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      means than / those contained in the bill for remedying that defect , as tee Bowse ©* P % ers , m connexion with life peerages , has the means of thwarting the intentions of the lown .- « r ; BowiaB , wtio , white admitting tbe necessity for reform , regarded tfie present Biff as a ma » of absurdities , moved , as an amendment , that the second reading be deferred for three months : — Tfii 0 was seconded By Mr . Robert Pmr , LrjHarKB , who described tfee measure as derogating- fironr tne rights of the Commons , and KmftSag the peerage . —Mr . WHtusstoB defended the general tenor of the brH , but reserved His opinion upon several points of detail . — Sir James Graham disapproved of the measure altogether ; It would place Lord "Vfendeydale ma most ambiguous in ?

      anff anomalous position-. He would be put aposition of dependence , would be made to bear a tnarSr of inferiority , a » belonging to a class caHed peers , while , nevertheless , he would not be pares ; equal : He wonTd belong to m degraded class in the peerage ; The precedent sanctioned by the bill witfi respect to the law might be applied to generate , admirals , and statesmen ; and the House of Lords would thus be swamped ! Such a bill ¦ would' debauch both the bench and the bar , the detaife of the measure being of a fiihd that could effect no good , and would do great harm . The House of Lords was capable of amending its own jnrisdfction without the intervention- of the Commons ; and for this purpose he roggesteda distribution of the business , in classes , among

      the Judges . Reform of some fcind * ' however , was absolutely necessary . —Mr . Roundest Paimejs supported the hflf , as presenting a means of overcoming acknowledged : difficulties less objectionable than any fie had heard proposed . Still ; he thought that manyorf the details were feeble and defective ; but he looked to the committee for remedying those objectionable features . If , however , the bill passed ? in its present form , and there were only two judges with the salary of puisne judges , it would be a miserable failure . —Mr . Cot , leek supported the bill , which was opposed hy 3 fr . John Phtlliwore , who observed that the better plan would be to remove the supreme court of appellate jurisdiction to a court so constituted by the union of knowledge and virtue that it should command the respect of the people . Lord John" Russeix did not thmk the appellate

      jurisdiction of the House of Lords so great a failure as some people regard it . The present bill would make it worse , instead of better . The House of Lords would become a mere hybrid court . He was sorry that the Government should have taken the unnecessary step of making Lord Wensleydale a peer for life , and tbat the House of Lords should have refused to allow that nobleman to take his seat . The consent of tbat House to the presence of four li fe peerages at a time , accompanied by a limitation to that number and no more , was a most indecent and unfit way for the two Houses to deaf with the prerogative of the Crown . Did they mean thereby to take away or to circumscribe the prerogative ? He saw no pressing urgency for any great reform in the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords , and he should therefore give his decided vote against the second reading of the biH .

      The Sohcitok-Ge * eral defended the bill , and remarked that deputy speakcra are not unknown in judicial Mstory . They were appointed from time to time , as necessity arose ; and one of the objects of the present bill was to make the advantage permanent . The House divided , when there appeared—For the second reading 191 Against it 142 Majori ty for the bill 49 In reply to Mr . Roebuck , Mr . RAnucs Curiue said he should persist in the motion of which ho had given notice , to refer the bill to a Select Committee . The House then wont into committee upon the Enctjmbered Estates ( Irkland ) Bill , and afterwards proceeded through the other orders . Tuesday , July 8 th .

      TllK CRIMEAN INQUIRY , The Earl of Lucan , in the Houwii of Lords , asked Lord Panmure ¦ when the Government would be prepared to luy the report of the Chelsea Board of Inquiry before the House . —Lord Panbiurk replied that the report had only been signed on tho previous Friday . It would bo laid boforo tho House as soon as possible .

      BARON MAROCHETTI ADD THE SCUTARI MONUMENT . In answer to the Earl of IIakkincitoit , who asked some questions with rospect to tho Scutari Monument , the execution of which ho ridiculed , and who complained that favouritism had been shown , and that English artists were ncglocted for foreigners , Lord Panmure stated thut tho commission for the execution of tho work had been given to Baron Marochotti after due deliberation , and that no doubt existed that a monument worthy

      of thoso whom it waa intended to commemorate would bo erected at Scutari . With reference to competition in these matters , generally , ho must be permitted to say that tbo sculptors and artiats of this country nre divided in their opinion of competition for public monuments . So much is that the cane , thut in many instances several of the first artiste havo declined to otter plans for public buildings . Hcsidca , all the allied nations have thoir part in tho memorial , and English artists can lay no claim to preference in its oxecution . AriVOWflONB BILL . The second reading of thia bill w > b moved by the

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      'Earl of- SSKAFTBSBUitrr , who- said' tRa * its ol&ect is tor facilitate the sale of advowsons which' are at present * in 'tfhe handfe of many owners ; Tie election to- sue !* pre--sentat&m m attemted ? by the most dwgrajeetfiif 1 Had riotous proceedings , eausuai ? the greatest acntwfrf to ffi « Church , and , this bill had for its ebjeet the aaft of tftowe livings , and the application of tih * purchase-money to * i the-benefit of the parish and thg-parhihion « nr . In a lately iceatested ; election ^ the population beingrlarge ,, and . e *» ry jweident iohabitant hardng . » right to -rote , ther expeme < a £ eaclutmaaeaeaflfal cawttdste was about 16604 ,. white ] ther expense of the successful candidate could-not have

      been . ' less tf" * " 5 Q 0 QE- All the puMic-houses ware open , and ; drandeewneas-, prevailed to a dreadful extent p in fact , the- whole ; proceedings' were most disgraceful . At : the previonss election ( in 1813 ) ,. there were eaffisSMted-tfee same sceifes f and ; on future- avoidances of ttae living , there being a large increase in the population , there was reason to expect a repetition of them . Some time ago , an election occurred in the populous parish of . Cleskenwell , and he . ( Lord Shaftesbury ) was almost afraid to repeat what then took , place , so indecent and . utterly blasphemous were the whole proceedings . —The bill ( which had come , up from the House of Commons ) , was read a second time without opposition .

      The Statutes Not in Use Repeal Bill , the Coaimissioners of S ' upplxCScotland ) . Bill , the Evrr ) F . Nr . B ; in Foreicen Suits Bill , the Dwellings Eoa the La * - bouring . Classes ( Ireland ) Bill , and the Cambridge Univeesitt Bill , were respectively read a third time ,, and passed .

      PUBLIC- HEALTH BILL . In the House of Commons , at- the morning sitting ,, on the order for going into committee on the ¦ Public Health Bill , Mr . Knight moved to defer the . committee for three months , objecting that the biH dLffeaed materially from the bills of 1848 and 1854 ; that the remedial clauses in the latter were omitted ; that it repealed the existing right of appeal ; and that it doubled € he amount allowed to be raised on mortgage . —The amendment was seconded by Mr . Pat . k . —After a . few words from Mr . Langton , Mr . Cowpjje . defended the bill , which , he said , remedied ambiguities in the present

      law . —Considerable discussion ensued , in the course of which M > - Duncombe severely criticised the Board of Health , and recommended Mr . Roebucky and the Administrative Reformers to inquire into that " nieelittle nest of Ministerial patronage , " the occupants o £ -which do nothing for the money they take from the country- *—The prevailing feeling of the House was against going into committee - T and , although Mr . Cowpeh , on behalf of the Government * offered to surrender all the clauses of the measure to which any -serious objection : had Been urged , the amendment was carried to a division , when the numbers were—For the second reading , 61 ; for the amendment , 73 : majority against the bill , 12 .

      On the House resuming at six o ' clock , it was agreed that it should adjourn , at its rising ,, to three o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon , in order to give hon . members an opportunity of seeing the entrance of the Guards into London on their return from the Crimea .

      PAYMENT OF THE DEPUTY SPEAKERS OF TH 3 B HOUSE OFLfillDB . The Chancbtjior of tote Exchequer read a resora * - tion proposing- that the Deputy-Speakers of th « House of Lords should bo paid' out of tho Consolidated- Fun *? , without Hxing any sum . —Mr . Robert PHi&LXMremE-: " Then we « re distinctly to understand that , by sanctioning this resolution , we do not sanction any fi xed amount of salary , great or small ? " —The Chawcellou ew the Exchsottkk . replied in the affirmative . The amount was left open for the House afterwards- to decide upon ; SITE OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY . Lord Drttmlawrig brought up the reply from the Crown to the address respecting the site * of the National Gallery , conveying her Majesty ' s assent to the proposal for appointing a Royal Commission to investigate the subject .

      rosmoN . Chptarn Scotjei : l moved a resolution to tne effect that " tho disadvantageous position of tho captains , coramnrrders , lieutenants , and masters in tho Royal Hospital at Greenwich ; of the retired captains under tho Orders in Council of 1840 , 1851 , and 18 * 56 ; and of the senior commanders and lieutenants of her Majesty's navy , is worthy of tho early and favourable consideration of the Board of Admiralty . "—Tho motion was seconded by Sir Gkoko . k TttcmtiA ., and supported by Admiral Walcott , who enlarged on tho injustice of , and the hardships resulting f rom , withholding half-pay from trie officers

      referred to in tho resolution . — Sir Ciiauleh "Wood observed that Captain Seoboli , in comparing tho emoluments of navnl officers with thoso of tho cliiiplaina and surgeons , had forgotten tho difference between pay far services actually performed and retired allowances , and that ho laboured also under a misapprehension as to tho amount actually received by these officers , llio emoluments of tho captains being 595 A ( instead of 45 Cil . ~ ) , which witt more than tho half-pay of a vice-mliniral , and those of tho others in proportion . He thought these were not unfair allowances for officers of their ranlc . It was not in tho power of tho Admiralty to grant thom half-pay . Sir Crraicr , KH Napier and Mr . Montagu CnrAMmcRS having- spoften in support of tho motion , Admiral Bkrkk-

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      r UEif against' it , and GaptJsra ScobieHi -in iepFy , tSe FHoose divided ^ wften the motion- was negatived by 38 ft * &l \ I LIEUTENANT COLONELS IN TH 1 T AftSCT . Colonel Lindsay moved' "tfmt an address be presented 'to fierMarjesfy , praying that i * e- wxff be pressed to- take 'fnto > eoHgwfcmti p n ftc injury inflicted- on- those lieutenant-colonels of the army who attainted that rank' Before the 20 tfr * iy of Jane ; 18-54 , and Wirar Inrre Been super--setfed ? By the retrospectiveaction of the warrant of the 6 th day of October , 18 && " Before- he had' concluded ¦ Ms observatfens' m connexion with : this motion , the ( House was " ewuHtedoot . ' *

      WednesdcuL % July Sth . CIVIL SOSVZCE . Lord Godebich having- moved tfiat tha House go "into committee on this subject , the Chancellor qe the 'l&ECHEQUER said he hoped the noble Lord would not jproceed further with the subject at present . In eonsefquence orthe address moved by Lord Godexich . last session , a system of examination had been established , and from the 23 rd' of May , 1855 , to the 1 st of June , 1856 , no fewer than 1748 persons had been examined—vizi , 1055 in London , and 693 in the provinces . Q £ these , certificates , had been granted" to 10 T 0 persons ,, aad refused to 55 G . The Government and the Civil . Service Commissioners would continue the gradual development of a principle the value of which they were prepared to admit . —Lord Goderich expressed his satisfaction , and the order for the committee was discharged . TENANT RIGBEC ( jKBLAND > BILL .

      Mr , Moore withdrew his bdl with relation te tenant right in Ireland ' , on account of the . la&eneas .-of the session , and of the opposition , of Government . —Some desultory conversation ensued ,, in the course of which Lord Paljkebston remarked that he did : not thmk the bill was one which ought to pass into a law , and now that H had . reached another stage he certainly thought it right to oppose it- £ Mr . Baines ; " Why , it ' s , withdrawn . " ] . " Oh , very welL" resumed Lord- Palmerston ,. " let us adhere , then , to the old maxim , de mortals nil nisi bomtae , and ,, as the bill is dead , say no more about , it . " ( A laugh . " ) W ith regard to the future , in the present temper of Parliament , he did not think it was likely that a bill could be passed on this subject , and therefo * e he was not disposed to bring one forward ; but if Mr . Moore next session should feel it to be his duty to bring forward another bill , of course it would : receive Hie consideration of the Government .

      Some other bills were advanced , a . stage , and the House adjourned .

      Thursday , Jkdy 10 * . satjB as poisons . In' tJve- HotrsB op Lords , Lord Gampbelh called the attention of the House to tfce facilities which existed for the sale of poisons , and hoped the- Government would introduce some measure on- tie subjeet next session . — The Lori > Chat # cei . lor replied that the subject was under the consideration of the Government . THE MtTlN V OF THE TIPFERARY MILTXIA . Lord Pawmttre , in reply to Lord Donouohmoee , said t&e Government had not received any official intimation of the insurrection of the Tipperary Militia , but that a mutiny had taken place owing to some misunderstanding on the part of the men , with respect to giving up their clothing . —In the Lower House , Mr . Frederick Peel stated that the locality is now perfectly quiet .

      BISHOPRICS OF LONDON * ANB DUEnAM BILL . The Lord Chancellor brought in this bill , to enable the prelates to whom it refers to resign their sees . — Lord Bedesdale opposed the bill , on the ground that the measure , which tended to remedy an undoubted evil , ought rather to be of a general than- a special kind . After some discus-lion , the hill waa read , a first time , on the understanding that a second reading should not take place till Monday next . The Distillation from Rice Bill , tho Dwellings for Labouring Classes ( Ireland ) Bill , and the Court of Exchequer ( Scotland ) Bill , were respectively read a third time , and passed .

      At the morning sitting of the Hocsjd of Commons , Mr . Cowpeu withdrew his Vaccination Bell , observing that the difficulties of tho question are very great , and that medical men are not agreed as to the . safety of inoculation , especially in the cose ; of the poor , with whom tho operation might not bo carefully porfamLod . —Sir George Grey withdrew tho Burials Act Amkxdmknt . Bill , on account of tho opposition it haa experienced .- — Several billa having been advanced a atuge , the House adjourned , and resumed at she o ' clock . NAVIGATION Off TUB OABtVKUC Lord PALMJUEtaxutN , in nawta- to Colonel Dunatb , gave it as his opinion that the unvigaitkm of tho Danwbefrom its mouth to aa high a point as vessels can reachin open to all nationa , subject to . auob regulations aa tho Commitimonusra may enact- The monopoly given to an Austrian company ctumo * be maintained under the treaty . In aiiBiwox to Mr . MAuaWythci SoucitroK-GKiranAL intimated thut it waa no * , his intention to prooood ftwthor with tho Wills and ADMiNiarmAanowB Jinx . OURR 1 CNOT OF 1 NT » IA . Replying to Mr . Ciiuutiiam , Mr . Vkrnon Smith said that no complaint of tlw want of metalBte specie in India

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 12, 1856, page 651, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2149/page/3/