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    the oath which " can be twisted into a meaning not legitimately its own , and be made to servei as a proscription in thatHouse of the professors of the SS Hebrew faith . All the while , these oginipna were being expressed , < h & # yg 3 f ! y « ~^^ 5 % ^^ :: 5 ^^^^^^^^ ofhearini his friend Mr ^ oJ ^ bbek opjNg his right to the seat , and tell tffcjHouse thatjtt $ prosperity of this certgtfry * M $% to horf ** i * re members commenc % their deliberations every evening -with Christian prayer . But the House , as on previous occasions , went against the cham-159 votesot

    pions of orthodoxy , and decided by - 110 not to entertain the amendment . ThetaU thereupon passed—to be thrown out again , ; in all probability , by our ConBtatufciian Moving : Peersy . who are so jealous of thesr own prerogatives that they will not suffer the Crown to touch them , but who cannot allow the Commons to arrange their own infernal affairs as they may think best . The . two Legislative Houses ,, during the last few- days , must have ' been in a ; mood peculiarly suscept ible to the reception of truth in connexion wftfi religions matters . The Commons tolerated , with an ° occasional laugh , Mr . Heswood ' s assertion , in committee on , the Cambridge Univerand breadth

    sity Bill , that , throughout the length of the land , ninety-nine out of every hundred medical officers do not believe in the Thirty-nme / Cft & fes , and that therefore it is absurd to insist upon t & 8 ' Fifofessdrt > f Anatomy at Oxford signing those declarations of faith : which Ts a truth , no d ^ ubt ; but rather a startling truth for our orthodox representatives to listen to . The Lords tolerated a discussion on . the propriety of consecrating c & dpels in buiaal-grounda ; allowed the EarL of JSLjuucesbcbt . to accuse the Bishops of , being , disagreed on the subject ; and did not fall into Hysterics at hearing the Bishop of Cashei , repeat , approvinglr , the systematic neglect of the latituadminister the

    eBBantta Archbishop of Dublin to aaetament in ; the chapels of cemeteries . Noble IfOrds listened , to ail this in patience ; though . JUxrd BraaAMioH obj &? tgd to the " unhallowed " proceedings of the AxcEbishopi and' Lord Campib & G prudently advised that the subject should ? Be aUoweif to " drop ; " Again : the House ofi Common * cried " Hear , hear V when Mt-Ewab ^ jo * moving ) far a select committee to inquire into Use question of capital punishment , said he would not enter into the Scriptural argument , " because , when the House embarked in theological discussion ; it always deserted common sense : " Some ptt * gW * ss , asstK ^ edly ; has- been made in the two branches of the Legislature towards a better frame of naind on matters of faith .

    But progress has not been made in- other matters— -aa , for instance , with regard to our tfenaTcbde , Paxkcbb drifts on towards hi * legalised death in the midst of great doubt oft tfae minds of niany whether ,- in the absence of absolute proof of CooKB ' sdeatbk by strychnine , the execution should take place at all . We do not share in those doubts , as regards this particular case ; but ; it is ridttenrfbns 1 ) hat Judges and juries do' sometimes itfiilB & miBtftlte'fr iW matftesrft' of life and death , and * only -fin * < k * fc the blunder when it is too late . t & rQ is a . casfc with a- peculiar difficultyr felt by mMy thoughtful ^ persons ; , yet the Commons will tfStftsteVtoanvplan-with reference to the gene ^ l ajXeStfoti of * em « vm ^ f from the agettts of the Hf 1 l

    & M fWftk * rWresflonB » tfK « fy of making friHHSW lwantfttijWlgmoJPt withv . att ^ twevooable sentenceaiir'e xeA-oise of po-wer fit oniy for the unerring hand < of JDivine Wisdom . Accordingly ,, our representatives throw out Mr . Ewabt ' s proposition by 158 votes to 64 , and declare fry a majority of 92 " that Mb Glbsofete Hebrew code of morafity ' shalf be the ^ S * Wfti ng » rttfe in a stable of society aWtoffatfh ©* dismttilatf to that of ancient JudeeSa ,. and under ar dippension which essentially modified the Mosaic moral , system .

    In the meanwhile , Palmke is inexorably left to fyfaffttfe ; Sir George Gray refuses td commute or tWtttpette -the pu « isht » etk « ? and this day , in- atf V—iiVm cmtuAnty , will' be pregnant to him * itla > jrftfrtgfefwev of n ** and wonderful experience may Kejjfthi ^ the a wful change from Life to Death . ' Woiyr ^ gre . e of satisfaction is derivable from tlta ftUuO'rtiat Government has promised to inquire saxfc fXsvaem into the state of the laws affiecting &* . prapwrly . <& , mararital voomb . Sir Easkkdixi I * fl raflC , gajloja % tfuqk up , tUo cause , of the fitir OTOreasedf , and , in clear ., . concisa speech ,, showed tfieToruel gacrin ^' ce or" eqjuit y" to "—the gradual ^ Wriaiiur of tH « old' manly English rule by the

    £ mere dicta afcidf interpretations of Judges , who decide fronuwhat SRr Ebskine calls the " husband " point of vitor . As the law now stands , a woman may be airtU-used by her husband as to h * . forced to nmlBlWi finiin him ^ aja * yet be obligpititojield to h i * eveiiJp'iarthing'WffheB property * or ft » income ^ at thtt * isk of MHantiirg , necessaries f < iarher own ' 'ndbsisttMMbe . " Sfe may ^ protect hersllB in Hf te dWtt ojfc ^ Sjtaity , " sa ^ Mr .. a ^ i . iNS , vwho ^ littik it wo ^ pf > *' contWH ^ 1 fo t ^ & w of G ^ f * ff the interests ^ man arid wife shotild not remain ,

    identical—which is precisely what they -are not at present ; but we all know the slow and douhtfiil . groceexlingp of law courts . The' discussion ,, however , was remarkable ,- if only for Mr . J . G * . Phm .-xjmorjb ' s assertion that England is an . example to . all other countries- in the relations of the married' conple : In proofj refer to the police courts for wife-beating cases , to the law courts for act ions for adultery , and to the House of Lords for divorce bills .

    Our social system receives another illustration from the sfcrdke of the miners in the west of Scotland , which has this week been brought to a termination- by the surrender , as usual , of the men , after a sacrifice in wages alone of 5 O 04 O 0 ( W . The strike originated , early last Marohj owing to the desire of the masters to reduce the wages of their labourers from five to four shillings a day , in ant icipation of the conclusion of peace . Great distress has been experienced' by the men ; and at length ,, in the fourth month of the strike , the garrison is starved out . Here is a lamentable comment on the want of co-operation and

    agreement ; here also * are materials for Mr . Mackiwnon ' s committee . But we have discussed the subject at large elsewhere . From these , gloomy questions ifc is pleasant to turn even to the Cockney pleasure-grounds of Cremorne , where we find the Qjjeen visiting the flower-show , or to the Ascot races , where Royalty may again be seen unbending in the presence of the people . And still more pleasant is it to be * hold a , true alliance between the English and French peoples , in the shape of charitable , contributions from the former for the sufferers by the terrible inroad of the waters over the fields of

    Southern France : A pithy and . sterling letter of advice from Mr . Roebuck , the newly-chosen chairman of * the- Administrative Reform Association , to the-members of that body , forms an admirable make-weight to the political history of the week . It will be no fault of the energetic Sheffield Radical if the society do not rub off the rust that has prematurely gathered around it , and set vigorously to work , with a prospect of achieving results- that shall- be worthy of the pretensions it puts forth ;

    Capit a *^ PuirtaHMfcNT . —A public meeting , convened by the Society for Promoting the Abolition of tlie Punishment of Death * was held at the London Tavern on BTonday evening in support of the motion to be submitted by Mr . Ewart on the following evening to the House of Commons . The speakers were—Mr . Edward * Webster , a Chancery barrister ; the Rev . Henry Christmas ; the Rev . H . Richards , secretary to the Peace Society ; Mr . Farmer , apparently a- working man , and Mr . Mason , who' sought , . amidst > much opposition * , to justify capital ' punishment ; the Rev . Dr . Burns , a dissenting ; minister ; , and some others . Tho arguments advanced by the advocates Of abolition- were ; of the UBual character . Resolutions- avfavour ofltho objects * of the meeting were carried almost , unanimously ; and a petition' to > Parliament was agpeed to .

    FXttK . —The premises ( situated * in the Blackfriarsi 5 oad )» of Messrs . ! Nb * ton > Hay for , and' Co ., patentees of the wool company for making -wool out of worsted Btuflfe , * were burnt down , with the exception of a small portion ,, last Saturday . Tho machinery also was partially destroyed ; MoKftCofeff EMdORAnrtow en Prk 9 W >» t . — 'Large numbers ' ai < e emigrating from Preston-to the . Salt Lakes . "We ' find it is not unusual ,- " says the Preston Guardian , "for husbands to return li ' ome at night and find wife , daughter ,

    and children fled ' , Wife Roast ? stripped , and a pretty long list of debts incurred on the eve of departure left unpaid . " Stranou : Discovkkt of a Deai > Body . —A dead body , much decayed , and dressed in very tattered clothing , was discovered ir few days ago among some lumber in a loft over a stable in Bristol . An empty phial was discovered in one of tho pockets . It is the opinion of medical men that the deceased must have been dead at teast fifty years : An inquest naff been opened and adjourned for ftirthevavUtana * ' .

    Kizjukd BCf a Njubdijui—The young Irishman mentioned in our last as having been dreadfully wounded in the chest by a needle which broke in the muscles , has since died . GsutBOAi * Dh \& . Tfi ^ OMOHA lias , loft , tiveu Crimea Sot his own country .

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    ( iiTERIAL PARLIAMENT . V . ¦ ¦ ' - ¦ - ¦ ¦ ' —?—Monday , June 9 th . . THE FOREIGN LEGIONS . ! En tlie fcflhpMur rttt , Lords , Lord Dokoughmoee asked the SeetetMry for War what the intentions of the Government wHnrewith respect to the foreign legions ? Lord PANsaSMwWBlied tftat the foreign legions , when disem-^ h & Uk'Were to be sent to . their homes , or to be located fl ^ tDbme British colony , at the expense of the Government . THS-8 KES OF GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOr * The Earl of Ellbnboeough , adverting to the vacancy 'ifa tKB Bishopric of Gloucester and Bristol , caused by the death of the Bishop , made some remarks advocating the separation of the two dioceses—a step which he believed most of the county gentlemen desired to have taken , on the ground , that the see is , too large .- —Lord Redesdalk also expressed an opinion-inifiawour of separation . —Earl . GfiANVXLLK-said the question which had been raised wa 3 one of a very difficult character and required much consideration . There were several sees with respect to which there had been great complaints of the necessity of dividing them ; and therefore it was obvious that if any-. thing was to be done in such a matter it should be by means of a general ' measure ,. and not one applying only to this particular case . . OUR AMERICAN RELATIONS . In answer to a question from the Earl of Carnarvon , Earl GfRANViLLE said he had' understood that the Asia had arrived , and that she had brought some news of a private character which was not very clear or intelli gible * There was , on the one hand , a- report that letters had been received which extended to the 27 tb , and which announced Mr . Cxampton ' s departure ; and , on the other ihand , a telegraphic message was said to have been sent on the 28 th ,, stating thai ; there waB no further intelligence . It was- not quite clear what that telegraphic message meant—whether that there was no further intelligence besides Mr . Crampton ' s dismissal , or that iMr . Crampton had not been dismissed . ( Laughter . ) | Her Majesty ' s' Government had received no official communication . —A similar statement was made in the < i Lower House by Lord Palmekston , in answer , to Mr . Disraeli . 1 MERCANTILE LAW AMENDMENT BILL . ! The House having gone into committee ( on recommitment ) with respect to this bill , Lord Gvkkstohe ¦ protested against clause 1 , the object of which , ia to { abolish the necessity for having written contracts in cases in which the ^ amount of value exceeds 101 . Speak-| ing in the name of the merchants of the City of London , he said there would be great , danger o £ such a repeal . leading to fraud , by making mere casual conversations ' assume the nature of actual" contracts . However , he ' would not divide the- House . —After a brief conversation , the clause was agreed to , and ' , the bill : passed through committee . ENCUMBERED ESTATES COURT . In the House of Commons , in answer to Colonel GRBV * LLK ,. Mr . J .-D . FrazGKaAM >>( the Attorney-General for Ireland ) said , he was prepared , to advise the Government to introduce in due time ( but not during the present session ) a bill for the continuation of the system of the Encumbered Estates Court . PUBLIC PROSECUTOR . I Sir GaoROB Grby , in answer to Mr . J . G . Phiiiimojbe , said it was not the intention of Government to propose any bill during tho present session for appointing a Public Prosecutor . Tlie Attorney-General , however , intended to frame a measure during tho rocoss . " the mppmuny babk . Mr .. Bowtek called attention to the fact of tho Master of the Rolls in Ireland having intimated hia opinion that Government ought to interfere in tho affairs of the Tipperary Bank ; and wished to know whether Ministers Bad : token any steps in consequence—Mr . J . T > . Fitzobrald said that on the previous Thursday morning , for the first time , he saw by chanco in a Dublin paper the report to which Mr . Bowyor had alluded . He immediately- communicated with the Crown Solicitor with reference to attending the judgment of his Honour upon tho case . ( JUear , hear . ) The course which had been all along open to tho learned Judge was a perfectly clear one : he had only to direct that the matter should ce brought under the attention of tho Crown Solicitor , wno would have placed it before him ( Mr . Fitegoruld ; for l" » consideration , with a view that , if ncceuaary , ho niigiw put tho law in force . oath of An . ruRATiON mrx . This bill was . read a third time . On tho question "that the bill do pasu , " f Sir Fiususriok Thkhiobr moved , as a mibstituio clause 2 , a clause which , while it omitted those portions of the oath that have become obsolete , rcintrodiicca i worda , omitted in the oath which woa . proposed by b ill , " upon tho true faith of a Christian . " Bepeuunb tho ' arguments ho had used on a former occasion . > contended that , as our institutions are laid deep m foundations of Christianity , there should be no ftjen to the Houae of Commons oxcept through a prow of that faith ; and that , at any rate , the object < w . by those who advocated tlio measure oug ht to do uk

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  • Leader (1850-1860), June 14, 1856, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14061856/page/2/