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Leader (1850-1860), 26th July 1851, Edition Town of 2, Page 694, Untitled Article

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      M . Tbiers is coming to London , possibly already come . Count Buol Schauenstein is also in London . Count Buol Schauenstein has been mixed up in almost all the Continental diplomatic arrangements of reaction for the last three years . Couple this with other facts . M . Thiers goes from London to Vienna . The German sovereigns contemplate a meeting in Vienna next month . The Russian Minister at Vienna is an active personage , and under his auspices have been made the arrangements aforesaid . Mischief is in the wind .

      The treatment of FreiKgrath , whose powers of establishing his citizenship have practically been worn out by a powerful and unjust Government ; the exile of the hunted Bakoonin , pursued by many crowned conspirators ; the coercion of Turkey to detain Kossuth ; the treatment of Naples , described by Mr . Gladstone , to its thousands of political prisoners—made prisoners for thinking , or even for suspicion of thinking : these are problems for the peace-men to consider . Are we to wait for the conversion of these emperors and kings , with their councillors and diplomates , their spies and armies , their Croats and Cossacks ? Their question will be settled long before they are brought over by preaching or logic .

      To come nearer home . The peace-men would have some difficulty in pacifying the brick-makers of Rusholme , who are defending their wages against a continual abatement—which means , defending their existence , by combination and rioting , against masters and nobsticks ; and there would be as much difficulty in pacifying the masters , who are defending their property , their Free-trade in labour , their profits—which means , their very existence in the struggle of competition , and who are waging their defence with fire-arms and the terror of the law .

      It would be a blessing if peace principles could be introduced into some English homes . See how the law has been summoned to tear the veil of privacy from domestic life—to expose the doubts , the passions , the discords—and yet in how few cases showing us the real truth . In Webster ' s divorce case , you marvel at the incautiousness displayed by those who would be supposed to have most at stake , and you only learn enough to know that more remains which would be necessary to a thorough understanding ; in the Faulkner case of criminal conversation , the evidence bears hardest

      upon the accuser , but is ugly enough all round ; in the Boughey breach of promise case , you have a doubt whether the gentleman could not give a better explanation than that which his counsel thought suited to a court of Jaw ; in the police case of Berrington , it is evident that some strange tragedy of confusion is untold . In the case of Winteringham , at Cambridge , his counsel defends him by arguing , that girls in the " situation " of

      Elizabeth Parr , that is , comparatively humble , must expect to be besieged by undergraduates . How otherwise should the young nobility and gentry be able to sow their wild oats , and complete their curriculum in our ancient seats of learning ? Though why , if that necessity is recognized , proctors should go about at night , arresting any ladies who are not walking fast , lest the undergraduates should be tempted to lose their virtue , we cannot understand . Prendergast and proctora seem to be maintaining positions perfectly incompatible . However , we must maintain the institutions of the country .

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      The House of Commons met at twelvo o ' clock on Saturday to receive the report of the Committee of Supply . There was not much interest in the sitting . Sir Benjamin Ham , called attention again to the fact , that the Dean and Chapter of Windsor had received a large fee , stuted to be £ 1000 , for the interment of the Queen Dowager . The Ciianuhllou of the Eicubqijeh fluid ' the fee was only £ 220 ; and Sir Benjamin Hall then read over a list of the names of the Dean and Chapter , and the Hums of money received by thorn . " He had no fear , " he said , " for

      our Church , with reference to her faith ; but her discipline , her peculations , and gro . su inismunugements , called for reform . The Cuanokllou of the Exciikqukk defended the Doan and Chupter on the ground that these fees were usual , and in the case of this particular fee comparatively small . Mr . Olaj ) - tonk defended the Derm and Chapter , and then made a speech about the sad state of the Colouiul Church , coinplstining of the uncertainty of ecclesiastical law , the want of m defined position of the system of " perfect religious equality" which prevailed , nnd of the powerleHNiienH of the Bishops in ull our Australiun colonies . Sir Vu JjAVX liVANB thought it waa

      quite time the " aonsenae" of dis seminating bishops throughout the world , and calling them " . Lords , should be put an end to . The discussion had no practical issue . . On the first weolution relating to the Admiralty being proposed , a personal altercatwn ensued between Sir De Lier Evans and Admiral Dundas , & p * opos of the important question , H » dSir George Weatphal applied , or not , to the Admiralty for active employment ? Admiral Dundas said Sir George had not , and Sir De Lacy Evans said be had . The Admiral sharply intimated that such point blank contradiction would not be allowed " out of doors . ' "Eh ?

      What ? " exclaimed the late commander of the Spanish legion , " well I ' m quite prepared ! " Here the Speaker interposed . Sir De Lacy Evans waa not at all inclined to retract . Twice the bland gentleman in the chair positively asserted that he was " sure his gallant friend" would retract the offensive speech , and at the third iteration Sir De Lacy was " quite ready to obey the order" of the Speaker ; whereupon the offensive word being-withdrawn , in a Pickwickian sense , the Admiral declared that " of course" he was in a state of perfect satisfaction . The House cheered , and—the " subject dropped . "

      At the proper time , Mr . Williams moved that the vote for " civil contingencies" should be reduced by £ 220 , the " fee" paid to the Dean and Chapter of Windsor . The motion was lost by 37 to 29 . The report was finally received . The only other matter of interest was the Mercantile Marine Amendment Act which was advanced a stage , and the House adjourned at five o ' clock . The scene in the House of Commons on Monday was a continuation of that on Friday . [ Related

      in our Postscript of Saturday last . ] Before the order of the day was read , the Speaker said that Mr . Salomons had complained , by letter , that all notice of his demand to subscribe the oath of abjuration and declare to his property qualification had been omitted from the minutes of the House , and had requested that they should be amended . The Speaker explained that the omission was intentional , as the proceedings alluded to were not before the House , the honourable member having previously declined to take the oath in the form prescribed .

      Sir Benjamin Hall renewed the question , whether Ministers would prosecute Mr . Salomons for what he had done ? Lord John Russell was not at present disposed to think that they ought to prosecute the honourable member for Greenwich . In consequence of this reply , Sir Benjamin Hall thought , that Mr . Salomons should come within the House and take his seat ; which he did amidst vehement cries of " Order , " and " Chair : " he took his seat upon the front bench , below the Ministerial gangway , between Sir Benjamin Hall and Mr . Anstey . The Speaker then requested him to withdraw . Loud and fierce rose the shouts of " Withdraw" from the Opposition . Lord John Russell rose to speak , but Mr . Osborne

      rushed up and placed a motion in the hands of the Speaker , who said the question before the House was on a point of order ( namely , the withdrawal of Mr . Salomons ) , and that it must have precedence . Lord John Russell again rose to speak ; but as Mr . Salomans did not withdraw the Speaker interposed , claiming the support of the House , in order to compel the departure of the unwelcome visitor . Lord John Russell , obeying the call of the Speaker , moved , " That Mr . Alderman Salomons be ordered to withdraw ; " whereupon , Mr . Oshoune moved as an amendment the motion he had already placed in the hands of the Speaker . Mr . Anhte y seconded the amendment-

      *" The Spkak . hk : The motion is , ' That Mr . Alderman Salomons do now withdraw , ' on which an amendment has been moved ' to leave out all the words after that , ' for the purpose of adding those words ' David Salomons , Esq ., having been returned to serve in the present Parliament for the borough of Greenwich , and having taken the oaths prescribed by law in the manner which is binding on his conscience , is entitled to take his seat in this House . * The question I have to put is , that the words proposed to be left out , Btand part of the question . "

      lhe cry of " Divide ' became general , when Mr . Anstky rose , and being very much interrupted by " cries , " told the interruptors they should not gain their point , for he would move the adjournment . This motion waa rejected by 257 to 65 . Mr . Alderman Salomons had retained his place , and given hia vote on this division . The House then took the resolution of Lord John Russell into consideration , Mr . Anstky made a long speech , concluding that Mr . Salomons had a right to sit and vote . The Attounky-Uknkk al and thf

      Solicitor-General decided against him . Lord John Kusskll , reserving the real question , thought that hrnt of all it wm necessary to cause the honourable member to withdraw , in obedience to theroiiueatof the-Speaker Mr . UimiKi . L roundly asserted , that , " both by the principled of the common law , and by the language of the Htatute law , the oath had been well and legally taken . " This view was directl y contradicted by Sir Fhhi > khick Thkniokk and Mr . Chowdhh Just before the House divided on Mr Oshorne ' s amendment Mr . J . A . Smith intimated that Mr Salomon * , would not vote on the present division ,

      because it was a personal question ; but that he did not abandon one tittle of those rights he had come there to claim . The House then divided—For Mr . Osborae ' s amendment , 81 ; against it , 229 . Majority against , 148 . The House now desired to divide upon the original motion , but Mr . Anstey rose , and while he was speaking Mr . Salomons entered the House amid shouts of " Withdraw . " Mr . Anstey continued and moved the adjournment of the debate . Lord John Russell could not consent to adjourn , the debate until the member for Greenwich obeyed the Speaker . An appeal was made to Mr . Alderman Salomons to state the course he should take .

      Mr . Alderman Salomons , who was sitting in the House , upon the front bench on the Ministerial side , below the gangway , immediately rose ; he was at first received with cries of " Withdraw ! " from the Opposition benches , but the cries were drowned in the loud cheers with , which he was supported . He spoke , firmly and deliberately , as follows : — " I should not have presumed to address you , Sir , and this House , in the peculiar position in which I am placed , had it not been that I have been so forcibly appealed to by the honourable gentleman who has just sat down . ( Hear , hear . ) I hope some allowance will be made for the novelty of my position , and for

      the responsibility that I feel in the unusual course which I have judged it right to adopt—{ Hear , hear)—but I beg to assure you , Sir , and this House , that it is far from my desire to do anything that may appear contumacious or presumptuous . { Hear , hear . ) Returned , as I have been , by a large constituency , and under no disability , and believing that I have fulfilled all the requirements of the law , I thought I should not be doing justice to my own position as an Englishman or a gentleman , did I not adopt that course which I believed to be right and proper , and appear on this floor—( Hear , hear )—not meaning any disrespect to you , Sir , or to this House—( Hear , hear ) — but in defence of my own rights and privileges , and of the rights and privileges of the constituents who have sent me here . ( Hear . ) Having said this , I beg to state to

      you , Sir , that whatever be the decision of this House , I shall abide by it , provided there be just sufficient force used to make me feel that I am acting under coercion . I shall not now further intrude myself upon the House , except to say that I trust and hope that , m the doubtful state of the law , such as it has been described to be by the eminent lawyers who addressed you , no severe measures will be adopted towards me and my constituents , without giving me the fairest opportunity of addressing the House , and stating belore the House and before the country what I believe to be my rights and the rights of my constituents . ( Hear , hear . ) I believe the House never will refuse what no Court ever refuses to the meanest subject in the realm , but will hear me before its final decision is pronounced . ( Much cheering . )" The motion for adjournment was still pressed , and on a division negatived by 237 to 75 . The House divided on the main question , that Mr . Salomons be ordered to withdraw . The numbers

      were— For the motion , 231 ; against it , 81 . Majority , 150 . The Speaker informed Mr . Salomons of the decision of the House , and stated that Mr . Salomons , under the circumstances , would see the necessity for his withdrawing . Mr . Salomons not having withdrawn , the Speaker directed the Sergeant-at-arms to remove him . The Sergeant advanced to Mr . Salomons and tapped him on the shoulder , when Mr . Salomons stood up , and having said that he yielded , was interrupted by loud cries of " Order . " He retired beyond the bar with the Sergeant .

      The House having accomplished a temporary eviction of Mr . Alderman Salomons , Lord John Russell moved a resolution similar to that mo ved last year , in the caseofBavon de Rothschild , with a view of finally excluding Mr . Salomons from the House , until he should take the oath of abjuration in the form appointed by law . Ho contented himself with making a very short speech , the gist of which wan , that they could not admit Mr . Salomons , without an infraction of the law , unless he took the oath " on the true faith of a Christian . " There was no general law , as in the case of the Quakers , which permitted the

      oath to be taken omitting those words . The precedent of the admission of Mr . Pease , did not apply in tho present case . Mr . Anstey contended that tins words , " on the true faith of a Christian , " were not an essential part of the oath ; and ho moved , with u view of settling the question , an amendment to the effect that tho Attorney-General should be ordered to institute proceedings at law against Mr . Salomons , to recover the penalties which it was alleged ho had incurred . This amendment was seconded , and afterwards withdrawn , to make way for tho following amendment , proposed by Mr . JJkthkll : —

      " That Huron de ltothschild and Mr . Alderman Halomoii 3 having tuken the oaths of alle ^ iunce and aupremuoy , and ala <» the oath of abjuration , in tho manner in which thin Houbo ia bound by law to adininit » ter the mud oaths ( hear , hear ) , are entitled to take their weutH an members of this Houbo . " Tho House now assumed almost tho characteristics of a court of justice—lawyer after luwytuioao nnd

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      694 K 1 ) t UtaKCV . [ Saturday ,

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      PARLIAMENT OF THE WEEK

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 26, 1851, page 694, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1893/page/2/