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No. 412, February 13, 1858.J T H E L gAJ...
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. Monday, February 8t...
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No. 412, February 13, 1858.J T H E L Gaj...
No . 412 , February 13 , 1858 . J T H E L gAJLgJg : 14 i 7
Imperial Parliament. Monday, February 8t...
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . Monday , February 8 t / u ran * moxtteub ? andthk English govebnmest . In the Hocse of Lords , in answer to a question from Lord Ltndhukst , Earl Granvxlle stated that a despatch had been received from Count Walewski , conveying an expression of the deep regret of the French Emperor that any apparently official recognition sliould have been given in the Moniteur to language likely to be at all offensive to the English people . KEI > LY TO THE ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN . The Lord Ghasckllor brought up the reply of her Majesty , thanking the House for their address on the occasion of the marriage of the Princess Royal . —A similar reply was brought up in the Lower House .
INDIA . —THE TOTE OF THANKS . Lord Pasjiure rose to propose a vote of thanks to the anny , navy , and civil service in India , and passed a Tiigh eulogy on the brilliant services performed by the Governor-General and all the other functionaries , more especiallv alluding to Lord IlaTris , Lord Elphinstone , Sir John Lawrence , Mr . Frere , Sir Colin Campbell , Sir James Outram , Sir Archdale Wilson , General Inglis , and Captain Peel , and adverting to the tribute of respect paid by all inen to the lost heroes , Havelock and others , who had left behind them bright examples of the character of Christian soldiers . —The Earl of Derby regretted to be
obliged to introduce an element of dissension , but felt compelled to object to the introduction of the names of Lord Canning and Lord Harris into the vote of thanks . On the naval and military officers , however , he pronounced a glowing eulogy . —The Duke of Argyll ¦ vindicated the conduct of Lord Canning , and traced the aspersions which had been thrown on it to the indignation excited in the minds of Anglo-Indianjournalists by the restrictions which he had placed on the press . — The Duke of Cambridge spoke a few words in cordial support of the vote . —Viscount Falkland eulogized the way in -which Mr . Bartle Frere had administered the Government of Scinde ; and
the motion then passed nem . con . > RELIGIOUS BILLS . On the motion for the second rending of the Religious " Worship Act Amendment . Bill , the . Earl of Snatticsbury brief ! v entered into explanations rdspecting that measure , and the reasons which induced him to move that it should be withdrawn . Another bill on the same subject had been introduced , and his own bill had nut met with the approval of the clergy , though it was liked by the laity . He should reserve to himself the right of opposing the new bill . On the motion of the Archbishop of Caxtkukuuy , the Ciiukcii of England Special Suiivices Bill was read a second time , after a discussion in which the IJishopsof London , E . ketki :, St . David ' s supported the measure , and the Earl of Dkiiby and Viscuunt Dungannon pointed out what they considered defects . Their Lordships adjourned at half-past nine .
THE CHAPEL OF THE KUITISII K . VHASSY IX 1 'AKIS . Iii the . llou . su of Commons , -Mr . Wyse asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the 2000 / . advanced from the fund for civil coniiiigenoie . s , on account of the purchase of a chapel in 1 ' nri ? , had been repaid ; ¦ what course her Majesty ' s ( Jovorniiieut had taken with reference to the decision of the lloune of Commons declining to confirm the contract made by the British Ambassador ; and whether it was true that certain British residents at I ' ari . i had offered to purchase the chapel , and that her Majesty ' s Government had declined to
resign the purchase condemned by the vote of a large majority of that House last . session . —The Chancellor of the ExinEQCKit . said that no oll'ur niiuU- to the Ambassador i \ t I ' ari .-i could exonerate the British Government from the liabilities they hud incurred ; but an oft or had been muilo on the subject to tliu L ' ronch Government , nnd which they only , hud the power to grunt . The matter was under tho consideration of the French Government , and , though there wore difficulties in tho way , ho had no doubt they would liorouftur bo arranged in a satisfactory manner .
TKANrtMLSHION Ol' TROOPS , Cnptuin Vivian united tho Uniler-Wecretary for Wai ¦\ vhothor it was intended to despatch cavalry roinforeomonts from this country to India , and , if so , whether they would bo sent by tho lathmus of Suez or round by lho Cape , and whether they would tuko their horses with them . —Sir John Ua . msdkn mild it wan not intended ut present to mind out moru regiments to India , neither was it intended to send out horses , as ho believed tho supply of horses now on their way from Egypt , India , and tho L ' uruluu Gulf , would bo found amply suOicient . _ , — -r ^ -, —„ , ——ctRNK HAL—A 8 HHUKNHABI . —~ " « - Lord 1 ' ai . mickhton said it w ; ia wull known that Gonoral Aflhburnhum had boon sent to tnko tho command of tho force destined uguiiint Canton ; but thut force having boon ilivortod , at tho request , of Lord Canning , to India , and thero being no hnimidiulo project of any nullvu operations in Cliiiin , General Anhburnluun proueodod to India , by dlruutlou of tho Cominundor-in-Chiof | but , . upon arriving ut Calcutta , he found thut thoro wuh no opportunity of obtaining notlvo employment In India , and , nflor waiting throo ox
four weeks , he had thoug h * it beat to return home mkI place himself at the disposal of the Cotntnander-m-Cbief . —General Peel , with the permission of the House , read an explanation to this effect placed in his hands by General Ashburnham . " VOTE OF THANKS . Lord Palmerston ( after an objection by Mr . Disraeli tttat the terms of the notice given dui not include the Governor-General—an objection wuieh the Speaker overruled ) moved the thanks of the House to Lord Canning , Governor-General of India ; to Lord Harris , Governor of Madras ; to Lord Elphinstone , Governor of Bombay ; to Sir John M . L . Lawrence , Chief Commissioner of the Punjab ; and to Mr . H . B . Frere , General Commissioner of Scinde , for their energy and ability in employing the resources at their command to suppress the mutiny in India ; to Sir Coliu Campbell , d i- » , y ' _ j ~ f J '
Sir James Outram , Sir Archd . ile Wilson , and Major-General Inglis , for the eminent skill , courage , and perseverance displayed by them , and to the other gallant officers of Her Majesty ' s Army , Navy , and Marines , and of the East India Company ; and that the House do highly approve and acknowledge the brilliant services of the non-commissioned officers and men of the Queen ' s and Company ' s European forces , aud of the great body of those nati % e corps who had remained faithful to their standards . The Premier added to the motion an acknowledgment of the courage , devotion , and exemplary conduct of persons not Jn , the military profession . ' . ¦ » ! '
Mr . Disraeli made objections with respect to Lord Canning similar to those of Lord Derby in the House of Lords , and , upon the first vote , including Lord Canning , Lord Harris , Lord Elphinstone , Sir John Lawrence , and Mr . Frere , he moved the previous question . —Mr . Labouchere pointed out that the vote did not express any general approval of Lord Canning ' s policy , but merely referred to the manner in which the military operations had been carried out . —Sir Joiix Pakinojtox thought that the Governor-General had exhibited great vacillation and indecision . —51 r . Mangles took a precisely opposite view , and was followed on the same side by Colonel Svk . es and Air . Walpole , the latter of whom requested Mr . Disraeli to withdraw his motion . —Admiral Walcott highly eulogized the army and navy in India . —Lord John Russell opposed the amendment , and approved the course adopted by Lord Canning to check the growth of animosity between Europeans and natives . —Mr . Bentincic supported the amendment , which was , ¦
opposed by Mr . Sidney Hbrbeut . — Sir Charles NAriER suggested that the name of Sir William Peel should be included in the second vote of thanks . He had distinguished himself in Syria aud in the Crimea . — Mr . Willougiiby , Sir Dii Lacv Evans , Lord Harry Vane , Mr . Ukummo . no , Mr . Henley , and Mr . Townsend , supported the vote as it stood ; while Mr . Kinnaikd , Lord Claude Hamilton , and Mr . Vansittakt , expressed objections . —Air . Disuaki . i then intimated that , if the statement made that the vote of thanks would not affect a motion upon the general policy of Lord Canning were correct , he would leave the motion in the hands of the House . —Lord Palxiehston said he sliould have made such a statement if he had thought it had been necessary . Tho House would be open to discuss the general policy of the government of Lord Canning in every way . —After some observations from Sir F . Smith , in eulogy of the magnificent services of General Inglid , the amendment was withdrawn , and the several votes of thanks were agreed to tie in . con . '
' THE LAW OP CONSPIRACYAND MURDER . Lord Palmkrston moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend tho law relating to conspiracy for the commission of murder . Referring to tho recent attempt at assassination in Paris , he denied thut the Government hud any intention to remove aliens on mere suspicion ; but , finding that there was strong reason for conceiving that a conspiracy to coin | nit murder had been concocted in this country , Ministers had taken the state of the law into consideration . lie did not think that the publication in the Afoniteur of tho addresses from tho French colonels—however impolitic or wrong that step might have been—ought to doter us from altering the law , it wore defective . In truth , thoro was nothing peculiar about tho publication of tlio addresses . It was in accorduneo with a custom that was sixty years old . Thoro were passages in those Addresses at which tho English nution might justly tnko oll ' cnco ; but tho French Go ? vornment had transmitted to Lord Clarendon tho expression of tho Emperor ' s rogrot ut tho publication of tho documents in question , which hud only accidentally found their way into tho olHoiul paper . Conspiracj' to commit murder is in England only Vi misdemeanour , but hi Ireland it is a capital oflbnee . He thought it would bo an improvement to mnlco tho law of tho United Kingdom in this rospoct uniform ; and ho thoroforo pro-. _ p « 3 edao ., ronderaho-otfW flJn ^ uc ^ able by penal servitude , fur life or not loss than iivo years , ut the discretion of tho court , or imprisonment , with or without htird labour , for throo years * The bill would liuvo roferonoo to British Bubjoots and foreigners rusldont lioro , and whether tlio objoot of the conspiracy wero English or foreign . Air . A . W . KiNfiJLAicit moved , by way of amendment , a resolution to tho eu ' eot that , while the Houae sympathized with tho French nution on tho atrocious oll ' enco lu question , it doomed it Inexpedient to logiwluto in com .-
pliance with the demands of the French Government . — Mr . Hadbteld seeondad the amendment . —Mr . Bowyeb , in supporting the bill , said that a more inoffensive and proper communication was never made by one ally to another . — Mr . W . J . Fox opposed any alteration in the law , and Mr . Gilpin and Lord Elcho expressed dissent fr otn the proposed measure . —Sir John Waxsk defended the bilk Mr . Roebuck : considered the motion as involving two questions—whether the law required any alteratioa , and whether that was the time and the right mode of making it . The proposed alteration of the law would have neither prevented the crime in question nor facilitated its discovery . But , supposing the alteration to be required , was this the right time , after the Emperor of the French had insulted the people of England , and by his satellites had threatened them ? How came the addresses into the Moniteur ? By the order of the Emperor . It was he , then , who tlirough the Moniteur had insulted the people of England . This was not the time at which the House of Commons ought to consent to such an alteration of the law , supposing the alteration to be a good one ; for , if the great people of England altered their law upon a threat , it would be a humiliation and degradation . On the motion of Mr . Wabres , the debate was adjourned . BANK CHARTER ACT COMMITTEE . This committee was appointed , after a long discussion . The members of it are £ h 3 same as those appointed last session . The other business was then disposed of , aud the House adjourned shortly after one o'clock . Tuesday , February 9 (/ i . In the Housk of Lords , Lord St . Leonards laid on theAable a bill for the farther amendment of the law of property , which was read a first time ; and , after some routine business had been transacted , the House ad-¦ I journed at half-past five o ' clock . THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT . Mr . Thomas Baking presented the petition from the i East India Company against any change in the constitution of the Indian Government during the continuance of the present unhappy disturbances , and without a full previous inquiry into the operation of the present system . Mr . Baring also gave notice that , unless any more competent member took the task on himself , he should move , as an amendment on the Premier ' s motion for bringing in a bill for the better government of India , a resolution declaring the inexpediency of legislating at present with a view to any change . BARON ROTHSCHILD . At the . reque 3 t of Lord Palmeuston , Mr . Duncomue ( in order that' the debate adjourned from the preceding night might be proceeded with ) postponed his motion with respect to the Jewish Disabilities question . THK LAW OF CONSPIRACY . TUB ADJOUHNED DEBATE . The debate was resumed by Mr . Duncomue , who made some statements with respect to the landing at Boulogne of Louis Napoleon during the reign of Louis Philippe . It had been said that the present Emperor shot a man . That was not true . The pistol of one of his followers accidentally went off , and wounded another of the expedition , who , however , recovered . The only two persons killed were followers of Louia Napoleon , and , of these , one was thrown into the sea after being wounded . Mr . Duncombc regretted thut a bill was proposed to be brought in at the dictation of the Emperor ; and he condemned the lire-eating language of the French colonels . —Mr . Wakukn thought the proposed measure was uncalled for , would provo ineffectual , and Would be derogatory to tJio uutiouul spirit uud a libel on the law of England . —SirGEoitGE Grey insisted on tho inofliciency of tho law usitstunds , und thought that , after tho apology sent by tho French Emperor for the publication in tho J \ loirit < uir of tiie addresses from , tho anny , wo might sufcly pass tho bill without any impeachment of our national honour . —Mr . Bovill opposed the motion , and uskod why the law as it now exists was not put in forco for the prevention of the attempted asaasdiuatioii . —Mr . Ilora also opposed tho bill , which was supported by Mr . Collucr , who thought that tho law required improvement . —The blU wns further defended by Mr . Whitbruad , Mr . Bentinok , uud Mi . Naviku , and opposed by Mr . Hunt , Mr . DrcwT , und Mr . Monok . tus Milnkm . Lord John Russell looked on tho bill us no roul amendment of tho law . Tho crime in question U extremely dillicult to provo , und juries would hesitate to convict if tho punishment wore mode more severe . Tho proposed ohoiigo wub contrary to tho whole spirit of modern legislation ; iiud it was not likely to defeat the designs of political conspirators , bocuuso those men are always ready to risk their lives for tho attainment of their objeotB . Detection , and not punishment , waH what wo uliould aim at oli ' octing . Then , the bill issnwSnnsHrwffi ^^ vornmont , und it was evidently dosirod that a stop should bo put to cortuia meetings in London ; but that could only bo ottbeted toy Handing the rafutfoon out of England . Short of doing thin , tho existing law was amply buIH- , oiunt . Tho nrwwur to Count do lW / rny should have been , " Wo aro not a nution which sunotionH assaaalnation . We will punish any man who is known to preuch Huch a doctrino . Show ua any club in which conupiragioa arc concoutod , aud wo will have the , n » oin ~
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 13, 1858, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13021858/page/3/
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