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      rC ^ rativelv required repealed , and thatheref ^ lintS to enable us to repeal other dut . es . " oi « rfpr of the speech consisted of an attack ThG T / mot ? on the inconsistencies of Mr . Disraeli up ^ oSd w th gre at effect , and an amount of jry ? ut s 3 stprisinlin a Chancellor of the Exche' ^ rftt'ft of ° MaT MW 8 ££ waS CaT Zt member for the &orth Riding of Yorkshire ? r cfv evT ? ropoSed a motion for the * repeal of the ( h tax which would have sacrificed no ess than K 000 000 of evPnue . Well , if i' is wrong to jeopardise E § s ? i z % zz ^* rflf $ rs ? s

      ^^^ as »^«^ rc !! £ of the country ? ( Continued laughter . ) That being the case for the Government , no one seemed disposed to continue the debate ; the ominous err of " Divide" arose , when Mr . Newdegatb said ' Ditto " to Mr . Disraeli . Mr . Gladstone got up and supported the motion , because it asserted a sound financial principle ; and because the House-tax was unequal in its " incidence , " favouring the poor at the expense of the rich , and " illegitimate' in its basis , as exempting " six-sevenths" of the house property of the country . He did not think that the income tax would be refused next session , though its existence was " precarious . " The debate then languished . Mr . Labotjchere did not revive its interest , which in fact vanished before the close matter of fact remarks of Sir Charles Wood ; and Mr . Hume on rising was met with cries of " divide . " When the House divided , there were—For the motion , 129 ; against it , 242 . Majority for Ministers , 113 . The bill then went through the committee , the House resumed , and finally adjourned at a quarter to

      one o ' clock . The main subject of debate on Tuesday was one of great relative interest , though the motion under consideration ended in the most futile way imaginable . The Marquis of Blandford moved the following resolution on Church Extension : — " That an humble address be presented to her Majesty , praying that she would be graciously pleased to take into her consideration the state of spiritual destitution existing throughout England and Wales , with a view that her Majesty might , be pleased to direct the adoption of such measures as she might deem expedient for affording more efficient relief to the spiritual wants of the people , and for an extension of the parochial system corresponding to the growth of a rapidly increasing population , by the help which might be drawn from the resources of the Established Church itself . "

      He asserted that the amount of spiritual destitution ia the country was quite shocking ; he proposed to relieve the spiritually destitute by building 600 new churches , creating a host of new bishops and clergy , whose revenues were to be supplied from the deans ' incomes , and the bale of the Chancellor's livings . This , aa far as we can understand it , is the scheme he advocated . Hi » notion of spiritual destitution seemed founded on the plenitude or scarcity of the clergy in reference to the population . He estimated that in thirteen large parishes , there was a deficiency of 237 clergymen : —

      " He did not come to the House to ask a grant of public money . All he sought was , that the Church of England should not be allowed to languish for want of support , when she had within herself the means of that support . ( Hear , hear . ) Her temporalities had been bequeathed to her by the p iety of our ancestors for spiritual purposes , and to spiritual purposes it behoved the Legislature to see them applied . ( Hear , hear . ) The Church of England was essentially the poor man ' s Church ( cheers ) , and her true glory should be , not the display of personal wealth or of gaudy edifices , but the promotion of the eternal liappinesn of her children , and the raising their temporal condition by giving them ter

      ju « views of the real aim of this life . ( Cheers . )" Lord HoiiKiiT Grobvhnor seconded the motion . Mr . Humb moved , as an amendment , for an account of all tho property possessed by the Church , of what kind never , not with a view of opposing the object of the motion , but in order to show how that object might J ? attained . He had always contended that the 'unda of the Church had been improperly applied , and thut the funds appropriated for the puyment of exorbitant salaries to the bishops , should be employed to pay the working clergy . Mr . Hume , therefore ,

      K « ve u now turn to the debute—it became a discussion «* abuKcs in the Church ; and Sir Benjamin Ham ., » rom no spirit of hostility to the Church , which he defined an " the laity , " went a great deal further in unveiling abuses than Mr . Hume , more especiall y in inudiocen eBof Rochester , Gloucester , London , ' andSt . J'avul s . The wusto of property , its inaludministrull « n , and the perversion of fundo from their original p urposes , were full y not forth . He believed thut the .. urcu ample fuml » within herself for « system ° t Church extension . What wu » hi * remedy : —

      " He had not been engaged in making inquiry without applying his mind to the reformation of those gross and deliberately followed up abuses . He would say , take the whole property of archbishops and bishops , of deans and chapters , of all ecclesiastical bodies , sole or aggregate , and pay the clergy good and proper incomes . ( Hear , hear . ) Instead of giving the Archbishop of Canterbury £ 15 , 000 a year , with two palaces , and allowing him benefits such as a minor sovereign or prince did not

      possess , let him receive the same income as the First Minister of the Crown . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Sir B . Hall ) would eo further , following up the observation of an honourable friend , that the secularises of the office of a bishop diminished very much its spiritual tendencies ; and , he would say , turn the bishops out of the Housfe of Lords , send them to their respective dioceses , give them £ 2000 or £ 3000 a year , make them act in their spheres as good parish priests would . The Church would be better served . "

      Mr . A . B . Hope gave utterance to a totally different eet of views . He characterised the scheme of the Marquis of Blandford as a technical or statistical treatment of the wounds of the Church , asserted that it was not more churches that were wanted , but more clergy , and churches open at all times for the poor ; and frankly declared that the Church required and had a right to Convocation . " In such times as these , when men's hearts are stirred within them , " he exclaimed , " the mere cut and dry scheme of the commission will not meet the requirements of the Church of England . " Sir Gkoroe Gkky made a somewhat long speech , in which he went over a

      variety of topics , and leaving all his opinions in an undecided provisional state , he arrived at the extraordinary conclusion that the amendment must be resisted , because a return of Church properly was entirely out of the reach of the House ; and the motion of the Marquis met by the " previous question . " Mr . Sidney Herbert would vote for the motion upon the ground that there was a great and lamentable deficiency of religious instruction in England , and that every denomination had a right to fair play to push their opinion .

      The debate was dreadfully dull ; the " champions of the abuses of the Church , " as Mr . Horsman called them , overpoweringly prosy , until that gentleman rose . He made an animated speech , chiefly in defence of Sir Benjamin Hall , but the pith of what he sai'l goes in a very small conipass . He proposed at once to provide for spiritual destitution by taking the superfluities from the rich sons of the Church and bestowing them on the poor . But he did more than this . He accepted a sort of challenge , made by Sir George Grey , to put his finger on pome actual visible abuse , now existing . In the diocese of Gloucester there is an estate let on lease , called Horfield .

      Previous bishops had determined to let the lease run out for the benefit of the see , and the last and the present bishops were appointed . with that understanding . The Ecclesiastical Commissioners had determined to take possession , when , to their great surprise , the present bishop , Monk , declared his intention of renewing the lease , offering the refusal to the Commissioners themselves for £ 11 , 500 ! They reminded the bishop of the moral obligation he was under Jo surrender the estate ; but he replied he knew nothing of moral obligations ; he had a legal right , and he should exercise it . The Commissioners thought the wisest plan would be to come to terms

      with the bishop ; and all the arrangements were nearly concluded , when Mr . Horsmun learned the transaction and made it public . Since that time the bishop had actually leased it to his own secretary , and put three lives in the lease—the lives of his own children . That was an existing abuse , and required explanation . Mr . Horsman , however , got no explanation . After a desultory discussion , Mr . Hume withdrew his amendment ; and upon a distinct understanding with the House that the resolution meant nothing , and would have no parliamentary consequences , Sir George Grey consented to withdraw his previous question . The resolution was then agreed to .

      I he recent election of Mr . Alderman Salomons has given a little interest to the Jew Bill , which was the first subject of importance in the House on Thursday . Strange to say , that beyond indignant murmurs from Mrj Nkwdkoatk , and strong repugnance from Sir llouuiiT Inoi . ih , the bill met with no opposition , mid was read tt third time und passed accordingly . The House then went into committee on the Court of Chancery Judicial Committee Bill . This bill establishes tho new Court of Appeal to assist the Lord Chancellor , nnd provide for other matters connected with the Chancery Court . There whh really no debute , but a conversation , such as mostly takes place on non-political measures in committee . Sir Jamkh Q haham alone made any thing like a speech on tho occasion . He thanked Lord John Russell for tho preaent , which was better than the previous bill .

      " At the name time he must nay that hi » feeling was very atrong that they were beginning their amendments at the top of the house instead of at the bottom . ( Hear , hear . ) His beliof wan , that it wuh important they should commence at tho very foundation of tho wyHtem . ( Cries of ' Hear , hear . ' ) They hud glanced the . other night at th « MuhUth * oHiceH ; und no one , ho fur iih he wuh uwuiu , waa prepared to defend them an at present eoimtttutod ; but t ) i « y hud . uol glanced ut the

      Examiner ' s office , which required a great amount of improvement . In fact , in the present age , he did not believe there was any other example of a civilized country taking evidence in such a manner as it was taken there . The bill was attended also with this serious danger and inconvenience , that the office of Lord Chancellor would henceforth be primarily political , and secondly judicial ; whereas it ought to be primarily judicial , and secondly political . There was infinite danger of that . "

      He thought also that there was a danger of the standard of ability being degraded in the choice of Lord Chancellors ; but the proposed court of appeal would , no doubt , work well . Lord John Russell rested the future progress of law reform upon the success of his bill—as he said it would place that time at the disposal of the Lord Chancellor which would enable him " to begin at the bottom , " and lay a good foundation . The Committee then engaged in

      a laborious consideration of details . The most important fact of the evening being a declaration , wrung from Lord John Russell by Mr . Hurne , to the effect , that it was desirable the salaries of the judges of different courts should be paid out of the consolidated fund , instead of out of the suitors' fund , that the public might see the whole particulars of these payments . The bill passed through committee , the House resumed , and afterwards advanced the Woods and Forests Bill a stage in committee .

      The House of Lords are beginning to have a little business . The Smithfield Market Bill , and the Patent Law Amendment Bill , occupied the House on Tuesday , the latter furnishing Lord Granville with another opportunity of showing that it is quite possible for a jolly Master of the Buckhounds to be an able Vice-President of the Board of Trade . Nothing occurred on Thursday of public importance . The Lord Chancellor and Lord Brougham had a slight skirmish on law reform , especially on the state of bankruptcy law—the Lord Chancellor apparently regretting that there was " no large bankruptcy worked up" now in the court—a fact which , on the contrary , filled Lord Brougham with delight , who said the property of a bankrupt went to his creditors now , and not to the lawyers .

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      County Court Extension . —The morning sittings of the House are devoted to the progress of bills out of the range of politics . The County Court Extension Bill passed through the committee of t fie whole House on Tuesday morning . The discussion was drowsy , and so great was the uncertainty as to what clauses were struck out and what clauses were left in , that Mr . Veiinon Smith was obliged to express a wish that the bill should be reprinted . A new clause of some importance , as saving the privileges of the bar , providing that for all suits above £ 20 both attorney and counsel should be engaged , was moved by the Attorney General Of course Mr . Fitzroy opposed it , as an infringement of the princ pie of the bill . But it was allowed to be modified and added . Ordering a reprint of the bill , and recommitting it for Tuesday , the House resumed , and adjourned until five o ' clock .

      Pharmacy . —The House did more apparent work and less talk than usual on Wednesday . Three bills of ninor importance , brought in by Mr . N . ipier , relating to the Irish Church , were read a second time without opposition . Mr . Jacoh Bkll moved the second reading of his Pharmacy Bill , the principle of which waa that all who compounded prescriptions , should be educated men , and should pass un examination . After desciibiug tl . e evils of the present Htate of matters affecting chemists , he said : —"' The object of the bill was not to give u medical character to the body , but to make it strictly pharmaceutical . The bill was not so stringent in its provisions as any of the medical or pharmacy bills hitherto

      introduced . It did not propose a . penalty upon the person who sold an ounce of Epsom salts ; it only imposed a penalty upon persons who should deceive the public by aKHUining a name that did not belong to them . After a certain time it prohibited unqualified persons from aasumiug names to which they were not entitled ; but after a man had commenced business , it would be unjust for the law to step in and prevent him from obtaining his daily bread . Any improvement in the qualifications , of such a body must be gradual . " There was no opposition of a serious kind except from Mr . Hume ; and Sir George Grey cut all discuuttiou short by BUgi ^ esting t hat the bill should be read a second lime pro forma , and postponed until next session , a course which was adopted .

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      ADDEIU / EY VKIiSUS RUSSELL . AITAIUH OF TIIK OAl'K . Mr . Charles Adderley , who has done tmch good service in the cause of colonial reform , luis had the courage , a quality he never lucks , to publish , in n letter to the Times , a tmccinct , straightforward , and crushing contradiction of the speech which Lord John ituHHell ho ostentatiously made on Cape affairs lai . st week . Wo reprint the letter , not only because it confirms our own statements , but becuu . se really the position of the Capo in relation to IJowiiiiitf-Htreet ia of immense public importance . Jt would uo u monstrous thing wero we obliged , by tho follies ot the Greys und Russells , to send out 1 ' orcun to coin ? with revolt ut the Cape , us well a . s with tho vengeaneo oj' the Jluiirs : —

      " Obliged for a time to be absent from the debates of Parliament , " writen Mr . Adilerley , " I have only read J 4 o * d John JtUHBtll ' M luti : HiJtech on Cupe luutttra in your

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 5, 1851, page 623, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1890/page/3/