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July 5, 1851.] gfH UtaPtv: 623
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County Court Extension.—The morning sitt...
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AT)DKRLKY VERSUS RUSSELL. AKI'AIHS OV XH...
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Parliament Of The Week. Chicory Seems De...
f" S 5 " eSe us « o repeal other d « h .. » bem mwm consisted of an atlack The TJmotTon ! he inconsistencies of Mr . Disraeli upon lhe motwn ^ effect , and an amount of ^ S surpri ^ lin a Chancellor of the Exche-I ' oSBl ^^ iru ^ n 8 " ? ojp pa S . i- nVprfit surely it was as much endangered on the Si of May as t 2 on the 30 th of June ; and yet on the Sfe & EHKisH w Ss Kn amin voCg for the reduction of f 5 , 000 000 of taxes and another Benjamin voting who is afraid that to meddle iith a surplus of £ 1 , 900 , 000 would endanger the finances of the country ? ( Continued laughter . )
That being the case for the Government , no one see ned disposed to continue the debate ; the ominous cry of " Divide" arose , when Mr . Newdegate said " Ditto , " to Mr . Disraeli . Mr . Gladstone got up » nd supported the motion , because it asserted a sound financial principle ; and because the House-tax was unequal in its " incidence , " favouring the poor at the expense of the rich , and " illegitimate in its basis , as exempting " six-sevenths" of the house property of the country . He did not think that the income tax would be refused next session , though its existence was " precarious . "
The debate then languished . Mr . Labouchere did not revive its interest , which in fact vanished before the close matter of fact remarks of Sir Charles Wood ; and Mr . Hume on rising was met with cries of " divide . " "When the House divided , there
were—For the motion , 129 ; against it , 242 . " Majority for Ministers , 113 . The bill then went through the committee , the House resumed , and finally adjourned at a quarter to one o ' clock . The main subject of debate on Tuesday was one of great relative interest , though the motion under consideration ended in the most futile way imaginable . The Marquis of Blandfoud moved the following resolution on Church Extension : —
" 1 hat an humble address be presented to her Majesty , praying that she would be graciously pleased to take into her consideration the state of spiritual destitution existing throughout England and Wales , with a view that her Majesty might be pleased to direct the adoption of such measures a 3 she might deem expedient for affording more effioient relief to the spiritual wants of the people , and for an extension of the parochial system corresponding to the growth of a rapidly increasing population , by the help which might be drawn from the resources of the Established * Church itself . "
He asserted that the amount of spiritual destitution in the country was quite shocking ; he proposed to relieve the spiritually destitute by building 600 new churches , creating a host of new bishops and clergy , whose revenues were to be supplied from the deans ' incomes , and the sale of the Chancellor's livings . This , as far as we can understand it , is the scheme he advocated . Ilia notion of spiritual destitution Beemed founded on the plenitude or scarcity of the clergy in reference to the population . He estimated that in thirteen large parishes , there was a deficiency of 237 clergymen : —
" He did not come to the House to ask a grant of public money . All he sought was , that the Church of liuRland should not be allowed to languish for want of support , when she had within herself the means of that support . { Hear , hear . ) Her temporalities had been bequeathed to her by the piety of our ancestors for spiritual purposes , and to spiritual purposes it behoved the Legislature to Bee them applied . ( Hear , hear . ) The Church of England was essentially the poor man ' s Church ( e / jecr ») , ond her true glory should be , not the display of personal wealth or of gaudy edifices , but the promotion of the eternal happiness of her children , and the
raising their temporal condition by giving them JUbter views of the real aim of this life . ( Cheers . )" Lord Roiikht ( Jrobvknoh seconded the motion . Mr . Humk moved , us an amendment , for an account of ull the property possessed by the Church , of what kind soever , not with a view of opposing the object of the motion , but in order to show how that object might •> e attained . Ho had always contended that the funds of tho Church had been improperly applied , suhI that tho funds appropriated for the payment of exorbitant salaries to the bishops , should be employed t ()
pay the working clergy . Mr . Hume , therefore , Rave a now turn to tho debute—it became a discunsion <> 1 abuses in the Church ; and Sir Bknjamin IIai . i ,, < roin no spirit of hostility to the Church , which ho defined as " the laity , " went a great deal further in unveiling abuses than Mr . Hume , more especiall y thedioeeHesof Rochester , Gloucester , . London , unuSt . Duvid ' s . The waste of property , its maladministration , mid the per version of funds from their original purposes , were fully net forth . II « believed that the ijhureli had ample funds within herself for h system P » Church extension . What was bin remedy : —
" He had not been engaged in making inquiry without applying his mind to the reformation of those gross and deliberately followed up abuses . He would say , take the whole property of archbishops and bishops , of deans and chapters , of all ecclesiastical bodies , sole or aggregate , and pay the clergy good and proper incomes . ( Hear , hear . ) Instead of giving the Archbishop of Canterbury £ 15 , 000 a year , with two palaces , and allowing him benefits such as a minor sovereign or prince did not
possess , let him receive the same income as the First Minister of the Crown . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Sir B . Hall ) would go further , following up the observation of an honourable friend , that the secularities of the office of a bishop diminished very much its spiritual tendencies ; and , he would say , turn the bishops out of the House of Lords , send them to their respective dioceses , give them £ 2000 or £ 3000 a year , make them act in their spheres as good parish priests would . The Church would be better Berved . "
Mr . A . B . Hope gave utterance to a totally different eet of views . He characterised the scheme of the Marquis of Blandford as a technical or statistical treatment of the wounds of the Church , asserted that it was not more churches that were wanted , but more clergy , and churches open at all times for the poor ; and frankly declared that the Church required and had a right to Convocation . " In such times as these , when men ' s hearts are stirred within them , " he exclaimed , " the mere cut and dry scheme of the commission will not meet the requirements of the Church of England . " Sir Gkouge Grey made a somewhat long speech , in which he went over a
variety of topics , and leaving all his opinions in an undecided provisional state , he arrived at the extraordinary conclusion that the amendment must be resisted , because a return of Church property was entirely out of the reach of the House ; and the motion of the Marquis met by the " previous question . " Mr . Sidney Herbert would vote for the motion upon the ground that there was a great and lamentable deficiency of religious instruction in England , and that every denomination had a right to fair play to push their opinion . The debate was dreadfully dull ; the " champions of the abuses of the Church , " as Mr . Horsman called themoverpoweringly prosy , until that gentleman
, rose . He made an animated speech , chiefly in defence of Sir Benjamin Hall , but the pith of what he said goes in a very small compass . He proposed at once to provide for spiritual destitution by taking the superfluities from the rich sons of the Church and bestowing them on the poor . But he did more than this . He accepted a sort of challenge , made by Sir George Grey , to put his finger on some actual visible abuse , now existing . In the diocese of Gloucester there is an estate let on lease , called Horfleld . Previous bishops had determined , to let the lease run out for the benefit of the see , and the last and the present bishops were appointed with that understanding . The Ecclesiastical Commissioners had determined to
take possession , when , to their great surprise , the present " bishop , Monk , declared his intention of renewing the lease , offering the refusal to the Commissioners themselves for £ 11 , 500 ! They reminded the bishop of the moral obligation he was under to surrender the estate ; but he replied he knew nothing of moral obligations ; lie had a legal right , and he should exercise it . The Commissioners thought the wisest plan would be to come to terms with the bishop ; and all the arrangements were nearly concluded , when Mr . Horsman learned the
transaction and made it public , oince that time the bishop bad actually leased it to his own Becretary , and put three lives in the lease—the lives of his own children . That was an existing abuse , and required explanation . Mr . Horsman , however , got no explanation . After a desultory discussion , Mr . Hume withdrew his amendment ; and upon a distinct understanding with the House that the resolution meant nothing , and would have no parliamentary consequences , Sir George Grey consented to withdraw his previous question . The resolution was then agreed to .
The recent election of Mr . Alderman Salomons has given a little interest to the Jew Bill , which was the iirst subject of importance in the House on Thursday . Strange to say , that beyond indignant murmurs from Mr . Nkwdkoatk , uml strong repugnance from Sir ltoiiKirr Inulis , the bill met with no opposition , and wits read a third time and passed accordingly . The House then wont into committee on the Court of Chancery Judicial Committee Bill . This bill establishes the new Court of Appeal to ' assist the Lord Chunccllor , and provide for other matters connected with the Chancery Court ' . There was really no debate , but a conversation , such as mostly takes place oi »
non-political measures in committee . Sir Jamkh Graham alone mado anything like a speech on the occasion . He thanked Lord John Russell for the present , which was better tlmu the previous bill . " At the name time he n » unt say that his feeling was very strong that they were beginning their uiuendincntt * at the top of the house * instead of ut the bottom . ( Hear , hear . ) IIit * belief wm , that it was important , they fihould commence at . tho very foundation of the ny « torn . ( Cries of ' Hear , hear . ') They hud glanced tho other night at tho MuKtoiV ofliooH ; and no one , ho fur aa he wus aware , was prepared to defend them as at present constituted ; but they had not glanced at the
Examiner ' s office , which required a great amount of improvement . In fact , in the present age , he did not believe there was any other example of a civilized country taking evidence in such a manner as it was taken there . The bill was attended also with this serious danger and inconvenience , that the office of Lord Chancellor would henceforth be primarily political , and secondly judicial ; whereas it ought to be primarily judicial , and secondly political . There was infinite danger of that . "
He thought also that there was a danger of the standard of ability being degraded in the choice of Lord Chancellors ; but the proposed court of appeal would , no doubt , work well . Lord John Russell rested the future progress of law reform upon the success of his bill—as he said it would place that time at the disposal of the Lord Chancellor which would enable him " to begin at the bottom , " and lay a good foundation . The Committee then engaged in a laborious consideration of details . The most
important fact of the evening being a declaration , wrung from Lord John Russell by Mr . Hume , to the effect , that it was desirable the salaries of the judges of different courts should be paid out of the consolidated fund , instead of out of the suitors' fund , that the public might see the whole particulars of these payments . The bill passed through committee , the House resumed , and afterwards advanced the Woods and Forests Bill a stage in committee . The House of Lords are beginning to have a little business . The Smithfield Market Bill , and the Patent Law Amendment Bill , occupied the House on Tuesday , the latter furnishing Lord Granville with another opportunity of showing that it is quite possible for a jolly Master of the Buekhounds to be an able Vice-President of the Board of Trade .
Nothing occurred on Thursday of public importance . The Lord Chancellor and Lord Brougham had a slight skirmish on law reform , especially on the state of bankruptcy law—the Lord Chancellor apparently regretting that there was " no large bankruptcy worked up" now in the court—a fact which , on the contrary , filled Lord Brougham with delight , who said the property of a bankrupt went to his creditors now , and not to the lawyers .
July 5, 1851.] Gfh Utaptv: 623
July 5 , 1851 . ] gfH UtaPtv : 623
County Court Extension.—The Morning Sitt...
County Court Extension . —The morning sittings of the House are devoted to the progress of-bills out of the range of politics . The County Court Extension Bill passed through the committee of the whole House on Tuesday morning . The discussion was drowsy , and so great was the uncertainty as to what clauses were struck out and what clauses were left in , that Mr . Vernon Smith was obliged to express a wish that the bill should be reprinted . A new clause of some importance , as saving the privileges of the bar , providing that for all suits above £ 20 both attorney and counsel should be engaged , was moved by ihe Attorney General . Of course Mr . Fitzhoy opposed it , as an infringement of the principle of the bill . But it was allowed to be modified and added . Ordering a reprint of the bill , and recommitting it for Tuesday , the House resumed , and adjourned until five o ' clock .
Pharmacy . —The House did more apparent work and less talk than usual on Wednesday . Three bills of minor importance , brought in by Mr . Napier , relating to the Irish Church , were read a second , time without opposition . Mr . Jacob Bki-i , moved the second reading of his Pharmacy Bill , the principle of which was that all who compounded prescriptions , should be educated men , and should paas an examination . After describing tie evils of the present state , of ma ' . ters affecting chemists , he said : — " The object of the bill was not to ^ ive a medical character to the body , but to make it . strictly pharmaceutical . The bill was not so stringent in its provisions as any of the medical or pharmacy bills hitherto
introduced . It did not propose a penalty upon the person who sold an ounce of Epsom salts ; it only imposed a penally upon persons who should deceive the- public by assuming a name that did not belong to them . After a certain time it prohibited unqualified persons from assuming names to which they were not entitled ; but aficr a man had commenced business , it would be unjust for the law to step in and prevent him from obtaining his daily bread . Any improvement in the ({ uuliiicatioiiH of such a body must be gradual . " There was no opposition of a serious kind except from Mr . Hume ; and Sir George Grey cut all discussion short by suggesting that the bill should be read a second time pro forma , and postponed until next session , a course which was adopted .
At)Dkrlky Versus Russell. Aki'aihs Ov Xh...
AT ) DKRLKY VERSUS RUSSELL . AKI'AIHS OV XHI'J CAl' 15 . Mr . Churl en Adderley , who has done such good service in tin : cause of colonial reform , bus bad the courage , a quality he never lacks , to publish , in u letter to the Times , a succinct , straightforward , and crushing contradiction of the speech which Lord John Russell ho ostentatiously made on ( Jape afliiiiM last week . Wo reprint the letter , not only because it confirms our own statements , but because really the position of the Capo in relation to Downing-Ktreei in of immense public importance . It , would l > o a monstrous thing were we obliged , by tho follies ot the Grey * and Russells , to send out loneH to cope with revolt , at , the Cape , as well as with the veinje . uiee of the JCuiirH : -
" Obliged for a time to hr absent from tho debates of 1 ' i . iliuiiM nl , " writes Mr . Adderley , "I have only read Lord John ltuaaiir » lute hirtoJi on Cape matters in your
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Leader (1850-1860), July 5, 1851, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05071851/page/3/
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