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: _^ _TMftC THEATRE _^ " ; _ttkKttla _' _picceV ' in- ' me' abf ; . called The An ai _iTeeabiejw _^ _^ _tbe ? _itooQMondaj _fotf i _*^"* V _^ f avourably _recavea : It is said to eveimig . and _^ _W _^ _t e in the life of tbe ' poet te founded on - »»¦ ap pearance of being of Trench _Camoeusi _^ _^ Z | , aS returned from his long exile . ori £ ? n . The "p _* _^ ver and proscription at a hotel _^ d is living _^ J _^^ ter 0 f which has given him jn Lond on , r ? attena ed by a faitbM female slave , shelter . _-B _^ _-j _^ _oght from ihe Indies , and who whom he lias a u want by _assuming ( unknown * - _**** "V _' _r _f . e disguise of a gitana , and playing on to bun j lJ _^ - gi , tinthe streets and public places . t muiuiu
vw > _> — _^ _gimg _, in nis _uwvuiuai _-, _nau _occu j-jieToun = __ _tMs occupation , and has become * _*** trio ? her charms . Having , traced her to _^ _jjbouko _^ comes , in the character of a nrilihsrie _^ r to inquire for the celebrated gitana who m such a sensation in the city . _Theh- * t _•^ _-Sthat sncha person lives there , and Griselda 5 who is instantly , recognised by the disguised l _^ _falso denies her identity with the gitana , saying Art ' she is on 1 * P ° or daye _? irI and that t _* '' _re—Anting to Camoens who enters—is her master . ] _Ckin- * thus baffled , departs ; but orders the house ? - ¦ be guarded to prevent any one from leaving it . _Seanwhile , a tender scene takes place between " _rwoens and Griselda , In which their long _supped feelings towards each other become apparent .
% e host rushes in ternfaed _, announcing tnac roe louse is beset by soldiers , and urging Camoens to "L _c _gpe by a door leading to the river . When the jane again enters , he finds only Griselda , to whom _tTmakes passionate love , and at length declares _Itself to be the king . Griselda makes an eloquent _irmealto his principles and feelings , discloses the _Mtri ; ofthe poet ' s concealment , and is so successful - _^__™„ rfM _. -vonnir sovereign's better nature , that _SSSs _' is _bought _hlcl , ia the custody of _Ap soldiers , who have intercepted his flight , the _g _„ r ? S bim with the honour due to the gnat f _„»« t of his country , expresses his sorrow for the SS _^ received , aid finally bestows upon _Zith _ehand ofGrisdaa . !
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The Directors , ever anxious to cater for thepubhc instruction and amusement , have engaged Sir H . _u . bSiod to deliver a course of lectures on the _^ nlar music of England ; the first commenced on Say hut . The lecturer ,. after proving the advantages to be derived by music being a part and -oarcelof general education in aU classes , as it would occupy * _* _* ery many hours in a pleasing if not profitable manner , and thereby rescue thousands -from much ill-spent time and idleness . The lecturer traced the progress of English music from thetimes of _Purcell . lock , Arne , & c , to the present day . The svle of Parcel " , Arne _, and _Stowee were illustrated bv selections from their works : —" "Where
the bee sucks ; " " * fn infancy our hopes andfears ;" "When with village maids I stray ; " the ballad of « ' Anld Bobin Gray , " & o . The second lecture delivered by this gentleman was on the composers of Germany , commencing with Gluck , who he considered the father of the German school , being the -first to combine the German and Italian together , -finch produced that beautiful and highly dramatic expression into the opera which previously they had been deficient . Mozart , Sir Henry raid , had certainly founded his style on Gluck , in which , in after years , he so eminently succeeded , many of them surpassing all hitherto produced in ancient or modern times .
Standard Theatre. A New Domestic Drama, ...
STANDARD THEATRE . A new domestic drama , entitled , The Season * , written by T . P . Taylor , Esq ., has been tbe principal feature in the performances at this theatre , and has been received every nig ht since its production with well merited applause , by overflowing audiences . The aim of the author seems to have been to illustrate the comparison between the seasons of the year and the seasons of life . But to give an outl ine ofthe chief incidents of the p iece . Two ? fanners , brothers , Robert Bloomfield ( Mr . C . Roby , * ) and Charles Bloomfield ( Mr . Basil Potter , ) give a merrymaking to their friends , and all are happy and jocund . Tbe last mentioned of these has formed au attachment to his cousin , Maria ( Mrs . R . Atkinson , )
while Peter Jones , the cow-boy ,. ( Mr . H . Lewis . ) is over head and ears in love with Lilly White , tbe servant girl , ( Miss Eliza Terry , ) who by tbe way does not _Tcciprocate Peter ' s addresses in a manner at all pleasing to him . The assemblage is graced witb the presence of Sir John Portleigh ( Mr . John Gates , ) a county M . P . of the old school , wbo has gone to the country for recreation , accompanied bv his nepbew _. H . P . Tordent , Esq . ( Mr . R . Honner , ) a gentleman of ve : yf ccentric habit ; _, while the presiding genius of the scene is Simon Grey ( Mr . Lyon . ) ' the
oldest inhabitant , ' who makes his remarks on what he sees and hears in the genuine ' Old Proverb ' style . To _cnmolete the festive scene . Brambles , gipsy ( Mr . J . W . Doughty , ) and Fog , his companion ( Mr . Dolphin , ) who goes under the appellation of ' Brambles and Co ., ' wiih May , the merry gi ps > girl ( flirt . R . Honner , ) and Daniel Moore ( Mr . E . B . Gaston ) against whom old Simon Grey seems to have imbibed an intense hatred , are introduced . Moore , who appears to be a hanger on about tbe gipsy camp , and styles himself 'A man of mind / finds out that tbe two farmers have a _well-furnisheri
cash-box , but not willing to n » k himself in the enterprise of obtaining possession of it , prevails ou 'Brambles and Co . ' to do so for him . They make the attempt , bnt are frustrated in it by May , the gipsy girl , who watches their movements , and gives the alarm . Among those wbo come to the rescue is Moore , who shows himself to be a man of mind by knocking down his protege , Brambles , in order to screen himself from suspicion . For this Act of dece't Brambles swears against him eternal hatred . We then come to summer , with its blooming corn fields , and harvest with its merry reapers . A letter is banded by Moore to Charles Bloomfield , purportin ** to be an intimation tbat an uncle had died in
India , leaving him ten thousand pounds , and desiring lum to instantly proceed to London respecting it . He resolves to leave his home and go , and Moore resolves on meeting him there , and settling an old grudge he had against him and bis brother , by ruining him by means of gambling . The unsuspected farmer leaves his home , not , however , witb . out being warned of tbe designs against bim both by old Simon Grey , and May the gipsy girl . The two latter finding their warnings unheeded , follow him , Simon to wreak his vengeance on Moore , and the gipsy to protect Charles . Brambles also fellows tbem on the same errand , as did Simon , and Peter Jones having fallen out with his faithless Lilly ,
likewise resolves on trying his fortune in London , and happens to be engaged in the identical club-house where the tragedy was to be enacted . Hot to detail the incidents--and they were laughable ones which befel Peter—the result of the matter was , that Brambles having got secreted in Moore ' s bedroom , stabbed him , and the young farmer having thus been rescued from the trap laid for him , all return to the country , leaving Moore as tbey thought dead . ' Last scene of all / the cottage of old Simon ? Grey was wrapped in snow , and the wintry winds moaned piteously around it . It is approached hy a poor forlorn wretch , who , starved with cold , and pinched with hunger , touches the latch , and implores the old man for succour . Simon whose ear
was ever open to the cry of distress , opens the door , when whom does he see inthe wretch before him but the object of his long-cherished revenge , Moore . It comes out that Simon many years before took Moore into his house a poor friendless orphar . He educated and brought bim up ; when , as a recompen 3 e for his kindness , Moore eloped with bis w ife , wbo took with her an only child , and the old man had never since seen or heard of either . As to his wife . Moore now tells him tbat she was
long since dead , but he could teU nought of the daughter , and having expressed great contrition , for tbe wrong he bad dene him , the forgiving old man gives Km the shelter of his cottage . Soon after another cry of distress is heard at Simon ' s door- It is that of May , the gipsy , - * bom Brambles is dragging away witb him , and upon rescu _> ing whom tbe old man finds ont , from bints given bim by her tormentor , to be his long-lost daughter . Brambles tben accuses her of having murdered Moore in tbe club-house in London , bnt as Simon
_Ciaifa the murdered man to appear in vindication _¦^ harinnocence , her accrs ris secured and _disaj _.-J **""" - * The rest is all joy and happiness , so much n _» _ftere of the latter ingredient that Lilly White ¦ j 2 * a & aid 'the wessel wonld sink with it . ' The _•^ man gets bis daughter restored , Charles is 'fried to Maria , and Peter Jones and Lilly White _f _™ agree to sail in the same boat . Tbe Simon J ** of Mr . Ljon _, and . the gipsy girl of Mrs . R . SSL" werc admirahle pieces of acting , and eli-«•« frequent and enthusiastic applause , while _^ . _Le-ias _an-j m _* Eliza Terry , in their respective j ** * * ** * kept the audience in a roar . The rest of the _~*™* _n were well sustained . The piece baa been P _* Wuced under tbe direction of Mr . B . Honner , _ a _» splendidly put upon the stage . The _icfinerj _^ _gPomtmenti «* most exquisite , and the whole _^» e highest credit to tbe management Tte " _* _P"acent scene , representing a room in a London _^• houie _, dieted . _imaoM _mptanie .
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, " ' MOHPAT , Fkbkuast 25 . HOUSE OF L _^ _RDSi—Ecc _tsausiicja Comms-Bios : BttL . —The Ecclesiastical . Commission Bill was considered in , . committee . Their lordships divided on two amendments , both of which were carried . by . _majorities of five and two respectively . The one , moved by Earl Powis , referred to clause 12 , which , as it originally stood , would , the noble earl contended , have prevented the creation of future bishoprics ; the other , moved by the Bishop of _Sausbcbt , respected the income of certain of the deaneries . - The government also assented to clauses proposed by the . Bishop of Oxford , relating to
tithes in certain large districts diverted to lay appointments , and to benefices held in commtndam by some of the bishops . The third reading was appointed for Thursday , and then- lordships then adjourned , HOUSE OF _COMMONS . —Mr . M . Gibsos _presented a petition from Manchester , in favour of a repeal of taxes on knowledge . . The "National Lakd Scheme . —Sir B . Hall gave notice that oh Friday he should present a petition from certain allottees of the _Rational Land Scheme complaining of the conduct of its chief promoter , and praying that their case mig ht be taken into consideration .
Thk " Infidel Con * . —Mijor Bekesfobd inquired whether tbe issue of the new florin coins had been countermanded ; and if so , why ? Mr . Shkil replied that the whole number of coins struck had been duly issued . Since the die was fabricated , however , tbe discovery was made by some microscopical observers , that certain letters were omitted from the inscription . As to the fact there could be no question but that a sovereign endowed with so many virtues as her present Majesty , was the gracious gift of heaven , and it was squally certain that tbe monarch was tho head of the Protestant ehurch in this country . But the omission ofthe words Dei Gratia and Fidei Defensor was intended merely to prevent overcrowding the face of the coins . For his own part he was responsible only for the manufacture of the money , he had no control over its issue , or the design for the dies .
GOVBBNMKST * _BUSINESS—TflB FlNAXCIAIi STATEment . —Lord J . Russell said that it was the intention of the government to proceed with the navy _estimates on Monday next , and on the following Monday to take some ofthe principal votes on the army estimates ; and on an early day—he trusted on the loth proximo—the Chancellor ofthe Exchequer would make the financal statement ofthe year . ( Hear , hear . ) Parliamentary Voiees , & , c . ( Ireland ) Bill . — On the motion for going into committee on this bill , Mr . Disraeli complained tbat tbe bill had been pressed on too rapidly , considering that it was a measure of such importance , tending to create an artificial suffrage ; and also that the Irish assizes were beginning to-morrow At no time was the
presence of Irish members more needed than at tbe present . He trusted the government would not proceed with this bill to-night ,, and he did so on broad and valid grounds—bn the same grounds of validity which had been fully acknowledged by the rig ht hon . gentleman , the Secretary for Ireland , in reference to another Irish measure , introduced a few years ago , and which applied on the present occasion with tenfold force . ( Hear , hear . ) It appeared to him very preposterous that the government should purpose going into committee en a bill of such great interest and importance , when it was notorious that nearly , every gentleman connected with Ireland was absent . He hoped , therefore , the government would postpone tbe measure until the termination of the Irish assizes .
Mr . Hums said , a large portion of the members attended the house at great inconvenience to themselves , and he did not think it would be a good practice to establish to postpone a measure of sucb importance simply to suit the convenience of a few Irish members . Lord Castlebeagh observed that the consideration of bills was often postponed in order to suit the convenience of English members when they had to attend tbeir county sessions , and be could not see why the recommendation of the hon . gentleman could not be acceded to .. Colonel Rawbos said the bill was precisely the same as . the one of last year ; and , considering the rapidity with which the Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill , which suspended the entire constitution of Ireland , was passed , he thought the house ought not to delay this bill , which Ireland had been wanting for the last nine years .
Lord Claude Hamh / jok said if the bill was exactly the same as that of last year , of course there would be no objection to going on with it at once ; but he very much doubted whether government would give an assurance of that sort . The bill , in fact , was almost new from beginning to end , and he could not consent to the proposal of government until he had had an opportunity of consulting his constituents on the subject . Mr . Retkolds was glad to hear tbe hon . member for Buckinghamshire say that he was disposed to look upon any proposition affecting the Irish franchise with liberality ; but the hon . member had used a phrase which ; be ( Mr . Reynolds ) should like to have translated . He shonld be glad to be
informed what the hon . member meant by ' artificial suffrage . " The noble viscount the member for Down ( Lord Castlereagh ) _had asked the house to postpone this question until after tbe Irish assizes . He wondered the Speaker himself was not asked to adjourn the house for a similar reason . ( Laughter . ) The noble viscount appeared to forget that onthe recent division on the motion ofthe hon . member for Buckinghamshire seventy Irish members recorded tbeir votes in his favour . Now , he ( Mr . Reynolds ) should like to know at wbat period of their parliamentary existence , unless some great iob was to be perpetrated , there had been a greater
muster of Irish members . ( Laughter . ) This bill , or at least something like it , had now been three years before the house ; and he trusted that his rig ht hon . friend ( Sir W . Somerville ) would resist tlie present application for postponement . Sir W . SoMEBVniE responded to this bill by moving that the Speaker leave the chair in order to go into committee . A further debate ensued for upwards of an hour , in the course of which Mr . Hume , Mr . Napi **** ., Lord J . Manners , ( who moved an amendment ) , Colonel Dunne , and Mr . Grattan , objected to the immediate discussion of the measure ; and Sir Geobge Grey , Mr , Sadlieb , Mr . Fox , and Mr . Scullt , supported the motion .
The house then divided , when there appeared—For Lord John Manners ' s amendment 115 _Against it ... 185 Majority for going into committee ' —70 Mr . "Disraeli thought the division which bad just taken place fully justified the course which he and his honourable friends had adopted , and he hoped the noble lord at the bead ofthe government would still consider the propriety of acceding . > to their suggestion . ( Hear , hear . ) For himself , he could say he had not entered into the merits of the bill , but he had not heard a single observation to meet the objections made at his Bide of the bouse . It could not be denied tbat they were bringing forward a measure of importance , not only to Ireland
but to the United Kingdom , at a moment when a great number of the representatives of Ireland must necessarily be absent . ( Cries of "No , no . ") It might be that so many members from Ireland were not so anxious to do _^ their duty as be gave tbem credit for , and he took it for granted that some of them would be absent , but still it must be admitted that not forty-eight hours ago was there any idea of taking this course . ( Hear . ) There was another matter for which , on that evening , the government had almost ostentatiously solicited the attention of the bouse —( hear , hear)—the question of colonial government , which not only solicited , but agitated
public opinion . ( Hear , hear . ) As they all knew very well , Friday night was so languid—there was so little attention excited—tbat about ten o ' clock , when the . noble lord came down to make an elaborate statement on an important branch of theadministration , wbich was suspected of great misgovernment , he merely made a few declaratory observations and sent them about their business . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . Diraeli ) admitted that he remained in the house not _quite so long as tho noble lord , but he went away under the impression that this bill would not be committed until after the Irish assizes .
Lord John Russell : It was stated at the end of the night that it wouldbe taken this evening . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Disbaeu : It was stated at the end of the night , when thirty members were present , and when twenty five out of the thirty were asleep . ( Laughter . ) A very considerable minority bad justified the course which he ( Mr . Disraeli ) and his hon . friends had taken . It was not a course he admitted , that it was agreeable to sanction , but it was sometimes their duty not only to sanction but
to persist in it . ( Loud cries of "Hear , hear . " ) The noble lord conld not deny that , at the commencemect of the Irish assizes , he bad proposed a bill of fare tbat entirely , with one exception , consisted of Irish measures . ( Hear , hear . ) He trusted the noble lord would well consider their suggestion . ( Hear , hear . ) It wan not quite agreeable to them to oppose any government under those circumstances , but they should feel it their duty , if the noble lord would not assent to tbe suggestion they had thrown out , to resist the motion for the Speaker leaving the chair . ( Hear , hear . )
Lord John Russell . —I could hardly believe tbat the honourable gentlemen wbo proposed that we should not go into committee were serious , the main groundf put forward , and ; a most insufficient ground for postponing any considerable parliamentary measure being that the assises are going on in Ireland . ( Hear . ) The noble lord has moved that the bill be postponed for three weeks , but that would be iust the time for the commencement of
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the Cork assueaT _^ thatthe excuse of the ' assizes ' was merely meant to postpone this bill for srtery considerable time ; and if ifc , wer © _lpWtpoh'id * fojr . * a considerable , time , andlf we should _gb _' theh into . committee , -it . would be interfered with'by other measures _^ and it w oul d be very-difficult to _dispo ' se _^ of it . ' ( Hear . ) - ; The bill has been before the house two sessions ; and the Irish pebplo _^ ad Vfull opportunity of considering the principal provisions pr ' that bill .. Thehon . and learned _gentleniah _^ _stated . that we were . supposed not to be in earnest with this bill , because , it was not pressed forward last year ; and , therefore , that no great consideration was given to the provisions of itih Ireland : but if we now nostnoned the bill
until after Easter , and it it were then interfered with by other measures , the honourable and learned gentleman could 9 ay so still more _ti-uly , -iad tell us For ever that there was not sufficient attention paid to the provisions of the bill in Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) It appears to me that a bill of this nature , of which the main provisions have been for a long time before the house , and have been considered in Ireland , may be considered how in committee . ( Hear , bear . ) I don't know the use of bringing forward a bill in one session and postponing it to another , unless it be that you obtain this advantage , that is an entirely new measure ; or give further time for _iits consideration before going into committee . ' ( Hear , hear . ) I am sorry the honourable gentleman
means to prevent us from going into committee . He has been told elsewhere that it is his duty to obstruct . ( Hear , hear . ) This is the word , I well remember as used , as descriptive of part of the duty of members of Parliament not in office—( Hear , bear)—and I suppose the honourable gentleman being taught that lesson will do his utmost to obstruct this bill , which is intended to extend the franchises and give further ri ghts to the people of Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) Whatever that obstruction may be , I shall think it my duty to insist upon going into-committee . ( Hear , hear . ) After observations from Mr . Reynolds , Lord Castlebeagh , and Mr . Goulboubn , the house divided .
For the motion for going into committee ... ... 193 Against it ... ... 93 Majority for _goin" *; into committee - ' —100 Tbe house then went into committee . Before the first clause was proposed , Mr . Disraeli said . —The noble lord seems to blame very much the course we have taken , and accuses me of obstructing public business . The noble lord has referred to a passage still recollected in this house when tbat word was used , the phrase said that" he thought it his duty to be ready to obstruct all measures injurious to the constitution and tothe country . " ( Hear , hear . ) - Now , in my opinion , that was a very legitimate description of the duties ofa member of Parliament . ( Hear , hear . ) What ; is
the obstruction we have on this' occasion presumed to suggest ! The noble lord and the government tells us that this bill is the bill brought in last year , and therefore we ought to be fully acquainted with it * and it appears that one reason why a Whig administration " introduces measures without anyintention of carrying them , is io give honourable gentlemen ah opportunity in the next year of being masters of the subject . ( Hear , hear . ) That shows a confidence in the duration ofthe Cabinet which a Whig ministry can alone entertain . ( Hear , bear , and laughter . ) . The noble lord has been also pleased to say I received instructions elsewherenot a very constitutional or a very courteous mode of expression . ( Hear , hear . ) . I understand , indeed , that the noble lord , in the' course of
bis career , has received his instructions how to conduct himself in Parliament from many persons , and from many places , but the noble lord cannot say of myself , ' or my friends , that we have received inspiration how to conduct affairs in this house by consulting seditious clubs . ( Cheers . ) The noble lord to-ni ght , in a manner quite unworthy him has not only charged us with obstructing the business of tbo house , but has charged us with obstructing the business in an unwarrantable manner , and insinuated that we were guilty of factious proceedings . The noble lord is tho last person by whom I would expect such a charge could-be made—the n oble lord who brought forward a proposition in this house on which he made the fate of an administration depend—the appropriation clause—and when he upset the
Government by means of that factious amendment , and took office , he had neither the conscience nor the courage to carry his policy into effect . ( Loud cheers . ) For my part , sir , although I would have listened with every respect to any suggestion from any individual in the position of the noble lord , I shall not be deterred from ; the course I consider it my duty by the speech he has recently made . ( Cheers . ) Thisis a measure of immense importance —( hear , _hear)—^ and if it be a * measure of im portance , ought it to be shuffled through the house ? ( Hear ,-hear . ) The government ought not to answer our appeal by saying that we can get
information irom another measure that they brought forward lastyear , not with the intention of carrying it —a measure similar , but not exactly similar to the measure now brought before us .- ( Hear , hear . ) In my opinion there never was an appeal more constitutional , or more fair in spirit , than the appeal we made to-night ; but it has been met in a spirit of haughty insolence . , ( Cheers . ) I shall avail myself of every form " the house permits ; and therefore I move , sir , that . you report progress , and ask leave to sit again . ( Cheers , and cries of •' divide . " ) - - . ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ -. , The committee
divided—For the motion for reporting progress ... Sl-Againstit . 191 Majority _—110 Mr . _Forues again moved that Mr . Bernal do now leave the chair . This led to another " talk ; " on a division the numbers
were—Ayes ... ... 70 Koes ... ... ... ... 14 G Majority ... - —76 Mr . Grooan immediatel y , moved again that the Chairman should report progress . Mr . _"Sapier suggested a compromise , by taking a few clauses that night and postponing the next . Lord J . Russell was willing to adopt any conciliatory course , but believed that the first and most important clause , determining the county franchise , ought to be proceeded with at once . , Mr . B . Osborne said tbat the noble member for Tyrone ( Lord C . Hamilton ) had told the house that he and other honourable friends had come down to the house with prepared speeches on the Australian colonies ; he would - therefore suggest to those
honourable members who had taken an early hour for dinner —( a laugh )—for the purpose of opposing this bill , that it would be as well to introduce some new matter in the present debate , and to make those speeches which they intended for the Australian colonies in this ' debate —( laughter)—for he was sure , that as the only object of the opposition was to delay and obstruct the measure —( hear , hear ) —a few speeches on the Australian colonies would be quite as apposite as the remarks which had already proceeded from that ( the Protectionist ) side of the house . ( Hear . ) ; The noble lord the member for Tyrone said that he had bad no communication with his constituents on the subject of this bill . Now he ( Mr : B . Osborne ) , although he had had no communication with the constituents of the noble lord ,
still knew that his constituents amounted to just 1 , 300 out of the enormous population which he represented , and that tbis _ bill , if carried into effect , would place upon " the register of the county for Tyrone at least 14 , 600 voters . ( Hear , hear ) He was one of those who rejoiced at the delay which honourable members opposite had given to the progress of this bill , as it would show to the people- of Ireland the real character ofthe opposition . ( Hear , hear . ) There had been great-apathy prevailing in Ireland from various causes , and he was much mistaken if these proceedings did not open the eyes of the people of Ireland ns to who were their real friends . ( Cries of " Oh , oh ¦ " from the Protectionists ) . It was the cloven foot of protection that was seen peeping through this factious opposition . b
( Cheers , andcries . of " Oh , oh" ) . It was not y throwing out bribes or lures of hig h prices to the farmers that they would be able to gain any support for that party which began the session with better prospects than they now had . ( Hear , hear . ) The noble lord who was the leader of this opposition was at the bead of an organised hypocrisy—( cries of " Oh , oh " )—he was at this moment at the head—and he ( Mr . Osborne ) stated it before the country and to his face- of an organised hypocrisy - ( cheers , and cries of "Oh , oh ")—when he pretended that he was anxious to delay the bill in order to obtain the opinion of his constituents on the subject . Every person knew that honourable members opposite were perfectly satisfied with the constituencies of Ireland as they then stood . He knew of
no worse jury for considering the extension of the rights ofthe people of Ireland than the University of Dublin , which had always shown itself opposed to the extension of the suffrage in Ireland . ( H _* hear . ) He hoped the noble lord at the head , of the government would go on as well as he had commenced ; he ( Mr . Osborne ) would be perfectly ready to give him his support , and would sit there to any hour in the morning to support bim against tne plans ofthe party opposite . By persevering in nis course , the noble lord would show the people of Ireland who was their true friend , and that he warnot prepared to hand over the government of that country to the tender mereies ofa haughty , and , ne would say , insolent faction . ( Cheers . ) Another division was then taken and resulted in .
, For reporting progress _*™ Against lo & Q „ Majority " ~ " . , Mr . Awjeblet complained of the tyrannical course pursued by the government , and moved tnat the chairman should leave the chair . . , Col . _Sibthorp said the government wished to override the country . . , Mr . Remolds wished there to be no delay in giving Ireland a fair constituency . The honourable
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member ( Mr . ~ _AaaeHeyy _^ tant colonies : _»•• privilege which-, he . withheld- from ¦ Irishmen . '; :-..--- . - . -. . ; - /; •¦ _.,:,:- ; _, ; _- , ; ,. i , _ _, 0 > ;}; . _- _< . ;•• K \ Lord _Clausb Hamilton repeated _hisf arguments in favour of delay ; _u ii . ;„ _- j i ( : -, ; _,- ;; , '; ,, ; ; ,. ; i j-Mr . _- _'pisuAELi said'the government were disingenuous ; 'unbusinesslike , and altogether blameable in forcing on so important . a : measure against , all the entreaties and arguments for'delny whioh had been urged against them . He thought no One could complain of their acting _faotiouslyan persisting to stop the progress of the bill . Mr . AnDEUUv again spoke , principally relative to Australia , in reply to Mr . Reynolds ' s observation upon his conduct in reference to that colonv .
Lord J . Ri _* ssELL ,: for the third time , replied and explained , it was a fair inference , he suggested , from the obstinate opposition to proceed with the consideration ofthe bill , that the opposition ' members felt some _irresistable antipathy to an extension of tbe franchise in Ireland . The story would tell much better in that country if the debate and divisions turned upon the principles of the bill , instead of stopping the way with more motiofis to gain time . . . .-• Mr . W . Miles again demanded a postponement , adducing precedents set in the debates upon . the Reform Bill . The present measure was , in iact , a Reform Bill for Ireland . . ¦¦ _-.:.--.- . A sixth division took place at ten o ' clock , five hours having been expended ih revolving round the question without effecting one step in advance . The numbers now
stood—For reporting progress "• , ; _.-i ... 70 ' Against . ... . _- ¦ : ... ... • ... 184 ¦'¦ " Majority ... —114 Capt . Taylob moved that tbe chairman report no progress and askleavo to sit again .: On a seventh division there appeared—Ayes ... * _., ... 70 ¦ _"' : Noes - '„• ' ' ¦ ¦ ... 185 . Against ... ... ... —115 Sir John Walsh characterised this as a struggle to protect the rights of the minority in that house ; He disclaimed the "antipathy" with which his party had been charged by Lord John Russell , but refused to take the country by surprise by hurrying the bill forward without due discussion : As this was not the 24 th of February ,: but the 25 th , and therefore not the anniversary of a revolution ' , he hoped to defeat the coup d ' etat meditated by Lord John Russell . ( Murmurs . ) He moved that the ehairmnn leave the chair .
Several other speakers having addressed the house amidst much impatience , Mr . _SiANFORn spoke energetically in favour of the delay , but the house , after six hours of wasted debating , had become unruly , and . the hon . member was nearly inaudible ., ; ; ; Sir Joshua Walmslev congratulated the Opposition upon the new . tone of liberality which had been adopted by it . It was something ; novel to bear popular rights and the duty of consulting the people advocated so energetically on that ' side of the bouse . The house then divided , the numbers being—For the motion ... ... ... 75
Against ; ... ... ... ... 194 ,. Majority against ... ... --110 It being half-past eleven , Lord John Russell observing that it was tbo ' late to make any progress with the bill that night , moved that the chairman do report progress , which was agreed to , and the house resumed . The committee on the bill was ordered ' to _| stand first on the erder list for Friday . After some formal business , ; the Commons Inclosure Bill went-through committee . . ' _,. ' The house adjourned at twelve o ' clock . . TUESDAY , Februabt 26 . HOUSE -OF LORDS . —The Earl of _Malmsbubv called the attention ofthe government to a riotous assemblage that had occurred in a Wiltshire parish , where a body of agricultural labourers had met to resist a contemplated reduction of their wages . The Marquis of Lansdowne stated that he had received no mformatiou on the subject . ;
On the motion of Lovd Momtbaole , a . resolution was agreed to , that a deposit of the balance sheets and other finance accounts of every railway company seeking an extension branch , or amalgamation hill , should be made , with the clerk of tho parliament-ten days at _lerist prior to the second reading of such bill . . . * " "" . - The Earl of MbUNTCAsnEL moved for some returns relative to the appointment of surgeons to emigrant ships . His lordship added some statements of the neglect and inefficiency : of some of tho medical officers in vessels bearing the poorer classes of emigrants . Earl Grey , in consenting to produce the returns , observed that out of a vast mass of emigration instances of misconduct or incompetence were extremely rare , and every effort was made to prevent or punish them .
Their lordships adjourned at a quarter _^ past seven o ' clock . . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Mn . Feargus O'Connor . —Mr . _Tnonr-ELY brought up and presented a report from tho printing committee , ; which was read by tlie clerk at the table . In this report the committee stated that Mr . Henley , one of the hon . members for Oxfordshire , had mentioned to the chairman that he had presented a petition to tho house on the 14 th ult ., whieh , although ordered to He upon tho table , had not been reported upon .
The committee had , in consequence , directed inquiries to be made into the matter , and found that tlie said petition had been taken from the table of the . house by Mr . F . O'Connor , one of the hon . members for Nottingham . . l'he petition in question would be brought up at the sitting ofthe house , and reported upon-to-morrow . He ( Mr . Thornely ) understood that , at ; i late hour last night , it was restored to the table of the house by the hon . member for Nottingham ( Mr . O'Connor ) , after being absent eleven davs .
Mr . F . O'Connor said he could plead in extenuation his thorough ignorance of the forms and practice ofthe house with regard to petitions . ( " Oh , " and hear . ) A petition had certainly been presented by the hon . member for Oxfordshire , which he did not know until after its presentation contained very extensive abuse of himself . He thought that , under the circumstances , the best thing he could do was to givo it the _widest circulation throughout the country , and he accordingly took it , and sent it to his own office , where he had it printed and published in his newspaper . In a few days after its publication the hon . gentleman ( Mr . Henley ) reminded him of it , and he then told his secretary to go to the office and get it . The secretary went and brought
it down on Thursday evening last , but left the house with it at half-past seven o ' clock , supposing that he ( Mr . O'Connor ) would not come that night . On Friday evening , at an early hour , and not , as the hon . member for Wolverhampton had stated , at a late hour'last night , he came down to the house , brought the petition with him , and gave it tb the clerk ; and if , in taking it away , he had violated any of the rules or orders of the house , he begged , through the right ' honourable gentleman , the Speaker , to apologise . ( Hear , hear . ) Ho was not aware that he was doing anything contrary to the rules or orders . Ho believed there were very few hon . members present who would circulate , as he hnd done , the gross . abuse of himself which this
petition _contained ; and he begged to add that if he \ rere going to- present a petition which reflected on the character of the hon'member for Oxfordshire , he " woiildgive that hon . gentleman notice of his intention , and of its contents , before he presented it . ( Hear , hour : ) Now , the honi member-for Marylebone had very _propi-rly given him notice that ho was going to present a petition or two on Friday night which reflected on his character ; and this was the course of proceeding which honourable members ought always to _^ adopt in cases ' of the kind . He ( Mr . O ' Connor ) should be ashamed to pursue any other course . He could only say , as ho had said before ,-that he regretted he had . so far violated the rules of tho house as to lake the petition" away , but'he bad brought It back in the same
state as when it was taken . ( Hear . ) Mr . Henley said the petition in question had emanated from a number of parties in the county of Oxford , and that it appeared to express the opinions of the petitioners against the Land scheme ofthe hon . member for Nottingham , and not personally against the lion , member himself . In fact , all the inquiries which had been instituted had pointed to the scheme , and not to the lion , g entleman personally . Had that petition been of a different character , : he would have given the ' hon . gentleman notice ; but , as it was , he had privately explained to him the nature of the petition on the very day he presented it . ( Hear , bear . ) This was all ho had to say . •"•¦•
The report was ordered to lio on the table . Affairs of Greece . —In answer to Mr , Anstey , Lord Palmerston stated , that the operations of Admiral Parker ' s squadron in Greece did not amount to a blockade . No interference with thc general commerce of that country was designed , but some Greek vessels had been stopped and retained in the character of pledges , f _» r the duo observance of the ri ghts of British subjects by tho government of King Otho . Attorneys Licenses . —A multitude of potitions were presented from all parts of the country , praying for the repeal of the solicitors' certificate duty ,
a bill to effect which was afterwards moved by Lord Robert _Grosvenor . The amount of this impost Ins lordshi p stated at - £ 88 , 000 a year in England , and - £ 33 , 000 in Ireland and Scotland , and he enforced its repeal on the ground that it weighed unjustly upon a class , and although unfelt by the wealthy practitioner , was a severe tax upon the young and struggling members of the legal profession , - _ - ¦ The motion having been seconded , Mr . Ha-itbr ( Secretary to the Treasury ) opposed the measure on the ground that it involved the whole question of the licensing system , under which a revenue of one million and a-half was annually -raised . He proposed adjourning the consideration of the bill until after the discussion , on the budget .
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_^ Ip ; Mtf « h 1 l _^ was _foqnded _, _in-justice ,: concurred in recom _inendiu-r . the postponement , which was agreed to i by iLo 5 d Robert GitosvfiNOB , and ; _thetbill was adjourned to the . 22 nd of March , _!» _fteri-aifew _. remarks from Mr _GnooAif , Col- _Chattbbton , and _Sir-pE'L _AorEvANs ! NAfioNAt Education . —Mr . _Wi'J .-Fox ' ihoved for leave , to bring in a bill to ' promote .-the ' Secular administration ofthe people . After remarking ihat it was no longer nec _^ _ssary tb contend for the advantage of education , and that it was considered the duty of government to see thatthe people educated themselves , lie said that tho difficulty now was not caused by indifference , but' by zeal . - Tho Church hnd exerted a magnificent decree of _enerev . the
Dissenters had ' shown themselves the ' true friends ofoduoation , and the Privy Council had sought , with grcat'honesty , to combine existing " efforts , and yet all parties were in collision ; and comparatively " little was done . There was now an educational movement in various parts of the country ,-as it-was felt that the nation ; as compared with other countries , was not supporting-its high character . Ono in thirteen ( all kinds of schools beirig included in the calculation ) was the English average of education , while that education , as now administered , had little influence upon the progress of crime . Religious instruction , was the most important that could be received , yet , to make that available , a certain amount of secular instruction must be
combined with it , or it became ' " mere words : and he showed , from gaol statistics , that the majority of criminals had received their nominal education ! of which the repetition of the " Lord ' s Prayer" was the test . After giving various statistical arid ther authorities to prove the necessity of the measure , the hon . member said ; there was a class whose _, cooperation it was of the utmost importance they should engago ih this matter—he meant the working people whose children were to be trained . ( Hear , hoar . ) Unless they coincided with those ¦ p lans , and looked upon them as privileges for their children , they would not have the effect that it was devoutly wished they might have . The intelligence of that class was , he feared , very much underrated
by those who had not the opportunities of personally knowing them . Among these classes there was a sturdy intelligence , a moral sense , which would recoil from charity , which generated suspicion , sometimes not unwarranted , and sometimes , very unwarrantable , of their superiors , that indisposed them to read books written by their betters in society _^ for the sake of a particular action upon tlieir minds . They rebelled against this—and however unreasonable they might think such a feeling , still that sturdiness of intellect , which was the consequence of self-culture without the possession ' of great external advantages , was entitled to respect . ( Hear , hear . ) Those people were indisposed to send their children to schools which they thought were
founded as chanties , or which were meant to proselytize their children to this or _. that religious denoriiination . The following was the view taken of this point by an association of working men formed in London for proinotirig education : — " We cannot consent that'bur children should be apportioned among the religious _^ sects—that their / plastic minds and ' nascent judgments should bo subjected to . in external pressure which would give them a permanent bias towards peculiar notions . This appears to us'to be the very way , to foment and cherish those theological distinctions which already so unhappily divide mankind . Religion is intended ' to prepare men for Heaven , where the society of the blessed will be united in peace and
love . Why should it be made on earth the pretext for cutting up the community into sections , and separating them from one another by unpronouncable shibboleths ? ' We have now for several years been spectators of the dispute going on between the denominations on the subject of popu _« lar education , We have noticed that they all agree as to its urgent and imperative necessity ; each party bas vied with thc others in eloquent descriptions of the frightful condition of the working classes . We have heen called ' a multitude of untutored savages , ' and the places where we dwell have heen designated as ' great and terrible wildernesses . ' Wo have sat still expecting that tho reli gious denominations in holy charity and pity for
our _aulrenngs , would ior once lay by their peculiarities , - wliich they themselves confess . are not essential to salvation , and agree upon some plan . by which the resources ofthe state might bo employed to rescue us from our awful condition . But we , have waited in win : tho controversy has waved hotter and more furious ; our little ones have been forgotten in the fray , and their golden moments have been allowed to run irrecoverably , tb waste . " He believed these to be tbe genuine opinions of working men and it was of importance that they should be attended to if this scheme was intended to prove successful . ( Hear . ) It- would be expected that he should say something of the cost of the experiment he proposed . It would , bo the height of
iiftectfttioh to produce figures on such a subject ; but the first impression on their minds was likely to lead to a highly overrated estimate of the outlay that would be needful . The association for education in the county of Lancaster had made the cal culation , that to supply schools for the entire e . dudafcion of the country at a rate of 4 Jd . in the pound would suffice , and . that those schools which they proposed—a series of schools from infant upward to adult schools—could be carried on for a rate of 6 d . in the pound . ( Hear , hear . ) But he would ask whether , when the-expense of pauperism and criminality was considered ,, the scheme be proposed was not'likely very much to diminish in those respects the public expenditure ( Hear , hear . ) He
merely referred to these as circumstances likely to diminish the expense to which the country would on the whole be put ; but it would bo absurd to attempt to calculate the cost of the scheme with any degree of accuracy . He relied much on the teachers for the success of the plan , and he was warranted in doing so by some very sound observations that , fell from the noble lord at the head of the government , in that house three years ago , when he said that they would never effectually raise education in this country till they raised the profession and the prospects of the schoolmasters . ( Hear . ) After referring to the case of the Isle of Man as affording a good illustration of tho views he entertained ' upon this point , the hon . gentleman
proceeded to say that the professsion of the schoolmaster in this country had sunk into discredit , because there had not been given that encouragement which would lead people to devote themselves , heart and soul , to " the occupation . . ( Hear , hear . ) As oftho poet , so it might bo said of the schoolmaster , " nascitur , non fit . " ( Hear . ) There were tendencies in some minds that led thorn to sympathise" with children—to feel the difficulties of children ,, to conciliate their pervcrseness , hnd to train them up , for . the want of which no amount of learning could ever compensate . ( Hear , hear . ) He would throw the competition for masters perfectly open , and would make their qualifications , and especially their aptitude for teaching , the great test
of each , and would reward them accordingly . ( Hear , hear . ) Their functions were in reality such as might well be deemed sacred , and they deserved the . best honours that the state could bestow . ( Hear , hear . ) His great object was to obtain leave from the house to lay his bill on the table , and have it printed , and most glad would he be to find other parties brought into competition with him with plans better adapted lor the accomplishment of the great object he had in view . He thought of the condition of thousands upon thousands of children in this country , and , that alone led him to intrude upon the attention of the house . Ho thought of the crimes whicli had thriven upon soils from from whicli tliey had hoped they were entirely
banished , and that soil occupied by better things . He would pray tho house to think of those localities that were continually sending forth hordes of untutored savages on society , who seemed to derive from civilisation only greater facilities for becoming themselves more unwholesome nuisances to the . state . ( Hear . ) He would have them think on their crowded gaols and hulks , and on tbeir reluctant colonics ; he would have them think on the peace , arid good order , and security that might be spread . abroad amongst homes that were well disposed by the general training and moral conduct of the people ; ho would have them look to yet higher
motives—to consider that the natural and moral lustre of ouv country had ever been a glory superior tb that even of its supremacy in arts and arms ; he would have tliem look to those yet higher objects which , when the purposes of civil society should be accomplished , would remain to be realised in the individual , who , by the means which tbey Could afford him , ivould become qualified to fulfil the great purposes for which he was formed by bis beneficent Creator . ( Cheer ? . ) The hon . gentleman then moved for leave to bring in a bill to promote the secular education of tho people in England and Wales .
Mr . Slanev believed that the hon . gentleman had rather understated than overstated his caso . After a full examination of the subject by a committee of that house , tho conclusion arrived at was , tliat it was absolutely necessary that adequate education should be provided for one in eight of the population ; but the average , instead of being ono in eight , was ono in twenty-six or twenty-seven of the population . Great exertion had no doubt since been made to promote _' education ; but the population had _incrensod in so rapid a ratio , that he . believod the education of the working classes was scarcely better provided for now than it was then . ( Hear . ) The subject was a difficult one , and the hon . member was deserving of the thanks of the house for tho temperate and eloquent manner in which ho had brought it forward .
Sir R . Inolis and Lord J . RussBLLrose together ; but the noble lord direotly gave way , and the hon . baronot was proceeding to say , that when the hon . member for Oldham had concluded his speeoh , the temper and ability of which he willingly acknowledged , he waited in respeotful silence uv the expeotation that aome member of her Majesty a
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gdvewim _^ nfc _^ wblild _^ upon whioh .: ";< j * _- _"•* ' * ¦ ' j a ' _- ' _^ ¦ ' _•!> * _~ '• £ _•*' ¦ ' * : _j . _-. ' . > _s-. _i-m Lord J . Russell againorose , i amidst . cheers-Mid laughter * and the hon . ; baronet , whoappeai * ed tobe aomewhat' ! discoricerted _, vreBUmed :: his seat , leaving the , noble ; lord ih possession .. The noble . ; _lordisaid , he hoped that leave would be given _toibnng _. in _. tbe bill ; ., ; Headmittedthat there was much tobe done in the way . of education , and . the attention which Mr . Fox had given to the subject was quite enough to justify the bill being received , though its propositions would be matter of consideration upon which he thought it would : bo better not to enter now . He declined to give any opinion upon the details of the bill ; but was inclined to think that the efforts of
the various religious bodies , to educate had-been moro successful than Mr . Fox had stated . He thanked Mr . Fox for tbe spirit in which he had brought in his bill . _. , ; _- Sir R . H . Ikolis , after complimenting Mr . Fox upon the temper and ability of his speech , could not admit tho principle he advocated . His ( Sir Robert ' s ) idea of education was a training which had reference to man s eternal destinies . He did not think Mr . Fox' figures would bear a critical scrutiny . ¦ . In all the National Society ' s schools there , was coincident secular teaching . But lie wished to obtain from government , in all cases when lay members brought forward plans , an announcement as to the course it would take . For himself , he should not oppose the bill in its present stage . ¦ , ;
Mr . Monckton Milses supported the bill , and hoped that the house would consider the matter in a humane , philanthropic , and Christian spirit . Mr . Hume answered Sir B . H . Inglis , and expressed his satisfaction with Lord John Russell ' s concurrence in the principle that more education was needed . Mr . Pluwptre opposed the bill . He protested against taxing the people to support schools in which there was to be no religious education . Mr . B . _Osbobne agreed with tbe noble lord at the head of her Majesty ' s government tbat they would best do their duty by the bill on the present occasion by not entering generally into its details . In fact , the bill was so misrepresented and so
misunderstood , which , he doubted not , was the cause of the misrepresentation , that they were not in a position to discuss it . However , he could not sit . still without paying his tribute of gratitude—bumble aa that tribute might be—to thehon . member for ; 01 dham , for the manner , the able and . statesman-like manner in which he addressed himself to the question that evening . ( Hear , hear . ) It had seldom been his ( Mr . Osborne ' s ) pleasure to have listened to a speech that gave , him such unmitigated satisfaction—a speech which be doubted not would havo a most telling effect not alone upon that house ; but on the country in general . ( Hear , hear . ) . He ( Mr . Osborne ) would be sorry to add a word of bitterness to mar the effect of that speech , otherwise he
mightadvert to the course adopted towards lum by the hon . member for the University of Oxford ; when he ( Mr . Osborne ) cried ' oh " at an assertion that certainly should not have been made by a scholar , and one so conversant with historical" literature , as . tbat hon . member undoubtedly was . ( Hear , hear . ) That hon . member drew a parallel between England and Prussia . However , he took care not to tell the house what was the state of Prussia .. The state of Prussia was this . There was a hi ghly educated people without a representative government . ; and the progress of that education was to upset-that state of things , which might be called taxation without representation . ( Hear , hear . ) _; The hon . baronet went further , for he reproduced the joke of
the 10 th of April , for which day he . believed there was to be found in the pages of history—rather in the pages of story books—but one parallel , namely , Grizzle ' s rebellion in Tom Thumb . ( Great Laughter . ) In his opinion the hon . member ( Mr . Fox ) had fully proved the , necessity for a universal system of education ; because , referring again to the ever-memorable 10 th of April , it was found that the people of Middlesex , who were admittedly the most generally educated , were amongst the firmest supporters of law and order on that very day . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . Osborne ) did not attach much importance to University careers . If there wa 3 a period of his life which be could wish to- bay © blotted from his recollection , it was the period
spent by him at . Cambridge , where , he should say , he learnt more vice than in his previous or subsequent life . ( Laughter . ) He supported the present measure , because it approximated much to the national system of education which prevailed in Ireland' ( Hear , hear . ) And he should say , in conclusion , that he much ; suspected the philanthropy of gentlemen who denied education to the . masse ** , unless tbat system of education afforded tbem the means of instilling their own views and prinoples into tho minds of those masses , however widely and conscientiously they differed from them in opinion . ( Hear , hear . ) After somo remarks from Mr . Napier . . Mr . _Cockborn protested against the proposed
measure being considered , as the right hon . baronet tho member for the University of Oxford had misrepresented it , as simply a plan of education which had regard only to this world and to this life , and having no reference to a future state of existence . Thehon . member for Oldham appeared to beas much impressed as any one in or out of the house with the importance of a religious education . He fully concurred in the desirability of uniting , as far as possible secular with religious education . But looking at the vast number and infinite varieties into which religious opinion in the country was divided , it was perfectly impossible to combine secular and religious education , as a state measure , into
one system of education . It could not be done . What would tbe right hon . baronet the member for the University of Oxford adopt as a system bf religious state education ? Of course bis plan would be that of having the religion of the state inculcated as a part of education . But that system would exclude all that numerous body of persons who did not adopt the religion of .. thiji _statfe-as their religion . That would at once pre * rei _^*^ b _^ _reoludeithe ' possibility of having a _moasurei ' of nat _^ ni _^ _MBducation which should adopt-the state religion as . a . portion of education . And if _^ hereligious views of the "Dissenters were to be inculcated in the schools , those persons who belonged ' . to the-Established . Church would not allow their children to be sent to schools '
of that kind ; a great portion of the influential classes , and above all the clergy ofthe count ****; would set their faces against such a jsystem , ; and it could not be expected that the state would establish any such system as that . What then remained to be done ? They could not by possibility have a system of state education into which religion could enter , and if they wished , to have a system of state education _afeall , they must adopt secular education as the basis of it ' _aiftLconfine it simply to that . It was said that " religion ' s , _education was far more important than _seculari He fully conceded that point , but if they could not be taught religion by the state that was no reason why tbey should not be taught reading , writing , and arithmetic , which would enable them to promote their interests in this world at least . ( Hear . ) By establishing a system of state
secular education , they would not interfere in the least with any of the establishments supported by private contributions , or prevent the continuance of thoso efforts , which , _^ ore nt present made for the relig ious instruction of the rising generation . ( Hear , hear . )' _' ' -. Somo further disoussion followed , after , which Mr . Fox replied—He said that the " statistics of his measure would be easily collected- . Tho _oneway to solve the educational piobieiij seemed that which ho had suggested , ' arid he believed ; _. in reference to tho theological objections raised , that : rem religion was promoted by / the " spread of _« ther tfuft of all kinds . We bad a splendidv mona * -d " _Sy , an & superb fleets and armies _^ and should . it ; be Baifl that we were to begarly to'teach bur " children ? ¦ "¦ Leave was then given to bring the bill . ' ' I '
Countt Courts . —Mr . _Fitzuot-moved for leave _, to bring in a bill for extending the 'jurisdiction sof county courts from - £ 20 to £ 50 . The ' experiment of cheap justice had been made , and found most successful , and a million of actions had been tried in the county courts during the last three years , whicli , as compared to the trials in Westminister Hall , was a proportion of four to one . He expected opposition from the lawyers , whose gains would be decreased by thc change be proposed , but did not think their interests ought to be placed in successful opposition to those of the ma 9 s of creditors in England . He went into statements to show
the hardships of the present system , and described it ns a denial of justice . The great merit of the county court , in addition to cheapness and expedition , was its giving the Judge power to allow * defendant to pay a debt by small instalments , a power not possessed by the superior courts . Tho _Atiohnky-Gknural said he should offer no opposition to the introduction of the bill , althongh he entertained many objections to extending tte powers of the county courts , * serious objections _attended the working bf those courts , md it wasa dangerous experiment to g ive tbem jurisdiction ov ** largo sums . ' . _¦* Sir J . Pkcukij _. believed the measure was much , called for . .
Mr H _enlky considered that by extending thfi principle to £ 50 they would endanger the success ol the experiment nOW in P _" 0 _^ m KS » d debts Sir O . Gkkt agreed with the Attorney-General that it was doubtful whether the princi ple of ihe county courts could be extended to £ 50 ; but they would be much better able to discuss that question at the second reading . Very much would depend upon the nature of the appeal to be _provided—ifilt were on appeal to the superior courts , the whole value of the measure as regarded economy anil speedy adjudication would be sacrificed . Lord Dudlet Stuart supported the measure , but believed that even in the county courts _justinr * was not made sufficiently cheap and successful . Mr . _H . _Bkrkmv opposed the bill ; wbtch are . _Mukunob , as a retired legal practitioner , « ipp / : t '' 'ed explaining the enormous _item « Cc _! i « JEl _? t'whwh as
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 2, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_02031850/page/7/
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