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    tary , remarked that he did not know whether the blood of &e s « xagenerianSecretsrgTrf 1848 were warmer than that of the septuagenarian ^ ljpier Of 1856 , bat that he certainly took * different confte in the former year to that which he had taken in the present . This allusion to Lord Palmerston's age was received -with disapprobation by the House . —Mr . SfopsKR defended the Government , and created some merriment by observing , that to resent an unintentional insult is a course which is " neither that of a Christian nor of a gentleman . He added , that he reserved to himself the right of expressing , on a fitting occasion , any further opinion of the conduct of Ministers . , . Mr . Gladstone : addressed the House at great length , andquoting from some of the despatches , reviewed the

    , chief facts connected with the disagreement . The two cardinal points which the House ought to keep in view he conceived , to be these—peace and * cordial understanding-with America on the one hand , and , on the other , the honour and fame of England . On neither of these . points : was he satisfied with the conduct of the Government . The honour of the country had been compromised . ; He was not one of those who set up a phantasm of honour in cases where it was not justified , nor would he consent to separate national honour from that . honourable conduct of which it ought to be the symbol . Bat he could not help thinking that an insult M-ory at least , a slight—had been offered to England . Still * though speaking one way , he should be compelled

    to vote another ; for he could not support an abstract vote ! of : censure , ' seeing that no party was prepared to int&Erthe responsibility of success . The question , therefore *; was not a party question . Still , h « thought it would be ¦ advantageous to remove the aflfair 3 -connected with . America < out of the hands of the Government , inasmuch , as * from the position in which they are placed irithregard to them , no persons could be less qualified to Conduct those affairs with benefit to the nation . The policy . which they had pursued had unfortunately been combined of obstinacy and weakness : and the recollection of the differences ^ with reference to the enlistment question , kept alive by the . course which they had taken in that debate * must , of necessity ; form an

    unfortunate introduction to those negotiations in relation to Central America which are now pending . Concealment and : deception had been practised on the American Go--yjernmentj . and the municipal laws of the States were not only broken ,. but broken in defiance of : a high legal opinion . And now what was the state of things ? The American Government . 'acquitted the English : Government , but punished Mr . Crampton and the consuls ; the English Government maintained the acts of Mr . Crampton and the consuls , but acquiesced in their punishment , and accepted with satisfaction and joy their own acquittal . ( " Hear" and cheers . ') That appeared to him to be a most unfortunate state of things , and one unparalleled in the history of the world . ( Cheers . ) Either

    the Americans had a just cause of offence , and had a - right to make the demand for the recal of Mr . Crampton and the consuls , which should have been complied with , > ., or they had no just cause of offence , and therefore no v xight to make the dismissal ,, which ought not to have j I bean accepted . . But , whether they were right orwrong , ro -2 u »> h 0 pedithe Government would not allow matters" to ^ fft inain ^ o . their preeeut / unsatisfactory state , permitting ., , JVtrr jPaUaa t « remain , and yet keeping- up some show of l , xe » e » tniflnt' by declining td appoint a successor to Mr . - . f ^ ramptoni H « j < Mr <> Gladstone ) admitted his dwm Te-Yi aDpp ^ wlHyt'as a mejabw dfVtthA Wabinet , tfaxegavas / the y . ; , a ^ abVj 8 bmftnt , pif va a « poit at Halifax ;• but tbe subject of aaompJainVitwas , tbo appointment . " o ~ £ an agency in the

    I TJFn 4 te ' d \ States for the purpose : of i inducing citizens to go a lwyond the States , tor enliafc in i the -Britishiservide . - - : ¦ ¦ l XLUi TiM ? , SQLjQrrpRrG « NER al ,: could / not . believe , that Mr . ; I ; Gladstone was in . earnest ; in the speech he had delivered . . M < H $ a /( criticism must have been . " a . mere' intellectual , . p ^ ercitation } " for , ! if-he . believed . what he had ; put fbrolfapd > the . was ; bound in ; consistency to follow Mr . Moore into the lobby . In opposition to Mr . i Gladstone , the , , go } ic £ tor ,-Genera ] , ; contended > that : tttere , had ¦ bean no HjTio ) a ^ ion , of Amt ^ ricani law , beaauee men had not been ^ jfl te ^ on , the territory of the , . United States . ; He then , j prpferred to thft inflammatory language usedby the United wfltatea ,, / district Attorney-General , Mr . Vail Dyke , who ,

    . ; jn ., ajp 0 n « ourt , Jhad made ? use of the worda , " Honourable ^ . aM . ^ n ^ roua Great Britain I " , and " Oh ^ most faithful ,,, ^^ sb ^ Mjnistoril" and who : had accused Mr . Orampton , tOfJfthig 'tgpilty of acts which , if > committed bjra private ,, , infli jidnaj , i would' make , him , a felon . > f Tlie . American : Ministry had accepted the asauraireea of the English Go-\ vernjmentrAS , they , , were . bound to , do « n The : Foreign 3 ^ Riritomeft £ Act mustihe , Jak en 4 a the law . ofi this country : h i * ftw W" ! ftj ^§ ipg < flo » 'to . what i country in . the world could « JW ^ ftrtWty '^^ pyfwrnmant , with greater , propriety go- for ,, / the ^ Vg tnvjn ^ pf soldiers than to the . UniOe d States of

    r > HM 8 flvP *» to ™ WPAi-OigWttt i number of our , natural . born H rabj £ 9 t 8 ow , qdnppthot ofeHgaMon [ hart that of residence ? odPwai W *"** P ** W . whera | * h « jr , could fleek , with greater n ^ onfidapc ^ , to cjtyTyCjut , th « i > Fomign Enlistment Aot , the j ^ iunlcipaljAWB , Ahere . beipg ^ mojqe M » Uy wlnxed than in - < $ m > f > p&r # V ! M ** y « And , wofc Mng , thfr 4 l » te of things , am ^ JP ^^^ M ,. t he ,,, House i would , b <^ m that the Gotii ^ ffPiWHa ^ Fft U « WJW ! notobWgatiQn pariecaVMr . Qrompfcon It ^ flW . f ^ ft WPfWentaMon of . the ^ American ^ Government ... y « f JflWuJftHW , PAxjpcwoNA , conoeiy , ed that ; ttli . iGlaAatono T » y : t an , l > 'uy : mii \ lLr . iitr . xi r *> i U ^ . ' -rnh » ii > w . m . r - ~ . ii . '¦ ,

    had exhausted the whole question , but he added a few remarks iri ' vlndtcatibh of what £ e ~ liad ~ said * on a former evening . As an English gentleman , he was ashamed . of the conduct of the Government , and he felt humiliation at the consequences that had followed . —Mr . Bentcnck rose at midnight to moVe the adjournment of the debate ; but ; " "" ' ' ¦ " ¦ ¦ " ¦¦ . " , ¦ . . Lord Palmebston expressed a desire that the House would come to a decision at once . The question before the House was a vote of censure ; for , although the blame had been thrown on Lord Clarendon , the conduct of that nobleman had the entire sanction of the whole

    Government , all the members of which participated to the fullest extent in his responsibility . Whatever violations of American law might have taken place were committed by persons wholly unauthorized by the English functionaries . Those persons had been prosecuted and punished for their offences ; and , if our consuls had likewise offended , they were equally open to prosecution , being shielded by no diplomatic protection . " "We have been told by the member for Manchester , " continued his Lordship , " of the case of Consul Curtis in Prussia ; but Consul Curtis was prosecuted . We thought the proceedings at his trial were not fair and just , and the Prussian Government so far concurred in that opinion

    lhat , though , he was condemned , the King of Prussia released him . " No concealment or deception had been practised towards the American Government j nothing was done of which it was not informed , or , at all events , might not have ascertained with perfect ease if the ministers had inquired *? When , at an early period of these proceedings , we found that tiiery were likely to lead to embarrassments between this country and the United States , we Stopped our arrangements . ( C % efer » . ) -But an honourable gentleman says , thaty though the letter was dated the 2 nd of July , it was not sent until the 2 nd of August . Now , really * in matters of this kind , a few weeks' delay was not of much consideration . The fact still stands out that the Government ,-when they found that these proceedings were directed them to be

    thus stated in the daily papers : —Sir Benjamin I Mr . Train , and Mr . Jackson , were in , the Menabers' < lery on the right of the Chair ; they came down intc lobby of the House to vote against Mr . Moore's moi and found the doors of the Division-lobby closed . 1 therefore recorded their votes at the table . The numbers , when announced , were—For Mr . Moore ' s motion 80 Against it ... ... ... 274—194 The House shortly afterwards adjourned . Wednesday , July 2 nd . -MHBOMISM IN IRELAND IN NATIONAL SCHOOLS .

    In the HotJSB op Commons , Mr . Napier asked Chief Secretary for Ireland , whether certain mastei National schools in Ireland , in the county of Done have been arrested on a charge of unlawful confede ] and ribbonism ; and whether the said schools are in ' i nexion with the National Board as non-vested scho —Mr . Hoksman said he had no information on the t ject . The Judgments Execution Bill was read a sec time , and committed , after a little opposition on the ; of Colonel Dunne and Mr . Napiek .

    BLEACHING , &C , WORKS ( No . 2 ) BILL . The adjourned debate on the second reading of bill having been resumed , considerable opposition to further progress of the measure was offered by Baxter , Mr . Duncan , Sir James Graham , Mr . New gate , Mr . Cardwell , Mr . Baines , Mr . Kirk , and I Naas , upon the grounds that more inquiry into alleged facts on which the bill was based was requii that the object of the measure ( which was to shorten working hours of children in bleaching establishme would be . fatal to the trade , since , on the admissioi Mr . TremeniieeTe , from whose report the bill arose reduce the hours would add ten per cent , to the cos production , while the competition with foreigners is e

    now very severe ; that one of the immediate effect the bill would' be to substitute male for female labp that the whole subject should be referred to a se committee ; that the charges of cruelty against masters are untrue ; and that [ interference in s matters is extremely injudicious . —The second read was supported by Colonel . Dunnes , Mr . Murrough , ' . Drummonp ( who accused capitalists of " longing to slavery restored to our West India sugar colonies , " i remarked that , " simply because the greater part , of exports goto America , the House had eaten dirt w the Government" ) , Lord , Robert Grosvenor , Mr . C

    likely to lead to embarrassment ^ stopped , ( ffear , hear . ) Then'J « B honourable member said that no apology was ~ mad& But , I ask , what greater or inore acceptable apology could one Government make to another than at once putting an end to the ground of offence ? " ( Cheers . ) The assertions , made chiefly by members of " the country party , " that America ' had "insulted " England by dismissing Mr ^ Crampton , were most injudicious , as tending to sow hostile feelings between the two nations . The speech of Mr . Moore had been full of calumnious attacks on Lord Clarendon ; , and it would have been more manly if he had come forward with a direct vote of censure , instead of refusing to the Government that approbation which was

    bett ( who mentioned instances of excessive work ) , ' . Muntz , and Mr . Walter , ' the last of whom , in ansM ing the objection that bills of this kind interfere •* manufactures , remarked that political economists o \ look the 1 , 000 , 000 children yearly added to our popi tion , by far the most interesting and important our productions . The Legislature would , in his opini grossly neglect its duty if it did not take care that youth of this country , upon whom its future stren and greatness depend , are so brought up that the velopment of their mental and bodily powers is not peded by over-work . The second reading was negatived by 109 to 65 .

    not asked for . " The right honourable gentleman the member for the University of Oxford , " concluded Lord Palmerston , " says that he shall give us the benefit of his vote , and I trust that nothing I have said , or shall say , will induce him to change his mind . Sir , it has been said we should not look a gift horse in the mouth ( a latigh ) , and I will not examine the reasons for my right honourable friend ' s vote . I only hope the reason given will induce those honourable members who have not already made up their minds which way they shall vbte j to gp Tvitb- ' . ljim . t ( llearr hear . ) .., The reason ' he gives i ^ x"ito&i . ' $$ the , present moment no new administration can j be successfully forme . 4 upon a iqensure . of , the , eaustjng . ' . ^ . overpjn ' ^ , Thatjiiji lipt very cpmplj ^ neptary ^ to nbnouraUe gantlepien , jjipjposijte . ; . nevertheless , " the ^ diflj' cul& ^ miffhtTte easilv remov ed if my right honourable

    The Registration op Leases ( Scotland ) B passed * through committee , and the House then went i committee upon i the Scientific and Literart Soc ties Bill , and was occupied with ' the consideration its clauses . during the . greater part of the remaindei thei sitting , ,. • ,. . : , The ordqr for the . second reading of the Rating Mines Bill was discharged . —The Djstxllation yn Rich Bill , and . the Oxford College Estates Bi were respectively read a third time , and passed . Thursday , July 3 . ' THHT DIOCESES' OF GIX > UCE ; 3 TER AND BRISTOL . Lord Redksbalw , after presentmg a petition from rural deanery of Stowc , praying for a'division of diocese of Gloucester arid Bristol , asked whether the ( vernment Intended to divide that dioces « . —The Karl

    ' fr ^ hd . who . ^ itia there ^? U 1 pass pver to \ f ) bie . h , on / jurabjle gentlemen Vho sit ' opposite to him . ( A TangA , ") K , A , jew minutes' conference wquld . settle , jthe difficulty which at present ; appears t <} be insurmQnniable . .. , I wjll not , however , accept the reason ,, because it isfounaed on a great pplitical , misconception , while we stand upon what we think , are bet ^ r and higher grounds . ( tiheersS ) . , We , aro 6 i opinion tliat the foresight with , which , during , a period of great d $ icujtyi ( we have conducted the affairs of this country , ' has , " proved satisfactory to the nation and advantageous to' the public interest , We believe that the confidence which the House has hitherto extended to us is shared by the country ; an 4 it is upon that groundnot upon tlie ground of any' difficulty in finding other persons to till our places- —that we are prepared to gb to a division . " '

    Harrowbtt said the Government was n 6 t prepared alter the existing arrangement .

    THE REFORMATORY AN !) INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS BILL This bill having been read a third time , on the mot of Lord RATENBWbKTir , the Bishop of Oxford , the question that tlie bill do pass , moved the addition a clause , leaving ii to the discretion of ' the magistra Whether tho juvenile offender ' should bo committed prison for fourteen 'days before being sent to a relbrn tory school . ^—The Tiriotlon ; whTdli gave rise to a ah discussion ^ w «» carried , on a divieion , by 58 Against and the bill , eo amended , waB passed . DlVOnblt AND MATRIMONIAL OAU 8 E 8 BILL . On the question that the report of . tho amendments

    Mr . John M'Grbgor next addressed the House , but the cries of Divide ! " were so loud and incessant that hia remarks were riot audible . —^ Mt . Bentinok again moved the Adjournment of the debate ; but , after a few words in reply from Mr . Moore , who disavowed any personal hostility to Lord Clarendon , and characterized the ' assertions td th ^ contrary as " simply unjust and untrue , " the Hoiieo divided . ¦ After the division took place , but before the numbers wero announced , Mr . Hatter , who was one of the

    this bill bo received , the Bishop of Oxford moved omission of clause 19 of tho ' bill , which gives a righl divorce to a husband upon the adultery of hia wife , and 1 wife where tho husband has boon guilty of incestm adultery , blga ' rhy , adultery ' With cyiol ^ y ) or ' adultery w desertion , wltliou ' tt reasonable ' excuse ' , ' for four yearn upwards . 'IIis roasops fpr taking thfs course ho < plained in torlns Similar to those which' ho employed the previous reading , —Tho Lord Chancellor oppoi tho motion , ronuirking that ' tlio objection to 1 effect that the "lower classes woulit bo unfairl y \ I I . ! . ' . /(¦» . i : -I Hll . , | i ' ' ! ••'• I . ' ¦ ' ' H . 'l , - ; ' ¦ . '

    tellers , came to the table and informed the Speaker that there wore throe membore present in the House who had not voted . —The Speaker ordered tho three members to oome to the tobld . — 'Si * Benjamin Hall , Mr . Jackson , and Mr . Traixi , then came to the tablo , and , in answer to ' questions frdm the Speaker , stated that they were present when the question was put , and that they heard it . *—Tho' SfbUker aslcod hdw they voted . They all said lagalnst' the motion , and ho ordered their names to bo added to tlie division . —Tho cause of this accident Is ijlfi . - .. ¦ Jll (¦ . > ¦"/ " . hi ' . ' > ,. r . j . ,. m ¦ .. ;¦ ' ;¦ .. i ¦ . a . ;!(

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    THE LEADER . [ No . 328 , Saturday , O ^ o , —^ ..- .. ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ it - i ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ;

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  • Leader (1850-1860), July 5, 1856, page 628, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2148/page/4/