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    a »" ^ - j- jnfianflr . ttf a bttLopenly ; framed 'for that purpose , and fmfit-by ; ft ? -ide A . wind . ^ -rMr- . _ 3 o \ er __ a quoted . a passage gjmn . a-letterrtfe . bad . received from JG > r . Cullen , i . to the gjjfec- ^ that -Sir . Frederick ; Thesiger ,. on afonner debate , had misrepresenteA-JDr * Gttllen ' s intention in . publishing a collection of Papal bulls . Sir Frederick's interpretajjoflj heuremarked , impliecltan ; un £ ouoded doubt : as . to the WftUyvof the JBoman , Cathjolics .-xI > ord . Jo « N Ri / sseu 4 ^ jui & jh & t Sit Krftdexick Theajgfer , by framing , a new OAth , ftoniiiteaiioac is aofiura sut

    .. granted was -a eewmunion-ftable . . As regarded-.-jChe I alleged difference , of , practiceyjaq ; betwean J » i 3 awn diocese I < and . the diocese of Salisbury , he wished Ao observe thai ! f isome years . ago , he did consecrate a cemetery adjoining I - - STewbury , which had , no chapel . cNot having then duly . considered , the subject , he . followed the comse-which was - 3 > rescribed , by : thosexwho drew up the . programme of rthe proceedings ; but ithe rule of his diocese . was now ,.. as indeed it had , been for many years past ,, similar -. to -that > :

    . what provisioii . would be , made . € or the-cenvewm ee © Tthe : AuatraJ * an < meil * be * w « en 7 England and Su _ z * i _! cL _ * o *? - S ^ t ^ H ^ JEJ ?* w m & Ua * ° *^ ney ^ om ^ S , «< fcBomt . de , Galles .- ^ Mr . Wilson said thatifaere was a oontract . with the : a > < mi _ wttlar and- Oriental ^ omp ^ y which : included the caiaying of mails to A « str « Ua I * would therefore be obvioualy-improperifor the Government to . offer a contract forthe conveyance of the mails in the .- - wav-alluded to : tor . -if , t . hdv ;< iM . <• -

    jjad . -jwrtUftwy- . -tqeroxa . Qatn . , jt jbe o » tb , prpppsed , by Sir Frederick , contained a . provision \ 3 d 1 ich , woa » d operate in an . oppressive manner . against jUie Jews ; . and : he ( Lord John Russell ) therefore opposed jt . —T Mj .,. SAMP- ^ . Warren supported the amendment , Jjecauserbe ^ tbought -it . impossible for Jews , and Ghris-Jjflna . to-work . well together , in . a legislative house ; ; be-,-caUBe the . foath proposed by the bill would . effect , < an ^ organicjsbangedn o . ur , political structure ; and because , a weapon would thereby be placed in the hands of . the infideL Alluding to the Xord Mayor , who was then jjittUjg under the gallery , he spoke of him . as" a valued ¦ fiieria . " . andr . compliniented him on his , mode of

    conductor , tne .. diocese . of Salisbury . As regarded his alleged violation of this conscience , r-he thought ; ithe question turned on the . meaning of the word " essential : " He held' that by the . canon law and by the Haw which , the Church of England had established , there was no complete consecration of a . cemetery . chapel or . churtjh , without the . cele . bra . tion of the holy communion ; but , ^ upposing jthat the . Bishop . of London consecrated the . cemetery only and not the chapel , he ; ( the Bishop of London ) had not been guilty , of any violation of . principle , in . adopting a form which left the chapel unconsecrated . Some further conversation ensued , in , the course pf > whieh the . Earl of AfAi . MKSRTTn-v nKe » i 7 £ H + v > n + + v . n-n

    , _ , _ Company , having already one contract would be -enabled vto tender « t a lower price , than -any ether party _ rad would , if its tender were received , be taking-double pay for the same service . There would , however , be no objection . on the ; part of the Government to-make up a mail , for . the vessels of other companies , provided they would receive it on such , terms as -the Government might , offer . CAP-TAXi ¦ PUNISHMENT . Mr . Ewart moved -for a select committee to inquire into the operation of the law imposing the punishment of death . He ¦ . felt convinced that that punishment waa auutuuKu fsvitfitucts out

    'Jng . the duties of . his office ; but he could not allow . that J , ews , * shouid . be ,, permitted , to sit in . a House which is JChris . tian , and . which every evening commences its deli-. berationa . . with Christian prayers— -prayers -which have ¦ ,. l > een . c . -answejed by-the bestowal of prosperity on this ; J < roun * ry . -r-. Mr . . B . ^ ng opposed tie -amendment , as did . . Mi * J & PNCOJtfBB , . who said he thought it was admitted , . ; 0 n . aU . hands-that .. all patties are ashamed of the abjuiation ( oath ,, an . d there is no occasion , therefore , to . dis-£ nss . that oath any more . He trusted they would no Jonger see .-some . six hundred and fifty members of that .. Houge ,. as wejl . as some hundreds in another place ,, who ijclftim .. to represent the intelligence of the nation , so-; . femnly .. calling . God to witness that . they abjure that Wnifin HjlS PAfMPfi + rt < i"Vlci- OnH TlrT- »*_ - » V » J"VO 1 "ir »^ # - \\ tr nAnniK ! l \ ¦ + if

    a ppeared to . , great uncertainty and disagreement . among tha Bishops , as to consecration ; sand the . Bishop of Cashel said .. that the difference of opinion on thj _ subject was even greater -than had been stated . If-. the Bishop of Oxford was right . in saying * hat the cftnsecration of . a church or chapel . was ineffectual without the administration of the sacrament , he ( the Bishep of Cashel ) could only say that the greater number pf chapels and churches which he had undertaken to con-, secrate were not consecrated , for he was never in . the habit of administering the sacrament at the -time ; pf consecration , although he always gave directions that it should be celebrated the next Sunday . He knew . of cases in . which the Archbishop of DubHn ( w . ho he , might T"Om i'Tl / i + T ^^ iw - » -i mrt o mr ^ l / n «» 1 ! n l . — ^ „__ _ J _ _ J ! J __ T iuAuuvwvui utto ix

    ***** vjr - ' , ' -ne would not enter into that argument , because he always felt that , when the House embarked i &^^ theological'discussion , it-deserted common sense . ( Sear , hear . ) © ismissing this , then , the question came to one of expediency merely ; todetermine which he would-ask , in the first place , what waa the just definition of punishment ? He thought that -any punishment which was worthy of -that name should possess the following requisites : —Inthe ; first place , it should be effective ; in the second , it ought to be as fair as possible , not -falling heavily upon one man and lightly upon another ; -in the third , it-should be as far as possible certain ; and in -the fourth , it-should be reversible and revocable . He contended-that -the punishment of . death failed in all these requisites . Frequent cases kuowu oi

    j •¦ .- » " -w . -rr - m-f — vrww- ~ -v v . v * > - ( JUVJ ««»« . V & II U 1 VU VUUUVU " - * -7 PVOyl Ui ; Jity . be jestpred . But it appeared that hon . gentlemen opposite . admitted that it was not the family of the Stuaijts they were apprehensive of , but that they had an insurmountable objection to the house of Rothschild . ( Laughter . ' ) However , they had had a Jew as a churchr wardep , and it did not appear that the duties . had been ill-performed : the present Jew Lord Mayor , . also , had 'been present in St . Paul ' s on the Thanksgiving . day . "He put it to those present whether things could be suf-I'itered to remain as they are , even if one hundred Jewish members should be admitted to the House . . a consequence of altering the present oath , and omitting the reference to " the true faith of a Christian . " . The House then divided , when there appeared—For the amendment ... 110 Against it 159—49

    A ^ -. <* jujijgtia-Llujitll , " JL 1 UL it Uli 9 i / rtl 6 rjLy Irishman ) had walked into the church , signed $ he act of consecration , and then walked out again ; and , when asked why he had not read any prayers , replied that he did not think anything he could read could give holiness to a place already formally handed over to the purposes of religious worship . —Viscount Dungajwojn expressed 'great regret at hearing these statements , and was sorry to say that " the irregular and unhallowed mode of consecration" described by the Bishop of Cashel was sometimes adopted by the Archbishop of Dublin . It was high time that some understanding should be come to on " this most serious matter . " — Lord Campbell , advised that the subject should be allowed to drop ; w hich was done . AMERICA . The Earl of Clarendon , in answer -to the Eatl of

    uuu . uecu meu conimiinng murders on the very days on which they bad witnessed executions for murder . The inequality . of the punishment was ^ hown , by . the fact that , while some people meet . it with the greatest unconcern , others ( as in the Case of the . woman -who Avas executed fainting at Jersey , and in that . ofiBousfieid ) are overcome with an agony of terror . Juries are inclined to acquit , and in some cases have acquitted , aven , wheji the guilt of the accused has been obvious , . rather tbau send a fellow-creature to death . , Judges , also exhibit reluotanee ; and the recent commutation of . the sentence of Celestina "Somner , because of ber . jsex , will / render it very diflicult to hang any woman hereafter . .. How , then , could the punishment be retained in the-. case of ; men ? It appeared , moreover , that there is the greatest uncertainty in the Home Department , and that pne year , they may have a merciful secretary , and the next ., one > with

    con' lhe . question that the bill do pass was then put and | greed to . CAMBBIDGE UNIVERSITY BILL . 'The consideration of this bill in committee was resumed on clause 27 . — : Mr . Wigram's amendment , stipulating . that in making changes in the application of endowments , " due regard shall be had to the main designs of the founder or donor , " was negatived by 97 to 78 . — 'Numerous divisions were called for by Mr . Heywood -f tnd other members , on verbal amendments , but without success . On clause 3 . 1 , which had reference to tests , Mr . 'Seyavoojj said there was a professor of anatomy , at Oxford , who . was obliged to sign the Thirty-nine Articles . ( Hear , hear . ) He believed thn nmfcssnr nf

    Carnarvon , stated that at a late hour on the previous night he had received a letter from Mr . Crampton , written on the 27 th ult ., at the last moment . He stated that up to that time he had received no intimation of the intentions of the United States Government . The Sheuburn Hospital Bill—the object of which is to enable the commissioners of the hospital , which was originally devoted to lepers , to apply the funds to the purposes of a general hospital—was read a second time . The motion of the Bishop of Oxford , that the correspondence between the Bishop of Durham and the Charity Commissioners in reference to the hospital ghould be laid on the table , was agreed to . MEJTKOrOLnCAN COMMUNICATIONS . Tllfi TVTn . rnnis f \ f TA"w « r * r *\ vrtfir mnlvinrY */ - » T . r * Wl * T > * _

    trary tendencies . He ( Mr . Ewart ) contended that , all punishments should be reversible , as , he cpnld pradu . ee numerous cases in which persons had heen executed whose innocence -was subsequently-established . . For the . present state of things , various remedies . had been suggested . In another plaqe , , private executions . had been , proposed ; and tbat would certainly . get * id of such , indecent exhibitions as he was informed were-itaking place , namely , of special trains advertized . for next ( this ) , Saturday at Stafford , . (// ear , hear . ) But . then -the , peopje would not tolerate executions in private . Besides , such , executions would get publicity through the agency of the journals . Another remedy proposed w » s iwhat were called occasional punishments ; that . was to . say , an execution now and airain . for the sake ofoxamnk But in

    : anatomy was about the last person to believe in the "Thirty-nine Articles ; and that , if wo took the medical profession throughout tho country , ninety-nine out of one hundred did not believe iu those Articles . ( A laugh . ) The commissioners objected to the test of the Thirtynine Articles ; but if the House allowed two-thirds of the council to object , they might have a similar case occurring at Cambridge . At present , dissenters are admitted there even without a revision of the statutes . The remaining clauses were then agreed to , and the bill as amended was ordered to bo reported . Tho Oxivokd University Bill was read a second time . After some discussion , and repeated divisions , the debate on tho second reading of the Dublin Metuo'POUtan Police Bill was adjourned . Tho Il ouan nilinnriwil nt turn nV ! rv » 1 r

    , venswortii , said that a fresh and inexpensive echctno for opening a communication between . PjUnlico . and Pallmall was under the consideration of the Government , and would in due time bo submitted to the Ilquso . of Commops . The Juvenile Convicts Prisons ( Ireland ) Bill ,, the Public Health Supplemental Bill , and t h e Hay and Straw Tra . dk Bill , were respectively rwd a third tjme , and passed . RKFORJU OF THE CORTORATION PF J-ONJOON . Lord John Uusskll presented a petition , signed by four thousand and upwards of the inhabitants pf tho City of London ( three hundred of whom w « ro amongst tho most wealthy linns in that city ) , in favour of the bill before the liouso for tho reform of the corporation . I Mr . Disraeli presented a petition from tho liverymen I ijuhudii umt wi witn

    his opinion that woqld be . nQthjqg better than gambling with human life . ( Jfear , hear . ) A-more lenient punishment , however—siifih . . . as iinpris . ojunent for li £ b—w <) iild be more certain . in ., its operation , . would , check falBC , sympathy , for the criminal ,: and would carry . with ; it public opinion . —The motion was . seconded by Mr . Hadfjielp . < Mr . Drummoni ) opposed the motion , observing that the precept contained iu tho words " Whoso sheddQth , man ' s blood , by man shall his blood be shed , " , was too plain to be controverted . He suggested that , with a \ iair of relieving secretaries of state for the . Homo Department from importunities from tho advocates of condemned criminals , whereby the course of : justice waai ifa ~ peded , a certain number of persons , including the Judgo who tr ied tho gage , should , if there be-unyfrouh evidence , decide whether it wore fit that the jkrer , Pg « tivo of , « iorcy should be exorcised . —Mr . BLAcKMOKK .-Mr .

    Bicoriiitn-Tuasi / ai / , June 10 /// . TffR NON-COXSEORATION OF THIS 11 LANDFOUD HUI 11 AL CIROUND . The fucts connected with tho ceremonies performed previous to tho opening of the cemetery at Woolwich Wore , again brought forward iu tho House of Lords by . Lord Pqrtman , who , after all ' inning that ho had made Wverul inquiries , tho answers to -which confirmed his Jj > rm . er rel ation , charged tho Biohop of Oxford with having made two inaccurate atatomonta on tho previous Thursday evening , viz ., that thoro waa a communion teWo . when thoro was uono ; and that tho practice of his UhGB . whop ' a ) diocoso was tho same im that of tho Bishop Of Salisbury , when such whs not tho fuct . Lord Port-Wan also rofiectod on tho Bishop for having violated lun ttwacionco in adopting tho practice of tho dioceao of London , when ho wua acting lbr tho Biuliop of London . " --In ncBwer to those etricturcH , tho Bishop of Oxford « Ated . lha , t , wilfln j , consecrated thochupol , ho found " « , WWo oov « rea , with decent red cloth , " which ho took for |

    , uuiiing- « y naa nouru surprise tho provisions of tho bill before the Ilouso for the reform of tho corporation of tlio City of London , and praying tho House would not consent to tho proviaions of tho measure . 8 T . PANC'KAS 'WORKHOUSE . Mr . Bouvehie , in answer to Sir John Pakinoton , oaid that ho hud been informed , by an inspector whom bo had Hont to hoo . whether the dosired alterations in St . Pancrus Workhouso luid been carried out , that thouo altorationa had not been efi ' ccted . Under theso circu-rn-HlanceH , a letter was dusnutched from tho I ' oor-law Board , stating that , unlcan a material improvement took place within two montliH , the Hoard would tako stops to put th «! law in force . Tho two months would expire in July , and iu thiu position tho matter stood at that moment . Ho boliovcd the directors of tho poor in St . PancruH meant well ; but they , wero not auHolutc , and no doubt tLtoy . had liud cliilicultioa to encounter . THE AUSTRALIAN MAILH . Mr . Macaivi-jnigy « 8 ked tho Secretary to tho Treasury I

    ton , and Mr . AV . au . nek , . supported tho motion , , whi < jb . \ vaa further opposed by Mr . Liijidell u ^ id Hir iQEOMaE Grigy , tho latter of whom argued that atatihitical , r « cor 4 » show that the punishment of dcuth , io looked , | ipon , by criminulB with gr «» tcr dread than any ojthor ; , that it // j not more unequal tbau other kinds , pf punishment , j \ or moro vindictive iu its character thwn , juai > ri « onmont for life ; that no fur l ' roni thouo urimes / which arc pot punished by death havingi decreased siuce tho abolition of the capital BcnUincc , . while murdor . hoa . incrcuvied ,., ^) fuct ia exactly tho rcvovao ; and that tho olycction . | Utt i ;«" gurda the uncertainty of thu puuj « bmcu , t ayplioa , ( sfy ^ f ^ y to all other punMunontu . Uppn a diviflij Oii , tho niotLon was , n , e ^ fttiv , « d iby , 1 ^ 8 to Gi- ADVANCJUiWE ^ T . p . F . SG . IENCS :. Mr- Ueywood roao to move , for , a , «« l « cL c /» minitteo , | to inquire what publio iuo ^ biiyca uan bd adopted to udvAncp Hcionqo , and improve the . pasltfiQn . flf , its , cultivators . , Apkuowlexlgi | ig the . qtqps , in tb , o right direction which government had recently tukon in oatabliuhing a dopttrt-

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• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), June 14, 1856, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14061856/page/3/