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    JTOT .U,.U»] THE BEA^EB. «*

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    means than those contained in the bill for remedying Sat defect , a « tfie H *« e o * Peers , « ctmnexron with l 3 b peerages , has the means of thwarting the intentions 5 ? £ r 8 oin .-Mr . BowtBE , wtio , white admitting tfce neeea » ty for refrrra , regarded the P ™* »* t Bi » as » mawof absurdities , mama , as an amendment , that the seeon * reading be deferred for three months : — Tfife was seconded By Mr . Robert PrnnuraicmB , who described the measure as derogating- fironr tne rights of theCbmmons , and Kmitfag the peerage . —Mr . WmrasroB defended the general tenor of the brfl , but reserved His : opinion upon several points of detail . — Sir James Graham disapproved of the measure altoget & er ; It woul * place Lord Ifendeydale m a most amfcgnous an * anomalous position . He would be put m * posftSon of dependence , would be made to bear a marie of infer iority . a » belonging to a class caHed peers , while , nevertheless , he would not be pares ; equal : He would belong to degraded class in the peerage ; The precedent sanctioned by the bill witfi respect to the law might be applied to generate , admirals , and statesmen ; and the House of Lords would thus be swamped . Such a bill ¦ would debauch both the bench and the bar , the detaife of the measure being of a fiind that could effect no good , and would do great harm . The House of Lords was capable of amending its own jurisdiction without the intervention- of the Commons ; and for this purpose he roggeatedadfetributron of the business , in classes , among the Judges . Reform of some fcindV however , was absolutely necessary . —Mr . Roundest Paxmek supported the bSf , as presenting a means of overcoming acknowledge * difficulties less objectionable than any fie had heard proposed . Still ; he thought that many orf the de - tails were feeble and defective ; but he looked to the committee for remedying those objectionable features . If , however , the bill passed in its present form , and there were only two judges with the salary of puisne judges , it would be a miserable failure . —Mr . Colltek supported the bill , which was opposed by Mt . John Philliwoke , who observed that the better plan would be to remove the supreme court of appellate jurisdiction to a court so constituted by the union of knowledge and virtue that it should command the respect of the people . Lord John Russeix did not think the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords so great a failure as some people regard it . The present bill would make it worse , instead of better . The House of Lords would become a mere hybrid court . He was sorry that the Government should have taken the unnecessary step of making Lord Wensleydale a peer for life , and that the House of Lords should have refused to allow that nobleman to take his seat . The consent of that House to the presence of four li fe peerages at a time , accompanied by a limitation to that number and no more , was a most indecent and unfit ¦ way for the two Houses to deaf with the prerogative of the Crown . Did they mean thereby to take away or to circumscribe the prerogative ? He saw no pressing urgency for any great reform in the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords , and he should therefore give his decided vote against the second reading of the bill . The Sohcitok-Ge * eral defended the bill , and remarked that deputy speakers are not unknown in judicial history . They were appointed from time to time , as necessity arose ; and one of the objects of the present bill -was to make the advantage permanent . The House divided , when there appeared—For the second reading 191 Against it 142 Majority for the bill 49 In reply to Mr . Roebuck , Mr . RAnuca Curiue said he should persist in the motion of which ho had given notice , to refer the bill to a Select Committee . The House then went into committee upon the Encumbered Estates ( Irkland ) Bill , and afterwards proceeded through the other orders . Tuesday , July 8 th . TllK CRIMEAN ISKJUIRYThe Earl of Lucan , in the Houwii of Lords , asked Lord Panmurk when the Government would be prepared to luy the report of the Chelsea Board of Inquiry before the House . —Lord Panbiurk replied that the report had only been signed on tho previous Friday . It would bo laid boforo tho House as soon as possible . BAKON MAROCHKTTI AND T 1 IK SCUTARI MONUMENT . In answer to the Earl of Harrington , who asked some questions with roapect to tho Scutari Monument , the execution of which ho ridiculed , and who complained that favouritism had been shown , and that English artists were ncglocted for foreigners , Lord Panmitke stated thut tho commission for the execution of tho work had been given to Baron Marochotti after due deliberation , and that no doubt existed that a monument worthy of those whom it waa intended to commemorate would bo erected at Scutari . With reference to competition in these matters , generally , ho must be permitted to nay that tho sculptors and artists of this country are divided in their opinion of competition for public monuments . So much is that the case , thut in many instances several of the first artista havo declined to otter plans for public buildings . Heriides , all the allied nations huvo thoir part in tho memorial , and English artists can lay no claim to > preference in its oxecution . aiivowhonb mix . The second reading of this bill wj > b moved by the

    Earl of SteAFTBSBUBrr , who- BaitF t & a * its object is tor facilitate the sale of advowsons which' are a * rjiesen * 5 n >« he hand * of many owners ; Tie election ti >~ sueifc pre-- ' sentatwww m attended ? by tiig most dSsgractfa g ttad riotous proceed & igs , causing the greatest ncsu & aT to ww Church , and . this bill had for its object the aaft of tikwe livings , and the application of tiia- purchase-money to * i the benefit of the parish and the-par « b . ion « nr . In a lately iceotesterl electienv the population beingrlaigtv and . erary > neejdent inhabitant hawing * right to -rotej . ther expense : < of © aclutmaaeaeBflfal cawttdste was about lift ©( Wi ,- white Itberexpense of the snecessful candidate could not hawB . beew lass tfcaa 5000 £ . All the public-houses were open , and , dnintoeiMMS 3 s ; prevaaedt » a dreadful extent p in fact , the- whole ; proceedings' were most disgraceful . At tto ' ^ previous , election ( nr 1813 ) ,. there were eodhibitai the same sceifes f and : on future avoidances of tte living ,. there being a large increase in the population , there was ; reason to expect a repetition of them . Some time ago , an election occurred in the populous parish of . Clerifcenwell , and he . ( Lord Shaftesbury ) was almost afraid to * repeat what then took , place , so Indecent and . utterly blasphemous were the whole proceedings . —The hill ( which had come , up from the House of Common a ) , waa read a second time without opposition . The Statutes Not in Use Repeal Bill , the Commissioners of Sup p i ^(? 3 cotland > Bill , the Evidence in Forkigen Suits Bill , the Dwellings eor the La * - bouresg . Classes ( Ireland ) Bill , and the Cambeidge Univeksity Bill , were respectively read a third time ,. ) and passed . PUBLIC- HEALTH BILL . In the House of Commons , at-the morning sitting ,, on the order for going into committee on the Public Health Bill , Mr . Knight moved to defer the . committee for three months , objecting that the bill dLffeBed materially from the bills of 1848 and 1854 ; that the remedial clauses in the latter were omitted ; that it repealed the existing right of appeal ; and that it doubled € he amount allowed to be raised on mortgage . —The amendment was seconded by Mr . Pale . —Aiter a . few words from Mr . Eangton , Mr . CowEBa defended the bill , which , he said , remedied ambiguities in the present law . —Considerable discussion ensued , in the course of which M > . Duncombe severely erit . ioi . sed the Board of Health , and recommended Mr . Roebucky and the Administrative Reformers to inquire into that " nieelittle nest of Ministerial patronage , " the occupants of which do nothing for the money they take from the country- *—The prevailing feeling of the House was against going into committee - T and , although Mr . Cowpeb , on behalf of the Government * offered to surrender all the clauses of the measure to which any -serious objection : bad Been urged , the amendment was carried , to a division , when the numbers were—For the second reading , 61 ; for the amendment , 73 : majority against the bill , 12 . On the House resuming at six o'clock , it waa agreed that it should adjourn , at its rising ,, to three o ' clock an " Wednesday afternoon , in order to give hon . members an opportunity of seeing the entrance of the Guards into London on their return from the Crimea . PAYMENT OF THE DEPUTY SPEAKERS OF- TH 3 B T 3 L 013 SE OTLOBOft The Chanchejior of tote Exchequer read a reBohx * - tion proposing that the Deputy-Speakers of th « House of Lords Bhould bo paid out of the Consolidated Fund , without Hxing any sum . —Mr . Bobbrt Phicj ^ xbrmcb ' : " Then we are distinctly to understand that , by sanctioning this resolution , we do not sanction any fi xed amount of salary , great or small ?"—The Chawcelaoh ot the ExcHSQtTKR- replied in the affirmative . The amount was left open for . the House afterwards to decide upon ; SITE OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY . Lord DRtTMUttraiG brought up the reply from the Grown to the address respecting the site * of the National Gallery , conveying her Majesty ' s assent to the proposal for appointing a Royal Commission to investigate the subject . rosmoN ot naval officers . Chptafn Scobei : l moved a resolution to tne effect that " tho disadvantageous position of tho captains , commanders , lieutenants , and masters in tho Royal Hospital at Greenwich ; of the retired captains under the Orders in Council of 1840 , 1851 , and 1856 ; and of the senior commanders and lieutenants of her Majesty ' s navy , is worthy of tho early and favourable consideration of the Board of Admiralty . "—Tho motion was seconded by Sir Geoikik Pkchkt . t-, and supported by Admiral Walcott , who enlarged on tho injustice of , and tho hardships resulting f rom , withholding half-pny from trie officers referred to in tho resolution . — Sir Ciiaki . eh "Wood observed that Captain Scoboll , in comparing tho emoluments of navnl oflicers with those of tho cliiiplains and surgeons , hnd forgotten tho difference between pay far services actually performed and retired allowances , and that ho laboured also under a misapprehension aa to tho amount actually received by those officers , tlio emoluments of tho captains being 595 A ( instead of 45 fiQ , which witt more than tho half-pay of a vice-mliniral , and those of the others in proportion . Ho thought these were not unfair allowances for officers of their rank . It . was not in tho power of tho Admiralty to grant thorn half-pny . : Sir Crraicr , KH Napier and Mr . Montagu Citamtikrs having- spoken in support of tho motion , Admiral

    Brkkk'LiEif against it , and C / rptSwn ScojmeHj to leyty , tfte House dividedV wften fbe motionr was negatived By 88 ¦ t * SV . LTET 7 TENANT COLONELS IN THT AXOKT . Colonel Lindsay moved' "that an address be presented 'to HeirMafesty-, praying that afte ? w ^ ff he pleased to- take ¦ fwto * eoHgwferatitm tfte- rajwry frrfficted- on- those lieutenant-colonels of the army who attained that rank' Before the 204 fr * iy of Jmw , 18-54 , and wlrcr hwve been super-• seded by the retrospectiveaction of the warrant ot the 6 th day of OeteBer , IS & i . " Before he had' concluded ¦ his o & servatiisns' m connexion with : tSbis motion , the ( House was counted'out . " Wednesday July Qfh . CIVIL 8 BBVXCE . \ Lord Godekich having- moved that the House go 'into committee on this subject , the Chancellor qe the ^ EXchbquek said he hoped the noble Lord would not jproceed further with the subject at present . In conse-Iquence orthe address moved by Lord €£ oderich last session , a system of examination had been established , and from the 23 rd'of May , 185 ? , to the 1 st of June , 1856 , no fewer than 1748 persons had been examined—vizi , L 055 in London , and 693 in the provinces . Q £ these , certificates , had been granted to 1070 persons * aad refused to 55 G . The Government and the Civil Service Commissioners would continue the gradual development of a principle the value of which they were prepared to admit . —Lord Goderich expressed his satisfaction , ajad the order for the committee was discharged . TENANT RIGHT . ( jBSLAND ^ . BXLL . Mr , Moore withdrew his bill with relation te tenant right in Ireland ' , on a « MV > ""* nf thp . laftRtiftaa of the session , and of the opposition , of Government . —Some desultory conversation ensued ,, in the course of which Lord Pal-3 IEBSTON remarked that he did : not think the bill was one which ought to pass into a law , and now that it had . reached another stage he certainly thought it right to oppose it- [ Mi . Batnes ; " Why , it ' s , wiflHtoawn . " ] " Oh , very welL" resumed Lord- Palmerston ,. " let us adhere , then , to the old maxim , de mortuis nil nisi bomtas , and ,, as the bill is dead , say no mare abou 4 it . " ( -4 laugh . ' ) " With regard to the future , in the present temper of Parliament , he did not think it was likely that a bHl could be passed on this subject , and therefore he was not disposed to bring one forward ; but if Mr . Moore next session should feel it to be bis dufcy to bring forward another MIL of course it would : receive Hie consideration of the- Government . Some other bills were advanced a . stage , and the House adjourned . Thursday , Jkdy 10 * . SALS OV P 04 SGK 3 . In the HotrsH op Lords , Lord Gampbelti called the attention of the House to tfce facilities which existed for the sale of poisons , and hoped the Government would introduce some measure on- the subject next session . — The Lord Chancellor replied that the subject was under the consideration of the Government . THE MTrnNTT OF THE TEPPERARY MTT . TXIA . Lord Pawmttre , in reply to Lord Donoughmore , said the Government had not received any officiaT intimation of the insurrection of the Tipperary Militia , but that a mutiny had taken place owing to some misunderstanding on the part of the men , with respect to giving up their clothing . —In the Lower House , Mr . Frederick Peel stated that the locality is now perfectly quiet . BISHOPRICS OF LONDOKT AND DUMIAM BILL . The Lord Chancellor brought in this bill , to enable ' the prelates to whom it refers to resign their sees . — Lord Kedesdale opposed the bill , on the ground that tho measure , which tended to remedy an undoubted evil , ought rather to be of a general than a special kind . After some discusiion , the hill was read a first time , on the understanding that a second reading should not take place till Monday next . The Distillation from Rice Bill , tho Dwellings for Labouring Classes ( Ireland ) Bill , and the Court of Exchequer ( Scotland ) Bell , were respectively read a third time , and passed . At the morning sitting of the Housjd of Commons , Mr . Cowpeu withdrew his Vaccination Bkll , observing that the difficulties of the question are very great , and that medical men are not agreed as to the safety of inoculation , especially in the case ; of the poor , with whom tho operation might not bo carefully porfiarmed . !—Sir George Grey withdrew tho Burials Act Amkxdmknt . Bill , on account of tho opposition it ha » experienced .- — Several billa having boon advanced a atn « o , the House adjourned , and resumed at eix o ' clock . NAVIGATION OV TUB OAWUJUC Lord Palmkbsxon , in naw-or to Colonel Dunwm , gave it as his opinion that the unvigaitkm of tho Danubefrom its mouth to as high a point as vessels can reachin open to all nationa , subject to . aucb reflations as tho CommiBeioiwira may enact . Toe monopoly given to an Austrian company ctumo 4 b « maintained under tho treaty . In aiiBwar to Mr . MAuows-thci Soucitok-Gkwbral intimated thut it waa no * , his intention , to prooood flnrfhor with tho Wills and ADMiNiarraAonowB B « x . OURR 1 CNOT OF 1 RT > IA . Replying- to Mr . Ciiuutiiam , Mr . Vkrnon Smith said thut no complaint of tlw want of metalKc specie in India

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  • Leader (1850-1860), July 12, 1856, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12071856/page/3/