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340 THE LEADER. l^o. 316, Saturday.
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Imperial Parliament. Monday, April 7tk. ...
withdraw those expressions ; had done so , and had afterwards shaken hands with Mr . Monsell ; so that it might have been supposed thafc the affair had ended . Such , however , was not the case . He was required to send in his resignation ; which he refused to do , and was then superseded , and appointed to commaud the engineers at Malta , though the removal of the officer already there was a great njustice . —Mr . MoNSELii statsd that there had been some unofficial correspondence between himself and
Colonel Homess , but thafc lie could not produce ifc without the ColonoFs consent . Sir John Burgoyne had said that there would not be the slightest difficulty in removing Colonel Homess to Malta . Mr . Monsell spoke highly of the character and military attainments of Colonel Horness ; and denied that ( as Captain Vernon had supposed ) there was any intention to make the military departments -of the Ordnance entirely subservient to the civil . — After a brief discussion , the motion was withdrawn .
PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS IN SCOTLAND . The Lokd Advocate moved for leave to bring in -a bill to regulate and make further provision for parochial schools in Scotland , and a bill to make provision for education within burghs in Scotland . He proposed to abolish the exclusive te 3 fc in parish schools , to subject those schools to the visits of the Government inspector , to provide for the examination . of the masters , and to give to Town Councils the
right to assess for the borough , schools up to a certain amount , subject to restrictions . A third bill , for placing- his scheme for the improvement of education in Scotland in connexion with the Minister and Council of Education , he should develope hereafter . The bills were supported by Mr . Baxter and Mr . Black , ( with some objections ) , by Mr , Magiue , Sir Andrew AgneWj Mr . Blackburn , and Mr . Stirling ; and leave was given . The second reading is to he taken on . Friday the 18 th inst .
LOCAL CHARGES UION SHIPPING . On the motion to nominate the Select Committee -on local charges upon shipping , Mr . T . Scully objected to the first name , thafc of Mr . Lowe , on the ground that no Irish , member was proposed to be put upon the committee , and complained of the . habitual exclusion of members of Irish constituencies from eommitfcees and from public positions . —The -ChaKcisIjLOR of the Exchequer disclaimed , on . the part of the Government , any desire systematically to exclude Irish members from committees . Ireland , he observed , had but a small direct interest , in f . Jiis
question . He proposed , however , to increase the number of the committee from fifteen to seventeen , and to add the names of two Irish members—Mr . Vance and Mr . Kirk . — Considerable discussion followed , and at length Mr . Horsfall moved that the debate be adjourned until that day weelc- ^ -Mr . F . Sotjllt seconded the motion , and characterised the committee as a most unfair one ; but , after some . further conversation , the motion , was negatived by 108 to 67 . —The names of the members of the Select ¦ Committee were then put from the chair , and agreed to .
AUDIT OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS . Mr . Bowyer called attention to the constitution of the Board of Audit . The last returns showed great arrears of business in the Audit department , and these arrears would be increased by the diminution in- the number of clerks , owing to the . transference of some of the auditing to different departments . —The Chancellor ot ? the Exchequer said that an attempt had recently been made to consolidate and reduce to a convenient form the existing ttots relating to the Audit Department , without , however , making any fundamental alteration in the existing system ; but no ¦ d oubt the House might fairly consider whether it
would bo preferable to make an entire ohange in the character of the audit now adopted . Formerly there was a separate audit for almost every branch of the expenditure ; but by a long series of statutes this duty bud boon gradually brought under one board . As to tho transfer to the War Department of the clerks olmrged with the audit of the Commissariat accounts , that step was but the inevitable consequence of tho removal of tho Commissariat business from tho Treasury to the War Department , and was , ho foolio-ved , quite a ( satisfactory arrangement . Tho whole of tho preliminary examination of naval and
military accounts vinoouneoted with tho Commissariat had ahvaya been conductor ! by tho naval and military donaitmonts , and there wna no reason why tho clerks who had previously audited tho Commissariat oxpenditxiro should not continue to disohargo thatduty , oven although the Commissariat had " been con-BoUddtod with tho War Department . —Lord Pal-Wkrston gave some further nnd corroborative details as to tho axiditing of tho army accounts ; and , several jnonnbora having offurod some mthor desultory romarks ( from vrhioh it ftppoixrocl that tho general . opinion of tho House was in favour of usopamto audit for tho army noaotratB ) , tho anbject dropped . Wednesday , April Oth .
OATH Off ABJTJlUTtON DIM-, Mr . Milner Gidson , in moving tho second roacUug
of this bill , disclaimed any desire to raise the general question of promissory political oaths . His measure was substantially the same as that introduced into the House of Lords by Lord Lyndhurst : the enacting clause simply set forth that the oath of abjuration and the assurance reqnirocl by the act of the 6 th of George II . should not ho enforce . 1 . The obligation to take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy would rcmun . All schoolmasters and ministers of separate congregations were required to take tlie oath of abjuration ; and , if the law were strictly enforced , no minister of the Jewish religion , nor teacher in a
Jewish school , coxild act in this country . It would operate as a practical outlawry on a large portion of her Majesty ' s loyal and affectionate subjects . It was true , a yearly act of indemnity exempted persons from the penalty ; but what aa anomalous state of things was that ! If it was contended that the oath -was retained in orde ^ r to exclude Jews , he begged to question the justice of that exclusion : at any rate , there should be a direct law to exclude them , and not a side wind . The oath of abjuration was obsolete and unnecessary , and , as a religious test , it had never been recognised by Parliament .
Sir Frederick Thesiger opposed the bill , by moving that it he read a second time that day six months . Mr . Gibson had assumed without proof that the descendants of the Pretender are extinct ; hut , to say nothing of whether that is or is not the case , the oath contains a formal recognition of the Protestant succession to the Grown—a recognition not contained in . any othe . r oaths . To tamper with such an oath would be most dangerous ; and both . Lord John Russell and Lord Lyndhurst in 1853 proposed | to retain that portion of the oath -which enforces the Protestant religion of the monarch . Had no circumstances recently occurred to show that it was absolutely neeessary to exercise some caution upon the
subject ? In the year 1841 , Archbishop CuUen , the Pope ' s legate in Ireland , published a selection of the Papal balls to the council of the Propaganda , and his object in so doing was explained in a dedicatory letter to Cardinal Franzonl . He said he did so , "in order that everything might be in readiness which might pertain to a right and expeditious management of affairs , " and at the close of the letter he spoke of-the publication as affording an easy opportunity of consulting the bulls in . the course of managing things by the secret council . These "bulls included two letters from Pope Clement XIII . ^ to the Pretender , dated 1759 and 1760 , addressing him as . King of England , and recognising his right to nominate Bishops . Repeal the Act of Settlement , and a Roman Catholic descendant of Charles I . would be dejure sovereign of these realms . Mr . Gibson ha 3 said
that he did not mean to interfere with the Roman Catholic oath ; hut this would be a precedent for an alteration of that oath . No doubt the oath of abjuration had not been designed to exclude the Jews ; but he made no question that the great men who framed it desired to keep the legislature of the country Christian . "When touching on this subject , Sir Frederick Thesiger remarked that formerly the leader of the Jewish emancipation movement was Lord John Russell ; but that whether the noble lord had dropped his mantle on the shoTilders of Mr . Gibson , or Mr . Gibson had stolen it while the noble lord was asleep , lie could not say . In conclusion , Sir Frederick affirmed that the abjuration oath is tho only thing which secures us our Protestant succession . On this being received with oriea of " Oh , oh ! " he added " Well , I mean it is the thing which alone recognises the existence ) f the Protestant succession . "
The Loud Advocate said that Sir Frederick Thesiger had warned the House of danger to the throne of England whioh might some day apring up from some unknown Pretender ; but there was no evidonce that any such person exists . —Mr . Nafibb opposed the measure , and retorted upon its supporters that it was a dishonourable attompt to get rid of tho Jewish diBabilitios by a side wind . —Mr . VVAL . Por .-K and Mr , ISTetvprqatb uIbo roaiatocl the measure upon the same grounds . —Lord John Russell supported the bill , though holding that , notwithstanding tho recog nitio ' n of tho Protestant succession by Act of Parliament , it would bo but prudent to insert words in tho oath of allegiance , or that of tnipremaoy , or in a separate oath , binding members of Parliament , and
othora , to roBpect that fluocoBsion . Ho repeated the arguments he hud formerly used in favour of tho right of Jews to sib in that Houao ; and asked if tho City had become do-Chrlstinnised since tho 9 th of laBt November . —Lord Palmisrston heartily concurred iu tho motion for the Beoond reading of a bill whioh would aboltah an oath whioh no man takes without wishing to ha oxemptod from it , and which < loei 3 not belong to tho time in whioh wo live . —Mr . Disrakli would vote for tho ( second reading of tho bill , and , when in ooinmittoo , would tako tho opportunity of proposing nn oath in liou of tho oath of abjuration , in whioh ho nhould retain tho words " on tho true faith of a Chi'iatinn , " bub should relieve tho Jowa from tho necessity of using those word » . Upon n division , tho second reading wan carried by 280 to IOC .
340 The Leader. L^O. 316, Saturday.
340 THE LEADER . l ^ o . 316 , Saturday .
Thursday, Ajwil 10t7i. St. James's Park....
Thursday , Ajwil 10 t 7 i . st . james ' s park . In the House of Lokds , the Marquis of Cl \ nri cardjs , in moving for a copy of the report of the Committee of the House of Commons on the mx po 3 ed improvements in St . JamesVpark , conde mned the contemplate ;! removal of the Duke of York ' * column iu order to level the roadway from VvV . ei-ioo ' place into the park . He hoped tho report would le carefully considered hy the Government before it was acted on . —The Earl of Aberdeen also condemned the suggested destruction of the column which he described as the raonuinont of " an illustrious public man " and a good work of art , beim * of the same dimensions as Trajan ' . s columu at Rome * which is admitted to be a model for works of the kind . —Several other noble Lords then spoke ; aud the prevailing opinion seemed to be opposed to the removal , but . iu favour- of concentrating all public offices in Downing-sfcreet and its neighbourhood . — The Marquis of Lansdowne , on the part of the Government , concurred in deprecating the removal of the column ; promised that the report should be well considered before any steps are taken ; smd agreed that the concentration of offices in Downingstreet would be convenient , economical in its result and an ornament to the metropolis . —The motion was tlien adopted .
THE HORSES OF . THE CRIMEAN ATIMY . Lord Panmure , in answer to remarks from the Earl of AtBE 3 raule , mentioned that only a certaiu number of the cavalry and artillery horses in the Crimea , would be sold , including such animals a ? might be judged not worth the heavy expense oi transport by land . The sale would take place iu Turkey . THE ANN 3 SXA . TIOK OF OUBE . The Duke of Argyll , iu reference to remarks from tlie Marquis of Ccanricarde , touching the annexation of Oude , stated that the treaty of 1837 , between the Governor-Genez'ai of India aud the King of Oude , had never been ratified by the Board of Control , on account of an informality . On the return of the Earl of Dalhousie , all necessary information would ba supplied .
^ RESTRICTIONS ENGLISH TRADE IN RUSSIA . In the House of Commons , Lord Pat , me-13 Ton , in answer to Mr . Ewakt , mentioned that the Government would avail itself of all favourable ojiportunities to bring about the removal of the vexatious restrictions imposed upon English traders in Russia .
EDUCATION . On the order of the day for going- into comniitt 3 3 on tlie resolutions submitted by Lord John Ilus 3 e ! l on the snbject of-education , Lord John Russklltoss and said that he had been informed that Mr . Cobden was unable to attend the House that evening owing to a domestic affliction . ( His Lordship alluded to the sudden death of Mr . Cobden's only son ) . If tlie hpn . member had been present , he should have asked him not to press the motion of which he had given notice on the question that the Speaker do leave the
chair ; for he hoped that it was the general understanding that the House would that day resolvo itself into committee to consider the resolution he luvlto propose . —The House having gone into commit te-e , Lord John JUissell , without offering any remarks ( whioh ho conceived he had exhausted when originally stating the nature of the proposed resolutions ) , moved the first resolution : —" That , in the opinion of ' this House , it is expedient to extend , revise , and consolidate , the minutes of tho Committee of Privy Council on Eduoation . "
Mr . Hen us y moved , ns an amendment , that the Chairman leave the chair . He objected to the proposed plan of inspection ( which ho cuiirudoivd especially inappropriate in connexion with school * maintained from private Bources ); to tho provision . * with respect to tho formation of school districts , wl . icb would have tho effect of breaking up tho parochial system ; to tho scheme for appropriating charity fiuxls to tlio maintenance of sahools ; to the proposals "U tho subjoot of religious teaching , whi . ' h wwro vosy vague ; to the compulsory rate ; nnd to tho iiruposilioii for oompolluig employers ! to pay for tho education of tho young persons in thoir service . It was an nlwml idoa to contemplate ( aa ho boliovcd was doiu ) tlie teaching theso young persons a foreign laugw'Pffy mathematics , and drawing . Ho trusted tho I ' rivy
Council would oucl « avoui * to deal with that largo olasn of destitute children who are neither at h «! : " <> 1 nor at work : ho vna confident Parliament wnuH readily confer tho noooBBary powers nnd fundn , Tlia schomo before tho House would load to n » ccu ] uv system of education , and thus undormiuo the ( security and stability of tho country . In tho oourao of lii * speech , Mr . Honley ridiouled a suggoHtion , by tho inspootor of tlieoaefcorn part of England , whi > , UiinULn ^ that rooroation should bo provided for tho » uli'UrS remnrlcod , " Thoro should bo a room well li , vlit *' i' '» and furnished , not meroly with bo ^ ka , bub with lm < jkgammon boards— { laughter ) — ¦ o liofw or draught boarda , or oven billiards nnd buyntolloboard «» . " ( O '/ vc ** Ictuffhter ) . Mr . ADDJtni . T opposed Mr . Henley ' s a mculmuiit
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Leader (1850-1860), April 12, 1856, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12041856/page/4/
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