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    PARLIAMENT OF THE WEEK. Parliamentary pr...

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    Parliament Has Broken Up For The Holiday...

    the aggressions of Absolutism , for the freedom of the individual , and the independence of the nations of Europe . Continental news generally will be found to contain some interesting facts , showing the onward march of reaction . In Germany the Diet proceeds to lay its iron hand upon the fundamental liberties of all th & States . Fear prevents the Emperor of Au-tria from going on his projected tour in Italy and Gallicia . Fear impels the King of Prussia to snub the authorities of revolutionary Stuttgard , and to extinguish , illegally , the press . Fear ? These German Princes must have agues of fear .

    There is great cause . An article on the iniquities at Rome , from ha Presse , deserves especial attention , not only because it has been thought worth backing by the Times , but because it forms a fellow picture to the hideous revelations of Mr . Gladstone . The existence of the k < Invisible Government . " in Italy is another fact which is worth considering in relation to our foreign policy . r ' - - On the last night of the session Lord Palmerston made a short speech , which will startle certain

    Continental Courts . He stated that he had sent copies of Mr . Gladstone ' s letters to all our foreign Ministers ; that he had , in common with all the leading men in the kingdom , been pained by a confirmation of the impressions prevalent respecting Neapolitan barbarity ; and he heartily acknowledged that Mr . Gladstone ' conduct did him high honour . It is clear from this that Palmerston sees the necessity of falling in with public opinion on this question ; but in spite of his praise of Mr . Gladstone , experience teaches that he must be watched .

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    PARLIAMENT OF THE WEEK . Parliamentary proceedings are now solely characterized by haste and complaint * of haste ; Ministers pressing measures and being assailed on . all sides with colloquial opposition . Thus it was on Saturday and Monday . At the Saturday sitting , the House of Commons rushed through a quantity of business in a very short time . Araori J other bills passed were the Metropolitan Interment Bill and the Church Building Acts Amendment Bill . On Monrlay morning , Lord John Russell brought up her Majesty ' s reply to the address praying for the preservation of the Crystal Palace , which her Majesty agreed to : —

    " It will be necessary to consider carefully the engagements ofthe Royal CommiaBiuneta ; and her Majesty will direct inquiry to be made into various matters of detail , which must be ascertained before any decision can be made upon this sutiject . ( Hear , hear . )" In the evening sitting , Mr . Anstey inquired , first , whether the noble lord at the h » ad of Foreign Affairs had reason to believe that » ueh n document as was stated to have been addressed by the Court of Rome to the Court of Vienna , - in regard to a proposal for

    the replacement of the French garrison by an Austrian and Neapolitan , or professedly an Austrian garrison , had been addressed by the Court of Rome to the Court of Vienna ; secondly , whether that rind been communicated partly or wholly to the Court of St . James ' s by the Court of Vienna ; nn 1 , thirdly , whether application had been made ' to the British Government for the expulsion of Ital-an , Hungarian , end other refugees , and lor the suppr * s > ion of a » upp -Bed Italian loan said to be under negotiation in London .

    Lord Palmeuston replied that no communication whatever of the nature ol the supposed note had been made by the Austrian to her Muje .-ty ' s Government , and the result of such inquiries as her MuJch'v ' h Government had made on tluit subject tended to the opinion that that note , like another which had aluo appeared in the newspapers of the Continent , was a puro invention . He paid another which appeared , becauHO he might u » well state ai the same time that there was another note said to be presented by the Governments of Russia , Prussian , and Austiiu to the Italian Governments , a . ssuiing them ol support to put down uny internal convulsions . Her Miijcniv ' h

    Government had mudu inquhies with leaped to that note , and hi » belief waa that there wan no foundation for what was said of fhut note , any more Until for tchaf ioaM said of the other . Therefore , no application lifau been made , of course , to her MajeHty ' n Govern-. ffttilU in the Bpirit of $ bat note . With respect to the ' nQjWtton whether uny Application hud been made for jujptktt -wxpulsion of ftfreignera now resident in iIhh ' country * > t might bej supposed that Continental l ^ 'Oof # r ! U * M > nta looked -Vtith some anxiety—as Htuied by \ ^ Ct fUeagU * Of JhW <> 4 ' f ° « " " u ' occ . i > ion , there wcru \ fot * i g * 43 t ) e 6 rn # * to \ t * that looked with anxiety to the ilMXKseUuu / 8 J > r / yrc » nera i » thin country , but nothing ha Mt ^ eiiho \ icM \ i tr 9 auuUi { to that which the honour-* bu > And learned gentleman auppoaed ; and if uny had

    been made the answer "would have been < £ TO ™ 8 ; * " * the law of thi « country gave no power to the Government arbitrarily to expel any foreigner who did not violate the law of the land . ( Hear , hear . ) Replying to a motion made by Lord Dudley Stuart , for a list of addresses to the"Queen , and memorials to the Foreign . offiee , on behalf of Kossuth ™ d the Hungarian refugees detained in Turkey , Lord Palmerston said : — « There was no opposition to the motion of the nob ! lord . He had often expressed his opmion on the subject and he regretted that the Turkish G ° 7 ™ . R n * ** ° £ havP thought it rieht or necessary to detain so Ion * in

    their power those who had taken refuge in ™ territory , and who , when they entered it , "jeived Trom Turkish officers high in the service the most perfect assurance of protection from the Sovereign of the country . The House knew the circumstances which led tne iurKish Government to swerve from that engagement ; and although efforts and demonstrations had been made by the British and French Governments to support the Sultan in an independent course , it was undeniable that had been entirelin

    the lone detention of these captives y - consistent wi-h » hat independent action which it was the object of the English and French Governments to enable the Sultan to pursue . Her Majesty ' s Government had not ceased to use all friendly means to induce the Sultan to put an end to the captivity of the remaining prisoners , and they had received the most distinct assurance that they would be set at liberty , and he had no reason to believe that that assurance would not be carried

    out . " A " count out" ensued at the evening sitting on Tuesday . When the House resumed , a conversation arose as to whether honourable members having notices on the paper would give way to enable Government to proceed with the Patent Law Amendment Bill . Colonel Salwey , whose notice of motio n for a select committee to inquire into the case and claims of the military knights at Windsor stood first , expressed his readiness to postpone his motion , but Mr .

    Muntz objected , and Lord Dudley Stuart moved the adjournment of the House . Subsequently he withdrew that motion , and it was arranged that Colonel Salwey should proceed ; but he had barely spoken ten minutes when a motion was made to count the House . Forty members were , however , present , and the colonel succeeded in reaching the year 1547 in the history of the foundation of the knights , when another motion was made to count the House , and forty members not being p ^ ent , the

    House stood adjourned . The Hou « e on Wednesday was occupied in discussing the Episcopal and Capitular Estates and the Patent Law Amendment Bills . The former ^ passed ; and the latter went through committee . The committee did not in any way discuss the bill clause by clause as is the cus'om , but the Opposition repeatedly att icked the principle , and complained that it was too late in the session to legislate . Above two hours were wasted in an altercation as to whether the opposition was factious ; an imputation originating with an indirect allusion made by Mr . Labouchere . Sir James Gkaham replied to it ! Sir Db Lacy Evans embroiled all * ides t > y a maladroit reiteration of the implied charge in the f Tin of a question ; and when

    the two main disputants were lovingly reconciled by Lord Palmekston , Mr . Lahoociif . uk began it again by asserting that Mr . William Williams had said he ehould abandon " factious opposition "a speech the member for Lambeth had not uttered . Again Sir De Lacy Evans struck in with his usual felicity , calling Sir James Gkaham the corps de reserve by whose aid the Opposition would succeed . This drew forth Sir James once more , who , treating Sir de Lacy with quasi contempt , appealed straight to Lord PalmerHton , asking whether all Government did not find it good policy to cast upon im opposition to their measures as few imputations ol obstruetivenesa as possible ; and declaring that Mr . L iboucbere had violated that rule moie than once

    Lord 1 ' almbuston admitted the justice of the former remark ; but contended that * he public , ought to know by whose management the bill did not pan . s , and asserted , that the Government would not accept the resp nhibiliiy of the loss of the bill , and that it must fall on the opposition . There the matter rented ; and the time being wasted in this quarrel , the committee scampered through the whole of the clauses , and the House resumed . Lord John Hushkij * brought up the report of a select committee appointed to settle the precedence of members in proceeding to the House of Lords upon various occasions . He said the progress of the members and the Speaker to the bar of tlie other House was now u " HerumbU ; , " . personally dungcroiu ) even to some member * . Tin : report wuh ordered to be printed and considered on Thursday .

    I he proceedings of the I louse on Thursday were varied and unimportant . The Patent Law Amendment Bill wuh p . s > ed . The report of the . select i ! ouimiitee appointed to settle the precedence of members who attend ihe Speaker to the House of Lords wuh considered , many objections made and iiinendinontH proposed , when suddenly the Black ltod Hummoncd the Houho to the House of Lorda to hear the royal uuuent given to certain billw . Tho fcJptmker

    proceeded alone ; then Mr . Hobhouse , subsequently Mr . Brothertoh , afterwards Sir D . Norreys and Mr . Anstey , one at a time , followed him . Loud calls were made upon Mr . M'Gregor , who at length gat him up and went , the rest of the House remaining in their seats . When the Speaker returned , the consideration of the report was resumed ; and after a good deal of discussion an amendment , proposed by Sir Benjamin Hall , was agreed to , providing ; " That every member desirous of attending Mr . Speaker shall put his name in a g lass , and , half an hour after the meeting of the House , the names shall be drawn by the clerk from the glass , and in such order as they may be drawn the members shall proceed to the House of Lords in ranks of four . " Also a resolution

    to the effect that , " After the House has been summoned to attend her Majesty , no member is to remain in , cross , or pass through any door leading to the House of Lords , and the Sergeant-at-Arms is to keep the passages clear of members . " Sir De Lacy Evans put two questions to Lord Palmerston—Whether Fiance and England would support Piedmont in maintaining its independent free institutions ? and Whether the British Minister at the Court of Naples has been instructed to employ the atrocities revealed

    his good offices to diminish by Mr . Gladstone ? Lord Palmekston replied to the first question by commonplaces about the " great importance" Ministers attached to the independence of Sardinia , and their anxiety for the good working of the constitution , stating that no foreign encroachments were apprehended , and complimenting the people and king of Sardinia on the " good government" existing there , which he asserted parenthetically waa " a model worthy of imitation by all the nations of Europe . " And he continued : —

    " With regard to the second question , I may say that her Majesty ' s Government , in common with all the leading men of this country—who , 1 presume , have all of them read the pamphlet to which ni } honourable and gallant friend has referred—have received with pain a confirmation of those impressions that had been created by various accounts we had received fromothtr quarters of the very unfortunate and calamitous condition of the kingdom of Naples . { Hear , hear . ) It has not , however , been deemed a part of the duty of the Bii'ish Government to nuke ary formal representations to the Government of Naples , on a matter th . it relates entirely to the internal affairs of that country . ( Hear , hear . ) At the same time I thought it ri * hr , ae . iuu th .-it Mr .

    Gladstone —whom I ni « y freely name , thou » h not in hi 3 cjpacity of a member ot Parliament—has done himself , a I think , very gieat honour ( cheers ) by the course he pursued at Naples , and by the course he has followed since ; and , concurring in opinion wi h him that the influence of public opinion in Europe mig h' have some uselul efft-ct in setting such matters ri ^ , I thought it my duty to send copies of his pamphlet to our Ministers at the vtrious Courts of Europe , directing them to i { ive to each Government copies of the pamphlet , in the hope that , by aff . rding 'hem an opportuni y of reading it , they iniglit be led to use tlieir influence for promoting what is the object of my honourable and gallant fiiend—a remedy fur the evils to which he hasrefeired . ( Cheers ) . "

    Colonel SiBTHOiir brought on the c ; ise of Ann Hicks , and moved for copies of a 1 orders and decisions respecting her case . Lord Dudley Stuart seconded ihe motion . Lord Seymour recapitulated his previous speech on the subject somewhat improved intone ; but he added the accusation that the cottage of Mr * . Hicks had afforded facilities for the commission of certain nocturnal irregularities in the park . The motion was agreed to . Mr . Hume moved that the evidence taken before the Income-tax Committee be printed . A difcua-Bum ensued , duijjig which the Chancellor of the KxcnEQUF . it and Colonel Thompson opposed tho motion . Mr . Mumk replied ; and on a division there were found 15 for , and 15 against the motion ; consequently the House at once stood adjourned .

    In the House of Lotds , on Tuesday , Lord Monteaglis imide an ineffectual attempt to obtain the second reading of a bill to remove doubts us to the penalties to be levied under the Ecc e .-iastical Titles Hill . The bill consisted of the clause which be had failed to carry on the second reading . The Earl ot St . ( Jeiimain ' h inquired whether the court * of law " would construe un act of strictly episcopal jurisdiction to be a spirkuul act exposing tho pt rsoii exercising it to the penalties of the statute . TheLoiti ) Chancullok replied that no act done by virtue of the spiritual oflice of u bishop was a matter of jurisdiction ; nor would it be bo held by uny court ot law-The bill was thrown out without a division .

    In the House of Lords on Thursday , Lord Ha . iirowhy asked whether her Majesty ' s Ministers wil use their best oflices with tl . o Court of Jtoine , to obtain from it permission to erect a tmitable Prott . ' * tH » church within the wulls of the city of Homo for « " <¦ worship of tho Protestant Church of England ? L <> r < Lansdownk replied that there was a building out « i < > he wall » of Home , i-ef apart for Protestant l »\ " ' worship . Ht » thought , however , that if any J complaint wcro made , Lord Palmerston would "I'P ^ to have it redressed . Jhit he wuh afraid any "I » 1 : ' tion would be uiihuccohsIuI . Lord Hakhowhy deH > b nated tho " building" referred to by Lord LnnfldoW" » us u " granary . " Tho JJkhop of London also ¦>

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 9, 1851, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09081851/page/2/