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294 THE LEADER. [No. 467, March 5, 1859.
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GATHERINGS FROM LAW AND POLICE COURTS. I...
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Imperial Parliament. ' Monday, February ...
Thursday , March 2 > . PUBLIC OPFICEBS AT . HONG KON < J ,. la the House of Iobds , Earl Gkey asked Her Majesty ' s . Government for an explanation , of a recent trial at Hong Kong . —Lord Carnarvon stated that the trial was a fraction of a much larger ease , and declined to express an opinion on a part until the whole was decided . Lord Brougham entered into an explanation of a former speech of Ms relating to warlike preparations in France , which he declared had been misrepresented .
EDTTCA-TlOXT-raDIA . The Duke of Ae & tle postponed sine die the question of which he had given notice respecting education in India . —The Earl of ELLENBOKOtroir deprecated all discussion upon the subject in the present position of Indian affairs . —Lord Derbt stated that the Indian Government had been called upon to report on the question of education . He thought it would be "better to postpone a discussion on so delicate a subject until they received that report , —Their Lordships adjourned at half-past five o ' clock .
THE 8 TADE DTTES . In the House of Ccoimons , Mr . S . Fitzgerald stated that the notice for the termination of the Treaty of 1844 , in reference to the StadeDues , between the United Kingdom and Hanover , was given to the Hanoverian Government on the 14 th of August last , and that the notice had not , in fact , been withdrawn . ¦¦¦ ' . .
TflE JEWISH OATH . Mr . T . Dttncombk , prefacing his motion by a resolution setting forth that" Whereas the House had , ¦ upon two previous . occasions , resolved , That any person professing the Jewish relig ion may henceforth , in taking the oath prescribed in an Act to entitlehim to sit and vote in this House , omit the words * and I make this declaration upon the true faith of a Christian , '" moved for leave to bring in a bill to provide that thtr foregoing resolution might be made a standing order . The ' . ' lion , member commented upon the unsatisfactory state in which the question Lad been left by the Compromise effected jast year , and pointed Out the inconveniences which might , if the adr
under many possible contingencies , arise , mission of a Jef member to his seat were left dependent upon the passing of a resolution that required to be formally renewed every session .- — Mr . Newdegate moved , as an amendment , a resolution that it be a standing order , " That no resolution , under the pro-visions of the Act 21 st and 22 d Victoria , cap . 49 , shall be moved in this House , unless at least one day ' s notice of such resolution shall have been previously given in the votes , " He observed that the two resolutions referred to had been hastily adopted , and that it . was due to the character of the House not to act in this matter with precipitancy . —Mr . Majcins , concurring in the
object which Mr . Duncombe had in view , pointed out the practical difficulties in the way of the course he proposed to take , which was calculated to renew painful conflicts . —After a few words from Mr . Bsntinck , who supported the amendment ; and from Mr . Bynq and Mr . Conjngham , in favour of the bill , the Chancemlob of the Exchequer admitted that the matter wan left in a position which rendered legislation expedient . He regretted that the subjeot was again opened fox controversy , and wished that some means of permanently settling the question could bo devised less calculated to challenge
opposition than the bill now brought forward . The amendment proposed "by Mr . Newdegate seemed , to him also highly objectionable .- —Sir Q . Ghey denied that there had been any . compact not to reopen the subject . His doubt was whether it was worth while to go to the House of Lords to ask its concurrence in the conversion of the resolution into a standing order of this House . —Ultimately , the amendment was withdrawn , and fcho original motion , with Mr . DcNCQiwtma ' s consent , was negatived . —Mr . Walpole suggested that , instead of bringing in a bill" at once , tho subject should be referred to a select committee , with the view of framing a carefully considered and acceptable measure .
THE r . IMDER DUTIES . Ml ' . Mjctoheix moved a resolution , that tho duties on foreign and colonial wood should bo repealed , urging as grounds for tho repeal , that this tax upon a raw material wns contrary to tho policy initiated by Sir Robert Peel ; that ilj was most unequal , and that it pressed sovotely and unfairly upon tho shipbuilding trade . —Mr . 3 Tenwiqk seconded tho motion . —Sir S . Nqjithcotm submitted that tho motion was premature . Tliq Chancellor of tho Exchequer had not yet brought forward his budget , tho financial position of , the country was unascertained , audit was , he maintained , inexpedient } to fetter tho Government by oppressing an abstract condemnation of any particular tax . lie . proceeded to advance reasons for concluding tlmt . Sf-the duties woro repealed , the homo consumers would bo littlo , If at all , benefited , but tho whole stun lost to tho Exohonucr , which
amounted to nearly 600 , 00 dZ . a year , would go into the pockets of the foreign producers . —Mr . Wilsou on principle declined to vote for any repeal of taxation until it was shown that the money could be spared without leaving a deficiency in the public revenue . —Mr . Hudson supported the motion . —Mr . Laboucherte believed that if timber could be cheapened it would benefit greatly many interests ; but he cpuld not vote for an abstract resolution for the repeal of a tax until he had heard the financial statement of the Government . —Lord H . Vane suglimit
gested the addition of words to the resolution - ing its effects . —Mr . Mitchell proposed to add , at the end of the resolution , " as soon as the revenue admits of it . "—The Chancellor of the Exchequer said this addition made the resolution still more objectionable , as it pledged the House ; to repeal these duties , which he should be happy to see repealed , but it was not in his power to hold out any expectation of his being able to abandon them . —The House divided upon the motion as amended , which was negatived by 133 to 77 .
bill to repeal the . ' 32 nd section of the County Courts ' Act / and make further provision in lieu thereof , MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT . BILL . On the order of the day for the third reading of this bill , Mr . B . Hope said he was bound to enter his protest against this bill , and to give it an undying and urtdeviating opposition . All . the women of England were opposed to this bill . He moved that the bill be read a third time that day six months The House divided : —For the third reading , 137 ' . against it , 89 ; majority , 48 . ' The House adjourned at a quarter to two .
SALE OF SPIRITS IN SCOTLAND . Lord Melgund moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the laws regulating the sale and consumption of exciseable liquors in Scotland . The Act , called Forbes Mackenzie ' s , he observed , seemed to have Very much the character of those severe sumptuary laws which defeated their own object ; from some of its provisions , much of the evil of which he complained appeared to arise , and he thought their operation was a fair subject Of Parliamentary investigation . He read statistics of drunkenness in different towns in Scotland , and statements as to the stimulus which the Act had given to the illicit trade in spirituous liquors , to the consumption of such
liquors , and to the demoralisation consequent upon excess . He was read y * he said , to leave the appointment of the committee to the Committee of Selection , or any impartial body . — Sir A . Agnew moved , as an amendment ,, an Address to Her Majesty , to appoint a iEloyal Commission to carry out the said inquiry . ^ -This amendment was seconded by Mr . Finlat . —Sir G . Grey supportedthe original motion , as did Mr . C . Bruce . —The Lord Advocate stated that , in the opinion of the . Government , the inquiry would be best conducted by a Royal commission . He hoped that the that After
House would consent to adopt course . — some remarks by Sir E : Colebrooke , Mr . Wilson contended that the inquiry by means of a commission would be attended with many inconveniences and enormous expense . — Mr . Hakdt showed cause for .. believing that , on the whole , a commission was : the best medium for the proposed investigation ;— -Mr . Baxter , Lord J . Stuart , Mr . E . Elliob , Lord Duncan , and Mr . Kinnaird spoke in favor of a commission . — -The amended motion for the appointment of a Royal commission was agreed to .
WEST INDIES , Mr . Bxjxton moved for a select committee to inquire into the condition of the West Indies , and the best means of promoting immigration into them . He denied that the distressed state of the islands could be attributed to the , emancipation of the negrpes . All the misfortunes of the planters could be traced to other sources . The supply of labour was , however , the question of chief importance , and on this point he urged the advisability of inquiry , with the view of discovering the quarter from Avhenco and tjie means by which this supply , could bo best provided . The hon . member criticised the system of immigration as at present established , in force
objecting to many of the arrangements now , and contending that the whole expense incurred in importing labourers should be defrayed by the planters . —Sir E . B . Lytton briefly related the history and progress of the immigration system , which liad largely promoted tho prosperity of tho West Indies , and from s which he was convinced no Government Avould consent to depart ,. The complaints of mortality among tho immigrants , whether on bonrd tho passage - vessels or in tho colonies , were , he insisted , grounded on exaggerated or distorted statements , and wore ontirely disproved by the actual facts , into which a searching investigation had been instituted . Assenting to the proposed inquiry , ho
suggested that the question should bo allowod tp stand over for a littlo while , until some papers now in preparation wore Inid boforo Parliament . —Mr . Labqucuehb said ho could express almost a complete coincidence of opinion with Sir B . Lytton , and he hoped Mr . Buxton would not invite tho House to ontor upon nn unnecessary and , it might bo , a mischievous inquiry , which would bo exceedingly ptr fensivo to many persons In tho British West Indios . Tho question whothor tVoo labour , can compete witli slave labour hod been successfully resolved in our oolonlos . - ' -After some remarks by Mr , Crqsslmy , JMr . 0 . PoKXjieouE , and Mr , ihvjwa ; , Mr , Buxton withdrew his motion , Sir S . NonxnooTE obtained , leavo to introduce a
294 The Leader. [No. 467, March 5, 1859.
294 THE LEADER . [ No . 467 , March 5 , 1859 .
Gatherings From Law And Police Courts. I...
GATHERINGS FROM LAW AND POLICE COURTS . Ix the Court of Divorce this week , Lord Chief Justice Cockburn gave judgment in the divorce suit " Kobinson v . Lane . " His lordship , in the course of a very elaborate and eloquent judgment , went tiiroug-li the whole of the Circumstances of this extraordinary case , analysing with great care the . diary of Mrs Robinson , and concluding by saying that the evidence grounded on that document was not sufficient to justify the Court in pronouncing a sentence of divorce , and that therefore the petition of Mr . Robinson must be dismissed . In the Court of Bankruptcy , a meeting of the creditors of Messrs . Oak and Snow , of the Blandford Bank , was held , with a view to annul the bankruptcy ; a dividend of 4 s . 4 d . has been paid already , and it was said that it would probably be annulled on a composition of 6 s . .
An action was tried on Saturday in the Court of Exchequer which throws . a little additional light on the manufacture of that mysterious liquid called London milk . The plaintiff was a cow-keeper , and the action was brought to recover the . amount of a milk score owing by the defendant . The alleged reason for non-payment was the doubtful quality of the milk supplied by the plaintiff . Mr , Mabbs , the defendant , ou the authority of the lactometer , went so . far as to state there was a . proportion of foursevenths water . Mr . Baron Bramwell , with much naivete , inquired of a witness—"/ Do the y ever sell pure milk at the milk shops' . ?¦ " a query which savours strongly |; of judicial simplicity . The jury decided- ' ultimately in favor of the plaintiff ' s claim , thereby negativing the allegation that the milk was watered , as described by the defendant > and disregarding the scientific testimony of the lactometer . The case of Black v . Elliott , at the Newcastle assizes , occupied the Court for nearly throe days . The p laintiff , who was a farmer , had bought from tho defendant , a chemist , a certain composition to bo used for dipping sheep . After the sheep lmd been dipped , a great flood came on , and washed tlve stuff out of their fleeces into the grass , ' and from eating this , the sheep , to the number of 700 , died . Mr . Justice Willes , in summing up , said the vtrdiet of the jury must be founded upon whether this vas a reasonable and fit composition to be used according to the directions upon the packages . If they thought the loss of the sheep could be reasonably attributed to no other cause , then their verdict must be fur the plaintiff ; but if the plaintiff had not nmdo out this , then , their verdict must be for the defendant , me jury returned a verdict for the plaint ill ' — damages , At the Central Criminal Court , on Tuos . lny , AHVed Skeen and Archibald Freeman , wJjo foiled in Juno last , as timber brokers , were sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment , with liard labour . A point of law had been raised on their behalf , that tliey "a * voluntarily made disclosure under bankruptcy , iuiu that this could not bo brought against tliem . « was shown , however , that they had not done bo «>»»¦ the criminal prosecution had been comnionueil . a " » testimony of a number of witnessos to- c lamuec was urged in mitigation of punishment , but " «• Chief Baron remarked on the frequent wortliitwnesa of such statements , , ono of the \ wriw « m u" - present instance having "to his oa-riv . il dies >• l , said that , notwithstanding tho trnnsnctJOM , lit- * i «>" think as well of tho prisoners ns lul ' oiv . — •\ . "' | ' ' Koborts , who was elmrgod with the wuvAi-v oi J « 1 » Brady , at Hainvoll Lunatic Asylum , y " - * I '" , ; "' the bar ; but thoro being no doubt ut Uiv in ^ ijV tho prisoner , tho Court ordered hint to l » i ; 1 ' . , . ! ,, ! . suft ) custoily . —Alfred Skocuo uud Arfiil 'iij « n ^<' man , convicted at u previous bossoii ot 1 "'••; "' , priatlng a warrant for a cargo of thnlKiv Vit - ' "; ' \ , tonced to be kept to hard labour for t vtlvi- inni —Anno Collyor , tljo servant > vlio wjh I ' linrifC'i » ( Sotting fire to tho 'dwclling-houso ci luj ''"" JJ Charles Mollor , ho bf ing therein at thu lnm 1 , «» found not guilty . ' , „ , . ., ,. vlYjit In tho Bankniptey Court on T / hurftiln y , tlu . 1 * . pitting was hold for proof of ^ k'bt * au-l « -l > ; ossignqes in tho onse qf James Piiruo , . wl . os > , " J mve lately attracted attentlon . —Jn the a u » «»« Hastings Old Bank , a iurther dlvl j lojid oi , -s ' » ; tho pound ; making 17 s . paid , will bIw ^ ] jU noimced .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 5, 1859, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05031859/page/6/
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