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    No. 386, A^^^Rrnxsgy-I 9? H B Bit. ¦;¦ ....

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    Mmi^&Mmmml ——+ . ¦ Monday, August. Ioth....

    mmi ^& mMMmL —— + . ¦ Monday , August . iOth . pBocmsss cwbwsotbss . « The Soya * Assent nvas given *> y ; Commission in < tfae Hottbe © F ! E /« RPS < to several Mils . The Allowing bills -were -read a third -time « na pas sed ^ —County Court Judges ( Famoser and Tatbb ) Salaries , CHABiTAfeiiB Trobts Acts Continuance , SUPEBASNUATIOW ACT AMENDMENT , ( FRAUDULENT Tbustebs , &<;• , and Trustees ^ Relief Bills . The reports of'amendments to the following Mils -were brought « p and Toeeived?—Militia Biul , Court of SESSION ( SCOTLAND ) BlLL . LETTER STAMPING .

    Lord Campbell called attention to the arising from the postage marks on letters being frequently mere blotches , totally invisible ; and "he asked the Postmaster-General w & erfcber -there is any hope that the inconvemen * will be remedied . —The Dnke _ Akqs-ul sold the difficulty < waa caused by Its 'being necessary a * present to have a !& * he stamping dpne by manual labour ; but 'he was happy to say Chat to all likelihood a machine would be made to ^ accomp lish the desired object . SUMMARY rHOCEEXUNGS BEFORE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE

    BILL . This bill passed through committee .- —Xora Campbell expressed his approval of the measure , and observed that , when it has received the royal assent , any party who feels himself aggrieved by the decision of a magistrate on a point oOaw will na-ve-an opportunity of appealing against € hat decision to one of the Superior Courts in "Westminster Hall . The House adjourned at twenty minutes to seven o ' clock . Among the private bills in the House of Commons , Baehg ' s Divorce Bill -was read a third time , and passed .

    ' ¦¦ MK OATHS COaEMXTTEE . Lord John JJussell brought up the report of the select committee appointed to inquire whether the Act 5 and 6 Win . TV ., c . 52 , is applicable to . the oaths taken by members of Parliament . The report stated fhat the committee had considered the matters referred to them , and that a resolution had been proposed by' a member to "the effect . that , in the opinion of the committee , the House of Commons was included in the meaning of the Act ; and , in fact , that all bodies now by law entitled . to adminster or to receive oaths came within its scope .

    This resolution had "been fully considered , and had been negatived . The noble lord stated that It w , ae not his intention at that late period of the session to . proceed with the Oafhs Validity Bill , and moved therefore thai the order for the second leading : be discharged . At the same time he wished to say that the subject was in . that state that he thought it necessary Parliament should take it into . consideration at the very earliest period next session , and he hegged to give notice that he would renew the question next session at the earliest opportunity . ( Hear , 7 iear . ~ )—The . motion was agreed to , and the bill was withdrawn .

    8 UNDAS" MU 9 JO _ A JII > PBEAOHIN © IN THE PARKS . In jraply to Mr . Hanbukt , Sir George GBEnr -said he had . received «; memor . ial signed by three : gentlemen , stating that bands in , the parks are permitted on ( the Sunday , while the preaching of the Gospel '< wa 8 > foT bidden . Erom inquiries ike had made , ho had learnt that no direct sanction wrae given by the Government to . the bands , and all that had been done Tvas not rto interfere with them . The preaching in the parks had been prohibited in consequence of several persons availing themselves of the opportunity-to diffuse Atheistical opinions . —Sir Benjamin Hall corroborated tho statemant of the Homo Secretary ; and , in reply to an allegation contained in the memorial , declared that the people Who now assembled in-the parks wore extromely orderly , aurt that since tho bands had booa allowed tojplaytho jiolico -charges had diminished .

    ore kicppel . Sir Charles Napier inquired whQthor . it was . true that Commodore Koppol , who had lately . been . tried > by court-martial , had been recalled from China .- —Sir Charles Wood declined to reply to tho question .

    PROMOTION Ol ? LIEUTENANT-COI . ONJSLS . On the order for going into Committee of Supply , General Peel naked whether the attention of tho military authorities had boon diraateCKo the case of . certain lieiv-• tenant-colonols of tho army who have boon . passed over and superseded under a Royal warrant of tho , 6 th of Optobor , 1854 , tliair commissions as lfaute . nant-c . olo . nel being dated before that warrant was issued ; and whether Jt was intended to restore those ofilcora to tho rolativo

    position ; of which they have boen deprived 'by ita retrospective action ?—General 'OooRiNaiON obsorvod that ihe effect , of the warrant had boen very unfair . —Mr . JvOBnuqjK , beforettho . question woa ans-wored , referred to » dtotlnot . denial published in the Times ot abatement njRde . iby Sir . John Ramadan respecting the supply of cotton covera to tho helmetsmnd foraging-oapa of the troops aont to . the Eaat , . and asked whether it waa true that the men had these coffers ; and , if not , upon whose authority 8 ir John had roado that Btatomont .

    Sir Sumsr ffcAaasnOT , ia reply -to < G-eheral SPeel * « aid * lie attention « f the nMilitary'authorities had been * ame 8 % directed *© tfhe grderanoe « $ prnplalned of * ^ vith avaewr to a remedy . In-answer * o Mr- Roebuck ^ question , heastated ibliart the-troops * ent to iGhitra Quad received either < eapcoyera or « aaterMs to moke-them ; that flthe oav-abry and attilleryflent , or > to ? be-sent , to fndiafeadcap-cosrersjnade up ; that the infantry : had . i » o > teap-covers , but these mwM be nodiffioulty in procui'i » g' * bem ia India , and orders had been fbrswardea overland that there should be no delay in famishing these articles . —At a subsequent period of the er-ening , the subjects being again brought forward , Mr . Stafford expressed a fear that-there w < wald be a repetition in India-of the disasters in the < Jrimea .

    THE NEW PUBLIC OFFICES . Mr . 3 eresfoed Hope called attention to the recently . exhibited designs for the new Government offices , and contended that there ought to be -a permanent committee of advice . The plans chosen were discordant , the taste was of a very questionable kind , . and the expenses involved would be very great . 170 , 000 / . werfe to be asked for to purchase the houses ia Downing- ^ treet and Charles-street for a site . This Tie conceived to be unnecessary , as the War Office and IToreign Office St Parkwhich

    might be . built on , the Parade in .. James ' s , is Crown Property , andtfhe public might be compensated for the loss of the Parade by thepark being . opened down to the river . The old Foreign Office nought thus be thrown into the Colonial Office , and additional accommodation be thus afforded in the latter . He therefore moved that "in humble address be ^ pEeserrted < to her Majesty , praying her to appoint a "Royal Comraission . to consider the site and plans of the proposed new . public offices , and particularly the Foreign and War Office ^ , and . to report on the same . "

    The Chancellor of the Exchequer said -that , if the matter were placed in the hands of a commission , it would probably result in a much larger expenditure than the Government would incur . He therefore felt himseU unable to accede to the motion . The hon . gentleman need not be afraid that money would be unnecessarily lavished on these offices . All that he was going . to ask for was a grant to build a Foreign Office and two Council Offices ; and he thought it was better to leave the matter In theliands of the Executive , w , ho would be responsible for the expenditure of the money . —Lord John Russell said , lie could not . concur in the motion , but he thought Mr . Hope had been misled by the course ; taken

    by the Government , in inviting plans wiich , it now appeared , were of no , use whatever . These magnificent . plans seemed intended for . palaces rather than public offices , and he hoped they would Jbe laid aside . —^ Sir Benjamin Hall , in reply to some remarks by Sir IXenham Nojbreys ,-said there were no public offices in . Europe so inconvenient as our own , , and besidesXliey-were in avery bad condition . { Hear , hear . ' ) The Foreign Office , for instance , was in a most dilapidated state , and if it were not rebuilt a large sum would bejrequired to put it in repair , The ^ Colonial and War Offices were in similar condition . —After some further desultory discussion , ihe amendment was negatived by JL 38 to . 8 .

    W 3 UP 3 PLT . The House then went-into ¦ Committee of Supply -npon the'remaining > Civil Service < Estim « fees . The-vote of 20007 . towards the'formation of tlie gallery of portraits of the most'eminent persons in © ritirih history was opposed 'by Mr . 'Goninoham , but -was car ^ - ried upon a division by 85 ito 8 . 1 , The vote af 10 , 000 / io the London Diaoeean Building Society , as » . contribution on the iparjt of -the Crown towards building additional churches and

    pareonagehotiflas , was opposed by Mr . Wbcw « uws chiefly on / economipal ^ round ^ , by Mr . Qxvefsn because tit intenfered with the principle . of . religious / liberty , . and by . Mr Axnvots ob unneoeesary , -sinae jChurah -property in -the metropolis , if . properly . npplied , would more than ; aufiioe for this purpose Tho vote iwos defended . on tho ^ rawnd that Xhe drown liad large property iin jLondcm , and twos bound > to contribute to the relief of spiritual destitution with jcefeE-eaoeito its property as dndiwiduals { h « , d dons . — Upon a divjaion , tho vote wosrcarried by . 9 . 7 to 66 .

    Mr . WasE proposed Xo inesativo > the yotie of 1 Q , 6 O , QI . for the purchase of a , aha , pol iin J ? aitieforthoiuae oftthe English reaideute « ntl wtialtors , rand < 0 Alled attention to the fact that tho chapel had . been purchased ,, and . 200 . 0 / . advanced from the . Civil Contingencies on . account . of , the purchase—Mr . WiLSON-dcfeoded thevateoud explained tho history of the . ohajiol , ; and Lord Palmkkhton observed that it had long been a reproach to us that we have -no lit place of public worship In Paris ; and'Chat tho vote whs no departure from principle , Parliament having been in tho 'habit of providing funds for such u purpose . —Th'iB vote encountered . many opponontfl , anfl , upon n division , -was negatived by TffO to 47 , the Government being thus left in a minority of 88 . 'JCha vote of 10 , 00 . 0 ? . fbr theInllustillrtl 3 ffiiBevun , K 3 inbur ^ h , -was -withdrawn .

    Upon the vote of 24 , 'OOOJ . Tar the completion of QholHea Suaponsion-bridffo , ' tho question df tolls wns agitated , anil Sir Benjamin Hall distinctly stated that t'ljo bridge dhould bo opened as atoll-paylng'bridgo . ' Other vote * -were agreed -to rtftor dlHcuisaioiij and tho Chairman -was ordered to report progress . Tide Eoolth : 8 xabtioal Commission , & c , "Bill , and tho Dulttich OoLLEaio JBill , woro roud a third time , aud

    passed , ^ ebwitii & tandang ttbe ijppoeiiion iofflfeisd U > -tbe first on the laotion of Ti & x . Locre Eixsca , BHtd i » 4 he second on that of Mr . Knight . —The Public Offices Extension Bill , was w " . itharawn . The House adjourned at ten minutes sast two o'clock Tzteeday , August 11 th . OtSE XTUEttCIAL OI & OUISS . . In the House-of jLosds , the io » Ri > sGeDAitoBiiiieR , io reply , to Lord Campbell , stated that the Gpnrexmaeut proposed nest aesaion to introduce a measure based upoa some of the j-econaraendations « f the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the . expediency of adjusting the circuits . and makine other judicial ^ rrangem ^ ita .

    SEABoaraa . The ibllowingibiHe were ^ ead ^ a third time , jandipasaed MiLrrauv . Bill , Court of Session ( ScoiLAHBr ) , > QE 8 a-&& L iBOARB OF fifw . ftjtFrr CoNXIN . rjA 2 iaE , JUTXKBSfE XS jAt & SOLIOJETOfiS . ^ C . OIiOillA'L 'COURTS ) , iLMCJtT JJlBTtLLAanaSH ( iBBaLAMD ) , JL . OAN SOOIETJaBB , B . URJEAX . << GrRaiIK » S ^ SeOffla ^ std ) Act , A 85 . 5 , AatsaiBMaNx , fixrMitfA « ar Pao « aESB » - iNasBEFOBE JusTxaGs or -janiE JReajbsh , and JtUBJHDitaaosr in Slam Bills . Some other rbills ihaving baen ^" orwaraed ja « tage , Jihe House adjourned at « ix o ' clock .

    PROBATES AND XiETTERS < W AIXBErNISTRaXBON ' TBDjL . At the morning sitting off the House « f Oommous ,, this bill , as amended ia committee , was < ion ^ aered . $ n the course of the discussion , Mr . A'SKTOwmpved th « addition of a clause to-the-effect-that any -person receiving compensation under -the act shall , -when called upon , be liable to -fill any public office under -the < jtowii , for w'hich his previous services may -render him eligible , and , in ease of -refusal , shall forfeit the right to compensatioa under sec . 19 , 4 & 6 Waiiam IV ., cap . M . — The At-TORSE-Y'GEarERAiL said , that the compensation in -this case < w « s given -for -what might be cailled -valuable consideration , and , therefore , he did -not think tbat ^ he case could be torought within the operafion of the statute referred to— Sir Jasies 'Graham supported

    the clause . —Mr ; Wigkam thought that difficulty would be ^ experienced 'in carrying = it out .- — "Mr . Eobbuck prophesied that the difficulty would arise from the clause being allowed-to grow •* rustyj' as bad occurred-wiCh respect to a measure referred to a few evenings before by the Attorney-General . Next year , be would move for a return of what the compensations under * 6 he act -would cost the pu-biic , and then they-would -see what they would have to pay for the benefits conferred upon -them by the Attorney- 'General . Tf martters were left as the Attorney-General found them , the public -would be just as-well served , and at as cheap a rate . —The clause was ad

    ultimately agreed 'to , and added to -the bill . —Mr . Hfirild -moved an annendmenrtto clause 45 , with the view of fthrowing open the Adrariralty Court innfl Conrt of Arches to all practising solicitors and attorneys . —The AarroHNEY-GEWBRAL could not accede tot he amendment as far as it related « to The 'Court of Arches , -because the effeet < wouia ibe to throw -upon Hhe new © ivoice 'Court , but he had no objection to so throwing open the'Court of Admiralty . —The ' 'Court of A-rdnes * was omitted , anfl the lamendment , so modified , was -agreed to . —Ocher amendments were 'proposed , but they were either WiChdTawn or negatived . —Glauses 101 , 102 , 121 , 122 , and 128 , -were struck < out .

    THJDi X > ANUBIAN QyESTION . In the evening , Mr . Disraeli Inquired whether there was any prospect of an amicable settlement 0 f the existing differences between ISngland and France on the subject df the DanUbian Principalities , and whether there was any apprehension of an estrangement df feeling between the two Governments ? Lord Palmebston replied that the differences at Constantinople " had arisen , not out of the question of the union ar ( di 8 uriipn of the Principalities , but of the alleged irregularity of the electionsin Moldavia . 'Those elections had taken place-without reference to certain instructions tranamittea'by the Tuxkish Government , and opiniona prevailed th ^ t the result -was not in accordance with law , and that , if tho arrangements had been carried out ,

    tho elections would have been different . Those qpurupns were represented to the ministers at 'Constantinople . ; and four of them—the Trench ^ tho Russian , the Prussian , and the . Sardinian- —separately , and without acting with eheOSnglish and the Austrian ambassadors , called on tb , o Turlclsn Government to . Annul tho elections , and to have the electoral list reviaeU , in order that tho elections might , take pjlaqo over again . Tho Toito felt that tnia demand , which applied to matters that foad ' . beon treated in common with the six great powers , ought not to come from four alone , and / declined complying with tho demand df tho four , . stating tha ^ , if the request came from M di ; x , it would place the matter in a different position . Tho recent Visit of tho Emperor of the French to

    Osbornq , accompanied as ho < waa by liis Minister for Fonolgn Affiflrs ,, gave tho 'English Government an opportunity df coining to an , understanding with the French Government ; and they thouglU ; there was surfloiont primU facie evidence of irregularity to juatiry tlio olootions being liold over again on properly revieed Vata , anainurtlforinlty WlUitho Brmans and the intornretatlon given on them . The JSn ^ li ^ Government had roaaon to bdllove jthat tho Austrian Government was aieposeU to concur in this courBO ; and , th » t boing bo , it woihoped Che Sultan would yield . There was , therefore , no reason to believe that any difference of opinion

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 15, 1857, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15081857/page/3/