 000 / . or 8 , 000 / , for the benefit of another without the sanction or cognizance of that other . ( Hear , hear . ) The House adjourned at half-past one o ' clock .

    Tuesday , August 3 , STRIKES AMOXU V / ORK . UKX . In the House of Lords Lord Buouoham called attention to the strikes of wo rkmen which hud lately taken place in various parts of the country , and especially in the London building trmlo , and enforced the necessity of finding means to prevent the combinations among the artizun clussos , whose effect was to place tho great majority of well-disposed hands practically under subjection to a low agitators . As an instance of the crimes to which these proceedings too ofton led , the noble lord roforred to the Into murder at ShoftMd , arising , as it ; appeared , from some dispute connected with the Saw Grinders' Association . As a friend to tho working classes ) , and as ono who had invariably supported their interosts , he deplored . an attempt on their part

    Wednesday , August 3 . In the House of Commons , on the motion of Mr . Brand , new writs were ordered to issue for the boroughs of Taunton and Devbnport , in the room of Mr . Labouchere , who has been raised to the peerage ; and of Sir E . Perry , who has accepted office as member of the Council for India . The Law of Property and Trustees Relief Act Amendment Bill passed through committee . SUPPLY . The House having gone into Committee of Supply passed several votes , among which were 40 , 000 / . for the improvement of the Kaffirs , 69 , 000 Z . for the expenses of the Treasury chest , 30 , OOOZ . for Submarine Telegraphy , 12 , Q 00 Z . for the Niger and 7 , 0001 . for the Zambesi expeditions , and 11 , 000 for revising bar-T * ist 6 I * S NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY . The grant of 2 , 000 / . for the National Portrait Gallery was opposed by Mr . SroosER , who insisted on taking a division upon the subject . He objected to the voteas did Mr . Ayrton , who thought

    , ministers were looking forward to the period when their own pictures would be placed in the gallery . — Mr . Deedes remarked that such articles of luxury should be dispensed with at a time when the finances of the country were in a deplorable condition ; he might have added that as people are expected to pay their debts before they buy drawing-room pictures , so might the portrait gallery of a nation be deferred until the national liabilities are cleared off . —In answer to Mr . Ayrton , Lord Palmerston jocosely remarked that if the House would vote the money he would agree to the exclusion of the portraits ot Ministers . In the end , after some discussion , the committee divided , and affirmed the vote by a

    majority of 141 to 35—106 . A subsequent vote for 2000 / . for the purchase of Sir G . Hayter ' s picture , " Moving Address to the Crown in the First Reformed Parliament , " was also resisted by Air . Speaker . On a division there appeared—Ayes , 82 ; Noes , 82 . The Speaker , therefore , gave his casting vote for the ayes , and the grant was allowed .

    EOMAS CATHOLIC CHARITIES BILL . In the House of Commons , at the morning sitting , on the order for going into committee . upon the Roman Catholic Charities Bill , Sir G . Lewis gave an explanation of the nature and object of the bill , which , he said , had ' been framed upon a principle that had received the approbation of a large portion of the Catholic body in England ; but , from communications which had reached him , he was not disposed to press the bill this session . He proposed , therefore to withdraw it , and to introduce a continuance bill , prolonging the exemption of Roman Catholic charities from the operation , of the general law for another year ? After a short discussion the order was discharged , and the bill withdrawn . NORWICH ELECTION . In the evening Colonel French called attention to the present po sition of the representation of the borough of Norwich . A committee had just declared the return of Lord Bury and Mr . Schneider void on account of bribery , a decision which rendered both those ex-members incapable - of sitting for the borough in the present Parliament . Lord Bury , however , having taken office , had been since reelected for Norwich , and to that second election there was no opposition . Under these circumstances he asked , as a question of privilege whether Lord Bury could continue to sit in the House , and what was to be done with the borough ?—Mr . Walpole reviewed the legal bearings of the question , drawing the conclusion that Lord Bury was disqualified , and that no writ ought to issue for a new election for Norwich . ¦ Lord Elcho , adverting to a communication from Lord Palmerston , stating that , owing to the death of Lord Minto , Lord J . Russell would not be able to attend Parliament until Monday next , postponed to that day his motion respecting the Congress at Zurich . CRUELTY TO MERCHANT SEAMEN . Mr . M . Milnes moved an address praying her Majesty to enter into negotiations with the Government of the United States of America , for the purpose of preventing the assaults and cruelties committed on merchant seamen engaged in traffic between this country and the United States , and of bringing to justice the perpetrators of such offences . He observed that the grievances might be distributed into two classes . The " graver offences were comprehended in the treaty of extradition between this country and the United States ; but the arrangements under the treaty were so incompl e te that it was sometimes impossible to bring the

    SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM . A vote of nearly 10 , 0007 . for fireproof rooms at the South Kensington Museum opened the door for debate on the old question of . removi ng the art treasures , of the nation to the " extreme West-end of London . The mam objection to the vote was , that the money had been spent before the House was ¦ asked to give it . On a division , the sum was , however , agreed to . Various clauses of the Law of Property Bill were also subjected to scrutiny and debate in the Commons yesterday afternoon . The preamble of this measure was agreed to , and it was ordered to be reported * with amendments .

    guilty parties to justice . But the most numerous occurrences were cases of outrage and cruelty on board American ships , which were so frequent as to have received the name of " Consul ' s cases . " These oases were most injurious to the American merchant service , as well as to our own . The remedy was to be found cither in giving additional power to American Consuls or in a convention with the United States , whereby we might be enabled to bring the offenders to justice as if the offence had been committed upon British soil . —The motion was seconded by Mr . J . E . Ewaut . —The Home Secretary explained tho state of international law on the subject , as modified by the existing extradition treaties between England treaties the

    MR . "W . II- BARBER , The grant of 5 , 000 / . to Mr . W . H . Barber , in consideration of the sufferings he had undergone and losses he had sustained through his conviction on a . charge of which he was subsequently proved to be innocent , being opposed , was affirmed on a division by a majority of 124 against 24—100 . The resolution upon the last Indian loan was reported from the committee , and leave given to bring iu a bill founded thereon . The House adjourned at six o ' clock . Thursday , August Ath . THE BUILDERS' STRIKE . Ik tho House of Lords Earl Granville explained that he did not intend , in the debate on Tuesday night , to convoy tho idea that the present strike in the building trade was likely to exorcise a beneficial influence on the masters . What fell from him on that occasion was in rcspoct to tho effect of the anti-combination laws , which had , in his opinion , been very judiciously 'abolished . —Lord Elle . vuououau thought tho present strike for working nine hours « nd requiring ton hours' pay was equivalent to annihilating at one blow one-tenth ol tno lnariufacturing power of tlio kingdom . THE MILITIA . Tho Earl of EM . E . v » onouau culled attention to . tho incomploto state of tho militia regiments as at present embodied , none of which , ho believed , pos-Jeascu much more than half their proper complement of men .-Tho Puke of CAMUumau *«* j * £ Jtu'O-N confessed that tho muster roll of tho mil tla fell short of Its foil dimensions by 40 per cent . 1 lie Government wore , it was added , taking every moan * In thoir power to supply tho deficiency . A long series of other bills wore hIbo advanced through the ponding stotfq of progress amidst amisoulUinoous discussion , and thofr lordships adjourned nt seven o ' clock . THIS NEW JPOItlSION QIWICE . In tho Hous « oif Commons , at the morning Bitting , tho IIouso having gono Into a committee of supply , upon the vote of 30 , 000 / . towards defraying

    and the United fcJtatcs . Under these offenders alluded to by Mr . Millies , were , he confessed , too ofton able to escape with impunity . Several suggestions had been made to remedy this evil . To send the culprit back to America for trial involved so much trouble and expense , that the proceeding could scarcely be adopted in practice As alternatives it was proposed either to give the courts of England and America , on cither side jurisdiction over offences committed on board vessels of the other nation on urriviug in their ports , or else to confer upon tho consuls in those ports a limited degree of criminal jurisdiction over their fellow subjects . Either plum might be adopted by mutual consent ; and , while finding sonic objection to the latter of tho two , he acknowledged that the question was-a lit one for negotiation between tho two

    Govornments . —Mr . IIknlky having briefly spoken , — tho ArroitNisY-GicNKRAK stated that the subject hud attracted the attention both of tho present and procoding administration , and e / Ibrts hud boou made to settle it , but without success , chiefly , it appeared , through some reluctance on tho part of the United States Government to recognise tho jurisdiction of foreign courts ovoi American subjoots . Respecting tho proposal for giving jurisdiction to the consuls , ho oarnestly deprecated any stop' which would introduce in any way tho administration of a foreign law within tho British territories . Tho proper remedy was , ho thought , to be provided by effecting eomo modification In tho extradition treaty . —Afior a few words in roply from Mr . Mn . Maa , tho motion was agreed to . Tho Houso was counted out nt eight o clock .

    to extort ten hours' wages for nine hours' work , and expressed a wish that some systom similar to tlio Conseils den Prud'homrnca should bo established in this country . —Lord Gka . nvim . i 3 said that tho attention of the Government had been drawn to tho subject , . but this was a case in which speaking and writing wore bottor than any action on tlio part of tho Government . The present complaint of tho working men , upon their own showing , was as unjustifiable as it was short-sighted , and would only end in decreasing their wages , —The Lord Cuan-CBM . 0 R said , whore parties who wore all free agents entered into a strike they wore innocent h \ law . Ho quoted tho opinion of tho late Mr . Dniiiol O'Connoll as to the ruinous consequences of those strikes , which had destroyed tho development of manufactures in Ireland . Their lordships adjourned at a quarter to seven ,

    No. 489. Aus. Fi-185q.1 The Leap Eb. 905

    No . 489 . Aus . fi-185 Q . 1 THE LEAP EB . 905

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 6, 1859, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06081859/page/5/