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Imperial Parliament. —«—Monday, May 11th...
to the provision for limiting the maximum deposit to 100 ? the amount fixed by law at present being 2001 . that ' clause he proposed to abandon . He designed in the present measure to calculate money invested by the Savings' Bank Commissioners at the price of money on the current clay , instead of , as in the first bill ; upon an average of the preceding quarter . He proposed to leave the appointment of the local officers to the managers and trustees , and that the daily superintendence of those officers should remain as at present . All he asked was , should have D : 2 3 i i 3 1 2 [
that the Savings' Bank Commissioners power to make regulations as to the duties of the officers , to fix the amount of the securities to be demanded of them , and to dismiss them when found to be incompetent . The solvency of all savings' banks he proposed to have proved by the production of the depositors ' books . The condition had been in operation in Ireland , and was not found to be practically inconvenient . He also designed to introduce a clause prohibiting a private individual or private company from establishing any bank under the simple title of a savings' bank . : > '
Sir Henry Willouhubv strongly objected to the mischievous practice of allowing the Chancellor of the Exchequer to use the stock of the savings' banks for the purposes of the state in carrying on operations of finance . He suggested a consolidation of the law , and that the subject should be referred to a select committee : proposals which were also enforced by Lord GoDEiucri . , jlr . H . Hebbeut hoped the Government would not abandon that portion of the proposed bill which provided securities against fraud . —Mr . Estcoukt approved of the bill with the exception of the part which removed the :
existing restriction upon the amount of deposits to 100 / . Mr . Slaney supported the measure . —Mr . Thomas Baring dissented from the discretionary power which is lodged in the hands of the National Debt Commissioners . Mr . Hbslby thought that several points required considerable discussion . —Sir . Fagan supported the bill , and Mr . Ckossley urged the appointment of a select committee . The CHANCELLOR OF THIS ExCIIEQUiSK , in reply , refused to grant the select committee , which would have the effect of shelving the bill for this session . Sir Henry Willoughby ' s objections were not valid . —The resolution was then agreed to .
TRANSPORTATION BILL . Sir Geokge Grey moved the second rending of this bill , which proposes to abolish the sentence of transportation , ami to substitute that of penal servitude for a longer period . The measure does not design to alter the power of granting tickets of leave , as a general rule . — Mr . Bentinck , who thought that the labour of convicts iriight be advantageously employed in making harbours of refuge , & c , moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months . ' —Mr . Hokuucic was of opinion that a convict has no chance of obtaining honest labour in this country , where his antecedents are known , and that he should be transported to some uninhabited spot , after being previously qualified to become a colonist . —Sir
John Pakington in the main approved of the bill , but objected to the element of uncertainty which would enter into the sentences . —The bill was also supported by Mv . Goujnn , Mr . P hilipps , Mr . liYNO , Mr . N ' rcwdeoate , Mr . KwAitT , Mr . Liddki . l , Mr . Keating , Mr . Paoke , and Mr . Hope . — Mr . J > uummoni > spoke in favour of extending the use of transportation ; to which Mr . Baines replied that a committee of the House of Commons had shown that , however desirable transportation might bo , it would be diuicult , if not impossible , to point out any place to which convicts can be
sent . —Mr . I 1 k . nl . hy condemned the abandonment oi the wholesome punishment of transportation . —Mr . Whiteside denounced ' tho bill , which he said permitted the judge to pi-onouncc one . sentence , and ( ho Government to substitute another and a severer punishment . —Lord Stanley arguod that transportation Li not possible , and that tho ticUot-of-leavo Hyritcm hud never hud a proper trial . It was u fair question , however , whother convicts might not'bo employed on public work * at home .. —Mr . Maksii suggested that a convict settlement might be established in tho northern part of Australia . —Tho bill was then read a b coo ml time .
TNDUSTItrAL SCHOOLS HILL . Mr , AuDicm . EY moved the second reading- of this bill , which is precisely the same as that introduced last session . —Mr . JJowYioit opposed the bill on two grounds — first , that it introduced principles now to tho judicature of the country , and interfered with tho parental authority of tho poor ; secondly , that tho eflbct , though not tho Intention , of tho measure wns to proselytize , since Itomuu Catholic : children would bo sent to Protestant schools ) . —Tho measure wan further resisted by Mr . Palic , Mr . lJ . VHitow , Mr . liit . vnv , Mr . P . O'Ukucn , and Mr . Kidlicy . —Sir Geoiicjk Grky , while admitting that tho bill required very careful consideration in committee , trusted that there would bo no serious objection to the second reading . — Lord Koiirirr Ckcii . and Mr , Htax-\ iovk approved of tho bill , the wccoml reading oi' winch ¦ was carried by 177 to 18 .
TiriC 1 JANK AOT . 4 OF JHII-5 .. The CnANCELLoit oi' tjik JixcuiciiUNit inovoil for tho roappointmont of the Select Committee to inquire into tho operation of tho Hank Act , of ItJ-. 1 -1 ( 7 tli and 8 th Victoria , cap . » 2 ) , and of Mio Uiinli Aotn fur Ireland and Scotland of 18 J . fi ( 8 th and Dili Victoria , cap . U 7 , iiti ) . — After Homo diuouuwiou , the motion was uyroud to .
: I-StTRODOCTION OOF MEASURES . Sir George Grey obtained leave to bring in a bill to make other provision . for the exercise of the powers » of the General Board of Health ; Mr . Fitzgerald a-bill to Consolidate and Amend the Acts relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency * in Ireland ;• and Lord Blandford . a bill to provide further for the * mode of secucmg the incomes of ecclesiastical corporations , aggregate and sole . The House adjourned at a . quarter pa 3 t one o'clock . . Tuesday , 3 fay 12 tJi . PROBATE AND DIVORCE BILLS . In the' House of Lords , in reply to Lord Lyndhurst , the Lord Ciiancei / lor intimated that , if their Lordships had no objection , he was prepared to take the second reading of the Probate and Administration Bill next Monday , and the second reading of the Marriage and Divorce Bill next Tuesday . It was proposed by the present Probate Bill that the Judge of the court should also be the Judge of the Divorce Court ; and it was intended that eventually the whole of the jurisfdic-! tion now exercised at Doctors' Commons in testamentary and divorce cases should be discharged by one judge , who would ultimately take rank with the judges in Westminster-hall . —The Bishop of Oxford endeavoured I to obtain a postponement of the discussion ; but he did not succeed . LAW OF I . IBEL . On the motion of Lord Campbell , the petitions of various journalists which had bsen presented to the \ i House , complaining of the law of libel in reference to j ! the reports of public meetings , were referred to the j ¦ select committee recently appointed to consider the sub- . ject . TREATMENT OF CniNESE PRISONERS AT HONG-KONG . The Earl of Carnarvon called the attention of the House to an account given in the China Mail , pub- j lished at Hong-Kong , of the barbarous treatment to j which the Chinese prisoners at that place had been j subjected . They had been crammed , to the number of I fifty , into a room sixteen feet long by fifteen broad , with but a small aperture fur ventilation , and with no accommodation for"rfic requirements ~ of nature . In this reproduction-of the Black Hole o £ » Calcutta they were kept for twentj' days , and , but for _ the help of the neighbours , who were roused by their cries , They would have stared , having been left without food for eight-aud-forty hours . Lord Carnarvon also referred to tlie extraordinary language reported in tue Hong-Kong journals to have been used at the trial of Allum by-t !> e Attorney-General . That functionary seemed to have adopted a'line of conduct which no Attorney-General for many years had taken , and to have behaved in a manner which caused one of the jury £ o complain of his conduct . It seemed to him to be one of the most monstrous cases he had ever heard of ; and , if those statements were substantiated , he trusted the Government would not shrink from censuring , as they . vere bound to do , the parties who were to blame . — Lord J Iahkowby said lie had not previously heard of the speech of the Attorney-General at Hong-Kong ; but he believed tiiat justice is administered in the colonies with perfect fairness . With respect to the confinement of the prisoners , he begged to call attention to a report received from the superintendent of police in answer to the charges that had been made . It was stated in the report that the prisoners were placed in a room on the ground floor , fifteen feet square , lighted by an opening from the top ; that the chamber contained sufficient accommodation ; that nqne of the prisoners were ill ; 11111 Hl / ll liaiKIA iltl \ JllO Zi £ lll / ViH \\ kw i
( LUU I , LVJ ( jli'UU . * * " ** (// c'fic , fieri ) ' . ) The charges , he felt bound to say , had been brought in rather unmeasured terms , and language had boon used which was not justified by tho circumstances . Tho Government had written for further information on the subject , and in tho meantime the papers moved for would bo produced . —Tho Karl of MAcsrissuLMiY denied that unmeasured terms had been used . Loi ' il Carnarvon hail not expressed any opinion of his own , and had only evinced n . desire-to elicit tho truth . —Tho Karl of Ellhnijokouuii hoped tho Government would think it right to inquire into tho conduct of tho Attomoy-Genorul at Hong-Kong . —Tho > motion for the production of papers wan thon agreed to , and the House adjourned . shortly after six o ' clock . In the Hoi / hk ok Commons , tho Queen's reply to the Address of tho IIoiuso on tho opening of tho session was brought up by Lortl Castlorosse . l'ASSINU TOLLS . Mr . Luwk , in aimwr to Mr . Hudson , mii ' kI it was the intontion of tho Government , when tho Mate of public business permitted , to introduce a bill founded upon tho recommendations of tho committee of . 1851 upon Shipping Diion . ¦ KCCLKSrASTICAL OOMMTSSTON . In roplyto Lord Koiuckt Ciocil , Sir Gicohgk . CIuky said ho hoped soon to ho able to introduce a bill embodying hvicIi of tlio sug'yOstioiiM of tho ICcolertiastio ' al Connnirtsion an required tho nanation of Parliament . Til 10 LONDON CORPORATION . Sir Gisoiuii <; ( Jui'iv , in aunwuv to -Mr . Lauiuia as to whether it wan tho In ten I ion of tho Government to proceed with tho Dill fur the Reform of the London Corporation , ronmrkcid that , before deciding , ho must « ce > the i ' ato of other Wild of more prcaaiug importance .
2 J 35 W GKBHBADft . . In reply to a question from Mr . Wtfh © , ImtQ PduLj . MEitSTON stated that the Government'is-dbout to'Station , ; on both sides of the coast -of . Central - & . meriga , saeh a naval force as may be thought necessary for the protection of English interests . He thought the Government of New Grenada much to blame in the dispute with the United . States . The Washington Cabinet professes . most just and honourable intentions . It disclaims all . intention either of occupying any portion of the . territory of New Granada , or of seizing the railway ; and merely demands that reparation should be madefiorr the injuries done to American citizens .
AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS ON WOMEN A 3 OO CHlUDRiEar . Mr . Dillwyn asked leave to bring in a bill to repeal the Act 16 and 17 Vic , c . 30 , and to make better provision for the prevention and punishment of aggravated assaults upon women and children , and for preventing delay and expense in the administration of-certain parts of the criminal law . — Sir George Grey , although , doubtful of the efficacy of the means proposed , did . not object to the introduction of the bill . He thought , ihowever , that the existing law had not so completely failed as Mr . Dillwyn seemed to suppose . —Leave was then given . PLAPES OF KEFRESHltfENT .
On the motion of Mr . Hardy , the House resolved itself into a committee , to enable him to move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to tho general sale of beer by retail , and to Tegnlate certaia places of public resort , refreshment , and entertainment . His main object was to compel the keepers of beer-shops to get their certificates from the magistrates instead of from the excise . The keepers of public-houses had to undergo that ordeal , and it was quite anomalous ' . that the keepers of beer-shops should escape all inquiry into
their characters . With the view of meeting the difficulty arisiug from the capital embarked in beer-shops , he ; proposed to exempt all existing shops , the-exemption to be lost in the event of misconduct . He proposed also . to put coffee-shops under the control of the police . —^ Vtr . KerSeymeb opposed the bill . —Sir George Grey , : in answer to Sir John Pakington , said he could not promise to support the measure , but thought its discussion would prove beneficial . —Leave was then , given to . bringin the bill . ' " — ¦ - " ^
' ' " ' ABOLITION OF PROPERTY QUAT / TFICATION . Mr . Locke King , in a very brief speech , moved for leave to bring in a bill-to abolish . Property Qualifications for Members of Parliament . He pointed out'exisfring anomalies on this subject . The qualification for counties is 000 / . a year ; for boroughs , 300 / . But , while this its the general law in England and Ireland , members for the Universities , as well as the eldest sons df peers , and even the eldest sons of knights of the shire , 'require no qualification , and in Scotland no qualification exists . —Lord Palimerston thought it had been the general
J ^ ! ] ' * ' l understanding of the House that all questions connected ¦ with a change in its organisation should be postponed till the next session , ( liear , hear . ) At the same time , if his friend was desirous of laying before Parliament the ideas which he wished to embody in his bill , he ( Lord Palmerston ) would not oppose the introduction of the measure for which , however , he saw no necessity ; birt he trusted Mr . King would let the bill , as well as'the other of which he had given notice ( with respect to the County franchise ) , lie on tho table till next session . — Leave was then given ; the bill was read a first time , and the second reading iixed for the 10 th of June .
SUPPLY . Tho Ho \ iso resolved itself into Committee of Supply , Mr . Fitzroy in tho chair , and ( on the motion of Ml-Wilson ) voted tho usual estimates . Tho House resumed ; tho vote was reported ; and the report was ordered to bo received tho next day . The House adjourned at a quarter past six o'clock . Wednesday , May l ^ th . JtJDGlrtKNTS ICXISCUTION , & O ., HILT ,. In tho llou . sic ok Commons , Mr . Cuaufurd moved the second reading of this bill , which had boon repeatedly introduced and discussed in tho last Parliament . Its object i . 4 to remove an anomaly in our law procedure ,
by making n judgment obtaiuod in any court oi competent jurisdiction in the 'United Kingdom available for execution , by simple registry and notification , without action , in any other such court in England , Scotland , or Ireland . — Colonel Fkknch , conceiving that tho measure would give facilities to fraudulent creditors , moved that it be rend 41 Hoeond time that day » ix 'months . —Mr . 1 Jlanj > seconded this amendment , and the bill wins lilcewJHO opposed by Mr . Ayrxon , Mr . M * Mahon , Mr . W'JtUTbkiu > is , and Mr . . Nai * eqk . Its supporters were—Mr . Nisatic , Mr . Malinh , the 1 * okdt . A » vooa' » e , Mr . llniiuciifiLi ) , and Mr . Stkim . rt . —* Upon < v division , tho uocoud reading vviw allirmod by 13 7 to 4 ) i ) .
Tho report , of tho Committee oi' 8 >\ 3 v > vix was brought up ' and ngood to . ' , IUuKOXION QKXPMN . SIOS . ' LbrdRomcuT G . jtu > nvHNOH . " movcd for leave to bring inn bill to alter tins law in rut ' uronuuto tho paymen t of convoyanco of votorw to tho poll and tho hustings' oxpeunen by tho candidates at election * , observing dial hin proportion was bawd upon a rccouimaiidntloii « f . a-commitloo ol Uhj Houao in JLtiUid , uud win -couwWenl ivitii thoepint oi our
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Leader (1850-1860), May 16, 1857, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16051857/page/3/
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