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THE LEA DE R.
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Imperial Parliament. -—?—Monday, June 2n...
address to the Crown , praying that " Her Majesty wUl be graciously pleased to give such directions as to her may ' SeSTmeet for the appointment of a Boyal commission to l ^ ir ? into the state of the authorized version of the INTERCESSION FOB CRIMINALS . * Tr nRTTwrwovD cave notice that , on an early day , he ttSSASMMKS'Sft SmSSmities to which he is now subjected on behalf of unpunuj" j _* i , ~ y , ort > v , v the decisions
- followed on the principle of the billitself ; when Lord Denman and the Earl of Wicklow strongly condemned it . — The Earl of Minto moved the addition to the bill of a proviso declaring that nothing in the act should be construed as limiting the rights of the prerogative ; but , as Earl Granville thought the proviso unnecessary , it was withdrawn , and the report was received , Lord Denman giving notice that , at the next stage of the bill > he should move that it be read a third time on that day six months , and that he would divide the House on the question .
the Duke of Wellington , when he ( Mr . Herbert ) urged the necessity of having men together in an encampment for the purposes of discipline and instruction , refused his assent to such a plan . No doubt the Duke was swayed in his decision by the recollection of what had taken place at the close of the former war ; for , in giving his determination , he said , " Depend upon it , the only way to maintain an army in this country is to keep it out of sight . " He ( Mr . Herbert ) believed that the unpopularity under which the army no doubt formerl y rested , arose from the fact of its having been used as a nAKnA lVhv */ ta in fha rrripYlfno * nf fiTfif . nrTiAnnpa whiffi Yio * t \ JM . fc i 2 —
ot courts of justice are oftentimes set aside . TENANT BIGHT ( IRELAND ) BILL . Mr . Gboboe Moobe moved the second reading of this bilL Calling attention to the claims of the Irish people , he described his countrymen as holding a very important position in the United Kingdom . " They form a fifth part of the whole population of these kingdoms ; they are a fourth part 6 f the labouring classes of that population ; they form a third of those who held the spade and the plough ; they are half of the men who wield the musket atid the sword ; they are the hardy and stalwart descendants of an ancient race , who once held all * i . « i ^ a « ~ f T » , i « nri from sea to sea—who were deprived of
CONSECRATION OF BURIAL GROUNDS . The Earl of Shaftesbury presented a petition from the Mayor and inhabitants of Blandford , complaining of the non-consecration of their new burial ground , owing to a disagreement with the Bishop of Salisbury , who required , contrary to the wishes of the Burial Board and the inhabitants , that a communion-table should be placed in the chapel attached to the cemetery . —The Bishop of Salisbury defended his course of proceeding , on the ground that the Communion is an essential part of the service of consecration . —Lord Portman observed that the law only requires a place for the celebration of the burial service ; but the Bishop required a Church of T ? nn -ionH o ^ anol TT « th mipht . that the Law Lords should in rttf & At % /
LJXJ ^ L ^ t ^ s A \* v A £ A ^** % rf \|» v **««« w . «* - » vww *_ -www ^ ' ^^ w u *>* 4 % * LK M ¦ fHX occurred at periods of discontent . He regretted that an opportunity had been lost at Aldershott of instructing the men in matters of contrivance and resource , in which they are deficient . He did not desire that the army should be augmented—he should object to such a thing ; but that , instead of scattering our forces , we should collect them into divisions and brigades , in order that they might be exercised in military tactics . In making reductions , he thought the Government should not effect them in those corps where education is at the highest . He did not wish to cast any aspersions on the army as it now stands , for he thought it had done wonderful things ; but it might
those lands by force and fraud—who have been trampled down into a peasantry by the malice prepense of law—who Ibave been deprived of a middle class by express legislation . " But they would willingly forget their injuries if thev were treated with fairness . Among those injuries are the laws affecting the occupiers and cultivators of land ; and the bill before the House proposed to remedy the eviL It contained four principal propositions , two of ¦ which were primary and general , and two ancillary and incidental . 1 . That provision should be made by law for securing to tenants the proper benefit of expenditure , either in labour or capital , made by them on the land in their lawful possession , and to provide compensation for improvements to outgoing tenants . 2 . That rights arising out of prescriptive custom , in certain parts , tne uetes
j rz _ * v « MA" ^ . ^^^ w— ^ —q —— — — — devise some means for taking this irresponsible power out of the hands of one individual . —Lord Redesdale held that the Bishop had acted with perfect propriety . — The Bishop of Oxford took the same , view , contending that , according to the canons , the consecration of a building is not complete until the Communion has been celebrated . He very much regretted to hear Lord Portman insinuate that the Bishop of Salisbury wished to resort to the subtle dishonesty of turning these cemetery chapels into ordinary chapels . —The Earl of Portsmouth thought it was high time that something should be done to settle such disputes . —Lord Dungannon defended the conduct of the Bishop of Salisbury ; and the subject then dropped . THE ITAIJLAN QUESTION . table
be improved , and without extravagant expenditure . It appeared from the information of military men who had been in the Crimea that , although in some matters the English army there was inferior to the French and Turks , it stood first , beyond all comparison , in respect of arms and accoutrements . But the men were not sufficiently able to help themselves . A mistake , in his opinion , had been made in taking the two additional inspectors of the regimental schools from the War Office , instead of choosing them from among military men . At the risk of infringing the rule which warns a private member not to propose a plan to the House , he would make certain suggestions . These were—that the school at Carshalton should be abolished ; that the age of reception at Sandhurst should be fixed at sixteen instead tciui xti \\ *^**^^
should no longer aepena upon capnce or me - eities of particular classes , but should be defined and fixed , as far as they rest upon justice , by the law . 3 . That restraints should be placed upon the powers exercised by landlords of evicting , according to the markets , vast masses of men without any regard to the exigencies of the empire . 4 . That the law should interpose to regulate the anomalies which have arisen out of the disturbing elements of violent legislative changes , and out of the famine of 1846 and succeeding years . He believed the present time to be the best for such a reform , because there is perfect tranquillity in Ireland , and because the Irish in America are beginning to be dissatisfied -with that country , and might easily be won over by fairness and consideration . But , if we refused demandstne wnicn uttu
The Earl of Clarendon , in laying on tne copies of the notes presented by the Sardinian Plenipotentiaries to the Congress of Paris , with the answer to them , stated that at first it was not thought necessary to send any answer ; but the Sardinian Government having pressed for one , he had sent a reply in which he could do nothing more than repeat on paper the arguments he had made use of , by word of mouth , during the Conferences . Before Parliament separated , it might be advisable to discuss the subject fully ; but at the present moment debate would be injurious . He could state that the Powers who now maintain armies of occupation in Italy are sincerely anxious to withdraw their forces , and , indeed , are occupied in doing so . THE GOVERNMENT AND THE TENANT RIGHT BILL .
qj ulirtCUIl , I . I 1 C we * -n ^ , ^* w x .. .- — ~— — two years , and the curriculum be rendered more practical than at present ; that the pupils should afterwards be educated in various branches of military knowledge at various localities ; that there should be one uniform system of examination in the army , according to the Duke of Wellington ' s suggestion ; that there should be a board of examiners ; that for staff officers there should be a staff school ( such as that which had been established by the late Duke of York , but which had been discontinued , though it cost only 5 , 080 / . a year ); and that each officer seeking " appointment on the staff should remain a year in each branch of the service . Such was his plan ; and he trusted that Government would think fit to adopt it . •»«¦¦ " ¥ 7 » w . nn .. v . n « .- TDwn-wn-w A-vnloinnri ¦ frVlflt " . +. 11 A VOl 6 I 13 . Q »*«»» . # —
the Irish their just , strengtn we driven forth to the United States would be used against us . The time would inevitably come when we should have to . renew the war with Russia ; " a party of semifadatical and semi-barbarous blockheads in America " had already threatened war ; we might have to fight at the same time both in the East and the West ; and we should then have need of the " stubborn virtue" of Ireland . An act of justice would reclaim willing soldiers from the further shores of the Atlantic , by a process of enlistment for which we should never have to apologize to any nation in the world . \ Mr . Maguire seconded the motion . The Speaker having put the question , and no member presenting himself to address the House , there were load cries of " Agreed . " The question being again put , two or three " Noes " were pronounced . The Speaker declared in favour of the " Ayes , " but , after considerable hesitation , the decision was questioned , and the House to division
In the House of Commons , Mr . Horsman , m answer to Mr . Stafford , stated that on Wednesday he had voted for the second reading of the Tenant-Right ( Ireland ) Bill merely as affirming the pr inciple of the measure , but the Government would not go further in its support . —At > later period of the evening , Mr . Moore put a question to Mr . Horsman respecting this explanation , to which Mr . Horsman was proceeding _ to reply , when , having commenced a narrative , the object of which , he said , was to show the circumstances and conditions under which that bill had been brought forward , he was stopped by the Speaker , who put an end to the discussion on the ground of irregularity . MR . CRAMPTON . Lord Palmerston ( replying to Mr . Disraeli ) said that he had received information indirectly of the fact that Mr . Crampton had received his passports , and had quitted Washington for Toronto ; but nothing had been rA ^ nivfifl from him aa vet .
jljxf . r Ktuiiuitiviv x Eji ^ ij ^ .. t ^ -f ********** » been omitted from the present estimate on account of the previous votes remaining unappropriated . Government had certainly done less in the way of improvement for the officers than for the men ; but Ministers had now under consideration improved plans of examination for several branches of the service . These matters could not be resolved upon in a hurry . A committee of eminent officers had been sent abroad to examine the military plans of other countries . The report of that committee would be received in a few days , and its contents would meet with due attention . Ho could not , of course , follow all Mr . Herbert ' s details , on account of their voluminousness ; but he disputed the advantage or justice of adopting an excl usively educational standard , and of applying it to the whole army without reference to circumstances . Still , he had no doubt sonic of the suggestions might be found advantageous ; but Government could not commit itself to adopt them . ¦» m- t * - . _ 1 ..-a « / l ^ irnrnniollf 1 lift nCCCSSlty
proceeded a , wnen mere appeared—For the second reading ... ... ... 88 Against it ... ... ... ... ... 59 Majority for the second reading ... —29 The announcement was received with cheers . The SCIENTIFIC AND LlTKRARY INSTITUTIONS BlLL was committed proJbrmA , with a view to rccommital . The House then went into committee on the Dissenters' Marriages Bill , and considerable progress was made , when the hour of adjournment arrived . The Excise Bill passed through committee , and the Hajuae adjourned shortly before six o ' clock . Thursday , June 5 th . The Rotal Assent was given by commission in the Houbb of Lords to several measures . REPORTED DISMISSAL OF THE BRITISH MINISTER AT
THE NAVY AND COAST-GUARD SERVICE . Sir Charles Napier asked if there were any objection to lay on the table of the House certain returns relative to the reductions made in the navy and coastguard service on the conclusion of peace ?—Admiral Berkeley , in the absence of Sir Charles Wood , replied that it would be very inconvenient to give those returns at present . —Sir Charles Napier , then gave notice that on Monday , on the motion for going into Committee of Supply , he would move for the papers which had been refused . EDUCATION OK OFFICERS OF THE ARMY . On the order for going into Committee of Supply , Mr . Sidney Herbert brought before the notice of the House the subject of the education and instruction of officers in the army . Ilia motive for doing ao was that omission from tno
of immediate decision in matters involving the professional efficiency of officers . —Sir 1 ) k Lacy Kvanh hail pleasure in acknowledging the improvements recently introduced by the War Department , and hoped an extension would speedily take place , for he could not but regard the state of military education as being still very unsatisfactory . It was true that a high scholastic teat was not necessary ; but thut was a very different thing to giving a commission to any stupid person who has 6 U 0 < .. or GOO / , in hia pocket . —Colonel Ditnnk complained that tuc Government , ho far from progressing in the cause oi military education , had positively retrograded during uit past year . One great cause of inefficiency in tho Ktim arose from tho fact that profensionnl attainment is »<> security for promotion . —Mr . ltioii , Lord Hotiiam , mm Lord Uoi > kiu (! U . having made a few general romurhs
¦ WASHINGTON . The Earl of Hardwicke asked if tho report in tho public journals that Mr . Crampton had been dismissed bv the Government of the United States was authentic . — -Jlarl GranVille stated that tho Government had received no official announcement of tho fact . Tho P & aob Preservation ( Ireland ) Bill was road a third time , and passed . APPELLATE JURISDICTION . Oh the report of the amendments to tho Pcora' Appellate Jurisdiction Bill being considered , ' Lord Chancellor moved tho insertion of a clause empowering a peer who had filled the office of Lord Chancellor to take the office of Deputy Speaker , though ho might not have sat for five years as a Judgo . —A short discussion
for tho first time he obscrvod the estimates of any vote for tlria purposo , and ho wished tho IIouso to express its opinion on tho matter . Wo have at thin moment an admirable opportunity for creating da novo a . peace establishment which ehould bo free from tlio errors of that which was too hurriedly called into oxiatenco at tho period of the last peace . At that time tlicro existed a strong fooling of animosity against tho troops ; in 1810 was presented tho , London petition , protesting againat tho maintenance of an army aH incompatible with tho constitution , injurious to tho prosperity of tho country , and tending to sup tho vory foundations of civil liberty . So strong wan tlio fooling , and so deeply did ita effects * iinprcBH thoin-Bolvca on tho mind of tho public mon of that day , that
upon topics connected witli the subject , Lord Palmukhton thanked Mr . Herbert for the aituand clear way in which ho had explained Inn views , admitted that it wa . s tho duty of Government to »> " ¦ itn utmost exertions for improving tho condition tho army ; and aMHiiral tlio IIohho that MininterB we -re deeply imprenne < l with tlio great importance oi coining hoou as possiblo to some aatinfiictory nrrang «»» ° » u the mihjcct . huim-i . y . Tho IIouho tlion went into Committee of ^ "I / 'J . ^' when Hovornl voten wore ngrcod to , and ono (>'»/ -, «» »• " " for furnishing the Urilish embassy house * abroad ; w withdrawn , that it might bo oxaminod by ft H ^
The Lea De R.
THE LEA DE R .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 7, 1856, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07061856/page/4/
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