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Sei^f-Reform of the London Corporation.—...
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Member for Glasgow , and Mr . Humphrey Brown sat for Salisbury , to say nothing of tlie Honourable Feancis IjA-wxe y or Lord ] tf aidstoxe . It is difficult to know how an ' infusion of new blood , ' by half a dozen elections , can retoLevfi ^ fee character of the House . Although Newportlhas chosen-a Conservative , Mr . Kenna ^ d is reputed to be a most estimable gentleman ; Mr . Jamibs ( Clay speaks in . a bold and popular tone » s tlxeuearJIember fto-J & iH ; General CoDUOGTON ^ will mabe a respectable professional representative of Greenwich ; but we should be sanguine indeed to assume that these gentlemen "will counterbalance the effect of the damaging disclosures in the Bankruptcy anil Criminal
Courts . Another bankruptcy is calculated to deepen the eelings of mistrust . 3 Iessrs . Pox , Hektdehson , and Ck ) . have been compelled to surrender , by the refusal of a large creditor to sign the deed for carryiag- on their business under inspection- It is said that the criminal proceedings actually instituted against the Brothers I / egendre and their colleagues in Paris , for malversation in . the management of the Napoleon Docks Company , has had nothing to do mth . precipitating the bankruptcy of Eox , Henderson , and Co ., although that firm had had some
relations with the Napoleon Docks . How easy it is to glide from . Parliament and commerce into the criminal courts ! The genius of Sa . waud and his colleagues had elevated forgery into the character of a'"business "—so they call it . Atwell , one of his accomplices , who lies now under sentence by an unfortunate mistake , has given us some further disclosures . Atwell is " not sure , " for Iris own part , that he has yet taken to dishonesty as a calling ; but he is indignant at the eriraes of Sawakd , who has caused eleven men to he transported , including Ma . iikiia . mv whose innocence Sawabd knew , though he refused to prove it ,
lest he himself should be dragged in . However , the gentlemen in " business" did something in subscribing money to assist Makkham ' s wife . A case in the Court of Exchequer discloses a class of trading not altogether unknown .. Wouxfe , a tailor , sues Pkopert , a student at Iiaileybury , on a large account for goods—the word " goods " covering jnoney lent to he squandered by the l > oy . Thus , ¦ as ¦ the Chief Baron remarked , the tailor instigated the son to extract money from the parent in a mode " worse than picking a pocket . " The Jury agreed with the Judg-c , and refused to recognize the debt .
To proceed from bad . to worse , Viec-Chanccllor Kindersi / ey has judicially kidnapped Alicia Race , referring her to " guardians , " and ordering her to be brou g ht tip "in the Protestant faith , " mamma and Chief Justice CampiteMj not-withstanding ! Avid it is to these " equity" people that Lord Chancellor Chan worth would hand over the supreme jurisdiction over our wills and wives .
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Sei^F-Reform Of The London Corporation.—...
Sei ^ f-Reform of the London Corporation . —A special Court of Common Council was held last Saturday , for the purpose of receiving a report from the Corporation Inquiry Committee , on the subject of the future
management of the corporation . It contained iifty suggestions , some of which were that the number of wards should be reduced to twenty ; that the Parliamentary franchise- should be tho municipal franchise ; that the wumber of common councilmen should be reduced to one hundred and fifty ; that the quorum of tho Court should bo thirty ; that tho term of tlie oflice of common councilmen should be for ono year ; that the Lord Mayor should be elected by the members of the livery companias , together with tho municipal electors from the aldermen who had served the oiTice of sheriff ; that the Sheriff should be elected by the same constituency as the
Lord Mayor ; that the Lord Mayor and aldermen should boimagistrates ns at present , and have tho administration of justice in the justice-rooms , and continue to bo commissioners of tho Central Crimu . uu Court ; that they thoulcLhavo the control of the city prisons as well as of the prison oflaoers ; that they should exercise tho sauie duUos in respect to tuc jvolice as they now possess ; that they should still have tho appointment of the Recorder and other low officers ; that all exclusive rights of trading in tlio City be . abolished , 4 » d all street tolls dono away with . It was resolved that the report bo in-inted and that the consideration of it bo pobtponed till the next Court . A
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Imperial Parliament. —?—Monday, February...
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . —?—Monday , February 9 th . In the Hobse of Lords , a hill providing a remedy for frivolous land vexatious lafjyroeeedings wjgg rttisoduced by hmsA Brohgium , ariirread a-first time .
THE 3 M * NUBIAN BBESCtEAUTIES CHINA . RqsjflyingtolLord L-rinammsr , the Earl of ( Sci . RENDox ^ teted tb * t , under tfceterms of a recent firmsn , the TurleUdi dhans-were engpowerednto discusSvtkeuBrilon of the Darakfiian PrincipfliitSes , wr . » ny other quaition connected with tlie future administration of those provinces , in conformity with the ascertained wish of the population . He declined to express any opinion himself on that subject -at present ( though he confessed to some surprise on reading the recent article in the Moiwteur « r to lay on the table a copy of the firman , which , had , he believed , been communicated confidentially to the Government . —In answer to a series of interpellations from Lord Lexthiurst , the Earl of Dekby , the Earl of Eix ,: enbouoc"GH , and other peers , the Earl of Clarendon promised to produce a variety of returns and correspondence relating to the late proceedings at Canton .
IRISH CONSTABULARY . The Earl of Leitrim moved for a copy of the reports made within tlie last six months by the police in the county of Longford , relative to considerable numbers of men marching at night in that county ; also a copy of a letter addressed by the Earl of Leitrim , on the 20 th December , 185 6 , to Sir John Duncan M'Gregor , the Inspector-General of Police in Ireland , requesting information with respect to the marching of men so reported , and the correspondence in reply to that letter ; also certain other papers connected with the same subject . — The motion , as far as the production of some of the papers was concerned , was agreed to .
THE IRISH POSTAL SERVICE . The Duke of ARasxr ,, in reply to Lord Dungannon , explained the modifications which are about to be made in the Irish postal service , in order to remedy the inefficiencies complained of between Dublin and Holyhead , Their Lordships shortly afterwards adjourned .
ME . DISRAELI AXD THE SECRET TREATY . In the House of Commons , Mr . Disraeli called attention to the continued absence of Lord Palmerston from the House , and intimated that on the folio-wing night , ¦ when he understood he would be there , he ( Mr . Disraeli ) should ask permission to make some observations on a contradiction which he received froin the Premier , the first evening of the session , on " a matter of great moment . " "• ' GOVERNMENT STATEMENTS .
In answer to Colonel Gretille , Mr . Hobs 3 IA 2 t said that the Government had been informed of the great inconvenience which resulted from the arrear of business in the Encumbered Estates Court , and that , as the experiment of trying to work the court with two Commissioners had failed— -the very existence of th-J court being imperilled—the Government had determined to appoint a third Commissioner , and , if necessary , to increase the staff of the court in order to liave the business conducted w 3 th rapidity and efficiency .
Sir Benjamin Hall , in answer to Mr . Lockk , mentioned the position of matters as regards " Westminsterbridge . The-works remain in abeyance because the Government is waiting for designs ( to which foreigners may contribute ) for the adjacent improvements , and in older to ascertain the present state of the bed of the Thames . Mr . Veuhon S-tfiTir , in answer to Mr . Layaro ,, stated that the Persian Ambassador possesses full powers to arrange the dispute with England . A selection from the correspondence will bo published . Sir Gkorge Grey , in answer to Sir John Pakington , stated that it was not intended to bring in a bill this session on . the subject of church rates .
bir Ciiarlks Wood , in answer to Mr . Roebuck , stated that the Government had come to no decision as to sending out a new expedition to the Arctic Seas . Should it be resolved to send out such an expedition , the House , in accordance witli tho recommendation of the select committee , would be asked to vote tlie money before the expedition was ihted out .
THE TICKKT-OK-I . KAVJS SYSTEM . Sir George Gio : y moved for leave to bring in a l > 511 to amend the Act 16 th and 17 th Victoria , cap . 99 , entitled " An Act to substitute in certain oases otb or punishment in lieu of transportation . " The changed -which ho proposed to introduce in the present bill were these : —First , to lengthen the term of sentences of penml servitude to an equal duration with that of the periods of transportation for which ( hey were substituted ; secondly , to give judges a discretionary power to nnun
eentencet » of interuiwlint . o severity between those of ordinary iui }* ris » uin (> jit nntl the minimum of transportation ; thirdly , to allow prisoners sentenced to pen id servitude to bo removed to certain colonies—a power which would bo oxerclHed with great caution , but which might eiuil > lu tho .. Government to serve tho colonies , ami especially Western Australia , and to bciiclit the convicts who might bo selected for removal to another sphere ; and fourthly , to continue tho pruclioo of mitigating sentences as a reward for good conduct in prison , but to restrict
& e range ^ f t . iheir remission within much rar ^ ~" flimita tfracnosre now observed , while renderiner ' tfwT " charges , ^ nerally speaking , unconditional tJA " ccrarse of ifiJa speech , Sir George observed that the h , it * system taim . process of abandonment , and he statJi * .-belief that the , popular alarm with respect to iarntr haa been - -somewhat exaggerated , the number of ll beries inJ 2656 being rather less than in 1855 notVnT standing ^* discharge of soldiers and militiamen A dittBSMon , ensued , in the course of which Sir Jnm , JfcSBKGTON reserved his criticisms on the details of « T weasure till future stages , but in the meanwhile mT demned the laxity with whicli tickets of leave had U granted awl-even sentences remitted , and obfected m
the over indulgence shown to criminals ; Mr . Coxlif recommended that all prisoners found guilty for a tlif It ¦ ti me should be sentenced to imprisonment for life ¦ at Adderley exhorted the Governmen t to abrogate th -ticket-of-leave system , utterly and finally , and Mr Bex tinck made a similar-suggestion with respect to ' trans * portation ; Mr . Laboucheke impressed on the House the impossibility of making a penal settlement anywhere but in Western Australia , while even there he believed convicts could only be sent in small numbers , - and-for a short time ; Mr . Moncktox Milnes and Mr . J ( j Phillbiore spoke against returning to' transportation ' and Mr . Kewdkgate in favour of it . '
Mr . Liddelt . inquired whether there would be any objection on the part x > f the Government to enter into a contract with the planters of British Guiana to supply them with convicts , as many estates in Demerara adapted to the growth of excellent cotton , are perishin « for want of labour . —No reply was given to this question . After a few more remarks from Sir Gioege Grey , leave was given to bring in the bill . Sir Geoege Grey then moved for , and obtained leave to introduce a bill to facilitate the establishment of reformatory schools in England . It was not , be said , the design of the bill to interfere with voluntary institutions , but to enable counties and boroughs to establish such schools out of the county and borough rates . Leave having been given to introduce certain other bills , the House adjourned at a little after eleven o ' clock .
Tuesday , February 10 r / i . THE F . CCLESIASTICAL COURTS . The Lord CirAXCELLoi ? , In laying on the table three bills for the reform of the Ecclesiastical Court ? , gave an outline of the changes he proposed to effect . The principal of these were—to constitute a new court , to be called the Queen's Court of Probate , -which , except in certain cases , is not to have jurisdiction over real estate , and over which a judge will preside who-mM dixect issues on matters of fact , to be tried by a jur } - ; to allot to the proctors in this court ( though , fae should not be sorry to be rid of them altogether , if possible " * - * ^ c common form business , wbilo tlie contentious business will be thrown open to solicitors and barristers ; to prove all
uncontested wills , bequeathing property up to 1500 £ . in a district court , and contested wills in tlie London Probate Court , the office of Judge being discharged by one of the Vice-Chancellors ; to dispose of wills below 200 / . in the County Courts ; and , with respect to divorce , to allow a woman to obtain a decree of separation from her husband if he should desert her for three years , giving her , in some cases , a postnuptial , as well as an antenuptial settlement . In the case of the doctrinal offences of clergymen , it is not intended to allow a suit to be promoted voluntarily by any one person : proceedings are only to bo taken after a certificate has been obtained , signed by a certain number of persons of standing in the Church . The bill relating to clergy offence ? , however ,
was not then laid on the table by tho Lord Chancellor . Lord Lyndiiukst made several objections on technical grounds to the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill , and expressed his regret that the Lord Chancellor hnd not incorporated in the Divorce Bill a clause to abolish the action for criminal ' conversation , which he regarded as a disgrace to tho nation . ' —The Bishop of Exkteb expressed a general approval of the measures . —Lord CAflipaoiXL indicated dissent from several points ; and more especially objected to tlie proposals witli respect to the case with which married persons are to be allowed
to obtain a divorce . — Lord Bkougiiam objected largely to many of tho provisions of the Testamentary Bill . — Lord Wexslkyoale approved of tho bills on the whole , and thought the discussion of details might bo left to a future stage . —The Bishop of Oxkoiid urged llio necessity of confining the decisions of the Privy Council , in the cases of clergymen , to the legal part of th Chancklt , ou said he wi-shod to got rid of llio I * rcrogative Court altogether ) , tho bills were rcml ft first time .
IMlUtOVEMIOXT OK Nl £ "W ACTS . Tho Loui > Cuanci-xlou moved to refer the second roport of the Statute Law Commission to n Helort <~ m ~ mitten , in order to consider the propositions i » t '" report for tho adoption of means lo > improve ) tlio nianDcr and languago of current le ^ i .-dutiou . The C <> i » i » i » sionM 8 nxpronscd their opinion tliat a groat advantage would Be derived from a bottor Mipnrvision in tho progress of uilla through Parliament ( limr , / tear ) ; Unit in truth a { , ' ""' portion of tho evila of our atatuLo book arises from tlifl language of acts being unnecessarily verbose ; and that
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 14, 1857, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14021857/page/2/
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