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196 # THE LEADER. [No. 310, Saturday,
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The Way the Sa.bbataria.ns Petition.—Mr ...
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Imperial Paklumentmonday, February 25th....
¦ were grievously ' needed . Several suggestions had been made ; among which , the best was that judges should be admitted to sit with and aid their Lordships when met in a judicial capacity . As it is , they may be STommoned as councillors on difficult occasions ; bu-t it would be better if they were regularlyadmitted , with power to speak and vote as well as advise . On the hearing of Scotch appeals , it would bo well to allow certain of the Lords of Session to take a part in the proceedings . But all such considerations would be left in the hands of the select committee .
Earl . GnANrvm . E consented on the part of tie Governmeiit , to the appointment of the committee . He thought , however , that certain words shou ld "be added to the motion , instructing the committee to inquire further what effect any such provisions as might be proposed for the better exercise of tie appellate jurisdiction would have upon the general character of the House . By this addition he simply wished to enlarge the scope of the inquiry so as to include some of the questions arising out of the Wensleydale peerage .
Lord CLL & ipbelj ,, Lord St . Leonards , and Lord Bbottgiiam supported the motion for a committee , which , as amended , was agreed to , after some observations by the Lobjd OhasceIiLOr , who denied ^ that'the appellate jurisdiction of the House is a mere pretence , sis asserted by Lord Derby . —The committee is to be thus formed : — -The Lord Chancellor , the Lord President , the Duke of Somerset , the Marquis of Lansdbwne , ths Earl of Derby , the Earl of Stankope , the Earl of Caernarvon , Earl Grey , the Earl of Aberdeen . , the Diike of Argyll , Lord Eedesdale , Lord Lyiidhtirst , Lord Brougham , Lord Abiuger , Lord Elgin , Lord St . Leonards , and Lord Glenelg .
. THE BECRPITINQ SYSTEM , " In the Hotjse op Commons Sit- Db Lacy Evaks gave notice that , on the House going into committee on the war estimates , he would propose a resohrEfon disapproving the conduct of the Government , in repeatedly refusing " offers from most respectable parties in Canada , to raise troops for service in the Crimea from ainong our colonial fellow-subjects , whilst at the same time abortive attempts were being made to enlist recruits for the same service in the adjoining territory of a neutral state , contrary to international law .
MR . WILDER . Sir John Pakington asked whether a reply wliich " JSflr . Filder had addressed to Lord Palmerston , with ^ reference to the charges brought against him ia the report of the commissioners ; would be laid on the ¦ table of the House . T—Mr . FitED ^ BrcK Peel said he ^ had . on ly-just heard of the reply ; but there would be mo objection to lay it on the table .
THE BRECI 3 H MUSEUM . In answer to Mr . Heywood , the Chanceu , ob of Vhe Exchequer said the Government could not abolish the office of principal libraiian and secretary to the British M / roeum , without an Act of Parliament , and it was not their intention to introduce any measure . THE CRIMEAN INQUIRY . Lord Palmerston , in answer to Mr . Stanley , mentioned that ( although somewhat contrary to practice ) the inquiry to ba instituted by the bo ard of general officers into the Crimean report would be open to the public , with certain exceptions at the option of the bonrd . With regard to examination upon oath , the board , he apprehended , had not the power to udmin ^ dter an oath .
f- THE MONETARY SYSTEM . ' Mi % 3 EmsTz ; moved for a select committee " to inquire liow far the present monetary system is in accordance with tho requirements of the country , and to consider if it cannot be improved and amended . " Six years had elapsed since he opened his mouth in that House on the subject . He had waited to see what effect -would be produced by the large discoveries of gold in California and Australia ; but , although , those discoveries had done a great cleaj towards remedying the evils of tho present system , they had not done all that wast required . It was due to himself , however , to deny what had been asserted of him in the newspapers —that : ho was an advocate of inconvertible currency . The late Sir Robert Peel and himself differed only as to the rate of convertibility . Amidst tho laughter of
the House , Mr . Muntz paid he would go back to tho time of William tho Conqueror , ft ^ d take a rofcrospeqtivo ' glance at the history of our ourronoy . In those - days , * pound was a pound's weight ^ f silver ; bufc it > , had'passed through many changes ainoe then . When , ftntU ^ year 1 , 810 , the Bullion Committee waa appointed ib y'l ' orliiMjjonfc , the Governor and Deputy-Governor of Auo ' . Bftnls of England showed in their evidence tho fnost rooiarkablo ignorance of the very first principles ' ' « of monetary , ecienco 3 nnd if , in aeoordanoo with tho aufeg ^ Btions iojf that , comrajitt « e , tho Bonk h « < d taken , > ywnitytnq timo Bpeciflied i to cash , payments , this coun-^^ W ^ voboeix'a pvovinqo of Franco . Tho ab-BuratyconajQtfs'Jinadhemigto ft fixed prioo for gold . wheri : * xoloM & latuto cftndeflncjtho value of that wooious motwl . ^ Tho-result s - < o $ making , tho a , Uomi > t we to be peon xn periodical ( toguatious in tho supply of monoy
in ext ravagant rates of discount , low wages , & c . He therefore asked for a fair and well-constituted committee , to consider these matters . Mr . Peacocke supported the motion , because he wanted an inquiry into the working of the Bank Charter Act ; but he dissented from Mr . Muntz ' s fundamental principles . —Mr . Drummond pointed out the difficulty of discussing such a question , which was one of pure science , in that House . If it was not borne in mind that , in speaking of value , the precious metals must be held to be a fixed and unalterable quantity , all would be confusion . To talk of the rise and fall of the precious metals is downright nonsense . They must be the sole measure of value . He believed the soundest advice that could be given to the House on this subject was that which Arthur Young had given to the French Convention , in Paris , when
summoned before it , to say what laws they should pass respecting the price of corn : " Order your clerk to thrust Iris inkstand down the throat of the first man who talks about com ! " He ( Mr . Drummond ) believed that , if the same thing were done now , and an inkstand were thrust down the throat of every man who talks about the currency , it would be the very best arrangement they could come to . ( I , au 7 ite > ' . )—The motion was also opposed by Mr . Pollard TJkqtjhaut , Ma \ Wilkinson , Mr . Baillie , Mr . Glyn ( w _ ho , however , thought tbat there are many important questions for the consideration of Parliament arising out of the Bank Act of 1844 , and who remarked that the directors of the Bank of England have a most difficult task to perform , and lave performed it admirably during the last few months ) , Sir William Clay , Mi-. . Heywobth ; Sir Charles Wood , and the Chancellor of the Exchequer .
The latter argued that the present is a most inopportune time for the inquiry . The circumstances of the country are exceptional and extraordinary , and the investigation would be almost confined to the state of tilings during last autumn , and not to the general operations of the act of 1844 . There is nothing perilous in the condition of the Bank of England . The returns show that the circulation amounts to £ 19 , 254 , 000 ; that of bullion to . € 10 , 575 , 000 ; the notes to ^ 24 , 890 , 000 , and the reserve to , £ 5 , 848 , 000-Neverthele . , there are some parts of the act of 1844 which inquire investigation .
The motion was supported by Mr . Malins , Mr . Baillie , Mr . Newdegate , and Mr . Spooner , which Mr- Cayley , though agreeing with some of Mr . Muntz ' s principles , advised him to be satisfied with the discussion without a division . After a reply from Mr . Muntz , the motion was negatived by 115 to 68 .
THE CASE OF TA . LBOT V . TALBOT . Mr . John Phillimotie moved for " copies of the judgment pronounced by the Hon . Mr . Justice Torrens , one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas iu Ireland , in the ease of Tsilbot v . Talbot , before the High Court of Delegates in Dublin , iu the month of May , 1855 ; and of the written proceedings and depositions taken in the same cause before the Consistory Court of Dublin , from which the appeal was made to the said Court of Delegates , and which were laid before the said High Court of Delegates . " The assertions with respect to this case were that the
lady had been the -victim , of a foul conspiracy , in consequence of which she tad become insane , and that the judge who tried the cause was incapable . —The motion was seconded by Mr . Ewaut , but opposed by Mr . Whiteshm ) , who contended -that tho judge had given a correct decision ; asked why Mr . Justice Torrena was to be singled out , as there wore four judges on the bench besides himself ; and maintained that such motions are fatal to the independence of the bench . —He was followed on the same side by Mi * . Packs , Mr . Walpole , Lord Palmerston , and the Souoitor-General fou Ireland ; and Mr . Piiit , timorb consented to withdraw the motion . The Drainaoe Advances Acts Amendment Bill was read a third time axxd passed .
196 # The Leader. [No. 310, Saturday,
196 # THE LEADER . [ No . 310 , Saturday ,
The Way The Sa.Bbataria.Ns Petition.—Mr ...
The Way the Sa . bbataria . ns Petition . —Mr George Jones , of Briotol , haa petitioned the House of Commons against tho abuse of . petitions , against opening tho Museum on Sundays , "by the aignatures of infants and persons of tender years being attached to suoh petitions . "Wo cam oorroho rate tho complaint of Mr . Jones by testimony , furnished to ua by an eyewitness , who bohold a street boy , of faoo and form familiar to the readers of Punch , confer his signature upon an opon-air petition ia favour of the bitter Sabbath , and , after performing tho Boloivm act , retire behind tho neai'est ooraer to grin at another of the ante fraternity who succeeded him at tho table for tlXe name purpose .
Administiiatiyk Reform . —At a meeting of tho Administrative Reform Association on Tuesday avening , at tho Marylebone Literary and Sciontiflo Institution , a motion was carried Bobting forth " That tho mooting strongly deprecated tho appointment of a new commission , to flifc with closed ^ oova upon the commission sent to tho Crimea , whose report criminated novorftl gonoral oflloors as to thoir . oonauot in tho GrunoR . "
The_War. Port Alexander Was Blown Up, In...
THE _ WAR . Port Alexander was blown up , in tbree explosion s at one o ' clock on the 11 th ult . The northern forts continue to fire on Sevastopol ; and an order of the day , issued by General Codrington , at Balaclava , recommends the English officers to provide themselves with the articles of equipment necessary for a forward movement . Two general officers have been sent -by the Czar , one to the Crimea , and the other to Asia . The Russian Emperor heard with astonishment that , notwithstanding his adhesion to the propositions of Austria , the Generals-in-chief of the two expeditionary corps continue the contest with fresh ardour . It is said that the mission of these Generals is to moderate this warlike vigour ; but the Armistice just concluded at Paris will ensure peace on the land for the current month . The English army ardently desires the continuation of the war . There has heen some talk of a battle between the Russians and the Turks near Sugdidi , resulting in a loss to the Turks of ten guns and some baggage j but the news seems to be doubtful . The districts which recently submitted to Russia are now tranquil , but an insurrection of a rather serious character broke out recently at Ghoel . situated to the north of Ears . It seems that Asian Pacha and his brother , Iser-3 Jek , assisted by a party of four hundred rneiij incited the -inhabitants to rise , and occupied the villages of Seinot , Khorovanha , and Tchoul-P « nelt . They were , however , unexpectedly attached by three sotnias of Cossacks with four rocket batteries , and defeated . Ismail Pacha has been sent to Asia to replace Omar Pacha , who will be superseded in the comtnand of-the army . The Russians threaten to blockade Erzeroum in the spring . General La Marmora has set out on his return to the Crimea .
"War Miscellanea. Nicholaieff Is Not Mer...
"WAR MISCELLANEA . Nicholaieff is not merely a port of construction , a 3 is generally believed in Europe , but a port for arming vessels of war . In difficult circuuastanccs , the Russian squadron of l-eserve used to be stationed there , and , if" that has not taken place during the present war , the teasoa is that Prince Menschikoff desired to have , from the beginning of the war , under his orders in the port of fsebastopol , all the armsd vessels which were in the Black Sea . la order , too , that vessels of war should be able to navigate between Nicholaieff and tho sea , the Russiau Board of Admiralty has had a channel made the whole way down , from which every rock or impediment ha 3 been carefully removed , and in which , during eight months of the year , there are twenty-three feat of water . That depth becomes considerably greater when the river rises . The Russien fleet in tho
Black Sea at the commencement of the war consisted of sixteen ships-of-the-line , among which only three were of the first-class ; the other 3 , all of the third and fourth class , only drew twenty-two feet of water , when fully armed . The arming of these vessels bad been effected altogether at Nieholaieff , and they arrived at Sebaatopol without the slightest difficulty by following tho channel already mentioned , each having her guns on board , as well as her full complement of men , and « u ontiro supply of provisions and storeB . It results from what bos just been said , that ships of tho liue
can bo built and armed at JSTicholaietF , and can then , during the greater part of the year , proceed to hcu quite ready to fight , As to vessels of 120 guns and upwards , they can take-all their guns on board with the exception of those of the lower deck , nnd complete their armament at Sobaatopol . It may thua bo seen what advantages can be derived from Nicholaieff . Both that placo and Sebaatopol are classed in Russia among the ports of tho Black Sen , just an Rooheforfc and L'Onoot , which are some way inland , aro in the list of tho ports of Prance . —Montieur de la Flotte .
The Russian Fmset xn the Baltic . —You ore yvobably aware ( says a letter from Stockholm ) that by next spring tho Russian steam fleet will consist of eighteen line-of-battlo ships nud frigates , fourteen corve ttes , and seventy gun-boats , which formidable furco may rido secure , behind an impassable barrior , and defy the united navies of tho world , thanks to tho fortilications planned by Admiral Sohanss , at which 1 ) 0 , 000 men are no-yy working under Mb direction . Thi « i < " '" midablo wovk consists in ft triple row of pilo , * rigj't across tho Ghilf of Finland , about six miloa from Oronstadt , aud , should tho ioo bo strong thin Hi'i'inj . ' , may bo finished this yonr .
The BiiOOKADB ov thib Baltic . — Tho advanced squadron of tho Baltic float , under tho commtuiU <> i Captain Watson , O . B ., has lefo the Downfl , »» d , m accordance * with a . telogra . ph . io messago from tho Admiralty , has nailed for ICoil .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 1, 1856, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_01031856/page/4/
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