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    E^Firial Parliament. —?—Monday, July 14t...

    looked on the suggestions made at the Conferences aa extremely injudicious . What was the policy of the Ministry ? It was obscure and mysterious with respect to the question -whether or not we are to take steps for putting an end to the foreign occupation of Italy , it it was their policy to go to war with Austria for the independence of the peninsula , they were bound frankly to announced ( Lmd cries of" Hear , hear r ) They were bound to submit such a project to Parliament , for its approval or rejection . " I remember , " said Mn Disraeli ,

    • 'that , at the end of the session of 1848 , it was my fate , as it has been the fate of the noble lord to-night , to bring before the consideration of Parliament the question of interference in Italy . I have in my mind a perfect recollection of the events which took place in 1847 and 1848 , and although the noble lord may not condescend to profit by the experience of that adventure , I confess myself that the consequences were so sad , and have been so opposed in my opinion to the progress of Italy and to the amelioration of the condition of Italian

    society , that I tremble lest he should embark in a like enterprise again , and lest we should reap from that condu « t the same bitter and desolating fruits . " If we are to interfere for the sake of the oppressed of Naples and Borne , why not for thoie of Austria and Russia ? Is there to be a difference simply because , in the one case , we should only be encountered by weakness , and in the other by strength ? Again , if we rouse the passions of the Italian people , we shall also rouse the secret societies , which aim , not at ameliorating governments , but at changing society . We know what they did iu 1848 . An English

    Minister had most unwisely boasted that , by holding out his hand , he could raise a revolution in Italy to-morrow . There is no doubt he could \ but what would be the consequences ? The Pope would very soon be forced to fly ( Mr . Spooner might perhaps say , " So much the better" ); the French Emperor , in conjunction "with Austria , would pour forth his legions in order to restore the head of the Romish Church j we should have to Trithdraw our fleet ; our admonitions would be thrown in the mud ( as they deserve ); and the thraldom of Italy would be a thousand times more severe . But the secret

    societiesthough covering Italy with a perfect network—do not merely exist in that peninsula ; they arc even more numerous , more active , and in a higher state of organization , in Prance . A great calamity has recently fallen on France , in the shape of inundations ; and , if we follow out this scheme of rousing the Italians , not all the genius for government of * the French Emperor , not all the admirable measures he has taken to mitigate the calamity , nor even the strength of his victorious army , will prevent the probability , and perhaps the fact , of a revolution in his territories also . Let them take example by what happened to that astute monarch , Louis Philippe . However , he ( Mr . Disraeli ) found encouragement in the language of the First Minister , for it appeared to be the calm , well-considered , and solid

    determination of the Government to do nothing ( hear , hparr and a laugh ' ); and he believed such was th §_ . intention also of the French Emperor . He dji noiTagree with the denunciations of Austri ? Q- - rule iu Lombardy : that province is lightly' taxed , while it is receiving vast material irajjrovements from the Imperial finances ; and , a 3 . 4 ° ~ tiie King of N " aples and the smaller sovereigns , ^; ney are teased with constant conspiracies , till , from a feeling of panic , rather than from natural cruelty or arbitrary disposition , they are driven to excesses which all must deplore . No man can wish to fill dungeons with his own subjects . With regard to Sardinia , he thought that an attack upon it by any Power whatever must demand the serious consideration of the English Government ; but he strongly advised the House to repudiate the course recommended by Lord John Russell .

    Mr . Bowyer mentioned that he had heard , on good authority , that the occupation of the Roman State * by foreign troops would soon cease . He deprecated the course taken by Lord John Russell . — Mr . Monckton Milnes was glad , after the speech he had heard from Mr . Disraeli , that that lion , gentleman was not a member of the Government . —Mr . Whiteside held that Lord John Russell was justified in asking the question he had put . The policy of Ministers was shuffling and miserable , and amounted to this —that they meant to do nothing . — Mr . John Piiillimobe spoko in favour of Italian nationality and independence . — Sir Joiin Walsh looked upon the course pursued by Lord John Russell as extremely rash . Ho soemed to assume that Franco is prepared to be our tool ; but the Emperor Napoleon is tho last man likely to be the

    catspaw of Liberalism either in that House or elsewhere . It would be madness and folly to plunge into a course of interference , reckoning upon tho support of tho Emperor Napoleon , which would bo entirely antagonistic to bis principles and interests . He ( Sir John Walsh ) desired to see the state of Italy ameliorated ; but ho could not forget that tho presence of Red Republicanism renders caution very necessary . Lord John Rcbhbll , in reply to Mr . Disraeli , said that his observations applied solely to tho foreign occupation of Italy . When waa that to terminate ? Was thero to be a ninety-nino years' lease ? and , if so , would not that constitute permanent powession ? Mr . Disraeli had spoken of secret societies . He said the -whole continent was undermined by those societies . u But , " aaid Lord John , " I am not sure that a Government extremely despotic « nd supported by foreign troops ia the Government most

    likely to put down secret societies . { Hear , hear . ') It is in that rank soil that these weeds are most likely to grow . ( Cheers . ") These things act upon one another . There are secret societies , therefore there is foreign occupation ; there is foreign , occupation , therefore there are secret societies . " The motion was negatived without a division .

    PARTNERSHIP AMENDMENT ( NO . 2 ) BILL ,. This bill was read a third time . On the question that it pass , a discussion of considerable length arose upon a proviso in the 3 rd clause , proposed by Mr . John Phillxmore and opposed by Mr . Lowe , requiring the lender to advertize the loan in the Gazette , with the name of the borrower , the portion of the profits to be received , and the nature of the business . —Upon a division , the proviso was carried ( in opposition to the Government ) by 108 to 102 . —Mr . Lowe then stated that , after this decision , it was not the intention of the Government to proceed further with the bill , which -waa accordingly withdrawn .

    The Episcopal and Capitular Estates Continuance Bill , the Poor Law Amendment ( Scotland ) Bill , the Indemnity Bill , the Nuisances' Removal , & c . ( Scotland , No . 2 ) Bill , and the Formation of Parishes Bill , were respectively read a third time , and passed .

    MR . JAMES SADiEIR . In the early part of the evening , before the discussion on the affairs of Italy , Mr . Roebuck intimated that , in the event of Mr . James Sadleir not surrendering before Monday next , he should move his expulsion from the House . —Some discussion then ensued between the Attorney-Genebal fob Ireland and Mr . Napier with respect to the matter at issue between them ; and the former said that on the following day he should make a statement . IRISH MILITIA AND OFFICERS EST THE ARMY .

    In answer to a question from Lord Claud Hamilton , Mr . Frederick Peel said that , as the Irish militia was to be kept embodied longer than that of England and Scotland , and as some of the men desired to return home prior to the period fixed for its disembodiment , permission was given to them to leave , with a provision that they should receive the pay and bounty to which , up to that time , they were entitled . As the militia was about to be disembodied , however , instructions had been given that men -who were permitted to go home should be settled with at once , and should receive all to which they were entitled in respect of gratuity and bounty .

    ? Replying to Sir James Graham , who made some inquiries respecting the reduction of officers of inferior grades in the army ( more especially with regard to those distinguished at Sandhurst ) , Mr . Frederick Peel said that the only sound pr inciple on which this reduction could be carried out was , to-reduce those officers who are the juniorsjn _ fiaohr grade . He agreed -with his right hon . finend ~' ' { nat those who had distinguished themselves at Sandhurst had as strong a claim to the consideration of the Government as any others ; but he could not say that any of them had a claim to be kept in full pay ia preference to those who are senior to them in the service .

    THE DRAINAGE OF THE METROPOLIS . In answer to Mr . Butler , Sir Benjamin Hall said that , after communication with the Metropolitan Board of Works , experiments with respect to the drainage of the metropolis had been made by Captain Birstal , in consequence of which he had informed the chairman of that Board that the plans which a deputation from it had previously submitted to him were at variance with the act of last session , inasmuch as they contemplated the discharge of tho sewage at a point within or near the metropolis ; and that therefore the Government could not sanction them . At the same time , he had conveyed to the Metropolitan Board of Works that , if they presented any other plans to the Government which were in conformity with the act of last session , thoy should receive immediate consideration . Tuesday , July 15 .

    THE COMMANT > ER-IN-CniEF AND THE SECRETARY FOR WAR . In the Housic of Lords , Lord Panmure , in reply to the Duke of Somerset , stated that no new limitations had been made to the power exorcised by tho Commander-in-Chief on the appointment of tho Duke of Cambridge to that office . According to the present state of things , thero is virtual responsibility to tho Secretary for War for all tho official acts of the Commandor-in-Chiof .

    BI 8 HOP 8 OF LONDON AND DURHAM RETIREMENT KILL . The Lord Chancellor , in moving the second reading of this bill , explained that the Bishops of Durham und London , from great ago in tho one cuso , and infirmity in tho other , wish to retire from their offices , but that , as thero is great doubt as to their power to do ho ( no such act having been performed since tho Reformation ) , it had hcon found necessary to introduce this enabling measure . Both prelates had performed thoir duties , in tho moat exemplary mannor , and , with respect to the Bishop of London , though ho had commanded a very largo income , and presided over an extensive diocese , no one would bo found to deny that those ro venue a and tho wholo of his timo had bean devoted to the spiritual and temporal welfare of thoso over whom ho was placod . Tho Bishop of London did not hold what ia

    termed a " regulated bishopric . " He held the revenues of his see as his predecessors had held them . The Bishop of Durham had come to his see subject to the arrangements which had been made by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners , b } ' which the income of the see was not fixed at a particular sum , but a revenue was given him , which , it was expected , would produce & sufficient income for the Bishop , of the probable amount of 8000 / . a year . But it had been found that the revenue had exceeded that amount , and the Bishop of Durham had set apart a large sum , which was called the Maltby fund , consisting of the surplus revenue , and he ( the Lord Chancellor ) had authority for saying that the total

    income received by the Bishop amounted to 13 , 500 / . a year . The Bishop of London was in the receipt of the whole revenues of his see , and those revenues might be stated at 18 , 000 / . a year . The regulated income of his successor would be 10 , 000 / . a year . It was proposed that the pension of the Bishop of London should he 6000 / . a year . He had it not from his own mouth , but he knew it to be true that the right reverend prelate had not saved any money , except that he had insured his life largely , and it would require a large part of the pension to keep up the insurances . A handsome retiring pension would also be provided for the Bishop of Durham .

    Lord Redesdale objected to the measure , which he thought had been hastily introduced , and for which there was no precedent . The wiser course would have been to introduce a general measure , altering the regulations of the act of Elizabeth . It was his painful duty , also , to object to the large amount of the retiring pensions . He therefore moved that the bill be read a second time that day three months . —Tho Earl of Cm-CHESTER supported the bilL—The Duke of Cleveland was surprised that some such measure had not been introduced before , and especially in the case of the late Bishop of Bath and Wells . In the midst of some laughter , his Grace defended the Bishop of London against the accusation of not having paid over the

    whole of the surplus income of his see to the ecclesiastical commissioners , which had been made against him by the public press , and in the other House by " a person named Horsman . "—The Bishop of Exeter was understood to express'bis approval of making provision for the retirement of Bishops , who from age or infirmity are incapacitated for their duties , but contended that the object should be accomplished by a general measure , securing the rights of the church , and after consultation with the members of the episcopal bench . The Churcb , however , had already provided a remedy , in case of age or incapacity , by appointing coadjutor Bishops . —The Earl of Harrowby spoke in favour of tbe bill , which was opposed by the Earl of Derby , who conceived there

    should have been a general measure , and who objected to the bargaining for a successor . Such an act , if done in the case of a rector , would be simony ; . and the principle was the same in the case of a Bishop . —The Archbishop of Canterbury briefly intimated his intention to vote for the second reading . —The Duke of Newcastle objected to tho principle of the measure . It was notorious that these were not the only two dioceses in the kingdom iu which the holders are unequal to the discharge of their duties . He alluded especially to two cases in which the Bishops withheld thoix resignation

    simply because no allowance -would be made on their retirement . —Lord Denman hoped that this measure would be allowed to drop ; for he feared , judging from what had already taken place , that the future discussions elsewhere would be calculated to cause great pain to the right rev . prelates most nearly concerned . —The Bishop of Oxford opposed the bill for reasons similar to thoso . advanced by the Duke of Newcastle and the Marl of Derby . He hoped that time would be taken for consideration , and that any legislation on tho subject -would bo postponed to next session .

    On a division , the second reading was affirmed by 17 against 35 . Tho Metropolis Locai , Management Act Amicndmicnt Bill , and some other measures , passed through committee . COAST UUARI ) SERVICE IHLI ,. At tho morning sitting of tho House oi' Commons , on tho motion of Sir Ciiaulkm Wood , tho Const ( luard Service Bill waa read a second time . By this measure , the Coast Guard will bo placed under the control of thu Admiralty , and its numbcro will be increased to 10 , 0011 men . This Avill fiivo n reserve of from 5000 to 7000 skilled seamen , ready for any emergency . Tho lorn : thus created , ' combined with tho seamen in training shins , tho Naval Coast Voluntocrs , and tho Pensioners ,

    will , Sir Charles expected , prevent a recurrence of the inconvenience which was felt at tho beginning of the lute war . Sir Charles gave several interesting particular * of tho improvement * recently eil'ected in the I ' rciicli navy , and observed that the French , nt the present moment , could produce a far larger body of disciplined seamen than wo could . — Sir J ' amim Graham , Sit Francis Baring , and other members , expressed their approval of tho plan . — In answer to a question l > y Mr . Ghooan , thu Chancellor ov tiiic Kxciiictjuw said that thero iw no intention to break up tho coast guard—tho design being simply to transfer it from tho Board of Customs to the Board of Admiralty . ' ! ' !»« votes for tho coast guard , up to tho lot of April next , will be transferred to tho control of tho Admiralty ; but

    ' Termed Held The Q.Q The Leadee. [No. 3...

    q . q THE LEADEE . [ No . 330 , Saturday ,

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), July 19, 1856, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19071856/page/4/