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      sion was continued by Mr . Vaksittart , MrgSgson , Mr . Kxnxaikd , Mr . Conixg-ham , and Mr Hankey . —Sir C . Wood briefly replied , and the formal resolution , giving ^ vc to m roduce aM sanctioning a loan on account of the Indian Government , was agreed to . The House then resumed . The report from the last Committee of Supply was brought up and agreed to . The Vexatjous Indictment Bill was read a third time and passed . Phe Charitable and Provident Societies Bill ™ ™«* * second time . The Coinage Bill , the Stamp Duties , and the Government of India Act Amendment Bill were also read a second time . The Universities Incorporation Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed . HAMPSTEAD HEATH .

      Mr Whiteside moved the second reading of the Settled Estates Act ( 1856 ) Amendment Bill . By this measure a clause in the said act is repealed under which Sir T . M . Wilson is barred from applying to Chancery for leave to build upon Hampsteadheath . — Mr . Byxo opposed the bill ; and the Attorney-General said that Sir T . Wilson was precluded by the wilt of Ms predecessor from building on Hampstcad-heath . He had applied to Parliament for powers , and that application had been re--fused . He could apply again to Parliament , but Parliament thought it unseemly that by application to the Court of Chancery Sir T . Wilson should be enabled to reverse a decision which had been arrived at after mature deliberation .

      NEW WRIT . Mr . Palk moved the issue of a new writ for Dartmouth , in the room of Mr . Schenley , whose election had been declared void . —Sir J . Shelley moved that the writ do not issue until the House had had an opportunity of seeing and Considering the evidence taken by the committee which" had unseated Mr . Schenley . —This amendment was seconded by Mr . Roebuck , who said he would remind , the House that some time ago the country was told that great corruption had been practised by gentlemen on the opposition side of the House . He was sorry to say that late discoveries had shown that the corruption was on the other side . ( Hear , hear . ) Theresuit of that , however , was apparently that noble lords and right hon . gentlemen were now sitting upon the Government side of the House , for pretty nearly the majority which placed them there had been

      disfranchise 1 on account of bribery . The statements made within the last ten days were enoug h to shock the country , and by a party calling itself Liberal ( hear , hear ) , a great number of whom he recollected in 1830 raising an outcry against the corruption of the ancient boroughs . ( Hear . ) Nothing was ever done in those ancient boroughs worse than had been done lately . It did behove the House to take into its serious consideration how it could put a stop to these things , and he hoped lion , gentlemen who served upon committees would have the courage to be honest , and not add base hypocrisy to the horrible corruption that now prevnilod . He said hypocrisy , because he thought no reasonable being could imagine that a man would spend 6 , 000 / . or 8 , 000 / . for the benefit of another without tho sanction or cogniscauce of that other . ( Hear , hear . ) The House adjourned at half-past one o ' clock . *"" Tuesday , A ugiist 3 . strikes amoxg workmen . In the Housb of Lords Lord Buouoiiam called attention to the strikes of workmen which had lately taken place in various parts of the country , and especially in the London building trado , and enforced the necessity of finding means to prevent the combinations among tlio artizan classes , whoso effect was to place the great ) majority of well-disposed hands practically under subjection to a few agitators . As an instance of the crimes to which these proceedings too often led , the noble lord roforrcd to the lato murder at Sheffield , arising , as it appeared , from some dispute connected with the Saw Gnndors * Association . As a friend to the working classes , and as one who had invariably supported thoir interests , ho deplored an attempt on their part to extort ton hours' wagds for nine hours' work , and

      expressed a' wish that some system similar to tho Conscils dca Prud'hommes should bo established in this country . •—Lord Gkanvillm said that tho attention of the Government had boon drawn to tho subject , but this was a case in which speaking and writing wore bottor than any action on tho part of tho Government . Tho present complaint of tho working men , upon thoir own showing , was as unjustifiable as it was short-sighted , and would only end in decreasing their wages . — -The Lord Chanorm-or said , where parties who wore rtll froo agents entaretfointo a strike they wore innocent in law . Ho quoted the opinion of the lato Mr , Daniol O'Connoll as to the ruinous consequences of those strikos , which had destroyed tho development of manufactures in Ireland . Their lordships adjourned at a quarter to seven .

      Wednesday , August 3 . In the House of Commons , on the motion of Mr . Brand , new-writs were ordered to issue for . the boroughs of Taunton and Devonport , in the room of Mr . Labouchere , who has been raised to the peerage ; and of Sir E . Perry , who has accepted office as member of the Council for India . The Law of Property and Trustees Relief Act Amendment Bill passed through committee . SUPPLY . The House having gone into Committee of Supply passed several votes , among which were 40 , 000 / . for the improvement of the Kaffirs , 69 , 000 Z . for the expenses of the Treasury chest , 30 , 000 Z . for Submarine Telegraphy , 12 , 0007 . for the Niger and 7 , 000 ? . for the Zambesi expeditions , and 11 , 000 for revising

      barnstcrs NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY . The grant of 2 , 000 ^ for the National Portrait Gallery was opposed by Mr . Spoosek , who insisted on taking a division upon the subject . He objected to the vote , as did Mr . Ayrton , who thought ministers were looking forward to the period when their own pictures would be placed in the gallery . — Mr . Deedes remarked that such articles of luxury should be dispensed with at a time when the finances lorable condition he

      of the country were in a dep ; might have added that as people are expected to pay their debts before they buy drawing-room pictures , so , might the portrait gallery of a nation be deferred until the national liabilities are cleared off . —In answer to Mr . Ayrton , Lord Palmerston jocosely remarked that if the House would vote the money he would agree to the exclusion of the portraits of Ministers . In the end , after some discussion , the committee divided ¦ and affirmed the vote by a ma-

      jority of 14 1 to 35—106 . . A subsequent vote for 20 OOZ . for the purchase of Sir G . Hayter ' s picture , " Moving Address to the Crown in the First Reformed Parliament , " was also resisted by Mr . Speaker . On a division there appeared—Ayes , 82 ; JNoes , 82 . The Speaker , therefore , gave his casting vote for the ayes , and the grant was allqwed . SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM . A vote of nearly lO . OOOZ . for fireproof rooms at the South Kensington Museum opened the door for debate on the old question of removing the art treasures , of the nation to the ^ extreme West-end of London . The main objection to the vote was , that the -money had been spent before the House was asked to give it . On a division , the sum was , however , agreed to . -r > . n Various clauses of the Law of Property Bill were also subjected to scrutiny and debate in the Commons yesterday afternoon . The preamble of this measure was agreed to , and it was ordered to be reported , with amendments .

      MR . W . II . BARBER . The grant of 5 . 000 Z . to . Mr . W . H . Barber , in consideration of the sufferings he had undergone and losses he had sustained through his conviction on a charge of which he was subsequently proved to be innocent , being opposed , was afiirmed on a division by a majority of 124 against 24—100 . The resolution upon the last Indian loan was reported from the committee , and leave givon to bring i , n a bill founded thereon . The House adjourned at six o ' clock .

      Thursday , August 4 th . THE BUILDERS' STRIKE . , In the House of Louds Earl Gkanvillu explained that he did not intend , in tho debate on luesday night , to convey the idea that the present strike in . the building trade was likely to exercise a beneficial influence on the masters . What foil from him on that occasion was in respect to tho clll'ct of the anti-combination laws , which had , in his opinion , been very judiciously abolished . — -Lord L u . e . vjionouou thought the present strike for woriung nine hours and requiring ten hours' pay was W ™" lont to annihilating at one blow one-tenth oi mo manufacturing power of tho kingdom . THEMILITrA . „? , „ ¦ ?„ , i ^^ s ^^ s ^^ rS ^ ft 1 short of its full dimensions by 40 per cent . Tho Government were , it was added taking every mean * in thoir power to supply tho deiloloney . ¦> A long 3 s of other bills wore also advanced through the ponding stage of progress amidst amiseffinooufli dliiuMion , » "d then- lordships adjourned at seven o ' clock . inn Nfiw j cpuBiaN OFirxoiii . In tho Housb of Commons , at the morning sitting , tho House having gone into a committee of supply » uI > o » tlio vote of 30 , 001 )/ . towards defraying

      ROMAN CATHOLIC CHARITIES BILL . In the House of Commons , at the morning sitting , on- the order for going into committee upon the Roman Catholic Charities Bill , Sir G . Lewis gave an explanation of the nature and object of the bill , which , he said , had been framed upon a principle that had received the approbation of a large portion of the Catholic body in England ; but , from communications which had reached him , he was not disposed to press the bill this session . He proposed , therefore to withdraw it , and to introduce a continuance bill , prolonging the exemption of Roman Catholic charities from the operation of the ? general law for another year ? After a short discussion the order was discharged , and the bill withdrawn .

      NORWICH ELECTION . Iii the evening Colonel French called attention to the present position of the representation of the borough of Norwich . A committee had just declared the return of Lord Bury and Mr . Schneider void on account of bribery , a decision which rendered both those ex-members incapable of sitting for the borough in the present Parliament . Lord Bury , however , having taken office , had been since reelected for Norwich , and to that second , election there was no opposition . Under these circumstances he asked , as a question of privilege whether Lord Bury could continue to sit in the House , and what was to be done with the borough ?—Mr . Walfole reviewed the legal bearings of the question , drawing the conclusion that Lord Bury was disqualified , and that no writ ought to issue for a new election for Norwich .

      Lord Elciio , adverting to a communication from Lord Palmersjon , stating that , owing to the death of Lord Minto , Lord J . Russell would not be able to attend-Parliament . until-Monday ne ^ ct , postponed to that day his motion respecting the Congress at Zurich .

      CRUELTr TO MERCHANT SEAMEN . Mr . M . Milnes moved an address praying her Majesty to enter into negotiations with the Government of the United States of America , for the purpose of preventing the assaults and cruelties committed on merchant seamen en gaged in traffic between this country and the United States , and of bringing to justice the perpetrators of such offences . He observed that the grievances might be distributed into two classes . The graver offences were comprehended in the treaty of extradition between this country and the United States ; but the arrangements under the treaty were so incomplete that it was sometimes impossible to bring the

      guilty parties to justice . But the most numerous occurrences were cases of outrage and cruelty on board American ships , which were so frequent as to have received the name of " Consul ' s cases . " These cases were most injurious to the American merchant service , as well as to our own . The remedy was to be found either in giving additional powerto American Consuls or in a convention with the United States , whereby we might be enabled to bring the offenders to justice as if . the offence had been committed upon British soil . —The motion was seconded by Mr . J . E . EwAitT . — -The Home Skorbt . aky explained the state of international law on the subject , as modified by the existing extradition treaties between England these treaties the

      and the United States . Under offenders alluded to by Mr . Mllnes , were , he confessed , too often abloto escape with impunity . Several sug gestions had been made to remedy this evil . To send tho culprit back to America for trial involved so much trouble and expense , that tho proceeding could scarcoly be adopted in practice . As alternatives it was proposed cither to give the courts of England and America on either side jurisdiction over offences committed on board vessels of the other nation on arriving in their ports , ox * else to confer upon tho consuls in those ports a limited degree of criminal jurisdiction over their fellow subjects . Either plan might be adopted by mutual consent ; and , whilo finding some objection to tho latter of tho two , he acknowledged that the question was a fit one for negotiation botweon tho two

      Governments . —Mr . Hknlioy having briefly spoken , — tho Attorney-Ghnbral stated that the subject had attracted tho attention both of tho present and proceding administration , and oitbrta had been made to settle it , but without success , chiefly , it appeared , through somo reluctance on the part of the United States Government to recognise tho jurisdiction of foreign courts over American subjects . Respecting the proposal for giving jurisdiction to the consuls , ho earnestly doprecatod any stop which would introduce in any way the administration of a foroign law within tho British territories . Tho proper remedy was , ho thought , to bo provided by effecting some modification in tho extradition treaty . —After a , few words in roply from Mr . Mxlneh , tho motion was agreed to . Tho House was counted out at eight o clock .

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      No . 489 . a ™« ™* " THE LEADER . 905

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 6, 1859, page 905, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2306/page/5/